Frederick Augustus Otto Schwarz (1836 - 1911)

Businessman. He founded the “F.A.O. Schwarz” toy store.  Family links:  Spouse:  Caroline Schwarz (1841 – 1904)*  Children:  Ida T.L. Schwarz (1864 – 1942)*  George Frederick Schwarz (1868 – 1931)*  Emily Schwarz (1870 – 1958)*  Herbert F. Schwarz (1883 – 1960)* *Calculated relationship

Les Schwab (1917 - 2007)

Businessman. Les Schwab moved with his family to Minnesota in 1919, and returned to Central Oregon in 1929. Orphaned at age 15, and schooled in a railroad boxcar in a Central Oregon logging camp, he went to work as a teenager delivering the Oregon Journal newspaper. He eventually took over all nine routes in Bend. […]

Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939)

Industrialist. Born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, to John Anthony Schwab and his wife Pauline Farabaugh, Charles Schwab early came to the attention of industrial baron Andrew Carnegie. Schwab rose to the presidency of Carnegie Steel by 1897, and became first president of the newly-organized United States Steel in 1901. He resigned the presidency two years later […]

Bernard Joseph Schwab (1909 - 2003)

One of four brothers who founded the legendary Schwabs’s pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard. The Schwab brothers, in 1932, bought a failing drugstore and attached their name to it. The brothers began catering to Hollywood actors, writers and other film industry workers. The brothers opened charge accounts and cashed checks for actors before the became stars. […]

John Schulte, Sr (1970 - 1970)

John Schulte Sr., a German immi- grant whose life story is the Ameri- can Dream — he stepped off the boat a penniless laborer and be- came a wealthy soap manufacturer.John Schulte built Schulte Man- sion in 1875. In its slim, 1974 guide to Detroit’s historic neighbor- hoods, the city calls special atten- tion to […]

Peter Schoenhofen (1827 - 1893)

Businessman. Born in Prussia, he immigrated to Chicago, Illinois, in the 1850s and started working in the brewing trade. In 1861, he formed a partnership with Matheus Gottfried, opened a brewery and together they made about 600 barrels of lager beer a year. Schoenhofen bought out his partner in 1867, the company became the Peter […]

Nicklaus Schnieder (1970 - 1970)

Nicklaus Schnieder and James Held were the two founders of Dutchtown, Missouri and the founders of the German Evangelical Church which is now a national landmark in Dutchtown. They settled the town in 1835 and founded the church the next year. At one time Dutchtown was a thriving little community, but eventually shriveled up to […]

Frederick D. Schnell (1970 - 1970)

Schnell was associated with the Hyde Park Brewery Company for 38 years, serving as sales manager & vice president. (bio by: Connie Nisinger) Cause of death: Heart disease

John Metz “J.M.” Schneider (1859 - 1942)

Businessman, Entrepreneur. He and his wife, Helena, were the founders of Schneider Foods Ltd.  A native of Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario, he was working as a butcher in 1890 when he came up with the idea of creating his own meat business. The company which specialized in wieners, luncheon meat, bacon, ham, grocery products, specialty […]

Eugène Schneider (1805 - 1875)

Industrialist.

George Joseph Schmitt (1866 - 1931)

Chicago Business Magnate. He was partners with, and is buried next to, Otis Ward Hinkley.  Family links:  Spouse:  Charlotte W. Trayer Schmitt (1866 – 1944)*  Children:  Victor Trayer Schmitt (1897 – 1936)* *Calculated relationship

Jacob Schmidt (1846 - 1910)

Businessman. Born in Bavaria, Germany, he arrived in America at the age of 20 and after working at several breweries for five years, he settled in St. Paul, Minnesota. In St. Paul, he was the Brewmaster for the Theodore Hamm’s Brewing Company, when he left this position in 1900, to become owner and founder of […]

Joseph Schlitz (1831 - 1875)

Businessman, Beer magnate. Joseph Schlitz propelled the tiny Krug brewery of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, into the giant Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. Born in Mainz, Rheinhessen, Germany, he had a fair education with a four-year course in bookkeeping and had already acquired some practical business experience when he arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1850. There he landed […]

Leon Schlesinger (1884 - 1949)

Motion Picture Producer. The man behind Warner Bros. cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s, Leon Schlesinger oversaw the creation of such iconic characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Elmer Fudd. Schlesinger was born in Philadelphia. He started out in show business as a theatre usher and worked his way up to head […]

Joseph Michael Schenck (1878 - 1961)

Motion Pictures Executive. He founded Twentieth Century Pictures with Darryl F. Zanuck in 1932, which eventually became 20th Century Fox. The chairman of United Artists, he created its theater chain.  Family links:  Spouse:  Norma Talmadge (1895 – 1957)* *Calculated relationship

Herman Adolph Schalk, Sr (1833 - 1908)

Businessman. He established in 1841 with his father Johann Nepomuk Schalk and brothers Adolph and Oscar the Schalk Brothers Brewery of Newark, New Jersey, the first lager beer brewery in America. The success of the brewery grew exponentially amassing a fortune for him and his family. His immigrant roots soon began to firmly settle into […]

Rudolph Schaefer (1863 - 1923)

Businessman.  He was the son of Maximilian Schaefer, and at one time was the president of F&M Schaefer Brewing Co.  Max and his brother Frederick were the ones who founded the F&M Schaefer Brewing Co in 1848.  Family links:  Spouse:  Frederica Vilette Beck Schaefer (1864 – 1931)* *Calculated relationship

Maximilian Schaefer (1970 - 1904)

Beer Magnate. In 1839 he emigrated to the United States, carrying with him the recipe for lager, a popular brew in Germany that was then unknown in America. He joined his brother Frederick in the employ of a local brewer, and in 1842 the Schaefer brothers bought out the owner, establishing F & M Schaefer […]

Frederick Schaefer (1817 - 1897)

Beer Magnate. He emigrated to the United States in 1838, settled in New York City, and was employed by a local beer maker. In 1839 his brother Maximilian also emigrated, carrying with him the recipe for lager, a popular brew in Germany that was then unknown in America. In 1842 the Schaefers bought out their […]

Ezra Frederick Scattergood (1871 - 1947)

Chief electrical engineer on the storied construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. He was the top official of the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. With chief engineer William Mulholland’s recommendation, he was named to head the DWP’s quickly-expanding power bureau in 1907. By 1928, Scattergood had built what was then the […]

Kenneth I. Sawyer (1884 - 1944)

Few men have made such wide ranging contributions to highway betterment in Michigan, and throughout the world, as Kenneth I. Sawyer. Born on November 30, 1884 in Menominee, Michigan, he was graduated from high school in 1903 and from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering in 1907. He […]

David Sarnoff (1891 - 1971)

Founder of the National Broadcast Company (NBC). He was a Brig. General in the US Army in WWII. He was first to recieve the wireless message from the Titanic.  Family links:  Spouse:  Lizette Hermant Sarnoff (1894 – 1974)*  Children:  Robert William Sarnoff (1918 – 1997)* *Calculated relationship

Jay Jackson Sarno (1921 - 1984)

Casino Builder, Mogul, High Roller. He was the builder of Caesars Palace and the Circus Circus casinos on the famed Las Vegas Strip. Considered by many as the city’s first visionary of modern day Las Vegas, he created what would become the template for the rise and dominance of the mega themed hotel resorts and […]

Vincent Sardi, Sr (1885 - 1969)

Businessman. He founded “Sardi’s Restaurant” in Manhattan, New York City, New York, which became famous as a popular destination for celebrities.

Edward Sewall Sanford (1817 - 1882)

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Businessman. The President of the American Telegraph Company at the start of the Civil War, his expertise in telegraph communications was called upon by the Union to help defeat the rebellion. Commissioned Colonel, US Volunteers, he served as Military Supervisor of Telegraphic Messages for the Union Army. He was […]

Harland Sanders (1890 - 1980)

Business Magnate, Folk Figure. Born in Indiana, over the course of his lifetime he came to exemplify to many the true American entrepreneurial spirit.  Sanders’ father died when Harland was only 6 years old and he had to help his mother care for his younger brother and sister.  This meant doing much of the family […]

Oberdan Sallustro (1915 - 1972)

Businessman. President of FIAT car makers in Argentina, was abducted by leftist guerrilla on March 21, 1972. He was killed during a rescue operation. He was kidnapped and killed in 1972 by the Ejection Revolutionaries del Pueblo (ERP) guerrilla group, according to newspaper reports. Oberdan Sallustro had been kidnapped on March 21, 1972, by a […]

Robb Hansell Sagendorph (1900 - 1970)

Publisher. In 1935 he founded and became publisher, president and director of the magazine “Yankee” until the magazine folded in 1970. In 1939 he bought the rights to the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” from Little Brown and Company and returned it to its original look from 1792.  Family links:  Spouse:  Beatrix Thorn Sagendorph (1900 – 1985)* […]

Russell Sage (1815 - 1906)

Financier. Began in grocery business in Troy, New York. He held a large portion of ownership in railroads and Western Union. U.S. Representative from New York, 1853-1857.  Family links:  Parents:  Elisha Sage (1779 – 1854)  Prudence Risley Sage (1778 – 1865)  Spouses:  Maria Winne Sage (1819 – 1867)  Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828 – 1918) […]

Morris B. Sachs (1896 - 1957)

Entrepreneur. Born in Lithuania and immigrated to Chicago in 1910 at the age of 13 after his parents had died. His first job was as a peddler going door to door; soon he had earned enough to buy a horse and wagon, and established a ‘mobile store’. He opened his first store in 1919. He […]