FREDERICK (note the Americanized spelling) SCHOENAUER was born in Switzerland April 3, 1831, the second of four children born to John and Magdalena (Salzman) Schoenaner, and at the age of twenty-one came with his elder brother to America, and began working in Holmes County, Ohio, on a farm by the month. Two years later, he went to Wells County, and in 1857 returned to Holmes, and married Sarah Fabra, a native of that county. In 1859, he came to Elkhart County, this State, farmed one year, then changed to Cold Springs, Etna Township, this county, invested in a stock of dry goods and groceries, and ran a store for four years. In 1864, he was drafted, and served till the close of the war. In 1865, he settled on twenty acres of land in this township he had purchased before the war, remaining on it a little over a year; in 1867, he bought forty acres of the farm on which he now lives, which he has increased to 120 acres of as fine land as there is in the township. Of ten children born to him, eight are living, as follows: Alfred, William, Mrs. Mary L. Hasty, John F., Edward C., Sarah A., Ella J. and Clara E. In politics, he is a Democrat, and his religion is that of the German Reformed Church.
 
 
"Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana. Historical and Biographical" by Weston A. Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard
Published by F.A. Battery & Co. in 1882
Jefferson Township
 
 
Frederick Schoenauer enlisted Oct. 5, 1864, at Kendallville, Ind., when 33 years of age as a private in Co. C, 39nth Ind. V.I., 2d Brig., 11st Div., 4th A.C.; he took part in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and March, 1865, was detailed at Huntsville, Ala., to guard wagon trains to Strawberry Plains, Tenn., one week, He was again detailed Oct. 4, 1865, at Goliad Texas, to see that a squad of men received their discharges at Victoria, and received their pay at New Orleans, about ten days. He received his honorable discharge Oct. 5, 1865, at Victoria, Texas. Two brothers of his wife, Anthony and David, served in the late war the latter served in 102d O.V.I. and was killed on Mississippi River by steamboat exploding. Comrade Schoenauer was a native of Switzerland, born April 3, 1831, in Berne, Switzerland, where he received his education. He is the son of John and Magdalena (Salzman) Schoenauer, both deceased, and emigrated to America in 1852, settling in Whitley county, Ind., in 1861. He was married July 2, 1857, in Holmes county, O., to Sarah Fabra, born in that county Jan. 14, 1838, a daughter of Anthony and Susan (Candel) Fabra, deceased. Their children are Alfred, William, Mary L, John F., Edward C., Sarah A., Emily C., Ella J., and Clara E. Comrade Shoenauer is S.V.C. of J. P. Grace Post, No. 427, of which he is a charter member, he receives a pension, is by occupation a farmer, and his address is Laud, Ind.
 
 
Biography of Frederick Schoenauer. Vol. II, page 676. Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen: H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, New York, Toledo, and Chicago, 1894.
Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
 
 
 
Frederic Schoenauer
*Family Tree