Schrodt, Philip bio

Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county: together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state; Biographical Pub. Co., Chicago, IL; 1890; page 683–684; Transcribed by Margaret Rose Whitehurst
Philip Schrodt is the owner and occupant of a farm consisting of eighty acres on section 8, Deerfield Township. This property became the home of our subject in 1889 and he at once proceeded to put up fences, barns, granaries and all necessary improvements, including a frame house of pleasing architectural design, two stories in height. Mr. Schrodt has reapers, mowers and all implements and machines necessary to carry on a first class farm, and has his land well stocked with animals of good breeds. Taken as a whole the estate is one of the best regulated in the township.
Some facts regarding the parents of our subject will be found in the biography of his brother, J. W. Schrodt, on another page of this Album. Suffice it to say that they were respectable, and endeavored to inculcate in their children the principles of good conduct and the habits of usefulness. Our subject was born in Baltimore, Md., November 26, 1831, and having accompanied his parents to this county in early life, obtained his fundamental education in the district schools of Deerfield Township. He was twenty-four years old when he married and at once rented a farm of forty acres on section 15. He remained there about four years, then became the occupant of eighty acre on section 1, and three years later bought farm Lewis Ross eighty acres on section 4. On that land he pursued his career more than a quarter of a century, then sold it and bought his present estate.
The wife of our subject bore the maiden name of Maria C. Rock, and is a sister of Andrew Rock, whose sketch may be found elsewhere in this volume. She was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, September 11, 1833, her parents, Simon and Elizabeth (Schnur) Rock, having been native of the same province as herself. The marriage rites between Mr. Schrodt and Miss Rock were celebrated October 21, 1855, and their union has been blessed to them by the birth of four sons and six daughters.
The first-born, Anna M., whose natal day was July 30, 1856, married John W. Mahr, and lives in Bushnell; Elizabeth, born January 10, 1858, married Peter Mahr, and lives on a farm in Deerfield Township; John, born January 1, 1860, and Mary, born February 11, 1862, are at home; Anna C., born May 30, 1865, married Charles B. Elwood and lives in Lee Township; Lewis W., born March 15, 1867, married Ida Shumaker and lives in Deerfield Township; Simon A., born May 18, 1869, is at home; so also are Louisa M., born February 3, 1873; Sarah E., July 13, 1875, and Charles W., November 18, 1878.
Mr. Schrodt is a believer in and supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He has been School Director one term. His name is enrolled among the members of the Lutheran Church, in which he has held the office of Deacon, and the entire family belong to the Sunday-school.