Death Of Emanuel Schmid

Emanuel Schmid, who died .vionday at Columbus, Ohio, full of years and o hoaors, was the flrst Germán child born in Ann Arbor. The place of hi birth still stands, a little old hous acoss frotn tho first Bethlchem church Here he was born July .', 1835. The foundation for his his vast learning wa also laid in this city. In the academ; located whorc Cormvall place now is he prepared to enter the University He graduatecl in 1854, the comme noe ment boing held in tho old frame Pres byterian churoh. Ho was ono of the oldest members of the Beta Pheta l'hi fraternity. After graduation from the University he spont three years in the well-known Germán universities at Tubingen and Erlangen. On his return to Ann Arbor he was summoned to Columbus, Ohio, to accept the professorship of Greek and Latín in the Capital universiiy. This was in 1857. TJntil about 15 years ago he held this position, beginning then the teaching of general history which has been his line of instruction ever since. In connectiou with his dutieB in tho university, every Sunday, 'when not preventod by sickness, ho prsached to tho congregation of the Lutheran church on what is known as the Groveport pike. About five years ago his hoalth began to fail and three years later he was obliged to abandon his ministerial worlt. His wife died in Februwy, 1884, and since then he has resided with his dauihters, the Misses Flora and Alice. Perhaps no man in the Lutheran churcii was better known or more sincerely loved than he. His devotion to the church, his attractive personality and his great ability gained for him a. multitude of friends who sincerely mourn his departure Three brothers, Frederick Schmid, of Ann Arbor! Nathaniel Schmid, of Manchester, and Theophilus Schmid, of Chicago, and four sisters, Miss Sophia Sohmid and Mrs. Christian Mack, of Ann Arbor, .Mrs. Lydia Kirchover, of Manchester, and Mrs. Rev. Volz, of Buffalo, are stili