Stephen F Schmitt was born on the Fox River, one and one-half miles from Johnsburg, February 28, 1856, a son of John and Mary Schmitt, who were born at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, and brought to the United States in childhood. They were married at Johnsburg.
John Schmitt was a son of Frederick Schmitt, and his wife was a daughter of Martin Schmitt, both of munich, who came to the United States at the same time.

Stephen F Schmitt was reared on his fathers farm near Johnsburg where he remained until he was married at the age of twenty-one years, to Catherine Freund, a daughter of Nicholas Freund.
Mrs. Schmitt was born near Johnsburg, and was eighteen years old at the time of her marriage. The young couple rented the farm owned by his grandfather, Martin Schmitt, but after five years they moved to the farm owned by Nicholas Freund, two miles north of Johnsbur, where they spent three or four years. They then bought a farm one and one-half miles north of Ringwood, consisting of eighty acres of iproved land, on which there was a new barn.
After some years on it, Mr. Schmitt rented that farm, and moved on his fathers farm, which he operated for twenty years, and finally bought it for $67 per acre. The farm contained 198 acres, and later on his son, Matt worked it.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmitt became the parents of the following children; Matt, John, Joseph, Mary, Anna who married Matt Lay; Emma who married John Lay; Christina who married Peter Miller; and Agnes.
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St John the Baptist Catholic Church Records Vol II
Stephan Schmitt & Catherine Freund married 23 Jan 1879 Witnesses: Jacob Schmitt & Maria Freund
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Illinois Deaths
Name: Stephan F. Schmitt
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1856
Birth Place: IL
Death Date: 22 May 1927
Death Place: McHenry, McHenry, Ill
Burial Date: 25 May 1927
Cemetery Name: St. John's Cemetery
Death Age: 71
Occupation: Retired farmer
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: McHenry, McHenry, IL
Father Name: John F. Schmitt
Father Birth Place: Germany
Mother Name: Mary Schmitt
Mother Birth Place: Germany
Spouse Name: Katherine F. Schmitt
FHL Film Number: 1614254
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St John the Baptist Catholic Church birth and baptism records, Johnsburg:
Stephan Schmitt b 27 Jan 1856 bap 28 Jan 1856; s/o Johann Schmitt and Maria Schmitt, m here; Witnesses: Stephan Schmitt and Maria Schmitt
From FAG Contributor: Sandie (46580210)