John G. Schneider

John George Schneider was born in St. Joseph May 12, 1862. His father, Ulrich Schneider, and his mother, Katherine Schott, were both born in Germany, and their families came to America following the revolutionary times of 1848. The father reached St. Joseph in 1850 and served as a sergeant in the Missouri Volunteers, U.S.A., during the Civil War. In 1870 he established a real estate, loan, and insurance business which was carried on by his son and grandson. J. G. Schneider joined his father in the business in 1877 and was associated with it through his lifetime. In 1887 he was one of the organizers of the German-American Bank and president of the successor institution, the American National Bank, until his death. He was president of the Quincy, Omaha, and Kansas City Railroad Company, treasurer and director of the Buchanan Hotel Company, owner of the Robidoux Hotel, director of the St. Joseph Stockyards Company and the Kansas City, Clay County, and St. Joseph Interurban Railway Company.

Mr. Schneider and Miss Helen Craig Garth were married October 12, 1887. There were two sons and one daughter: Ulrich Schneider carried on the real estate and insurance business which had been started by his grandfather; Helen Schneider married Henry W. Walker; and Jack Schneider, first lieutenant, U.S. Marines, died of wounds in France on November 3, 1918. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism in battle on November I at Excremount, France.