Schild House

Frank  Schild was born in Nicholasdorf, Austria, on the 13th os December 1835, his parents being Joseph and Mary Conote-Schild.  Frank was reared in Austria and learned the trade of shoemaking, and after finishing his apprenticeship, began to travel though the country ending up in Hamburg with his brother and sister.  From there they left for New York were they remained one week and moved on to Milwaukee for six months were he worked as a shoemaker. 

 

Mr. Schild moves several more times; once to Michigan where he worked in a saw mill about a year; then to St. Lewis f or about a week; then to Greene County.

 

For his first five years in Greene County Frank worked for Hazard Clendenen and rented a home from him.  At the end of that five years he purchased 80 acres of rough timbered land from Clendenen.  He erected the stone farm house in 1871.

 

In March of 1860 he was married to Anna Lager a native of Germany having lost her previous husband some years earlier. They were the parent of two boys, Joseph and George, Anna had two children from her previous marriage Henery and Huston. 

 

The house is nestled in a tiny valley behind heavy foliage, barely visible from the road.  The house was left to Joseph and Mary Goeddy-Schild after Franks death.