Jun 21, 2025
Schmid Farm
🏡 Origins and Growth German immigrant roots: Brothers Joseph (b.1830) and Benedict Schmid (b.1833) arrived from Württemberg in the early 1850s. Benedict claimed 156.5 acres in July 1856, later selling it to Joseph by 1862. From log cabin to stone farmhouse: The Schmid family initially lived in a log cabin. By 1874, Joseph had expanded to over 334 acres. In 1876, he and his son Joseph Jr. built…