August F. Schmidt, b. Essern Germany 1870, to NY about 1885
August Friedrich Schmidt was born 11/2/1870 in Essern Germany, the son of Cord Heinrich Schmidt and Sophie Meyer.He immigrated to NY City about 1885, and married Elise/Louise Martens (from Tostedt Germany) in 1898 in Manhattan NY.They had 4 sons born in Manhattan who lived to adulthood: August Frederick b. 6/7/1900, Martin Henry b. 9/8/1902, Roy John b. 5/21/1907, and Chester William b. 1/6/1910.