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PETER P. SCHNABEL
Among other earlier pioneers settling in McIntosh County is Peter P. Schnabel, the son of Peter Schnabel and Elizabeth Schnabel---nee Hausauer.
Mr. Schnabel was born in Glueckstal, South Russia, on November 17, 1869. He together with his parents and others left their native land for America. Arriving at Eureka, South Dakota, oxen were purchased and the family set forth to find their new home. The father took up land about eleven miles north west of Venturia in Section 23, Township 130, Range 72. This was in May 1889 and far several years Mr. Schnabel assisted his parents in trying to make a living. The Schnabel family was not blessed with very much in the way of worldly goods and the oxen and other equipment owned by them were purchased on time. Mr. Schnabel tells of no early day hardships except that it was very hard to make ends meet, crops were poor and work was hard to find.
On March 15, 1897, at Ashley, North Dakota, Mr. Schnabel was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Sattler by County Judge, Christian Becker and to this union six children were born, namely: Ella, born December 15, 1897, the wife of Jacob Ernst, living in Venturia; Jacob P. Schnabel, born May 14, 1899, a farmer living near Venturia; Theresa, born December 18, 1901, married to Emil T. Schrenk, Ashley, North Dakota; Arthur, born December 10, 1903, died in the fall of 1934: Ray Schnabel, born October 10, 1906, a farmer living near Venturia;
Margaret, born September 5, 1910, the wife of Art Strobel, a farmer living near Venturia, North Dakota.
After several years spent an his farm, Mr. Schnabel retired and moved to Venturia where he now lives. He is a member of the Baptist church.
Mr. Schnabel has during the time he lived in Venturia been a Trustee of the Village for seven years, he has also been an officer on the School Board for sixteen years.
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