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Dr. Carl Heinrich Schnauffer
Portrait from Jahrbuecher der deutschamerikanischen Turnerei, New York, 1892
Born(1823-07-04)July 4, 1823
Heimsheim, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died
Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of deathTyphoid Fever
Resting placeBaltimore Cemetery
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg
Occupation(s)Poet, Newspaper editor
OrganizationBaltimore Wecker
SpouseElise Schnauffer (née Moos)
ChildrenLena Schnauffer
Parents
  • Johann Heinrich Schnauffer (father)
  • Karoline Schnauffer (née Hasenmeier) (mother)
RelativesWilliam Schnauffer (brother)

Dr. Carl Heinrich Schnauffer (4 July 1823 Heimsheim, Kingdom of Württemberg - 4 September 1854 Baltimore, Maryland) was a poet, soldier and editor.[1]

Early Life in Germany[edit]

Schnauffer was born July 4th, 1823 in Heimsheim, in what is today the state of Baden-Württemberg, the son of a dyer.[1][2] Sources also state his parents were descended of "old state officials."[3] In 1834, he was apprenticed to a merchant in Grossbottmar following the death of his father, Johann Heinrich Schnauffer.[2] After his apprenticeship ended, he was employed by a Mannheim merchant, Joseph M. Tunna.[2]

Family bio [4]

He and Elise had two daughters in Baltimore. The first born was Lena, who lived until 1896.[5]

he was one of the editors of the Journal in the city of Mannheim in Baden, Germany.[6]

Doctorate [7]

Before this time, by taking part in the German revolution of 1848-49, he was compelled to leave his native country.[6]

Baltimore and Der Wecker[edit]

He founded the Baltimore Wecker in the fall of 1851.[6] Almost immediately the publication encountered a setback, when a fire in December of the same year destroyed $200 of the Wecker's paper and type equipment (equivalent to $7,325 in 2023).[8].

In short order, Schnauffer became an established leader in the German community in Baltimore. When exiled Governor-President Lajos Kossuth, one of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, was on his tour of the United States in 1851, Schnauffer was the chairman of the German committee that lead a large torchlight procession through Baltimore in his honor.[9][10]

His brother, William Schnauffer (1835-1889), joined him in Baltimore about 1854, and shortly thereafter became a contributor and later partner in Der Wecker.[3]

By 1854, Schnauffer's home was in what had been Carroll Mansion, the same place where "founding father" Charles Carroll of Carrollton had spent his final years.[11]

Poetry[edit]

In June 1854, he received an "elegant and costly silver goblet" as an award from the German Singing Association in Canton, Ohio, owing to his having written the best "national jubilee song."[12][13] The poem, which seems to have been known simply as "German Song," with music by Professor Charles Lenschow, was performed at various points, including Baltimore's National Musical Festival in 1854.[14][15]



Schnauffer is known to have written at least one German language tragedy entitled King Charles the First; or Cromwell and the English Revolution.[16] His widow Elise sued to prevent its posthumous performance in 1855.[16]

Death and Legacy[edit]

The Sun reported the events of his funeral "were of a very impressive character, whilst the number in attendance far exceeded any cortege of the kind lately seen in Baltimore," and that "the whole affair attested the great popularity of the deceased and the high estimation in which he was held by his fellow-countrymen." The Sun reported 3,000 mourners in attendance, but other sources maintain as many as 8,000 may have been present.[4] The large procession of mourners moved across about 4 miles of the city, gathering in Monument Square, proceeding to the family's residence at Lombard Street, before heading northwest several miles to Baltimore Cemetary, where he was interred.[11] The composition of the mourners in his funeral procession reveals the character of Schnauffer's associations in the city. Organizations represented included:

  • German-affiliated militia groups (Pioneers of the Rifle Companies, German Riflemen's Band, German Rifle Corps, Independent German Yeagers, Black Yeagers, Jackson Guards, Band of the Monumental Riflemen, Baltimore Riflemen)
  • Social Democratic Association of Turners with which the Wecker was affiliated
  • Workingmen's Indigigent Beneficial Association
  • Concordia Literary Association
  • German Freeman Association
  • Various Baltimore choirs and bands (Baltimore Saengerbund, Harmony Singing Association, East Baltimore Vocal Association, Captain Linhard's Band, Baltimore Liederkranz)
  • Representatives of Baltimore-area fraternal orders (William Tell & Schiller Lodge of the old order of Harru Gari, Keokuk and Philip Tribes of the Improved Order of Red Men, Fell's Point Band No. 10 of the Independent Order of United Brothers, Sagamore Tribe of the Independent Order of Red Men, Goethe and Washington Lodges of the Improved Order of Independent Brothers).[11]

After he died, his widow continued the Wecker without interruption.

Following Carl's death, William married his widow and continued his work on Der Wecker until his own death in 1889.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Adolf Edward Zucker (1935). "Schnauffer, Carl Heinrich". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 16. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 444–445.
  2. ^ a b c d Zucker, A.E. (1939). "CARL HEINRICH SCHNAUFFER" (PDF). Report. 24. Society for the History of Germans in Maryland: 17–23.
  3. ^ a b c "Mr. William Schanuffer Dies of Paralysis". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1889-11-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  4. ^ a b McKinsey, Folger (1910). History of Frederick County, Maryland: From the Earliest Settlements to the Beginning of the War Between the States. L. R. Titsworth & Company. p. 840. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ "Miss Lena Schnauffer". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1896-10-06. p. 7. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  6. ^ a b c Scharf, J. Thomas (April 1874). The chronicles of Baltimore : being a complete history of "Baltimore town" and Baltimore city from the earliest period to the present time. Baltimore: Turnbull. p. 104.
  7. ^ Hennighausen, L.P. (1892–1893). "Reminiscenes of the Political Life of the German-Americans in Baltimore During 1850 - 1860" (PDF). Report. 7. Society for the History of Germans in Maryland: 51–60.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  8. ^ "Local Matters - Fire". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md., United States. 1851-12-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  9. ^ "Reception of Governor Kossuth in Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1851-12-29. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  10. ^ "A German Speech to Kossuth". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1851-12-30. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  11. ^ a b c "Local Matters - Funeral Obsequies". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1854-09-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  12. ^ "Local Matters - Premiums Awarded". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1854-03-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  13. ^ "Local Matters - Elegant Presents". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1854-06-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  14. ^ "Classified Ad 16 -- New Assembly Rooms". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1854-06-21. p. 3. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  15. ^ "The National Musical Festival--Procession to the Agricultural Grounds--General Proceedings". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1854-06-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)
  16. ^ a b "Proceedings of the Courts - Eliza Schnauffer vs Wilhelm G Adlersberg". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1855-05-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-03-02.(subscription required)


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