Charles Schulz 1877 and 1883
Born June 26, 1829 in Anklam, Prussia.

Died June 17, 1898 in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois.

Married Eliza Jeep in Hanover, Germany. They had five children, Bertha, Robert, Emma and two others who were born in Naperville.

Occupation, Tobacconist, barber.
After learning trade of barbering, practicing in leading German cities, moved to Berlin, then to London for 2 years and Liverpool for one year.
Emigrated to America in 1852.
Worked as a barber in New York City for 3 and a half years and then opened his own shop for another year and a half. Then moved to Chicago, but didn't like it so he moved to Naperville and opened a barber shop. In 1859 he added tobacco and cigars. In 1873 he sold out the barber shop side of the business to his apprentice so he could travel to surrounding counties to sell tobacco. In December, 1874, his frame building for the barber shop and cigar store were destroyed by fire and he lost $10,000.00. After the fire he opened another barber shop while he improved his new 2 story brick building on the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets.

He also served Euclid Lodge as Junior Warden in 1868 and 1869, as Treasurer in 1872, 1879 and 1880, as Secretary in 1870, as Senior Steward in 1871 and 1878, and as Junior Steward in 1866.

The following biography is from "History of DuPage County, 1882," by Rufus Blanchard.

Charles Schulz, tobacconist and barber, Naperville, was born in Prussia in 1829, son of Carl and Henrietta (Geistler) Schulz, natives of Prussia. Carl Schulz was a commissioned Government Pilot on the Baltic Sea for upward of forty years, and is now a pensioner, living retired. Charles received an ordinary education in the schools of his native land, and, at the age of fourteen, was apprenticed to the barbers trade in Stettin, Prussia. After learning his trade, he worked as journeyman in a number of the leading cities of Germany. From Berlin he went to London, England, where he stayed two years; thence to Liverpool, remaining there a year; and thence, in 1852, to America, and settled in New York City. He worked as a journeyman barber in New York for three and a half years, then opened a shop of his own, which he carried on for a year and a half, then sold out and came to Chicago, intending to locate permanently there, but, not liking the appearance of the city at that time, came to Naperville and opened a shop, and has since conducted business there. In 1859, he added the tobacco and cigar business; in 1873, sold out the barber business to one of his apprentices, and devoted his entire attention to the tobacco and cigar trade, which grew to large proportions, he traveling and selling goods in the adjoining counties. In December, 1874, the frame building owned by Mr. Schulz, containing the tobacco store and barber shop, was destroyed by fire, he suffering a loss of about $10,000, insurance only $1,000. After the fire, he purchased the good will of his former barber business and opened a shop, keeping also a stock of tobacco and cigars; improved the site of his former business place, to which he added a lot, and built his present two-story brick block, 30x70, located corner of Main and Jefferson streets, now occupied by the post office and his tobacco and barber business. In New York, in 1855, he married Eliza Jeep, a native of Hanover, Germany, who has borne him five children, of whom three are living, viz., Bertha, Robert and Emma. In January, 1882, Mr. Schulz visited his parents, who are living in Prussia; his father is now eighty-one, his mother seventy-nine years of age.

Obituary reprinted from the "Naperville Clarion", Wednesday, June 22, 1898.

After an illness of two years, Charles Schulz, an old and respected citizen of Naperville, passed away on Friday, June 17th, aged sixty-eight years, eleven months and twenty-two days. The funeral services were held from his late residence on Sunday, the Rev. H. V. Tull, chaplain of Euclid Lodge No. 65, A.F. & A.M. officiating.

Aurora Commandery No. 22, numbering fifty-six Knight Templars, and the local Masonic Lodge, accompanied the remains to the cemetery, where the Masonic Burial Service was conducted by Samuel Mather, W.M. The acting pall bearers were M. G. Becker, J. D. Stoner, J. W. Collins, W. M. Givler, F. A. Kendall and O. H. Reiche. The honorary pall bearers were Sir Knights J. F. Thorworth, Jacob Miller, M. D. Yager, F. H. Bowron, of Aurora, J. A. Bell, J. F. Royce, Naperville.

Charles Schulz was born in the city of Anklam, Prussia, June 26th, 1829. His father, Carl Schulz, was a government pilot on the Baltic Sea for upwards of forty years, and it was the father's wish that the son should follow the sea, but as a seafaring life was not to his liking, he was apprenticed to the barber's trade in Stettin, Prussia.

After learning his trade, he traveled as a journeyman barber and worked in a number of the leading cities of Germany. From Berlin he went to London, thence to Liverpool, coming to America in 1852 and settled in New York City. He finally came to Chicago, intending to locate there permanently, but not liking the appearance of the city at that time, he in 1857 came to Naperville where he engaged in the barber business, also conducting a cigar and tobacco business in connection.

In New York in 1855 he married Eliza Jeep, a native of Hanover, Germany, who bore him five children, of whom three are living, Bertha, Robert and Emma.

Deceased continued actively in business until about two years ago, when he was stricken by paralysis, from which disease he never rallied.

For many years he was a prominent mason, being connected with lodges in this city and also with the Aurora Commandery Knights Templar of which he became a member in 1864. His connection with Euclid Lodge No. 65 dates from 1864, and Euclid Chapter No. 13 from 1866.