Schwarg, Peter J. "P. J."

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1901-02 (District 7)

Party when first elected: Republican

Counties Served: Dodge

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 8/24/1845

Birth Place: New York City, New York

Birth County:

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: 2/10/1927

Gender: Male

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names: P. J.

City of Residence (when first elected): Dodge Center

Occupation (when first elected): Farmer

EDUCATION

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Municipal Government: Kasson, Minnesota (City Marshal); 1877 to 1881

Judicial Administration: Dodge County, Minnesota (Clerk of Court, 12 years); 1886 to 1898

Postmaster: Dodge Center, Minnesota (Appointed by President Roosevelt); 1905 to ? [Appointed]

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Paulina (Pauline) Getman (married on November 22, 1871; she died in 1904); Remarried Genevieve (nee Ives) Allen (married on April 18, 1908; she's listed in the 1914/15 Women's Who's Who of America).
Children: Five children: Julia Grace (Gracie), Mary Caroline (Carrie), Edith Addie, Henry, Charles (Charly)

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He moved from New York to Wisconsin as an infant and came to Minnesota in 1867.

He unsuccessfully ran for the office of Minnesota State Treasurer several times.

His birth and death dates are listed as August 24, 1845 and February 10, 1927, respectively in his obituary in the Dodge County Star on February 17, 1927.

He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Kasson, Minnesota.