Monroe Schadt, son of Henry C. and Magdalena (Knauss) Schadt, was born March 9, 1834 in North Whitehall township. In 1858 he moved to Whitehall Township on the Jonathan Knauss homestead of which he became the owner and which he conducted up to the time of his death Aug. 26, 1903. He was a member of St. John's Reformed congregation, Mickley's, of which he was a liberal supporter and which he served as deacon, edler and trustee. In 1858 he was matted to Catharine Butz., a daughter of Samuel and Kate (Lentz) Butz. She was born April 2l, 1842.