Further bio.
JOHN J. SCHADT, son of Henry and Magdalena (Knauss) Schadt, was born in South Whitehall, May 18. 1838. He attended the township schools in his youth and worked on the homestead, but later was employed in the East Penn and Ferndale rolling mills. In 1871 he moved to Allentown, where he opened a blacksmith and horseshoeing shop on North Church street, above Linden, which he conducted until 1902, when he retired. He is a Democrat in politics and was elected county treasurer on that ticket in 1890. He was confirmed in the Reformed church by Rev. Dr. A. J. G. Dubbs. He married Anna Maria Berger and had eight children.