San Diego County Biographies
 
ANTONE SCHERMAN

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Among the many industrious and honorable citizens furnished the United States by 
Germany, is our subject, who was born in Wirtemberg, April 11, 1845. His father, 
Casper Scherman, and his mother, Mary (Harz) Scherman, were natives of Germany. 
Mr. Antone Scherman was the oldest of seven children; he received his education 
in Germany, where he also learned the engineer and machinist�s trade. In 1863 he 
came to the United State, then to Chicago, and from there he crossed the plains 
to Idaho, and for two years was engineer in a quartz mill. In 1866 he removed to 
Calaveras County, California, where he was a placer miner for some time and also 
an engineer in saw-mills. He remained there about a year and then went to San 
Francisco and worked in the machine shops and also followed his engineering 
trade for a distillery. In 1871 he removed to Arizona, where he prospected for 
eight months, when he went to San Bernardino and engaged in the saw-mill 
business. From here he went to Calico and had the first quartz mill there. The 
mill is now owned by Lieutenant-Governor Daggett and W. W. Stow. In 1884 he came 
to San Jacinto and started his steam saw- mill and lumber yard. His mill is 
located fifteen miles east of San Jacinto at an elevation of 6,000 feet, and is 
supplied with all machinery for saw-mill and box factory. The yard is known as 
Clipper Lumber Yard, and is located at San Jacinto; he also owns a ranch five 
miles south of San Jacinto.

He was married in 1868, in San Francisco, to Miss Catherine Schumacher, a native 
of Germany. She came to America the same year Mr. Scherman came. They have five 
children, viz.; Joseph, Annie, Leonora, Antone and Henry. He is a member of the 
United Order of Red Men. He is a thorough mill and lumberman, and attends 
closely to his business.
 
An Illustrated History of Southern California: Embracing the Counties of San 
Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California, from the Earliest Period of Occupancy to the Present Time.... - 
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890. pp 369