Background
Schoonmaker, Frederic Palen was born on March 11, 1870 in Limestone, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. Son of Elijah R. and Eliza (Palen) Schoonmaker.
Schoonmaker, Frederic Palen was born on March 11, 1870 in Limestone, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. Son of Elijah R. and Eliza (Palen) Schoonmaker.
Student, Alfred U.; Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1891. Doctor of Laws, Alfred, 1917. Studied law under Judge James Schoonmaker, of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Colonel W. W. Brown, of Bradford, Pennsylvania.
Member Brown & Schoonmaker, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1894-1913, then Brown, Schoonmaker & Nash. Became judge of the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, January 2, 1923. Joined Pennsylvania National Guard, 1912.
Captain 16th Regiment, Mexican border service, 1916-1917. Entered United States service, 1917, with regiment as 112th Infantry, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Force, also served as assistant chief of staff G-2, 28th Division and 92d Division, American Expeditionary Force. Detached duty with Army General Staff, Langres, France, also with 2d Canada Division, B.E.F.
Honorary discharged February 1919, as lieutenant colonel infantry.
Member Brown & Schoonmaker, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1894-1913, then Brown, Schoonmaker & Nash. Member Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Mason, Odd; Clubs: Bradford, University, Athletic (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Married Jessie L. Brown, June 23, 1892 (died 1921).; married second, Virginia Elliott Taylor, December 23, 1937. Children: Susie Rae (Mistress.