Background
SCHAFER, John C. was born on May 7, 1893 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John and Anna (Eichler) Schalk.
SCHAFER, John C. was born on May 7, 1893 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John and Anna (Eichler) Schalk.
School of District No. 11, Town of Wauwatosa. W. Allis. High School Employed in office of Allis-Chalmers Company.
Entered engine service of Chicago and N. Western Railroad. Was employed as Locomotive Engineer by that co. at time of election. Enlisted in Thirteenth Engineers, United States Army, 1917.
Served with that unit in French Fourth Army, Champagne, and in French Second Army at Verdun, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne.
Elected Member of Assembly, Wisconsin State Legislature, 1920. Elected Member Board of School District No. 11, Town of Wauwatosa.
Elected to 68-71 Congresses from Fourth Wisconsin Dist.
Member: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers. American Legion; Veterans, of Foreign Wars.
United Spanish War Veterans. (Honorary).
Spouse Ethel Brown, December 22, 1908, Chicago, 111.