Submitted by:
Lisa Marie Sumner
John Frederick Schroeder of the Baltimore Colony
John Frederick Schroeder died Oct. 23, 1925, he was one of the old pioneers of
Coos county. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 15, 1844 being past 81
years. He spent his school days in Baltimore. On Apr. 11, 1859, Mr. Schroeder
with his parents and 4 brothers and 1 sister and the Hermanns, Hollands, Benders
and Volkmars and others started for the Coquille valley via the Isthmus of
Panama, arriving in this vicinity during the late days of May.
The Baltimore Colony as it was called, had representations of every trade with
them. The Schroeder family chose as their home a place 2 ½ miles south of Myrtle
Point on the South Fork of the Coquille.
He was married in 1866 to Mary (Perry) Grant, she was born at Clatsop Plains and
was the first female white child born in Oregon. Her first husband, T. L. Grant,
was a cousin of U. S. Grant.
Soon after their marriage they purchased the Fred Schroeder farm between
Coquille and Myrtle Point, and changed it from a wilderness to a fine farm. He
brought the first Jersey cattle into the valley.
In 1903 he sold his farm to his 2 sons, C. Albert and Frank E. and moved to
Coquille. His wife died in 1910. All the children survive: Clara Bell Snyder,
wife of Capt. Levi Snyder of Portland; Charles Albert, Frank Elmore, James
Finley and Eva L., wife of James Watson of Coos county. Buried at Norway.
--Southern Coos County American, Oct. 29, 1925
John Frederick Schroeder born in Baltimore lived most of his life in Oregon.