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id 1068 lastname Schmidt firstname Conrad sex m birth_date 1827.01.00 birth_place Germany date_admitted 1886.12.01 covenant_signed 1886.12.20 shaker_residences Hancock 1886, 1900, 1905. health Conrad had been suffering from frequent attacks of heart failure, and the doctor said he would not live much longer,' Fidella Estabrook letter, March 26 [1904], OClWHi.IV:A-19 (with undated letters at start of microfilm reel 18). occupation Garden laborer, 1900. departure_apostasy Came to the Hancock 2d Family to live 1886.12.01, NOC.10,345. Signed Hancock probationary covenant 1886.12.20, NOC.13,605. 1900 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, family 107 [Hancock Office?]: born Germany Jan. 1827, age 73, widower, immigrated 1847, naturalized citizen, garden laborer. 'Fire broke out in the Brethren’s Shop at Second Family in the afternoon. One part was used by the sisters for the storage of cloaks, the other was occupied by Conrad Schmidt, a brother 80 years old. When Elder Ira and help arrived the fire had made such headway that it was impossible to enter the building and it required the aid of a steam fire engine from Pittsfield to save the adjoining buildings. The body of Conrad was found in a natural position on his bed, evidently having been suffocated or prostrated by heart failure. The fire originated from his stove, near which he kept a large quantity of dry wood, kindling,' 1905.03.14, NOC.10,345. For more details, see: Fidella Estabrook letter, March 26 [1905], OClWHi.IV:A-19 (with undated letters at start of microfilm reel 18). Died 1905.03.14, age 80 yrs 1m 20d, MPH.8000 p218; at 2d Family, MPH.5218. notes 1905.03.14 death_date Hancock death_location Fire death_cause MPH.8000 p218. MPH.5218.
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