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- As president and general manager of the Schweickart Lumber Company, this well known citizen of Lawrence County holds distinctive prestige as one of the representative business men in the City of Ironton, the while his sterling loyalty and civic progressiveness mark him as a citizen fully entitled to his status which he securely maintains in popular esteem.
Though he has been a resident of Lawrence County from his childhood, Mr. Schweickart was born in Dover, Kentucky, on the 28th of October 1871. He is the son of Fredrick and Louisa (Fridley) Schweickart, the former of whom was born in Germany in 1833, and the latter of whom was born near Ripley, Brown County, Ohio in 1838. Fredrick Schweickart came to Lawrence County, Ohio when he was about 25 years of age, and he became one of the successful contractors and builders of this section of the state, besides which he served many years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ironton Hospital. He was an honored and venerable citizen of Ironton at the time of his death, which occurred in 1907, and his widow resides in this city. The names of their nine children are as follows: George, Lean, Charles, Maggie, William L., Albert, Frank, Amelia, and Otto.
William L Schweickart attended the public schools of Lawrence County until he attained the age of fifteen years, and thereafter he gained practical experience by becoming a newsboy in Ironton, a dignified position he held for four years. Thereafter, he was employed in clerical positions for two years, and at the expiration of which he became a machine operator in the plant of the Ironton Wood Mantel Company.
Two years later he became associated with his father in the contracting and building business under the firm name of Schweickart & Son. After four years his father retired from active business and left the enterprise be continued successfully by William L. until 1913, when he became associated with Edward Kurtz and William A. Ault in the organization and incorporation of the Schweickart Lumber Company, which bases its operation on a capital stock of $15,000 and which has built up a substantial and prosperous enterprise, Mr. Schweickart being president and treasurer.
Mr. Schweickart is president also of the South Side Building and Loan Company, besides which he is a stockholder of the German Building and Loan Company, and is a member of the directorate of the South Side Theater Company. He still continues active operations as one of the leading contractors and builders in Ironton and hare he is the owner of four houses and lots besides his own attractive residence and his interest in the mill and yards of the Schweickart Lumber Company.
Mr. Schweickart is an active and valued member of the Ironton chamber of Commerce, is a Republican in his political allegiance, served two years as a member of the Ironton Board of Public works, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Seven Wise Men, the Knights of Pythias, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Emanuel Methodist Episcopal Church.
January 18, 1899 recorded the marriage of Mr. Schweickart to Miss Rozzie McCarty, daughter of Michael and Jane McCarty of Scioto County, and the three children of this union are: George G., Paul G., and Phyllis Irene.
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1871 - 1951 (79 years)