Bio: Schaar, Leon G. (1923)

 
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Surnames: Schaar, Hoppe, Isersteadt

----Source: History of Wood County, Wis. (1923) page 551

Leon G. Schaar, editor and proprietor of the Nekoosa Tribune, is a native product of Wis., having been born in Fond du Lac, this state, April 17, 1883, son of August and Amelia Schaar. The parents came to the United States from Germany when young, the father being a cutter and merchant tailor by occupation. He and his wife live in Fond du Lac, where he is still following his trade. They have had seven children, six of whom are now living, namely: Clara, Leon, Arthur, Edna, Elsie and Adele. Waldo died in infancy. Leon G. Schaar was reared in Fond du Lac, where he attended school and later learned the printer's trade. He came to Nekoosa in 1914 and purchased the newspaper which he is now conducting, but which was then known as the Wood County Times and Yellow River Pilot. Aside from his journalistic activities, he was instrumental in organizing the Chamber of Commerce at Nekoosa, of which he is an active member, and is fraternally connected with the Beavers, Odd Fellows and Yeomen. Mr. Schaar was married at Medford, Wis., in October, 1909, to Anna Hoppe, daughter of Conrad and Christiana (Isersteadt) Hoppe of that place. He and his wife are the parents of a daughter, Frances, who was born March 25, 1911.