Schlater, Casper U.

Born: 1828-XX-XX Pennsylvania

Died: 1867-09-06 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Flourished: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In 1850, Schlater was working as a clerk and living in the Spring Garden Ward 2, Precinct 1, in Philadelphia. From 1855 to 1857, he was among the directors of public schools in the Thirteenth Ward. In 1856 and 1857, he was secretary of the Board of Guardians for the Poor. In 1860, Schlater was living in the Thirteenth Ward with his wife Elizabeth. He worked as a clerk and accountant and lived in Philadelphia through the Civil War.

Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 89 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Spring Garden Ward 3, Precinct 1, Philadelphia, PA, 452; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Ward 13, Philadelphia, PA, 312; Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of "The Controllers of the Public Schools of the First School District of Pennsylvania," Comprising the City and County of Philadelphia, for the Year Ending December 31, 1855 (Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, 1856), 107; Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of "The Controllers of the Public Schools of the First District of Pennsylvania," Comprising the City of Philadelphia, for the Year Ending December 31, 1857 (Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, 1858), 105; Journal of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia: Beginning November 13, 1856, Ending May 7, 1857 (Philadelphia: Town's Printing Office, 1857), 639; Journal of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia: Beginning May 11, and Ending November 13, 1857 (Philadelphia: Town's Printing Office, 1857), Appendix No. 62, 94; McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1861 (Philadephia: E. C. & J. Biddle, 1861), 869; McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1865 (Philadelphia: Sherman, 1865), 597.