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PHILIP CHRISTIAN SCHOENECK, furniture-dealer, Pittsburgh, was born in the city of Worms, Germany, June 6, 1831. His father, who bore the same name, by trade a book seller and bookbinder, died before the birth of his son Philip C. There is an elder son, Carl Wilhelm, who now lives in Brooklyn, N, Y., having retired from a successful stove and house furnishing business. Their mother, Philipena Jungkenn Schoeneck, died in 1835. John Ludwig Schoeneck, grandfather of Carl W. and Philip C., was a book dealer and manufacturer of sealing wax.

Philip C. Schoeneck was educated at the high-school of his native city, and in 1850 immigrated to New York, where he learned the trade of upholsterer. He came to Pittsburgh in 1858, when he became a member of the firm of Dauler, Close & Co., in 1869 of Close, Schoeneck & Co., and in 1876 Schoeneck & Close. In 1880 Mr. Schoeneck became sole proprietor, through the purchase of his partner’s interest, and the business is steadily growing under his management, occupying a fine, large store on Liberty avenue. He is a director of the German-American Insurance company, is a member of the German Library association, Frohsinn society and Smithfield Street G. E. Church. He has always been identified with the republican party, his first vote being cast for Gen. Fremont. In 1861 Mr. Schoeneck married Emilie Dauler, who was born in Pittsburgh, a daughter of George Dauler, a native of Germany. Mrs. Schoeneck died in 1865, leaving one son, also named Philip Christian, now assistant in his father’s business. After the death of his first wife Mr. Schoeneck married Louise, daughter of John H. Demmler, of Germany, and by her has three daughters, the Misses Julia Maria, Emma Elizabeth and Ida Christina.