CHARLES C. SCHULTZ
Past Master 1877, 1883
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Charles Carl Gustave Gottlieb Robert Schulz was born June 26, 1829 in Anklam, Prussia the son of Carl Schulz and Henrietta Geistler. After learning trade of barbering, practicing in leading German cities, moved to Berlin, then to London for 2 years and Liverpool for one year. He married Eliza Jeep in Hanover, Germany and they emigrated to America in 1852. They had five children, Bertha, Robert, Emma and two others who were born in Naperville and died in infancy.

He worked as a barber in New York City for 3 and a half years and then opened his own shop for another year and a half. Then moved to Chicago, but didn't like it so he moved to Naperville and opened a barber shop. In 1859 he added tobacco and cigars. In 1873 he sold out the barber shop side of the business to his apprentice so he could travel to surrounding counties to sell tobacco. In December, 1874, his frame building for the barber shop and cigar store were destroyed by fire and he lost $10,000.00. After the fire he opened another barber shop while he improved his new 2 story brick building on the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets.

He affiliated with Euclid Lodge March 7, 1865 from Wheaton Lodge No. 269, Wheaton, Illinois. He served as Master of Euclid Lodge in 1877 and 1883. He also served Euclid Lodge as Junior Warden in 1868 and 1869, as Treasurer in 1872, 1879 and 1880, as Secretary in 1870, as Senior Steward in 1871 and 1878, and as Junior Steward in 1866. Charles was also a member of Euclid Chapter No. 13, Royal Arch Masons and the Aurora Commandery No. 22, Aurora, Illinois.

He died June 17, 1898 in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois and was buried in the Naperville Cemetery.