Biography of Henry Shindler



Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. 

Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912.



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HENRY SHINDLER was born at Gleiwitz, Prussia, February 22, 1854, the son of Samuel and Bertha Shindler. He received some 

education in the schools of Germany, and later in the public schools of Illinois. At the age of thirteen he concluded to 

emigrate to America, although he had but money enough to get to Hamburg, from which point he made his way across the ocean 

without a penny, arriving in this country in April, 1867. The story of his travels in America during his first two years 

here shows that he was a most successful and accomplished tourist. He finally enlisted in the army and served three years, 

being stationed at New Orleans, Pineville and Baton Rouge, La., during 1873 and 1874, and at Fort Lyon, Colo., from June, 

1874, to November, 1875. Upon his discharge he went to Fort Leavenworth, where he remained until 1893, thence going to 

Leavenworth and staying until 1908, when he returned to the fort. On March 22, 1879, he married Miss Nannie E. Thompson, 

daughter of the late J. M. Thompson, of Perry, Kan., who was a veteran of the Mexican War, having gone out with Doniphan's 

expedition. During Mr. Shindler's career as a printer and journalist he has been associated with many papers, and was for 

several years a correspondent of the Kansas City Times. While a resident of Leavenworth he was a member of the city council 

for two years, and President Cleveland appointed him United States gauger for the district of Kansas. He is now in charge 

of the printing department of the army service schools at Fort Leavenworth. For a number of years Mr. Shindler has employed 

his spare moments in a compilation of a history of Fort Leavenworth. The task has been a difficult one, hut the work is now 

far on its way to completion, In the meantime he has published a number of pamphlets on various subjects concerning the 

institutions of this great military post- "A History of the Army Service Schools, 1881-1908"; "History of the United States 

Military Prison"; "Code of Grants and Permits under which the Various Private Corporations Operate on the Fort Leavenworth 

Military Reservation, together with a History of Some of its Military Institutions, etc."; also, "Fort Leavenworth: Its 

Churches and Schools." This last is a revision of a pamphlet published some years ago. and brought up to date, with 

considerable data of earlier times not then at the author's disposal.



(included with the article "The First Capital of Kansas", page 331)