admin C. P. HUGO SCHOELLKOPF, who is officially and financially identified with several of the chief manufacturing industries of Buffalo, is widely and favorably known as a business man, a citizen and an individual of high educational attainments and distinguished family and social connections. Mr. Schoellkopf is an instance of a scion of a notable stock worthily maintaining the traditions of his house.
Mr. Schoellkopf is a native of Buffalo, having been born in this city on the 6th of July, 1862. Until he was past sixteen, Hugo Schoellkopf pursued his education in the Buffalo public schools. In 1877 he went to Germany, there entering the Oberrealschule in Stuttgart and subsequently becoming a student at the Polytechnic College of the same city. Later he took a course in chemistry at the Polytechnic College in Berlin.
Having completed his studies, in 1885 Mr. Schoellkopf returned to Buffalo and immediately entered the Schoellkopf Aniline and Chemical Works, with which he has since been connected.
A man of thorough scientific training and possessing a sound knowledge of chemistry, Mr. Schoellkopf soon found himself very much in demand. Besides his many years of connection with the Schoellkopf Aniline and Chemical Works, Mr. Schoellkopf occupies a leading place in relation to other manufacturing concerns of importance. He is Treasurer of the Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Company, the firm which operates the Schoellkopf, Analine and Chemical Works, a director of the National Aniline and Chemical Company, Vice-President of the Contact Process Company, a corporation closely allied to the Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Company above referred to. Treasurer of the Shafer Fruit and Cold Storage Company, President of the Canandaigua Brewing Company, a Director of the Central National Bank, and interested largely in the American Magnesia ad Covering Company.
In social life, Mr. Schoellkopf is connected with several leading organizations. He has a keen interest in musical culture and is a life member of the Orpheus Society of Buffalo. He is a 32d degree Mason, is affiliated with Ancient Landmarks Lodge No. 441, P. and A. M. and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Order of Elks and the Ellicott and Launch Clubs.
In 1890 Mr. Schoellkopf was united in marriage to Miss Emily Annette, of Fort Lee, New Jersey. They have one son, Alfred H. Schoellkopf.
SOURCE: Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York; Volume I