John Schumacher

John Schumacher (about 1816–1885) was a German immigrant who became a wealthy landowner in Los Angeles, California, and was a member of that city's governing council.

Personal Schumacher was born in Germany about 1816 and died in Los Angeles on March 2, 1885, at the age of sixty-nine, of apoplexy, reported Harris Newmark, in his book Sixty Years in California.

He returned to Los Angeles in 1853, In 1882 he built a two-story residence on Fort Street, between Franklin and First Streets.

Schumacher was "proficient in languages, and as an interpreter, often gave his time and services in serving his less-gifted neighbors, particularly the poor and unfortunate, to straighten out their affairs."