Henry was the son of Peter Schmidt and Adaline Marie (Block) Schmidt and the husband of Edna Ruth (Rice) Schmidt. He was the father of Eva Corille Jensen (1912-1984); Ruth Catherine (1914-1914); Otto Henry (1918-1986); Vivian Sue Braun and William J. Schmidt. He was the brother of Mary E (1886-unkn); Edith Dooley (1887-unkn); Bertha Catherine Richter (1889-unkn); Anthony (1894-1953); Clara Catherine Wagner (1885-unkn); Earl Jacob Nocholas (1897-unk); Florence Elizabeth Hoeing (1899-unk) and Helen Agusta McNamara (1903-1988).