H. Albert Schmidt of AC Spark Plug

H. Albert Schmidt of AC Spark Plug Updated October 17, 2005

H. Albert Schmidt was joined Albert Champion and the Stranahan brothers in Boston around 1907 to make spark plugs. Champion and Schmidt left the Albert Champion Company in 1908 and along with William Crapo ("Billy") Durant started the Champion Ignition Company which produced AC spark plugs. The Stranahan bothers, left behind in Boston, took the Albert Champion Company and turned it into the Champion Spark Plug Company. Thus Albert Schmidt was part of the magic spark that started the two largest spark plug companies in the world. It is possible that Schmidt's family has survived, but I have not been able to track them.

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Photo of H. Albert Schmidt (16 KB) From Flint Journal

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Albert Champion in Boston The Other Albert of Spark Plugs: H. Albert Schmidt Albert Schmidt Obituary from Flint Journal, 11-13-1942