Members of the Hsiao family made outstanding contributions in scholastic and political circles for more than a century, but with the development of industry and commerce and the flight of people to the city, the family lost its former greatness.
一百多年來，蕭家子孫克勤克儉，力求上進，由商人而成書香門第（清時有蕭信棟中舉人，蕭贊堯中秀才），光復後，更有當選地方民意代表的（蕭福應曾任佳冬鄉鄉長，蕭秀利為台灣省第一、二屆省議員）。