Brown County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1913 (part 2 of 14)

In politics Mr. Monahan is a democrat and is a firm believer in the principles of his party. He is a member of St. John's Roman Catholic church of Green Bay and is also connected with the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Royal Arcanum. His home is at No. 432 South Adams street.

Frank Crabb

Frank Crabb, who is serving as trustee of the Brown county insane asylum, is essentially a public-spirited citizen, interested in the development of De Pere where he has spent his entire life, and ready to do his best in promoting its welfare. He was born here, May 8, 1862, and is a son of Philip and Catherine (Tillman) Crabb, natives of Belgium. His father was born near Brussels and came to America in early manhood, settling in Green Bay. He farmed in the vicinity of that city until 1867, when he removed to De Pere and engaged in general merchandising until his death, which occurred in 1879. He and his wife were among the early settlers of Wisconsin and were witnesses of much of the growth and development of that state. They were members of the Roman Catholic church. After the death of his first wife the father of our subject was again married, his second union being with Miss Gertrude Sanders, a member of an old Holland family and a daughter of Martin Sanders, a well known shoemaker of De Pere. By this marriage were born four children.

Frank Crabb was educated in the public schools of his native city. After his father's death he inherited the business and conducted the store upon the same site for five years. He later conducted a saloon at De Pere and is numbered among the pioneers in the retail liquor business, having a record of twenty-seven years' activity at one location. His business ability is of a high order and has combined with his industry and integrity to hasten his success. The place survived the great De Pere fire which occurred on April 23, 1882, and has been continuously prosperous. Mr. Crabb, however, does not allow his attention to be absorbed by one line of activity for his interests are broad in scope and separately effective. He is a stockholder in various enterprises which directly or indirectly influence the growth and development of De Pere and is in all respects an enterprising, progressive and substantial citizen.

Mr. Crabb married Miss Alice Van der Hyden, a daughter of John and Dora (Manders) Van der Hyden, early settlers of De Pere. To Mr. and Mrs. Crabb have been -born seven children, four of whom are still living: Cecelia, who married H. Peters, a general merchant in De Pere; Philip A., who married Mayme Hoff, and who is residing in De Pere with his wife and two children; Theresa, who lives at home; and George A., who is associated in business with his father.

Mr. Crabb was reared in the Roman Catholic church and is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He is a democrat and one of the active workers in the interests of his party. He served as a delegate to numerous conventions and was for ten years a member of the county board, doing at that time the same useful, energetic and constructive work which marks his present position as trustee of the county insane asylum, in which capacity he has been serving since 1910. All interests which tend to promote the public welfare receive his indorsement and support and he is numbered among the progressive residents of his city.

Edgar L. Brunette

For three generations members of the Brunette family have lived in Brown county and have been active forces in its business and agricultural development. The present representative, Edgar L. Brunette, is living retired in De Pere after many years of activity in the carpentering and contracting business. He was born in Fort Howard, December 30, 1858, and is a son of John and Philinda (Snider) Brunette. The grandfather of our subject, Dominick Brunette, came to Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his parents when he was a child and spent his entire life in Brown county. His son, the father of the subject of this review, was born in what was then called Tank's addition, in 1827, and is the oldest living white man, born in Brown county. As a boy he followed farming and he continued this occupation until 1850, when he moved to Grand Rapids and there was engaged for many years as a pilot on a boat which carried lumber to the Mississippi river. He married Miss Philinda Snider, a native of Oneida county, New York. She died in 1909, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. John Brunette became the parents of seven children : Franklin S., a contractor in Green Bay; Edgar L., of this review; Charles R., who has passed away; Seraphim F., of Chicago; Elmer M., of Green Bay ; Alida, the wife of John Garrow, of Tacoma, Washington ; and Walter H., who is connected with the street car company in Green Bay.

After completing his education in the public schools of his native section Edgar L. Brunette learned the carpentering and contracting business and then went to Milwaukee, where for eight years he had charge of the building and remodeling done by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. In this connection he worked upon all the depots along the line and did a great deal of other important construction work. He spent the next eighteen years in private business in Milwaukee, where he gained wide recognition as an able and acute business man. He finally retired and moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he has since resided. He is still interested in the carpentering and contracting business but has given up active work for a time.

Mr. Brunette married Miss Celia Gillette, a daughter of Charles and Matilda (Van Camp) Gillette, the former a farmer in New York, his native state. Mr. and Mrs. Brunette have three children: Earl.V., who is nineteen years of age and a student in college; Alton Byron, aged seventeen, who attends the De Pere high school; and Evelyn, aged fourteen. Mr. Brunette belongs to the Methodist church and his family are also adherents of this religion. He belongs to the National Fraternal League in Green Bay and to the Order of Moose. He is giving a large part of his time and attention to duties in connection with the Waubenukgua Country Club near De Pere. Mr. Brunette is recognized as a man of resourceful business ability, careful in his plans and determined and resolute in their execution. His retirement is well deserved, for it has been won by persevering and well directed labor in the past.

John Steckart, Jr., was on April i, 1912, by popular vote elected to the office of mayor of De Pere and in the exercise of that office is now fully meeting the expectations of his constituency. He is one of the members of the well known firm of John Steckart Sons' Company, butchers and meat dealers in De Pere. He was born in De Pere, August 29, 1875, and is a son of John and Mary (Kellner) Steckart. The father came to the United States at a very early age and settled first in Milwaukee, from which place he removed to Green Bay, where he worked for a Mr. Hagemeister in the meat business. He later moved to De Pere and there established himself in the butcher and meat business. He has been alderman of De Pere for several terms and is now a director in the National Bank of De Pere, a director in the De Pere Electric Light & Power Company, and also a director in the J. P. Dousman Milling Company.

John Steckart, Jr., was reared at home and received his early education in the public schools of De Pere, later pursuing a complete course at the Green Bay Business College. At the age of seventeen years he started in life for himself as an employe of his father in the latter's meat shop. In 1907, in company with his brother William he took over his father's business and the two brothers have since conducted it as the John Steckart Sons' Company. The firm does a meat and stock-shipping business and in addition to that interest they own and operate six hundred acres of land.

Mr. Steckart was united in marriage in 1902 to Miss Agatha Lee, a daughter of Patrick and Helen Lee, of De Pere. Mr. Steckart served as alderman of De Pere from April 1, 1906, to April 1, 1912, and in that year was elected mayor of De Pere. While serving his city as alderman he was a member of the street-paving committee for two years, of which committee he was chairman for one year. Fraternally he belongs to Green Bay Council, K. C, and is also a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters of De Pere and the Travelers Protective Association of Green Bay. He and his family are members of St. Francis Xavier's church of De Pere. Mr. Steckart is one of the public-spirited men of De Pere and is always ready to lend his assistance to the support of every enterprise that will in any way advance the business and moral interests of the city in which he lives. He is conservative and reliable in his business operations, has been uniformly successful during his business life and is in every way entitled to be numbered among the desirable and useful citizens of his part of the state.

Daniel Whitney

The name of Daniel Whitney, whose portrait found an honored place in the State Capitol building at Madison, should head the list of Green Bay's honored citizens, for he was the founder of the town. The family is an old English one, upon whom was conferred a coat of arms in days long gone by, and a brother of our subject, Joshua, became prominent and prosperous in Quebec, Canada, as the owner of a large hotel. Daniel Whitney, who had for friends such distinguished men as Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, the latter of whom was his attorney, penetrated into the western wilderness of Wisconsin at a time when there were few white settlers within the borders of the state and became the owner of the first store owned by a white man west of the lakes. From that period until his death he was closely associated with the work of planting the seeds of civilization leading to the development of one of the great commonwealths of the Mississippi valley. He was born in Gilsum, New Hampshire, September 3, 1795, and it was in the summer of 1819 that he arrived in Brown county, establishing a store near Camp Smith, two and a half miles above the present site of the city of Green Bay. A small village was there found at that time and after making his initial step as a business man on the frontier Mr. Whitney continued an active factor in the work of public improvement. His store was not only the first conducted by an American but was also the most extensive one west of the lakes. All around for miles stretched the green woods, which were the haunt of at least six different Indian nations. With the spirit of the explorer Daniel Whitney pushed his way into the wilderness, making long journeys into the interior and seeking out what he regarded as favorable locations for trade. He explored the Fox river to its source and the Wisconsin from the rapids to its confluence with the Mississippi. In 1821-2 he acted as sutler for the United States troops at Fort Snelling on the St. Peters river in Minnesota. At different points along the Mississippi he established trading posts, supplying traders with goods, and he also had a trading post at Sault Ste. Marie.

He had many thrilling, exciting and sometimes dangerous experiences which were incident to the settlement of the frontier. In the fall of 1822 he made the journey on foot from Fort Snelling to Detroit, accompanied only by a single Indian to assist him with his provisions and bedding, which they hauled on a hand sled. The journey covered about one thousand miles, during which time they met but one white man and saw but two cabins. On another trip to Detroit, which was made on foot, Mr. Whitney was accompanied by a six-foot Indian, named Blacksmith, and when he had to go to Washington in the interest of early legislation, Mrs. Whitney and this Indian guide accompanied him. They had to cross the Detroit river on ice, as there were no bridges and the ice was very thin but Mr. Whitney ran across, although the ice bent perilously under his weight. The Indian, however, was afraid and would not follow Mr. Whitney, who recrossed but could not persuade the redskin to walk over the ice, which he knew was dangerous, as the water was deep and the current strong. Mr. Whitney then secured a rope from the sled and a cudgel and compelled the Indian to lie down upon the ice, while with the rope he drew him over in safety. This was but one of the many incidents such as the frontiersman experienced in his efforts to establish a home at the outskirts of civilization. In the fall of 1824 a vessel which was bringing goods and provisions for Mr. Whitney, to be sold at Green Bay, became frozen in the ice near Mackinac. Such an accident at that time threatened serious consequences to the settlements, involving many hardships from lack of food and necessary supplies. To Mr. Whitney it meant great loss unless the ship could be reached. When the ice had become frozen along the shore and made a bridge across the rivers and bay he fitted out an expedition and with several Canadian Frenchmen started on horseback to Mackinac, making ,tht 'entife journey on ice. With his train he returned with all that he could carry of the goods that he regarded as absolutely necessary in the settlements. On first settling here he bought up all the furs he could obtain from trappers and Indians and sent them to John Jacob Astor of New York, who also owned land here, which was named after him, Astor, and occupied the heights of this section, while the lower part, called Navareno, was owned by Mr. Whitney. Both properties constitute portions of Green Bay at this day.

Mr. Whitney saw the possibilities for empire building in this section and, embracing his opportunities, carried on extensive operations. Several times he went to Canada, where he secured a large number of men used to voyaging and the life of a trader. Accompanied by them, he returned on foot and in bark canoes, exploring new sections of the country on the way and from the Mackinac boat transporting his goods to his different trading posts. Many of these French Canadians whom he brought to this section are still in the county and have become substantial farmers and prosperous citizens of this part of the state. From that early day Mr. Whitney was largely engaged in the transportation business until roads were made throughout the state and navigation developed. For many years he was active in transporting all supplies for Forts Winnebago and Crawford and for the troops along the upper Mississippi. The supplies were conveyed in boats from Green Bay along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. This involved an almost unbelievable amount of labor and cost and many hardships were incidents of the work.

Between the years 1825 and 1830 Mr. Whitney explored the upper Wisconsin and built mills at Plover and Portage, where for more than fifteen years he engaged in the manufacture of lumber, which was rafted down the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers to be marketed in St. Louis. This was the first lumbering establishment built on the Wisconsin and probably the first on any tributary of the Mississippi. He also owned a large cranberry marsh on the Wisconsin and he had Indians pick the berries, which he shipped on rafts poled by Frenchmen to the St. Louis market. During the same period Mr. Whitney also erected the first shot tower at Helena on the Wisconsin river and conducted an extensive business there. He conducted a supply store among the Stockbridge Indians from the time that they arrived in this state to establish new homes in 1827 or 1828 until their removal to their reservation in Shawano county, and his first store was in Allouez about two miles from Green Bay, on the old road, back of the coach line. The remains of the old cellar were visible until a few years ago and here Daniel Henshaw, Mr. Whitney's oldest son, was born. While transacting business for them, covering about thirteen years, he enjoyed their unqualified confidence, which he merited by reason of his strictly honorable methods and liberal dealing. His just treatment of them led him to be looked upon by the Indians as a father and friend.

In 1831 Mr. Whitney left his home at Camp Smith and removed his family to Navareno, now Green Bay, near the mouth of the river, taking with him his old store which he moved to Navareno on sleds over the ice. He always regarded this site as a most advantageous one for a town and ever had unfaltering faith in the future of the city. He cleared and made a road from river to river with his own men, which is now Main street. He manifested this faith in his investments and in the development of his business enterprises, purchasing the land upon which the city now stands in 1828 or 1829 and laying out the town of Navareno. He had well formulated plans for the building of the city. He carefully systematized the work and in 1830 had completed a wharf and warehouse and also built the Washington House where now stands the Beaumont Hotel, a school building and several dwellings for the mechanics and laborers in his employ, while the race track was on the hill. He had warehouses all along the river and ran his own steamers on the same. From 1830 until 1840 he continued his building operations there as fast as materials and necessary supplies could be obtained, erecting eight or ten stores and a large number of dwelling houses, which he rented, owning in all twenty-five houses in the lower town. He built a fine house of four stories with marble fireplaces in every room but it was never finished and after his death it was taken down and the material was used in other buildings. He also gave away a number of lots to mechanics and others who were desirous of building homes of their own. He also owned a large part of Sheboygan and much of it remained his property up to the time of his death. He cooperated in every movement to further the interests of the new town of Navareno. He manifested particular helpfulness toward the building of Christ's church, which was the first Protestant church of Green Bay and the first of the Episcopal denomination in the state. He gave the lot to this church, donated the parsonage and bell and bought twenty-five pews to help it along, which he kept during his lifetime and which were subsequently retained by his wife until the church burned down. He was always interested in the church from its completion until his death and on more than one occasion quietly furnished the money for needed repairs and improvements. Interesting to record is how he became possessed of his land in Navareno, which he first owned in partnership with three French gentlemen by name, Grignon, two of whom he bought out but with the last he drew lots for the balance and won.

During the last fifteen years of his life Mr. Whitney was not actively engaged in any particular line of business but concentrated his energies upon the supervision of his realty holdings, which were extensive and were judiciously secured. The history of no resident of Green Bay is more closely identified with the upbuilding and development of the state. He was intrepid, fearless, determined and resourceful and the words failure and discouragement had no part in his vocabulary. On one occasion he was returning home from Grant Kaukauna, traveling on the ice with horse and train. In the night his horse broke through and, being unable to extricate the animal alone, he tied it so that the horse's head would be above water and walked three miles for assistance rather than let the horse drown, as many would have done. It was well known that Mr. Whitney was courageous and practically fearless. He always was in the lead when out with a party of men in the wilderness and would never require any man to take a risk that he would not himself undergo. He was a man of unswerving honesty, reliable in all his dealings and possessed in unusual degree the confidence of employes and dependents and as well of all who had business dealings with him. He was generous and ready in sympathy and gave freely of his means to the poor and needy, his benevolence, however, being of a most unostentatious character. Often a needy one would find in his doorway or kitchen corner the necessary aid quietly deposited there by Mr. Whitney at nightfall or at dawn of day. At Christmas, too, many a family shared the happiness and joys of the season when otherwise they would have sat around an empty board. The poor and needy, indeed, found in him a friend.

Mr. Whitney passed away November 4, 1S62, in his sixty-eighth year, in the home which he had occupied for almost three decades- By the terms of his will his widow was made sole executor of his large estate. It was in Middlebury, Vermont, on the 1st of September. 1826, that he wedded Emmeline S. Henshaw, who was born in Middlebury, Vermont, July 21, 1803. She came to Wisconsin first in 1825 from Middlebury, where her father, Daniel Henshaw, owned a paper mill, and made the perilous journey alone, accompanied only by a sister, and they made their first home with the family of Judge Arndt. Among one of her early experiences of real pioneer life was a trip to St. Louis on the Mississippi in canoes in the company of a sister and guided by Indians. She became known far and wide in the pioneer days as the "Queen of Navareno," a woman of fine appearance, descended from an old Derbyshire familv of England, which had for many years resided near Hatton Hall. Of a big heart and sympathetic nature Mrs. Whitney was much beloved by all and proved a true and helpful friend to many. Mrs. Whitney's family, the Henshaws, came to America at an early day from England. Her brother, John Henshaw, was Episcopal bishop of Kentucky and Jacob Robinson, a brotherin-law, was the first minister of that church in Greece. Another brother-inlaw was Mr. Fitch, who was a chaplain in the United States army, stationed at Detroit. Mr. Post, another of her brothers-in-law, was a Congregational minister in St. Louis. In all she had six sisters. Yet another brother-in-law, Mr. Richardson, was prominent in mercantile circles in New York city in his day. Mrs. Whitney died October 25, 1890, and on her the transcendent eulogy might well be pronounced that she was a woman of true Christian character, whose influence was always for good. She was buried from the church of which she had been such a faithful attendant and her granddaughter, Mrs. Samuel Bell of Green Bay, was the last to be married therein, before it burned down. By her marriage she became the mother of seven children, namely: Daniel H., at home; Joshua; William B. ; Charles R., who was born September 27, 1838; John P. K., whose birth occurred November 10, 1840; Harriett H., born October 18, 1842, now Mrs. F. Lewis, of Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Henry Clay, born April 12,

The eldest, Daniel Henshaw Whitney, was born in Green Bay, June 7, 1827, and traces his ancestry back to one of the old New England families, the line of descent coming down through John, John, Timothy, Joseph, Samuel and Daniel, the subject of this review. His were the usual experiences of one who is reared upon the frontier and he lived to become a well known, influential and prominent citizen of Calumet county, Wisconsin. He was well educated and possessed sound business principles and practical judgment. He filled the office of register of deeds in Calumet county in 1849 ar>d 1850 and was renowned for his beautiful penmanship, which was considered a high accomplishment in the olden days of pioneerdom, and the records show that he was painstaking and trustworthy. Of him it was said : "A more whole-souled, warm-hearted man or obliging neighbor never lived." For some time he was proprietor of Whitney's landing at Stockbridge, Wisconsin.

Daniel Henshaw Whitney was married March 10, 1863, to Eva Rosina Baeder, who was born October 21, 1838. Mrs. Daniel H. Whitney was a native of Germany, born in Stuttgart, the capital of Wurtemberg. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Whitney had two children, who were born at Stockbridge, on Lake Winnebago ; Emmeline Stillman, the wife of S. A. Bell, born October 28, 1865 ; and Daniel Whitney, born January 27, 1867, his birth occurring about three months after the death of his father on the 17th of November, 1866. He is now a business man of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Whitney later married again, becoming the wife of Ernst Funke, of Oconto, Wisconsin, on the 30th of November, 1885.

Joshua Whitney, the second son of Daniel Whitney, was born in Green Bay, August 30, 1829, and was married here November 9, 1852, to Elizabeth Frances Irwin, who was born November 7, 1832, and of this union was born Emmeline H., now of Buffalo, on August 8, 1853, who married Novem-

William Beaumont Whitney, the third son of Daniel Whitney, was born in Green Bay, April 4, 1832, although the town was then known as Navareno. He was named after the resident army surgeon, Dr. William Beaumont, who was the sole physician of the city, and a silver snuff box was presented to his father for him by Pierre Grignon in recognition of the fact that he was the first white child born on the claim. Grignon was the owner of the French claim and transferred it to Daniel Whitney, who built thereon the town of Navareno while John Jacob Astor located the town of Astor on an adjoining claim which he had purchased. William B. Whitney attended school in Green Bay until fifteen years of age and then spent some time as a student in Piqua, Miami county, Ohio. He afterward returned to Green Bay, spending two years there and at Sheboygan looking after his father's property and also assisting his brothers at Kaukauna, where they conducted a forwarding business in connection with their cousin, Daniel M. Whitney. W. B. Whitney in the fall of 185 1-2 removed to Cincinnati, where he served as bookkeeper with several firms. While there he was married, November 21, 1854, to Laura Margaret Clewell, who was born in February, 1830, and died May 4, 1884. Of this union were born two daughters: Helen Clewell, born November 15, 1863, who married Francis Sedgwick Bangs; and Mary Douglas, born October 29, 1865, the wife of George M. Henderson. On the 23d of November, 1886, Mr. W. B. Whitney wedded Emma Varian and they had one child, Margaretta V., who was born March 15, 1892. On the 30th of September, 1859, William B. Whitney went to Philadelphia and was the bookkeeper for Sharpe, Leisering & Company for a few years and was next appointed manager of the coal department of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company and later was purchasing agent and secretary and treasurer for some of the allied companies until September 1, 1870, when he engaged in the coal business for himself, gaining prominence and success in that field. He died July 25, 1906.

Such in brief is the history of Daniel Whitney and his family, without which the record of Brown county would be incomplete and unsatisfactory. It would be impossible to overestimate the worth of the work of Daniel Whitney in the settlement of this state and the development of its natural resources and the promotion of its trade relations. He builded wisely and well and the great state of Wisconsin is a monument to such men as he.

Ernst Funke

Prominent in the public affairs of Oconto, as an official and as a business man, Ernst Funke became well known. He was born in Liitzen, province of Saxony, Germany, January 20, 1835, a small town around which was fought the famous battle of that name between the great Napoleon and the allied Russians and Prussians under Prince Wittgenstein, May 2,

1813, Napoleon remaining invincible, and in the Red Lion Inn, a celebrated hostelry of those days the Corsican world conqueror made his headquarters at the time. After spending the first eighteen years of his life in the land of his nativity Ernst Funke started for America on a sailing vessel, which was thirty-six days crossing the Atlantic. His ultimate destination was Milwaukee but, failing to hnd employment there at his trade of rope making, he went to Oconto in June, 1853, to work in the woods. He had no money with which to pay his way to that place, so he worked his passage on the lumber vessel Napoleon to a point off Oconto and then came ashore in a small boat. With other men he went up the river to the first mill, where they failed to find employment. They had to sleep on the ground and forage for something to eat, but after enduring many hardships and privations Mr. Funke succeeded in obtaining work as cook in a lumber camp at fourteen dollars per month, while later his wage was increased to eighteen dollars per month. During the first year of his residence in Oconto he shipped on a trading vessel, which traded with the fishermen on the Lake Michigan and Green Bay shores. He utilized every opportunity that would enable him to gain a start in the business world. For a time he drove oxen with a man who was destined to become the lumber king of Wisconsin and achieve nation-wide renown as United States senator, Isaac Stephenson, and they remained lifelong friends. He also was employed for a short time in a hardware store at Fort Barlow. At length he embarked in the hotel business, erecting a hotel in Oconto and conducting it successfully for sixteen years. As proprietor thereof he formed a wide acquaintance and became not only widely but favorably known, gaining many friends throughout the community and among the hotel patrons.

On the 30th of November, 1S85, Mr. Funke was united in marriage to Mrs. Eva Rosina (Baeder) Whitney, who was born October 21, 1838, and was the widow of Daniel Henshaw Whitney. She survives her husband, who passed away January 29, 1906. Although he was in poor health for six years previous to his demise, he was sick only a week and was buried in Woodlawn cemetery, Green Bay. Mrs. Funke built a handsome home at Astor heights in 1907 and here she resides with Mr. and Mrs. Bell. Samuel Bell was born on the west side of Green Bay, where he attended school and graduated. He entered the banking business as collector and at the age of only twenty years filled a position as bookkeeper efficiently. He now holds a similar position of wider scope in a Chicago institution. Air. and Mrs. Bell have a daughter, Harriet Whitney, born October 7. 1897.

Fraternally Mr. Funke was a prominent Mason, holding membership in the blue lodge at Green Bay and the chapter at Oconto. Politically he was a republican and served in various offices. He first acted as trustee of the village in 1862 and later was president of the Pier committee. He was also a member of the county board in 1877-78 and at one time was mayor of the city, in which connection he administered the affairs of the office in a most prompt and businesslike way and sought the progress and improvement of Oconto in every possible way. Still higher political honors came to him in his election in 1878 to the general assembly and so creditable was the record which he made in office that he was reelected, thus serving for two terms as a member of the state legislature. President Arthur appointed him postmaster of Oconto, in which position he remained for four years, and thus in many offices he proved himself a capable official, loyal to the best interests of the community. He retired several years before his death with a comfortable fortune, which had been honorably won and was justly merited. His was a creditable record in that he worked his way upward from a very humble position, wisely utilizing his time and his opportunities, and while winning success, meeting fully every obligation of manhood and citizenship.

Eugene Leo Bau'R

Eugene Leo Bau'r has for five years been identified with the business interests of Green Bay, where he owns and operates a first-class buffet. He is one of the many citizens Germany has furnished Dodge county, his birth having occurred at Baden, on the 26th of August, 1876. His parents, Carl and Mina (Vogt) Bau'r, emigrated to the United States with their family in 1883, settling in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There the father engaged in the saloon business until a few years prior to his death, which occurred in 1910, at the age of sixty-two years. He is survived by the mother who is now sixty-two years old and a resident of Milwaukee. Of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bau'r four are living, of whom our subject is the second youngest. In order of birth the others are as follows: Carl, who is engaged in the saloon business at Milwaukee; Mathilda, the wife of C. Kempf, a saloon keeper in Milwaukee; and Olga, who is living, with her mother.

Eugene Leo Bau'r was a lad of only seven years when he came to the United States with his parents. He was reared to manhood and educated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After leaving school he entered a furniture factory, where he spent eighteen months learning the trades of veneering and joining, following which he took up plaster of Paris work. He subsequently came to Milwaukee and took a position with Pleish & Heck of the Milwaukee, now the Schlitz Hotel. After being in their service for two years he entered that of Robert Reinhardt, of the same city, with whom he remained for a similar period- His next employer was John Koerner, also of Milwaukee, for whom he worked for five years. In 1905, Mr. Bau'r came to Green Bay and during the succeeding two years was employed in the buffets of various hotels in the city. At the expiration of that period he decided to engage in business on his own account, establishing the place he is now conducting. He has a tastefully furnished, attractive buffet which is well conducted and patronized.

On the 27th of September, 19x35, Mr. Bau'r was united in marriage to Miss Rosa Heine, whose birth occurred in Milwaukee on September 7, 1882. She is a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Albert) Heine, long residents of Milwaukee, where the father passed away but the mother is still living. , To Mr. and Mrs. Bau'r there has been born one daughter, Majorie, who is five years of age.

In matters of religious faith the parents are Lutherans and fraternally Mr. Bau'r is a member of the Eagles lodge and the Turn Verein. Mr. Bau'r is a genial man of kindly nature and generous impulses and during the period of his residence in Green Bay has made many friends.

One of the strong law firms of Green Bay is that of which James H. McGillan is junior member. He came to this city in October, 1899. and entered into his present relation as a member of the firm of Green, Fairchild, North, Parker & McGillan on the 15th of March, 1912. He has been a lifelong resident of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred at Appleton, January 7, 1870. His parents were James H. and Johanna Mc- Gillan, the former coming from Ohio to Wisconsin, where he engaged in the business of lumbering. The family is of Scotch-Irish origin and was founded in America in 1790. Several representatives of the name served in the Civil war. James H. McGillan, Sr., died in November, 1907, at the age of seventy-one years, while his wife passed away in March. 1908, at the age of sixty-four. They lie buried in Riverside cemetery at Appleton, Wisconsin.

James H. McGillan, whose name introduces this review, acquired his primary education in the public schools of his native city and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1887. He then spent two years as a student in Lawrence University at Appleton and in 1889 entered the law department of the University of Wisconsin, from which he was graduated in 1891, receiving the LL. B. degree. He had applied himself with thoroughness to the mastery of legal principles and, well equipped for his professional career, he opened an office in Marinette, Wisconsin, and began practice. He met with quite satisfactory success there until October, 1899, when he came to Green Bay and entered the firm of Minahan and Fontaine at No. 207 North Washington street. This partnership was dissolved in 1905, after which Mr. McGillan remained alone in practice until the 15th of March, 1912, when he joined the firm of Green, Fairchild, North & Parker. His name was then added to the firm style and he is now associated with one of the strongest law combinations of the city. Their clientage is very extensive, connecting them with the most important litigation heard in the courts of the district. No one better realizes the necessity of careful preparation and no one more thoroughly prepares for the presentation of his cause before the courts in Green Bay than does Mr. McGillan. He does not seek to enshroud his cause in any sentimental garb or illusion but presents his facts in the strong, clear light of common sense and sound reasoning.

On the 25th of April, 1901, in Marinette, Wisconsin, Mr. McGillan was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Sommerville, a daughter of Dr. (ames A. Sommerville, who for many years has been a practitioner at Marinette. Mr. and Airs. McGillan now reside at No. 509 South Quincy street.

Fraternally Mr. McGillan is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. His college fraternity was the Delta Tau Delta, and he still wears the fraternity pin and is interested in its affairs. He is a member of the American Bar Association and is interested in all efforts to raise the standards of practice and promote the ends of justice. He is the owner of a magnificent sixty-five foot yacht - the Killarney - and is an enthusiastic sailor and fisherman, being now commodore of the Green Bay Yacht Club.

Julius Liebenow

[ulius Liebenow, well known in business circles of Green Bay, as the proprietor of a large jewelry store, has been a resident of the city since 1892. His establishment is located at 205 North Washington street, where he enjoys an extensive and growing trade. He is a native of Germany, having been born in Schivelbein, Pommern, May 21, 1862. His parents are Julius and Johanna Liebenow, now residents of Racine, Wisconsin.

Tubus Liebenow's early youth was spent in his native country, where he acquired the excellent education which the public schools of Germany afford. He learned his trade in Pommern and came to America in 1879, landing in New York city, whence he went direct to Chicago, where he worked at the jewelry trade until 1883. In that year he came to Green Bay and found employment in the jewelry store of E. L. Hall. By the practice of thrift and strict economy he eventually accumulated a small capital, with which he bought the interests of his employer and started in the jewelry business for himself at his present location. His success since that time has been rapid and continuous. He has added an optical department, to which he gives much time and attention. It is equipped with the most modern appliances, and Mr. Liebenow's skill and knowledge along this line are rapidly making it a profitable branch of his already flourishing business.

On July 9, 1885, Mr. Liebenow was married in Green Bay to Miss Magdalena Earth, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Barth, old residents of that city. They became the parents of two children, Meta and Otto, both of whom died in infancy. Their graves are in Woodlawn cemetery, Green Bay. Some years ago Mr. Liebenow purchased a pleasant home at 106 North Monroe street and in this he and his wife now reside.

Mr. Liebenow's political affiliations are republican. He always votes this ticket on national and local issues and although he never seeks office for himself, he yet takes an interest in political life. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and prominent in the affairs of the order. He is loyal to his city, proud of her past and keenly desirous of aiding in making her future prosperous.

Ranald L. McDonald is a prominent representative of the drug interests of Green Bay. He has been connected with this line of activity since 1896 and received his degree as a registered pharmacist, October 13, 1900. He has conducted a store at his present location, No. 209 East Walnut street, since May 15, 1908, and is well known as a successful and progressive business man. He was born in De Pere, Wisconsin, July 2, 1876, a son of Ranald and Catherine (Ferrell) McDonald. The family is of Scotch origin and was founded in America in colonial days. One of the great-grandfathers of our subject, who also bore the name of Ranald McDonald, was a major general in the British army and the grandfather held the rank of adjutant general. Ranald McDonald, the father of our subject, came to America from Chatham, New Brunswick, in 1865 and settled in De Pere. He was a carpenter by trade and was in charge of the Northwestern car shops for some time. He was alwavs active in municipal affairs and held the positions of postmaster, clerk and assessor in his adopted city. He was also for many years a director of the De jTj-ere.-boan) of education. His death occurred October 20. 1907, at thii pfftp* -i !> eigm years, and his grave is in Mount Calvary cemetery, E|e Pere.

His son; Ran^M Lfi McDonaln, the subject of this sketch, acquired his primary edihcatioreww 4h& puljlic schools of his native city and was graduated from the high scnooi Willr the class of 1895. He accepted a position in the De Pere Paper Mills, where he remained for one year before he started to learn the drug business. He studied under William Workman for two years, at the end of which time his brother, F. A. McDonald, bought the business and our subject continued in his employ for four years. In 1898 he entered the Medical College of Milwaukee for the purpose of studying pharmacy. He took the state examination and received his diploma as a registered pharmacist October 13, 1900. He was thus well equipped for the business in which he chose to engage and returned to De Pere, where he worked for some time, later going to Merrill, Wisconsin, where he remained for two and one-half years. In 1903 he bought the store of the Wagner Drug Company at Oshkosh, which he conducted until 1905, when he sold out and engaged as a pharmacist with C. S. Little, of Appleton, Wisconsin. After a year in that city he went to Texas in 1906, but in the following year returned to Appleton, where he worked as a pharmacist with his former employer, C. S. Little. In 1907 he went to Milwaukee, where he took a position as pharmacist with Adolph Spiegel and remained in this connection until he came to Green Bay, in 1908.

Here he built and equipped a drug store of his own, which upon its completion was one of the most up-to-date establishments of its kind in the state of Wisconsin. He was remarkably successful in his first venture and was soon enabled to extend his business interests. He bought the Little Drug Store, at the corner of Madison and Mason streets and is at present conducting the two concerns.

On July 21, 1904, Mr. McDonald was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Woulfe, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woulfe, of Waco, Texas. They became the parents of a son, Ranald R., who died in infancy and is buried at Appleton. Mr. McDonald and his wife reside in a pleasant home at No. 326 South Madison avenue, which they have made a hospitable meeting place for their many friends in Green Bay. He is a prominent member of the Elks and the Knights of Columbus and also holds membership in the Catholic Order of Foresters. In politics he is independent, preferring to have his judgment unbiased by party lines. He is a devout adherent of the Roman Catholic church and prominent in its affairs. He has attained that success in his chosen occupation which is the result of a thorough knowledge of the details of his business and a dominating but well controlled ambition.

Carl G. Scott

A native of De Pere and a man who has been for many years prominently identified with its business life is Carl G. Scott, cashier of the State Bank. He was born in 1S81, a son of James H. and Ellen (Vessey) Scott. The father came to De Pere in 1850 and was educated in the county schools of the district, later attending Lawrence University at Appleton, Wisconsin. For many years he was associated with his father in the grocery business under the firm name of J. S. Scott & Son. Later he became bookkeeper for a lumber firm in De Pere and held this position for fourteen years. He has spent the last fifteen years as traveling salesman for a lumber company and is living in De Pere.

Carl G. Scott received his early education in the public schools of De Pere, graduating from the high school with the class of 1900. His banking career began in that year, when he became associated with the institution of which he is now cashier, as messenger and clerk. His rise was rapid. Five years later he was appointed assistant cashier and in 1907 was elected to his present office.

In 1908 Mr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Jean Wright, a daughter of M. F. Wright, of De Pere, and they have a son, Ralph, who was born October 5, 191 1. Mr. Scott is remarkable for his close application to business and it is this quality more than any other which is the secret of his rapid rise. Almost the only interest which he has outside of business is his connection with the Masonic fraternity. He has been through all the chairs of the local organization and is a past master of De Pere Lodge, No. 85, F. & A. M., also belonging to Warren Chapter,

No. 8, R. A. M., and to Palestine Commandery, No. 20, K. T. His life has been devoted to the interests of the bank of which he is cashier and his services in this capacity have been invaluable. Probably no business institution of today has need of such care in the selection of their officers as have banks. On the honesty of the officers of a financial institution of this kind depends its weight in the community and its reputation as a dependable banking house. The State Bank of De Pere has reason to congratulate itself upon its selection of Carl G. Scott to the position of cashier.

Captain Peter Peterson

Captain Peter Peterson is one of the pioneers on the Great Lakes and has sailed his vessels on the waters for almost fifty years, during which time he was one of the great individual forces in the development of the lake traffic which has grown to be such an important industry at the present time. He is one of the oldest captains on the Great Lakes and is known in almost every port thereon and is highly esteemed and respected wherever known. He is spending his retired life in Green Bay, where he is numbered among the oldest residents and has well earned the rest he is enjoying. He was born in Hardinger, Norway, February in, 1835, a son of Peter and Boletta (Halverson) Peterson. The father carried on the shoemaker's trade in connection with the management of a farm.

- Captain Peterson, the first born in a family of seven children, attended the public schools of his native place during boyhood, and although his opportunities were not of the best he managed to secure a good practical education to which his subsequent reading has added. As a boy he showed a love for the life on the water, and he gained some excellent experience in the fishing boats at his home, while later he secured employment on larger vessels engaged in the coastwise trade and spent two or three years in that work. In 1853 ne came to America, landing in New York, and on July 20 of that year he arrived at Chicago, where for some time he was employed upon the railroad, operating between that city and Geneva, Illinois. He worked at that occupation during the time of the cholera which raged among the emigrants, but finally abandoned it in favor of sawmilling and lumbering. In the spring of 1854 he made his first trip on the Great Lakes from De Pere, on the sloop Ebineezer bound for Chicago with a cargo of shingle bolts, under Captain Johnson, Captain Peterson piloting her to Sturgeon Bay. He then shipped for three months on the schooner Wyoming under Captain Sullivan. Later he was employed on various boats, including the schooner Yeagree ; the schooner Trowbridge ; the Kitty Grant ; the Josephine Lawrence, in which he spent some time before the mast ; the Eleanor, under Captain Henderson ; and the bark America, under Captain Owen Davis, in which he spent three seasons, being promoted during the last year to the post of second mate. In 1862 he formed a partnership with Messrs. Olson and Gunderson and purchased the schooner

Peter Peterson

Alleghany, which ran during that season, Mr. Gunderson assuming the position of captain. In the fall they sold the vessel, and Captain Peterson, with Captain Gunderson and Lambert Nau, built the schooner Mary Nan, which they ran during the summer of 1863 with our subject as captain. During the next season Captain Gunderson had charge, and in 1865 Captain Peterson again took the post of captain. The vessel was engaged in the lumber trade and proved a successful investment, but in the fall of 1865 our subject sold his interest to Lars Olson. He then built the Libbie Nau, in partnership with Lambert Nau, taking a one-third interest, and for five years following he ran this vessel in the grain and lumber trade. In 1872 he and his partner built the schooner City of Green Bay, without disposing of the Libbie Nau, however, and during that season Captain Peterson had charge of the new boat. In 1873 tney built the Anna M. Peterson, one of the largest schooners then on the lakes and one which became known throughout shipping circles as remarkably swift. From 1874 to 1884 Captain Peterson sailed this boat, but on the death of his partner the vessel was sold in connection with the settlement of the estate. He then bought the schooner F. A. Georger of the Union Steamboat Company, in partnership with Frederick Hurlbut of Green Bay, each taking a one-half interest, and after sailing her for five years the Captain sold out and spent a season on shore. In 1890 he and Captain Albright purchased the steamer T. S. Christie from A. L. Thompson, of Detroit, Michigan, Captain Peterson taking a two-thirds interest and sailing the boat every season until he retired from active work in 1900. He has been a shipbuilder as well as a captain and promoter and no man has done more to upbuild lake and passenger traffic in this part of the country. He is considered by his associates to be a master craftsman and an expert sailor, well versed in the practical and scientific aspects of navigation, familiar with currents, channels and weather conditions and being besides an able and resourceful business man. His retirement was felt as a distinct loss to inland navigation, as it deprived that industry of one of its pioneers and one of its greatest and most widely known workers. In 1899 he erected a handsome and commodious residence at No. 832 South Madison street, Green Bay, which has since been his home.

In i860 Captain Peterson was united in marriage to Miss Johanna Van den Boomen, who wa? born in Holland on the 27th of August, 1840, a daughter of Cornelius Matthew and Anna Maria (Hoffman) Van den Boomen, who came to America from the country of dikes in 1850 and settled in Green Bay, Wisconsin, spending the remainder of their lives in Brown county and passing away in Preble township. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Peterson was Matthew Van den Boomen, a member of one of the noble Holland families. Mrs. Peterson is one of two, surviving of a family of eight children, her brother being William, who resides in Preble township, this county. Captain and Mrs. Peterson became the parents of ten children, as follows: William, who is a resident of Hammond, Indiana; Cornelius E., of Green Bay, who is an engineer on the St. Paul railway and who married Miss Agnes Burke, by whom he has five children ; Peter J., who married Miss Clara Stokes and is in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at Chicago; Louis L., an engineer in Green Bay, who married Miss Catherine Nolan, by whom he has three children ; Johanna B. who is a resident of Green Bay ; Christine B., who is the wife of W. H. Kiernan, of Spokane, Washington ; Ida O., who is the wife of Frank J. O'Connor and resides in Milwaukee; Anna Marie, who was killed in a railway accident near Odessa, Minnesota, on the 18th of December, igii, on her way home from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Kiernan of Spokane ; George W., who is deceased; and Harold M., a resident of Green Bay. Captain and Mrs. Peterson celebrated their golden wedding in 1910, and this year was the golden jubilee of another important event in the life of Captain Peterson, for it was on November 5, i860, that he was admitted to United States citizenship in Cook county, Illinois.

Captain Peterson is well known in fraternal circles of Green Bay, being one of the oldest members of the Masonic order and belonging to the commander}'. He joined this organization in Chicago upon first coming to America and has been active and prominent in its affairs since that time. He is likewise a member of the Ship Masters Association. Besides being a pioneer upon the Great Lakes he is one of the early settlers in Green Bay and has maintained a residence in the city for many years. The integrity of his character, the force of his personality and the importance of his accomplishments have made him prominent in the city and have gained him honor and esteem wherever he is known.

Amzi W. Burton

The subject of this sketch is the superintendent of the Green Bay schools, which position he has held for twelve years. For the eight years previous to entering upon the duties of this office he was superintendent and principal of the Fort Howard (now the west side) schools. His first practical experience in the management of schools began in 1880, when he assumed the principalship of the Sun Prairie high school. In the intervening years before coming to Green Bay he held a similar position for varying periods at the head of the schools of Neillsville, River Falls, Hudson and Oconto, besides holding for two years the position of chief clerk in the state department of education.

Although he took a partial course in the Wisconsin State University, Mr. Burton is essentially a self-made man. As evidence of this it may be stated that before entering the university he had obtained a state certificate, being at that time the youngest man in the state to attain this distinction.

Born in Sheboygan county in 1857, he has all his life lived in Wisconsin. In 1880 he was married to Miss Annie M. Langford, of Madison, Wisconsin. Air. and Mrs. Burton have three children: Pearl, who was married in 1897 to Dr. O. C. Rather of Green Bay; Robert, sales manager for the Diamond Lumber Company of the same city ; and Frances, organist for the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church of the west side.

one judges that Superintendent Burton must have been fortunate in meeting the public expectation, managing affairs with tact, intelligence and zeal. As to the theory and practice of teaching, he is not considered a "faddist," nor yet is he an ultra conservative. He declares that he believes our forefathers knew something about teaching, and that their practices should not be lightly discarded for glittering, untried experiments. He is always ready, however, to adopt any improvement that has been tested or that appeals to common sense. In consequence of this attitude he has seen several things of importance gain a permanent foothold in the school system over which he presides. Among these are the day school for the deaf, the open air school, the kindergarten, manual training and domestic science, a strong commercial course in both high schools, and a two-year high school course for pupils who cannot afford to take a full four-year course, but must get out and earn a living. Playgrounds constitute another matter in which the superintendent is greatly interested. He hopes in the near future to see not only ample grounds but adequate playground apparatus and systematic supervision of the use of the apparatus.

Very Rev. Joseph Edward Emery, an eminent Catholic divine now residing at Howard, Wisconsin, has since ign acted as superior of the Oblate Fathers. Many honors have been conferred upon him in the path of his holy calling. His birth occurred in New Glasgow, province of Quebec, in the year 1855. He obtained his early classical education in the College of Assumption and in 1877 entered the seminary of St. Joseph's College, now the University of Ottawa, in which institution he completed his theological studies and was ordained priest in 1881. In 1873 he had been led to join the Oblates of Mary Immaculate by a deepfelt prompting to devote his gifts and energies to the heroic works of the missions that were scattered throughout the unsurveyed wastes of the Canadas and the northwest. His noble generosity was not to be fully gratified in this direction. For the first two years, however, of his priesthood he rendered valuable service in the several posts, ministered to at that time by the Oblate Fathers along the Canadian Pacific Railway. Then his useful qualities of mind and heart called him elsewhere. In 1884 he was transferred to Tewksbury, Massachusetts, there to act as master of novices and subsequently as superior of the Oblate College established at that point. For nine years Father Emery worked in these positions with splendid results. They were nine years of valuable preparation for the more important charges of the future.

Father Emery left Tewksbury to take up again the difficult work of the missionary, this time in the south - in the sultry atmosphere of Texas. The labor on those sandy, sparsely inhabited plains was hard, the com- forts and conveniences of life were rare, but the self-devoted missionary manifested the undismayed spirit of the apostle, making himself all for all. In 1895 he became assistant pastor at Holy Angels church in Buffalo, New York, and for the following six years rendered eminent services in parochial work along with occasional missionary excursions. He then returned to Massachusetts to fill once more the old position in Tewksbury, whence he was called to accept the rectorship of the University of Ottawa. The following is an extract from an article printed in the University of Ottawa Review in November, 1901. "Thus the new rector comes fully equipped in ripened qualities and in wide experience of the world for the successful discharge of his new and important obligations. Possessed of an imposing presence and pleasing address, he is bound to gain many friends in Ottawa. Earnest, enthusiastic in temperament, he has shown himself at all times wide-awake, practical, painstaking, throwing himself heart and soul into his work. In his efforts for the training of youth he has invariably met with success. His devotion to the cause of higher education has been shown in the advocacy of a college at the University of Ottawa where candidates for the priesthood may secure all the benefits of a thorough university education. Belonging for a time to the famous school of Dr. Tabaret himself, he could not fail to imbibe something of that wonderful spirit, which, in founding this institution, aimed only at conducting it on the broad, all-embracing ideals of a Catholic university without regard to nationality or to party. . . . By a simple but earnest inaugural address, Dr. Emery has won from the student body their confidence and cooperation." Next follows an account of the formal reception of the rector by the faculty and the students. ". . . After the usual introduction of a vigorous varsity cheer and music rendered by the Juniorate band, the students expressed sentiments suitable to the occasion in two addresses, English and French. The text of the English address, read by J. J. Macdonell, is as follows:

"We, the students of the Catholic University of Ottawa, wish to tender you greeting and our heartfelt wishes for success. Most of us have had the opportunity of seeing and listening to you one year ago when you so efficiently conducted the students' retreat and we feel that we are already acquainted. May that acquaintance blossom into lasting friendship and devotion to our Superior. We have heard of your labors in Tewksbury and Buffalo and we are confident that in our capital city you shall be equal to the burden of the task imposed upon you by religious obedience. We trust that our conduct as students under your fatherly care will not tend to make that burden heavier.

"And now while wishing you God speed in your new sphere of duty we cannot but revert for a moment to the loss which we have just sustained. We allude to your predecessor whose kindly spirit had endeared

"But we know that the best way to comfort him is to extend to his successor the same good will and active cooperation that we have tried to manifest towards himself. Thus it is, Very Reverend Father, that we, one and all, profess our loyalty to this institution and its ideals; our loyalty to you, who represent before us the great religious order which has charge of the destinies of old 'varsity.

Father Emery remained as rector of the University of Ottawa from 1901 until 1905 and in 1910 was chosen rector of St. Peter's church at Plattsburg, New York. Since 191 1 he has served as superior of the Oblate Fathers at Howard, Wisconsin, and his duties in this connection have been discharged with consecrated and untiring zeal.

Father Emery was one of a family of ten children, as follows : Emma, Melvina, Clara, Edmond. Alphonso, Edward and four who died in infancy. Tn politics he is an independent democrat and fraternally is identified with the Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association. In his life he has ever exemplified the spirit of Him who came not to be ministered unto but to minister, and his labors have not been denied the full harvest nor the aftermath.

Charles F. Kelly

Charles F. Kelly is engaged in the clothing business in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and his store enjoys a reputation second to none, which has been built up by energy, circumspection, judgment and aggressiveness. Mr. Kelly was born in Chicago, in 1869, and is a son of Malachi and Theresa (Flynn) Kelly, the former a tanner of Chicago. Charles F. Kelly was educated in the parochial schools of that city and at fifteen years of age started to earn his own livelihood, working as a collector for a book concern. He later took up the study of chemistry, specializing in the chemistry of paint, and obtained a position as commercial traveler in the employ of the American Caseine Company, where his knowledge brought him immediate success. He later spent some time with the Heath & Milligan Company and abandoned the selling end of the business in order to study the chemistry of woolens. When he had finished his researches in this direction he became connected with the Gorman Woolen Company, prominent clothiers of Chicago, and traveled in their interests all over the United States and Canada. He was one of the best salesmen in the employ of this large concern and had that detailed and thorough knowledge of goods which made him valuable and useful. His promotion was rapid and well deserved. He came to Green Bay in order to organize and open one of the many branch stores of the Gorman Woolen

In 1896 Mr. Kelly was united in marriage to Miss Helen Butters of Chicago. He and his wife reside at 1005 South Jackson street and are well known and widely popular in Green Bay. Mr. Kelly's success is based upon honesty, ability and keen discrimination. Upon this foundation he has built a large and constantly increasing trade. His genial, kindly and courteous manner which attracts to him many friends and patrons has aided him in winning the greater success of universal esteem.

Alexander Johnson Irwin

In the period when Brown county was emerging from a wilderness condition, when the seeds of civilization were being sown by an enterprising class of citizens, who recognized the opportunities of the west, Alexander J. Irwin took up his abode at Green Bay. He was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1799, and was of Irish descent. His paternal grandfather Robert Irwin, Sr., was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. His father, Robert Irwin, Jr., was a native of Dublin, Ireland, and was only six months old when brought to America by his parents in 1776, the family settling in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, but afterward removing to Erie, that state. In later years he came west and settled in Detroit and a few years later made his way to Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was a carpenter by trade and utilized his knowledge of the business to provide for his family. In early life he married Catherine Singer, who was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was one of the first American settlers of Green Bay. Unto them were born seven children.

Alexander J. Irwin was a young man of twenty-four years when, in 1823, he came to Green Bay with his brother, Robert, here residing until his death twenty-four years later. He was a prominent factor in many of the events which shaped the early history of city and county. He served as clerk of the United States district court for some time and in 1836 helped to organize the territory of Wisconsin. In this work he showed that his vision was broad, his judgment keen, his opinions sound and his labors of practical value. He was made an early member of the house of representatives of this state and he also took an active and helpful part in local affairs, being one of the early postmasters and also a member of the city council from 1837 until 1843, but private interests then caused him to resign and he did not again hold office until 1845, when he received presidential appointment to the position of receiver of public moneys for lands in this district. As there were no banks here, he had to make trips from Green Bay to St. Louis, Missouri, on horseback in order to deposit his funds. This was a dangerous undertaking at that early day, necessitating riding through but sparsely settled districts, yet he was most true and loyal to his trust and his task was successfully accomplished. It was thought that the long drives caused an infection of his arm which resulted in his death after four months of illness, June 14, 1847. One of the old money bags he used, made of heavy cloth, is in possession of his daughter. He was a great humorist, hugely enjoying a joke, and he was the life of a crowd.

On the 2d of December, 1827, Air. Irwin was married in Fort Howard to Miss Frances Pamelia Smith, a daughter of Reuben and Mary Cynthia (Roe) Smith. She was born November 8, 1809, in Saratoga county, New York, and was living at the garrison in Green Bay at the time of her marriage, having come to the Fort with her cousin, the wife of Major Henry Smith. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Irwin were born seven children: Mrs. Charles L. Wheelock, who died May 6, 1912; Mrs. Joshua Whitney, who died in March, 1909; Robert A., who died October 17, 1891 ; Mrs. Henry J. Turber, of Chicago, who died October 7, 1912; Harriet B., a resident of Green Bay; Horace S., who died at the age of two years ; and Emilie V., also a resident of Green Bay. The wife and mother died on the nth of January, 1880.

The family was a prominent one in military circles, which constituted the chief element in society at that early period. They have all been members of the Episcopal church and Mr. Irwin's political faith was that of the democratic party. He was always a public-spirited man, very active in business and in public connections. He realized the fact that he was connected with Brown county during an epoch-making period in its history and he aided in laying broad and deep the foundation upon which the present progress and prosperity have been built. In manner he was gracious and kindly and wherever he went won a large circle of warm friends.

Rev. Fred Eppling

One is apt, in thinking of the history of a community, to regard only its material development as manifest in its business interests and relations ; yet surrounding all this is the moral tone of the community, guiding the individual in his relations with his fellowmen and having its root in the teachings of the religious leaders. It is therefore imperative in this connection that mention be made of the Rev. Fred Eppling, a minister of the German Lutheran church, who not only in Green Bay but in other localities exerted a wide influence on behalf of moral advancement. He was a Frenchman who was born in Strasburg, of which city his father, Frederick Eppling, was a merchant. The mother bore the maiden name of Sarah Erhardt and both were representatives of very prominent and noted families.

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof in Strasburg, the Rev. Fred Eppling began his education there and after coming to America pursued his studies on this side the Atlantic until 1849. Becoming imbued with high religious purpose, he determined to devote his life to the work of the ministry in the German Lutheran church and, preparing therefor, was appointed to his first charge in Cincinnati. He filled various pulpits after that and was considered a very brilliant man and a leading divine in his denomination. In fact he was a man of exceptional ability who made

In 1853 the Rev. Eppling was united in manage to Miss Pauline Ludewig, who was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1827, and is now living in Green Bay, being exceptionally active for one of her advanced years. Unto the Rev. and Mrs. Eppling were born seven children, all of whom still survive, namely: Mrs. Treichel, who is a resident of Plymouth, Wisconsin; Mrs. Frank, of Jackson, Wisconsin; Charles, living in Chicago; Mrs. Hensel, of Green Bay ; F. Eppling, living in Sheboygan, Wisconsin ; Mrs. Reinhartz, who makes her home in East Liverpool, Ohio; and Mrs. C. Mueller, of Escanaba, Michigan.

The husband and father passed away September 12, 1896, when in the seventieth year of his age, his birth having occurred on the 28th of October, 1826. His life was given to the service of his fellowmen and exemplified the spirit of Him who came not to be ministered unto but to minister. While he was a believer in the special teachings of his denomination, his Christianity transcended creed and dogma and reached out in an enduring sympathy to all mankind. In May, 1893, he came to Green Bay after having retired from the ministry and spent his remaining days here. His interest in his church, however, never abated, his faith growing stronger as the years went by, while his memory remains yet as a beneficial influence in the lives of those who came under his teaching.

Thomas Pringle

Upon one hundred and thirty acres of land in the southwest corner of Howard township, near Duck creek bridge, on the Shawano road, Thomas Pringle is living retired in the seventy-first year of his age, resting after the labors of a long, useful and eventful life. His fellow citizens esteem him for the valuable work he has done along agricultural development as a son of one of the pioneers in the settlement of this section.

He was born in Richmond, Virginia, August 19, 1842, a son of Joseph and Dorothy (Stoves) Pringle, natives of England, the former born in 1814 and the latter in 1816. The father came to America when he was twenty-eight years of age and settled in Richmond, Virginia, where he worked in the coal mines. In 1842 he came to Brown county, Wisconsin, and located in Howard township on land which was obtained as a homestead claim. Upon this property he built a crude log cabin destitute of conveniences and heated only by a large fireplace, Mr. Pringle being too poor to buy a stove. His neighbors were the Indians, who were at that time numerous in the vicinity, and with them he soon became friendly and intimate. He was known familiarly and lovingly among them as "Old Joe Pringle" and when he died upon his farm in 1889 many who were his friends mourned his loss. His wife passed away in 1882. In their family were nine children : Tane ; Thomas ; Isabel ; Mary, who died when she was seventeen years of age; Dora; Joseph; Susan; George, who died at the age of fifteen; and William, who died when eleven years old.

Thomas Pringle acquired some education in a little log schoolhouse in Howard township but his advantages along this line were limited to two winters' attendance. He entered upon his studies when he was fourteen years of age and completed them at the age of sixteen. After laying aside his books he worked as a farm laborer in the neighborhood, receiving a salary of eight dollars per month. In 1862 he enlisted in the Seventeenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, under Captain McAfee, which company was afterward transferred to the First Illinois Light Artillery. In this he served for three years and five months and encountered many of the sufferings and hardships incident to the Civil war, being confined for some time in Libby prison. On July 10, 1865, he was honorably discharged and returned immediately to Howard township, working for his father one year. He then invested the money which he had earned during his military service in farm land, purchasing fifty-five acres, while his father bought sixty-five, their combined holdings forming one of the finest agricultural properties in the section. This farm they operated together until the death of Joseph Pringle, after which the subject of this review carried on general farming alone. He now owns one hundred and thirty acres, having purchased seventy-five acres of Indian land some time ago. His success has come as the natural result of hard work and efficiency and has rewarded a life of persistent effort and honorable dealing. For some time he gave his entire attention to the cultivation of the soil and to the raising of high grade cattle and although he is now living retired he still owns fifteen head of high grade Holstein cattle and four horses.

On the 28th of November. 1868, Mr. Pringle was united in marriage at Sturgeon Bay to Miss Rosie Campbell, a daughter of Robert and Mary (Rollette) Campbell, pioneers in the settlement of Brown county, where the father is numbered among the prosperous and representative agriculturists. Mr. and Mrs. Pringle have eight children : George W., an electrical engineer of Peoria, Illinois, who married Lena Michelson. of Mill Center, by whom he has one daughter, Plelen ; Roy J., who is the proprietor of a sanitarium in San Francisco, California ; Edna S., who married Duncan Mcintosh, a farmer of South Hanson, Massachusetts, by whom she has four children, Ruth, Ruby, Roy and Roland ; Robert C, operating the homestead for his father, who married Cora Cole, of Marshfield, by whom he has two children, Carroll and Marion; Thomas E., an electrical engineer of Chicago, who married Ella Vollrath, of Ohio, by whom he has one child, Thomas Jr. ; Elsie R., who became the wife of Edward Nye, of Madison, Wisconsin; Fred R., who died at the age of nine years; and Ernst E., who is teaching in an academy in Massachusetts.

Mr. Pringle gives his allegiance to the republican party and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He is interested in the cause of education and served as clerk of district school No. 2 of Howard township for four years. He has given all of his children excellent advantages along this line, sending them through college and well equipping them for their various occupations in life. He belongs to the Seventh Day Adventist church and is known as a man of exemplary habits. He labored to make his farm modern and up-to-date in every particular and to increase its fertility and productiveness, so that he now has one of the finest agricultural properties in Brown county.

David McCartney passed away in 1898. He was one of Green Bay's most venerable citizens, honored and respected wherever known and most of all where he was best known. From the time when he started out in the world on his own account his life was one of usefulness and activity, resulting to the benefit of the community in which he lived as well as in the attainment of individual success. During the later years of his life he was a prominent banker of Green Bay, founding, organizing and conducting what is now known as the .McCartney National Bank.

He was born September 14, 1814, near Belfast, in County Down, Ireland, his parents being William and Isabella ( McCreary ) McCartney, who came to the United States about 1820, bringing with them their son and daughter. They settled in Guernsey county, Ohio, and afterward became residents of Belmont county, that state, where the father engaged in farming until his death. The mother passed away some years afterward in Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois.

David McCartney was a little lad of only about six years at the time the family crossed the Atlantic to the new world. His education was largely acquired in the country schools of Guernsey county and in his youth he learned the stone-cutter's trade, being in the employ of his uncle, John Mc- Cartney, at the time of the building of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Subsequently he was employed by another uncle, James McCartney, on the construction work of the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad, afterward a part of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. Subsequently he was engaged on the construction of the Lake Erie & Pittsburg Canal and thus was closely associated with public improvements in the east.

Mr. McCartney was married in 1836, in Coshocton county, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Heslip, after which he took up the occupation of farming in that county. For about eight years he continued to engage in agricultural pursuits and then turned his attention to milling and merchandising in Hendrysburg, Belmont county, Ohio, at the same time engaging in stock buying and general trading. He later turned his attention to railroad construction and was awarded contracts on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the Central Ohio and the Hempfield Railroad, now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio system. This line was built in 1854-5 and the failure of the company resulted in a loss of eighty thousand dollars to Mr. McCartney. In the latter year he went to Barnesville, Ohio, where he conducted a steam gristmill and a sawmill. In 1865 he removed to Wisconsin, settling at Oshkosh, where he operated two steam sawmills for two years. He then sold out and removed to Fort Howard, Wisconsin, becoming largely interested in lumbering, sawmilling and other enterprises involving the utilization of thousands of acres of pine lands. He operated two sawmills after coming to Fort Howard, one at Laney about eighteen miles out and one at Medford. In these ventures his son-in-law was interested with him. He was a man of excellent business ability, forceful and resourceful, who seemed always to recognize an opportunity and to know how to utilize it to the best advantage. Moreover, he had the power of coordinating seemingly diverse elements into a harmonious whole. In 1882 he severed his connection with all these enterprises and established the McCartney Exchange Bank, a private institution, at Fort Howard. This he successfully conducted under the original organization for a decade, when in 1892 he reorganized the business as a national bank, capitalized for fifty thousand dollars. It has had a successful existence continuously, being founded upon a safe and progressive public policy.

Soon after organizing the bank, or in 1884, Mr. McCartney began to invest in lands in Thomas county, Georgia, and became in time the owner of seventy-four hundred acres in that section. His judgment was sound, his discrimination keen and his undertakings were crowned with success. His business activities were largely of a character that contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. He built the first street railway on the west side of Green Bay and then gave all of the children a a free ride - the first many of them had ever had. He also established the first electric light plant here.

During the Civil war Mr. McCartney gave substantial evidence of his loyalty to the Union cause and was appointed a brigadier general in the Ohio State Militia and also a United States provost marshal, serving in the latter capacity for a year and a half. During the famous Morgan raid into Ohio he was in command of one thousand militiamen at Barnesville, Ohio, where he successfully guarded a long railroad bridge over which were taken dailv a large amount of supplies for the Union army. In times of peace he was equally loyal to his country and was the champion of all those progressive measures that have constituted vital forces in the city's upbuilding.

Mr. McCartney was twice married and by his first union had three children: William, deceased; Ellen, the deceased wife of W. Humphreyville ; and Thomas Jefferson, a resident of Thomasville, Georgia. The mother of these children passed away February 17, 1845, and in 1847 Mr. McCartney married Miss Laney Eliza Harris, of Ohio, by whom he had the following children : Elizabeth, who married Thomas Whelan, but both are now deceased ; Emma Belle, a resident of Green Bay ; and Laney Viola, deceased. Again death entered the household when the mother was called on the 3d of June, 1884.

Both Mr. and Mrs. McCartney were faithful and devoted members of the Presbyterian church, with which he was identified throughout his entire life. He built and presented to the congregation the First Presbyterian church of Fort Howard, erected at a cost of about eight thousand dollars. In the midst of his extensive and active business affairs he always found time for the duties of citizenship and for his moral obligations. To him life meant opportunity - the opportunity for success and the opportunity of doing good in the world - and each opportunity he embraced and used to the fullest extent, thus making an honorable and creditable record. Of Scotch- Irish extraction and of that type of men and women who have contributed so largely throughout the ages to the development and prosperity of every country in which they have lived, came David McCartney. His parents, who were of the sturdy Presbyterian faith, like the stanch Covenanters from whom they were descended, living in the mountains of Scotland and the glens of Ireland, had inherited a love of religious liberty and he also inherited and exemplified in his life the same principles. When he died Green Bay lost one of its leading and most valued citizens. Such lives are worthy of emulation and the city will always be greater and better because of David .Mc- Cartney.

Edward Koenig

Edward Koenig has founded his success as a leading jeweler in Green Bay, upon thirty years of continuous identification with that business during which time he has gained prosperity by hard work and straightforward business methods. Air. Koenig was born on November i, 1861, in Manitowoc county and is a son of Gustav and Carolina (Jahn) Koenig, natives of Germany. His father was born in Schwarzburg, Germany, July 25, 1834, and came to America when he was a young man. He located in New York city, where he remained until i860, coming on November 13, of that year, to Green Bay where he followed agricultural pursuits in conjunction with his brother for one year. In 1861 he went to Two Rivers where he remained until 1864 returning to Green Bay in that year. Here he engaged in the tannery business and was successful in this line of occupation until his death which occurred in March, 1903. His wife was also a native of Germany and came to America with her husband, being followed a few years later by her widowed mother. Mr. and Mrs. Koenig were the parents of five children, four of whom are living: Edward, the subject of this sketch; Emma, who resides with her mother; Augusta, the wife of Gustav Schleif, of Chicago; and Bertha, who married William Barleman of the same city.

Edward Koenig attended the district schools of his native section and after laying aside his books learned the watchmaking and jeweler trade. He followed this occupation in Green Bay until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Chicago and for nine years was identified with the same business. At the end of that time he returned to Green Bay and established an enterprise of the same character in this city, removing in 1895 to Algoma, Wisconsin. Here he opened a jewelry store and was connected with its operation for seven years. In 1902 he again established himself in Green Bay opening his present store, with which he has been connected since that time. His position in the business world of the city is well established and he is recognized as a man of enterprise and of progressive ideas combined with business discrimination of a high order. His patronage is large, its rapid increase during the years of his residence here being an evidence of the quality of his workmanship and of the honorable commercial standards to which he has consistently adhered.

Mr. Koenig has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Emma Ludwig, a native of Green Bay and a daughter of John D. Ludwig, a pioneer in the settlement of that city. He established his residence here in 1857 and followed the trade of carpenter for many years. Mr. Koenig has two children by his first marriage; Selma, who is eighteen years of age and who lives at home ; and Harold, who is also with his father. The first .Mrs. Koenig died in 1905 at the age of thirty-five and sometime afterward our subject was again wedded. His second wife was Miss Emma Schmidt, who was born in Chicago on April 1, 1871, and who is a daughter of John and Frederica (Timm) Schmidt of that city. To this union were born two children, one of whom has passed away. The other is Edward C, who is three years old.

Mr. Koenig was reared in the faith of the Lutheran church and is a member of the Masonic lodge of Green Bay. He is also affiliated with the Order of Maccabees and is prominent in the affairs of the Green Bay Turn Yerein. He has risen gradually in the business world until now he occupies an important position in the city, his life proving conclusively that substantial success may be obtained by determination and honorable methods.

John Fonder

John Fonder is the owner of fifteen acres of land in the southwest corner of Howard township and upon it is carrying on truck gardening, meeting with a success which is entirely the result of hard work and perseverance. He was born in Bellevue, Brown county, February 28, 1877, a son of Nestor and Nettie (Vollerineau) Fonder, natives of Belgium. The father was born in 1842 and came to America at an early date, settling in Green Bay, where he worked as a laborer for some time. He and his wife are still living in Howard township. They became the parents of twelve children, Joseph, John, Annie, Rose, Christine, Hubbard, Fred. Cecilia, Hubbard, the second of the name, Fred, also the second of this name, Harry and Eddie William.

John Fonder was educated in the public schools of Green Bay and pursued his studies until he was thirteen years of age. After laying aside his books he worked for seventeen years in a stone quarry abandoning that occupation in 1908, when he purchased fifteen acres of land in Howard township and began truck gardening. He has met with a gratifying measure of success, his produce finding a ready sale upon the market. He keeps two horses and seven head of cattle and is rapidly becoming known as one of the progressive and enterprising farmers and business men of the section in which he resides.

On January 16, 1901, Mr. Fonder was united in marriage in Howard township to Miss Annie Crooks, a daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Bell) Crooks. Her father was born in Canada and followed the sea for thirty-three years. He later came to Brown county, where he operated a farm until his death in 1910. The mother still survives and is living upon the homestead in Howard township. To 'Mr. and Mrs. Fonder five children were born: Myrtle, who died in infancy; Marie; Lillian, who also died in infancy; Gladys; and Genevieve.

Mr. Fonder gives his allegiance to the republican party and is interested in public affairs although he never seeks office. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church. The prosperity which he enjoys is the natural result of his hard work, aided by a knowledge of the details of his occupation and supplemented by business sagacity and integrity of a high order. He has also gained the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.

Julio B. Macomber

Julio B. Macomber is secretary and treasurer of the Fox River Cornice Works, located at 230 South Washington street, Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was born at Keeseville, New York, March 23, 1855, and is a son of Amasa and Emily Macomber. The family of which the subject of this review is a descendant emigrated from Scotland and settled in America in 1720. The paternal grandfather. Judge John Macomber, was the second settler in Chesterfield township, Essex county, New York, and was identified with the Revolutionary war. He had a family of thirteen children. The father was reared in his parents' home and for many years was custom house officer at Rouses point, New York. The mother died in i860 and the father in 1893. They are both buried at Keeseville.

Julio B. Macomber was reared at home and received his early education in the public schools in Essex county, New York. At the age of eighteen he took up work as a clerk in a general mercantile store and at that work continued for three years. He then returned to Keeseville and there accepted the position of general manager of the N. C. Boynton mercantile house, in which position he continued for five years, after which he spent some time in New York city. In 1883 he settled in De Pere, Wisconsin, where he purchased stock in the W. A. Bingham Mercantile Company and took charge of the dry-goods department of that concern. In 1890 he came to Green Bay and took charge of the dress-goods department of the Jorgenson Blesh Mercantile Company and in that position he remained for four years. He then was employed as a traveling salesman for some time and later took up wrork as a traveling salesman for the Green Bay Cornice & Corrugating Company and continued on the road for that concern for four years. He organized the Fox River Cornice Works in February, 1910, since which time he has devoted himself to the business of that company, of which he has since been secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Macomber was united in marriage at Port Kent, New York, June 1 6, 1881, to Miss Virginia Watson, a daughter of Colonel C. W. Watson and a granddaughter of Elkana Watson, who was a veteran of the War of 181 2. The latter is deceased and is buried at Port Kent. Mr. Macomber is affiliated with the republican party and has served as alderman in the council at De Pere, Wisconsin. His residence is located at 431 Walnut street. He has for many years past been numbered among the successful and enterprising business men of his part of the state and is a man whose well known reputation for strict integrity in business matters places him among the influential and desirable citizens of northeastern Wisconsin.