Brown County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1913 (part 3 of 14)

Dr. William E. Fairfield is one of the most prominent surgeons in Green Bay, with offices at 113 North Washington street, in this city, since 1895. He has gained during the course of his career an enthusiastic following and the number of his patients is constantly increasing with each year of his practice. He was born at Clarenceville, Canada, December 29, 1861, and is a son of David and Eliza (Mosher) Fairfield. The family is of English origin but its representatives came to America at an early day. David Fairfield was a farmer in Clarenceville. Canada, but lived retired for fifteen years before his death, in July, 191 1.

Dr. Fairfield received his early education in the public schools of Clarenceville, province of Quebec, ami supplemented this by a course in the McGill Normal School of Montreal. After his graduation from that institution he successfully passed the matriculation examination in the province of Ontario in 1883 and entered the medical department of the University of Bishops College and was graduated with the degrees of C. M. and M. D. in 1887. He made a conspicuous record in his studies and during his freshman year received a prize for botany, while during his junior year was awarded the David scholarship for the best examinations on primary subjects. He also received two gold medals from the university, one for having passed the best examination in surgery and the other for the highest marks on all subjects of the examination. He passed his examinations for the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the province of Quebec in May, 1888, and in 1910 the McGill University conferred upon him the honorary degree of C. M. and M. D. In 1887 he came to Wisconsin and settled in the town of Wequiock, Brown county, where he practiced with much success until he came to Green Bay in 1895. Here his reputation as a surgeon had preceded him and his success was immediate. He gained many patients and has never lost one through inadequate service or neglect of his duty. He is recognized today as one of the most prominent and successful surgeons in the city and his practice is constantly increasing. He is affiliated with a number of associations connected with his profession ; is a member of the Brown County Medical Society ; is an ex-president of the Fox River Medical So-

On September 4, 1889, Dr. Fairfield was united in marriage to Miss Winifred M. Derrick, a daughter of Lyman H. and Margaret Derrick, and they have one son, Gordon, who is now attending school in Green Bay. The Doctor is now building a fine new residence. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Washington lodge of Green Bay. He is active and interested in the business development of Green Bay, has served as vice president of the Business Men's Association, and has invested his money judiciously in local enterprises, being a director of the Green Bay Paper & Fiber Company and in the Fox River Telephone & Telegraph Company. He is senior surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital and has done a remarkable work in that institution. He served on the board of United States pension examiners under President Cleveland. He is fully alive to the responsibilities involved in the practice of medicine and uses his splendid talents for the benefit of mankind. His steady hand and his clear brain have saved many lives, and his high intelligence and broad humanity have made the world happier and better through the lessening of its pain.

John Francis Dockry

John Francis Dockry, who died on the 23d of May, 19 12, had probably a wider personal acquaintance with residents of Brown county than any other individual, and his traits of character were such as won him popularity and high regard. He proved a capable official through many years' service in public office and be held to high ideals in every relation of life. He was born in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, September 24, 1854, a son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Rafferty) Dockry, who were married in New York. The father, a farmer by occupation, is a native of Ireland and came to the new world in early life. In the family were eight children, of whom seven are still living: Michael, a resident of Cloquet, Minnesota ; Ann, the widow of Daniel Campbell, of East Holland, Brown county ; Sylvester, of Everett, Washington ; Patrick, of Chicago, Illinois ; Mary, the widow of Michael Rice and a resident of Chicago ; Edward, also of Chicago ; Catherine, of Tacoma, Washington ; and John Francis, of this review. It was during the infancy of our subject that the family came to Wisconsin and settled in Hollandtown, Brown county, where the mother died in 1894. The father, however, is still living, being now over eighty years of age, and he spends his time with his children, having retired from farming.

The childhood and youth of Mr. Dockry were spent on the home farm, where he remained until eighteen years of age. He acquired his early education in the district schools and later entered the Oshkosh Normal School, from which he was graduated in due time. He then turned his attention to the profession of teaching, which he followed in the towns of De Pere. Glenmore, Suamico, Green Bay and Pensaukee. He afterward took up the study of law under the direction of Warren J. Lander, a well known attorney of Green Bay and, while he did not engage in practice, he filled offices that called into requisition his legal knowledge. He was appointed deputy internal revenue collector by President Grover Cleveland, who was then serving his second term as chief executive of the nation, and he filled that position for four years. He then purchased an interest in the Green Bay Advocate, the former owner, Edward Decker, taking Albert Hoppe and Mr. Dockry as partners. Our subject was editor of the paper for three or four years and then sold out, being later in the employ of the Gazette for a time. His connection with newspaper interests brought him a wide acquaintance and awakened his hearty cooperation in many affairs relating to the best interests of the community at large. In 1898 Mr. Dockry was elected justice of the peace and was reelected at each succeeding election from that time until his death. He was always accorded a large majority, which fact indicated his personal popularity and the number of friends that he had in the city. He became police justice in 1908 and filled that position with honor and dignity. His decisions were always strictly fair and impartial, being based upon the law and equity in the case, and his course received the indorsement of all law-abiding citizens.

In 1885 Mr. Dockry was united in marriage to Miss Mary Beahan, whose parents were Christopher and Johanna (Devine) Beahan, who were married in Kewaunee county, Wisconsin, where her father followed farming for many years. He was a native of Ireland and died in 1895 but the mother of Mrs. Dockry is still living and now makes her home in Milwaukee. In the Beahan family were six children, namely: Margaret, who was drowned at the age of eleven years ; Ellen, now the widow of Michael Flatley; Mary, now Mrs. Dockry; Catherine and Bridget, both residents of Milwaukee; and Margaret (II), the wife of Leonard Cartright, of Milwaukee. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Dockry was celebrated in the cathedral at Green Bay and to them have been born seven children : Elizabeth : Mary ; Christopher ; John ; Edwin ; Catherine ; and Francis.

Mr. Dockry held membership in the Catholic church, of which his family are communicants. He belonged also to the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Royal Arcanum, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was a very public-spirited man who studied questions of vital importance to the community, to the state and to the country at large and gave his support to measures which he deemed of value as factors in public progress. He always led a very active life and his efforts and labors were attended by good results. His official record was most creditable and such were his personal characteristics that he not only easily won friends but ever maintained a place in their high regard. He possessed good health until a few months before his death, when he was attacked by hardening of the arteries. The last five weeks of his life he was confined to his bed, suffering much, but he bore it all with much fortitude, his determined nature

Samuel W. Joslin

Samuel \\T. Joslin is prominent in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, as merchant, insurance man and justice of the peace and in the three capacities does intelligent, able and quietly efficient work. He was born in Sullivan county, New York, June 10, 1845, and is a son of David and Sylvia (Davis) Joslin, natives of New York city. The family has been in America since colonial times, the grandfather of our subject, David Joslin, having been a soldier in the Revolution. He was at that time living in New York city, where he conducted a wholesale liquor establishment. In 1812 he moved to Sullivan county, New York, where he died in 1834, at the age of eighty-six years. His wife was in her maidenhood a Miss Snell, of Newbern, North Carolina. The father's birth occurred on April 11, 1800. After he had finished his education he followed farming for a number of years and practiced law in Sullivan county, maintaining his residence at Summit Lake. In 1854 he moved to St. Charles, Michigan, where he remained for some time. He died in Newbury, Michigan, in 1861. He was active in democratic politics all during his life and held many important offices. He married Miss Sylvia Davis, who was born in New York, May 15, 1804, and who was a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Berry) Davis.

Samuel W. Joslin was one of a family of thirteen children, five of whom are still living. He was educated in the public schools of Michigan and made a wise use of every opportunity in this regard. He broadened his education by reading and private study and when he was eighteen years of age had fitted himself for teaching. He enlisted for service in the Civil war in 1863, his two brothers having been members of the Federal army since 1861. Air. Joslin was at the time of his enlistment seventeen years of age and was forbidden to be mustered in on account of his youth. He immediately took up the occupation of teaching, which occupation he followed for four years. At the age of twenty-two he determined to carry on his education and in pursuance of this intention entered Hope College at Holland, Michigan, where he remained for two years. In 1870, after he laid aside his books, he became identified with a private educational enterprise in Vermont, called Alburg Academy, where for four terms he did useful and valuable work. For two years afterward he worked in the lumber camps of Michigan and later entered the lake service, working on board of vessels plying on Lake Michigan, around Chicago during the summer seasons while his winters were spent in teaching school. For a number of years he was employed in various capacities but never entirely abandoned his identification with education. He subsequently obtained a position as teacher in the Fitch Day school and here he remained for four terms. His residence in Wisconsin dates from 1876 and he followed teaching in Wrightstown for a short time. He clerked for seven years in the employ of John R. Xeil and in this capacity acquired valuable experience which helped him at the end of that time to successfully establish a mercantile enterprise. This he continues and has built up one of the most nourishing and successful concerns of its kind in the city. He now conducts the enterprise in conjunction with his son along high standards of honor and integrity. He has been identified with the insurance business for some time and has been a notary public for twenty-six years. During a like period of time he has served as justice of the peace and is one of the oldest officials of this kind in Brown county. He brings to his public duties high ideals of conscientiousness and of responsibility to his fellow citizens and his name has never in the course of a quarter of a century been connected with anything that was not thoroughly honest and worthy.

In 1869 Mr. Joslin was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Wheeler, who was born in Clarenceville, Canada, November 14, 1845, and who is a daughter of Palmer and Sarah (Chilton) Wheeler, natives of Canada. Mrs. Wheeler's father. William Chilton, was born in Quebec and her mother, whose surname was Sweet, was a native of Vermont. To Mr. and Mrs. Joslin were born the following children: Earl D., who married Bertha Harrison, by whom he has two children, Lola and Amy, and who makes his home with our subject; John A., who is a jobber in De Pere and who married Miss Cora Ferrington, by whom he has three children, Celine, Lester J. and Adelbert ; and one, who died in infancy.

Mr. Joslin has always been active politically, giving his allegiance to the democratic party and is prominent in the affairs of that organization. He held the offices of supervisor and clerk of the school board and during Cleveland's administration was appointed assistant postmaster of Wrightstown. He possesses those qualities which in every walk of life make a man respected and esteemed more for his character than for his financial success. The latter, however, has come to him and is constantly increasing, guided as it is by business discrimination and judgment of a high order. The more public aspect of his life is equally worthy and honorable and by reason of his conscientiousness in the performance of his duties, and the results which he has effected he has obtained prosperity.

Frank De Both

Frank De Both is one of the oldest settlers in De Pere and for forty years has successfully conducted a saloon. He was born in Ottenbourg, Belgium, January 9, 1847, and is a son of Anton and Marie (Servaes) De Both. His father came with his wife and family from Belgium to America in 1857 and in August of that year settled in Brown county, in East De Pere. Here he carried on general farming and also conducted a blacksmith shop, later extending his activities to include a saloon in De

Pere. This enterprise he managed until his retirement from active life. Air. and Mrs. Anton De Both had seven children: Barbara, the wife of John Herman, of De Pere ; Joseph, who also makes his home in De Pere ; Frank, of this review ; Mary, now Mrs. Frank Van Strolen, of Oregon ; Sophia, who became the wife of P. Van Strolen, of Duck creek ; Martin of Green Bay; and Felix, of Milwaukee.

After completing his education Frank De Both aided his father in the work of the farm and remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age. In 1872 he came to De Pere, one of the earliest settlers in the city, and worked as a laborer for some time. In the meantime, however, he had opened a saloon, which he has since successfully conducted in the same location for forty years.

On the 25th of October, 1875, Mr. De Both married Miss Johanna Wiers, who was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, September 21, 1859, a daughter of Lawrence and May Johanna (Van Camp) Wiers, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1854. They settled in Sheboygan and the father followed farming in Wilson township during the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. De Both have twelve children: Anton, who married Nettie De Brien, of Brown county, by whom he has eight children ; Louisa, who is a milliner in De Pere ; Albert and Mary, who live at home ; Sophia, the wife of Albert Secor, of De Pere, by whom she has one child ; John, who resides in Dubuque, Iowa ; and August. Helena, Harry, Rosella, Clara and Margaret, all of whom live at home. The family are devout adherents of the Roman Catholic church. In the capable management of his business interests Mr. De Both demonstrated the qualities upon which he founded his success - untiring industry, a comprehensive knowledge of business conditions, shrewd discrimination and ready recognition of opportunity.

Austin F. Olmsted

I >r. Austin F. Olmsted is one of the oldest and most prominent physicians in Green Bay, being actively identified with the medical profession in that city since 1874. In 1902 his son, Dr. Austin O. Olmsted, received his medical degree and joined him in practice. They maintain offices at No. 404 Minahan building and are among the most successful and progressive physicians of the city.

The Olmsted family is of Welsh origin but was founded in this country prior to the Revolutionary war and several of its representatives fought in the Continental army. They made their home near Middlebury, Vermont, and it was there that Dr. Austin F. Olmsted was born July 20, 1843. His father, Juba Olmsted, was born August 15, 1807, and was married in 1829 to Miss Sarah K. Huston, by whom he had three children, namely : Wallace J., who became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church; Charles C, a physician ; and Austin F., of this review. It was in 1850 that the father came to Wisconsin and here he died four years later, being buried at Fond du Lac. By occupation he was a farmer. The Huston family has been in America for several generations and was represented in the War of 1812 by Robert Huston. Mrs. Juba Olmsted came to Wisconsin with her husband and died in this state in 1899 when she was ninety-two years of age.

Dr. A. F. Olmsted received his early education in the public schools of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and left the high school in that city at the age of fifteen years. He immediately assumed the management of his mother's farm and was also employed in a large grocery store of Fond du Lac until 1871. In that year he determined to take up the study of medicine and entered the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College. He received his medical degree from that institution in 1874 and came at once to Green Bay. He has practiced here continuously since that time and is the oldest physician in the city. He is a doctor of the old school, believing it his duty to give his personal supervision to each individual patient. He regards his medical affairs as weighty responsibilities and has never been found wanting in their fulfillment. He is a constant reader and his medical knowledge is modern and up-to-date. His success is a result of earnest endeavor and innate ability combined with thirty-eight years of constant experience.

On October 21, 1863, Dr. Olmsted was united in marriage to Miss Harriett Sylvester, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Sylvester, pioneer settlers of Fond du Lac. To Mr. and Mrs. Olmsted were born three children : Minnie E., who died in 1899 and was buried in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ; Clara K., the wife of Henry K. Ericksen, cashier of the Green Bay Bank ; and Austin O, now a practicing physician in Green Bay. The family residence is at No. 212 South Adams street and is a pleasant and comfortable home which has been recently remodeled.

In his political affiliations Dr. Olmsted is a republican but has never taken a very active part in public affairs. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Foresters and gives much of his time and attention to the affairs of the Wisconsin State and the American Homeopathic Societies. He holds membership in the Union Congregational church of Green Bay and is a regular attendant.

Dr. Austin O. Olmsted, who is now associated with his father in the practice of medicine in Green Bay, was born in this city, January 1, 1881, and received his primary education in the public schools. He was graduated from the Green Bay high school in 1898 and started immediately upon the study of medicine, having determined to make the practice of this profession his life work. He attended Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Chicago and was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1902. Returning to his native city he established his offices with his father at No. 404 Minahan building, where they are still located. Dr. Austin O. Olmsted has never depended upon his father's distinguished reputation to make his own career successful, but he has himself those qualities which are the foundations of prosperity and eminence in the medical profession. His success during his ten years of practice in Green Bay has been well deserved and the number of his patients is constantly increasing as his ability and proficiency become better known. He is prominent in the affairs of the various medical associations with which he is affiliated, holding membership in the Brown County Medical and the Fox River Valley Medical Societies, in the State Medical Association and the State Homeopathic Association.

On November 4, 1903, Dr. Austin O. Olmsted was united in marriage in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Miss Lillian Hughes, a daughter of Judge E. J. and Mary E. Hughes. To them have been born two daughters, Lillian and Jane, who live with their parents at No. 318 South Jefferson avenue in a beautiful home which Dr. Olmsted purchased some time ago.

Dr. Olmsted has served for three years as a member of the Green Bay board of education. He belongs to Washington Lodge No. 21, F. & A. M. ; Warren Chapter, R. A. M. ; and Palestine Commandery. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is prominent in fraternal circles of Green Bay. Like his father he is a firm believer in the principles of homeopathy and has always practiced medicine according to those principles.

William Perry Wagner

The banks of a city are a fair index of its commercial prosperity. They are the pulse of the municipality and active factors in public affairs. They direct the policies of corporations and the principles of great business concerns. Their financial soundness spreads commerce and upholds our cities. Such institutions require for their direction and management men of exceptional business ability and William Perry Wagner, vice president of the Citizens National Bank of Green Bay, is a man well fitted by nature and attainments for the responsible position he fills. He was born in Mount Morris, Illinois, March 5, 1859, a son of Reuben and Leah (Brubaker) Wagner. The family is of German lineage but has been in America since prerevolutionary times. Our subject's paternal grandfather lived first in Maryland but later went west and located on a farm in Oregon, Ogle county, Illinois. Reuben Wagner, the father of our subject, remained in Illinois during his entire life and for sometime was engaged in the live stock commission business in Chicago as a member of the firm of Wagoner Brothers & Company. Prior to this he had been in partnership with John R. Bensley under the firm name of Bensley & Wagner, his partner being chairman of the committee which built the present Board of Trade building in Chicago. From that city Mr. Wagner removed to Polo, Illinois, where he engaged in the grain and lumber business. He died at Mount Morris, in October. 1907, at the age of seventy-five years, having survived his wife since 1876. They are both buried at Polo, Illinois. The Brubaker family from which William P. Wagner is descended on the maternal side, settled in Pennsylvania at a very early date but removed to Pine creek, Illinois, in 1830. John Brubaker. an uncle of our subject served as lieutenant in the Civil war. Three members of the

William P. Wagnee

Wagner family were officers in the Federal army. David C. Wagner served during the entire four years as major, Benjamin R. held the position of captain and Nehemiah was a lieutenant.

William Perry Wagner received his early education in the public schools of Polo and later attended business college in Chicago, which he left at the age of eighteen years to accept a position in the office of the general agent of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company of Chicago, serving in the capacity of clerk for one year. He then spent several years as an employe in various banks of Ogle county, Illinois, and Chicago, where he learned the banking business in all its details and laid the foundations for his successful career in Green Bay, to which city he came in 1886. For two years he held the position of teller in the Kellogg National Bank, resigning in 1888 to organize the Citizens National Bank of which he was first elected cashier, holding that office until 1907, when he was made vice president, in which capacity he is still serving. This bank is now the largest in Green Bay, the volume of business transacted over its counter being extensive.

Mr. Wagner is a man of keen discrimination and good business ability. His interests are not confined to the city in which he is residing, although he is loyal and public spirited and a firm believer in the future prosperity of Green Bay. He is vice president of the State Bank of Kiel, Wisconsin, and a director in the National Produce Bank of Chicago. He has invested at different times in various local enterprises in which a broad knowledge and faculty for organization have won him a conspicuous place. He is now president of the Northern Paper Mills of Green Bay, which is recognized as one of the most flourishing enterprises of the kind in this section of the country and which employs on an average of one hundred people in its different departments. He is president and a director of the Lead Abstract Company of Green Bay and has served two terms on the local school board.

Mr. Wagner was twice married. On January 12, 1881, he wedded Miss Emma Whitcomb, of Freeport, Illinois, a daughter of Dr. Whitcomb, a prominent physician of that city. She died December 29th of the same year leaving one son, Paul W. Wagner, now treasurer and manager of the Kiel (Wisconsin) Cheese & Butter Company, and holding the same positions in the Plymouth Cheese Company at Plymouth, Wisconsin. Mr. Wagner's second marriage occurred October 17, 1888, at Polo, Illinois, when he wedded Miss Anna Shumway, a daughter of Romanzo G. and Eugenia (Palmer) Shumway. Her father was a prominent banker with many business interests in northern Illinois. His death occurred in March, 1908, and that of his wife two months later, both being buried in the cemetery at Polo, Illinois. Mr. Wagner has two children by his second marriage ; Perry, who was a student at the Evans School for Boys at Mesa, Arizona, and the Wisconsin State University and now a salesman for the Northern Paper Mills ; and Eugenia, a graduate of the preparatory school of Stanley Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mr. Wagner is one of the leading citizens in Green Bay at the present time, being prominent in business, educational and social circles. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and a charter member of the Green Bay Country Club. In 1906 he erected the beautiful home at No. 1030 South Monroe avenue in which he is now living. His citizenship is of a high order and is founded upon qualities of progressive industry, honorable business methods, keen discrimination and an upright character. Men of this type are rare in any city and the future of Green Bay will be promoted as a result of the life and work of William Perry Wagner.

Michael J. Coughlin

Michael J. Coughlin is superintendent of the Northwestern Quarry, located on Duck creek, in Howard township, and has held this position since 1903. He has shown not only a familiarity with the details of quarrying and a general business ability but also a power of management and control, a temperate judgment and a fine discrimination which make him an ideal man in his position and equal to his important duties.

Mr. Coughlin is a native of Minnesota, born in Mankato, October 12, 1870. His father, Patrick Coughlin, was born in Ireland, March 17, 1826, and came to America when he was twenty-six years of age, settling in New York, where he remained for twelve years. He then journeyed westward, locating in La Crosse, Wisconsin, whence he traveled by train to St. Paul. .Minnesota, and by boat to Mankato, where he took up government land and began its clearing and cultivation. He was one of the factors in the development of Minnesota and was a splendid type of the sturdy and rugged pioneer. He always strove to do his duty in every aspect of his life and was not only a good business man and farmer but also an honored veteran of the Civil war. When hostilities broke out he enlisted in Company K, Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served for three and one-half years, taking part in most of the important engagements and serving with distinction and ability until his discharge. He then resumed farming and from the timber which he felled upon his property he built a log cabin in which the subject of this sketch was born. He gradually brought his land to a high state of improvement and development. When he became interested in the stone quarry business he showed the same resourcefulness and business ability which marked his farming operations and soon gained a gratifying success. He opened the first stone quarry in Mankato, working in the interests of the Mayfield Battie Company, and became prominent and well known in that line of activity. Later he was interested in contracting and building, doing important construction work throughout the west. He died March 17. 1912. His wife was in her maidenhood Miss Eliza Whalen and was born in Lee county, Virginia, in 1829. She died December 4, 1903. In their family were eight children, Sarah, Mary, James, Lucille, Michael J., Catherine, Agnes and Jennie.

Michael J. Coughlin was educated in the public schools of his native city and was later graduated from the Mankato high school. He took a course in St. Peter & Paul's College, pursuing his studies through the winter months and working during the summer. At this time he turned his attention to learning bricklaying and stone-cutting, and was active in both lines for three years. At the end of that time he formed a partnership with his father, which relation continued for five years, and he then worked as foreman and inspector for different railroad companies, having charge of their construction gangs. For twenty-two years he followed that occupation and only abandoned it in order to accept the position of superintendent of the Northwestern Quarry in Howard township, this county. He entered upon his duties in 1903 and has since served in that capacity, meeting with a degree of success which is the natural result of his ability and efficiency. He has invested in property in Texas, Minneapolis and Mankato, the income from which is an important addition to his resources.

On June 28, 1906, Mr. Coughlin was united in marriage to Miss Nellie De Lonn, a daughter of Adolph and Eliza De Lonn, who were early settlers in Howard township. Here her father died in 1904 when he was fifty-eight years of age. but her mother is still living at the age of sixty. Mr. and Mrs. Coughlin have two children, Eliza and Catherine.

In his political views Mr. Coughlin is a consistent democrat but has neves, sought public office. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church and is a charter member of Mankato Lodge, No. 225, B. P. O. E. Ambitious and energetic, he seeks his success in a business way and is well equipped by experience and efficiency for his present responsible position. He is still in the prime of life with many years of forceful and vital work before him, although the success he has already gained entitles him to rank among the prosperous and representative men of his community.

Robert Lambie Jacksox

Robert L. Jackson, a well known blacksmith of West De Pere, his native city, was born April 6, 1870. His father, Thomas Jackson, is a native of Scotland, born in Ayrshire, and is still living at the age of eighty years. He came to America at the age of twenty-one and settled in De Pere, Brown county, Wisconsin, where he followed the blacksmith trade until his retirement. He married Miss Janet Lambie and they have three children still living: Anna, the wife of M. Bomier, of Proctor, Minnesota; Margaret, now Mrs. James Ogilvie, of Appleton ; and Robert L.. of this review.

Robert Jackson attended the public schools of West De Pere and immediately after laying aside his books, joined his father in blacksmithing, which he has followed since that time. Upon his father's retirement he assumed ownership and management of the shop and is today an expert workman, his skill in his chosen calling having brought him a liberal patronage.

Mr. Jackson has been twice married. His first wife was in her maidenhood Miss Evelyn Sheehan, who was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, a daughter of Daniel Sheehan. By this union was born one son, Thomas.

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Jackson has always been identified with his present line of work and is well known and highly esteemed as a man of strict integrity and undoubted ability. He is a supporter of the republican party as is also his father.

John Brogan

Perhaps in this volume there is no history which indicates more clearly what is meant by the term self-made man than does the life record of John Brogan. It is such a record as everywhere commands admiration, respect and honor, for he has been both the architect and builder of his own fortunes and has come to rank with the foremost business men and citizens of Green Bay. He is now senior partner of the firm of John Brogan & Company, engaged in railroad construction, and is also at the head of several allied companies. He established his offices in Green Bay in 1907, now occupying a well appointed suite of rooms in the Minahan building.

Mr. Brogan was born in the township of Holland, Brown county, February 8, 1865. and is a son of John and Ann Brogan. The father came from Ireland in 1852, first settling in Pennsylvania, and later he took up his abode in Holland township. Brown county, in 1858, there following the occupation of farming. His wife died in October, 1910, and was laid to rest in St. Patrick's cemetery in Eskeaton. The father is still living on the old farm.

John Brogan acquired his education in the schools of his native township, pursuing his studies to the age of fifteen years, yet during that time assisting his father on the farm. He afterward began work as a laborer on the Milwaukee Northern Railroad, which is now a part of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. When the season had passed he went to Ford River, Michigan, in the employ of the Ford River Lumber Company, going into the woods as cook's helper. He there became acquainted with the duties of such a position and afterward cooked in lumber camps and boarding houses. He was thus engaged until September, 1893, when he took up the boarding business upon a different system of railroad boarding and eating houses, maintaining boarding cars on railroads, especially on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. The business grew to large proportions, becoming a thoroughly organized and systematized enterprise, which he conducted successfully until 1910. During that period, in 1903, he took up railroad contracting and street paving work and has developed his business into logging, railroad construction, concrete dam work, bridge work and sewer building. During the summer of 191 1 he built a dam, pulp mill and power house at Flat Rock river, near Escanaba, Michigan, for the Escanaba Traction Company. He formed a partnership under the firm name of Brogan & White in 1904, conducting business under the style of the Western Board- ing & Supply Company, with offices at No. 125 La Salle street. Chicago. Under this company the business was enlarged and expanded so as to run boarding cars on other railroads, including the New York Central Railroad, Lake Shore & Michigan Central Railroad, Chicago & Alton Railroad, Indiana Harbor and the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Line. This business and company existed until February, 1910, when Mr. Brogan sold his interest therein. He then became president of the White Construction Company, of which he was the organizer. He was also the vice president of the National Construction Company of Fond du Lac in 1909 and 1910. He is now senior partner of the firm of Brogan, Calnan & Riley, engaged in railroad construction work ; of Brogan & Rich, doing concrete construction, dam and bridge work ; and Brogan & Boland, logging jobbers, dealers in timber lands, logs and pulp wood. All these are allied interests, which contribute to the sum total of his success, whereby he has become recognized as one of the foremost business men of Green Bay and his section of the state. He is also a director of the McCartney National Bank.

On the 27th of September, 1893, at Stark, Wisconsin, Mr. Brogan was united in marriage to Miss Mary Burns, of Cooperstown, Wisconsin, a daughter of Hugh and Mary (Hayden) Burns. The father came from Ireland in 1852 and purchased government land at Chilton, Wisconsin. There he followed farming and lumbering but he and his wife are now residents of Stark, Manitowoc county. Mr. and .Mrs. Brogan are the parents of six children : Mary, a graduate of St. Joseph's Academy ; Hugh, who is attending school ; and John, Rosella, Bridget and Margaret, all at home. Mr. Brogan is now erecting the finest residence in Green Bay at the corner of Dousman and Ashland avenue.

In politics he is independent, voting for men and measures rather than for party. He has served as chairman of the town of Lac du Flambeau and has been a member of the county board of Vilas county. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. His has been a very active life. He has never faltered in the performance of any duty that has devolved upon him and his energy has enabled him to overcome various difficulties and obstacles. Gradually he has worked his way upward to success and the course that he has followed commands the highest respect, indicating what may be accomplished when determination and energy lead the way.

William Larsen

Among the men who are prominent factors in the business activity of Green Bay is William Larsen, who since 1897 has been president of the Green Bay Water Works. He has various commercial and financial interests, being for years one of the most extensive shippers of the county, and he is recognized as one of the most progressive leaders in business affairs of Green Bay. He became a resident of this city in 1857, being then a little lad of about seven years, his birth having occurred in Buffalo, New York. May 29, 1850. His parents were Ole and Rachel Larsen, the former a native of Norway, whence he came to the new world in 1845, settling first in Buffalo, New York. In 1857 he made his way to Green Bay, where he embarked in general merchandising, continuing active in business circles of this city until his life's labors were ended in death in 1873. His wife survived him for about nineteen years and passed away in 1892, when she was laid by his side in a cemetery in Door county.

William Larsen attended the country schools until fifteen years of age and then spent one year at Appleton College. He began his business career as head clerk in the general store of M. E. Tremble & Company at Suamico, with full charge of the store and books, filling that position for four years. At the age of twenty he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Krouse and settled in Fort Howard, where, having saved seven hundred dollars, he opened a grocery store in partnership with M. C. Johnson. At the end of seven years they sold out and Mr. Larsen next engaged in the general shipping business, handling fruit, produce, hay, etc., which enterprise gradually expanded until it amounted in 1897 to over five hundred thousand dollars per annum, and during the busy season his pay roll amounted to over seven thousand dollars per month. In 1892 he established a canning business, which is now the largest in the city, constituting one of the important productive industries of Green Bay, its output being sent over a wide territory, and by reason of the extent of its patronage it furnishes employment to many operatives. On the organization of the McCartney National Bank- Mr. Larsen became its first vice president and a director and was subsequently made president, but finally resigned that position and again accepted the office of vice president.

Having always taken an active interest in affairs bearing directly upon the welfare, upbuilding and improvement of the city, Mr. Larsen was called upon to serve several years as alderman of Fort Howard and was also mayor of the city one term, before its annexation to Green Bay. He is now president of the water works. He is a self-made man, for his capital on starting out in life for himself consisted only of good health, a clear, discriminating brain and the courage of his convictions to do what he deemed right. He has builded well his business and his reputation until in both he is the peer of any man in Brown county. His analytical mind rendered him a valuable and most efficient public official and made him a successful business man. highly esteemed by his large force of employes. He has always personally attended to the small as well as large details and proverbially is held to be fair in all his dealings. He is today regarded as one of the most progressive, honorable and highly esteemed citizens of Brown county. It has been said of him that he is endowed in a remarkable degree with the characteristics possessed by his hardy, brave and adventurous ancestors - traits of character which enabled them to secure a more than prominent place in the history of the world. These same characteristics which made the Norsemen heroes, adventurous navigators, the first discoverers of America, warriors whose prowess was feared in all Europe, also made them in later years the highly civilized. Christianized and prosperous business men and exemplary citizens.

To Mr. and Mrs. Larsen have been born ten children but one died in infancy. The others are Mabel, Austin, Leslie. Edith, Grace, Charles Sumner. Marie, Milton and Warren. They have extended to their children the advantages of the best schools obtainable. The family home in Green Bay is a large and handsome structure, modern in all its equipments; built in 1888.

Frank J. D. Du Chateau

Frank J. B. Du Chateau is the president and general manager of the A. Du Chateau Company, wholesale liquor dealers, with offices at 329 North Washington street. This business was incorporated in 1906 and has enjoyed continuous growth through the intervening years to the present time. The president of the company is one of Green Bay's native sons, his birth having here occurred September 25, 1868. His parents were Abelard and Felicite Du Chateau. The father came to Green Bay in 1856 from France and in 1869 founded the business which has developed into the largest wholesale liquor house of the city. He was continuously connected therewith until his death on the 25th of August, 1889, when he was fifty-two years of age.

The son pursued his education in the public schools here, leaving the high school at the age of sixteen years, at which time he became office boy for J. C. & A. C. Melville. He was next employed as clerk by the Otto Du Chateau Company, retail dealers in shoes, and remained with that house for a year, or until May, 1885. He next entered his father's establishment as bookkeeper and manager and has continued in active control of the business since that time. When he became connected with the undertaking it was conducted under the name of A. Du Chateau and so continued until the incorporation in 1906, at which time Frank J. B. Du Chateau was chosen president as well as general manager. His business interests have been of constantly growing volume and importance and he is now connected with many enterprises which are valuable factors in the commercial, industrial and financial affairs of the city. He is a director of the Kellogg National Bank and has long been manager, secretary and treasurer of the Brown County Telephone Company. He is also the owner of much real estate, having bought and sold considerable property in Green Bay, and he has also erected business houses and blocks on vacant property, there being six large blocks in the city which have been built by the family.

Mr. Du Chateau was married, September 15, 1890, to Marie Beaupre, who died October 20, 1893. leaving one child, Olive Felicite, who is a graduate of St. Joseph's Academy. Mr. Du Chateau was again married, November 28. 1894, his second wife being Julia Lucas, who died on the 28th of November, 191 1. He resides at No. 703 South Monroe street, having there a pleasant and attractive home.

In politics Mr. Du Chateau is a republican, believing firmly in the principles of the party, and he has taken quite an active and prominent part in public affairs, serving as alderman of Green Bay for five consecutive years.

He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, is a trustee of the lodge and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, in which he at one time was master of finance. He likewise belongs to the Green Bay Yacht Club, to the Green Bay Driving Club, the Green Bay Turn Verein and the Green Bay Gun Club - associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests and recreation outside of business. He is an alert, enterprising man, accomplishing what he undertakes in any connection, and he enters heartily into pleasures as well as business and thus maintains that even balance which can not be preserved when one concentrates his energies upon business affairs to the exclusion of other activities. For many years he has been collecting relics of the Indians and early French traders and now has a collection of over five thousand pieces, embracing guns, copper implements, spearheads, stone hammers, hatchets, etc., which are all catalogued. He has a brass sundial made by the Pere Lemares of Paris. On the back of this is given the longitude and latitude of many of the well known cities of those early days. It was found by him and another gentleman at Point An Sable and is a rare curio. Mr. Du Chateau also has a mortar and pestle used by the Menominee Indians. It stands about two and a half feet in height and the pestle is six feet in length, it being used by the Indians to crush corn. Both are made of white oak.

Marchant Brothers

Prominent among the men whose activities are important factors in the agricultural development of Scott township are the four Marchant brothers, James, August, Telesphore and Julius, who are operating the family homestead of one hundred and thirty-three acres and by practical and systematic methods are rapidly making it one of the model agricultural enterprises of the section. The four brothers are sons of Joseph and Philomena (Villiess) Marchant, natives of Belgium. Their father came to the United States when he was twenty-two years of age and located in the Belgium settlement near Green Bay, where he resided for two or three years. Afterward he bought forty acres of land in Scott township and began a very successful agricultural career. This was a tract of land very slightly cultivated, but Joseph Marchant soon had the work of development begun. From time to time he added to his propertv until his holdings amounted to one hundred and thirty-three acres. Gradually his interests expanded and he became identified with many phases of the life of the section. At the time of his death he was not only a successful and prosperous agriculturist but also owned and operated a profitable flourmill. He passed away August 12, 191 1. when he was seventy-three years of age. He had long survived his wife, who died in 1897.

city. In 1887 James, August, Telesphore and Julius purchased the home farm from their father and have operated it successfully since that time. They have brought their fields to a high state of cultivation, raising the grains best adapted to the soil and climate and adding to the farm many modern equipments and improvements. They erected the fine residence which is upon the property and have made other substantial improvements, all of which have added to the excellent condition and to the value of the farm. The brothers have been closely identified with Scott township in its upbuilding and prosperity for a quarter of a century and are justly numbered among its most active and progressive farmers. For some time they conducted the flourmill which had belonged to their father but have now given up this branch of their activities. Their success is well merited, for they are capable in management and display the industry, public spirit and resourcefulness which lead to prosperity.

John P. Wagner

A life record covering seventy-four years has brought John P. Wagner to a position where respect and honor are uniformly accorded him by those who know him. Diligent, determined and enterprising, he worked on persistently year after year and is now living retired, for his industry and economy at a previous period brought him a competence sufficient to meet the demands of the evening of life. He was born February 2, 1838, near Coblenz on the Rhine, Germany, a son of Peter Wagner, who was born in 1801 and in 1845 came with his family to America, settling in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, among its early residents. There he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed to the time of his death on the 13th of August, 1888. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Weber, died in 1873 at the age of sixty-nine years.

In their family were eight children, of whom five are yet living. No unusual event occurred to vary the routine of life for John P. Wagner in his boyhood save the emigration to the new world when he was a lad of seven years. He attended the public schools near his father's home to the age of seventeen, when he made his start in the business world as a clerk in a drygoods store in Fond du Lac. Later he went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he was connected with commercial interests in a similar capacity until 1857. He afterward spent three years in Milwaukee and then returned to Fond du Lac, where he remained for two years in the employ of others. He next joined a brother in the conduct of a dry-goods business in Fond du Lac and in 1870 he came to Green Bay, where he was associated with W. C. Pettibone until 1874. He was afterward for thirteen years with George Sommers and later with a New York store as a clerk until 1890. He then became connected with the A. Spuhler Company, with which he continued until 1 901, after which he spent a year in rest from business. He was next for three years with John Baum and for six years he was with the Brennen & Gazette Candy Company, with which he continued until the 1st of July, 1912, when he retired from active business. He is now enjoying a well merited rest - the fitting reward of his years of earnest, persistent and honorable labor.

On the 6th of July, 1862, Mr. Wagner was married in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to Miss Martha Wall, who was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1840, a daughter of William and Anna (Hurley) Wall, who were farming people. Mrs. Wagner, with a brother, came to America in 1856, their destination being Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where she formed the acquaintance and eventually became the wife of John P. Wagner. Nine children have blessed this union, of whom four are living: William, at home; Mary, who is the wife of Louis Garot and has three children; Martha, who is the wife of George A. DeLair, proprietor of a cafe and restaurant at Green Bay ; and Agnes, the wife of A. B. Casey, of St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Wagner and his family are communicants of the Catholic church. On the 6th of July, 1912, he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding, having for fifty years traveled life's journey happily together, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years went by. This was a memorable event in the social life of Green Bay, over one hundred of their friends being in attendance at the celebration. They received many valuable and substantial tokens of esteem and friendship from their guests, who delighted in thus showing their, appreciation of the good qualities of this worthy couple. It was an event long to be remembered by those who participated therein and most of all by the gentleman and lady who were the chief factors of interest on that dav.

Frank W. Kuehl

Frank W. Kuehl is one of the enterprising and successful business men of De Pere, where he is engaged in the general furniture and undertaking business, located on South Broadway. He was born in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, in 1870, and is a son of Joachim F. C. and Dora (Krohn) Kuehl. The father emigrated to America in 1865 and settled at Kewaunee, where he engaged in the general mercantile business until his death, June 29, 1912. He was also a director in the Kewaunee Bank. The mother died in 1890.

Frank W. Kuehl was reared at home and received his early education in the public schools in Kewaunee. On starting in life for himself he learned the cabinet-maker's trade with his father. In 1891 he accepted employment with the Illinois Steel Company of Chicago as cabinet-maker and remained in that position for three years. In 1894 he came to De Pere and established himself in the furniture and undertaking business, to which he has since given his undivided attention. He has the distinction of having been the first licensed embalmer in De Pere and one of the first in Brown county. In addition to his furniture and undertaking business he is a stockholder in the Cooperative Coal Company of De Pere.

Mr. Kuehl was united in marriage in October, 1895, to Miss Wilhelmina Reiff, a daughter of John and Christina (Fritz) Reiff, of De Pere. Her fa-

Mr. Kuehl is a member of the Equitable Fraternal Union and the German Benevolent Society, and is one of the conservative, careful business men of De Pere.

E. N. Murphy

E. N. Murphy, who has served as secretary and treasurer of the Murphy Supply Company since its organization on the 8th of March, 1907, is one of the most energetic and progressive young business men of Green Bay, his close application and unfaltering diligence being potent factors in winning him success. In the business world he occupies a place of prominence and affluence. Mr. Murphy came to Green Bay from Detroit, Michigan, where his birth occurred on the 27th of May, 1878. His father, A. M. Murphy, brought his family to Green Bay in 1892 and was for a number of years actively and prominently connected with business interests here as secretary and treasurer of the Murphy Lumber Company but is now living retired.

E. N. Murphy began school in Detroit and continued his education after removing to Green Bay, at which time he was a youth of fourteen years. He remained in school to the age of eighteen and then started out in the business world, accepting a position as bookkeeper in one of his father's lumber camps. He was not ashamed to turn his hand to any work needed, and his willingness, industry and perseverance constituted the foundation upon which he has worked upward, making his way through every department to foreman. Later he went on the road as a traveling salesman and was afterward secretary and treasurer of the Murphy Box Company, a branch of the Murphy Lumber Company. Eventually he became assistant manager and later manager of the box factory, thus year by year adding to the experience which has qualified him for his present business connections. When, in 1907, the Murphy Supply Company was incorporated, he was made secretary and treasurer. The business had previously been conducted by others who had failed to make it a success and they also predicted Mr. Murphy's failure, but under his management the business has grown to be one of the most prosperous and paying institutions of Green Bay. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound business judgment. He seems to readily recognize the relation of business possibilities and combines these into a harmonious whole. He is now bending his efforts to administrative direction and executive control of a business the success of which is attributable in no small measure to his efforts. His sagacity and enterprise have been constantly manifest in its control and development. He is also secretary and treasurer of the Green Bay Planing Mill and as a young man is today accounted one of the foremost representatives of commercial and industrial activity in his adopted city.

In September, 1891, Mr. Murphy was united in marriage in Green Bay to Miss Gertrude A. Joannes, a daughter of Mitchell and Fanny Toannes. the former the president of the Joannes Brothers Company. Air. and Mrs. Murphy have three children, Morris G., Elbridge F. and Maxwell Door. The family residence is at No. 816 South Madison street and the hospitality of the home is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. Mr. Murphy belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks but has comparatively few outside interests, having always preferred to concentrate his energies upon his business, which has claimed his entire time and attention and which in its excellent results shows his careful fostering and wise management.

Jacob Schmitz

Jacob Schmitz, a well known and successful agriculturist of Howard township, devotes his attention to that branch of activity which George Washington designated as the most honorable as well as the most useful pursuit of man. He has managed his father's estate since the latter's death and is the owner of one hundred and fifteen acres of land on the Oneida Indian reservation. His birth occurred in Oneida, Brown county, on the 14th of January, 1877, his parents being Ernest and Kathryn (Hirt) Schmitz, both of whom were natives of Germany. Their marriage was celebrated in Green Bay. this state. Ernest Schmitz, who was born in 1846, emigrated to the United States in 1867, when a young man of twenty-one years, settling in the town of Howard, Brown county. Wisconsin. Subsequently he spent three years at Oneida but on the expiration of that period returned to Howard. He devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits throughout his entire business career and prospered in his undertakings, owning at the time of his demise three hundred and sixty acres of excellent farming land. He passed away on the 26th of March, 1Q06, after a residence of almost four decades in this county, and his loss was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. His widow is still living at the age of sixty-five years. Their children were as follows : Sebastian ; Maggie, who passed away at the age of thirty years; Jacob, of this review; John; Peter; Henry and Louis, who died in infancy ; and Henry, the second of the name.

Jacob Schmitz obtained his early education in the district schools, subsequently attended the parochial school until thirteen years of age and then continued his studies at Duck Creek, where he spent two years. After putting aside his textbooks he assisted his father in the operation of the home farm and since the latter's death has had charge of the same. On the estate are seventy-two head of cattle and six horses. He makes a specialty of dairying and finds a ready market for his products at Green Bay. In his undertakings as an agriculturist he has been very successful, the well tilled fields annually yielding golden harvests in return for the care and labor which he bestows upon them. He owns one hundred and fifteen acres of land on the Oneida Indian reservation and is also a stockholder in the creamery.

(T.ell) Crooks. Her father is a farmer residing in Howard. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Schmitz have been born five children, as follows : Francis, who died in infancy; Bertha; Laura; and two who passed away in infancy.

In politics Mr. Schmitz is independent, supporting men and measures rather than party. In religious faith he is a Catholic. He has resided in Brown county from his birth to the present time and has gained an extensive circle of warm friends within its borders.

Jacob Davidson

Jacob Davidson, a well known and prosperous merchant of Green Bay, now sole owner of a well appointed dry-goods store at Nos. 109-11 North Washington street, started in the business world in America peddling matches. There is therefore marked contrast between his condition at present and in the past, and he has reached his present position through close application, intelligent effort and unfaltering determination. He was born in K( ivno, Russia, and his education was acquired in that country, his opportunities, however, being quite limited. He came to America in 1885, landing in New York city with a single coin, valued at about a cent and a half. He remained in the eastern metropolis for about two weeks and then went to Trenton, New Jersey, where he spent six months peddling matches, working from early morning until late at night in order to earn a living, and at length he began peddling dry goods. In this his profits were a little greater, his sales being larger, and in that business he continued for two years. He afterward did a little jobbing for about six months, at the end of which time he removed to Chicago, having lost everything he had made, and started again at peddling. Six months passed in that way and at the expiration of that time he secured a position as salesman in a clothing store, where he was employed for about a year. He then accepted a position as salesman in a dry-goods store at Menominee, Michigan, at a salary of twenty-five dollars per month, continuing there for two and one-half years. He then returned to Trenton, New Jersey, and entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, A. Moosovich, in the bakery business, Mr. Davidson driving the wagon and waiting on customers, while the partner did the baking. A year and a half was thus passed, at the end of which time Mr. Davidson took a position as manager at Crystal Falls, Michigan, offered him by his former employer, A. Block, of Menominee. A year and a half was spent at that place and he next took charge of the store at Menominee, where he remained for about eighteen months. Mr. Block then sold his stock to Brexton & Block, of Marinette, and Mr. Davidson then went with the stock to that place, where he again acted as manager for about a year. In September, 1893, he opened a store in Republic, Michigan, where he carried on business for three and one-half years, at the end of which time he formed a partnership with I. M. Block and opened a dry-goods store at Negaunee, Michigan, where the firm continued in business until the partnership was dissolved in 1894, after which

Mr. Davidson conducted the store alone until 1S97. Following a removal from Negaunee to Champion, Michigan, he entered into partnership with J. Levin for the establishment of a dry-goods store, with which Mr. Davidson was connected until he came to Green Bay in 1903 and opened his present store. He has since been sole proprietor of this establishment, which he has successfully conducted. The business has continually grown and the success of the undertaking indicates his reliable and enterprising business methods.

On the 1st of August, 1893, Air. Davidson was married in Republic, Michigan, to Miss Anna Levin, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Levin of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson have an adopted son, Harold, who is assisting his father in the store. The family residence is at 339 South Adams street and is a gathering place for many friends. In politics Mr. Davidson is a republican, his study of the political questions and. issues of the day confirming him in the opinion that the principles of that party are most conducive to good government. Mr. Davidson certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished, having been both the architect and builder of his own fortunes. Starting out in life empty-handed he has sought the opportunities which have enabled him to advance, never sitting idle and waiting for opportunities to come to him. His life has been indeed a busy one and the steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible. He has steadily advanced, never regarding any position as final but rather as the starting point for still further accomplishment. Not afraid of hard work he has conquered obstacles and difficulties in his path and today stands among those whose success has been honorably won and is richly merited.

Constant Dequaine

Constant Dequaine, cashier of the New Franken State Bank, is a native son of Brown county and from an early date his interests have been identified with its development. He is familiar with the agricultural life of this section for his father was a pioneer in its development and he himself was born on a farm. He has also been successfully engaged in schoolteaching and is at the present time an important figure in financial circles. He was born in October, 1888, and is a son of Philip and Matilda (Nelis) Dequaine. The family was founded in America by the grandfather of our subject. Constant Dequaine, who came from his native country, Belgium, in the early '50s and with his family settled near the village of Champion, where he took up land. It was covered with a dense growth of timber and this Constant Dequaine cleared and developed the property until his death. His son, the father of our subject, carried on the work already begun and has been identified with the agricultural progress of Brown county for a number of years.

Constant Dequaine of this review is one of a family of five children. I [e was educated in the district schools near Red River and was graduated from the Oshkosh Normal School in 1908. For two years afterward he taught school at Red River and was for one year and four months a teacher at Champion. At the end of that time he resigned to accept the position of cashier of the New Franker) State Bank. He assumed his duties January 23, 1912, and has already given evidence of ability and efficiency. .Mr. Dequaine devotes part of his time to life and fire insurance. He is still in the beginning of his career. He has made but few changes in his occupation during the course of his active life and these have advanced his interests, showing the quality of his business acumen and his knowledge of local conditions. There is no reason to believe that his future progress will come more slowly than his past advancement and he is therefore on the road to prominence and success.

William B. Morand

There are but few living today who have any recollection of the Mexican war, while the number of those who actively participated in its battles is still less and to this distinguished body belongs William B. Morand, the oldest citizen of Green Bay. He again responded to the call of the nation's chief for volunteers in the '60s by valiantly donning the blue and going to the front in defense of the country's flag. A native of the state of New York, his birth occurred in Orange county on the 8th of January, 1822. his parents being William and Margaret ( Beggerton ) Morand. The parents were both natives of Ireland, whence they emigrated to the United States in 1820, locating in Goshen, Orange county, New York. There the father, who was a miller, followed his trade until he passed away in 1844 at the age of fifty-six years. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Morand numbered two, our subject and a sister who died at the age of eighteen years.

Born and reared on a farm, the early energies of William B. Morand were directed along agricultural lines. He followed farming until he enlisted in the army in 1846 for the war with Mexico. He remained in the service for five years, first under General Taylor's command and later under that of General Scott, who took charge of their division at Vera Cruz. He participated in many of the notable skirmishes and battles of the war and was wounded on two different occasions by the enemy's bullets. At the close of the hostilities his regiment was sent to Mackinac Island, where they were mustered out. Upon receiving his discharge. Mr. Morand came to Green Bay. locating here in 1851. and engaged in the hotel business on Pearl street, his hostelry being known as the Travelers' Home. Later he founded a hotel on Broadway, now known as the Huffman Hotel. He next built a fine hotel on the west side known as the Fort Howard, which he conducted until his retirement. Agricultural pursuits also claimed his attention at this time, and as he was a very industrious man of foresight and good business judgment he met with more than an average degree of success. Although he was long identified with the active business life of the city, he has for about thirty years been living retired. He went to the front in 1864 as a member of Company A, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, under the command of General Grant. I lis period of service cov-

In 185 1 Mr. Morand was married to Miss Bridget Early, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States with her parents, who located on Mackinac Island. Of this union there were born five children : Peter, a traveling missionary in the United States, who is now deceased; Edward, a resident of Colorado, who married Mamie Cavanaugh and has three children ; Mary, the deceased wife of J. Nolan and the mother of three children ; John, who was killed in Cuba during the Spanish war; and Katie, who married P. Hart of Seattle, Washington, and has four children.

Mr. Morand was reared in the Roman Catholic faith and is a charter member of the first church of that denomination erected in Green Bay, as was also Mrs. Morand. He is one of the honored members of T. O. Howe Post, No. 124, of the Grand Army of the Republic, and his allegiance in matters politic he accords to the democratic party. His active connection with municipal affairs, was confined to two years' service as an officer on the police force many years ago. Mr. Morand has many interesting reminiscences to relate of his experience in the army and of the pioneer days in Wisconsin, which when he located here more than sixty years ago was called the frontier. He has been an interested observer of the development of Green Bay, which was little more than a settlement when he came here and is now one of the thriving commercial centers of the state. Time has wrought many changes during the intervening years and among his present acquaintances there are but few he knew in the old days or have any recollection of the events in the early history of the city. Mr. Morand lives on Hubbard street, where for thirty years he has made his home.

James V. Micksch

A few years ago an exquisitely clean baker wagon driven by a foreign looking man who always seemed busy and intent upon his occupation was a familiar sight in the streets of Green Bay. Today James V. Micksch is the owner of one of the largest wholesale and retail bakery establishments in that city. The natives of Austria seem to be natural bakers. Whenever a little Bohemian shop opens its doors even on an obscure street in an American city it is almost sure to be successful and prosperous within a short time. This success is based on the good quality of their product and to a large* extent upon the industry and honorable business methods of the owners of the shops. A man of this sort is James V. Micksch, who now has his large bakery at No. 1265 Main street, Green Bay. He is a native of Austria, his birth occurring in Romanov, Bohemia, May 13, 1868. His parents were James V. and Annie Micksch, also natives of Austria, who never left their native country. The father's death occurred in December, 1893, but the mother and her three sisters are still living in Romanov. Our subject has a brother, Antone C, who is engaged in the bakery business in Cleveland, Ohio, and another brother, Ernest Frank, who is learning the same business with Antone in Cleveland. The latter was brought to America by our subject when fourteen years of age and was given a chance to attend the public schools of Green Bay. In 191 l he went to Cleveland, where he is now located.

James V. Micksch received his education in the German schools of his native province and early learned the miller's and baker's trades. When he became proficient in these occupations he left Europe and came to America in 1888. He landed in Baltimore, Maryland, and proceeded at once to Shawano, Wisconsin, where he made his home with relatives for a short time. After three weeks he went to Menominee, Michigan, and obtained work at farming and lumbering in which he continued until 1889. In that year he returned to Shawano and later went to Manitowoc. He had not much money at this time and was obliged to take up any work which he found to do. He spent the summer at Manitowoc, driving a pop wagon. At the end of the season he went to Gibson township, Manitowoc county, where he ran a grist-mill for a year, but the next summer found him again at Manitowoc, where he drove a pop wagon during the tourist season. At the end of that time he came to Green Bay and worked for a short time for the Murphy Lumber Company and also spent four months as a carpenter. During the next seven years he was employed as a flour packer for the J. H. Ebeling Milling Company and only abandoned that occupation to start in business for himself. His first bakery was operated on an extremely small scale, employing one baker and economizing by delivering his own goods to his customers. The fine quality of the bread, cakes and other products for which most Bohemian bakers are noted distinguished the output of the little shop from the beginning. As his goods became known his reputation and business increased, the market for his product enlarged yearly and the little bakery grew year by year to its present large proportions. At the present time he employs sixteen people and sometimes more in the various branches of his business. He keeps seven bakers constantly occupied, runs three large delivery wagons and employs four clerks in his wholesale store. The magnificent new plant which has recently been erected is one of the best equipped modern bakeries in Green Bay. Electrical baking appliances of the most approved sort are installed and the sanitary arrangements are unequalled in this part of Wisconsin. After the completion of his new bakery Mr. Micksch began an advertising campaign to push the sale of his "Butter Krust" bread. It has proven a great success and is now being shipped and used over a large area. It is the result of much scientific study by expert bakers for over twenty-five years, is most sanitary and the ten cent loaves are all carefully wrapped for shipping. Mr. Micksch conducts a general grocery business in connection with the sale of his bakery products. His bakery covers a lot one hundred and six by one hundred and six feet, reaching from Main to Cedar streets, and his residence is just opposite on Cedar street. Mr. Micksch has been extremely successful and his success is the outcome of his own energy and enterprise. He made the most of every opportunity and has carved out for himself an honorable and worthy

On July 15, 1890, Mr. Micksch was married in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Miss Anna Kasperek, a daughter of Frank and Barbara Kasperek, pioneer residents of Brown county. The father died in 1902 and was buried in Woodlawn cemetery. His wife is now residing with her daughter, the wife of the subject of this sketch. To Mr. and Mrs. Micksch five children have been born: Frank J., who is now assisting his father in the bakery business ; Libby M., a clerk in her father's store ; Anna, who lives at home; James V., Jr., a student in the public schools of Green Bay; and Lillian, who is also attending school. The family residence is at No. 1261 Cedar street, a pleasant and hospitable home which Mr. Micksch has recently entirely remodeled.

Mr. Micksch has other business interests in Green Bay, being a director of the Farmers Exchange Bank and also on the board of the Green Bay Canning Company. Politically he is a republican but takes no very active part in public affairs, preferring to concentrate his attention upon his growing business. He holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in the Bohemian Slavonic Benevolent Society. He is also prominent in the Green Bay Brewers Benevolent Association and takes a great interest in the affairs of the local Turn Verein. Mr. Micksch has a powerful personality and the mental and moral qualities which enabled him to conquer the difficulties incident to a new life in a new country, held back by strange customs and a foreign language, and to rise from a humble and obscure position to an honored and respected place among his fellow citizens.

James Henry Elmore

James Henry Elmore, the present postmaster of Green Bay, is one of the most prominent and widely known citizens of this place, having been a resident of that city since 1862. He was born in Mukwonago, this state, January 6, 1843, and is a son of Andrew E. and Mary (Field) Elmore. The Elmore family was one of the old and influential families of England, and an evidence of its prominence in that country is found in the fact that in their honor was named Elmore street in London. The family was founded in America by three brothers, one of whom settled in New York, another in Connecticut and the third in South Carolina. One of the more prominent members of the family was the treasurer of the Southern Confederacy.

Andrew Elmore, the father of our subject, came from Mukwonago, Wisconsin, and settled in Green Bay in 1864. He was one of the founders of the Dousman & Elmore Elevator and was among the influential pioneers of Green Bay, being instrumental in bringing to this city the line of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. He devoted forty years of his life to the advancement of charitable institutions, was the president of the Wisconsin state board of charities and at one time was president of the national conference of charities. To him belonged the distinction of having presented to Wisconsin the proposition to make the insane wards of the state, and for their protection he established suitable buildings in which they should be cared for. He was a loyal and lifelong republican, prominent in the councils of that party, and he served as a member of the legislature of Wisconsin. His life was characterized by unwavering integrity in all his business dealings and he was in every way one of the respected and highly esteemed citizens of Wisconsin. Although a member of the bar he did not engage in active practice. He left an estate of which the subject of this review has since been administrator. He died in January, 1906, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. His wife died in 1892, and they are buried in Woodlawn cemetery. To Air. and Mrs. Andrew Elmore four children were born: Phebe, who is residing on the old homestead; Augusta P., who died in January, 1906; Mary, who passed away in June, 1907; and James H.. the subject of this sketch. Augusta and Mary are buried in Woodlawn cemetery beside their parents.

James H. Elmore was reared in his parents' home and received his early education at Mukwonago and East Troy. Later he was a student in Racine College until sixteen years of age. After putting aside his textbooks he clerked in his father's store and some time later obtained a position as reporter for a newspaper at Madison. He came to Green Bay, August 10, 1862, and worked for the Dousman & Elmore Elevator Company. That firm had a line of lake boats and were dealers in various products. In later years David M. Kelly purchased the interest of Mr. Dousman in the elevator company and at that time the subject of this review became a member of the firm and as general manager, continued with the company until 1878, at which time the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company bought the entire business. During the years of 1877 and 1878 he spent considerable time in traveling and became interested in various occupations outside of this state. He spent two summers in New York, was in the Black Hills and Arizona for a time and for one year lived at Crystal Falls, Michigan, being superintendent of the Crystal Falls Iron Company. On returning to Green Bay in 1884 he was appointed receiver of the Strong Bank, the affairs of which were badly mixed, but under his efficient management things were so satisfactorily adjusted as to bring to him the highest praise from the judge of the court and all others concerned. His successful handling of this trust led to his selection and appointment at various times as assignee of different estates. During his business career Mr. Elmore has also been interested in cedar timber and has been administrator of his father's estate since the latter's death. At the outbreak of the Civil war he organized and drilled for service two companies, both ot which later were mustered into service. He has been captain of the militia of the Green Bay Light Guards.

Mr. Elmore was united in marriage in Green Bay on the 19th of January, 1876, to Miss Leola Chapman, a daughter of Colonel William and Anne Chapman. Her father, who was a colonel in the United States regular army, died in 18S7, and her mother passed away some years previously.

They were buried in Woodlawn cemetery. To Mr. and Mrs. Elmore one son was born, William Chapman, who is wire chief of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, with headquarters at Appleton.

Since attaining his majority Mr. Elmore has affiliated with the republican party and was elected the first mayor of Fort Howard in 1873, at the time of the organization of that city. In 1890 he was elected mayor of Green Bay, having the distinction of being the first mayor of the united cities of Fort Howard and Green Bay, and he has frequently been reelected several times without opposition. During his administration many of the municipal improvements which have made Green Bay so conspicuous as a city were made, including the extension of paving, several miles of sewer, the rebuilding of old and the erection of new bridges, the reorganization of the fire department along the lines most modern in equipment and the erection of a fine new high school. He was appointed by the state board of regents as official visitor to the State University at Madison and in that capacity served for several terms. On the 4th of June, 1912, he assumed the duties of postmaster of Green Bay and is now filling that office in a most creditable and acceptable manner. He is a charter member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Green Bay and has served as exalted ruler of his lodge. He is also a prominent member of the Masonic order and is the only man in the city who has ever been elected eminent commander of the commandery and refused to serve. It will thus be seen that he has attained prominence in business, social and political circles and it is safe to say that no man in the city is held in higher esteem than James H. Elmore.

Right Rev. Joseph J. Fox. D. D.

Right Rev. Joseph J. Fox, D. D., bishop of Green Bay, was born in the city of Green Bay. August 2, 1855, °f Pau' an^ Frances (Bartel) Fox, who were among the first German settlers in Brown county, arriving about 1840. Bishop Fox received his primary education in the local Catholic school, at the time the only one of its kind in the county. His classical studies were made in St. Francis Seminary of Milwaukee from 1870 until [875, and in the latter year he went to the American College, Louvain, Belgium, where he attended the famous university and after completing the theological course was ordained to the priesthood on the 7th of June, 1879. Returning home the same year he was appointed to the church at New Franken, but after only eight months was called by Bishop Krautbauer to St. John's church of Green Bay. While pastor of the latter church until May, 1883, he acted as secretary to Bishop Krautbauer and opened a parish school for St. John's in the old Cathedral building on Madison street, in which he had been baptized, confirmed and made his first communion. In May. 1883, at his own request, he was relieved of the pastorate at St. John's and appointed to Our Lady of Lourdes church at Marinette, Wisconsin, where he remained for eleven years, during which the church was decorated and furnished throughout and a new six-room schoolhouse built. In 1894 he was appointed by Bishop Messmer, now archbishop of Milwaukee, to the vicar generalship and called back to Green Bay on the 15th of August of that year. Besides his duties as vicar general he was given charge of St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum then located on the corner of Crooks and Webster streets of Green Bay, and under his care in less than two years the magnificent St. Joseph's Orphan Home on the banks of the Fox river, between Green Bay and De Pere, was erected and paid for, thanks to the generosity of priests and people. An average of two hundred orphans per year find a good home, receive spiritual and bodily care and a good education under the guidance of the good Sisters de Notre Dame in St. Joseph's Home. In 1898 Vicar General Fox was made a domestic prelate by Pope Leo XIII with the title of monsignore, the first one to receive this honor in the diocese of Green Bay.

When in 1904 Bishop Messmer was promoted to the see of Milwaukee, Bishop Fox was appointed his successor by Pope Pius X. May 18, 1904, is the date of the brief of appointment, and he was consecrated fifth bishop of Green Bay on July 25, 1904. He enjoys the singular honor of being bishop of the church in which he was baptized and received his early Christian instructions.

H. S. Eldred

H. S. Eldred is a resident of Milwaukee, but his interests are by no means limited by the boundaries of that city. .He has been a judicious investor in business affairs in various sections of the state and a number of the now thriving towns and cities of Wisconsin have benefited by the conduct of his interests in their midst. He is president of the -Citizens National Bank of Green Bay, but operates elsewhere along industrial, commercial and financial lines. He is widely known in Green Bay, where he lived for a number of years and where he was married. Social and business interests frequently call him back here and he has a very wide and favorable acquaintance in city and county.

Mr. Eldred was born in Milwaukee, November 22, 185 1, and is a son of Anson and Frances Mary (Ladue) Eldred. His father came to Wisconsin in 1848, settling in Milwaukee county. He was a pioneer lumberman of Wisconsin, building and operating mills at Stiles, Oconto, Little Suamico and Green Bay. He died January 14. 1895, in Milwaukee.

II. S. Eldred pursued his education in the schools of the city, where he now makes his home, being there graduated from the Milwaukee Academy with the class of 1869. His college course was pursued at Dartmouth, where he won the Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating with the class of 1874. Returning from college he entered his father's business. He came to Green Bay in 1879, where he operated the mills there until 1894, when they were sold to the Diamond Match Company. He thus figured prominently in the industrial activity of the city and established his position as an enterprising, progressive and successful business man. He still has exten- sive interests throughout the state, being president of the Kiel (Wis.) State Bank and financially interested in other enterprises, besides the Citizens National Bank of Green Bay, of which he has been the president since 1892.

On the 5th of October, 1881, Mr. Eldred was married in Green Bay to Miss Clara Strong, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strong, the father a pioneer banker of Green Bay and the president of The Strong Bank. Mr. Eldred holds membership in the City Club, the Town Club and the University Club of Milwaukee. He resides at No. 2 Waverly place, in a beautiful residence section and from there superintends his business interests, which bring him into close contact with industrial and financial progress in the state.

Mr. and Mrs. Eldred have two children: Anson, who was graduated from Williams College in 1910 and is now connected with the firm of Hummel & Downing Company, fibre box manufacturers ; and Irene Frances, who is the wife of Grant T. Stephenson and resides at Wells, Michigan.

Captain Preston F. Thrall

The situation of Green Bay affords excellent opportunity for those who wish to engage in shipbuilding or navigation, in which connection Captain Preston F. Tin all has become well known as the head of the Thrall Steamship Company, which since 1901 has had its headquarters at the foot of Harvey street. Forty-four years have come and gone since he arrived in this city, being then a young man of twenty-four years.

His birth occurred at Brockville, Canada, on the 29th of May. 1844. and his ancestors, who were of English lineage, had resided in this country for several generations. His parents were Friend and Betsy Thrall. The father, who was a native of New York, engaged in the manufacture of furs for many years and spent his last days in Green Hay. where he passed away < )ctober 19, 1888, having for only about two months survived his wife, who died in August of the same year. They were laid to rest in Pickett Station cemetery near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where also lie buried their two children, Horace and Stella.

Captain Thrall was a young lad when the family removed to Oshkosh and in the public schools of that city he pursued his education until he reached the age of eighteen years, when he sought and obtained employment in a shingle mill. He worked in that manner through the summer months and in the winter seasons assisted his father in the fur business until 1868, when he came to Green Bay and formed a partnership in the tug business, starting with a single boat. Meeting with success, the firm built a number of tug and freight boats and subsequently Captain Thrall became sole proprietor of the business. He finally sold out and formed the Green Bay Vessel Company, the name being afterward changed to the Thrall Steamboat Company. They are the owners of The Orion, which carries iron ore to eastern lake ports and returns with coal to different ports on

Lakes Michigan and Superior. This steamship is the largest wooden boat ever built at Green Bay, being two hundred and eighty-two feet long and forty-two feet wide and of twenty-two hundred tons displacement. It was built in the East river of Green Bay and, as the river was so narrow, was launched sideways. It was such an event in the history of the town that it became a gala day, schools being dismissed and whistles blown everywhere. For many years Captain Thrall commanded his own boats but does not sail at the present time, giving his supervision now to his boatbuilding interests at Green Bay, having charge of the entire business of the Thrall Steamship Company, of which he is managing owner. This company builds gasoline launches as well as other vessels. Captain Thrall is one of the best known figures in connection with lake shipping and boat building, for he has long operated here and has formed a wide acquaintance while sailing on the lakes.

Captain Thrall has been married twice. In Milwaukee, in 1869, he married Anna Barnes, who died in 1890. On the 17th of April, 1907, he was married, in De Pere, to Miss Emma Bickford, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bickford, old residents of De Pere. His home is at No. 1108 South Monroe street, which residence he erected.

He votes with the republican party and is a loyal member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree, holding firmly to the principles of the craft, and recognizing the fact that close adherence thereto promotes honorable manhood, good citizenship and kindly consideration of others.