Brown County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1913 (part 6 of 14)

The early advantages of Henry D. Van Seggern, who was only a lad of ten vears when he accompanied his parents on their removal to American, were very meager. Owing to the limited educational facilities afforded in the pioneer period and to the fact that his service were needed at home, he only received eleven months' schooling. As he is a close observer and has read broadly he continued to add to his fund of knowledge from year to year, thus becoming widely and intelligently informed on a variety of subjects, particularly those bearing upon the vital issues of the day. The only child of his parents who lived to attain maturity, isolated by pioneer conditions from association with lads of his age, he practically, passed from childhood to manhood, knowing little of the pleasures and pastimes enjoyed by the majority of youths. On rare occasions the uneventful routine of farm life was varied by trips to the market at Green Bay. As there was no road for a part of the way he was compelled to make the journey on foot, carrying a basket in which bad been placed the butter and eggs he was to exchange at the store for such supplies as the family required. He remained at home and was associated with his father in the cultivation of the farm until the latter's death, at the age of seventy-eight, just fifteen years after the mother passed away, when, as sole heir, he came into possession of the property. He has applied himself with unceasing energy to the further development of the place, making such improvements as he was able from year to year until he now owns one of the best properties in the township and is numbered among the prosperous agriculturists.

On the 13th of May, 1879, Mr. Van Seggern was united in marriage to Miss Martha F. Daggart, a native of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Charles B. and Naomi (Knibbs) Daggart, who were of Scotch and English extraction. Mr. Daggart was twice married. His first wife passed away at Two Rivers, leaving him with two children, Thomas and Mary, and he subsequently returned to New York and married Miss Knibbs, and they became the parents of five children: Amanda E.;

Andrew; Mrs. Van Seggern; Eveline Ann; and one, who died in infancy. The father was a merchant at Two Rivers, where he served as postmaster and also represented his district in the state assembly one year. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Van Seggern settled on his father's farm and here have been born their eleven children : Matie N., whose birth occurred May 22, 1880; Amanda E., who was born on the 23d of December, 1881 ; Charles H., who was born on November 3, 1883, and was accidentally killed while unhitching a team of horses on the 14th of September, 1898; Fred J., whose natal day was May 13, 1885; Walter M., whose birth occurred March 6, 1888; Irma C, who was born on the 10th of July, 1889; Cora A., whose natal day was February 1, 1892; Edna, who was born on the 23d of November, 1894; Myrtle, born on April 6, 1896; Gladys, born September 30, 1898; and Ruby, whose birthday was the 9th of July, 1901.

Mr. Van Seggern has for several years been trustee and secretary of the Lutheran church in which his wife also holds membership. He takes an active interest in local politics, giving his support to the republican party, and has several times been called to public office. He was town supervisor for three years, having entered upon his duties in this connection in 1880, and he also serves as school director and has held that office for a number of years, while at one time he was chairman of the township. He has served as county supervisor from 1894 to 1899 and was appointed circuit jury commissioner by Judge Hastings on September 27, 1902, and has continuously filled that office ever since. Mr. Van Seggern has not confined his attention to farming alone, but has extended it to other lines of business and formerly was actively connected with the Farmers' Insurance Company, of which he was the treasurer, looking after his farm at the same time. He enjoys a wide and favorable acquaintance throughout the county, where his enterprising methods, upright principles and honorable business transactions have enabled him to establish an enviable reputation in both public and private life.

Captain Lars Olson

Captain Lars Olson is living retired in Green Bay after thirty years spent on the great lakes. During that time he owned many vessels and sailed into many ports, being one of the greatest promoters of lake freight and passenger traffic in this section. He was born in the southern part of Norway, March 17, 1844, a son of Ole and Anna (Kittledaughter) Olson, also natives of that country. In connection with farming the father was also engaged in the flour milling business, following both occupations at the time of his death.

Of the ten children in the family only Lars and his brother Ole came to America. Captain Olson was educated in his native land and there learned the carpenter's trade, in which capacity he was employed on a sailing vessel after the completion of his education. He cruised for two years, going first to England and then to America and finally to the

Lars Olson

Mediterranean sea, but eventually returned to this country. Landing at Quebec, Canada, he took passage on a vessel bound for Chicago, arriving in that city in 1862. From that time until his retirement he sailed on the great lakes and became a well known figure in various Wisconsin ports. The first vessel in which he had an interest was a "two master," called the Mary Nau, it being owned by Lambert Nau, Peter Peterson and himself. Upon that boat he sailed as mate for seven years and then sold his interest and bought a similar boat, the Monitor, and six years later purchased the Odion. In 1888 he built a three masted vessel, called the Ida Olson, which he sailed for sixteen years, touching many of the ports on the great lakes. He usually spent the winter months working in the shipyards and in 1907 he and five other carpenters from Green Bay went to Yellowstone Park to build the steamer E. C. Walters on Yellowstone lake, to be used in the tourist trade. Her building required about four months. Captain Olson not only thoroughly understood lake navigation but possessed that independence, coolness and calmness of judgment which are necessary to life on the water. Moreover, he is an excellent business man and has always made the best use of his advantages. At the time of his retirement he was one of the oldest captains on the great lakes and had achieved both prominence and prosperity. Besides his own comfortable residence at 228 East Broadway, erected by himself, he owns several other houses and a grocery store in Green Bay, which he rents.

Captain Olson was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Nelson, a daughter of Nels Nelson, who spent his entire life in Norway. After his death Mrs. Nelson came to America, bringing with her Mrs. Olson, who was then a child, and settled in Port Washington. To the Captain and his wife were born three children, namely: Albert, who is now engaged in the insurance business in Milwaukee; Ida, who is a teacher in North Carolina ; and Anna, who is engaged in teaching in the public schools of Green Bay and is keeping house for her father, Mrs. Olson having passed away on the 14th of February, 191 1. The family are members of the Lutheran church and are held in the highest esteem by all who know them.

Alexander Tennis, Jr., proprietor of a buffet in Green Bay, his native city, was born February 1, 1876, a son of Alexander and Theresa (Derhayden) Tennis, natives of Belgium. They are now residents of Green Bay, the father having reached the age of sixty-five years. In their family were five children: Louis, proprietor of a saloon at Green Bay; Alexander; Frank, a machinist at Green Bay; Julia, the wife of B. Clough. an engineer at Green Bay for the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company ; and Loraine, at home. They also lost two children, Josephine and Elizabeth, the former the wife of Adolph Hochgreve.

to his father in the grocery business. He was thus employed for six years and gained good practical experience. When twenty-two years of age he started business on his own acoount as proprietor of a saloon and restaurant which he has conducted to the present time. He opened his present place of business in 1903 and now has a well appointed and carefully conducted buffet which is liberally patronized.

Mr. Tennis was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmina Verdegan, a native of Bellevue township, this county, and a daughter of Charles Verdegan, a native of Holland, who came to America in early life. His wife died when her daughter, Mrs. Tennis, was but five years of age, leaving three children. The father afterward married again and now lives retired in Green Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Tennis have become the parents of two children: Yvonne and Josephine Jeannette, aged respectively eleven and seven years. The parents are members of the Catholic church and he belongs to the Order of Foresters and the Order of Moose of Green Bay. He has been a lifelong resident of this city and numbers among his warm friends manv who have known him from his boyhood days to the present.

Anton Boehm

Anton Boehm engages in farming in Preble township, where for twentyseven years he has also conducted a saloon and general mercantile store. Although the greater part of his life has been passed in Brown county, Air. Boehm is a native of Germany, his birth having there occurred on the 6th of June, 1856. When a lad of twelve years he emigrated to the United States with his parents, who came direct to Brown county. The father, Anton Boehm, who was a shoemaker by trade, filed on a homestead at a point called Bellevue, two miles from the present farm of his son Anton. He was one of the first settlers in this section of the county.

The greater part of the education of Anton Boehm was acquired in the schools of his native country. He spent his youth on his father's farm, where he was trained to agricultural pursuits, with which vocation he has always been identified. His undivided attention was given to general farming until 1885, but on November 2 of that year he established a public house on his farm, which he has ever since conducted with a good degree of financial success.

Mr. Boehm married Miss Mary Mathys, who was born on the 8th of April, i860, in Preble township in the immediate vicinity of her present home. She is a daughter of Andrew Mathys, one of the pioneer farmers of Brown county, who passed away in 191 1, at the venerable age of eightytwo years. To Air. and Mrs. Boehm there have been born fourteen children, of whom thirteen are living, nine sons and four daughters. Of these, Anton Boehm, Jr., was born on the 20th of November, 1885, on the home farm. Here he was reared to manhood, and after leaving school assisted in the cultivation of the farm until 1910, since which he has been employed in Green Bay. He married Josephine Simonar, likewise a native of Preble township and a daughter of Martin Simonar, a well known farmer of that locality. They have become the parents of two sons, Walter and Anton. Mr. and Mrs. Boehm are Roman Catholics in religious faith. He votes the democratic ticket and has served as chairman of the township board, the duties of which office he discharged in a creditable manner.

Quirin Schumacher

Quirin Schumacher is now living retired at Green Bay for his business activities in former years brought him sufficient capital to supply him with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life during his remaining days. He has no desire to pile up large wealth, being content with a very comfortable competence so that he is now enjoying well deserved rest. He was born in Coblenz, Prussia, Germany, November 26, 1844, a son of Franz Schumacher, who was born January 12, 1808, and with his wife and family came to the new world in 1849. Traveling westward to Wisconsin he settled in Humboldt township, Brown county, where he followed farming for seventeen years. In 1866 he removed to Green Bay, where he conducted a distillery for a year and a half. He next opened a saloon on Main street and carried on business there until 1881, when he retired and was thereafter connected with no business enterprise up to the time of his death, which occurred January 27, 1899. Unto him and his wife were born seven children: Mrs. Catherine Pohl, a widow; Mathilda, deceased; Peter, living in Green Bay; Herbert, who also makes his home in Green Bay ; Johann and Mary, both deceased ; and Quirin. The mother died when her youngest child was only three months old and the father afterward married Elizabeth Munch, who was also a native of Prussia. They became the parents of three children, one of whom, Catherine, is now the wife of John Basten, of Preble township.

The early experiences and interests of Quirin Schumacher were those of the farm boy and as soon as old enough to take his place behind the plow he began work in the fields. He then followed farming until twentytwo years of age, when he rented his father's distillery and conducted it in connection with his brother. It was also in his early manhood that he learned the butchering business and subsequently formed a partnership with his brother for the conduct of a business of that character in which hecontinued successfully until October, 1908, when he sold out and retired. His was one of the oldest butchering establishments in Green Bay and for years he had enjoyed an extensive and well merited patronage so that his business prospered year by year, enabling him to add annually to his savings.

On the 25th of November, 1869, Mr. Schumacher was united in marriage to Miss Francisca Szwykoska, who was born in Prussian Poland, December 1, 1849, a daughter of Michaelis and Gertrude Szwykoska, both of whom were born in Moritzfelde, in Polish Prussia. Her grandparents were Joannes and Marianna Szwykoska. Mrs. Schumacher was eighteen years of age when she came to America with her parents who settled at Pine Grove, Wisconsin, and later established their home in the vicinity of Green Bay. The father died in 1908 but the mother is now living at the venerable age of eighty-nine years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Schumacher have been born nine children: Herbert O., deceased; Paulina, who is the wife of P. Dorshell, of Green Bay, and has five children; Maggie M., the wife of A. J. Fontaine, of Green Bay, and the mother of two children; John J.. who married Delia Long and has one child ; Joseph P., who married Eva Burris and has two children ; Christina, the wife of W. W. Wilkins, of Milwaukee ; Edward, at home ; Mathilda, the wife of F. Deuster, of Green Bay, who has one child; and Edith Francisca, at home.

Mr. Schumacher and his family are identified with the Catholic church and he belongs also to the Catholic Knights of Green Bay and the St. Boniface Society. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he has served as judge of elections and as a member of the board of health. He possesses many of the sterling characteristics of the Teutonic race - determined purpose, unfaltering energy and integrity - which prove valuable features in business and result in the attainment of honorable success.

Rev. Max Hensel

The work of the Rev. Max Hensel counted with the mora! forces which have had to do with the development and progress of Wisconsin. Nature endowed him with keen mentality and he wisely and worthily used the talents that were given him. He was born in Germany and during his infancy was brought to the United States by his parents, who established the family home in Milwaukee, where he was reared and educated, supplementing his high school course by study in a seminary. Liberal educational training well qualified him for the life work to which he ever devoted his energies. He became a Lutheran minister and accepted his first charge at Platteville, Wisconsin, whence he went to Fond du Lac, remaining as pastor of the church there until the time of his death in 1904.

Mr. Hensel was well known in Green Bay, for it was here that he wooed and won his wife, she being a daughter of the Rev. Fred Eppling, also a minister of the German Lutheran church, of whom mention is made on another page of this volume. Her marriage to Mr. Hensel was celebrated in 1885 and they became the parents of six children, of whom five are yet living. The two eldest sons, Max and Paul, have followed in the footsteps of their father and have become ministers of the gospel, devoting their lives to the salvation of their fellowmen. Another son is professor O. Hensel, of Saginaw, Michigan, and the younger children are Fred and Singard, in school. All of the children were given excellent educational advantages and have made good use of their opportunities.

In his dealings with the individual he displayed tact and kindliness and was greatly loved by the congregations among which he labored. He could use logic and argument effectively, make strong appeal to the emotions and at all times his teaching was permeated by a kindly spirit which recognized that to err is human and to forgive divine.

Albert L. Platten

Albert L. Flatten is the founder and president of the Platten Produce Company and has built up by industry and ability a flourishing and successful business from a small and humble beginning. He was born at Preble, Wisconsin, November 9, i860, and is a son of John and Flora Platten. Flis father was a native of Germany who came to this country with his parents in 1842 and settled in the Wisconsin woods. Albert 1 Matten's father was one of the earliest settlers of Brown county and spent the early part of his life in America amid primitive conditions and hardships. He was obliged to clear his land of timber and to burn off the stumps but he gradually brought it to a high state of cultivation and eventually sold his holdings along with two other tracts of land which he had acquired during his life for a sufficient sum to enable him to retire from business and live in comfort during the remainder of his life. He never sought political preferment, preferring to devote his attention to his business and private affairs but he served in various township positions at different periods in his career. He died in 1895 ancl was survived by his wife until 1908. They were buried side by side in the Allouez cemetery.

Albert L. Platten's early educational opportunities were meager and limited by the primitive conditions of pioneer life. He attended the Green Bay schools until he was fourteen years of age when he laid aside his books to enter business life. He was employed in different capacities with three firms in Green Bay, remaining four years in each position. Fie entered the grocery business and carried on a store of his own for a short time before he finally became connected with the produce business with which he has been prominently identified for many years. In the beginning his enterprise was conducted on a small scale but it has gradually grown and developed along modern lines until it is today one of the largest concerns of its kind in Green Bay. Mr. Platten engages in the buying and exporting of all kinds of farm produce. His field of activity extends over the entire state of Wisconsin and he does an average yearly business of eight hundred cars of goods. On February 1, 1912, the business was incorporated under the firm name of The Platten Produce Company, with the following officers : A. L. Platten, president ; J. P. Platten, vice president; Howard A. Platten, secretary; and George A. Platten, treasurer.

On June 6, 1887, Mr. Platten was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Huffman, a daughter of Mr. and Airs. H. P. Huffman, the former a pioneer resident and a prominent hotel owner of Green Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Platten are the parents of four children. Maude, a graduate of the high school and normal school of Green Bay, the wife of E. J. Malloy, residing at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Howard, who was graduated from the Green Bay high school and is now employed by his father in the produce business; Magdalene, who also attended the Green Bay high school, and is a graduate of the local business college; and Lawrence, who is now a student at the high school in this city. The family residence is at No. 420 Dousman street.

In his political views Mr. Flatten keeps himself independent of party lines and policies. He takes an intelligent interest in public affairs and is active in any movement looking toward the commercial development of the city. He has firm faith in the industrial future of Green Bay and is prominent in the affairs of the Business Men's Association. He is well and favorably known in this city as a progressive and active business man who has founded his own career on the firm basis of strict integrity and worthy methods.

Iver J. Terp

The institutions which have made Green Bay what it is today and which in the future will make it commercially more important still are the large industrial concerns which are the basis of its prosperity. Prominent among these and the most up-to-date in its particular line in the city is the Northern Paper Mills. Its secretary and treasurer is Iver J. Terp, who has been actively connected with paper making for a number of years. Besides his position in the Northern Paper Mills he is also vice president of the Astor Paper Company and has held that office since the organization of the company in 1910.

Mr. Terp was born near Kolding, Denmark, on the 31st of October, 1869, and is a son of Henry J. and Maren G. Terp, who came to this country in 1905 and are now living retired in Green Bay. Our subject began his education in the schools of his native land, but in March, 1888, came to America and settled in Brown county, Wisconsin. The first year he worked on a farm in Pittsfield, attending the Mills Centre public schools during the winter months. In March, 1889, he entered the Green Bay Business College, working for his board in the home of A. C. Robinson, then postmaster of the city. He finished his course and because of his proficiency was made assistant teacher in the college. He was afterward offered and accepted the position of assistant postmaster, but owing to strenuous objections by older postoffice employes he was obliged to assume a minor clerkship instead, and he therefore remained in the postoffice but a short time, resigning in order to accept a position with the Interior Lumber Company of Interior, Michigan. At the close of the lumber sawing season he returned to Green Bay and took up the study of stenography in the business college. His capital being limited, he again utilized a chance to work for his board, this time at the Charles House. As a faithful student and tireless worker he made good progress, and in April, 1891, obtained a position as stenographer in the employ of M. J. McCormick, agent for the Northwestern Fuel Company as well as steamboat lines. His advancement was rapid and at length he became a partner of Mr. McCormick and was appointed agent for the steamboat companies on the latter*s death, holding that position for two years. In 1901 he became one of the organizers and a stockholder in the Northern Paper Mills and was chosen secretary of the company. In 1905 he was elected treasurer of the company and has since acted as both secretary and treasurer. In the beginning the Northern Paper .Mills employed about thirty people but, as its trade expanded rapidly the number has since been increased until there are now over one hundred people in its employ. For several years Mr. Terp was secretary and a director of the Brown County Building and Loan Association. Since the organization of the Astor Paper Company in 1 9 10 he has been its vice president.

Mr. Terp has been twice married, his first wife being Mamie Mickelson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mickelson, early settlers of Brown county. They were married on the 5th of February, 1895, and three years later, in 1898, Mrs. Terp passed away, leaving one child, Helen, now attending the East high school of Green Bay. On the 4th of April, 1900, Mr. Terp married Miss Matilda Mickelson, a sister of his first wife, and to them have been born three children, one of whom, Leal, died in infancy, the others being: Evan, now attending the public schools of Green Bay; and Lois, a student at St. Joseph's Academy.

The family have a pleasant home at No. 1144 South Monroe avenue, which was erected by Mr. Terp in 1910. He and his family are devoted members of the West Side Moravian church and are highly esteemed in the community. He is independent in politics and is prominent in fraternal circles, being a Knight Templar Mason and is now serving his second term as master of the blue lodge. Industrious, conscientious efforts perseveringly applied, Mr. Terp asserts are the keys to success, within the reach of any and everyone who is willing to pay the price.

Peter Christensen

Peter Christensen has been identified with agricultural interests in Brown county since 1879 and in the course of thirty-three years has brought his one hundred and five acre farm near New Denmark to a highly improved and developed state and has gained a place in the front ranks of progressive agriculturists. He was born in Denmark in 1855, a son of Christ Jensen and Matta (Jacobson) Christensen.

Mr. Christensen was educated in his native country and was twentyfour years of age when he came to America. In 1879 he purchased his present farm of one hundred and five acres of unimproved land near New Denmark, which he has improved and cultivated since that time. His labors have been rewarded by success which has come gradually and as a this section of the state from a district which was mostly timber woods in which could be found a large amount of wild game, and he has given his energies and activities to making his holdings productive and valuable.

Mr. Christensen was united in marriage to Miss Inga Thomsen, a daughter of Jens Thomsen, and they have seven children : Theodore ; Agnes, who married Andrew Nelson ; Ida ; Nora ; Viggo ; Edward ; and Ella. The family belong to the Danish Lutheran church.

Mr. Christensen is a democrat and is serving at the present time as town clerk and justice of the peace, having held the former office since 1889 and the latter since 1887. He is interested in the progress and development of his section and active in local political circles, where his publicspirit has been useful and effective.

Anton Basche

Anton Basche, the oldest shoe merchant in Green Bay, has been living retired in the city for nine years. He has reached the age of seventyseven and in 1909, when he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary, he was surrouned by forty-two direct descendants. He is a pioneer in the settlement of the city and has seen it grow from an unorganized village into one of the most important communities in Wisconsin, and was for some time a contributing factor in its development. Mr. Basche was born in Germany, April 5, 1835. His father, Joseph Basche, left his native country in 1840 and came with his family to Green Bay, where he established a shoe-making shop on Washington street, near the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul depot. At that time the inhabitants of Green Bay nun> bered fifteen hundred. The mother of our subject was Anna Marie Schmitz, who died in Green Bay in June, 181,13. She had long survived her husband, who died before the beginning of the Civil war. In their family were four children besides the subject of this review : Catherine, the wife of Jacob Tucker; Michael, deceased; Peter, who lives in Baker City, Oregon ; and Fred W., of Green Bay.

After completing a rather limited education Anton Basche learned the shoe-making trade and also studied music in Green Bay. After his father's death he remained with his mother and the entire responsibility of her support and that of his younger brothers and sister devolved upon him. Eventually he established himself in business in partnership with Henry Duville. They located first on Washington street but later removed their business to the Kellogg Bank building. The enterprise expanded rapidly along systematic and practical lines and soon became one of the important shoe houses in the city, a great deal of its growth being due to the energy, enterprise and discrimination of Mr. Basche. In 1903 he abandoned his connection with the business and has since been living retired in Green Bay.

She is a daughter of John Amandus and Anna Marie (Filz) Kriescher, natives of that section, who came to America in 1845 a°d located in Dodge county, Wisconsin, where the father farmed for five years. Later he moved to Bay Settlement and there engaged in general agricultural pursuits in connection with the conduct of a blacksmith shop. Both have passed away. .Mr. and Mrs. Basche became the parents of thirteen children. The eldest daughter, Clara, is the widow of W. Holzknucht. She has ten children and two grandchildren. George lives at home. Anna married Charles Klaus of Jamestown, North Dakota, and they became the parents of one child. The fourth child born to Mr. and Mrs. Basche is John. Katherine became the wife of Emil Van Dyke, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, by whom she has eight children. Mary married Michael Maloney and they became the parents of eight children. Henry P. wedded May Coppersmith, of Green Bay, and they have three children. Arthur married Mary Sweeters, of Green Bay, and they became the parents of four children. Frank X. married Nellie Abbott and to their union were born two children. W. J. married Carrie Van Duren, and they have four children. Charles H. wedded Cecelia Denhke and lives in Milwaukee. Herman F. married Mollie Forster and they reside in Memphis, Tennessee. The youngest child of this family is Anton B., who married Hilda Stubee, of Green Bay. Mr. Basche's direct descendants number at the present time forty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family are devout adherents of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Basche and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on May 10, 1909. Their many friends in the city and vicinity came upon that day to congratulate them and to wish them joy, for both are widely popular and Mr. Basche's integrity, honesty and sterling traits of mind and character have made him honored and respected wherever he is known.

William E. Moore

William E. Moore, yardmaster of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in Green Bay, was born in Waupun, Wisconsin, July 6, 1871. His grandparents were pioneers in the settlement of this state and died in Wisconsin in early times. His father, Robert Moore, was born in Belfast, Ireland, and came with his parents to America when he was nineteen years of age. For some time he followed farming near Cedar lake but left his property in that vicinity at the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted for three months' service. He later reenlisted for three years but was discharged on account of ill health. Six months later, however, he rejoined the Federal army but was again compelled to give up on account of illness. He married Miss Jane Gregg, who now lives at The Arlington in Riverside, California. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore had three children besides the subject of this review : Mabel, who lives at home ; Mary, the wife of C. W. Mathews ; and Fannie, the wife of Tom Smithers, of California.

After completing his education in the public schools of Waupun. William E. Moore farmed until he was twenty years of age and then became connected with the St. Paul Railroad, serving as brakeman in Aberdeen, South Dakota. After a year and a half he resumed farming and continued in that line for two years but at the end of that time again became connected with railroading, on a branch running out of Milwaukee for one year. He was switchman on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad for five years and was then transferred to the Ashland division as conductor but after eight years resigned in order to accept a similar position with the Rock Island Railroad on the El Paso division. However, at the end of one year he resumed his connection with the Northwestern Railroad and in 1911, was made yardmaster at Green Bay, which position he now fills, discharging his duties in a prompt and systematic manner. He has founded his success in the various departments of railroading upon long experience and efficiency and is regarded as one of the most reliable and trustworthy representatives of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.

Mr. Moore was married in Milwaukee, to Miss Lottie Normington, who was born February 22, 1876, in Duplainville, a daughter of James and Charlotte (Cook) Normington. Her father was for many years actively engaged in farming in Duplainville but is now living retired. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have two children : Luetta, who is seventeen years of age and a student in the high school ; and Donald, aged ten, who is also attending school.

The family are devout adherents of the Congregational church and Air. Moore was one of the trustees at Kaukauna. He is a director in the Young Men's Christian Association and belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Order of Railway Conductors of Green Bay. The city numbers him among its most valued residents, for in all the relations of life he has been found honorable and upright and worthy of the high esteem in which he is held.

Martin Dantinne

Since Martin Dantinne was sixteen years of age he has made his home upon the farm which he operates today. He has seen Brown county develop from an uncultivated district into one of the finest farming sections in Wisconsin and from his early childhood has been identified with the work of reclamation. No farmer is better known in Humboldt township, for in the accomplishment of his success he has steadily adhered to progressive and practical methods and has made his farm a model enterprise. Mr. Dantinne was born in Belgium, October, 8, 1844, and is a son of Phillip and Mary Theresa Dantinne, natives of that country. His father was born in 1N17, and in 1856 came with his wife and three children to the United States. He settled immediately in Green Bay township. Brown county, where he purchased twenty-nine acres of land covered with timber. With resolute energy he set himself to put this property into condition for cultivation, clearing the trees and grubbing up the stumps. Upon it he built a log cabin, where he resided for four years, after which he sold the farm and bought forty acres of land in Humboldt township. Here he first erected a small cabin, which subsequently gave way to a more pretentious home and gave his entire attention to the development and cultivation of his holdings, to which he later added, until his death in 1887, when he was seventy years of age. His wife died in 1882, aged seventy-four.

Martin Dantinne studied in the public schools of Belgium until he came to America with his parents. In Brown county he attended the district schools for a short time but his advantages along this line were very limited, for he was obliged to lay aside his books at an early age in order to aid in the clearing of the timber upon his father's farm and to work at making shingles. After the death of his father Mr. Dantinne of this review inherited the home farm of one hundred and twenty acres and he has since given a great deal of his attention to its further development and improvement. The modern house in which he lives was already upon the property but he has made substantial changes in the outbuildings, machinery and equipment. His methods are practical and, therefore, productive of good results and he is numbered among the men who by virtue of their position in agricultural circles are establishing standards of operation.

In 1867, Mr. Dantinne married Miss Julia Jonet, a daughter of Nicholas Jonet, a native of Belgium, who came with his family to Wisconsin in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Dantinne had twelve children, Alexander, Emil, deceased; Anton, Martha, Agnes, Julia, Phillip, Louis, Theresa, Henry, David and Marie. The family are devout adherents of the Roman Catholic church.

Mr. Dantinne is a stanch republican and is interested in the public life of his section, especially along educational lines, and for many years did able work as clerk of his school district. His principal attention, however, has been given to the management of his farm. Since the beginning of his career he has been identified with agricultural pursuits and for over fifty years has lived upon his present property, and in its operation he has gained that efficiency which is the result of experience. No man in the township has attained more prominence and success in agriculture than has Mr. Dantinne and no man has better deserved prosperity.

Lawrence J. Larsen

Lawrence J. Larsen, one of the prominent young farmers of Denmark, Wisconsin, was born in the section where he now resides in 1884, a son of Jens and Marie (Roger) Larsen, natives of Denmark, Europe. The father came to America in 1872 and settled first in Neenah, where he remained for a short time, working at farming in the employ of others. Eventually he came to Denmark and settled upon the property now owned by the subject of this review. He set about its clearing and cultivation and erected a number of buildings, bringing his farm to an excellent condition. He is living upon his original farm, making his home with his son. His wife died in 1905.

Lawrence J. Larsen was educated in the public schools and has spent his entire life upon the farm. He owns one hundred and twenty acres and rents the forty acres adjoining, doing most of the work of the fields himself. By pursuing a constant policy of expansion and by adhering steadily to progressive and systematic methods he has made his property one of the model agricultural enterprises of the section and gained for himself a reputation for efficiency and ability in the conduct of his affairs. He himself cleared about ten acres of his land and erected a barn and silo which have added greatly to the value of his property.

Mr. Larsen married Miss Elida Johnson and they have two children: Eugene, aged three ; and Earl, aged one. The family belong to the Danish Lutheran church. Mr. Larsen gives his allegiance to the republican party but has never been active as an office seeker. At twenty-eight he is yet in the ascent of his career but his past attainments and his present prosperity promise well for greater success in the future.

George D. Nau

George D. Nau is managing owner of the Nau Tug Line at Green Bay, which he established in 1893. In the conduct of his business, careful management and straightforward dealing have been strong elements in the attainment of gratifying success. Green Bay numbers him among its native sons, his birth having occurred, March 10, 1863. His parents were Lambert and Margaret (Houle) Nau, who came to Green Bay in 1852. The father conducted a grocery store here and was also a vessel owner. He died in 1880, having for about three years survived his wife, who passed away in 1877. The family, as the name indicates, is of German origin.

George D. Nau acquired his education in Green Bay and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1880. He then took charge of his father's estate and gave much of his time to the conduct and management of the grocery store and also the supervision of the vessel interests until the estate was settled in 1898. In the meantime, however, he had established the tug line and is doing raft towing. He also uses his boats in bringing pulp for the Green Bay & Fox River Valley Paper Mills. He has the largest tug line in the whole Green Bay district and his business is one of extensive and gratifying proportions, returning to him a substantial annual income. .Mr. Nau is also the president of the Green Bay Paper & Fiber Company and is one of the directors of the Northern Paper Mills. He is likewise a director of the Citizens National Bank and of the Lummi Bay Packing Company of Washington state. His interests are thus extensive and varied, his investments having been judiciously made, while his energy and enterprise bring to him a measure of success that places him among the men of affluence in Brown county. In addition to his industrial and commercial interests he owns realty, having four residences in Green Bay in addition to the one which he occupies.

Geoege D. Kau

On the ioth of March, 1885, Mr. Nau was married, at Mannsville, New- York, to Miss Frances Miner, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Miner. By this marriage has been born one child, Julia Gladys, who has studied in Europe. The former family residence at No. 200 South Adams street was erected by Mr. Nau in 1885, but in 1912 he moved to his present home on Porlier street.

Mr. Nau holds membership in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He has served as alderman of the second ward but otherwise has not sought nor desired office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, which have been of growing volume and importance. His activities are a feature in the industrial and commercial development of the community and, while contributing to individual prosperity, are also a factor in public progress.

Edward Martin

Edward Martin, who is living retired and who was for many years closely associated with agricultural interests in Brown county, was born in County Carlow, Ireland, in 1834, a son of Bernard and Mary (Mc- Cabe) Martin, also natives of the Emerald isle, who came to America in 1852 and settled in De Pere, where the father engaged in farming and similar labor until his death in 1877, at the age of seventy-five years.

Edward Martin received a limited education in the public schools of his native country. He was eighteen years of age when he came with his parents to De Pere and he farmed in the vicinity of the city for a number of years. About i860 he assumed entire management of the homestead and operated the same along modern lines of development until his retirement in May, 1905. Since that time he lias been residing in De Pere and has gained widespread respect and esteem by reason of the fine qualities of his mind and character.

Mr. Martin married Miss Bridget Farrell. a daughter of Patrick and Mary (Madigan) Farrell. She was born in County Limerick, Ireland, her birth having occurred February 2, 1842. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have nine children. Patrick is an attorney in Green Bay. Minnie is the wife of Bernard Hart, a conductor on the Northwestern Railroad, by whom she has three children : Mary, aged fourteen and a student in the St. John school ; Josephine, aged ten ; and Bernard, aged eight. Thomas is conducting a shoe store in Green Bay. John is a practicing attorney in the same city. Michael is engaged in farming on the old homestead. Joseph, of Green Bay, is an attorney, is married and has three children. Leslie conducts a shoe store in Green Bay. Margaret is the wife of John Goemans, a hardware merchant of De Pere, by whom she has seven children: Florence C, aged fifteen, a student in the De Pere high school; Francis, aged thirteen ; Marie, ten ; Edward, eight ; Agnes, six ; Mildred, five; and Margaret, four. The third youngest son born to Mr. and Mrs.

Martin is William, who is at present serving with ability and efficiency as deputy sheriff of Brown county. He was born on the home farm in June, 1866, and after he had completed his education aided his father in the management of the homestead until he came to De Pere to assume the management of the Valley Telephone Company. He remained in this capacity for three years and then clerked in a local shoe store until 1909. Gradually he became identified with the public life of the district and was appointed in the latter year deputy sheriff, and has since served, discharging his duties ably and efficiently. He was a candidate for the office of sheriff at the recent primaries, and is now nominated for that office. William Martin married Miss Anna Lee, a daughter of Patrick Lee, a well known railroad man, and they have three children, Lee, Clarence and Donald. The family are devout adherents of the Roman Catholic church.

Mr. Martin of this review is one of the well known religious workers in De Pere and was one of the founders of St. Patrick Society. In politics he is consistently democratic and has always been prominent in the party's councils, although he never seeks public office. During the course of his active career he did able work in promoting the agricultural development of his section and in establishing agricultural standards, and he has well earned the retirement which he enjoys.

Matthew John Maes

The career of Matthew John Maes is a striking example of the power of a dominating ambition to make a business success. He was a son of poor parents and was obliged to work for his living at the age of thirteen years and is now, at the age of fifty, manager of the West De Pere branch of the State Bank of De Pere. He is a native of Holland, having been born in that country in 1862. His parents, John and Gertrude Maes, left their native country in 1870 and crossed the Atlantic to America. They settled first at Spring Lake, Michigan, where they remained for two years, later coming to Detroit and then to De Pere, where the father died May 23, 1898, at the age of seventy years, his wife surviving him until October 6, 1900, when her death occurred in her seventieth year.

The early education of Matthew John Maes was limited. He attended the parochial school in De Pere until he was thirteen years old, when he was obliged to lay aside his books, in order to earn his living, devoting his leisure hours to home study. He obtained work in a brickyard and factory, where he remained until he was twenty-nine years of age. He felt the need of the educational advantages of which the hardships of his early life had deprived him and when he was twenty-nine years of age he entered the Green Bay Business College, taking a general course of instruction along commercial lines. He became interested in the public life of De Pere and was elected in 1893 to the position of city clerk, continuing in this office for thirteen years. His service was continu- cms from 1893 until 1896. He then was out of office for two years and was reelected in 1898 and continued as city clerk until 1908. He served as city treasurer for one term and was also a member of the city fire department from 1893 until 1904. He was elected to the city council in 1908 and served for two years. In all these capacities he made a record for himself for honesty and efficiency in office. He was an ideal public servant, lending the weight of his influence and assistance to every movement tending toward the growth and progress of his city and county. When the De Pere public library was founded in 1896 he was made its first librarian and this position he held until 1900, when he was elected to the presidency of the library board and is now acting in this capacity.

Mr. Maes' banking career began in 1908, when he was made manager of the newly established branch of the State Bank of De Pere on the west side of the river in this city. He is still active in this capacity. He has become well known in De Pere as a public-spirited citizen, taking an active interest in the history and progress of the city and in the development of its educational and commercial life. Fraternally he is a member of Green Bay Lodge, No. 617, Knights of Columbus, and served for several years as trustee of that organization. He is also prominent in Columbus Court, No. 315, Catholic Order of Foresters, and has passed through all its chairs. Both of these fraternal organizations are affiliated with the Roman Catholic church, in which faith Mr. Maes was reared and of which he is a devout adherent. He is a member of St. Boniface church and a director of the St. Boniface Benevolent Society. His religion is of a practical kind, leavening his life and influencing his career, and it has been a vital influence in his public and private life.

Charles A. Straubel

Charles A. Straubel is successfully engaged in the wholesale cheese business at Nos. 409 to 41 1 North Washington street, Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was born in Green Bay, December 2, 1870, and is a son of H. A. and Minnie Straubel. The father is a native of Germany and emigrated from that country to America in 1845 ar>d settled in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Immediately after establishing his home in Green Bay he engaged in the manufacture of wagons, in which he continued for some time and then became connected with a flour mill. On the opening of the Civil war he enlisted in the Ninth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served during the entire period of the war. During a portion of his time as a soldier he was a prisoner at Andersonville. At the close of the war he returned to his home in Green Bay and there engaged in business for a number of years. His wife died in 1898 and is buried in Woodlawn cemetery. The father now lives retired and maintains his residence in this city.

course in the Green Bay Business College. After completing his business education he took up work in the Citizens National Bank as bookkeeper and teller and continued in those positions for a period of five years. He has the distinction of having been the first bookkeeper employed by that bank. After leaving the employ of the bank he traveled for one year and then engaged in the cheese business in partnership with Julius R. Meyers. The business was conducted under the firm name of Meyers & Straubel for three years, after which time Mr. Straubel in 1897 became sole owner and has since successfully continued the business under his own name. He has been very prosperous in his business and he is now the largest wholesale cheese dealer of Brown county, his sales reaching almost one million dollars per year. The buildings which he requires in the conduct of his business were all erected by Mr. Straubel with a view to safety and convenience and his plant constitutes one of the most modern, up-to-date of its kind in the county. He is also president of the Brown County Telephone Company, of which he was one of the organizers and is one of the principal stockholders of that corporation, and is also a director of the Citizens National Bank.

Charles A. Straubel was married in Green Bay, December 19, 1896, to Miss Alice J. Van Dycke, a daughter of Louis and Octavia Van Dycke. The father was an early settler of Green Bay and was the founder of the Van Dycke Brewing Company. Mr. and Mrs. Straubel are the parents of three children: Minnie and Austin, who are pupils in the public schools; and Florence, who is five years of age. The family reside at the old homestead, which was built by the subject of this review.

Mr. Straubel has fraternal relations with the Masonic order, holding membership in the commandery and having attained the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is one of the representative business men of Green Bay and is well known throughout business circles of Wisconsin and is numbered among the useful and desirable citizens of his portion of the state.

John M. Franssens

For forty-three years John M. Franssens has been connected with the harness business in Green Bay, originally conducting his interests along both wholesale and retail lines but now concentrating his efforts solely on the wholesale trade. A spirit of unfaltering determination actuates him in all his undertakings. Straightforward and honorable in all his dealings, no resident in Green Bay occupies a more enviable position in its commercial and financial circles.

Descended from an old and prominent family in his native land, he was born in Verrebroek, East Flanders, Belgium, April 20, 1848, and is a son of John Modest and Nathalie ( Verlaet) Franssens. The house in which his birth occurred was built in 1629 by one of his paternal ancestors who was a tanner, and the family records show a line of tanners conducting business at

Verrebroek from 1629 down to the present time. The business has been handed down from father to son through successive generations and is today owned and conducted by Charles Louis Franssens, a brother of John M. Franssens, who owns and occupies the old house which has been the family home for about three centuries.

The last named was educated in the schools of Belgium, learning both the French and Dutch languages, to write and converse, and also learned the trade of a tanner. In 1868 he came to the United States, then a young man of twenty years, and settled in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He had come to America as representative of the family to advise them concerning a removal to the new world. Here he started in the harness business and at the same time attempted to perfect himself in the English language and gain a knowledge of American ways and customs. At the end of the year he advised his parents against coming to the United States on account of their age, the good business which they there enjoyed and the comforts which they would be forced to give up. He, however, remained to thoroughly acquaint himself with the harness trade and in 1874 he opened a small retail harness shop. The business grew rapidly and assumed such proportions that he soon established a wholesale department and conducted business along both wholesale and retail lines until 1909, when he closed out his retail department and has since conducted an exclusive wholesale business, at the same time manufacturing his own harness. He employs on an average of eleven men in the Green Bay establishment besides several traveling salesmen on the road. Close application and unfaltering energy have been salient features in placing him in a prominent position in trade circles of the city and he is honored by all for what he has accomplished.

On the 10th of October, 1872, Mr. Franssens was united in marriage to Miss Mary C. Delwiche, a daughter of William and Virginia (Beaulin) Delwiche, of Green Bay, who were originally from St. Denis Province, Namur, Belgium. Mr. Franssens was the first and is the only one of the family to have come to America, and having none of his relatives with him he has perpetuated their names in the naming of his children who are six in number. These are : Adele, who is the wife of H. E. Nelson, a commercial traveler residing in Green Bay, and is the mother of one daughter, Nathalie ; Charles L., a commercial traveler residing at Fort Worth, Texas, who married Grace Vincent and has three children, Gertrude, Charlotte and John Eugene ; Cecile, residing at home ; Alphonse J., a commercial traveler of Green Bay, who married Jennie Marsland and has a son, Charles Louis ; Nathalie L., the wife of Edward Woodcock, a farmer of Collins, Wisconsin, and the mother of two children, Dexter and Alice Mary ; and Modest W., at home. The family reside at 434 South Jackson street, Green Bay.

Mr. Franssens belongs to Washington Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M., joining in Green Bay, and since 1879 has been a member of the Temple of Honor, a temperance organization in which he has passed through all the chairs and through the council of the order. In politics, too, he has been somewhat prominent and for three years, in 1884-85-86, represented his ward in the city council. He was selected for the office by some members of the Business Men's Association and by them elected to the position. In this they recog- nized his business qualifications and standing, and felt that such qualities would well serve the public in controlling municipal affairs. His influence was strongly felt for he stood for just laws and their rigid enforcement. Always a temperate man, he stood for temperance principles and a high license and better regulation of the saloons. So potent was his influence that some of the liquor men attempted, by boycotting his business, to intimidate him or drive him from the town. At all times Mr. Franssens stands for improvement and progress and the course which he has followed in his business career marks him as an energetic, upright man.

Charles W. Mueller

Charles W. Mueller has been well known in banking circles of Wrightstown since he began his active career and is today one of the prominent bankers in the city. He is a practical business man with the capacity to make his ability effective and has brought the enterprise to a high degree of prosperity. He is a native of Wrightstown, and is a son of one of the foremost organizers and promoters in the early period of the development of the city. His birth occurred December 27, 1862, and his parents were Carl G. and Alary (Thompson) Mueller. His father was born in Saxony, January 8, 1834, and came to America with the grandfather of our subject in 1852. They first settled in .Milwaukee, where Carl G. Alueller clerked in a general store for some time, coming to Wrightstown in 1856. After a short period spent as a hotel clerk he opened one of the first general stores in this section of the country succeeding to the business of the Wrights, after whom the town was named. He invested heavily in land and was one of the early dealers in real estate in the county. He soon became a leading figure in local affairs and when the home seekers began to come into the state it was he who supplied them with money and other necessities to help them in founding a new home. At the time he also operated a ferry across Fox river and later built the first floating bridge across that stream. He was the founder and promoter of the first hotel in Wrightstown which he called the America House and also conducted the first sawmill in the city. For some years he operated a brewery but later abandoned this to engage in general merchandising at Ashland, and also ran a sawmill. He was one of the organizers of the first Lutheran church in his section, donating the grant upon which the building was erected and always retaining his active interest in the affairs of the church. He was the leading figure in the organization and promotion of the most important enterprises in Wrightstown and the surrounding country, giving to worthy causes and always working along constructive and progressive lines for the general welfare. He donated land to many home seekers and to many business concerns and was one of the greatest individual forces in upbuilding and development. He was prominent in democratic politics and served for twentyfive years as postmaster of the city. When he died December 15, 1886,

Charles Mueller was educated in the public schools of his native section and from an early date was his father's chief assistant in managing the affairs of the various enterprises with which the latter was connected. After the death of Carl G. Mueller he took entire charge of the estate and later became cashier of the Bank of Wrightstown with which he is still connected. The volume of its business is constantly increasing, owing to the systematic and intelligent way in which it is handled and the bank is one of the leading financial institutions in the city.

In 1886 Mr. Mueller was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Delzer of Calumet county, a daughter of August and Ernestina Delzer. Mr. and Mrs. Mueller are the parents of four children : Edwin, Irene, Emma and Carl. The family belong to the Lutheran church. .Mr. Mueller gives his allegiance to the democratic party but has never sought public office, although for the past twenty-six years he has been village clerk, having served in this capacity since the incorporation of Wrightstown. He is a successful banker having had personal experience in the various aspects of that occupation, and is conservative and systematic as a financier. He is a valuable addition to the section of the country in which he resides by reason of his industry, practical methods and intelligent skill, which have made him successful and which have been factors in the growth of an important enterprise.

Samuel Abbott Brown

Samuel Abbott Brown, who at the time of his retirement from business had attained an enviable position in commercial circles, owed his success to his long-continued and intelligent activity as a dominating force in one of the well known hardware establishments in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is a native son of that city, his birth having occurred July 2, 1847. The family came originally from New York state, where Lorenzo Brown, the grandfather of our subject, was prominent in business and political circles. He was born in 1798 and died in November, 1866. He was a cloth weaver by trade and had learned the details of that occupation with Millard Fillmore, later president of the United States. While a resident of Buffalo, New York, he served as sheriff of Erie county and later rendered efficient service as United States marshal in western New York. It was Lorenzo Brown who founded the family in Green Bay, where he came with his sons, La Fayette and James C. Brown, at an early date and where he resided during the remainder of his life. After coming to this county he devoted his time and attention to agricultural pursuits. In politics he was first a whig and later a republican and served as sheriff of Brown county for some years. He wedded Mary Sloat, who died in 1855, and they became the parents of four children: Harry F., the father of our subject; La Fayette, who died in Nevada in 1880; James, who died in

Green Bay ; and Mary, who died in Buffalo, New York. The son La Fayette was at one time captain of a boat that plied the river as far as Fond du Lac through Lake Winnebago. He became a soldier of the Civil war.

Harry F. Brown, born near Buffalo, New York, was one of the early settlers in Brown county and established his residence in Green Bay in the fall of 1844. He was at that time in the employ of the American Fur Company and came from Buffalo to Wisconsin in their interests. He was married in Green Bay in 1846 to Miss Apolonia E. Law, the youngest daughter of John Law, a justice of the peace and trader in pioneer times of Green Bay. Harry F. Brown became well known in many lines of activity in his adopted city and was employed as a bookkeeper and accountant by various mill owners. He was a fine penman and his intelligent and shrewd business qualities soon gained him rapid advancement. He became a member of the firm of Tyler & Brown, who dealt in Indian goods and conducted the first regular stage line between Green Bay and Fond du Lac. On the 23d of April, 1847, ne was appointed captain of Company C of a regiment of militia in Brown county by Governor Henry Dodge, the last territorial governor before the formation of the state. He also served as register of the land office under President Taylor and was president of the borough of Green Bay at an early day, when that city was still a small village. He did not enlist in the federal army during the Civil war but was employed in a private capacity by the United States government in the quartermaster's departments of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. Just before the close of hostilities he took an active part in the Freedman's Bureau at Vicksburg. He died at Green Bay June 30, 1887, at the age of sixty-six years, having long survived his wife, whose death occurred November 19, 1878. Their children were: Samuel A., of this review; Frank L., who died in Green Bay in 1883; Mary Law, who died at the age of thirteen years, and Georgia, who married William T. Mover, a veteran of the Civil war and a resident of Green Bay, by whom she has one son, Harry F.

Samuel A. Brown received his education in the public schools of Wisconsin. He was thirteen years of age when the Civil war broke out and his father's patriotism and activity fired his enthusiasm. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the Forty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and was assigned to the Western army, stationed at Memphis, Tennessee. He was mustered out and honorably discharged in the fall of 1864 and immediately returned to Green Bay, where he learned the tinsmith's trade under Theodore Harris. Later, however, he was in the railroad service for a time and also engaged in milling. On the 1st of August, 1892, he formed a partnership with P. L. Tickler and under the firm name of Brown & Tickler they opened a small tin shop. As lime passed they soon gained the confidence of their patrons and the business steadily grew until they were at the head of a prosperous trade, becoming one of the leading hardware concerns on the west side of Green Bay. This connection continued until the 1st of January, 1912, when the firm dissolved partnership and Mr. Brown retired from active life, having well contributed his share toward the business development and upbuilding of the city.

Politically he gives his allegiance to the republican party but his business affairs have always claimed his entire time and attention and have prevented him from taking part in public affairs. He is a member of T. O. Howe Post No. 124, G. A. R., and is active in the affairs of the Holy Name Society of St. John's Catholic church. His religion is a vital force in his everyday life and his allegiance to the Roman Catholic church has been uninterrupted. He has always affiliated with St. John's church in Green Bay and since 1894 has been treasurer of the business organization of that institution. He resides at No. 719 East Mason street, Green Bay, and has a host of friends in that city, many of whom have grown up with him and been associated in the development of the city. Mr. Brown has seen the progress and growth of Green Bay and its evolution from an unorganized community into a thriving municipality.

George G. Greene

The profession of law has many prominent followers in Green Bay and there is no more worthy representative among them than George G. Greene, who is acknowledged the head of the bard of Brown county and is now senior member of the firm of Greene, Fairchild, North, Parker, and McGillan. with offices at 301 North Washington Avenue, with which he had been connected since 1868. He determined at an early age to devote his life to the legal profession and his energy and ability have brought him to his present high position among his colleagues.

Mr. Greene was born in Herkimer county, New York, November 18, 1843, a son °f Nathan S. and Elizabeth Greene. The father, who was a flour miller of Green Bay for the last fifteen years of his life, died in 1900 and was buried beside his wife, whose death preceded his by some years, at Fort Atkinson.

George G. Greene received his early education at the Illinois Military Academy, from which he was graduated in 1865, taking up the study' of law immediately in the Columbia Law School, New York city, from which he received his degree of LL. B. two years later, in 1867. He came at once to Green Bay, where he formed a partnership with Samuel D. Hastings in 1868, and this firm continued until 1883, when it was dissolved, Mr. Hastings having been chosen circuit judge. For the next few years Mr. Greene engaged in the general practice of law in partnership with Judge Ellis and Judge Merrill. In 1892 this association was dissolved and Mr. Greene practiced in conjunction with Charles E. Vroman, the firm becoming Greene, Vroman & Fairchild. Later it was several times changed until now it is Greene, Fairchild, North, Parker & McGillan.

Mr. Greene was married in Green Bay, June 10, 1875, to Miss Natalie C. Clapp, a daughter of Nathaniel P. and Sarah Clapp. pioneer residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin. They reside at 904 North Monroe avenue and are highly held in social circles in this city. Mr. Greene has given forty-five years of his life to the practice of law and his success from the beginning has been marked. He is an alert, progressive, energetic man, a true lover of his profession, delighting in the complicated legal problems which he is so able to solve. The family of which he is at the head is recognized as one of the most prominent in Green Bay. Mr. Greene is a Royal Arch Mason and prominent in the affairs of that organization, but he gives very little attention to affairs outside of his legal business.

Robert Redwood Campbell

Robert Redwood Campbell, superintendent of Woodlawn cemetery at Green Bay, was born in this city on the 23d of December, 1843, ms parents being John and Mary Campbell. As the name indicates, the family is of Scotch origin and the first representative to come to America was John Campbell, the great-grandfather of our subject, who crossed the Atlantic prior to the Revolutionary war. He was engaged in the saw mill business and used to get his supplies from Canada by the shipload. He married the daughter of an Indian chief near Mackinaw, and to them was born one son, John Campbell, who on reaching manhood married Elizabeth Davenport. John Campbell became a blacksmith by trade but was able to do almost any repair work, not only mending guns but also watches. He came in an open boat from Mackinaw to Fort Howard at a very early day and, the bay freezing up, started back on foot, taking a horse to carry his baggage. At Menominee he had to abandon the horse, but the following year on his return found it still there, it having fed during the winter on the marshes. He was appointed by the United States government as blacksmith at the mission at Grand Traverse but subsequently returned to Brown county and made his home on a farm in the Bay Settlement until his death, which occurred July 28, 1864. He was born on the 13th of February, 1787, and was married January 13, 1815, to Elizabeth Davenport, who was born November 17, 1798, and died November 13, 1870. They had the following children: Hiram, Robert, John, the father of our subject, William, Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth Roe (1), Elizabeth Roe (11 ). Henry, Joseph and Hiram Porter. Only the last named is now living and makes his home in Green Bay.

John Campbell, the father of our subject, was born in .Michigan, December 22, 1819, and in early life came with his parents to Brown county, where he grew to manhood upon a farm. For a time he was employed as a sailor but later turned his attention to farming in what was then known as the Bay Settlement but is now Scott township. Brown county. He attended the mission school at Mackinaw, where he obtained a good practical education. He also gained an excellent knowledge of the Indian language. For four years he was employed by the United States government to sail the Wabezee, used in carrying supplies from Mackinaw to Grand Traverse, and on resigning that position returned to the farm, where he lived until his death. At one time he was interested in the fur trade on the north shore of Lake

Superior, with headquarters on Mackinaw Island. At that time the boats used were pointed at both ends like Indian canoes and called Mackinaw boats. He acted as interpreter for the traders, who exchanged beads, etc., for the furs and skins collected by the Indians. Most of the time for want of a better shelter Mr. Campbell slept under his boat at night and his principal diet was corn soup and hulled corn, seasoned with tallow and salt and eaten with a wooden ladle. In politics he was a republican. He wedded Mary Smith, a daughter of Joseph Smith, who was of Swiss origin, although the family was founded in the new world at an early day and settled on the shores of Hudson bay, where they lived by the chase and made their own clothing, weaving the same from the furs of the animals slain. At a very early day Mr. Smith went to Chicago and cut hay in what is now the center of the city. After his death his widow married Sergeant Samuel Walkins, who was stationed for a time at Fort Dearborn and later at Fort Howard. Subsequently they made their home on a farm in the Bay Settlement and both died at Suamico, Brown county. The father of our subject passed away February 27, 1907, at the advanced age of eightyseven years, and the mother died February 26, 1909, both being laid to rest in Rosehill cemetery, Scott township.

Robert R. Campbell received his education in the Bay Settlement, where he attended school until seventeen years of age and then engaged in teaching in a district school in Humboldt township. On the 16th of October, 1 86 1, when eighteen years of age, he enlisted for three years in the Green Bay Light Guards, which at Madison was assigned to the Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. At the end of two years he was mustered out and given the privilege of reenlisting, which he immediately did and served until the close of the war, being promoted to the rank of sergeant major. On entering the service he went with his company to Fort Scott, Kansas, to fight the Indians. He then returned to Lawrence, Kansas, and from there went with his company to Fort Riley and on to Fort Leavenworth, marching one hundred and fifty miles on each trip. By boat they then proceeded to Cairo, Illinois, and from there went to Columbus, Kentucky, and on to Tennessee, being engaged in repairing railroad bridges during a part of one summer at Humboldt, that state. They also guarded the railroad and later joined Grant's army at Bolivar and participated in his famous march through Holly Springs, Mississippi, going as far as Lumpkin's Mill. The rebels captured Holly Springs, cutting off their supplies, and on that account Grant was obliged to abandon the capture of Vicksburg by this route during this winter. The troops underwent many sufferings and hardships at that time, as the snow was very deep and the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment served as a sort of rear guard during the return to Memphis and finally was stationed about fourteen miles from that place. They finally moved to Memphis and from there took boats to form a part of Grant's army at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The regiment was a part of the left wing of Grant's army during the famous siege, in which they had many exciting experiences while creeping up to the enemy's lines of defense, which was done during night time. After the surrender of Vicksburg, the regiment went to Jackson, Mississippi, and had to drive General Johnson from there, destroying the railroad and much other property during the attack. They then returned to Yicksburg and proceeded from there to Natchez, Mississippi, where Mr. Campbell reenlisted with the privilege of visiting home on a thirty day furlough, but when his regiment reached Vieksburg on their way home they were called upon to again go to Jackson, as the rebels were rebuilding the railroad. They retook Vieksburg and this time cleaned the whole locality of rebel troops after very severe fighting. Retracing to Yicksburg, they took steamers from there for Cairo. The boats were crowded to the limit with troops and he and his companions were stationed on the hurricane deck, enduring great hardships on account of the extreme temperature, as this trip was made in February and the river was jammed with ice most of the way. Further danger was added to the journey by the rebels, who made navigation on the Mississippi very unpleasant, opening at several times fire from the bank of the river, and for this reason the flotilla was accompanied by two gunboats to protect it from the enemy, who was soon driven off by them. At Cairo, Illinois, disembarkment took place and there the troops were transferred into railroad cars, which had formerly been used for the purpose of hauling coal and they were not just exactly as clean or comfortable as the pullman of today. Their next destination was Chicago, Illinois, where a great reception was given to the victorious soldiers and the best in the land was offered them. Although they were dirty from the journey and ragged from the service, they greatly enjoyed the reception and feast offered them and the memory of it remains one of the bright spots in those days of hardship and fighting. After being at home for thirty days Mr. Campbell joined the regiment at Madison, Wisconsin, and from there they proceeded to Cairo, Illinois, and going up the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers joined General Sherman near Kenesaw Mountain and for ninety days helped in the capture of Atlanta, Georgia. The regiment was a part of the Seventeenth Army Corps of the Army of the Tennessee and participated in the terrible fighting of July 21, 22 and 23, of what is called the battle of Atlanta. The commander of the corps, General James McPherson, was killed in this action and General Logan had to take command in the heat of the combat. Afterward they made, with General Sherman, the famous march to the sea. Following the capture of Savannah, Mr. Campbell was promoted from the rank of corporal to that of sergeant major of the regiment. The regiment then started northward to meet General Grant at Richmond but had not reached its destination when Lee surrendered and so the regiment went on to Washington and there participated in the grand review. From there they proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, where they were mustered out of the United States service on the 16th of July, 1865, on account of the close of the war. During nearly all the four years of his service Mr. Campbell never lost even one day of duty. The regiment in its movements during the war traveled three thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight miles on foot, two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-five by boat and two thousand, five hundred and six by rail, making a total of nine thousand, three hundred and twenty-nine miles. Although Mr. Campbell participated in fifteen battles besides many skirmishes, he was fortunately never wounded.

Returning to Green Bay, Mr. Campbell then devoted his time to the operation of his father's farm, as the latter was then in poor health, and for four months he taught in a country school in the Bay Settlement. The little schoolhouse which he occupied was built of logs and was also used for town elections but is now a barn. For some time he was subsequently interested in shipbuilding and sailed as watchman on one of the lake boats between Green Bay and Escanaba, .Michigan, but at the end of a month was promoted to wheelman. Later he was employed as a teamster on the ice between Green Bay and Escanaba and acted as bookkeeper for the company. He drove a wagon for the Merchants Union Express Company for a short time and was later promoted to the position of clerk. Subsequently he rented a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits, and for four years was employed as bookkeeper at Marinette. At that place Mr. Campbell formed a partnership with J. D. Smith in the conduct of a general store, which he sold in 1874, buying a farm in the Bay Settlement, which he operated for eight years. He was next employed as bookkeeper by W. D. Cook & Company in the hardware business at Green Bay and at the end of a year accepted a similar position with the firm of Van Winkel & Montague at Garden, Michigan. He remained with them for sixteen years and then returned to Green Bay, where he engaged in the grocery business for four years, assisted by his son and daughter. In the meantime, Mr. Campbell had acquired a large amount of real estate, principally in Green Bay, and on selling his grocery store devoted his entire time to looking after his landed interests. He is now the owner of a number of houses and gives his personal attention to their renting, remodeling and selling. In June, 1907, he was appointed to his present position as superintendent of the Woodlawn cemetery and has since served in that capacity in a very acceptable manner.

On the 5th of October, 1867. in the house in which he now resides, Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Eliza J. Parish, who died on the 27th of April, 191 1, and was laid to rest in Woodlawn cemetery. To them were born five children but only two are now living: Elgreen P., who married Emily Van Tassel, of New York, and is employed as bookkeeper in Syracuse, that state; and Corena, who lives at home with her father.

Porter Parish, the father of Airs. R. R. Campbell, was born in Lewiston, Niagara county, New York. February 18, 1818, and died in Green Bay, "Wsconsin, January 9, 1891. In the fall of 1835, when only seventeen years of age, he came to this city with his uncle, Linus Thompson, with whom he learned the mason's trade. In 1840 he wedded Mary E. Rouse, a daughter of Judge Rouse, of the Bay Settlement, and they located upon her father's farm here, which Mr. Parish rented for three years. He then opened a grocery store in Green Bay, on the east side of Washington street, near the present site of the City Bank and later engaged in the same business, where the Sherwood Hotel now stands, for three years. Here the Indians came to trade and often danced on the green about the store. Subsequently Mr. Parish built a store on Wellington street, where the Gazette office was afterward erected by him.

There he carried on business until 1871, when he retired from the grocery trade and tore down the old building in order to erect the Gazette building. His home was at No. 706 South Jefferson street, where the Campbell family now live, and there he resided up to the time of his death. For fourteen years he was a member of the city council and took an active and prominent part in public affairs. In 1849 ne became a member of the Masonic order, of which he was one of the first to join hereabout, and at his death was laid to rest with Masonic honors, his funeral being largely attended. In his family were eight children, namely : Eliza, who became Mrs. Campbell ; Lucy, who married Charles Chipman and is deceased ; William, who died in Green Bay ; Mary, the deceased wife of James Markle; George, a resident of Green Bay; Celia, the wife of John Markle ; Louis, who died unmarried ; and Hattie, who died young. Judge Talbot Rouse came with his family to Green Bay as early as 1816. His daughter Lucy was married in 1830 to Linus Thompson and was considered the oldest white resident of the state at the time of her death. Politically Mr. Campbell is a stanch supporter of the republican party and fraternally he is connected with the Knights of the Maccabees and T. O. Howe Post, No. 124, G. A. R., of Green Bay, of which he served for four consecutive years as commander. He is a worthy, public-spirited citizen and is actively interested in the progress and development of his town and county.

Paul Scheuring

Paul Scheuring is one of the few men now living in De Pere who is entitled to be numbered among the early pioneers of that city. He was born in Berlin, Germany, and is a son of Louis and Matilda (Schmoltke) Scheuring, who came to America with their three children in 1849 ar|d settled in Brown county, Wisconsin, three miles west of De Pere, where the family lived for one year. They then removed to East De Pere, later establishing their permanent home at West De Pere. The father was engaged in buying and selling real estate and was for nineteen years agent for the Williams grant. He was a justice of the peace and distinguished for his ability to settle differences between disputing parties without the expense of litigation. His business consisted mainly during his last years in the drawing of deeds and the taking of acknowledgements. In early life he was a painter and decorator and in that capacity did some work for Emperor William, the grandfather of the present emperor of Germany. Our subject has a number of pictures painted by him. He died in 1904, at the age of eighty-nine years, and the mother's death occurred in 1883, when she was over seventy-three years of age.

Paul Scheuring was reared in his parents' home and received his early education in an old stone schoolhouse at De Pere. He attended school from three to six months each year, working for his father during vacations. At the age of twelve he started in life for himself as an employe of his father and occasionally worked in the sawmills at De Pere. Me later engaged in hunting and fishing and in that business did not confine himself to the securing of any special line of game. At one time he engaged in fishing for the Clow Fishery. When not hunting and fishing he worked in the sawmills at West De Pere. From 1862 to 1887 he hunted on the Green Bay marshes and in one season he is credited with having killed twenty-eight hundred ducks as well as other game, including birds and deer. During his experience as a hunter he at one time brought down twenty-five ducks with two shots from an old-fashioned muzzle-loading shotgun. During the time of the great forest fires in Brown county, in 1871, the smoke on the water was so thick as to furnish a complete covering for hunters, who could not be seen by the ducks, which rendered ~S\r. Scheuring's task as a professional hunter less laborious than it otherwise would have been under clear skies. In the years between the early '70s and '80s ducks sold from eight to fifteen cents each and mallards often reached a figure as high as twenty cents. At that time great flocks of pigeons often filled the skies and Mr. Scheuring has the distinction of having killed with a fish pole eighteen of those birds in one day when a mere boy. He continued the hunting and fishing business until 1887. In 1878, however, he became interested in a small way in bee culture and since 1887 he has devoted his entire time to the bee industry, now having an apiary of one hundred and seventy-five hives. In addition to his other business interests Mr. Scheuring was for several years president of the West De Pere waterworks.

In 1877 Mr. Scheuring was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Willard, a daughter of John P. and Harriet P. (Hurd) Willard, of De Pere, who removed from Massachusetts to Chicago and came to De Pere in 1873. Her father was a member of the firm of Willard Sons & Company of Chicago, now known as Willard Sons & Bell Company. He came to De Pere to start a steam forge in connection with the De Pere Car Works, which at that time was known as the Willard steam forge, and later as the Willard & Hurd steam forge. He continued in that business until 1880, at which time he retired, and his death occurred in 1905, at the age of seventy-three years. Mrs. Willard is still living in De Pere and is now seventy-eight years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Scheuring eight children were born. Myra E. and Harriet M. died in infancy. Frank W., foreman of the Lyons Boiler Works, married Lottie Remington, of De Pere, and they have two daughters. John P., who is a dairy farmer in Lawrence township, married Bessie Morrison. Alice H. married Peter Peters, of De Pere, and they have a son and daughter. Charles E., who is employed in the Lyons Boiler Works at West De Pere, married Martha Wertz and they have two sons. Marie E., resides in De Pere. George A., the youngest member of the family, died in infancy.

In 1888 Mr. Scheuring was elected county supervisor of Brown county and has served continuously ever since, this current year, 1912, being his twenty-fourth year as a member of the board, and since 1904 he has been its chairman. When the state of Wisconsin passed the workhouse law, which enabled counties to build workhouses for tramps and delinquents, he was one of the committee to build the Brown county workhouse, which was the first of its kind to be built under the new law. The committee for the construction of that building consisted of Henry Hagemeister, of Green Bay, Thomas Turriff and the subject of this review. The experience which Brown county had with the workhouse as an economic solution to the tramp question was so gratifying that a number of other counties in the state built workhouses on the same general plan. He was also one of a committee to build the addition to the county asylum, putting in a new boiler and engine, and also chairman of the committee that built the present jail and the Brown county courthouse, both of which were completed in October, 1910. Mr. Scheuring was affiliated with the democratic party until 1896, when Bryan became the democratic candidate for president, since which time he has been a loyal member of the Republican party. His long residence in Brown county has served to place him among the pioneers of this portion of the state and he has seen De Pere grow from a small hamlet to a thriving industrial center, being at one time in its history a shipping port of marked consequence in northeastern Wisconsin. He recalls distinctly the time when he saw as many as twenty-eight vessels of all kinds in the river harbor at De Pere, all of which were engaged in transportation connected with De Pere and Brown county. He has been identified with many of the enterprises in the city during the past years and has so acquitted himself as to gain and retain the respect of his fellow citizens. Mr. Scheuring is not only a pioneer of Brown county but he is also one of its most desirable and useful citizens.

J'. F. Dorschel is the president of The Bank of Green Bay, occupying this position of administrative direction since 1908. He came to this city in 1891, being at that time a young man of about twenty-seven years. His birth occurred in Ontario, Canada, August 12, 1864, his parents being Joseph and Agnes (Dantzer) Dorschel. The family comes of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry and the father left the Keystone state about 1835, going to Canada, where he followed the carpenter's trade, which he had previously learned. He is still a resident of Ontario but the mother died in 1890 and was laid to rest in Berlin, Ontario.

P. F. Dorschel was educated in Canada and also took up the carpenter's trade, which he followed at intervals in connection with farming. He went to Chilton, Wisconsin, in 1886 and started in the produce business in connection with his uncles, who constituted the firm of L. D. Dorschel & Brother. With them he continued for three and a half years and then came to Green Bay, establishing a business at this point for his uncles and conducting it with success for four years, or until 1895. At that time he was admitted to a partnership but the old firm name was retained. After three years L. D. Dorschel withdrew from the business, subsequent to which time P. F. Dorschel and his uncle Gregory carried on the business from 1898 until