Brown County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1913 (part 9 of 14)

Henry Copp was a thirty-second degree Mason when he died in 1883. He is buried in Woodlawn cemetery, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Minahan are the parents of two children : Roger Copp, aged two years ; and Nancy, born April 4, 191 2. Mr. Minahan's grandparents were natives of Ireland and the Celtic qualities of enthusiasm and quick grasp of complex situations have made their descendant, E. R. Minahan, a proficient and successful lawyer.

Charles J. Marchant

Charles J. Marchant is operating the Cedar Creek mill in Green Bay. one of the oldest establishments of its kind in the city, and in the six years during which he has managed the enterprise has won distinct and substantial business success. He was born in Scott township, Brown county, March 31, 1868, and is a son of Joseph and Philomena (Yilliesse) Marchant. natives of Belgium. The father came to America when he was eighteen years of age. He settled on the Red river, where he followed farming for four years and at the end of that time came to Bay Settlement, where he lived until his death. His wife was also a native of Belgium, where she was born in 1836. She died in America in 1897. They were the parents of eight children : Telesphore, who is now farming near Bay Settlement; August, who lives at home; Constant, of Green Bay; Charles J., the subject of this sketch; Joseph, at home; Octavius, who is in partnership with his brother Charles J.; Julian, who follows farming; and William, a Catholic priest in New York city.

Charles Marchant attended the district schools of his native township and after laying aside his books associated himself with his father in the work of the farm. As a boy he engaged extensively in fishing on Green Bay and followed this line of occupation until he was twenty-five years of age. At that time he established himself in his present flourmilling business, which he purchased in partnership with his brother Octavius in 1906 from Lamarre & Hauterbrook. The enterprise with which he is connected is called the Cedar Creek mill and is one of the oldest establishments of its kind in Green Bay and in the vicinity. Mr. Marchant is well versed in the details of his business and gives the conduct of his enterprise his personal attention. By adhering to the policy of hard work and intelligent industry and to standards of honor and integrity he has made his business prosper until it is now one of the most important establishments of its kind in the city. It is equipped with the most modern labor-saving machinery and while it is the oldest mill in Brown county is at the same time one of the most flourishing. It is situated on Cedar Creek, from which its name is derived, and Mr. Marchant does a large and constantly increasing business.

Charles J. Marchant was married in 1894 to Miss Odile Zentzius, a relative of Bishop Fox, of Green Bay. and a daughter of Andrew and Felecity Zentizius. Mrs. Marchant was born in Bay Settlement. August

10, 1869, and remained at home until her marriage. She and her husband have four children, namely, Mary, Ephraim, Gilbert and Leo, aged respectively seventeen, fifteen, thirteen and nine years, all of whom are at home. The family belong to the Roman Catholic church.

Mr. Marchant is numbered among the successful men of Green Bay. He discharges his business affairs in a prompt and capable manner and by following standards of industry and integrity has made his life useful and valuable.

Captain Charles Hartung

For over thirty-seven years Captain Charles Hartung has been identified with the hardware business in Green Bay and his name has been a synonym during that time for successful and comprehensive business methods, untiring energy and honesty and straightforward dealing. He is now living retired in the seventy-first year of his age and makes his home in the city, to the commercial expansion of which he has contributed his energy and business ability. Captain Hartung was born in Reuss, Germany, February 19, 1841, and is a son of Henry and Augusta (Muntzert) Hartung. The father was born in Germany and came with his family to America in 1858. He settled in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where he followed his trade of shoemaking until his death in 1906, when he was ninety-three years of age. His wife passed away in 1882, when she was sixty years old. To their union were born seven children, six of whom are living: Charles, of this review; Fred, who is a shoemaker in Appleton, Wisconsin : August, who lives in Chicago ; Robert, who makes his home in the same city ; Louisa, now Mrs. William Schuetze ; and Bertha, the wife of John Stoelzer, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Captain Hartung came to America in his youth and acquired his English education in Wisconsin, although he had attended public school in Germany. The trip across the Atlantic was made on a sailing vessel and sixty-five days were consumed in the journey. Captain Hartung had learned the shoemaker's trade and followed this occupation until i860. In the following year he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and saw three years of hard service under General Hancock. His duties were principally in Virginia and he was wounded in the hip at the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. He was sent to the hospital at Fort Monroe and later was transferred to Washington. He received a two months' furlough and when he was coming back to rejoin his regiment he met upon the boat Colonel Larobee, of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, with whom he engaged as second lieutenant in Company C and reentered the service, joining the Army of the Potomac, in which he served as captain until the close of the war. During his term of enlistment he was present at many of the important engagements, witnessing the battles of Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek and many others. He was mustered out with honorable discharge in 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee, and came to Green Bay, where he established himself in business. For some time he conducted a grocery store but abandoned that enterprise eventually in order to engage in the hardware business, with which line of occupation he has the record of thirty-seven and one-half years of continuous identification. He is one of the oldest merchants living in the city and although he has retired, he still keeps up an intelligent interest in local mercantile conditions.

Captain Hartung married Miss Lena Bader, who was born in Germany in 1843. She is a daughter of Jacob Bader, who followed farming in the fatherland and who came to America at an early date, settling in Detroit, Michigan, whence he later removed to Green Bay. He was identified with agriculture all during his life and was a prominent and respected^ citizen. To Captain and Mrs. Hartung have been born two children, Clara and Emma, both of whom are living at home.

Captain Hartung has served his community with ability and intelligence in various offices. He was deputy collector of the United States for three and one-half years and did constructive work as mayor of Green Bay. For seven years he was alderman from the second ward and did valuable and important work in this capacity as he did in all other aspects of his public service. Twenty years after the expiration of his last term as alderman he was again elected to the city council and served for eight years with conspicuous success. He affiliates with the Lutheran church and his fraternal relations include his connection with Green Bay Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F.. and with the Turner Society, of which he was at one time president. Captain Hartung has the distinction of being the oldest living merchant in Green Bay and an able and worthy veteran of the Civil war. During the course of his career, which has been marked by continuous labor in worthy causes and by well directed energy along lines of advancement, he has gained no truer success than that which is embodied in the title which he has earned of a thoroughly honest man.

Lawrence Gotfredson

The development and growth of a city are directly dependent upon the prosperity and strength of its business institutions and the men who are responsible for the greatness and wealth of these enterprises are responsible often for the city's expansion. As public citizens they not only promote their individual prosperity but the work they do builds up their cities and makes the nation great.

A man of this class is Lawrence Gotfredson, who now holds the position of president of the Gotfredson Brothers Company, dealers in hardware and agricultural implements. He was born in New Denmark, Brown county. Wisconsin, September 15, 1871, and is a son of Niels H. and Lawrentina Gotfredson, natives of Langland, Denmark, who crossed the Atlantic to America in 1847, stopping first in Milwaukee. Niels H. Gotfredson set out on foot from that city in an effort to locate a grant of land and arrived in what is now New Denmark, Brown county, when that district was still a wilderness and part of De Pere. He and his family were the first settlers in the district and when it was set apart from De Pere they named the little town which they founded after their native country. The father became one of the leading citizens of New Denmark and held at various times practically all the township offices. He died February 22, 1894, at the age of eighty years. His wife lived until April 12, 1898, her death occurring when she was seventy-six years of age, and she is buried beside her husband in the old cemetery situated on the home farm, which was given to the community by Mr. Gotfredson. They were the parents of eleven children, three sons and eight daughters, of whom seven are still living but only two in Brown county, these being Lawrence of this review and his sister, Laurena, the wife of Christ Thompson, living on the old home farm.

Lawrence Gotfredson began his education in the primary schools of his native town and later pursued his studies in the Green Bay Business College, where he spent two winters. At the age of seventeen years he returned home and for some time assisted his father in the work of the farm. While thus employed he also sold agricultural implements and thus obtained his start in his present business. Forming a partnership with his brother, Benjamin, he at length opened a hardware and agricultural implement store at Cooperstown, Wisconsin, which was carried on under the firm name of Gotfredson Brothers for two years. They also opened a branch store in Seymour, where they dealt in agricultural implements and buggies for a year and a half. In the spring of 1888 they came to Green Bay and established themselves in business at No. 1155 Main street, in a little two-story wooden building, fortytwo by sixty feet, where they remained until 1900. Each year brought increased trade to the firm and the market for their goods grew constantly. In 1896 they added a wholesale department to their business and the same year erected a building on Washington street, where the Morley-Murphy Hardware Company is now located. Two years later they erected a warehouse, sixty by one hundred and seventy-five feet. The wholesale business was in charge of our subject, but in the fall of 1903 they sold that department together with the building to the Morley-Murphy Company and retained only the retail department. It was in 1900 that they bought the property on which their present magnificent store building stands, first erecting a onestory frame structure, forty-eight by one hundred and ninety-eight feet, but a few years later this was torn down and in 1905 their present building was erected. It is four stories high and has a floor space of five thousand, three hundred and ninety square feet. In connection with their other business the brothers were for many years interested in buying and selling horses, Benjamin having charge of the retail department of the store and the horse business. Since much of the farm machinery is now run by motor power; instead of horse power our subject has become interested in the automobile business and is now vice president of the American Automobile Trimming Company of Detroit and holds the same office in the American Automobile Trimming Company, Ltd., of Walkerville. Ontario, Canada. He is vice president of the Bank of Green Bay. which is one of the strong financial institutions of the city, and his time is now largely given to the real-estate business, looking after the Gotfredson Brothers' lands and loans.

On the 14th of June, 1910, Lawrence Gotfredson was united in marriage to Miss Beulah Witherell, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Witherell, pioneer settlers of Green Bay, and they now reside at the Beaumont Hotel. Mr. Gotfredson gives his allegiance to the democratic party and is a firm believer in its policies and principles. He has always been interested in the cause of education and has served as a director of the local school board. He is a prominent member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and stands high in both business and social circles.

Frank Deyiley

Frank Deviley, who is the present candidate on the republican ticket for the office of sheriff, in which capacity he served most capably for one term, was born in Spa Belgium, on the 25th of April, 1868. He is a son of Alphonse and Antoinette (Dehan) Deviley, also natives of Belgium, where they were likewise reared and married. Subsequently the family emigrated to the United States, first locating at Danville, Illinois, where the father, who was a stone cutter, followed his trade. Later they came to Duck Creek, this county, the father engaging in stone cutting until 1907, when he retired from active work and removed to Green Bay. Here he passed away in 1908, at the age of sixty-eight years. The mother, who has passed the sixty-ninth anniversary d'f her birth is residing at Duck- Creek. She is a daughter of Eugene Dehan, a stone mason by trade, and his wife, Desiree Delcourt. who came to the United States in 1884. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Deviley numbers seven, our subject being the second in order of birth. The others are as follows : Rosalie, the wife of Desire De Caster; Joseph, who is a resident of Green Bay; Mary, who married P. Gay ; Clara, the wife of P. Moes ; Anna, who married L. Barlamant ; and Palmyre, the wife of J. Boncher.

Frank Deviley accompanied his parents on their removal to the United States and completed his education in the common schools of Illinois and Wisconsin. When old enough to earn his own support he laid aside his school-books, and learned stone cutting under his father. He followed his trade until his marriage, subsequently directing his energies along agricultural lines. He acquired a comfortable competence and has for some years past been living in Green Bay.

Mr. Deviley has been twice married, his first union having been with Miss Margaret Williguet, a native of Howard township, this county, and a daughter of Eugene and Jane (St. Claire) Williguet, farming people who located in Brown county during the pioneer days. Of this marriage were born Martha, Lorenz, Herbert, and Norris and Norine, twins, all of whom are living at home. In 1907 the family mourned the loss of the wife and mother, who was forty-one years of age at the time of her death. The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. Deviley was formerly

Josephine LaCourt, a daughter of Alphonse and Caroline (Laer) LaCourt. They were natives of Belgium, whence they emigrated to the United States in 1858, locating in Green Bay, where the father followed the trade of butcher, lie was a veteran of the Civil war, having gone to the front as a member of the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, remaining in the service for three years.

Mr. and Mrs. Deviley belong to the Roman Catholic church, and fraternally he is affiliated with the Elks, Mystic Workers and Eagles. In his political views he is a stanch republican and takes an active interest in all local matters. He began his public career in 1899, at which time he was elected justice of the peace. He discharged the duties of this office for one term and in 1901 was elected to the board of supervisors in Howard township, while in 1903 he was made chairman of the township, serving in the latter capacity for four years. In 1908, he was the successful candidate for sheriff, and at the expiration of his term of office was appointed deputy. He is now up for reelection as sheriff of Brown county on the republican ticket. Owing to his long residence in the county and his connection with public life, Mr. Deviley has a wide acquaintance in this section of the state and is accorded the stanch loyalty of a large circle of friends of long years' standing.

Carl Hartmann

Watchful of every opportunity pointing to success and prompted by a laudable ambition which is the foundation of all advancement for the individual or for the community, Carl Hartmann occupies a creditable position in industrial circles as vice president, treasurer and general manager of the Hartmann-Greiling Machine & Boiler Works, with plant at the foot of Howard street, Green Bay. He was born at Fort Howard, Wisconsin, in 1872. a son of Sylvester and Christina ( Freese) Hartmann. The father came to Green Bay in 1866 and since 1880 has engaged continuously in the grocery business here, ranking with the leading merchants of the town. He has also become quite prominent in public affairs, serving as city treasurer of Fort Howard in 1888 and 1889, ar,d as county supervisor from the seventh ward of Green Bay for five years. He is also president of the Fort Howard Cemetery Association, and is a man who gives freely of his time and means to aid public projects which he deems beneficial to the community.

Carl Hartmann was educated in the public schools of Green Bay and made his initial start in the business world when fifteen years of age, working in the grocery store of F. DeCremer, with whom he continued for two years. He then learned the machinist's trade in 1888 and subsequently started in business for himself at Nos. 110-112 South Pearl street. The undertaking was of small proportions at the outset but has steadily grown until it is now a large concern and in 191 1 was incorporated under the name of the Hartmann-Greiling Machine & Boiler Works, with Her- man Greiling, president ; Carl Hartmann, vice president, treasurer and general manager; and L. H. Barkhausen, secretary. The same year a removal was made to their present extensive quarters. They have a splendidly equipped plant supplied with all necessary accessories and they manufacture various kinds of machinery, making a specialty, however, of boat machinery. They installed the first steam hammer for large forgings operated in Green Bay. Their business has steadily grown as they have demonstrated the excellence of their output and their capacity to promptly handle large orders. Their business methods are unassailable and their enterprise keeps them in close touch with the trade and brings to them a very gratifying patronage.

Mr. Hartmann was in 1899 married to Miss Amanda Rothe, a daughter of Edward and Gertrude Rothe of Preble township, who were farming people. Mr. and Mrs. Hartmann reside at 815 Shawans avenue, and their home is a hospitable one. always open for the reception of their many friends. They have been lifelong residents of this part of the country and their sterling traits of character have won for them high regard. Mr. Hartmann is a member of Lodge No. 259, B. P. O. E. He has never possessed visionary ideas concerning business for at the outset of his industrial career he recognized the fact that unfaltering energy and unabating perseverance are the real sources of success, and through the utilization of those qualities he has steadily worked his way upward.

Tohn Early

John Early died in Green Bay on the 27th of November, 1910, in the seventy-second year of his age. His death was deeply deplored and widely regretted by his fellow citizens for he stood high in the community, and his passing deprived the city of a man who for many years was prominently connected with municipal development in the promotion of laudable business enterprises. Mr. Early was of Irish parentage. His father, Timothy Early, was born in the Emerald isle and came to New York city at an early date. On removing to Wisconsin in 1852 he settled in Hollandtown, Brown county, where he farmed successfully for a number of years. His wife bore the maiden name of Bridget White.

John Early received an ordinary country-school education in New York state and accompanied his parents on their removal to Hollandtown. Wisconsin, where he resided until about 1894. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and was also extensively interested in the buying and selling of land. He made real estate one of the important features of his commercial life and when he removed to Green Bay he continued to engage in that business in addition to his duties as mechanical and stationary engineer for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. He subsequently severed that connection and turned his attention to the retail liquor business, always keeping up his identification with real-estate activities. His business life was distinguished by an intelligent knowledge of land values in the various states in which his real-estate connections extended, and by standards of commercial integrity and honor which are rare in this day and age.

In 1882 Mr. Early was united in marriage to Miss Mary Brogan, a daughter of John and Bridget Brogan. Her father, a prominent farmer in Hollandtown, was among the original settlers of that village and is still living there at the age of ninety-two years. Her mother died in 191 1 at the age of ninety. Mr. and Mrs. John Early became the parents of five children: William, who maintains his residence in Chicago, Illinois; Edward J., who lives in Green Bay where he is prominent in the affairs of the Early Real Estate Company with offices at 109 West Walnut street ; Mary, who holds the responsible position of superintendent of the Nurses' Training School in New York city ; and James and Ellen, both residing in Green Bay. Mrs. Early passed away in 1897.

During his life Mr. Early gave his political allegiance to the democratic party and served his city as a member of the board of aldermen from 1906 to 1910. His public life like his industrial career was distinguished by energy and resourcefulness directed along worthy lines and won for him a still better place in the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens. He was prominent in the Catholic Order of Foresters but beyond this had no fraternal affiliations. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church. His life was molded along honorable and upright lines, and he attracted to himself numerous friends among the representative citizens of Green Bay, being held in universal respect for his exemplary personal life, his high sense of honor and his rare qualities of citizenship.

John P. Schumacher

John P. Schumacher was born in Eischen, grand duchy of Luxemburg, December 6, 1854. Here also was born his father, Nicholas Schumacher, in 1806, but whose early manhood was passed in France, when he returned to Luxemburg, and there was united in marriage to Mary Katherina Loesch, who was also born in Luxemburg in 1813. The issue of this marriage was nine children, the first born being a girl, who died in infancy. The others were: Nicholas, of Maryville, Missouri; Rev. Peter A., who died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in March. 1899; John N. and Dominick, both of Chicago, Illinois ; Katherina. now Mrs. Florch, of Fredonia, Wisconsin; John P., our subject; Mary R., of Sheboygan, this state; and Nicholas K., of Chicago. Nicholas Schumacher, the father of our subject, with his wife and surviving children, came to America June 1, 1855, going immediately to Port Washington, Wisconsin, and settling on a farm nine miles north of that place, in township 12, where he dwelt until his death. May 6, 1862.

Here John P., the seventh of the children born to Nicholas Schumacher and his wife, attended the public school until he attained the age of twelve years, in the meantime - when not attending school - con- tributing such services as he was capable of to the general work on the farm, and acquiring such knowledge of farming as to inspire him with a desire to test his ability to make his own way in the world, beyond the confines of the parental home. In pursuance of this ambitious purpose, he worked on a farm in a neighboring town for two years. At about this time - he was then only fourteen years old - he evidently had become infected with the virus of "wanderlust," for he is next found working on a farm in Wenona, Illinois, during the summer and fall, and at Newburg, Wisconsin, for the following winter. Here ended his career as an agriculturist for a life vocation, and in the following spring he went to Chicago, and there learned the upholsterer's trade, and, at the age of eighteen, was conducting a mattress shop in that city on his own account. But the spirit of "wanderlust" still abided with him, and urged him onward to other fields of endeavor for the attainment of his ambitious desire to make his own way in the world. So, in pursuance of this purpose, he disposed of his business in Chicago, a few months after he had become engaged in it. His wanderings from this time forward may be more graphically and interestingly told in his own words :

"I then went to Omaha, Nebraska. After a few weeks there I went back to Chicago. In the same year I took a job at my trade in Muskegon, Michigan. In the following spring I went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then to Denver, Colorado. Times being extremely hard there, and not having the wherewithal to pay railroad fare back to Chicago, five boys and myself built us a raft, and in September of that year started on our return trip to Chicago, with the intention of floating down the South Platte river, to the Missouri river, and thence to St. Louis. On account of the shallowness of the water and the dangers of quicksand, we had to abandon our boat at a ranch about eighty miles west of Fort Julesburg, Nebraska. We turned over our boat, and other of our belongings, to the owner of the ranch, who took us to Fort Julesburg by team, where we separated. I walked from there to Ogallala, Nebraska, where I worked for one month as a cook at the section boarding-house, for my board. I had injured my foot and was unable to work any longer. Through the kindness of some railroad boys there, I was stowed in a freight car on a Friday forenoon, provided with a bottle of water and two biscuits. I arrived at Omaha late on the following Sunday night. The next day I went to Harry Drew - the city ticket agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy Railroad, and explained my situation and asked for tickets to Chicago on credit until I could get there. After a few seconds' thought, he handed me the tickets. I took the first train out, and arrived at Chicago Tuesday night. The only thing I had to eat from Thursday night - not having eaten any breakfast before I left Ogallala, Nebraska, Friday forenoon - until I reached Chicago, Tuesday night, was breakfast and dinner at Omaha."

By this time Mr. Schumacher most probably was convinced of the forceful truth of the old proverb, "A rolling stone gathers no moss." But if he failed to acquire any material wealth through his wanderings, he doubtless had garnered a deal of valuable experience that served him well thereafter.

After working at his trade in Chicago and Milwaukee for about two years, he went to Green Bay in the spring of 1874. In the following fall, he engaged in the upholstering business on his own account. Early in 1877 he became associated with his father-in-law, Mr. J. B. Lefebvre, in the furniture and undertaking business, but two years later, this partnership was dissolved, and both parties conducted separate stores, until 1886, when a consolidation was effected under the firm name of Lefebvre & Schumacher. Upon the death of Mr. Lefebvre in 1893 his sons, Edward and Gilbert assumed his interests, and the business was continued under the same firm name.

By close and intelligent application of business ideals that lead to early and honorable success. Air. Schumacher amassed a competence at an unusually young age for such an achievement, that he felt would justify his retirement from business activities. He was married, September 31, 1874, to Miss Pauline Lefebvre, daughter of J. B. and Henriette Lefebvre, the former of whom later became his business associate, the issue of this marriage being eight children. Josephine, who lives at home; Arthur, who married Miss Catherine C. Fastry. of Green Bay, by whom he has one child ; Ella, who with her sister, Mary, conducts the "Woman Shop" of Green Bay ; Edward and Mary who live at home ; Harriet, the wife of Charles W. Byrnes, a teacher of manual training in the Green Bay high school ; Benjamin N., who married Miss Anna Van Haider; and Urban S., at home. All of the children are living in Green Bay, and all happily situated beneath the parental roof or in homes of their own.

Mr. Schumacher, though not a politician in the general acceptance of this term, has always affiliated with the democratic party, and is always ready and willing to support the principles of this party wherever he could find them. For several years he most efficiently served the people of Green Bay and Brown county on the county board of supervisors. He has always been active - but in an inconspicious way - in support of all efforts for the moral and material welfare of his home town. For many years he has been greatly interested in archaeology, and has served effectively in research work along this line in connection with the State Archaeological Association. His reports in this relation rank with the ablest in the archives of the association. His private collection of Indian relics and antiques - mostly all of his own finding - is said to be one of the best private collections in Wisconsin, a part of which is exhibited in the public library in Green Bay.

Dr. H. H. Hendrickson's professional career in Green Bay has been short but it has been marked by energy and activity along medical lines and has been rewarded by gratifying success. He is engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery and is also one of the visiting physicians of the city. He was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, November 4, 1878,

Dr. Hendrickson received his primary education in the public schools of Manitowoc and was graduated from the high school in 1896. He attended the State Normal School at Oshkosh and received his certificate from that institution in 1898. For two years following he taught school with much success in Green Bay and from 1900 to 1906 was principal of the West high school in that city. His leanings, however, have always been toward the medical profession and as soon as he was able he entered the Northwestern University and pursued his studies in that institution for four years, receiving his degree of M. D. in 1910. He returned immediately to Green Bay where he is now engaged in the general practice of medicine and is meeting with well deserved success. He uses his talents and energies to improve the condition of the poorer classes in his city and is acting at the present time as one of the visiting physicians. His work in this line has been distinguished by a broad humanity and an intelligent grasp of the needs of the people under his charge. He belongs to the Brown County and the Fox River Valley Medical Societies and also holds membership in the Wisconsin State Medical Association.

On June 24, 1899, Dr. Hendrickson was united in marriage to Miss Anna Landreth, of Princeton, Illinois, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Landreth, of that city. Dr. and Mrs. Hendrickson are the parents of one son, who is attending school in Green Bay. The family resides at Xo. 614 Kellogg street.

Dr. Hendrickson is a broad-minded and liberal man. He has always been interested in educational affairs and is a member of the Green Bay board of education. He is a master Mason and holds membership in the order of Elks and the National Fraternal League. During his two years of practice in this city he has built up a large following of friends and patients who regard him as one of the most promising and able physicians in the citv.

Ernest William Sfrvotte

Industrial activity in Green Bay finds a worthy representative in Ernest William Servotte, a contractor and builder, thoroughly familiar with every branch of the trade, which forms the basis of his present desirable business connections. He was born in the province of Brabant. Belgium, November 25, 1850, a son of William Servotte, whose birth occurred in that country in 1814 and who in 1856 came with his family to Green Bay. He turned his attention, however, to farming in Door county, Wisconsin, but in 1864 returned to Green Bay, where he took up carpentering and building, which he followed continuously until his death in 1887. His skill and handiwork are yet seen in some of the substantial structures of this city. He married Victoria Maria Demaffe, who was a daughter of William Demaffe and passed away in 1865, at the age of forty-four years. In their family were six children, of whom Ernest W. is the eldest. The next three, Frank, .Mary and Desire, have all passed away. Julia is the widow of Emil Brosteau and resides in Green Bay, and Joseph also makes his home in this city.

Ernest W. Servotte was a little lad when brought by his parents to the new world. His youthful days were spent under the parental roof and his time was largely given to the acquirement df an education until he reached the age of fourteen years, when he began working with his father at the carpenter's trade, the business connection between them continuing until the father's death. Mr. Servotte of this review then started out alone and as a carpenter and contractor has been well known in this city for many years. He carried on business independently until 191 1, when he admitted his son to a partnership under the firm style ot E. Servotte & Company, contractors and builders. He has been active in the erection of many prominent buildings here. His father was one of the oldest builders of the city and the name of Servotte has been continuously connected with construction interests here through three generations. Ernest W. Servotte is prompt and faithful in the execution of his contracts, is thoroughly reliable in his business methods and his energy and close application have brought him a substantial measure of success that is well deserved.

Mr. Servotte was married, in 1875, t0 Miss Flora Maria Piraux, who was also born in the province of Brabant, Belgium, her natal year being 185 1. She is a daughter of Peter and Angelina (Braden) Piraux, who came to Green Bay in 1856. The father here followed the occupation of farming throughout the remainder of his life. To Mr. and Mrs. Servotte have been born four children : Frank, who is in partnership with his father and married Gertie Kersten, by whom he has two children ; Emily, the wife of Henry A. Tennis, a salesman of Green Bay, by whom she has one child ; Edward, who is with his father in business ; and one, who died in infancy. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church.

Mr. Servotte is an interested and active supporter of the republican party, has served as chairman of his ward committee and has been a member of the county board of supervisors. His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor, and his record proves that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously.

Joseph Mies

In the death of Joseph Mies, Green Bay lost a citizen whom it had learned long since to esteem and honor because of his ability, his rectitude of character and his unfaltering enterprise. The city had known him from his infancy for he was one of her native sons, having been born here on the 14th of October, 1871. His father, John M. Mies, was born in Kessling, near Coblenz, Germany, and is now living at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. Unto him and his wife were born seven child- ren of whom Joseph was the eldest, the others being: Catherine, the wife of Henry Berendsen, a pattern maker of Green Bay; Anna, the wife of John Thelen, a blacksmith of Green Bay, and Mary, Elizabeth, Regina and John, all at home.

After completing his education as a student of the Cathedral school in his native city, Joseph Mies became apprenticed to the printing trade at the office of the German newspaper called "Der Landamann," where he became efficient in every department of the printing business. He gradually worked his way upward and at length became proprietor of this paper which is one of the old established weekly publications of Brown county. Its original proprietors were Schleyer & Emmers, and different changes in ownership have made the paper the property of the firm of Lehman & Robinson and Lehman & Mies. Eventually, however, Mr. Mies purchased his partner's interest and became sole owner of what is now the oldest German paper in northern Wisconsin. It is published weekly and is a bright, newsy sheet devoted to the interests of the community and of the German people. It has a growing subscription list and a good advertising patronage and long since has been placed on a paying basis.

Mr. Mies was reared in the faith of the Catholic church and held membership in St. Boniface Society. He also' belonged to the Turn Yerein and to the Brewers Benevolent Society of Green Bay. His interests were broad and varied and he manifested a public-spirited citizenship in all of his relations to the city and its welfare, championing many causes which have been direct forces in the growth and progress of Green Bay. A testimony to his character, recognized by all as wellmerited, was written by one of the local papers. "In the death of Joseph Mies, Green Bay has lost a good, helpful and conscientious citizen. Always accommodating and courteous, it was a pleasure to meet him in a business or social way. His cheerful disposition appeared to remain unaffected by the business cares and vexations which so often render the average man crabbed and morose. For old and young alike he always had a welcome smile and pleasant greeting. Among his many friends his memory will be cherished as one who had 'charity for all and malice toward none.' "

Hubert Kriescher

Hubert Kriescher is living retired in Bay Settlement after having been for many years influentially associated with business, agricultural and political interests of Brown county. He was born in Germany, September 8, 1830, and is a son of John and Mary Kriescher, also natives of that country. His father was born in 1804 and followed the blacksmith's trade in Germany for a number of years. He came with his wife and family to the United States in 1847 and settled in Dodge county. Wisconsin, in pioneer times, buying a small tract of land in this section. It was cov- ered with a dense growth of timber, which he cleared, and then began the work of development, building a log cabin, in which he lived for a number of years. He established a small blacksmith shop upon the stage road between Fond du Lac and Milwaukee, and this enterprise he conducted for, eight years. Eventually, however, he abandoned it to give his entire time to farming. He died in Preble township in 1887, at the age of eightythree, and was survived by his wife for one year, she passing away when she was eighty-one years of age.

Hubert Kriescher attended the public schools in his native country and there learned the blacksmith's trade under his father. He was seventeen years of age when he came with his parents to Dodge county. For a short period he aided his father in the blacksmith shop but finally bought forty acres of land with the intention of improving and developing it into a model farm. However, when his father sold his land and his shop and came to Green Bay Mr. Kriescher accompanied him and opened a blacksmith establishment of his own in Preble township, which he conducted for twentytwo years. He was obliged to sell his shop eventually, however, because he met with an accident which incapacitated him for work. During the time he was active in its management, however, he had invested extensively in small tracts of land from time to time until he finally owned two hundred and eighty acres of the finest land in Brown county. After his accident he took up his residence upon one of his farms and gave his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. For many years he operated a threshing outfit in partnership with his brothers, John and George, and was extremely successful in this line of activity. In 1894, however, he divided his property between his children and retired to Bay Settlement, where he now resides.

Mr. Kriescher has been twice married. In 1854 he wedded Miss Margaret Hagan, who was born in Germany, about three miles from the birthplace of the subject of this review. Her father, Henry Joseph Hagan, was one of the early settlers of Brown county. By this marriage were born nine children: Henry Joseph, who was born February 2, 1855 : Mary, born April 14, 1857 ; Elizabeth, June 18, 1859 ; John Steffen, December 26, 1861 ; George Peter, April 15, 1864; John Amandas, August 4, 1867; Sophia, August, 1870; Herman Joseph, July 8, 1874: and Nellie Margaret, December 17, 1878. Mr. Kriescher's first wife died in 1892 and two years later he married Mrs. Elizabeth (Newman) Cronan, the widow of Christian Cronan. .Mrs. Kriescher resides with her husband in Bay Settlement. Both belong to the Holy Cross Catholic church.

Politically a stanch democrat. Mr. Kriescher served as township supervisor and chairman and also as township assessor of Preble township. He was for many years treasurer of his school district but has of late years refused to accept public office. He has been closely identified with the upbuilding and development of Brown county and is justly accounted one of the contributing factors in the general growth. He has, moreover, other claims to widespread respect and esteem, for he is one of the honored veterans of the Civil war. He joined the Federal army in 1865, enlisting in the Fifty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and he earned his promotion to the position of corporal and then to sergeant. He was hon- orably discharged in June, 1866, as commissary sergeant. His life has been so usefully spent and so valuable in its activities that he has won and retained the respect and confidence of many friends. Although he has reached the age of eighty-two, in spirit and interests he seems yet in his prime and is widely and favorably known in Brown county, being classed with the representative and valued citizens.

William B. Surplice

William B. Surplice, a partner of the law firm of Surplice & Cook, was born at Ludington, Michigan, May 2.2, 1885, and is a son of Charles and Mary (Black) Surplice. The father is a cigar manufacturer, carrying on business on Chicago street. He lived for a time in London, Canada, and came from Ludington to Green Bay in 1896. In Ludington he had served as city marshal for several years and was well and favorably known there. In Green Bay he has won a place among the representative business men. The family comes of English ancestry.

William B. Surplice was a lad of about eleven years at the time of the removal of the family to Green Bay and here he continued his education in the public schools until graduated from the high school with the class of 1904. 1 Hiring the two succeeding years he assisted his father in the cigar factory but, desirous of promoting his education, he then entered Lawrence University, in which he studied for a year. During that period he determined to enter upon a professional career and in 1907 began studying in the law office of Green, Fairchild. North & Parker, with whom he remained until 1909. He was admitted to practice in February, 191 1. He was also previous to this time with the law firm of Sheridan & Evans. He entered upon practice, determined that if close application, earnest study and fidelity to the interests of his clients would win success it should be his and these qualities have figured largely in bringing him to his present creditable position as one of the representative younger members of the Green Bay bar.

Mr. Surplice holds membership with the Delta Iota fraternity at Lawrence University and his religious faith is evidenced by his membership in the Episcopal church. He is a popular young man as well as an enterprising young lawyer.

William Cook

William Cook, a partner of the law firm of Surplice & Cook, has since 191 1 occupied well appointed offices in the Minahan building. Green Bay numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred on Christmas day of 1884. His parents are James and Mary Cook. The father came to Green Bay with his parents from Texas in 1855. when but two years of age, and was here educated. For more than thirty years he has

At the usual age William Cook entered the public schools of Green Bay and passed through consecutive grades until graduated from the high school with the class of 1904, of which class he was president. He started out in the business world as an employe of the United States Express Company, with which he remained for a year, when he resumed his education as a student in the University of Wisconsin. He was graduated from the Marquette University with the class of 1909 and subsequently was employed in various law offices, including that of Martin, Martin & Martin. His study and experience as a law clerk qualified him to pass the examination for admission to the bar in 1911, when he entered upon practice, forming a partnership with William B. Surplice. Although they are numbered among the youngest lawyers of the Green Bay bar, they are rapidly winning for themselves a creditable place among the older attorneys here. In April, 1912, Mr. Cook was elected city attorney of Green Bay and has since his election filled that office in a creditable manner. Mr. Cook is a member of the Marquette Club and of St. Patrick's church. He and his partner are young men, ambitious, energetic and resolute, and the possession of these qualities is winning for them recognition as able lawyers.

Captain Charles A. Graves

The beautiful harbor on which the city of Green Bay is situated is rapidly giving rise to the comparatively new and continually growing business of commercial navigation. The bay is dotted with ships plying back and forth between the cities on Lake Michigan, tug lines have been organized for the carrying of freight and the water carriers are important rivals of the railroad in this district of Wisconsin. A prominent representative of this line of activity is Charles A. Graves, captain of the Nan Tug Line, with offices at No. 320 North Washington street, where they have been located since 1902. Charles A. Graves is a native of Green Bay, where his birth occurred August 17, 1S62. He is the son of Orlo B. and Lucy Ann (Lessey) Graves. His father came to Green Bay from, Ohio in the early days of its settlement and followed the profession of law for some time. He was very prominent in local politics during his life and held the positions of district and city attorney for many years. He was paymaster for the Indian reservation in the vicinity of Green Bay and sheriff and under-sheriff for several terms. He was one of the most prominent men in the city and county and was particularly active in the Odd Fellows lodge. He studied law in the offices of Judge Arndt and worked himself up from an obscure position until he was recognized as a dominating force in local party affairs. The family is of British origin but have been in America for over a century. He continued bis residence in Green Bay until his death in 1879, at the age of sixty-one years. His wife survived him until 1897, when she passed away at the

The son, Charles A. Graves, received his early education in the public schools of his native city but laid aside his text books at the age of sixteen. He followed the occupations of railroading and sawmilling for a short time but finally became interested in the steamboating business. He took a keen interest in the subject of navigation and was soon thoroughly versed in the various details connected therewith. He received his first license as a captain at the early age of twenty-one, passing his examination with honor, and has followed the profession continuously since that time. He knows the great lakes in every one of their various aspects, is well acquainted with the harbors and ports of Wisconsin and of the other states where he lands and has that faculty of quick comprehension of what is needed in an emergency which is so necessary to the man who trusts himself to the sudden weather changes on Lake Michigan

His politics are nominally democratic but he never allows his affiliation with the party to influence his individual opinions. He votes for the man whom he considers best qualified to carry out the wishes of the people and keeps himself for the most part independent of party lines. His business is absorbing naturally and allows him but little time for fraternal affiliations. He is, however, a member of the Order of Elks and takes a great interest in the affairs of this organization. He has a keen intellect, a great resourcefulness and the power of quick action in an emergency, which are the natural results of his many years of service on the lakes.

Louis Bender

The activities of Louis Bender have been so varied and important that it is difficult to determine which have been the most directly beneficial. Of late years he has been closely associated with the business development of Brown county and as proprietor of one of the finest hotels in Scott township has a prominent place in business circles. He was born in Green Bay in pioneer times and is a son of one of the earliest settlers in the city. His birth occurred December 22, 1857. His father, Ludwig Bender, came to Wisconsin from his native country, Germany, and settled in Green Bay, where he worked at his trade of cabinet-making. He opened a small shop in the little village and conducted it successfully until his death, in July, 1893, wnen ne was seventy-six years of age. He witnessed the entire growth of the city from an unorganized village to a modern municipality and to a great extent was active in the development. His death was regretted by a wide circle of friends who respected and honored him for his upright, straightforward and worthy life. His wife was in her maidenhood Miss Dorothy Resch. a native of Germany, who died in Green Bay in 1872, when she was thirty-eight years of age.

Louis Bender was the only child horn to his parents. He attended the German Lutheran parochial school in Green Bay and pursued the usual course of studies through the various grades until he was eighteen years of age. at which time he entered the Green Bay Business College. He was graduated in shorthand and bookkeeping and afterward studied law in the offices of Xorris & Chaynoweth. He remained with this firm as clerk for some time and then left Wisconsin and went to Chicago, where he entered the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. For three years he discharged his duties in this connection ably and efficiently and then went to .Milwaukee to accept a position as private secretary to F. N. Phinney, general manager of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. After one year he went to Minneapolis and became law clerk and stenographer for the St. Paul road under Mr. Norris, who was at that time general solicitor. Here he remained for three years, his able work gaining recognition. At the end of this period he was appointed court reporter of the tenth judicial district of Wisconsin. This office he was obliged to resign after several years on account of ill health and at this time he determined to retire from his connection with the profession. When he retired as court reporter he went to the shores of Green Bay, at Red Banks, an old historic spot, and there bought land and built a hotel which he has since successfully conducted. The qualities of industry, discrimination and judgment which were contributing factors in his profession have made his business career also prosperous and have gained him a high place in the respect and esteem of his associates and friends.

In 1S79 Mr. Bender married Miss Ellen A. Smith, a daughter of Michael Smith, of Sugar Creek, Door county, a well known Indian trader in that section. They have twelve children, Louis A.. William H., Josephine, Edith, John. Katherine, Nealie, Burley, Fenton, Carleton, Harold and Genevieve.

In all the various relations of his life Mr. Bender has steadily adhered to a progressive and straightforward policy and this, added to his fine qualities of mind and character, has gained him success and prominence in business and the confidence, friendship and esteem of those with whom he comes in contact.

James P. Larsen

James P. Larsen is operating and improving the farm upon which he was born, his one hundred acres of excellent land constituting one of the finest properties in Denmark. He has been engaged in the cultivation of the soil practically all his life, first as assistant to his father and then as an independent farmer. He was born in a little log cabin upon his father's farm in 1877, a son of Hans Larsen and Stina (Peterson) Larsen. The father bought forty acres of land in Denmark, Wisconsin, in the early days of its settlement and continued to operate and improve it. adding to his holdings from time to time until his death, which occurred in 1900.

James P. Lars in was educated in the public schools of his native section and since his childhood has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now owns the family homestead and is active in the cultivation of one hundred acres of land, constituting one of the finest farms in the section. and he does all the work in the fields himself. The forty acres which comprised the original farm are enclosed by stumps which were pulled from the ground with screw pulleys during the work of clearing. Mr. Larsen has made substantial improvements, bringing the property to an excellent condition.

In 1908 Mr. Larsen was united in marriage to Miss Antoinette Baumgard, a daughter of Paul Baumgard, of Bellevue. They have three children, Sylvester T., Gladys E., and Alice E., all of whom live at home.

Mr. Larsen gives his allegiance to the Lutheran religion, while his wife is an adherent of the Roman Catholic church. He is well known in New Denmark, where he has lived since his birth and where his friends respect and esteem him for a life which in all its activities has been successful and upright and in all its phases straightforward and honorable.

Jeremiah S. Dunham

Jeremiah S. Dunham, deceased, was numbered among the most respected, active and successful business men of De Pere, Wisconsin. . His birth occurred at New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 19, 183 1, his parents being Jeptha and Ann (Runyon) Dunham. The father was the seventh in line of descent from Deacon John Dunham, who was born in the village of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, and was married in Leyden. Holland. October 17, 1619, to Abigail Wood, a distant relative. He came to the new world as a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620 with the Plymouth colony. On account of religious persecution he sailed under the name of John Goodman and was one of the members of that colony to whom was given a share in the first allotment of land. Later the Dunham family moved to New Jersey and Asariah Dunham, the great-grandfather of Jeptha Dunham, was a civil engineer and surveyor in New Jersey. In 1763 he was appointed by the governor of the New Jersey colony as commissioner to examine land titles in Bergen county, New Jersey. In 1775 and 1776 he was a member of the provisional congress and at the same time was lieutenant colonel of the Second Middlesex Regiment of Colonial Volunteer Infantry. In 1777 he was commissary general for New Jersey, where he died in 1790. The mother was of Huguenot descent and a member of the well known Runyon family of New Jersey.

Jeremiah S. Dunham settled in De Pere in 1864 and in 1867 he engaged in the manufacture of flour, in which he continued until 1895. From 1885 to 1890 he was in partnership with B. F. Smith and A. G. Wells, under the name of Dunham, Wells & Company, the firm thus continuing to do business until 1890, at which time Mr. Wells retired and the firm name of Dunham & Smith was assumed.

Mr. Dunham was united in marriage in 1867, at "The Grove,'' in De Pere, to Miss Frances A. Lawton, a daughter of Joseph G. and Ellen V. (I laird) Lawton, of De Pere. Their children are: Lewis Augustus, a graduate of the Boston Institute of Technology and now a civil engineer of New York city, who married Marjory Blemel ; and Edith Virginia, who married Barton L. Parker of Green Bay and now resides in that city. She has one daughter, Alexandrine. Jeremiah S. Dunham died February 26, 1908, at the age of seventy-six years, and his wife still maintains her residence at her old home, located on North Broadway, De Pere. Mr. Dunham was a member of the city council of De Pere from 1881 to 1882 and was president of the council from 1883 until 1885. He was mayor of the city of De Pere during the years of 1888 and 1889. He also served for several years on the school board and as citv clerk and at the time of his death had just completed eleven years of continuous service as assistant postmaster of De Pere. He was a member of the Congregational church and had served as church clerk for over thirty years. No better testimonial as to the life and work of Jeremiah S. Dunham could be given than that published in the current press of his city at the time of his death, which is as follows : "All of the positions which he held he honored by a conscientious discharge of duty. He was honorable and upright in all his relations with his fellowmen and enjoyed universal esteem and respect." As a mark of respect to this distinguished citizen the flag was placed at half-mast on the city hall and so remained until the close of his burial service.

Charles F. Madden

Twenty-six years of continued success in the plumbing trade and a final association with municipal activities along this line as plumbing inspector of Green Bay is the business record of Charles F. Madden. His important position involving as it does the comfort, health and sanitary living conditions of thousands of people is a power for good or evil in the community and to Mr. Madden's credit be it said he makes constant use of its advantages to promote the welfare of his fellow citizens. He is a native son of Wisconsin and was born on a farm in Granville. Milwaukee county, in that state in 1870. His father. Michael Madden, was a native of county Tipperary, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1828. His first settlement in America was made at Albany, New York, and he later resided in Syracuse in the same state for some time. He came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1840 and became one of the leading farmers of Milwaukee county. The mother of our subject, Ann (Kennedy) Madden, was also born in Tipperary. She came to the United States when a young girl, with her parents, and settled in Oneida county, New York, where she remained for a few years, and in 1850 came to Wisconsin. She was married to Michael Madden in Milwaukee and they resided in Granville for many years. They became the parents of twelve children, of whom Charles F. Madden is the youngest.

Mr. Madden received his education in the public schools at Granville and pursued the usual course of studies until he was sixteen years of age. His business career began in 1886 when he learned the plumbing trade in Milwaukee and worked in this line of activity for eight years. His early efforts were distinguished by the same ambition and desire for success along honorable lines which have distinguished his later career. When he left Milwaukee he followed plumbing in various states and sections of Wisconsin until his removal to Green Bay in September, 1898. He immediately became associated with the Sanitary Construction Company and retained his identification with this corporation until April 12, 1906. During this period his ambition was directed to the scientific aspects of sanitary plumbing. He immediately grasped the wide importance of this growing department of his trade and determined to devote his life to becoming more proficient in the rapidly developing branch of public sanitation.

He soon established a reputation for his grasp of the mechanical details connected with his trade. He regarded his chosen occupation not as a mere trade to be followed in the pursuit of a livelihood but as a useful and practical profession, the mastery of which in its more systematized and special branches meant cleaner and more sanitary living for many thousands of people. He severed his connection with the Sanitary Construction Company when he was appointed plumbing inspector of Green Bay, believing that this field offered him a wider scope for his ambition. He has held this office continuously since that time and has made a wide and specialized study of present conditions in his city. He has thoroughly reorganized the department of which he is the head, has systematized it and has improved the methods of work. He has the distinction of being the first plumbing inspector with rooms in the Green Bay city hall. His activities have been widespread and continuous, but nevertheless, Mr. Madden has found time to give attention to the improvement of mechanical plumbing details. In 1909 he patented a "cleanout plug for sewers" and this met with such universal approval that in 191 1 he secured the patent for a "sanitary catch basin and back water valve." This invention is a decided improvement upon old methods and has gained for Mr. Madden a reputation for intelligent labor. It is designed to prevent water from running into unprotected basins during storms and although it has only been on the market a short time the appliance is now in general use. Mr. Madden believes in the usefulness of intercourse with his colleagues and never allows his connection with other members of his trade to lapse through his own neglect. He is a member of the American Society of Inspectors of Plumbing and Sanitary Engineers and his work along scientific lines has been recognized by this association.

In 1901 Mr. Madden was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Delgoffe, of Bay .Settlement, Wisconsin, and their married life has been particularly congenial and happy. They reside at No. 416 Crook street. Green Bay, and have many warm friends in the city. Politically Mr. Madden gives his allegiance to the democratic party, but while keeping himself abreast of the times on public questions has never sought office.

He is a member of the Roman Catholic church and is active in fraternal circles of Green Bay. He belongs to Lodge No. 259, B. P. O. E., and to Milwaukee Division No. 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians. He is affiliated with Pere Marquette Court, No. 11 12, Catholic Order of Foresters, and holds a prominent place in this organization. He is one of the representative and successful men of Green Bay. A scientific and intelligent understanding of his business has been an important feature in his success.

Nearly every city in the United States has some important industry which is the outgrowth of its geographical position. The immense fish enterprises of Green Bay which have grown to such large proportions in the past quarter of a century are the direct result of the magnificent bay on which the city is situated. One of the most prominent firms in this line of activity in the city is the Johnson Fish Company, with offices at No. 1232 Main street. The senior partner in this concern and a dominating factor in its business policy is J. S. Johnson, who has been connected with the fish industry since 1883. He is a native of Denmark and was born in that country January 7, 1850. a son of J. E. and Mary ( Hansen) Johnson. The parents never left their native country, where the father's death occurred and where the mother is still residing.

J. S. Johnson received his education in the schools of his native country and came to America in 186S, locating immediately in Green Bay. His first employment was in a sawmill in that city, where he worked for one summer. He spent the next year cutting timber in the woods surrounding the city and returned at the expiration of that time to Green Bav, where he found employment as a sailor on a steamboat, working at this occupation until the spring of 1876. In that year he left Green Bay for Medford, Wisconsin, where he worked in the employ of the Wisconsin Railroad Company and continued in this connection until 1883. Since that time Mr. Johnson has been connected continuously with the fishery business in different capacities. He started on a small scale for himself, increasing his capacity and enlarging his facilities until 1904. He had built up a successful business for himself and was gradually attaining a reputation for the quality of his fish and his dependable business methods. In 1904 he sold the enterprise which he owned to the Booth Fisheries Company and bought another concern, which he called the Johnson Schiller Company, acting as its manager until 1909. He has been senior partner in the enterprise with which he is now connected since 1910 and in the two years of his management has built up a successful and rapidly growing trade. Although Mr. Johnson is very prominent in the fish industry in Green Bay, this is by no means his only line of activity. During the course of his career in business life in that city he became connected with the Green Bay Canning Company first as its president and later as its manager, which latter position he still holds. He resigned his office as president to take up his duties as manager, to which have been lately added those of secretary and treasurer. He is vice-president of the Farmers Exchange Bank and is also a director in that institution.

On March 10, 1876, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Christine Christensen, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Christensen. pioneer settlers of Brown county. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of three children : Anna, a graduate of the Green Bay high school and also of the Oshkosh Normal School; Samuel, part owner of the Johnson Fish Cimpany ; and A. L. The family residence is at No. 1303 Cherry street and is a center of hospitality for the many friends of J. S. Johnson and his family.

Mr. Johnson takes very little part in local politics. He gives his allegiance to the republican party but prefers to devote his attention to his business affairs, which are of an absorbing nature. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is prominent in the affairs of the Ansgar Society, and is deeply interested in the Green Bay Commercial Club. In the course of his business career Mr. Johnson has gained for himself a reputation for honesty and fair dealing in all his commercial affairs. He has many friends in Green Bay and his life has been an example of true manhood and loyal citizenship.

Dennison Wheelock

Dennison Wheelock is one of the highly respected citizens of De Pere, where he is successfully engaged in the general practice of law. He was born June 14, 1871, on the Oneida Reservation in Brown county, Wisconsin, and is a son of James A. and Sophie Wheelock. His parents were Oneida Indians and born on the Oneida Indian Reservation in New York state. When the government moved the Oneida Indians to Wisconsin, they were among the members of their tribe which settled on the reservation in Brown county, Wisconsin.

Dennison Wheelock was reared in his parents home and at the age of fourteen years, in 1885, entered the Carlisle Indian School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he completed the required course of studies and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1890. While a student there he was a major of a battalion and after his graduation he was engaged as the leader of the Carlisle Indian School Band, to which he gave his entire attention for seven or eight years. He spent ten years in the government employ as financial clerk of the school and in that capacity he traveled throughout the United States, gathering pupil-s and visiting the different Indian reservations for the benefit of the school. In 1907 he severed his connection with that institution and took up the study of law under John R. Miller. who was an attorney connected with the Dickinson School of Law of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In July, 191 1, he was admitted to the bar of Wisconsin

Mr. Wheelock was united in marriage in 1894. at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to Miss Louise La Chapelle, a Chippewa Indian maiden of Minnesota, and they have become the parents of two children: Edmund \V., born in 1896; and Louise, born in 1903. To Air. Wheelock great credit is due for his achievements in the pursuit of knowledge and for the distinction of having successfully pursued his law course and received admission to the Wisconsin bar as an authorized and accredited attorney. His experience as a student and later as a government agent traveling throughout the country brought him in contact with all classes of people and served also to broaden his general knowledge.

A. L. Thomas

A. L. Thomas is one of Green Bay's successful men and has gained bis present prominent position by his own efforts and energy. He came to America from his native country, Belgium, and built up his career here, despite the difficulties of mastering a new language and becoming accustomed to foreign ways, and he has gained his present position in the commercial world of Green Bay by his qualities of broad intelligence and well directed ambition. He is now sole owner of the Thomas Produce Company, located at 163 North Pearl street. Green Bay.

A. L. Thomas was born in Antwerp, September 25, 1867, and is a son of Francis and Hattie Borm Thomas, both of whom died in their native country and are buried there. Their son received his education in the public schools of Antwerp and crossed the Atlantic to America in 1887. He landed in New York city and came immediately to Fayette, Michigan, where he entered a country school for the purpose of learning the English language. He later worked in a blast furnace in Fayette for six months, and at the end of that period went to Seattle. Washington, where he was employed in a sawmill. In the same year he went to Oregon and located at Oswego, where he again entered a public school for the purpose of continuing his study of the English language. When he had attained a certain degree of proficiency in this tongue he took a position as clerk in a general store in Oswego where he remained until 1893. All during this period he pursued his studies as a pupil in the night school. After a short stay in Chicago, Illinois, during the World's Columbian Exposition, he came to Green Bay and obtained a position in a clothing store in this city. He remained in that line of activity only a short time, and, finding his duties distasteful, he left the clothing business to enter the employ of A. L. Platten, who was then operating a produce company. After three years of activity in the employ of Mr. Platten he started in business for himself along a similar line. He a produce business, selling direct from the producer to the consumer in carload lots. In 1897 ms success justified his opening a little office on Walnut street, and here his business increased to such an extent that he was obliged to enlarge his capacity and in 191 2 moved his business to its present location at 163 North Pearl street. He is now erecting in connection with his offices, one of the finest warehouses in the state of Wisconsin. This is to be complete and modern in every detail and is an important addition to industrial architecture in Green Bay.

On the 18th of .November, 1898, Mr. Thomas was united in marriage ro Miss Lizzie M. Keene, of Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Keene, who are now residents of Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have been born five children, Francis J., Edith J., Wilbur M.,. Elizabeth and Lincoln. The family resides at 117 North Maple street in a beautiful home which Mr. Thomas erected in 1902.

Politically, Mr. Thomas is a progressive and is a firm believer in the policies of that organization. Lie is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and takes an active interest in the affairs of that body. He is one of the prominent business men of Green Bay at the present time and has carved out his career from humble beginnings by hard work and dominating ambition, and has gained for himself during the period of his activity in America, an important place in industrial circles.

Philip Sheridan

Wisconsin has ever been known for the high rank of her bench and bar and among the representatives of the legal profession in Green Bay who have won success and distinction as conservitors of the rights and liberties, the life and privileges of the people, is numbered Philip Sheridan, now practicing as a member of the firm of Sheridan, Evans & Merrill. This firm was organized in 1910 and has its offices in the Sheridan building. The senior partner has engaged in practice continuously since 1894 and has developed powers that enable him to successfully cope with many intricate legal problems. He was born at Fort Howard, now a part of Green Bay, September 28, 1870, a son of Peter and Mary Sheridan. The family is of Irish lineage and was founded in America by Patrick Sheridan, the grandfather, who came to the United States in 1825. The father, Peter Sheridan, engaged in mining and in 1865 removed from Buffalo, New York, to Green Bay, where he continued to make his home throughout his remaining days. In his political views he was a democrat and served as supervisor and as chairman of the board for the town of Florence. He died in 1894 at the age of fifty-seven yearsr having for some time survived his wife who passed away in 1883, at the age of thirty-five years. Both are buried in Fort Howard cemetery.

The public and parochial schools afforded Philip Sheridan his educational privileges to the time he reached the age of thirteen years. He afterward attended the Sacred Heart College at Watertown, Wisconsin, for two years, and when a youth of sixteen began assisting his father in his lumber and mining interests in Michigan and Wisconsin. His time was thus passed for six years. He next entered the law school of the Wisconsin University and was graduated in 1894, on which occasion he won his LL.B. degree. He then formed a partnership with W. L. Evans and began practicing. Almost from the outset he was successful, his growing clientage soon bringing him a profitable business. He prepares his cases very carefully, systematically and thoroughly and is therefore prepared for defense as well as for attack when he appears in the court room. His knowledge of law is comprehensive and exact and in the citation of principle or precedent he is seldom if ever in error. In 1905 he erected the Sheridan building in which the firm now has offices, and in addition he is the secretary of the Murphy Land Company.

On the 21 st of October, 1898, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Mr. Sheridan was united in marriage to Miss Louise Meyers, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Meyers, old residents of Kenosha. Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan reside at No. 216 South Jefferson street. Green Bay, and are members of St. Patrick's Catholic church. He also holds membership with the Knights of Columbus and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party which in 1898 made him a nominee for congress. He is a member of the Kellogg public library board and is a public-spirited citizen, interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of the ommunity and to its substantial upbuilding. That he made wise choice in his selection of a profession is evidenced by the success which he has attained. He has a large clientage and his work in the courts has won him high encomiums, showing him to have comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, together with analytical power that enables him to readily understand each phase of the case and its relations to the points at law.

Victor I. Minahan

No man can be an active and successful lawyer in whom the qualities of public spirit and ambition are not present. The legal profession calls for energy, enterprise and a mind, capable of mastering details. The career of Victor I. Minahan is an example of the value of these virtues in the study of jurisprudence. He is a member of the firm of Minahan & Minahan. with offices at 202 Minahan building, where he has been practicing since 1900. He was born at Chilton, Calumet county, Wisconsin, June 2, 1877, and is a son of William B. and Mary Minahan. His father was a native of Ireland, coming to America with his parents in 1840. They settled on a farm in New York state, where William B. Minahan remained until i860. In this year he came to Calumet county, Wisconsin, and engaged in the occupation of farming for some time. He was prominent in local affairs, was superintendent of schools for some time and a firm adherent of the republican party. He died in [906 when he was seventy-three years old, having survived his wife for three years.

Victor I. Minahan entered the public schools of Oshkosh at the usual age, spent four years in the normal school at Stevens Point, and graduated in 1897 from that institution. He entered the law department of the Wisconsin State University and received his degree of LL.B. from that institution in 1900. He immediately came to Green Bay where he practiced law alone for five years. In 1905 he entered into partnership with E. R. Minahan under the name of Minahan & Minahan which is today one of the most prominent law firms of this city and county. Victor I. Minahan has given his qualities - undoubted ability, strict integrity, energy and capacity for hard work - to the building up of a legal practice and his success since the first year in Green Bay has been rapid and brilliant. He has many interests outside of his profession and they have made him well known in business circles of this city. He is vice president of the Minahan Building Company of which his brother. J. R. Minahan, is president. He was responsible for the erection of the Minahan building, the largest office structure in the city of Green Bay, in which the law firm with which Victor I. Minahan is connected, has its offices. He is a director of the Bank of Green Bay and is connected with the Godfredson Brothers Company.

Politically he is a democrat, and fraternally is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and is prominent in the affairs of the Royal Arcanum. His home is at 202 North Jefferson avenue and his friends in Green Bay are numbered among its most prominent and important citizens. Mr. Minahan is among the most promising of the rising young lawyers of this city and in his twelve years of legal practice has made a record remarkable for its brilliancv and success.

Mads Christensen

Mads Christensen is proprietor of a fine farm of seventy-three acres in New Denmark and has brought it from a raw and uncultivated state to a highly improved and developed condition. He has labored earnestly to accomplish his success and well deserves the prosperity which has crowned his efforts. He was born in Denmark in i860, a son of Christ and Carrie Johanna Madsen. He came to America in 1881 and settled immediately in New Denmark. For some time he worked in the employ of others, saving his money until he was able to purchase land of his own. When he had acquired a sufficient sum he bought seventy-three acres covered with stumps and timber. He cleared the property and got it into condition for cultivation, erecting barns, granaries and other outbuildings, and by working steadily has made it a modern and up-to-date agricultural enterprise.

In 1897 Mr. Christensen was united in marriage to Miss Christiana Larsen. a daughter of Hans Larsen, a native of Denmark. Mrs. Christensen was born in New Denmark, in Brown county, and remained at home until her marriage. She and her husband have four children, Anna, Henry,

Mr. Christensen is independent in his political viewSj voting always for the man whom he considers best fitted for the position. He has won success by steadily adhering to high business standards and by keeping pace with the modern advancement of agricultural methods, while his industry and integrity entitle him to rank among the representative citizens of his community.

Peter Krouse

Peter Krouse is a Civil war veteran and at one time was an active business man in Green Bay, but is now living retired. He was born on the 15th of October, 1S42, in Schwarzburg, Germany, a son of Frederick Krouse, who was born in 1812 and died in the year 1892. The father came to America in 1852, making the trip by way of the great lakes from Buffalo to Green Bay. He was one of the first settlers in this section where he followed the mason's and stone-cutter's trade for some time. Eventually, however, he turned his attention to farming in Suamico, Brown county, Wisconsin, where he remained until his demise. His family numbered eight children of whom five are living.

Peter Krouse had limited educational opportunities in Germany and attended school for only one year after coming to America. He was only in his tenth year when the family crossed the Atlantic to the new world and when but a young lad he secured employment in connection with the lumber business, his task being that of a "riverman jack" until he reached the age of nineteen years. The Civil war was then in progress and his patriotic spirit was aroused by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union. He enlisted as a member of Company H, Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, called the Green Bay Company, for a term of three years and in the expiration of that period reenlisted at Natchez, Mississippi, for three years more or until the close of the war. He was appointed Second corporal on May 15. 1865, and served under Generals Grant and Sherman and went with the latter from Atlanta to the sea. He was also present at the time of General Lee's surrender at Appamattox and later he participated in the grand review at Washington, when the victorious Union troops marched through the streets of the capital city amid the cheering thousands which lined Pennsylvania avenue. Prior to the war Jefferson Davis, afterward president of the southern confederacy, was at one time stationed, with the rank of lieutenant, at Fort Howard.

On the 19th of July. 1865, Mr. Krouse was mustered out and with a most creditable military record returned to his home. About that time he married and engaged in general work and later when he had saved a sufficient sum from his earnings he opened a general mercantile business which he conducted at Suamico, Brown county, for fourteen years. He then came to Green Bay and was in the hotel business until 1888 as pro- prietor of the Hoffman House. Subsequently he conducted the Broadway Hotel for two years and then put aside business cares, living retired for five years. On the expiration of that period he opened a restaurant which he managed for seven years and then sold out to his son. He has since lived retired, enjoying the rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves, for from early boyhood he had been an active worker, always industrious, diligent and determined, winning through his persistent, earnest labor the success which is now his.

In 1867 Mr. Krouse was united in marriage to Miss Calista H. Pettibone, who was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1842, a daughter of Norman and Susan (Whitman) Pettibone. The wife died April 12, 1908. She had become the mother of three sons: Fred; Grant, living in Green Bay; and William, who is vice president of the Banking System of Minneapolis. He married Birdie Toye and they have one son. Rush. Mr. and Mrs. Krouse also reared an adopted daughter. Libby, who became a member of their household at the age of six years. She is now the wife of J. Barnes, of Duluth. Minnesota, and they have one child, Harry.

Mr. Krouse became a member of the Methodist church in 1868 and from that date until now has been a faithful adherent of this denomination. He belongs to Howe Post, G. A. R.. and is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of his old army comrades. He has held some local offices including that of town assessor for one term, treasurer for three years and clerk of the school board for three years. He was also postmaster for seven years at Suamico, Brown county, resigning at the end of that time. Wherever it is possible for him to promote the welfare and upbuilding of his city and county he has given his indorsement and cooperation in all matters of public moment he displays the same spirit of loyal citizenship which he manifested when following the flag on the battlefields of the south.

John Chambers

John Chambers, an agriculturist residing on section 27, Suamico township, has lived in this county continuously for the past forty-five years and is now the owner of four hundred and eighteen acres of land here. He makes a specialty of potatoes and dairy products and is the largest grower of potatoes in Brown county. His birth occurred in Ireland on the 15th of April, 1842, his parents being John and Margaret (Fitzgerald) Chambers, who were likewise natives of that country. The father, an agriculturist by occupation, passed away in 1853, having for one year survived the mother, whose demise occurred in 1852. Their children were six in number, namely : James, William, Thomas, John, Mary and Anne.

John Chambers attended the common schools of his native land until twelve years of age and during the following six years worked at farm labor. When a youth of eighteen he crossed the Atlantic to the United States and made his way to Massachusetts, in which state he remained for seven years. In 1867 he came to Brown count)', Wisconsin, and was here employed in sawmills for four years. On the expiration of that period he took up his abode on a farm of eighty acres which he had purchased in Suamico township and turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits. As time passed and his financial resources increased, owing to his untiring industry and able management, he extended the boundaries of his place by additional purchase until it now embraces four hundred and eighteen acres. One hundred and forty acres thereof are under a high state of cultivation. As above stated, he is the largest grower of potatoes in the county, averaging from one hundred and seventy-five to two hundred and fifty bushels to the acre. On his place are forty-five head of cattle, seven horses and from eighteen to thirty hogs. He makes a specialty of potatoes and dairy products and sells in the local markets at Green Bay. He is a stockholder in the Howard Creamery and the McCartney National Bank of Green Bay and has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of the prosperous and respected citizens of the community.

On the 15th of July, 1869, at Green Bay, Mr. Chambers wedded Miss Mary A. McKay, who was born in Fort Howard, now West Green Bay, May 25, 1855, a daughter of Hugh and Maria (Falin) McKay, of that city. Her father, who was an agriculturist by occupation, served four years in the Civil war and being captured was confined in Libbv prison for some time. Our subject and his wife have the following children: James, Lucy, John, William, Thomas, Michael, Margaret, George, Agnes, Frank, Joseph, Fred and Clara.

Air. Chambers exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democracy, believing firmly in the principles of that party. He is a devout communicant of the Catholic church and also belongs to the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. Coming to the new world when still but a youth, he eagerly availed himself of the opportunities offered in a land unhampered by caste or class and has so prospered that now in the evening of life he enjoys many comforts and even luxuries.

Mitchel R. Nejedlo

Mitchel R. Nejedlo was the founder and is the proprietor of the Bay Beach Hotel, a well-kept hostelry, presenting all the attractive features found in the higher class summer hotels. This alone would entitle him to be ranked with the representative business men of Green Bay, but other facts in his life are also worthy of consideration. It was he who first developed Bay Beach, the beautiful and well-known summer resort on Green Bay. Moreover, he is one of the older settlers of this part of the state. His birth occurred in Cooperstown, June 6, 1865. His father, John Nejedlo, was born near Prague, Bohemia, and died in 1896, at the age of seventy-eight years. He came to America single and located on a small claim near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming for a number of years. Later he became a partner in the ownership and opera- don of a steam gristmill, which was one of the first of the kind in this part of the state. It was located at Cooperstown and there he remained until he sold out, after which he removed to Door count), Wisconsin, where he carried on farming for several years. In 1872 he removed to Green Bay, where he practically lived retired until his death. His political support was given to the republican party and he held several local offices, including those of town clerk and town treasurer. For a long period he was thus connected with positions of public trust, to which he was ever found faithful. In his boyhood days he had studied for the priesthood but gave this up for his chosen life occupation. He married Miss Barbara Wesley, whose father, John Wesley, was a farmer of Kewaunee county, Wisconsin. In the family of John and Barbara Nejedlo were nine children: John, a prosperous farmer, living in Montpelier, Wisconsin; Louis E., of Bay View Beach, Wisconsin; Zaph A., who for thirty years was with the Northwestern Railroad Company at Green Bay; Frank; Mitchel R., Godfrey J., a merchant of Green Bay; Albert, who is in partnership with his brother Godfrey ; Joseph, a pressman living in Chicago; and James, a traveling salesman living in Green Bay.

Mitchel R. Nejedlo is truly a self-made man, for from the early age of nine years he has been dependent upon his own resources. He first worked at gardening in the employ of J. M. Schmidt for six years and subsequently was employed in a fish house, of which he eventually became foreman, acting in that capacity for three years. He then took up carpenter work in 1884 and devoted ten years to that occupation and to the millwright's trade, occupying positions as foreman along those lines. At length he turned his attention to merchandising, opening a grocery store as the head of the firm of Nejedlo Brothers, with which he continued for eight years. He then came to his present place and developed the Bay Beach summer resort, remaining here to the present time. He and his wife planted the first trees here and have transformed a swamp into one of the most beautiful resorts along the bay. He is one of the oldest and best known among the business men of this district. He saw in the present situation of Bay Beach opportunities which were unrecognized by others. He understood what might be accomplished there and set to work in the most systematic manner to drain the land, to beautify it and to improve the property in every way in keeping with the idea of making this an attractive and ideal resort. The result is well known, for this is the most popular resort along the bay.