Clark County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1918 (part 2 of 18)

William Huntley's opportunities for gaining an education were but limited, as at an early age he had to help his mother. He came to Neillsville in 1868 to get a home and farm, In company with his brothers, Richard and John, and Thomas and John Sufficoll, he bought 460 acres of timberland of the Fox River Land Company, in the Township of Weston. There were at that time no roads. Mr. Huntley worked on his land in the summer and at logging in the winter. With the help of an ox team he cleared up his farm and erected good buildings on it, cultivating the land with profitable results. He also assisted in locating a good many people in homes in Clark County, tramping over the country with a pack on his back. Fora number of years he was identified with the lumbering industry, logging for the mills, and later he spent some time lumbering in the South and on the Pacific Coast. While residing in Weston Mr. Huntley served fourteen years as township assessor, Weston Township at that time comprising one-third of the county. He was also for some time chairman of the township board, his brother, John, serving in that office one term. He was in those days an active politician, serving on Democratic committees and being deep in the councils of his party. Twenty-five years ago Mr. Huntley took up his residence in Neillsville in order that his children might have superior educational advantages. He soon became a prominent citizen here, interesting himself in the growth and development of the place, and showing so much public spirit that before long he was elected mayor of the city, in which office he served eleven years. During President Cleveland's second administration he was appointed postmaster of Neillsville, was superseded when the Republicans came into office again, and was again appointed under President Wilson's administration. He is one of the stockholders in the Neillsville Canning Factory. Mr. Huntley is one of the surviving veterans of the great Civil War, having enlisted in 1864, when only 15 years of age, in Company C, 51st Wisconsin Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war, being stationed in Missouri, and taking part in the last skirmish of that great struggle.

He was married April 9, 1873, at Neillsville, to Mary Newcombe, a native of Washington County, Wis., and daughter of Martin and Deborah (Wilson) Newcombe. Her father died in Waushara County, her mother and the children subsequently coming to Clark County. Mr. and Mrs. Huntley have seven children - Elva, formerly a teacher, who married Joseph Richardson, and resides at Fargo, N, D.; Edith, also once a teacher, who is now Mrs. Otto Schaller, of Chippewa Falls; Ellen, at home; Charles, of Minneapolis; Grover and William, of Neillsville, and John at home. Elva has two children, Margaret and Huntley. Charles has two children, Marion and Broderick, Edith has one child, John William. Grover has one child, Marion.

John A. Olson, a prominent citizen of Abbotsford, where he has resided for many years, and is highly esteemed, was born in Waukesha County, Wis., Aug. 15, 1850, son of Christian and (Michelson) Olson, natives of Norway, wno came to America when quite young. The father was a musician, farmer and gardener, in politics a Democrat, and a member of the Episcopal church, died April 15, 1907, at the age of 86 years; the mother died Feb. 19, 1918, at the age of 88 years, 6 months and 26 days, at the home of her daughter Kate, in Hartland, Wis. She and her husband had eleven children: John A., Mary, Sophia, Otto, Minnie, Emma, Frank, Richard, Mabei, Kate and Ida, of whom Emma, Otto, Richard, Sophia and Frank are now deceased. John A. Olson, at the age of 21 years left home and went to Michigan, where he worked two winters in the pine woods and sawmills. He then spent two winters on Jump River in Wisconsin at the same kind of work, in the summers being employed on his father's farm. In 1878 he bought a threshing outfit, which he operated for two years. In 1880 he moved to Dorchester, Clark County, and worked for others, but soon bought ninety-five acres of land across the line in Marathon County. However, he did not make his home there, but took a position in the building department of the Wisconsin Central Railway, and was with that company for ten years. After that he went to Missouri and worked in the same capacity for the Santa Fe Railroad, on their Lexington Junctiou-St. Joseph branch. In 1891 Mr. Olson came to Abbotsford and entered the mercantile business with N. E. Denney, under the firm name of Denney & Olson, and in this business he continued for fourteen years, or until 1905, since which time he has been in charge of the public school building. Mr. Olson has taken a prominent part in local affairs, He has been a member of the village council since the incorporation of the village, and for a part of the time has been village treasurer. He is a Mason and Woodman of the World, having been through the chairs of both lodges, and he was the first Master of Abbotsford Lodge No. 298. Religiously he is affiliated as a member with the Episcopal church. In February, 1883, Mr. Olson was united in marriage with Mary Donaldson, who was born in Norway, and came to America with her parents at the age of 9 years. Her father was a shoemaker by trade, died in January, 1886; her mother in October, 1894. They had a family of four children: Caroline, Erick, Trena and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Olson have had eight children, as follows: Josephine, born Nov. 7, 1882, who is the wife of Albert Strete; Emma, born March 22, 1885, who married R. H. Treat and has one child, Helen J.; Charies Delevan, born July 12, 1887; John Milton, born Feb. 27 : 1890, who died Feb. 9, 1891; Mabel Augusta, born Nov. 29, 1891, whio died Dec. 9, 1894; James Milton, born Aug. 8, 1894, who married Meta Fuchsgruber, and has one child, James M., Jr.; Effie Augusta, born Aug. 16, 1898; and Mabel Adelaide, born Jan. 21, 1902.

The following letter contributed to the Oconomoe Enterprise, was written by Mrs. Johanna Olson, then residing at Nashotah, Wis., and contains interesting reminiscences of her early experiences in this country. "Editor of the Enterprise: On July 23, 1830, I was born in Jarpen, Norway. My parents were Mr. and Mrs. Ole Michelson, and I had two sisters and one brother. Our mother died when I was 11 years of age. We came to America with our father and stepmother in 1847, crossing in a sailship, the trip taking nine weeks and four days. From New York we went to Buffalo by canal boat and from Buffalo to Milwaukee by steamboat, there being no railroad of any kind. The trip from Milwaukee to Nashotah (then called Pine Lake Station) was made by wagon and oxen, and we encountered many accidents and unpleasantness. In 1849 I was married to Christian Olson, settling down on the farm where I still reside, two miles north of Nashotah, in the town of Merton. We lived in a small log cabin and had no conveniences. Water had to be carried from Pine Lake, one-half mile distant. Our neighbors were William Schuchardt, Peter Swenson, Jacob Solveson, Hans Rasmusson, Tolaf Waller, Gregerous Tufte, Christian Stave and Andrew Matheiseon, all of whom have passed away. Indians were plentiful. They begged and took things not belonging to them. The country was thickly wooded and there was much underbrush. Laboring men received about 50 cents per day and hired girls 50 and 75 cents per week. I often walked to Oconomoc, carrying a baby in my arms. I was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom are living, My husband died on April 15, 1907, at the age of 86 years. I have met with many peculiar experiences, but cannot clearly recall them. We were obliged to do all kinds of work in order to obtain a living - Mrs. Johanna Olson,"

Christopher Burkhardt was born in Germany, and came to America with his mother at the age of 16 years, settling with her on a farm near Kiel, in Manitowoc County, this state. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army, and served three years, being three times wounded, once through the chest, once in the leg and once in the arm. After his honorable discharge he returned to the farm. After the death of his wife, in 1877, he removed to Clark County and engaged in farming near Thorp until his death at the age of 63 years. By his first wife, Charlotte Mertz, he had two daughters, Mary A. and Rosa, the former of whom is nuw Mrs. Anton Nachtwey. His second wife, Mrs. Caroline (Mertz) Neuman, was a sister of his first wife. To this union there were born five children: Nina, Freda, Delia (who died at the age of 17 years), Alfred and Edward.

Anton Nachtwey, proprietor of the Mayville Cheese and Butter Factory near Dorchester, Mayville Township, was born in Manitowoc County, Wis., Sept. 12, 1862, son of Anton and Catherine (Platten) Nachtwey. The parents were natives of Germany, the father coming from Frankfort and the mother from the Rhine country. The former came to America at the age of 21, alone, locating at Two Rivers, Wis. He was a farmer by occupation, but during his first four years in this country he worked in a sawmill, later removing to Coopertown, Wis., where he bought a farm. His wife came to the United States with her parents, who settled at Green Bay, Wis. They were married in Green Bay and in 1877 removed to Brown County, Wis., where Mr. Nachtwey was a pioneer settler, the country being new there. He died in 1903 at the age of 78 years, and his wite in 1908 at that of 73. They had twelve children: Joe, now deceased; John, residing in Brown County; Henry, deceased; Peter, deceased; Anton, subject of this sketch; Frank, residing in Brown County; Mary, who is a teacher in the Sisters' school at Milwaukee; Mark, residing in Coopertown, Manitowoc County; Tillie, a teacher in the Sisters' school at Oshkosh, Wis.; Maggie, wife of Joe Rondow, of Green Bay, Wis.; Lizzie, wife of August Clearman, of Green Bay, and George, now deceased. Anton Nachtwey at the age of 28 years left home, going to Glenmore, Wis., where he started a store and cheese factory, remaining there five years. He then went to Marinette County, Wis., where he worked two years in a sawmill. At the end of that time he came to Clark County, locating two and a half miles west of Dorchester, where he cleared land for a home and factory, this being his present location. In 1902 he started a cheese factory in Hoard Township, which he owned and operated for some four years. In 1915 Mr. Nachtwey established a cheese factory four miles northwest of Dorchester, which his son, Robert, is now conducting. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' Co-operative store at Dorchester. When he first came to Clark County he had a hard time in starting, but was greatly helped by his wife, who took full charge of the Hoard Township factory, making the cheese herself, and they have worked together to attain the prosperity they now enjoy. They are members of the Catholic church, which Mr. Nachtwey has served as secretary since his first year up to 1902, his son Robert now serving in that capacity.

Mr. Nachtwey was married Nov. 27, 1888, to Mary A. Burkhardt, who was born in Kiel, Wis., Feb. 18, 1871, daughter of Christopher and Charlotte Burkhardt. She resided with her parents until she was six years old, at which time her mother died and she was adopted by Henry Warning and wife, with whom she lived until her marriage. She has a sister, Rosa, who is now Mrs. Oscar Peterson, of Granton, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Nachtwey have had nine children: Irene, born Sept. 12, 1889, who died in infancy; Josephine, born Sept. 10, 1890, and died March 22, 1892; Robert, born March 23, 1892; Charlotte, born March 9, 1894; Roman, born Jan. 31, 1896, and died June 18, 1898; Raymond, born April 11, 1900; Cecilia, born Aug. 18, 1901; Antonia, born April 13, 1910, and died April 13, 1910, and Mary A., born June 23, 1912. Charlotte is a commercial teacher in the High School at Turtle Lake, Wis.

Henry Machlett, who with his sons, Fred and Benjamin, under the firm name of Machlett & Sons, is conducting a profitable hardware business in the village of Curtis, was born in Germany, Aug. 14, 1854, son of Fred and Dorothy (Land) Machlett. The family came to the United States in 1873, locating in Sheboygan County, Wis., where they lived three years. They then removed to Clark County, the father buying forty acres of land in Green Grove Township, one and a half miles south of Curtis. All the land had to be cleared, for which purpose he used oxen, first building a log cabin. Twenty-five years later he sold the place and moved to Curtis, where he died at the age of 81 years, his wife dying at the age of 87. Of their children the subject of this sketch is the only one now living. Henry Machlett did not remain with his parents after arriving in America, but followed the blacksmith's trade at Plymouth, Wis., and other places, having learned it in Germany. He came to Curtis in 1877, buying a farm in Hoard Township, which he cleared, residing on it until 1883. He then sold and moved to Curtis, where he worked at the blacksmith's trade twelve years. In 1895 he started in the hardware business here, conducted in connection with his blacksmith shop, but two years later sold the blacksmith business and confined himself to his hardware trade. He also operated the Curtis Hotel from 1889 to about 1901. He has served two terms on the local school board. On Sept. 20, 1876, Mr. Machlett married Margaret Meyer, of Sheboygan, Wis., who was born April 17, 1856. Both her parents are now deceased. Their family consisted of six children: Peter, now of Kiel, Wis.; Nicholas, of Ironton; Matthew, deceased; Margaret, now Mrs. Machlett; Katie, who resides in Holstein, and Joe, a resident of Sheboygan, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Machlett have had six children and fourteen grandchildren, the children being: Bertha, wife of Will Mace; Fred, who is associated with his father; Nicholas, deceased; Rosa, wife of O. Cox, of Sheldon, Wis.; Annie, now deceased, who married A. Hopkins; and Benjamin, who is associated with his father. The grandchildren are thus distributed: Six are the children of Bertha, one of Fred, three of Nicholas, three of Rosa and one of Annie.

Thomas Thompson, a well known representative of the agricultural and dairying interests of Mayville Township, was born in Norway, April 13, 1856. His mother died in her native land and the father, Ole, came to the United States with his children. In the spring of 1872 he came to Clark County from Waukesha County, Wis., where he had first located, and bought the homestead of eighty acres now owned by his son Thomas in Section 36, Mayville Township. Starting to clear the land, he built a log house, in which he lived for twelve years, and then replaced it with a frame dwelling. During the early years he used oxen on his farm, as most, or nearly all of the early settlers did, they being more hardy than horses and better adapted to pioneer farming. He was one of those who helped in the construction of the railroad through this section. A Republican in polities, he cast his first Presidential vote for General U. S. Grant in 1872. He died Jan. 26, 1918. The children born to him and his wife were: Thomas, of Mayville Township; Jennie, wife of Nels Laveen, of Mayville Township; and Helen, who is the widow of Henry Anderson, and resides at Abbotsford. Thomas Thompson has resided on the home farm since his father came here in 1873, and has largely assisted in its improvement, Some years of his early manhood, however, were spent in railroad work, as he was employed for two years in the building department of the Wisconsin Central Railroad, and then went with J. A. Olson, of Abbotsford, to Missouri, where he worked on the Santa Fe extension from Lexington Junction to St. Joseph. In the winter of 1891-92 he was employed in the lumber camps in Louisiana. He bought his present farm from his father in 1910, and has since built a seventy-ton silo. Mr. Thompson breeds full blooded Chester-White hogs, and Grade Guernsey cattle, milking about twelve cows. He is also a stockholder in the Abbotsford Co-operative Butter and Cheese Company, and was its secretary for some four years. In official position he has served as a director of School District No. 1. Mr. Thompson was married Jan. 2, 1892, to Mary Thompson, who was born in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 16, 1869, daughter of John and Martha (Hoy) Thompson, both deceased, one of a family of five children, the other three living being Edward, of Stonebank, Waukesha County, this state; Theodore, of Tacoma, Wash,; and Minnie, now Mrs. Ole Hagen, of Wittenberg, Shwano County, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have five children: Morris, born June 11, 1895; Olin, Dec, 13, 1898; Minnette, Aug. 20, 1900; Lloyd, April 16, 1909; and John V., July 23, 1915. Morris and Olin are in the United States service, Morris, at this writing (April 15, 1918), being at the Great Lakes Training Station, and Olin being in France, having made the trip on the ill-fated Tuscania.

Felix Niehoff, engaged in the real estate business at Colby, and also proprietor of the Colby Hotel, is one of the enterprising and successful business men of Clark County. He was born on a farm two miles south of Horicon, Wis., April 2, 1882, son of Henry and Mary (Melcher) Niehoff. The parents were natives of Germany, the father coming to this country at the age of 16 years, and the mother at that of 14 years. They were married in Wisconsin, and Henry Niehoff followed the occupation of mason and contractor, and also that of a farmer. On his parents' farm Felix Niehoff resided up to the age of 22 years, his education being acquired in the district school. He then spent a year in California, and on returning to Horicon, was married, Sept. 12, 1905, to Mary Adeline Peters, who was born in Woodland, Wis., daughter of Peter W. and Theresa (La Buwi) Peters, her parents being natives of Wisconsin, but the father being of German and the mother of French ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Niehoff came to Clark County in the fall of 1905, locating in Unity Township, where his father had a quarter section of wild land. Here they purchased an adjoining tract of eighty acres, upon which was a small house and log barn. In 1906, and until 1908, he rented a farm in Beaver Township and then bought the old Ed. Romaine farm in that township, a farm containing 200 acres, and with fair buildings, but in a ''run down" condition. On this he made general improvements, clearing about forty acres more of the land. On that farm he raised good stock, besides the usual crops, putting it into a paying condition. In 1912 Mr. Niehoff sold his farm and came to the city of Colby, where he engaged in the real estate business, his present occupation. For the last two years he has handled land for the "Soo" Line Railroad. In the spring of 1912 he bought the old Hardrath farm of 240 acres in Green Grove Township, and stocked it with high grade Holstein cattle, which are now bred on the place. One of his most recent enterprises was the erection and opening in 1917 of the Hotel Niehoff, a description of which may be found in connection with this article, and which is probably the most up to date and best equipped house of its kind in Clark County. Mr. Niehoff is a member of the Woodmen lodge at Loyal. He and his wife have one child, Harold Edward, who was born in Beaver Township, Clark County, Wis., Sept. 30, 1906.

The Hotel Niehoff, Felix Niehoff, proprietor, is situated at Colby, on the county line between Clark and Marathon counties, and on that part of the Yellowstone Trail and new National Highway, between Wausau and Chippewa. It was built in 1917, and is a brick and brick-veneer structure of the ground dimensions of 50 by 64 feet, and containing sixteen rooms, two of which are provided with baths, there also being general bath and toilet rooms and a ladies' parlor. The rooms are well ventilated, the furniture being of fumed oak, and every room is furnished with hot and cold running water, the building being steam heated and installed with its own electric light plant. The floors are of maple and the rooms are furnished with Simmons brass beds with Waysagless springs. There are spacious halls, special servants' quarters, sample room, 25 by 24 feet in size, and root and supply cellars. The kitchen is ample in size and supplied with clean ice-box facilities, and there is a fine dining-room service, the room seating forty people. The building is fireproof, and in connection there is a good auto and horse livery.

Frank C. Watson, postmaster at Owen, Wis., was born in Morgan County, Ohio, June 28, 1868, son of John and Mary J. (Slater) Watson. The parents, who were of English descent, were, however, born in Ohio, and spent their lives in that state. John Watson was a farmer by occupation, and a Democrat in politics. He was a prominent man in his community, holding at different times all the township offices, and was also for many years a member of and an active worker in the Methodist church, serving as superintendent of the Sunday school. He died Feb. 7, 1903, at the age of 63 years, his wife passing away Nov. 6, 1916. They had five children: James E., who resides on the home farm in Ohio; Willmetta D., also a resident of that state; Frank C., of Owen, Wis.; Annie B., who died Feb. 14, 1905; and Mary J., who is living in Ohio in the vicinity of the old homestead. Frank C. Watson finished a two years' course in the normal school at Reinersville, Ohio, in 1886. Shortly afterwards he bought out a mercantile business at Mill Grove, that state, which he operated in partnership with his brother James for two years, during which time he was postmaster. He then sold out and returned home, where he remained until 1896. Then going to Iowa, he worked on a farm there for two years, returning home to spend the following winter. His next employment was at Belvidere, Ill, where he worked at farming and brick making. Again returning home, he was married, Feb. 21, 1900, to Amanda EK, Dearth, daughter of Louis and Clara (Devoe) Dearth, of Morgan County, Ohio, where her father is still living, her mother having passed away June 5, 1905, After his marriage Mr. Watson moved to Dixon, Ill., where he worked at the brickmaker's trade for a year. Then returning to Belvidere, Ill., he resided there seven years and a half, being employed in the National Sewing Machine Company's plant. He then came to Wisconsin and in partnership with J, A. Dearth engaged in the meat business at Owen, and was thus occupied for two years, when the firm sold out. Previous to this Mr, Watson had acquired a quarter section of land in Hixon Township, Clark County, buying it from the Owen Lumber Company, and after the meat business was disposed of he moved onto his land and lived there a short time, engaged in its improvement, He then moved to Rockford, IIL, where he worked for a wholesale meat firm. From there he went to Freeport in the same state and operated a cleaning and pressing business, In June, 1910, he returned to his farm in Hixon Township, this county, and resumed improvements on it. On Oct. 21, 1913, Mr. Watson was appointed postmaster of Owen by President Wilson, succeeding Thomas H. Wylie, and thereupon took up his residence in town, building a house here. On Jan. 24, 1918, he was reappointed to the same office and is still serving. Owen was made a third class office on May 4, 1909. It has two rural routes, covering forty-nine miles of road, and is the only terminal office in Clark County. All railroad postal clerks on the "Soo" Line Railway change here, both from Chicago and Minneapolis. Mr. Watson is a member of several fraternal orders, including the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, both of which have lodges in Owen. In the Odd Fellows lodge he has passed all the chairs, and he is a member of the Ridgley Protective Association of Worcester, Mass., a branch of the same order. Aside from this he belongs to the Owen Commercial Club, and is a member of and active worker in the First Congregational church of Owen, of which he is a daecon and one of the trustees. Though he has traveled about considerably, his interests are now in Clark County, and here, so far as he knows, he is likely to make his permanent home,

Herman F. Schlinsog, son of William and Amelia (Worchel) Schlinsog, was born on his parents' homestead in Grant Township, Dec, 1, 1870, the scene of his birth being a one-room log cabin. In his youth he attended the frame schoolhouse known as the Roder school, and subsequently worked on his fathers' farm until reaching the age of 24 years. He then located for himself on forty acres of land in Section 12, Grant Township, there being twenty acres of the land cleared and a frame house and log barn standing on it. Since then he has increased the size of the farm by buying first eighty acres more land, then later a tract of ninety-four acres. He has replaced the old log barn by an up-to-date structure, 36 by 60 feet in size. He is successfully engaged in general farming, raising Holstein graded cattle and Percheron horses. An enterprising man in his line of industry, he is quick to adopt modern improvements and has helped to bring about the change from common plank floors to cement floors in farm buildings. For nine or ten years he has been a trustee of the Mapleworks German Luthern church, and was on the township board for seven years as supervisor. Mr. Schlinsog was married Oct. 2, 1894, to Clara Beer, a native of Grant Township, and daughter of Traugot and Theresa (Junghans) Beer. Her father, born in Germany, came as a young child with his parents to Wisconsin, they first residing at Cedarburg and Racine, and later settling in Section 13, Grant Township, Clark County. It was a pioneer's claim of wild land, and he had to clear it with an ox team, he and his family living in a log house for a number of years. They were German Lutherans in religion, Mr. and Mrs. Schlinsog have had five children, one of whom, Armin, died when about 18 months old. The others are: Walter, Edward, Harry and Violet.

William Schlinsog, one of the leading farmers of Grant Township, and a prominent official of the township for many years, was born in Breslau-Schlassing, Germany, Sept. 25, 1844, son of Carl and Anna (Neltner) Schlinsog. The parents, who were both natives of Germany, and farmers by occupation, left that country in 1853 for the United States, which they reached after a voyage of thirteen weeks in a sailing vessel. They were accompanied by four children: Gottlieb, who was afterwards killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil War; William, subject of this sketch; Adolph, a resident of Grant Township; and Carolina, residing in Lynn Township, who is the widow of Ernest Lustig. Proceeding to Milwaukee, the family resided there for about two weesk and then went to Ansoka, and from there to Kirkline, where they remained for about a year. Their next place of residence was Hawe's Corner, four miles west of Cedarburg, in which locality they resided until 1858, the year in which they came to Clark County. The journey was made with an ox team, and while on the way they fell in with two other families, who drove into the county with them, the party including Robert Howard, a Mr. Hallock and John Pope. Stopping at the house of an early settler of Lynn Township, now deceased, they remained with him a couple of weeks, while Mr. Schlinsog looked around for a good piece of land on which to settle. He finally secured 160 acres in Section 14, Grant Township, all wild land and largely covered with timber. There were no roads and Indians were plentiful in the vicinity. For his first residence, Mr. Schlinsog built a one-room log cabin, 16 by 16 feet in size. Then he started to clear the land with nothing but an axe and a grub-hoe, not having even an ox. However, he was imbued with the right spirit for pioneer life, and in the end conquered all difficulties. Like the other early settlers, he often had to carry flour and other provisions on his back from Neillsville. When he came here Clark County contained only three townships, and he was one of the men who organized the township of Grant. He died at the age of 58 years, and his wife at that of 48. They and their family were members of the German Lutheran church, which held services at that time in the schoolhouse. William Schlinsog acquired the first elements of knowledge in the schools of his native land, and afterwards attended school for a while in Waukesha County, Wis. He grew to manhood on the home farm, which he helped his father to clear and improve, and where he has ever since resided. In his younger days he often worked out to earn his board. He now owns about 400 acres of good farm land, and has built a fine modern house and barns, but well remembers when his wife used to help him by working out in the fields. For some twelve or fifteen years Mr. Schlinsog has been a director of the Lynn Fire Insurance Company, and is a stockholder in the Lynn Telephone Company. For a number of years he has held the office of chairman of the township board, and has served as school treasurer for forty years. He helped to build the German Lutheran church, and has been one of its leading officials. William Schlinsog was married June 11, 1866, to Amelia Worchel, who was born in Germany, and came to this country with her parents, Gottlieb and Anna Worchel. They located on wild land in Grant Township in 1865. In 1916 Mr. and Mrs. Schlinsog celebrated their golden wedding. They have ten children: Carl, a resident of Lynn Township; Emma, who lives in Chicago; Herman, of Grant Township; Bertha, wife of Herman Keller, of Lynn Township; Henry, of Grant Township; William Jr.; Anna; Martha, who died at the age of six months; Laura; Fred, residing on the home farm, and Bertha, an adopted daughter, who married Paul Hessel, of Greenwood, Clark County.

Joseph McKimm, a prosperous farmer and township official of York Township, was born in Canada, twenty-two miles from Prescott, Dec. 5, 1865, son of Samuel and Isabella Jane (Courtney) McKimm. The parents were natives of Scotland and Ireland, respectively, Samuel being born Nov. 3, 1826, and his wife Nov, 23, 1830. They came to Canada with their respective parents, Samuel McKimm becoming a woodsman in the Canadian forests. Married in Canada, they had several children there, their entire family numbering finally eight, namely: James, who always lived in Canada; Margaret, Eliza, Adeline C., Samuel, Robert, Mary Ann and Joseph. The family left Canada for the United States when Joseph was & years old, or in 1873, locating in Neillsville, Clark County, Wis. Samuel McKimm worked in the woods and had charge of a logging camp for many years. He secured eighty acres of land in Section 19, York Township, clearing about forty acres of it and putting up good buildings. He died at the age of 80 years, and his wife at the age of 85. Joseph McKimm attended district school in York Township, and grew to manhood amid forest scenes, and the life and bustle of a logging camp. At the age of 14 he was driving a four-horse team in the camp. He continued to work in the woods for sixteen winters, and was on the drive seventeen springs, working as many as eighty-four days on a drive without knowing when it was Sunday. On July 10, 1892, Mr. McKimm was married to Anna Mary Esselmann, who was born in Trenton, Washington County, Wis., April 9, 1869, daughter of Clement and Anna (Bushmann) Esselmann. Her par- ents were natives of Germany, where they were married in 1867. A few years later they came to the United States with two children, Sophia and Clement, settling in Washington County, Wis., where Mr. Esselmann cleared afarm. In 1887 he and his family came to Loyal Township, Clark County, and located on a partly cleared farm, which was the family home until 1909. Then he removed to Marshfield, where he died in the same year at the age of 74, His wife is still living, being now 74 years old. They had five children born in Washington County: Anna, Herman, Dean, Josephine and Mary, and fhree, Augusta, Amelia and Louie, born in Clark County, . Mr. McKimm the year of his marriage had secured a tract of land of forty acres in Section 19, York Township, which was a wild tract, without buildings, there being only a chopped road past the place. He resided on his father's place for five years, subsequently clearing his forty-acre tract. Since then he has acquired more land, his farm now consisting of 160 acres, and he also owns eighty-seven and one-half acres in Eaton Twonship, Clark County. He has built a basement barn 40 by 60 feet, and is conducting a profitable farming business. He has served as township supervisor for three years, and is a member of the Woodmen's lodge at Neillsville. He and his wife have five children: Isabella, Mary, Ernest, Della and Raymond, living, and Florence and James, deceased. Isabella was born March 13, 1895, married Otis Lee, lives at Neillsville, and has three children: Vivian, Merton and Della. Mary was born March 13, 1898, and is the wife of George Hetzel, of York Township. Ernest was born Aug. 8, 1905; Della, July 11, 1907, and Raymond, May 25, 1910.

August Schlender, merchant, and one of the most active business men of Hewett Township, was born near Berlin, Germany, March 22, 1866, son of August and Hannah Schlender. The family came to America by steamer in 1876, there being at that time four children: Minnie, William, August and Augusta. The parents settled at Baraboo, Wis., in the vicinity of which place they spent the rest of their lives in farming. August, who had obtained his schooling in Germany, remained about three years on his parents' farm, and then, at the age of 13 years, began work in a mill near Baraboo. Later he gave up the milling business on account of his health, and at the age of 21 came to Neillsville, Clark County, and went into the saloon business, first in partnership with Mr. Le Boda and afterwards continuing the business alone. Thus occupied until 1896, he then came to Columbia, Hewett Township, which village had been started about a year before, and was an isolated community, there being no wagon road to the place. Here he engaged in the saloon business for one year, and then opened the second general merchandise store in the place, subsequently buying out the other firm. He erected his own building, the main part of which is 18 by 50 feet in dimensions, to which two additions, each 24 by 24 feet, have since been added. Here he is doing a good business, carrying a good line of flour, groceries and other articles such as are in demand in every small community, with many things less frequently called for. Mr. Schlender has taken an active part in the development of the community since he located here, being always on the lookout for opportunities to advance its interests. Thus he worked hard to secure the establishment of the cucumber pickling plant of Libby, McNeill & Libby, which pays out about $5,000 or $6,000 a year to the farmers and gardeners, and has been a great help to the community. This factory was the first of its kind that Libby, McNeill & Libby. established in the state. In addition to his store, Mr. Schlender owns other buildings and real estate in the town site of Columbia, and, while working for the good of the town, has also advanced his own prosperity, being now one of its leading citizens. He was township clerk of Hewett Township for two years, and was treasurer of the school board for a number of years. He also helped to start the school, which is a graded school of two rooms, He was postmaster of Columbia for ten years, being succeeded two years ago . by his daughter Mabel, who now holds that office. His fraternal society affiliations are with the Woodmen, he being a charter member of the lodge at Columbia. Mr. Schlender was married June 26, 1888, to Mrs. Susan Simonds, of Baraboo, Wis., daughter of Jacob Cramer, who came from Germany to Baraboo. He and his wife have one child, Mabel, above mentioned, who, besides being the efficient post mistress of Columbia, is an accomplished musician, both vocal and instrumental. By her former marriage, Mrs. Schlender has a son, Irvin Simonds, who for many years assisted his stepfather in the business at Columbia, but is now a carpenter in the employ of the U. S. government at Sioux City, lowa.

John Tabor Drummond, manager of the grocery and crockery department, and also treasurer of the "Big Store," at Greenwood, Clark County, was born at Necedah, Juneau County, Wis., June 27, 1865, son of James and Priscilla (McKimm) Drummond. The father and mother were natives of Scotland and Ireland, respectively, and were married in Philadelphia, Pa. James Drummond, who came to the United States at the age of 18 years, had been trained for the Episcopal ministry, but chose commercial life instead, and entered the dry goods store of A. T. Stewart, of Philadelphia, the largest store of its kind in the United States. There he remained until his marriage, at which time he came to Quincy, Adams County, Wis., and entered the employ of the Necedah Lumber Company, learning the lumber business from the beginning to the last detail, and when the company finally dissolved he occupied the position of their leading salesman. He then retired and is now a resident of Necedah, being sixty-four years old. He is a member of the Masonic order, being far advanced in the degrees, and is a Republican in politics. His wife, who came from Ireland at the age of 24 years, is also living, being now 72 years old. They had three children - two sons and a daughter: John Tabor; Perry J., of Altanta, Rush County, Wis, and Jennie, who is now deceased. John Tabor Drummond, who was the eldest child of his parents, after completing his literary studies at the high school, took up a commercial career, first entering the employ of the Lyman Lumber Company, of Necedah, as sales agent, and also having charge of their general store. After their dissolution he was engaged in business for himself one year, and then on Oct. 28, 1899, came to Greenwood, Clark County. Here he saw great possibilities. The "Big Store" had just been completed, and he accepted an offer to take charge of the grocery department, later becoming manager also of the crockery department. The concern keeps a full line of dry goods, notions, furniture, crockery ware and groceries. Its president is N. C. Foster, of Fairchild; first vice president, G. A. Foster, of Chicago; second vice president, William Foster, of Fairchild. John A. Jacobson being secretary and manager of the dry goods and shoe department. Mr. Drummond has shown marked capacity in his present position, being a careful manager, looking well after the interests of the concern, its customers and its employees. He has served on the council and school board of Greenwood, and is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. Drummond was married Jan. 8, 1890, to Ida Williams, of Necedah, daughter of John and Alice (Cooper) Williams, her father being of English, and her mother of English and German descent. Mr. Williams is a leading citizen of Necedah, where he was one of the first merchants, and is still engaged in mercantile business there. Mr. and Mrs. Drummond are the parents of two children, Emil Perry and Vera. Emil Perry is now in the employ of the Presto Light Co., of Indianapolis, being manager of their branch at Minneapolis. He married Bertie Davis, of Milwaukee, and has one child, Bobbie. Vera is now Mrs. John Wuethrich, her husband being a farmer and engaged in the cheese and creamery business in Katon Township. She has two children, John D. and Allen.

Otto Baehr, a prosperous dairy farmer, residing in Section 23, Mayville Township, was born in Germany, May 13, 1863, son of Carl and Fredericka (Wurdel) Baehr. The family came to America in the spring of 1877, landing at New York and proceeding west to Milwaukee, Wis., to visit a son, Frank, who resided there, having preceded them to this country. In the fall of the same year they came to Clark County, where Carl Baehr bought the eighty-acre tract on which the subject of this sketch now lives. It was unimproved, and he built a log cabin and cleared the land with an ox team. He also erected a log stable and in time made fair progress in the work of improvement. His death took place in 1885, his wife dying in 1892. Their children were: Frank, now of Ashland, Wis.; Robert, who is in Germany; Carl, of Withee, Wis.; Otto, on the home farm; Martha, now Mrs. Herman Hedrich, of Abbotsford; and Arthur, who resides in Mayville Township, this county. Otto Baehr received his present farm from his fathers' estate, and is chiefly engaged in carrying on dairy farming, milking ten cows of the Holstein and Guernsey breeds. He also raises oats, barley and hay, and is about to construct a good silo. He has made improvements on his property, and is doing a successful business. Mr. Baehr has taken an active part in public affairs, and is now clerk of the school board of his district, being elected in 1917 for two years, and having previously served on the board some twenty-one years. In 1913 he was elected a member of the township board and served for three years. He has also been justice of the peace for one year, and assessor two years. Mr. Baehr was married Aug. 24, 1896, to Louisa Theel, who was born in Manitowoc County, Wis., daughter of William and Fredericka (Wichman) Theel, the former of whom died Dec. 29, 1917, and the latter of whom died in 1910, leaving of their twelve children, in addition to Louisa, now Mrs. Baehr, Herman, of Reeseburg Township, this county; William, of Kiel, Manitowoc County this state; Minnie, now Mrs. Oscar J. Johnson, of Thorp; and Albertine, now Mrs. William Weeseburg, of California. Mr. and Mrs. Baehr have nine children:

Alva B. Marsh, a well known and successful business man of Neillsville, was born in Mapleworks, Clark County, Dec. 8, 1860, son of Nelson and Amanda Roselia (Taylor) Marsh. His parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, the father born in Middletown, Aug. 14, 1828, and the mother Sept. 1, 1831. They were married in Pennsylvania Dec. 15, 1851. Nelson Marsh, who was of English descent, was a cooper by trade, which his father had been before him. After working at that occupation for some time in Pennsylvania, he joined the tide of westward emigration, homesteading eighty acres of wild land in Grant Township, Mapleworks, this county. On this tract he built a log cabin and began farming operations with an ox team. He and his wife brought with them their three first-born children - Joseph, Louis and Malvina, and their family was subsequently increased by the birth of four more - Sylvester L., Alva, Spencer M. and Justin, the last mentioned of whom died at the age of 2 years. Louis is also now deceased; Malvina is the wife of a Mr. Wright, of Clark County, and Joseph resides in Marshfield, Wis. Sylvester L. and Spencer M. are now both residents of California.

In those early days the market of the family was at Sparta, and they often walked there for supplies. Later when a grist mill was erected at Black River Falls they walked to that place and back, carrying their sacks of corn. Nelson Marsh became a prominent man in his township, assisting in local government affairs as chairman of the township board, and hence a member of the county board, and also teaching the first school himself, He was the first postmaster of Mapleworks, which position he held for thirty years or more. In addition to his farming operations, he did considerable lumbering. <A loyal and patriotic citizen, he fought for the Union in the Civil War, serving as a member of Company C, Third Wisconsin Infantry from 1862 to Aug. 3, 1865, during which time he was in the hospital three and a half months. After an industrious career of many years, he died April 24, 1904. His wife, Amanda, who was a daughter of Abram Taylor, of Clark County, died in October, 1897. Alva B. Marsh was reared on his parents' farm, and in his boyhood attended the school taught by his father, afterwards receiving additional schooling in the Town of Grant, and taking a commercial course in the Northwestern Business College at Madison. He then began business life as a clerk in Mapleworks, being thus occupied for three years, at the end of which time he came to Neillsville as bookkeeper for W. S. Coiborn, in the milling business, the firm later becoming the Neillsville Milling Co. Of this company, Mr. Marsh became a stockholder, serving also as secretary and treasurer for fifteen years, when the concern was sold to private parties. In 1904 Mr. Marsh disposed of his interests in it, building up a business of his own, which is now the Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Co. After disposing of his business to the farmers in 1914, he has developed some farm interests, and is now director and vice president of the First National Bank of Neillsville, and a director of the Commercial Bank of this city. In politics he is a Republican, and as a prominent citizen of business ability has taken part in public affairs, having served as supervisor and a member of the county board. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order, in which he belongs to the Blue lodge, Chapter and Commandery. Mr. Marsh married Mary McIntire, daughter of Ira and Clara McIntire, of Neillsville. He and his wife have three children: Clara B., wife of W. D. Miller, of Scranton, Pa.; Fay, now Mrs. J. G. Zimmerman, of Neillsville, and Gerald, who is attending high school.

William Robert Kurth, a prominent representative of a family that has long been identified with the development of Grant Township, of which he is a resident, was born at West Bend, Wis., June 21, 1873. He is a son of Charles Kurth, born in Trieglaff, Germany, Oct. 25, 1888, who came to the United States with his parents when about 8 years old, landing in this country after a voyage of sixteen weeks. The family located on a farm not far from Milwaukee, but later removed to Washington County, Wis., where Charles attended school a short time, and then began industrial life, working for three dollars a month. The other children in the family were Louisa, William, Henry, Julius, Augustus and Albert. As Charles grew older he earned more money, and on Noy. 7, 1859, he married Wilhelmina M. Gandt, who was born in Trieglaff, Germany, Feb. 14, 1838, and had come to this country with her parents, John and Elizabeth Gandt, who, like the Kurths, located in or near Milwaukee, which then was a small settlement lying in the midst of a tamarack swamp. After their marriage Charles Kurth and wife settled at West Bend, Washington County, Wis., which locality was then a wilderness, and while residing there he carried the mail between West Bend, Schleisingerville and Ackerville, about twelve miles, over bad roads. This occupation he followed for eight years, after which he became employed on the railroad then being constructed to Fond du Lac. In 1873 he came to Neillsville, Clark County, and here he bought 180 acres of land in Grant Township, 140 acres in Section 21 and forty acres in Section 22, all of it being covered with timber, except twelve or fifteen acres of the fortyacre tract, which had been cleared. There was also a small frame house and log barn. Here the following year, 1874, the wife and children joined him. Mr. Kurth at once began clearing his farm with a horse team, which was the first horse team brought into the county, and his life thereafter for many years was that of a pioneer farmer, practically all his waking hours being filled with hard work, until with the lapse of time, the larger part of his task being accomplished, he and his family began to enjoy easier conditions. He built the first basement barn in Clark County, using clay for mortar. In 1882 he built a large brick tavern at the locality ever since known as "Kurth's Corners." This building contained twelve rooms, and for some time the town meetings used to be held there. He also helped to build the Lutheran Zion church in Grant Township. In time he finished clearing his land and had an excellent farm on which he raised good stock, being particularly interested in horses, of which he was an expert judge. He died July 24, 1883; his wife, who survived him many years, passed away May 29, 1915. They had seven children, born as follows: Richard, born at West Bend, Aug. 9, 1860; Adolph, Dec. 7, 1863, died June 4, 1904; Bertha L., Sept. 29, 1867, died Dec. 20, 1873; Robert C., April 16, 1865; William R., June 21, 1873; Amanda, at Pleasant Ridge, April 15, 1878; and Annie, at Pleasant Ridge, April 15, 1880. William R. Kurth acquired his education in District School No. 5, and the German parochial school. He was reared to manhood on his parents' homestead, which he has never left, and began farming for himself here in 1904. He has made some valuable improvements on the place, building first a large barn, which burned down, and then another large barn, 36 by 94 feet, and the first cement silo in the county, 14 by 36 feet. He raises good cattle and Poland-China hogs, Aside from his immediate farming interests Mr, Kurth has served ten years as treasurer of the Pleasant Ridge Creamery, which he was influenced in starting. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator and Lumber Company of Neillsville, and the Lynn Telephone Company, of which he is president. Of the Farmers' State Bank of Granton he is a director and is also a director in the Neillsville Bank, the Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and the Lynn Mutual Tornado, Cyclone and Hurricane Insurance Co. For fifteen years he held the office of school clerk. His fraternal affiliations are with the order of Beavers. On June 18, 1902, Myr. Kurth was united in marriage with Bertha Wilding, who was born in Grant township, this county, daughter of William Wilding. She died Jan. 5, 1905, leaving one child, Edna, who was born Feb. 28, 1904. On July 11, 1906, Mr. Kurth married for his second wife Alvina Braatz, who was born in Grant township on the farm of her father, Richard Braatz. Three children have been born of this latter union: Erena, June 16, 1909; Norma, Feb. 9, 1911, and Raymond, Novy, 28, 1913. The family is affiliated religiously with the German Lutheran church, Mrs. Kurth being a member of the Ladies' Aid Society. On Mr. Kurth's farm is a well of a depth of 120 feet and six feet wide, which, when dug, showed deposits of wood and black soil at 100 feet below the surface.

Vandi F. Shereda, assistant cashier of the State Bank of Owen, was born at Prairie du Chien, Wis., Sept. 21, 1887. His parents were Joseph and Mary (Zachek) Shereda, both of whom came to America with their parents when 12 years of age, settling in Grant County, Wis., in 1868. Joseph Shereda, who was connected with the lumber interests of Wisconsin for a number of years, finally moved to Muscoda, Wis., where he died in 1893. - His wife is still residing there. They had three sons: Edward, now living in Muscoda; Vandi F., of Owen, and William, of Muscoda. Vandi F, Shereda, after completing a course of study in a business college at La Crosse, in 1908, became telegraph operator at Muscoda, Wis., for the C., M. & St. P. Railway, and was thus occupied for two years, subsequently coming to Owen in the same capacity. In 1912 he became assistant cashier of the State Bank of Owen and is now one of the rising young business men of the village. He is agent for the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co., the Royal Insurance Co., Queen Insurance Company, and Maryland Casualty Co. He also owns land in South Dakota. In 1912 Mr. Shereda acted as secretary of the Northern Clark County Fair, and in 1914 he was elected clerk of the village school board. He is a member of the Owen Commercial Club, having been elected its secretary Jan. 1, 1916; also of the Odd Fellows' Lodge, in which he was twice passed through the chairs. On Aug. 15, 1911, Mr. Shereda was united in marriage with Anna Clark, who was born at Muscoda, Wis., Oct. 22, 1886, daughter of Henry M. and Julia (Edson) Clark, her parents being natives of Dane County, this state. Mr. Clark, who was for years an implement dealer at Muscoda, is now retired. He performed a useful service in introducing wooden pumps into Clark County. His wife, Mrs. Shereda's mother, is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Shereda have one child, Bobette, born Mar. 26, 1913.

John Meyer, who occupies a prominent place among the well-to-do farmers of Mayville township, was born in Manitowoc County, Wis., June 6, 1857, son of Fred and Sophia (Carson) Meyer, natives of Germany, who came to America when young, being married in New York State, where they settled and resided for awhile. In 1856 they came to Wisconsin, and bought forty acres of timber land in Gibson township, Manitowoc County, on which he built a log cabin, in which the subject of this sketch was born. There the father died in 1865; the mother survived him many years, and passing away in 1913, at the age of 85. They had seven children: Charles, who lives in Alabama; John, of Mayville township, Clark County; Fred, who resides at De Pere, Wis.; Robert, of Washington State; Mary, wife of Jake Faulk, of De Pere, Wis.; Christine, now Mrs. Ferguson, a widow of De Pere, Wis., and Elizabeth, now Mrs. Lewis Fuchsgruber, of Dorchester. John Meyer left home in 1878 to come to Clark County and after arriving here purchased eighty acres of his present place in section 8, Mayville township, subsequently buying an additional tract of the same size to make a farm of 160 acres. The first land was covered with timber and he broke it with oxen, which he used for eight years. He lived in the log cabin for five years, after which he built a frame dwelling, which he has since enlarged into a fine nine-room house. A barn, 52 by 64 feet in size, was built in 1892, and another barn, on the other tract, 40 by 60 feet, the hay capacity of each being eighty tons. Other improvements have also been made as needed, and he now has an excellent and productive farm, raising chiefly oats, barley and potatoes. His principal stock consists of Guernsey, Holstein and Durham cattle, and he milks from fifteen to eighteen cows. In politics Mr. Meyer is a Republican. He served three years on the township board and has been nine or ten years on the school board. He is actively connected with the Farmers' Co-operative Mercantile Co., of Dorchester. He was married Sept. 8, 1882, to Helen Lapp, who was born in New York, Aug. 8, 1860, daughter of John and Freda (Glassaw) Lapp, and died Mar. 10, 1918. Her parents came to Clark County in 1880, and bought a farm in Mayville Township, where they lived for some years, the mother dying in 1915 and the father in 1891. They were the parents of seven children: Jacob, John, Lena, Albert, William, Rudolph and Herman, all living. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer have had ten children: Anne, Edward, Elsie, Louisa, Albert, Charles, Herman, Harvey, Rosalia, and Emil. Anne, born June 6, 1884, married Elmer Hauk, and has two children. Edward, born Nov. 4, 1885, married Annie Geiger, and has three children. Elsie, born April 24, 1887, married Harvey Blue, and has four children. Louisa was born Dec. 24, 1889, married Edwin Guth, and has one child. Albert was born Aug. 23, 1890, married Minnie Lessman, and has one child. Charles was born July 22, 1892; Herman, Sept. 15, 1894; Harvey, Oct. 4, 1896; Rosalia, Dec. 7, 1899; and Emil, July 4, 1902. The family faith is that of the German Lutheran Church at Dorchester.

Benjamin H. Westlake, owner of a farm of 160 acres in section 30, Hoard Township, which he is now renting out, was born in Newbury, Orange County, New York, son of David B. and Catherine (Debois) Westlake. His father was also a native of that place and his mother of New York city. Mr. Westlake's grandmother, on his mother's side, was stolen when a child from the steamship dock at Liverpool, England, and brought to America. Benjamin H. removed to De Kalb County, Ill., with his parents in 1857, his father buying eighty acres of land there at $12:50 an acre, and later increasing the size of his farm. There David B. Westlake died at the age of 76 years. His wife is still living. Benjamin H. Westlake spent a large part of his life in DeKalb County, where he was engaged in farming until 1899. He then took up his residence in the city of DeKalb and two years later engaged in the livery business, which he followed until 1910, when he came to Clark County. He had bought his present farm in 1896, when it consisted of wild land. The property has since been well developed. In 1911 Mr. Westlake built a good, modern eight-room house; he has also a barn, 32 by 50 feet, a concrete silo of 100 tons capacity and a concrete creamery. During his active years he was a progressive and modern farmer, making dairying his main line of business. His cattle were of the Holstein breed, and he milked about twenty cows, while his chief crops are hay, wheat, oats and corn, Mr. Westlake was married Noy. 14, 1875, to Rhoda Wood, a native of DeKalb County, Ill., where her parents, now deceased, were early settlers. He and his wife have had six children: Hiram, residing in Michigan; Gilbert, of Kaneville, Ill.; Mable, wife of T. M. Mondy, of DeKalb, Ill. ; Lottie, wife of Joseph A, Dearth, of Hoard Township, this county; Lena, now Mrs. C. L. Palmer, of Idaho; Ethel, who married Ed C. Meyers, of Clark County; Myrtle, who died in 1882, and Emma, who died in 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Westlake have also sixteen grandchildren.

Joseph A, Dearth, who is operating a good dairy farm of 120 acres in section 29, Hoard Township, known as Clover Farm, has been a resident of Clark County since 1903. He was born in Morgan County, Ohio, May 11, 1872, son of Louis and Clara (Devoe) Dearth, The father still resides on his farm in Ohio, being a well-to-do and representative citizen of his locality and active in public affairs. His wife died in 1906, at the age of 58 years. They had nine children, all of whom are deceased, except Joseph A. Joseph A. Dearth, when he became industrially independent, went to DeKalb County, Ill., where he worked out for others. In 1903 he came to Clark County, being then married, and bought his present farm from the Owen Lang Company, it being then, however, merely a tract of wild land, without improvements . His first work was to build a small frame house and barn and since then he has made good progress with his other improvements, having now fifty acres of plow land. His crops are hay, rye, millet, barley and corn. He keeps graded Holstein cattle, of which he now milks thirty, using milking machines. All the milk from his farm is sold in Owen, Mr. Dearth having a retail route, which he has sold. In 1906 Mr. Dearth erected a barn that is said to be the largest in Hoard Township. It consists of a main building, 36 by 98 feet, with a lean-to, 24 by 60 feet, the cow stable, 60 by 60. The barn is furnished with a concrete floor and iron stalls and has twenty-four windows. There is running water and sanitary conveniences, it being thoroughly modern in every respect. The horse stable is 24 by 36 feet, with concrete floor and stalls and an iron railway above. The hay loft has a capacity of eighty-five tons, and there is a concrete silo on the farm of 100 tons capacity. Mr. Dearth expects soon to build a new, modern residence. On Nov. 5, 1902, Mr. Dearth was united in marriage, in DeKalk County, II, to Lottie Westlake, a daughter of Benjamin and Rhoda (Wood) Westlake, then of that county, but now residing on a farm in Hoard Township, adjoining that of Mr. Dearth. The latter and wife are the parents of five children: Ray, born Aug. 18, 1907; Russell, born Aug. 8, 1912; Myrtle, born Sept. 4, 1914; Franklin, born Nov. 13, 1915, and Elmer, born May 20, 1917.

Arthur E. Dudley, a well-known and highly esteemed resident of Neillsville, where he holds the position of police judge, is a native of Wisconsin, having been born in Cambridge, Dane County, Mar. 28, 1869, son of Philip 8. and Maria (McArthur) Dudley. His paternal grandfather was Noah Dudley, of Schoharie County, New York, a harness-maker by occupation, and of English descent, and whose wife's family name was Sternburg, she being of Dutch (Holland) ancestry. In 1856 Noah Dudley settled in Delevan, Wis., where he opened a harness shop and carried on business until his death. During the Civil War he did contract work for the government, making bridles and saddles. Philip S. Dudley was born at Schoharie, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1840. He learned the trade of harnessmaker under his father and accompanied his parents to Wisconsin, afterwards going into the harness business for himself at Cambridge, Dane County, In 1869 he came to Neillsville and started the first harness shop in the village, it being located on the site of the present shop of Mat Marks. Among his early customers were the men engaged in the logging industry, and with the introduction of more horses into the county, in place of oxen, his business increased. He became a well-to-do and prominent citizen and did his share in helping to build up the industries of this county. His death took place in Neillsville, Jan. 1, 1906. His wife, who is still living, resides in the state of Washington. There were five children born to them: Barbara, who died in infancy; Bertha, who is now deceased ; Mable, wife of A. D. Brokaw, of Hackensack, Minn.; Ella, who is now Mrs. John Riley of St. Paul, Minn., and Arthur E., of Neillsville. Arthur E. Dudley was reared in Neillsville, where he attended school and when old enough learned the trade of harness-maker with his father. This he subsequently followed until he took up paper-hanging and painting. He was engaged in the latter occupation until he was appointed by the city council to fill the unexpired term of justice of the peace, which office he later filled for ten consecutive years by re-elections. In accordance with an oldtime custom connected with his office he often practiced before the court. During President Roosevelt's administration Mr. Dudley was appointed postmaster of Neillsville, serving the full term. He then held office under President Taft one full term, and was held over for one year, three months and eight days under the Wilson Administration until he was succeeded by the present incumbent, Mr. Huntly. He has served in the office of police judge for the last three years. Mr. Dudley is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank, having formerly held stock also in the Greenwood Bank. In 1887 he joined the order of Woodmen, in which he passed through all the chairs, serving as clerk and in other offices. He has also passed all the chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was a member of the Encampment when it was held in Neillsville before being removed to Merrillan, Wis. He has served in the order as district deputy grand master and is now secretary of his lodge. In the Masonic order he has advanced as far as the Commandery, being a Knight Templar, and has served as secretary of his lodge, No. 163, and of the Chapter and Commandery. In addition to the above mentioned offices, he is treasurer in his lodges of Woodmen of the World and the Loyal Order of Moose. Mr. Dudley was married Feb. 3, 1892, to Alice Reichenbach, who was born in Alma Township, Jackson County, Wis., daughter of Joseph and Jane (Markey) Reichenbach, her father being a native of Germany and her mother of Ireland. Mr. Reichenbach came to the United States at the age of 17 years on a visit and remained in this country, settling on timber land and developing a farm. He acquired a competence and is now living with his wife at Black River Falls, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley have had two children: Harold, who died in infancy, and Francis J., who was born Mar. 27, 1891, and who is an excellent musician and pianist, having received high praise from all his teachers. The above brief outline of Mr. Dudley's career shows him to be a man of enterprise and ability who has raised himself from an humble position to one of local prominence and responsibility, as well as usefulness. He has gained the confidence of his fellow citizens, whom he has served conscientiously in every office to which he has been appointed, and there are few men in this part of the county more highly respected and esteemed.

Peter Wilbert, a thriving dairy farmer of section 26, Mayville Township, was born in Germany, June 12, 1858, son of Paul and Andeline (Gutenberger) Wilbert, and came to America with his parents at the age of nine years, landing in New York from the steamship "Harmonia," which was one of the newest and most up-to-date at that time. The family came at once to Wisconsin, Paul Wilbert buying ten acres of land three miles north of Sheboygan, where he resided until his death in 1881, at the age of 69 years. His wife died in 1891 at the age of 72. In 1887, at the age of 29 years, Peter Wilbert came to Abbotsford, Clark County, having five years previously bought eighty acres of land in section 25, Mayville Township. He was accompanied by his mother, who kept house for him until his marriage and subsequently resided with him until her death. Mr.

John Dietrich And Family

Wilbert started farming with one yoke of oxen, first, however, building a frame house, 16 by 24 feet in size. In 1898 he sold the property and moved to Dorchester, where for nine months he owned and operated a saloon, but, not liking the business, he sold it and bought his present farm, onto which he moved Jan. 25, 1900. It was a 40-acre tract, of which twelve acres were cut but not stumped, and since then he has done plenty of hard work in developing the place. In the summer of 1900 Mr. Wilbert rebuilt the house, increasing its size, and in 1904 he put up a good barn, 36 by 64 feet in size. He keeps graded Guernsey cattle, milking from seven to ten cows, dairying being his specialty. His crops are mostly hay, oats and barley. Mr. Wilbert is said to have the best-kept cattle in the neighborhood, from seven cows averaging 170 pounds of milk a day. In 1906 he was elected treasurer of Mayville Township board, which office he held eleven years, and he has also served over twelve years on the district school board . He is a stockholder in the Dorchester Farmers' Co-operative Store. Mr. Wilbert was first married in April, 1888, to Bertha Janke, who died April 30, 1891, leaving one child, Meta, born Dec. 23, 1889, and died in Dec., 1899. On Dec. 26, 1892, he married for his second wife, Bertha Wilhelme, who was born in Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wis., her parents, both of whom are now deceased, came to Clark County in 1881. Of this second union two children have been born: Nora, now Mrs. Otto Stock, of Marshfield, and Freda, wife of Fred H. Meyer, of Colby Township. Nora has two children, Alene and Nina, and Freda has one, a son named Elmer. In the spring of 1918 he sold his farm and retired to Abbotsford.

John Christian Dietrich, a well-known and successful farmer of Grant Township, was born on his parents' homestead in section 22, this township, May 5, 1862, son of Christian and Anna (Rausch) Dietrich. Both parents were natives of Germany, the father born in Wurtemburg and the mother in Byron. Christian Dietrich was taught the miller's trade in his youth, his father having an old-time grist-mill. He was the only one of the family to come to America, which he did at the age of 23 years, finding work in the lumber camps of Clark Township. He also worked on farms and after being thus engaged for some years, purchased a quarter section of land from the Government, paying for it $200, It was covered with timber, not a tree having been cut. On this place he built a log house, just a little east of where the present residence stands on the farm. It was about this time that he gave up bachelor life and married Anna Rausch, who had come here from Wood County with her father, her mother having died in Germany. They began housekeeping in the log dwelling, which, however, after awhile burned down, and Mr. Dietrich had to construct another, stilly later building the frame residence that is now standing. Often he and his wife walked six miles to and from the village, bringing home flour on their backs. While he cleared the land, she spun wool for caps and mittens. In time, after much hard work and some privations, they became fairly prosperous. He helped to build the German Lutheran church and was for a number of years and until his death one of its leading members. He and his wife both reached old age, the former dying in 1913, when 84 years old, and the latter at the same age in 1911. Their children, all born in the log cabin, were: John, Henry, Ernest, Charles, Fred and August, of whom the last mentioned died at the age of nine months. John C. Dietrich acquired his education in the log schoolhouse and grew up on the home farm, which he assisted his father to clear. In the winter he worked in the woods, but has never left the home farm, on which he has made a number of improvements, having erected a barn 40 by 66 feet, a silo 14 by 35 feet and a brick house of ten rooms, the latter presenting a contrast with the old cabin his parents started in, which had just one room, with a stove in the center and a bed in one corner, His present farm consists of eighty acres of his parents' old homestead, combined with forty acres adjoining, which he purchased. Mr. Dietrich raises Durham and Shorthorn cattle, also horses and Poland-China hogs, all his stock being of a good grade. He has also other financial interests, being a stockholder in the Neillsville Co-operative Farmers' Elevator & Lumber Co., the Wausau Canning Plant and the Granton Bank, As a responsible citizen he has been called upon to serve in public office and was supervisor one year, being at present a member of the school board. His religious affiliations are with the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Dietrich was married June 3, 1891, to Augusta Strey, who was born in Washington County, Wis., August 6, 1869, daughter of Edward and Wilhelmina (Buckhouse) Strey. Her parents were born in Germany and emigrated to the United States about thirty-five years ago, taking land in section 23, Grant Township, this county, where for some time they lived the life of pioneers. Edward Strey is still living at the age of 74 years, but his wife died in 1902 at the age of 53. They also were of the Lutheran faith, Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich are the parents of eight children living: Emil, Bernard and Minnie (twins), Emma, Rollie, Oneida, Edwin, Arnold and Luella. Emil died young. Minnie is the wife of Herman Handt, of Granton, and they have one child, John H.

Wolfgang Sebold, proprietor of a farm of ninety-eight acres in section 1, Mayville Township, was born in Germany, Aug. 17, 1856, son of Wolfgang and Mary (Derigel) Sebold. The father died when the subject of this sketch was quite young, and his widow, marrying again, came to the United States with her second husband and her son Wolfgang in 1880, the family living five months in Milwaukee. They then came to Clark County and bought the farm now owned by Wolfgang. Building a log cabin, in which they resided for some ten years, Mr. Buehner, the stepfather of our subject, broke and cultivated the land with oxen, and at the end of the period above mentioned erected the present residence. He died in 1901. A brother of Wolfgang, named Frank, now resides in Marshfield, Wis. Wolfgang Sebold has always resided on this farm since coming here thirtyseven years ago. He raises the usual crops, including oats, rye and hay, and for the last ten years has done a profitable dairy business, milking sixteen cows. He was a member of the township board from 1901 to 1904 and also served ten years on the school board. Mr. Sebold was married Noy. 6, 1890, to Annie Skerbeck, who was born in Austria in October, 1872, daughter of Frank and Mary Skerbeck. She came to America with her parents in 1881, her father being a farmer who located at Deer Creek,

Mr. And Mrs. Rastus Mack And Son Nicholas

Taylor County, Wis.; but he and his wife are now residing at Dorchester. They had twelve children, of whom eight are now living: Antonnette, Joseph, Gustof, Clara, Amanda, Paulina, Frank and Annie. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Sebold are: Mary, now Mrs. Herman Burns, of Winchester, Wis.; Annie and Tilly, residing in Oshkosh, and Joseph, Helen, Amanda, Louis, Edith, Max and Herman, all of whom reside at home. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

Gustof H. Genrich, better known as Gust., proprietor of an up-to-date blacksmith's shop in Dorchester, Clark County, was born in Germany, June 15, 1862. His father, August Genrich, was a wagon-maker, who died in 1896 at the age of 74 years. Mr. Genrich's mother, whose maiden name was Berdenia Mass, died in 1887, when 62 years old. From his father Gust Genrich learned the wagon-maker's trade. In 1879 he came to the United States and for some time followed his trade in different places in New York and Pennsylvania, going from the latter state to Berlin, Wis., where he followed his trade. From Berlin he went to Michigan, where he was foreman of shops for several years in the mining districts. From Michigan he removed to Dorchester in 1894. Here he started a shop and has built up an excellent business, not only as a blacksmith, but also as a dealer in all kinds of farm implements. His shop, which is located in a good two-story frame building, is fitted up with two forges and a gasoline engine for furnishing power, and he gives employment to two or three men all the time. For the accommodation of his implement business he has also a large warehouse. A man of progressive and enterprising spirit, Mr. Genrich has not been satisfied to follow only the usual routine of his business, but in 1911 he patented a sleigh knee of his invention, which is called the Malleable Oscillating Sleigh Knee, and under the same patent he also manufactures a boy's bob-sled. This branch of his business has grown until he is now shipping these goods to the Dakotas, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, as well as to various parts of Wisconsin. In 1903, having by this time become recognized as a permanent acquisition to Dorchester, Mr. Genrich was elected as a member of the village board, and in 1907 to the Mayville township board. He has also served on the finance committee of the school board. For the last ten years and up to the present time he has held the office of village treasurer. He is a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge, and of the Camp of Modern Woodmen of America, having passed through the chairs in the former organization. In 1888 Mr, Genrich was united in marriage with Matilda Peters, who was born in Oshkosh, Wis., March 23, 1872, daughter of John and Mary Peters. Her father was born April 28, 1814, and her mother, Sept. 25, 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Genrich are the parents of eight children, whose names and respectives are as follows: William, born Oct., 1889; Olga, Sept. 18, 1891; Otto, Nov. 4, 1893; Huogo, Jan. 22, 1896; Henry, June 1, 1898; Elmer, Sept. 3, 1903; Lawrence, Oct. 5, 1905; and Lloyd, June 1, 1908.

Nicholas Mack, a well-known and successful farmer of Loyal Township, who has attained prosperity by dint of industry, backed by a good practical knowledge of agriculture in all its branches, was born in Western Canada, Feb. 5, 1851. His parents, Rastus and Maria (Hughes) Mack, were farming people, who came with their five children, Elizabeth, Hannah, Nicholas, Joseph and Eli (Myer and Wesley having died), to Clark County, Wis., when the subject of this sketch was 5 years old, locating on the farm which he now owns and operates. From La Crosse they drove with a wagon until they reached this township, in which Rastus Mack was the first settler. The country was then a wilderness and he had to cut his road for the last six miles. He purchased his 160 acres of land from the government, it costing him $1.25 an acre. At Neillsville, the nearest depot of supplies, there was a small store and two houses. Mr, Mack lost no time in building a log cabin and beginning the work of improvement. He worked on his farm only in the summer, as in the winter he was engaged in the lumber camps earning money to support the family. The little log house in which they lived for a while sheltered two or three families while other houses were being built. Upon one occasion the father chopped two acres of land off to earn a barrel of flour, but had the flour nearly consumed before he finished the chopping. It took three or four days to go to Neillsville and back for supplies, as he had to use a jumper drawn by oxen, and the road, or rather track, was nothing but deep mud for months at a time. In time he surmounted most of these difficulties, however, conditions improved and he and his wife in their latter years enjoyed a comfortable prosperity. Rastus Mack lived to the age of 70 years and his wife was nearly 88 when she passed away. They had six children born here: Adalade, Edith, Abbie, Henry, Charles and Leslie; Adalade, afterward the wife of John Corzett, being the first white child born in the township; but the subject of this sketch is the only one left in this part of the country. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at one time, but late joined the Seventh-Day Adventists, the meetings of that society being often held in his cabin, and he also aided in starting the Adventist Church in Loyal Township. Nicholas Mack grew to manhood on his parents' farm and gained the elements of knowledge in the little log schoolhouse, 12 by 12 feet in size, that stood across the road cornerwise from the present frame schoolhouse No. 5, the land on which it stood being leased to the township by his father. When larger and stronger he spent two winters in the woods, but at the age of 18 he was attacked by sickness which left him crippled, a misfortune from which he has never recovered. He has not, however, allowed this handicap to interfere with his success in life, but has been enterprising and industrious. His farm, known as Cloverdale Stock Farm, is well taken care of and presents visibl evidences of thrift and prosperity. Mr. Mack erected the house and barn which stand on the property, both of them good buildings; also a good silo. He has a fine herd of Ayrshire cattle, in which, with reason, he takes great pride. For a number of years he served as a member of the school board and has always been interested in anything calculated to advance the welfare of the community in which he lives. Mr. Mack was married Nov. 19, 1902, to Mrs. Mary (Graham) Prindle, who was born in Fond du Lac County, Wis., May 7, 1842, daughter of John and Caroline (Coon) Graham. Her father, who was a veteran of the Civil War, settled in Pierce County and died July, 1917, aged 96 years. His wife died Oct. 8, 1917, aged 76. They were farmers by occupation and had ten children: Joseph, Ben, Mary, John, Lincoln, Grant, Etta, Ella, Robert and Walter. Mary Graham was first married to Thomas Prindle, of which union there were seven children born: Ezra, Ruth, Walter, Clarence, Elmer, Roy and Esther. Ezra and Roy are deceased. With the exception of about four years Mr. and Mrs. Prindle lived in Iowa, where he died at the age of 54. Mr. and Mrs, Mack are members of the Adventist Church, which he is serving as trustee and clerk. They have one child, Elsie, who was born Aug. 4, 1905.

Frank M, Chase, deceased, was for a number of years a leading citizen of Mayville Township, where he was engaged in farming and other enterprises, was also a veteran of the Civil War, in which he gained an honorable record for valor. He was born in Clinton County, New York, Mar. 15, 1844, son of George and Mary (McBride) Chase. The father, who was a native of Vermont, born about 1816, was a miner by trade. He came west to Dodgeville, Wis., in 1853. About the close of the Civil War he bought a farm in Ridgeway, in the southern part of the state, in Sauk County, where he became prominent, being county chairman four terms, and being twice elected to the General Assembly on the Democratic ticket. He was also elected sheriff but did not qualify for that office. He lived to the advanced age of 88 years and then, in 1904, met his death by accident, being killed on the railway at Ridgeway. His wife Mary, who was born in Vermont in 1826, died in 1866 at the age of 40, They had five children, Daniel, Mary, Frank, George and James. Frank M. Chase's Civil War record began in 1861, when he enlisted in Company I, 2d Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Army of Virginia under Generals Rufus King and John A. Gibbons, and also under McClellan and Grant, and others. On Dec. 15, 1862, after the battle of Fredericksburg, he was captured while on picket duty and sent to Libby prison, where he remained nine weeks, when he was parolled and sent to the parole camp at Annapolis, Md. He was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run and at Gettysburg was shot in the right leg, but fully recovered of both wounds. At the battle of Gainesville he was in a running fight all day, and the regiment, under Col, E. O'Connor, formed part of the rear guard on the way from Slaughter Mountain. About 3:30 they stacked arms, but soon afterwards found that some of the enemy had cut them off from the rest of the army. Mr. Chase at that time was a skirmisher. They were ordered to charge with fixed bayonets, and in the fight that followed Colonel O'Connor was killed. Mr. Chase, who ran to him, found him dead, and, seizing the signal flag, ran forward to within eight rods of the enemy's line, where he planted it. In the battle, which lasted one hour and twenty minutes, 715 men were killed and wounded. Colonal Fairchild, who succeeded to the command, recommended Mr. Chase in his report, and the latter was awarded a medal for bravery by Congress. He was honorably discharged June 3, 1865, being mustered out at Camp Washington. Going to Oshkosh, Wis., he entered the lumber camps and was engaged in logging and lumbering for some twenty-nine years altogether. In 1868 he entered into partnership with W. W. Crane, who later became his brother-in-law, and their association was continued for seventeen years. After that Mr. Chase continued in the lumber business alone until 1912. In 1873 he took charge of the work of clearing the right of way for the Wisconsin Central Railway from Junction City to Phillips, also the laying of the ties along this right of way, a work that took four years and four months to finish. While thus employed he had temporarily given up his connection with the lumber business, but resumed it subsequently. At the time of his death, Feb. 22, 1918, he owned many acres of wild land in Clark and other counties, besides a number of farms in Waupaca County and other places. In July, 1909, Mr. Chase came to Dorchester, and somewhat later bought his farm place of sixty acres in section 22, Mayville Township. He was a director and a heavy stockholder in the Dorchester State Bank. A prominent man in the county for many years, he served as a member of the county board and was a member of the Wisconsin General Assembly for two years. Few men in Clark County were better informed on the history of the lumber business throughout this part of the state. Mr. Chase was married Dec. 18, 1868, to Sarah Crane, who was born in New York State, Dec. 16, 1847, daughter of Henry L. and Salome (Willard) Crane. Her parents, natives of the same state, came to Wisconsin in 1854, Mr. Crane engaging in the lumber business. Mrs. Chase died in April, 1915. She had been the mother of five children: Martha, now deceased; Mary, wife of Bert Wells, of Abbotsford; Frank W., of Abbotsford; Cora, who also resides there, the wife of Charles Fleming, and Harriett, wife of Eugene Sutherland and a resident of Idaho.

Nels H. Laveen, an enterprisng and scientific dairy farmer of Mayville Township, proprietor of Westover Dairy Farm in section 16, is one of the leaders in this line of industry in this part of Clark County. He was born in Sweden, April 2, 1864, son of Hakon and Helen (Pearson) Laveen. His father, who was a dairy farmer, never came to America, but died in Sweden, in 1914, at the age of 85 years. His wife died in 1894 at the age of 68. They had eight children, Nels H., however, being the only member of the family to come to this country, which he did at the age of 17 years in 1881. Locating first in Pierce County, Wis., where he worked for others, he came in 1897 to Clark County and bought his present place - a farm of eighty acres. In 1901 he built the residence and other buildings, the house having eight rooms, besides closets and pantries, It is also provided with running water and bath, and it is Mr. Laveen's intention soon to put in a private electric lighting plant. In 1913 he built a barn, 34 by 70 feet in size, with ten stalls, the height being twenty-seven feet, and which is brick-veneered inside. It has concrete flooring, with automatic water system, arranged for flushing. When he first moved onto the place it was covered with brush, which he cleared off with oxen and it is now one of the best farms in Mayville Township. Mr. Laveen does nothing at hap-hazard or by rule of thumb, but carries on his dairying operations on a strictly scientific basis. He has a full-blooded, registered Guernsey bull, which he breeds to full-blooded cows. Of the latter he milks ten and is gradually increasing the number. The feed and milk of each cow is regularly weighed and recorded, the highest record of any of his cows being $168.00 worth of butter fat a year, the average record of his ten cows amounting to

$134.00. If any one of his cows produces less than 300 pounds of butter fat a year he disposes of her. He is regarded as the leading dairy farmer in Mayville Township and he took the most active part in inducing the creameries in this vicinity to pay for cream by test instead of by weight. He was also the first man on his road to install a water trough and water heater. His principal crops are clover, hay and oats, he harvesting about forty tons of hay a year. Mr. Laveen was married Sept. 3, 1899, to Jennie Thompson, who was born in Norway, June 7, 1860, and came to America with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Thompson, a record of whom may be found elsewhere in this volume. He and his wife have two children: Walter, born Mar. 18, 1901; and Elizabeth, born Sept. 8, 1902. In 1911 Mr. Laveen was elected as a member of the board of school district No. 7, and is still serving as such. In 1909 he ran for the office of clerk of the township board but lost by four votes. In 1917 he was elected town clerk and served one year. He is a member of the Evangelical Church of Dorchester.