Door County, Wisconsin - Biographical sketches, 1917 (part 7 of 13)

Bo L. Andersen, prominently identified with the development and progress of Washington island, where he has lived since 1883, was born November 4, 1865, in Onsala, Sweden, a son of B. A. and Louise Andersen. The father was born September 2, 1833, and the mother on the 14th of October, 1828. They came to America in 1867, settling in Chicago, and the father, who was the owner of the brig Gladiator, sailed on the Lakes. On the 11th of June, 1883, he removed to Washington island with his son, Bo L., of this review and later he purchased land for a homestead, securing thirty-three acres on the shores of Detroit Harbor. He continued to sail until his death, being drowned when falling overboard in the Milwaukee river. He passed away July 15, 1892, while his widow survived until August 6, 1914. They were the parents of two children, the daughter, Aurora, being now the wife of Nor Shellswick, of Washington island.

Bo L. Andersen was an infant when brought to the new world and his early boyhood was passed in Chicago. In 1872 the family returned to Sweden, where our subject pursued his education in both the common and high schools. In 1879 they again came to the United States and took up their residence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the 11th of June, 1883, Bo L. Andersen arrived on Washington island, having in the meantime continued his education in the schools of Milwaukee. He afterward sailed with his father until he accepted the position of postmaster in April, 1892. He continued to fill that position for fifteen years and three months, becoming the first postmaster of Detroit Harbor and making a most excellent record by reason of his capability and fidelity to duty. At the time that he was appointed postmaster he embarked also in the mercantile business and is now the owner of a large general store in Detroit Harbor. In fact he ranks as one of the most progressive business men of the place and has been prominently identified with not only business affairs but with public interests as well. In 1894 he established the Ida-bo Inn, which was the first hotel on the island to take care of summer tourists. He was also instrumental in organzing the creamery and has done much for the development and progress of this section of the state. He deserves much credit for instituting the movement that resulted in establishing the first macadam road on the island, extending from Washington Harbor to Detroit Harbor. He was a leader in securing the rural free mail delivery and he has filled the office of notary public for twenty years. In 1913 he was elected chairman of the township board and has since served in that capacity, receiving the almost unanimous vote of the district in which he lives. He was largely instrumental in securing the establishment of the life saving station on Plum island and he built the tower under contract.

On the 26th of October, 1893, Mr. Andersen was united in marriage to Miss Ida Frances Washburn, of Sturgeon Bay, a daughter of Frank Washburn. She was born November 27, 1866, and died on the 2d of October, 1914. She was educated in Dover, Maine, and for several years taught school, becoming acquainted with Mr. Andersen while teaching on Washington island. To them were born two children, who died in infancy. Mrs. Andersen was a very active and prominent worker in the Methodist Episcopal church and Sunday school and was largely instrumental in organiizng this church. She did everything in her power to promote its upbuilding and extend its influence and her work was a most potent element in advancing moral development in this community. Mr. Andersen has always given his political allegiance to the republican party and patriotism has ever been one of his marked characteristics. He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for he started out in the business world empty handed. Today he is not only the owner of the business enterprises of Detroit Harbor already mentioned but he also holds considerable land on the island and in connection with Ole Christianson is the owner of several hundred acres additional. All this is indicative of his life of activity and usefulness. He has wisely utilized his time, his talents and his opportunities and as the years have passed he has put forth effort along lines which have not only advanced his individual interests but have promoted the welfare and prosperity of the community.

William Schaefer

William Schaefer, who has met with gratifying success in his farming operations and is a popular resident of Sevastopol township, was born in that township on his father's homestead on the 7th of May, 1880. Further mention of his parents, Cuno and Devota Schaefer, is given in the sketch of his brother August Schaefer elsewhere in this work. During his boyhood this region was characterized by pioneer conditions and the schools offered but a limited course. He pursued his education therein until he was fifteen years old and then gave his entire attention to assisting his father with the farm work, so continuing until he was twenty-four years old. Later he operated a part of the home farm on his own account and in 1910, when the estate was divided, received title to the south half of the northwest quarter of section 25, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 26. Subsequently he purchased the north half of the northwest quarter of section thus bringing his total holdings up to two hundred acres. The entire tract is cleared and the improvements on the place are excellent. He engages in general farming and as the years pass his resources steadily increase, for he is energetic and progressive and understands thoroughly the successful management of a modern farm.

On the 25th of October, 1905, Mr. Schaefer was married to Miss Nellie Krebbers, a daughter of John and Anna Krebbers, who were born, reared and married in Holland. When the daughter was a child of five years the family removed to the United States and located in Sturgeon Bay township, Door county, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Krebbers now reside on land owned by our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer are the parents of six children, namely: Celia, Lester, Catherine, Cuno, Joseph and Roy.

Mr. Schaefer is a republican in politics but has not taken an active part in public affairs, preferring to concentrate his efforts upon his farm work. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, and his many admirable qualities have gained him a large number of friends both within and without that organization.

The name of Rogers is prominently associated with the history of Door county, where representatives of the family have lived from pioneer times, taking an active part in the development and upbuilding of this section of the state, particularly in the improvement of agricultural conditions. J. W. Rogers is now the manager of an excellent farm of one hundred and ten acres situated on Rowleys bay, Liberty Grove township. He was born in Ottawa, Illinois, January 2, 1872, a son of S. A. and Julia (Blawis) Rogers, who were natives of the state of New York. Removing westward, the father settled in Illinois, where he engaged in the farming business, and in 1876 he removed from that state to Rowleys bay, Door county, where he purchased considerable land. Here he became extensively engaged in the lumber trade, with which he was identified for some time, and as the years passed he made extensive investments in property in this section. Success in large measure attended his efforts, and having become the possessor of a very substantial competence, he retired from active business life and is now living in New York in the enjoyment of a well earned rest.

J. W. Rogers attended the schools of Rowleys Bay and assisted his father in various ways in the conduct of his business activities. His father added to his landed possessions from time to time as his financial resources increased and. at present the family holds title to over twenty-three hundred acres of land in Door county, of which thirteen hundred acres is devoted to pasture. J. W. Rogers is now actively engaged in cultivating a tract of one hundred and ten acres and in addition he also engages in raising cattle. He is a well known and representative business man, thoroughly familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops and in fact he takes many an initial step along the lines of progressive and scientific farming.

On the 25th of June, 1902, Mr. Rogers was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Newman, a native of Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, and a daughter of John Newman, now deceased, who was a nearly settler and well known citizen of Ellison Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have become the parents of two children, Clinton and Winfield.

In his political views Mr. Rogers has always been an earnest republican and is a public-spirited and progressive citizen but not an office seeker. However, he has been chairman of the town board for fourteen years. He has membership with the Mystic Workers of the World and in that organization has many friends, but the number is by no means limited to those who are associated with him in that connection. His memory compasses the period of pioneer existence in this section of the state. He can well relate many an interesting tale of frontier days, when there were only trails through the woods, when wild game was to be had in abundance and when the work of development had scarcely been begun. He has done much to assist in the work of general improvement and the Rogers family has indeed made valuable contribution to the agricultural development of this section of the state. Mr. Rogers is a farsighted business man of keen sagacity, correct in his judgment and enterprising in all that he undertakes.

Jens F. Jensen

Jens F. Jensen has since 1903 been a rural mail carrier out of Baileys Harbor and his long connection with the position indicates most clearly his fidelity and the trustworthiness with which he performs his duties. He was born in Denmark, March 19, 1870, a son of Martin and Hansine (Martinson) Jensen. His boyhood days were passed in his native country and there he pursued his education. He was reared to the occupation of farming and his youth was largely a period of earnest and unremitting toil. The favorable reports which he heard concerning America and its opportunities led him to the determination to try his fortune on this side of the Atlantic and when twenty-two years of age he crossed the briny deep to the new world. He made his way to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where he took up his abode in 1892. For two years he was employed in farm work and also engaged in railroad work. He likewise spent some time on the lakes as a sailor and in 1903 he was appointed to his present position as rural mail carrier, in which capacity he is now serving.

In 1907 Mr. Jensen was united in marriage to Miss Anna Wildhagan, a daughter of William Wildhagan, a native of England, where Mrs. Jensen was also born. She was brought by her parents to the United States in early girlhood, the family home being established in Racine county, Wisconsin. They also lived for a short time in Colorado and afterward came to Baileys Harbor, where in 1907 their daughter, Anna, became the wife of Jens F. Jensen. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen are widely and favorably known in the village in which they reside and throughout the community they have gained many warm friends.

Lawrence Gislason

Lawrence Gislason, a well known merchant of Detroit Harbor, has passed his entire life in Door county, as his birth occurred on Washington island, May 9, 1886. His father, John Gislason, was born in Iceland, December 12, 1849, and grew to manhood in that country. His father, Gisli Einersen, was a graduate of the Copenhagen Theological Seminary and was a prominent Lutheran minister of Iceland. He married Sigudur Gudumundsdatter, by who he had five children. John Gislason, the youngest of the family, came to the United States in 1870 with three or four other young men, this party being the first to emigrate to America from Iceland. The following year he located in Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin, and for several years he devoted his time to cutting wood. In 1876 he went to Madison, where he attended school for a period, during which time he mastered the English language. On his return to Door county he engaged in clerking for A. A. Koyen for several years and in early manhood he also made a business of fishing for a time. At length he entered the employ of J. C. Corrigan, who owned a store at Detroit Harbor, and when he retired from that business, Mr. Gislason was able to buy him out. ' He continued to conduct the store until his death and met with gratifying success in its management. He also held title to two hundred and fifty acres of timber land. In politics he was a stanch republican and served as supervisor, as justice of the peace and as clerk of the board of education. In religious faith he was a Lutheran. On the 8th of November, 1877, he married Augusta Darnason, also a native of Iceland; and they became the parents of nine children, namely: Sarah E.; Gisli I.; August; Lawrence; Ella; Charles; Esther; Estella, who died at the age of ten years; and Arthur.

Lawrence Gislason was reared in Door county and supplemented his early education by attending the Lewis Institute in Chicago for three years. He then went to Seattle, Washington, where he engaged in business for two years, or until his father's death, when he returned to Detroit Harbor and took up the management of the store. He has since devoted his entire time to the conduct of his mercantile interests and his patronage is large and gratifying. He believes in investing in local enterprises and owns stock in both the telephone company and the creamery.

Mr. Gislason was married September 15, 1915, to Miss Ruth Rysdorp, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, a daughter of John Rysdorp. To this union has been born a son, Gene R. Mr. Gislason does not consider himself bound by party ties but votes for the candidates whom he deems best fitted for the office in question. He holds membership in the Norwegian Lutheran church and his life has been an expression of the highest moral standards. He possesses the enterprise characteristic of the young man and also sound judgment which combination of qualities insures his continued success.

August Herlache

August Herlache, who is engaged in general farming and dairying on section 20, Gardner township, was born August 23, 1875, in the township where he still resides, and is a representative of one of the old and worthy families that Belgium has furnished to Door county. His parents were John and Addel Herlache, both natives of Belgium. The father came to the new world when a lad of nine years with his father, John Herlache, Sr., who became identified with farming interests in this county during pioneer times. At the time of the Civil war he put aside all business and personal considerations and joined the army, serving in defense of the Union. His family numbered five children: Tressie, who was the wife of Henry Neuville; Josephine, who became the wife of Eugene Dewarzegars and has

John Herlache, Jr., was born in the year 1853 and spent the first nine years of his life in his native country, after which he came with his parents to the new world and always retained his residence in Door county up to the time of his death. He, too, followed the occupation of farming and his first purchase of land made him owner of forty acres, to which he added from time to time until he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres, which he cleared and developed, transforming it into productive fields. He died in the year 1908, while his wife still survives. They were the parents of seven children: Victoria, who is now the wife of Ferdinand Delvaux, of Brussels township; Victor, who is living in Gardner township; Josephine, the wife of Oscar Strahl, of Gardner; August and Joe, who are also residents of Gardner; Zora, the wife of Godfrey Laviolette and Arthur, who is living in Gardner. `

August Herlache was educated in the common schools and started out to provide for his own support when twenty-three years of age. He purchased forty acres of land for which he paid eight hundred dollars, and this he cleared alone, working diligently and persistently, and eventually he sold that property for three thousand dollars. He then purchased another forty acre tract and from time to time has extended the boundaries of his farm until it now comprises one hundred and sixty acres. This has all been cleared by Mr. Herlache, who in all of his business affairs has had the able assistance and encouragement of his wife. He is now successfully engaged in general farming and dairying and moreover he is a stockholder, a director and one of the line men of the Gardner and Sturgeon Bay Telephone Company.

On the 8th of June, 1898, Mr. Herlache was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Débroux, of Gardner township, and their children are: Jule, who was born June 2, 1900; George, April 16, 1902; Lena, August 19, 1906; Grace, March 1, I910; and John, October 22, 1912. The religious faith of the family is that of the Spiritualist church, while the political belief of Mr. Herlache is that of the republican party. He does not seek nor desire office, however, but concentrates his efforts and attention upon his business affairs, and in addition to his other interests he is a stockholder in the Equity Elevator Company. His plans are well defined and he carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.

Leathem D. Smith

Leathem D. Smith is a capitalist and successful business man of Sturgeon Bay. It is true that he inherited large interests, but there are many who have thus come into possession of substantial holdings who have wrecked their fortunes because of a lack of that sound judgment and the close application and enterprise so necessary in managing and controlling extensive and important business affairs. Mr. Smith, however, has proved adequate to the demands made upon him, showing that he is the possessor of the same substantial qualities that made his father one of the foremost business men of this city.

Thomas H. Smith University Of Wisconsin

Leathem D. Smith was born in Sturgeon Bay, September 7, 1886, a son of Thomas Henry and Anna (Daley) Smith, the former a native of Stowe, Massachusetts, and the latter of Canada. They came to Door county as young people about 1870. Thomas Henry Smith, born June 21, 1842, was a son of John and Mary B. (Whitney) Smith, the former a native of Utica, New York, and of English lineage. He removed with his family to Norwich, Connecticut, and there died at a comparatively early age. His wife was a representative of the Whitney family that traces its ancestry back in Massachusetts to 1635. | Thomas H. Smith was only about a year old at the time of the removal to Connecticut and was a youth of but fourteen when left an orphan. He began work at the machinist's trade, which he followed until the outbreak of the Civil war. He was a youth of but nineteen when he responded to the country's call and joined Company C, Second Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, with which he participated in the first battle of Bull Run, On the expiration of his three months' term of enlistment he returned to Connecticut, where he again took up work at his trade, and almost his first independent business venture was the manufacture of ninety thousand pairs of ice skates, for which he was awarded a contract.

Mr. Smith came to this state through the influence of his uncle, John Whitney, then proprietor of a machine shop at Green Bay. Apparently trivial circumstances often prove the turning point of one's career and thus it was in the case of Mr. Smith. While working in his uncle's shop, John Leathem, then conducting a mill at New Frankin, ten miles from Green Day, went to the Whitney shop to have some shingle saws set on collars. He was a practical lumberman, knew every phase of the business and showed marked qualities of leadership in handling men but lacked capital for his undertaking. On explaining this to Mr. Whitney, the latter introduced him to his nephew, Mr. Smith, who decided to investigate the Leathem plant. When about halfway to New Frankin he met Mr. Leathem and his men returning to Green Day, the latter having refused to work longer without actual pay instead of promises. Mr. Smith acted quickly. He went back to the mill, paid to each man his wages and set them to work. Thus was begun the business relationship of the firm of Leathem & Smith, which continued until the death of Mr. Smith, while the friendship between them was almost that of brothers. They conducted business at New Frankin until 1867 and then removed to Red River, at which time they were joined by Charles Scofield, and for several years the business was conducted under the firm style of Scofield & Company. In 1875 Leathem & Smith came to Sturgeon Day and built a mill, while Mr. Scofield remained at Red River to carry on the business at that point. Six years later he withdrew from the firm, which then remained Leathem & Smith. From that point forward the firm name figured prominently in connection with'the business interests of Sturgeon Bay. They took a large contract to transport ice for the Hammond Packing Company of Hammond. Indiana, manufacturers of artificial ice, who had erected several large ice houses at Sturgeon Bay. The firm carried out their contract and after the ice houses were abandoned used their boats in carrying stone. In those early days one could only cross the bay to Sawyer by ferry, and on account of the ice making such a trip impossible, Mr. Smith was often obliged to remain in Sawyer all night. It was this that determined him to build a bridge and in 1886 he obtained a twentyfive year charter from the county board of supervisors and with Mr. Leathem and R. B. Kellogg as partners built a bridge at a cost of thirty thousand dollars under the name of the Sturgeon Bay Bridge Company. It was at first only a wagon bridge, but when the railroad was put in, the railroad company built a draw and afterward paid half the expense of maintaining the bridge, together with one hundred and fifty dollars a year to the Sturgeon Bay Bridge Company. On the expiration of its charter November 2, 1911, the city took over the bridge, which has always been operated as a toll bridge.

The firm of Leathem & Smith continued actively in the lumber business but no sawing was done at Sturgeon Bay after 1892. At one time they owned twentyfour thousand acres of fine timber land in Louisiana and valuable timber tracts in Michigan. With the abandonment of the Sturgeon Bay sawmills, Mr. Smith was joined by John Hunsader, who had long been in his employ, in opening a machine shop in Sturgeon Bay, the latter taking practical charge. In 1892 Mr. Smith and Mr. Leathem organized the Leathem & Smith Towing & Wrecking Company and their boats, tugs and equipment for the conduct of the business are now found all over the Great Lakes. In 1894 the Leathem & Smith Lumber Company was incorporated and capitalized for one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Still another industry which Thomas H. Smith instituted was the development of the Sturgeon Bay stone quarries, in which undertaking he was associated with his son, Leathem D., who had become his father's active assistant in various other lines. Thomas H. Smith remained an active factor in the business up to the time of his demise, although more and more largely relieved of heavy responsibilities and care by his son Leathem.

It was in December, 1874, that Thomas H. Smith wedded Anna Daley and they became parents of seven children: Maude, the wife of Fred Waters, of Shelby, Ohio; Sidney T., who became interested with his father in the ownership of eight sections of land in Fresno county, California, where he raises vast quantities of alfalfa; Winifred, the wife of J. G. Osborne, of Milwaukee; Marietta, the wife of Carl Dreutzer, of Green Bay; Leathem D., of this review; Theresa, the wife of Rufus Kellogg, of Green Bay; and one deceased. Liberal educational advantages were accorded the children and both sons are graduates of the University of Wisconsin. The death of Mr. Smith occurred in February, 1914, and the mother still occupies an attractive home in Sturgeon Bay, where she has long occupied a leading social position.

Leathem D. Smith, after acquiring his early education in the public schools of Sturgeon Bay, entered the University of Wisconsin, in' which he completed the civil engineering course with the class of 1909. He then became actively associated with his father in business and as he grew in years and experience his responsibilities were increased and more and more largely he assumed the management and control of the important interests which had been developed. He became the president of the Leathem & Smith Towing & Wrecking Company, also of the Leathem & Smith Lumber Company and later assumed the active management of the extensive stone quarrying interests which were developed. He still continues in these connections. Each interest has been an important element in business activity not only of Sturgeon Bay but of the state. In connection with the quarrying of stone they have secured the most modern machinery and introduced the most advanced methods for blasting and getting out stone for all commercial purposes. This is the only firm in Sturgeon Bay engaged in the crushed stone business and the capacity of the plant has been more than doubled in the past few years. In connection with the business, which is one of the largest industries of Sturgeon Bay, more than one hundred men are employed. Mr. Smith: is also interested in an extensive retail coal business of which he is the manager.

On the 25th of April, 1914, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Genevieve Hayes, of Milwaukee, a daughter of Dr. D. J. Hayes. They are members of St. Joseph's Catholic church and Mr. Smith is connected with the Knights of Columbus. In politics he is a republican but does not seek nor desire office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his extensive interests, which have continually developed in scope and importance. He is a man of resolute purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the enterprising city of Sturgeon Bay, for he has been an important factor in business circles and his prosperity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy and industry that never flags. He is also public-spirited, giving his cooperation to every movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the community.

Gabriel Pierre

Gabriel Pierre, a merchant and cheese manufacturer of Brussels township, was born May 29, 1863, in the township in which he still lives, his parents being Frank and Angelique (DeKeyser) Pierre, both of whom were natives of Belgium. The father came to the United States with his parents when a young man, the family taking passage on a sailing vessel in 1854. They were eight weeks in crossing the Atlantic and for a short time the family resided at Alton, Illinois, where the death of the grandfather occurred. The father afterward came with the other members of the family to Door county, Wisconsin, settling in Brussels township, and some time later purchased eighty acres of timber land, which he cleared and developed, becoming in the course of time one of the prosperous farmers of his community. After devoting forty-five years to agricultural pursuits he went to Beaver, Wisconsin, and subsequently to Abrams, Oconto county, where he lived retired until his death which occurred in 1914, when he was seventy-seven years of age. His widow survives him at the age of seventy-five years.

Gabriel Pierre spent his youthful days in Brussels township and the public school system afforded him his early educational opportunities. He attended: a business college in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and in 1884 he became associated with the Pierre & Virlee Company, of Brussels, in the capacity of bookkeeper for the grist mill, the store and the cheese factory. He had acquired valuable experience during the fifteen years of his connection with the business and on the expiration of that period he embarked in the implement business on his own account. Succeeding in this undertaking he then added a general store and cheese factory and has since continued active along these lines, being one of the progressive merchants of his part of the county. His business affairs are carefully and wisely managed and success is attending his well defined and carefully directed efforts.

Mr. Pierre is a well known citizen of Door county, within the boundaries of which his entire life has been passed. Here he has so carefully and wisely directed his labors that success in substantial measure has come to him. His progressive methods bring excellent results and his reliability, as well as his enterprise, is acknowledged by all.

Mr. Pierre has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Annie Mersheek, who died in Brussels in 1898, leaving one child, Gabriel. In 1901 Mr. Pierre was united in marriage to Miss Mary Lemence, a daughter of Ferdinand and Hortense (Cravelion) Lemence, who were natives of Belgium and were among the early settlers of Door county. Mrs. Pierre was born in Kewaunee county, Wisconsin, and by her marriage has become the mother of four children, Orbic, Mary, Wilford and Clarence.

E. S. Ackerman, a well known resident of Nasewaupee township, was born on Christmas day, 1878, in Racine, Wisconsin, and is a son of Otto and Caroline Ackerman. The father was born in Germany and was a blacksmith by trade. In 1882 he was killed in a railroad accident in Racine. The mother was born in Toledo, Ohio, of German ancestry, and following the death of her first husband became the wife of A. H. Simon. By her first marriage she became the mother of three children, of whom our subject is the only survivor, his two brothers having died in infancy, being buried in Racine.

E. S. Ackerman was brought to Door county by his mother when he was but seven years old and was reared here. He was early trained to agricultural pursuits and at length purchased the home farm, which he has since operated on his own account. It is a valuable tract of land lying on section 23, Nasewaupee township, and his well directed efforts are rewarded by a good financial return, In addition to a public school education he took a course at a business college in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and his training has been of value to him not only in the management of his farm but also in the discharge of his duties as secretary of the Cooperative Cheese Factory, which position he held for several years. He was also a stockholder in an elevator for some time. He recognizes the value of cooperative effort among farmers and for some time was president of the Farmers Union, which under his direction accomplished much of value.

Mr. Ackerman was married November 10, 1902, to Miss Mary Gillick, of Nasewaupee township, and they have one son, Leo Edward, born September 28, 1910. Mrs. Ackerman's parents, Phillip and Anna Gillick, were born respectively in Ireland, October 15, 1831, and in Canada. The mother passed away on the 21st of February, 1915, when sixty-four years of age. They were the parents of seventeen children, of whom ten are living, while four died in infancy and three after reaching maturity.

Mr. Ackerman has been one of the leaders in local public affairs of his township, having served as town assessor for two years; town clerk for ten terms: justice of the peace of Nasewaupee township for several years; and at present deputy clerk of the court. He is a stanch supporter of the republican party and his advice carries weight in party councils. He is a member of the Corpus Christi Catholic church of Sawyer and fraternally is identified with the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin at Sawyer, of which he was secretary for a number of years. He is a valued resident of his township, his efficiency, integrity and agreeabie personal qualities all combining to win him the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Charles Honold

Charles Honold, who is engaged in general farming and stock raising in Baileys Harbor township, his home being on section 34, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 7, 1867, a son of George and Elizabeth (Schaeffer) Honold. The parents were farming people of Germany, where they spent their entire lives, and there the boyhood and youth of Charles Honold were passed. After his schooldays were over he became a shepherd and was thus employed until he reached the age of twenty-four years, when he determined to come to the United States, attracted by the favorable reports which he had heard concerning the business opportunities and conditions in the new world. He made his way westward across the country to Piper City, Illinois, where he was employed as a farm hand until he felt justified in engaging in farming on his own account. He then rented land and remained a resident of Illinois until 1898, when he came to Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. This section was then all covered with a native growth of forest trees, the woods were very dense and it required much arduous toil to clear the land and develop the property. Mr. Honold purchased eighty acres and to this added from time to time as his financial resources increased until his holdings now aggregate four hundred and forty acres of fine farm land, and he ranks with the prosperous and successful agriculturists of this section of the state. All of this land, with the help of his family, Mr. Honold has cleared and improved. He has erected new buildings upon his place until today he has one of the finest farms in the district. His residence is commodious, thoroughly modern and convenient in every way. He has a water system in the house and barns and his residence is heated by a hot water plant. There is an engine for washing and butter making and in fact he has introduced every modern improvement and facility that will lighten labor and utilize time to the best advantage. He is successfully engaged in general farming, keeps twenty-eight head of milch cows and also devotes considerable attention to the raising of cattle and hogs. His business affairs are most wisely managed and keen discrimination characterizes every effort. He is one of the pioneer farmers of Door county and has done much to develop the community along this line, his example being one which has been followed by others as he has demonstrated the possibilities of successful general farming.

On the 3d of September, 1895, Mr. Honold was united in marriage to Miss Cora Movern, a daughter of Mat and Vina Movern and a native of Piper City, Illinois, where her parents were among the first settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. Honold have been born thirteen children, Laura, Georgia, Charles and Esther, twins, Henry, Bert, Cora, Fred and Freda, twins, August, Willie and Frank, twins, and Martha.

Mr. Honold ranks with the most progressive business men and his judgment in all things is found discriminating. What he undertakes he accomplishes and in all that he does efficiency characterizes his work. He has ever been actuated by a laudable ambition that has brought good results and, moreover, his record proves that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously.

John M. Perry

John M. Perry, one of the representative citizens and prominent business men of Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Door county, his birth occurring in Forestville, September 28, 1877. His father, Matthew Perry, was born in Kilboy Abbey, County Tipperary, Ireland, in July, 1836, but during boyhood went to Liverpool, England, in company with his younger brother Richard and after spending a few months in that city sailed for Toronto, Canada, being fifty-seven days upon the water. For two years they were employed as farm hands in the vicinity of Buffalo, New York, and in the spring of 1855 took passage on the steamer Lady Elgin for Chicago. While on this trip they met Major McCormick, one of the first settlers of Algoma, Wisconsin, who told them of the favorable prospects up Wolf river and persuaded them to come to Forestville. The following year they were joined by their brothers, Samuel and John Perry, who later became prominent business men of Algoma. When Matthew Perry landed at Wolf River, now Algoma, there was only a trail to Forestville and no path whatever existed between Forestville and Sturgeon Bay. He and his brother Richard cleared a small patch of land, on which they raised the first potatoes grown in Door county. They built a house upon their land and continued with the improvement and cultivation of their place until the country became involved in civil war, when both enlisted in Company E, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Hardly had the smoke from Fort Sumter's guns cleared away when Matthew Perry offered his services to his adopted country, enlisting on the 15th of April, 1861, and at the end of his term reenlisted, remaining in the service for four years and two days, as he was mustered out April 17, 1865. With the Army of the Tennessee he took part in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Raymond, Champion's Hill, Black River Bridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ezra Church, Lovejoy Station and Bentonville, and was with General Sherman on the memorable march to the sea. He also did provost duty at Mobile, Alabama, and was in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C. After the close of the war Mr. Perry returned to his farm in Forestville township, this county, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1907, when he sold his place and removed to the village of Forestville, which continued to be his home until his death, which occurred December 5, 1915.

In 1867 occurred the marriage of Matthew Perry and Miss Henriette Machinsky, whose father was one of the pioneer settlers of Kewaunee county, Wisconsin. She died on the 12th of March, 1885. The children of the family still living are Samuel and Matthew, business men of Forestville; Edward, portmaster of Forestville; Mrs. Michael Writt, of Forestville township, Miss Elizabeth, of Forestville; and John M., of this review. All of the sons were given good business educations.

course at Green Bay. He began his business career as a clerk in the store of the L. M. Washburn Company, where he remained for seven years, and the following four years were spent upon the road as a traveling salesman for M. M. Stanton Company of Detroit, Michigan. In March, 1911, he opened an office in Sturgeon Bay and has since engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business at that place, handling both city and farm property. In 1906 he and his brother Matthew started a clothing and men's furnishing store in Sawyer, but in 1910 moved the business to Forestville, where it is now under the management of the brother, though our subject still owns a half interest in the enterprise. He is also interested in a hardware and furniture establishment at that place, founded in 1905 by himself and brothers Samuel and Edward and is interested in fruit growing in Door county. He is a very enterprising, wide-awake business man and usually carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.

On the 22d of October, 1902, Mr. Perry married Miss Alice Damkoehler, of Sturgeon Bay, a daughter of Walter L. and Sarah (Gillispie) Damkoehler. Her father was a pioneer farmer of Sevastopol township, Door county. Mr. and Mrs. Perry have four children, namely: Dorothy Alice, Walter Matthew, John William and Edward Lewis. The family attend the Congregational church and Mr. Perry is identified with the Knights of Pythias fraternity. His political support is given to the republican party but he takes no active part in public affairs aside from voting as his extensive business interests claim his undivided attention. Success has attended his well directed efforts and he is today one of the substantial citizens of Sturgeon Bay.

John Jacob Barringer

John Jacob Barringer, who was an honored veteran of the Civil war and was a well known hotel proprietor of Fish Creek, passed away in April, 1909, at the age of sixty-nine years. He was born in Germany, May 10, 1840, a son of Jacob J. and Martha (Schultz) Barringer, who were also natives of that country. The father followed the occupation of farming, but at length determined to try his fortune in America, and in 1848 sailed with his family for the new world, settling in Dodge county, Wisconsin, where he took up a homestead. Not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made upon the land, but with characteristic energy he began to develop the place and in the course of time had transformed the wild tract into an excellent farm, which he continued to cultivate throughout his remaining days. He had reached the age of eighty-six years when called to his final rest and his wife was eighty-two years of age at the time of her demise.

John J. Barringer was a little lad of eight years when he came with his parents to the new world. He acquired the greater part of his education in the schools of Dodge county, but started out to provide for his own support when quite young and thus his educational opportunities were necessarily limited, but in the school of experience he gained many valuable lessons. He was twenty-two years of age, when, in response to the country's call for aid, he enlisted in Door county as a member of Company F, Thirty-second Wisconsin Infantry, with which he served for three years, rendering aid to the Union cause upon many a southern battle-

. At the close of the war Mr. Barringer returned to his home in Door county and again settled at Fish Creek. He conducted a store there in partnership with E. S. Minor, of Sturgeon Bay, and later engaged in general merchandising in Egg Harbor until 1882. He then turned to the hotel business, becoming proprietor of the Central Hotel and cafe at Fish Creek, with which he continued until his death. He was well known in this connection and enjoyed a profitable and growing business.

It was in July, 1876, that Mr. Barringer was united in marriage to Miss Josephine La Bombarde, a daughter of Peter and Zoa La Bombarde, who were natives of New York. The father was a farmer by occupation and always resided in the Empire state. Mr. and Mrs. Barringer became the parents of six children, as follows: Martha, the eldest, died in 1901. Cora is at home. Meta became the wife of George Le Claire, who met death by drowning in 1903. She is now residing with her parents. John A. is a resident of Montana. Lawrence I. and Edna also met death by drowning in 1903.

In his political views Mr. Barringer was a republican and in religious faith was a Lutheran, while his family belonged to the Catholic church. He served as town treasurer of Egg Harbor and also as assessor and was ever interested in the political questions and issues of the day. His attention, however, was largely given to his business affairs and the capable management of his interests enabled him to leave his family in comfortable circumstances. His widow is still conducting the hotel and has made it a popular resort among many guests. She isa capable business woman and her energy and enterprise are making the hotel one of the substantial hostelries of this section of the state.

Alphonse Renard is the owner of a farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 16, Union township. He was born upon this place, which is situated on Schumacher's Point, on the 3d of August, 1872, his parents being Lambert and Theresa (Detry) Renard. Both parents were natives of Belgium, where they were reared and married, and there the father learned the shoemaker's trade. He came to the United States in 1857 on a sailing vessel which was eight weeks in making the voyage. Later he became a resident of Green Bay and took up his abode on Schumacher's Point. His farm lay along the shore and was all covered with a dense growth of timber. In the midst of the forest he built a log house and at once began to clear away the trees and brush preparatory to planting the fields. Later he erected a more commodious log house and his remaining days were spent upon the home farm, which he transformed into a valuable tract of land. There were many difficulties to be met and many hardships to be endured but he and his family displayed a resolute spirit and with persistent purpose carried on the work until their labors were rewarded with success. The death of the father occurred in 1890, when he had reached the age of sixty-two years, while his widow survived until January 22, 1901, when she, too, passed away on the old homestead.

Alphonse Renard obtained his education in the early schools of the district and remained with his father until the latter's death. He is now the owner of the old home property, which comprises one hundred and twenty acres of good land in Union township. Here he carries on general farming and he has brought his fields to a high state of cultivation. He practices the rotation of crops and utilizes many modern methods to enrich his fields and render them more productive. His labors are bringing him good returns and he is now meeting with a success adequate to his efforts.

In 1899 Mr. Renard was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Delwich, a daughter of Joseph and Josephine (Joke) Delwich, who were natives of Belgium and were among the early settlers of Union township, Door county. Mrs. Renard was born in Union township and by her marriage became the mother of seven children, Den, Emily, Henry, Josie, Lambert, Gilbert and Arthur.

Mr. and Mrs. Renard are widely and favorably known in this locality and have the goodwill and confidence of those with whom they have been associated. They have spent their entire lives in Union township and represent two of the old pioneer families, to whom the county owes much for their participation in the "work of development and improvement.

Karl Wolzien

Karl Wolzien has made excellent improvements on his farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 34, Egg Harbor township, and has never had occasion to regret following farming as his life's work for he has gained gratifying success. His birth occurred in Germany, May 3, 1859, and his parents were Henry and Hannah (Hegeman) Wolzien. The father was a laborer in that country and remained there until a few years before his death, when he came to America and made his home with our subject, passing away in April, t9rr. He had long survived his wife, who died in Germany in 1877.

Karl Wolzien received a good education in his native country and remained there until he was twenty-six years old, when in 1885 he came to America. He

* at once came to Door county, Wisconsin, and after working in a sawmill for seven years, he bought his present place of one hundred and twenty acres on section 34, Egg Harbor township. He himself cleared ninety acres of that tract and as soon as possible brought the land under cultivation. He has erected fine buildings well adapted to their purposes and his farm is today one of the best in this locality. He has conserved the fertility of the soil and annually harvests good crops. He also pays a good deal of attention to dairying and milks about twenty grade Swiss cows. Hard work and good management have enabled him to gain a gratifying measure of success.

Mr. Wolzien was married in October, 1884, to Miss Augusta Hanaman, a daughter of John and Minnie Hanaman. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wolzien: Paul R. B., who is farming with-his father; Otto, who is a blacksmith at Carlsville, Egg Harbor township; and Karl, who is the buttermaker at the creamery in Black Creek.

the polls and is now serving as school treasurer. He has always been decidedly interested in the welfare of the schools and in fact in everything that vitally affects the public good. He is a consistent member of the Lutheran church and in all relations of life has conformed his life to high moral standards.

Mathias Jonas

Mathias Jonas, who is living on section 19, Jacksonport township, has developed a fine farm, which is the visible evidence of his life of well directed energy and thrift. His memory compasses the period when many of the homes of the settlers were log cabins, and he has lived to see remarkable changes as the work of progress and improvement has been carried forward, He was bom in Germany, October 27, 1856, and is a son of Mathias and Angeline Jonas, who were farming people of that country, cultivating a small tract of land. They had a family of six children, of whom Mathias is the youngest. The parents never came to the United States and all of their children remained in Germany with the exception of Mathias and his sister Anna, who is now the widow of A. G. Seeley, of Hartford, Wisconsin.

Mathias Jonas spent the first twenty-five years of his life in his native country and then severed home ties, preparatory to trying his fortune in the new world. He crossed the Atlantic alone and made his way to Hartford, Wisconsin, while the same fall he removed to Washington island, where afterward he was employed in cutting cord wood for three years. In 1884 he became a resident of Jacksonport township, and his savings, which represented several years of unremitting industry and unabating economy, enabled him to purchase the south half of the northwest quarter of section 19, which was a wild timber tract. He built thereon a log house and with characteristic energy began to clear and improve the land, which he has converted into productive fields. He has also added to his holdings by the purchase of a forty acre tract and now has a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres, well improved and brought under the highest state of cultivation.

On the 15th of July, 1883, Mr. Jonas was married to Miss Christina Jacobson, a daughter of Jacob and Christina Jacobson, who were natives of Schleswig, Germany, and became pioneer settlers of Washington island, where they passed away and were laid to rest. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas are four children, namely: Mary, the wife of Christ Wagner, of Jacksonport township; Anna, the wife of Richard Peil, of Baileys Harbor; Christina, the wife of Harry Ostran of Sevastopol township; and Fred, who is at home and is operating the farm.

Reared in the Lutheran faith, Mr. Jonas has always been loyal to the church in which he holds membership. His study of the political issues and questions of the day has led him to give his support to the republican party, and his fellow townsmen have recognized his ability in calling him to several local offices. For three years he served as a member of the town board of supervisors, for two years was chairman of the board and for the same length of time was township assessor. The cause of education has always received his thoughtful attention and he has done effective work for the schools as a member of the school board for a number of years. He has never regretted his determination to come to the new world, for in this land he found good opportunities and realized that he could win success here in a shorter time than he could have done in his native country. He has worked diligently and is now the possessor of a comfortable competence, which is the direct outcome of his labors.

John Simon

Many hardships have marked the path of John Simon as he has pushed forward to the goal of success but he is now in possession of a comfortable competence that has come to him as the reward of his persistency of purpose and indefatigable energy. He is the owner of two hundred and forty acres of land, but his fine farm property bears little resemblance to the undeveloped tract of eighty acres, covered with heavy timber, that he acquired in Egg Harbor township when twenty-six years of age. His home is now in Jacksonport township and he is justly classed with its representative agriculturists.

Mr. Simon was born in Ozaukee county, Wisconsin, May 18, 1850, a son of Peter Joseph and Magdalene (Kontzan) Simon, who were natives of Germany but came to the new world in early life and were married in Wisconsin in the first half of the nineteenth century. They removed from Ozaukee to Door county in 1856 and the father purchased one hundred and sixty acres of timber land upon which hardly a tree had been cut, while there was no sign of a building. He soon erected a log house and began the arduous task of clearing the place, that he might transform it into productive fields. He continued the work of general farming and added many improvements, making his home thereon until his demise. He was also active and prominent in public affairs and it was he that gave the township of Sevastopol its name. He served as assessor for a number of years and he cooperated in many movements that contributed to the substantial development and progress of the district in which he lived. When death called him he was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery in section 33, Sevastopol township, while the grave of his wife was made in Institute cemetery. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom six are still living, namely: John; Catherine, the wife of L. Jordan, of Sevastopol township; Jacob and Martin, wh are living in the same township; John Peter, whose home is in Ensign, Michigan; and Joseph, living at Rapid River, Michigan. Three of the children died in infancy, while Anna became the wife of John Peter Weber, of Sevastopol township and has passed away.

"The educational opportunities of John Simon were extremely limited, although at times he attended the pioneer schools for brief periods until he reached the age of thirteen. He had no opportunity of pursuing his studies after that for he was compelled to give his entire attention to farm work, being thus employed by his father and by others until he reached the age of twenty-six. Long before the spirit of ambition awakened in him and he resolved that he would become a farm owner, so that he carefully saved his earnings and about 1876 made his first investment in land, purchasing the east half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 36. It was all a tract of wild timber and he had to cut a road for five miles in order to get to his place. With characteristic energy, however, he began to clear and improve the property, which still constitutes a part of his present farm although his home now stands on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 31, Jacksonport township, which he has added to his original purchase, so that two hundred and forty acres are now comprised within the borders of his place. His farm is the proof of his diligence and determination, for he started out in life empty handed. He has met hardships, faced privations and overcome difficulties and obstacles. In a word he has wrested fortune from the hand of fate and is now one of the prosperous agriculturists of Door county.

On the 20th of November, 1876, Mr. Simon was united in marriage to Miss Martha Cassils, a daughter of William and Mary Cassils, who were natives of Ireland, where they were reared and married. On crossing the Atlantic they took up their abode in Grey county, Ontario, Canada, where their remaining days were passed, after which they were laid to rest there. Mr. and Mrs. Simon have become the parents of six children: Christopher, who is now living in Saskatchewan; Mary, the wife of John Maynard, of Alberta, Canada; Anna, the wife of Herman Pape, of Gardner, North Dakota; Harriet, the wife of Henry de Jardien, of Alkabo, North Dakota; Charlotte, the wife of George Bochek, of Merrifield, Saskatchewan; and William John, who wedded Josephine Johnson, a daughter of August and Mary (Anderson) Johnson, of Jacksonport township. William J. Simon is farming the home place with his father. To him and his wife has been horn a son, Russell.

In politics Mr. Simon maintains an independent course, supporting the candidate rather than the party. He has lived a quiet life, concentrating his efforts and attention upon agricultural pursuits, and it has been by reason of his close application and earnest work that he has gained the creditable place which he now occupies as a substantial farmer of his district.

Albert M. Carmody

That Door county is an attractive place of residence and that it furnishes to its citizens excellagt opportunities along many lines is indicated in the fact that a large number of its native citizens have remained within its borders. To this class belongs Albert M. Carmody, who was born in Egg Harbor, in October, 1882, and is a son of John T. and Mary (O'Keffe) Carmody, who were natives of Ireland. The father was brought to America by his parents when but seven years of age, the family home being established near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he was reared and acquired his education as a public school pupil. He afterward took up the occupation of farming which he followed for a long period. Prior to the Civil war he removed to this county, bought land in Egg Harbor which he developed and cultivated, continuing to operate his farm until 1912, when he retired, and now makes his home with his children, his wife having passed away on the 25th of March, 1911.

ental roof and attended school in his native township. As soon as he was old enough he began to work in the fields and continued to assist his father until he reached his majority. He then started out to earn his own living and for some time engaged in threshing in Dakota, after which he returned to Door county and again took up threshing here. He was thus employed until 1909, when he purchased his present place of eighty acres on section 22, Egg Harbor township. He at once set about clearing and improving the land and his labors have wrought a marked transformation in the appearance of the place, which is now an attractive farm. The cultivated fields give indication of the care and labor bestowed upon them by the owner who is both practical and progressive in his methods. He not only raises good crops, but is also engaged in the dairying business and for this purpose keeps full blooded Holstein cattle, milking eleven cows.

On the 20th of June, 1907, Mr. Carmody was united in marriage to Miss Mary Simonar, a daughter of Frank and Johannah (Conrad) Simonar, who were pioneer settlers of Door county, the father being still actively engaged in farming in Egg Harbor township. To Mr. and Mrs. Carmody have been born five children: Gerald, Peter, Meldon, Marie and Medonna. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church, while in political belief Mr. Carmody is a democrat. He gives stalwart support to his party and he is interested in all matters of public-spirited citizenship.

Harry Peterson

For thirty years Harry Peterson has been closely associated with farming interests of Baileys Harbor township and he is today one of the representative young agriculturists of his locality. He was born on the old home farm December 20, 1890, a son of Robert and Christine (Larson) Peterson. The father was born in Denmark, July 26, 1860, a son of Hans and Kirsten (Hemsdaughters) Peterson, who spent their entire lives in Denmark, where they were well known farming people. Robert Peterson was reared and educated in Denmark and after his textbooks were put aside worked in a sawmill there until he reached the age of twenty years, when he bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for. America. On reaching the shores of the new world he at once made his way across the country and took up his abode in Racine, Wisconsin, where he worked for one year as a farm hand. He then went to Dakota, where he was employed in the harvest fields through the summer months and in the lumber woods through the winter seasons. In 1887 he became a resident of Baileys Harbor township, Door county, and purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty acres which he cleared and developed. He erected thereon fine buildings and added many modern improvements, dividing his farm into fields of convenient size by well kept fences. Everything about the place indicates care and supervision, for he is most progressive in all that he undertakes.

In 1890 Robert Peterson was united in marriage to Miss Christine Larson, a daughter of Peter Larson and a native of Denmark. She came to the United States in 1889 and the following year was married. She has become the mother of five children, Harry, Millie, Louie, Robert and Eva.

Harry Peterson spent his boyhood days upon the old homestead farm in Baileys Harbor township and the public school system afforded him his educational privileges. The occupation to which he was reared he has made his life work, finding it an agreeable pursuit and one which returns to him a gratifying annual income. He now owns a fine farm and is surrounded by the evidences of affluence and also of good taste. In his farm work he is thoroughly reliable and energetic and is winning a very substantial measure of success.

In 1915 Harry Peterson was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Krause, a daughter of Emil Krause. Mrs. Peterson was born at Fish Creek, Wisconsin, while her parents were natives of Germany and were among the early settlers of Fish Creek, Door county. To Mr.' and Mrs. Peterson has been born one child, Harold. The parents are well known in social circles and their own home is the abode of a warm-hearted hospitality which is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. Mr. Peterson has spent his entire life in Baileys Harbor township and that his record has ever been an honorable one is indicated in the fact many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time.

Conrad R. Guth

Conrad R. Guth, proprietor of an excellent general store located in Kolberg, Brussels township, also has other important interests, as he owns one of the largest creameries and cheese factories in the county. He was born in Forestville, November 24, 1873,a son of Charles and Albertina (Kay) Guth, both of whom are natives of Germany. The father learned the cabinetmaker's trade in that country, where he remained until he had reached young manhood, when he accompanied his mother, brother and sisters to the United States. He worked at cabinetmaking in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for some time and also engaged in making caskets there. In 1872 he purchased eighty acres of land in Forestville township, Door county, and erected upon his place the first frame house built in that locality. His land was heavily timbered when it came into his possession, but in time

cleared it and converted it into productive fields. At length he removed to Kolberg, where he built an attractive residence, and there he and his wife are now residing at the ages of seventy-eight and sixty-eight years respectively. In religious faith they are Lutherans.

Conrad R. Guth passed the days of his boyhood and youth upon the home farm in Forestville township and received the usual education of the period in the district schools. For some time he was employed upon the farm of John Goettelman near Sawyer and then spent a year in a sawmill at Menominee, Michigan. In 1893 he established a cheese factory and subsequently erected a creamery on land included in the eighty acre farm which his father had purchased at Kolberg. Still later he established a general store there and in 1903 erected his present building, which is well adapted to the needs of the business. He carries the largest stock found in any country store in the county and the high standard maintained in his merchandise and his well known reliability have resulted in the building up of a large patronage. In 1910 he erected a new creamery, the largest in the county, and he also still engages in the manufacture of cheese. Mr. Guth was one of the oragnizers of the bank of Forestville in 1912 and during the subsequent five years Mr. Guth has served as a director. The enterprises which he controls are important factors in the upbuilding of his locality and his energy and business ability are generally recognized.

In August, 1893, Mr. Guth was united in marriage to Miss Theresa Grundemann, a daughter of August and Bertha Grundemann and a native of Ahnapee township Kewaunee county. Her parents were German born but were numbered among the early settlers of Clay Banks township, Door county. Later they removed to Brussels township, where the father cleared and developed an excellent farm. He passed away upon that place but is survived by his widow, who resides with a son in Forestville township. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Guth have been born five children, Esther, Ervin, Alfred, Leonard and Harold.

Mr. Guth has been too much occupied with his business interests to give much time to political activity, but he has always kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day and has exercised his right of franchise in support of the candidates and measures of the republican party. His life has measured up to high ethical standards and he well merits the high esteem in which he is held.

Henry Herlache

Throughout his entire life Henry Herlache has been a resident of Gardner township, where he is now successfully engaged in dairying and in general farming. He was born September 4, 1875, a son of Clem and Delphine Herlache, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work in connection with the sketch of Jule Herlache. At the usual age he became a public school pupil, mastering the branches of learning taught in the district schools near his father's home. He devoted the winter months to school work and in the summer seasons worked with his father upon the home farm. He continued to assist in the cultivation and development of the fields until he reached his majority, when he received forty acres of land from his father. He afterward purchased a tract of twenty acres and still later a tract of forty and has thus become the owner of a good farm of considerable size. He has always devoted his time and energies to general farming and is also engaged in dairying. His business interests are carefully conducted and sound judgment and enterprise characterize his work in every particular. He is, moreover, a stockholder in the telephone company and a stockholder in the cheese factory and through his latter connection is thus identified with one of the important industries of this section of the state.

On April 23, 1898, Mr. Herlache was united in marriage to Miss Ida Lesuisse, of Gardner township, a daughter of Felix Lesuisse. They have become the parents of two children: Palmer, born in 1901 ; and Norman, in 1908.

Mr. Herlache belongs to the Spiritualist church of Gardner. His political allegience is given to the republican party, of which he has been a stalwart advocate since reaching adult age. He served for one year as supervisor and for fifteen years as school treasurer, but is not an active politician in the sense of office seeking, preferring to concentrate his time, thought and attention upon his business affairs, and his well directed energy is gaining for him a substantial measure of success.

Solon Birmingham

Solon Birmingham, who passed away upon his home farm in Sevastopol township, March 6, 1913, at an advanced age, was during his active life a successful farmer and was entitled to honor as a veteran of the Civil war. He was born in the valley of the Black river, in Jefferson county, New York, January 27, 1837, and was a son of Richard and Pluma (Stone) Birmingham. The father was born in New York state, but when a boy of nine years secured nine cents, starting out ostensibly to buy a pitcher of milk. However, after reaching the street he threw the pitcher away, went to the harbor and secured work as a waiter on board a ship bound for Canada. After reaching the new world he was connected with the British army at Ogdensburg, New York, for some time but later, with a few companions, he went on the ice to Morristown, New York, whence he made his way to Antwerp, that state. Mr. Birmingham turned his attention to farming and purchased land situated on the Russell turnpike. After his removal to that locality he married Miss Pluma Stone, who was born in Massachusetts. They became the parents of nine children.

Solon Birmingham received the somewhat limited education afforded by the early schools of his native county and after putting aside his textbooks worked for his father until he was twenty-two years old, when his marriage occurred. Three years later, or in 1862, he put aside all personal considerations and enlisted in Company K of the Thirty-fifth New York militia. He was first under fire at Cold Harbor, where the engagement lasted for seven days, and also participated in the fighting at Petersburg and Fisher Hill, in the engagement below Winchester, which occasioned Sheridan's famous ride, and in the battle of Bermuda Hundred on the 2d of April, 1865, in which he was captured. He was sent to Libby prison and later was transferred to Appomattox, where he was released following the surrender of Lee's army. He was then sent to Petersburg, where for three months he was engaged in issuing rations to the people residing there. He next went to Hart Island, where he was honorably discharged in September, 1865.

After his return from the war Mr. Birmingham remained in New York for a number of years, but following the death of his wife in 1878 he came west to Door county, Wisconsin, where for a time he engaged in lumbering, and in 1879 he purchased land in Sevastopol township. He at once took up his residence upon his farm and during the three decades or more which intervened before his death he lived continuously upon that place, which he brought to a high state of development. For many years he industriously cultivated his fields and looked after his stock but for some time before his death lived practically retired, enjoying a period of leisure to which he was well entitled. He passed away on the 6th of March, 1913, and his demise was the occasion of widespread regret.

who was a native of Jefferson county, that state, and passed away in 1878, leaving a daughter, Hattie, now Mrs. Albert Green, of Carthage, New York. On the 2d of June, 1880, Mr. Birmingham was united in marriage in Sevastopol township to Mrs. Angeline Holmes, who was born in Cedar Grove, Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, July 5, 1850, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Rosson, both natives of Canada. She was educated in the common schools of Wisconsin, and on the 29th of July, 1867, when seventeen years old, married Charles Holmes, whose birth occurred in Canada, July 8, 1838. On first coming to Door county Mr. Holmes engaged in fishing for a Mr. Clark but later purchased a farm and turned his attention to its operation. He passed away August 26, 1879, and was buried in Bayside cemetery at Sturgeon Bay. In politics he was a stanch standpat republican. To Mr. and Mrs. Holmes were born the following children: Charles, whose birth occurred January 4, 1870; Lottie, who died in youth; Frank, who was born February 21, 1874, and now resides in Mountain, Michigan; Clara, the wife of Louie Fritzler, of Sturgeon Bay; and Tillie, who became the wife of Peter Peters but is now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Birmingham were born three children; Bertrand, who was born July 9, 1884, and is now a resident of Sturgeon Bay; Mabel, who was born March 15, 1891, and married William Johnson, of Milwaukee; and Lura, who was born July 17, 1894, and is at home.

Mr. Birmingham was a stanch adherent of the republican party and from the time that he cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln until his death he never failed to support the candidates of his party by his ballot. The same recognition of the obligations of citizenship that led him to offer his services to his country in the Civil war prompted him to further in every way possible the good of his community in days of peace. He was a communicant of the Episcopal church and his life in all its relations conformed to high moral teachings. Mrs. Birmingham is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and her influence is always on the side of right and justice. She came to this county when living here was attended with all of the usual inconveniences of the frontier district and she performed faithfully and well the many and arduous duties that fell to the lot of the pioneer wife and mother.

Fabian Reince

Fabian Reince, cashier of the State Bank of Maplewood, although still in the twenties has gained recognition as a man of keen business insight and of unusual discrimination. He was born at Rosiere, Brussels township, Door county, August 30, 1890, and is a son of Peter and Emerence (Gerard) Reince. The father was born in Rosiere but his father, Alexander Reince, was a natice of Perwey, Province of Brabant, Belgium, whence he crossed the Atlantic to the United States in a sailing vessel in the '5os. From New York city he made his way by the Great Lakes to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and thence came to Door county. He took up eighty acres of government land at Rosiere and after clearing his farm devoted his time to the raising of the usual crops. For a number of years after his arrival in the county there were more Indians to be seen than white men and in going to Green Bay to market it was necessary to follow trails through the woods as there were no roads. He passed away in this county as did his wife, whom he married in Belgium. Peter Reince received his education in Casco and from his early boyhood until his father's death aided the latter in the operation of the home farm. At length he came into possession of the place and carried on agricultural pursuits on his own account until he was called by death on the 22d of December, 1910, when forty-seven years old. His wife died at the early age of twenty-eight years in 1893. *

Fabian Reince was reared under the parental roof and received good educational advantages, attending the high school at Algoma and a business college at Green Bay. For one year he was employed as bookkeeper for the Pierre Virlee Company of Brussels, this county, but at the end of that time, his father having passed away, he took charge of the home farm. He only remained on that place a year, however, and then engaged in the hotel and liquor business at Rosiere for two years. Upon disposing of his interests in that connection he purchased the general merchandise stock of Gabe Pierre at Brussels and for three years owned and managed that store and also conducted a cheese factory. Since 1916, however, he has filled the important position of cashier of the State Bank of Maplewood, in which he is also a heavy stockholder. The institution was opened for business,on the 20th of October, 1916, the other officers are as follows: Joseph Ullsperger, president; John Dettman, who is a director and is temporarily filling the office of vice president made vacant by the death of Anton Schlise; and Ferdinand Babler, who is likewise a vice president. In addition to the officers the following men are directors: John Feller, Dr. J. C. Murphy and Louis Neuville.

On the 20th of September, 1910, Mr. Reince was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Charles, a daughter of August and Marjorie (Bero) Charles and a native of Rosiere. The parents, who are living retired in Brussels after many years devoted to agricultural pursuits, were born in Belgium. To Mr. and Mrs. Reince have been born five children, namely: Laura, Lillian, Peter, Willard and Marvin.

Mr. Reince has confined his activity in public affairs to the exercise of his right of franchise. Among his salient characteristics are industry, energy and the ability to inspire confidence in others, and he has met with success in all that he has undertaken. Under his management the bank of Maplewood has prospered and its business is still growing steadily.

Otto R. C. Voeks

Otto R. C. Voeks, who is engaged in cheese manufacturing on section 8, Sevastopol township, was born December 23, 1890, in Valmy, a little town which was established by his father in Sevastopol township. His parents were William and Lena Voeks, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work.

After acquiring a district school education Otto R. C. Voeks went to Madison, Wisconsin, at the age of nineteen years, and completed a course in cheese making in the State University, gaining expert scientific knowledge concerning that business. He then returned home and established a factory at Valmy, which was owned by his father. This was the first cheese factory in the county to operate throughout the year and by successfully managing his business he induced others to follow his example, as it was evident that cheese making can be made a source of income the year round and that it leads to building up fine dairy herds and to greater fertilization of the soil. Thus more factories were established and more money paid to dairy men, thereby promoting the general prosperity of the county. The efforts of Mr. Voeks have been of direct benefit to the farmers, who have taken up dairying on a large scale until it has been developed into one of the most important industries of this section of the state. Mr. Voeks has always stood for progress and improvement in connection with dairying and all kigdred interests. It was he who promoted the first cow testing association in Door county, an organization which became cooperative and which has led to the development of high standards in all the herds, resulting in more milk for the same amount of feed and in consequence a larger amount of milk used in cheesc making. Efficiency has been his watchword at all times. He has studied the question from every possible standpoint and has applied his knowledge to the acquirement of results. He continued to operate his father's factory for five years and during the second year he built another factory nearby, which he conducted for a year and then sold. Immediately, however, he bought the cheese factory which he is now operating and nearby he erected a building and established a grocery store. He has further extended the scope of his activities by building, at a recent date, a factory in the north part of the peninsula, which he also operates. He is frequently consulted concerning cheese manufacturing and his assistance has been freely given in starting other factories whereby the industry has been greatly developed and the wealth of the county iargely promoted.

On the 22d of October, 1912, Mr. Voeks was married to Miss Ella Henschel, a daughter of L. F. and Elizabeth (Arnold) Henschel. They have two children: Mildred and Ruby. Mr. Voeks holds membership in the Loyal Order of Moose and in religious faith is a German Lutheran. His life has been well spent and has been attended with excellent results. He has won his success by hard work and careful study and has been quick to utilize the most progressive methods. His judgment enables him to readily discriminate between the essential and the nonessential in business affairs, and what he has undertaken he has accomplished. He has not only won prosperity for himself but deserves public gratitude for what he has accomplished as a factor in the development of dairying, farming and cheese manufacturing in Door county.

Among the substantial and valued residents of Egg Harbor township is Jacob Bavery, who follows farming on section 22. He was born in Norway, October 5. 1852, and is a son of Rasmus and Gertrude (Larson) Bavery, who were also natives of Norway. The father was a farmer by occupation and spent his entire life in the land of the midnight sun. He passed away there in 1857, while his wife long survived, her life record comprising the years to 1905.

a farm hand until 1880, when he came to the new world, making his way direct to Door county. He spent a year in the government employ in work on the Sturgeon Bay canal and continued to work out for six years, during which period he carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him sufficient capital to enable him to purchase one hundred acres of land on section 22, Egg Harbor township. There was not a settler in his section of the county at the time and he faced all the hardships of pioneer life with the arduous task of developing a new farm. This was covered with a growth of forest trees and brush, which he at once began to clear away and he built a log cabin, which is still in a state of good preservation. He has cleared eighty acres of his place and has erected thereon modern buildings, having now one of the best improved farms in the county, attractive in its broad fields, its well kept fences, its modern machinery and its good buildings. An air of thrift pervades the place and progressiveness has marked his work at all times. He raises high grade stock and milks about ten cows.

In June, 1883, Mr. Bavery was married to Miss Mary Anderson, a native of Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Bavery have become parents of seven children, Ingeborg, Emily, Rudolph, Gertie, Etta, Eddie and Henry. The religious faith of the family is that of the Lutheran church and in political belief Mr. Bavery is a republican. He has served for three years as school director and is interested in all that pertains to the progress and upbuilding of the district in which he resides. It was a fortunate step for him when he decided to come to the new world. He did not make the mistake of believing that success was to be had for the asking and he realized that industry will always win advancement, so he put forth every effort to gain a start, and since acquiring his farm he has steadily advanced on the highroad of prosperity.

Adam Norman Dier

Adam Norman Dier, of Sturgeon Bay, who since 1891 has filled the position of superintendent of the canal, was born February 12, 1861, in New York. He attended the common schools and a business college and in the school of experience has learned many valuable lessons, at times difficult lessons, but always those from which he gained valuable knowledge, knowledge that has been of great benefit to him in later years. Earnest toil fell to his lot when he was yet a boy. Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one years he worked in camps and sawmills. He afterward took up the profression of teaching, which he followed for two years in Door county, and later he became a telegrapher. On the roth of August, 1887, he came to Sturgeon Bay to accept the position of bookkeeper and collector at the canal and his ability won him promotion to the position of superintendent on the 1st of July, 1891. He has now occupied this position for more than a quarter of a century and the record which he has made is a most creditable one. To it he has given his entire thought and attention. On the 3d of April, 1893, he was elected clerk of the city of Sturgeon Bay, but served at only three council meetings, after which he resigned as he felt that he was not able to give the work the attention it required, all of his time being taken up with his duties as superintendent of the canal. This was characteristic of the man. Ability and efficiency have been manifest in all that he has done and made him a most capable official in his present position. He had financial interests for a time in connection with the Merchants Exchange Bank, of which he was a director for ten years.

On the 4th of February, 1903, in Sevastopol, Wisconsin, Mr. Dier was united in marriage to Miss Harriett Maples, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James Maples. Fraternally Mr. Dier is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen and he is also a member of the Twenty Club. He has attractive social qualities which render him popular and the circle of his friends is constantly increasing as the circle of acquaintance broadens.

Albert H. Sherwood

Albert H. Sherwood, pleasantly located on section 31, Jacksonport township, has passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. An investigation into his career shows that he can look back over a past with little to regret. His has been an active and useful life and his course has been marked at all times by loyalty in citizenship, manifest particularly at the time of the Civil war, when he joined the boys in blue in defense of the Stars and Stripes.

Mr. Sherwood was born at Lockport, Niagara county, New York, November 15, 1836, and is a son of William and Rhoda (Smith) Sherwood, who were natives of England and whose family numbered sixteen children. Of these the only one now living is Albert H. Sherwood, ten of the number having died in childhood. After the death of the father the mother came to Wisconsin, settling at Sturgeon Bay, where Albert H. Sherwood made a home for her and his sisters, Alice, Priscilla, Eliza and Nancy. Of these Alice later married and removed to Ohio; Priscilla became the wife of Dan Stephenson of Little Sturgeon Bay; Eliza married and lives in Lockport, New York; and Nancy became the wife of John Falk of Sturgeon Lay. The other member of the family, Harriet, married and became a resident of Detroit, Michigan. The mother married a second time, becoming the wife of Sandy Templeton, of Sturgeon Bay, and when death called her she was laid to rest in Bayside cemetery.

Albert H. Sherwood pursued his education in the common schools of New York, attending the same school with Grover Cleveland, until he reached the age of sixteen. Hearing that Milwaukee was experiencing a boom he made his way to that city when eighteen years of age, but remained there for only a short time, after which he went to Green Bay by rail and thence proceeded to Door county, making the journey on foot over the old Indian trail. This was then one of the pioneer districts of the middle west. He worked in the lumber woods and in the sawmills and later, when the land was placed upon the market, he began buying and clearing timber tracts. At one time he owned over four hundred acres. His business affairs were ever carefully and wisely managed and his judicious investments made him the owner of valuable property. Mr. Sherwood continued active in business until about the outbreak of the Civil war, when he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting as a member of Company H, Twelfth Wisconsin

Infantry. He saw active service throughout the period of hostilities under Generals Grant, McPherson and Sherman, and participated in a number of the most important campaigns. He was on the firing line in several hotly contested battles and was ever a loyal soldier, returning to his home with a most creditable military record.

After the close of the war Mr. Sherwood took up the task of clearing land in vrder to get the timber and later he allowed a part of this land to revert to the county, for it was difficult to clear enough to farm. At length he traded some of his property, including his home in Sturgeon Bay, for one hundred and twenty acres on section 31, Jacksonport township, and an adjoining tract of two hundred acres. He cleared and developed the tract on the northeast quarter of section 31, and there followed farming for a few years. Later he returned to Sturgeon Bay, where he resided for about five years, after which he bought back the old town property, which he had previously owned, and on which he has since made his home.

Mr. Sherwood was about forty years of age when he was united in marriage to Miss Iantha Thompson, of Clay Banks township, whose father, Thomas Thompson, was an early settler there. Mr, and Mrs, Sherwood became the parents of nine children, of whom three died in infancy, the others being; Iphus, who is cultivating the home farm; Raphael, who is living at Severtville, Alberta, Canada ; Clayton, who is in Mesa, Idaho; Lester, at home; Vivian, the wife of Peter Beller of Jacksonport township; and Arabella, at home. The wife and mother passed away August 23, 1905, and was laid to' rest in the Bayside cemetery.

Mr. Sherwood has never been an office seeker but has always been a stalwart republican, standing loyally by the party which was the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war and which has ever been the party of reform and progress. Fraternally he is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic and has thus maintained pleasant associations with his old army comrades. He is now one of the venerable and highly respected citizens of Door county whose life record at all times has been most creditable and should serve as an inspiration to others, showing what may be accomplished by determined purpose.

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson, proprietor of Hotel Washington, a well known hostelry of Detroit Harbor, was born in Iceland, August 10, 1875. His father, John T. Harhallson, who was a carpenter by trade, came to Door county, Wisconsin, from his native country with his family in 1887. He bought forty acres of land, which he cleared and engaged in cultivating for a number of years, although during the early part of his residence in this county he followed his trade. He survives, but his wife, who bore the maiden name of Thorun Gisladatter, died in 1908. To them were born six children, namely: Augusta, who was married in Chicago to Igar Frederickson and is now living in Iceland; Magnus, who is residing on Washington island; Gisli, who was educated for the ministry in Reykjavik and is now pastor of a church there; Thomas; Ben; and Dora, the wife of Oscar Nichol, of Washington island.

3en Johnson received the greater part of his education in Iceland, as he was twelve years of age at the time the family removed to America. In 1893 he began sailing on the Great Lakes and after being employed for a considerable period on schooners he shipped on steam freighters. In 1904 he turned his attention to other interests, erecting the Washington Hotel and two cottages on the bay shore at Detroit Harbor. [oth the hotel and the cottages are well equipped and the business is conducted on the principle of doing everything possible to contribute to the comfort of the guests. Mr. Johnson is also a stockholder in the creamery company and is a director in the telephone company and in the Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

On the 15th of December, 1900, at Cleveland, Ohio, occurred the marriage of Mr. Johnson and Miss Evelyn Gislason. They lost three children in infancy and have five children who survive, namely: Lillian Jeanette, Estella May, Ray Wilber, Thorun Augusta and John Willard.

Mr. Johnson endorses the principles of the republican party. He served for two years as supervisor and for one years as township clerk and made a highly creditable record in both capacities. He takes an active interest in the work of the Lutheran church, to which he belongs, and his integrity has ever been above questions. He has displayed enterprise, initiative and sound judgment in the development of his own business interests and also in his support of projects for the upbuilding of his town and county.

George Meyer

While hardships and difficulties have beset the path of George Meyer at various points in his career, he has steadily and persistently pursued his way and is now one of the prosperous farmers of Baileys Harbor township. He was born in Hanover, Germany, July 12, 1846, a son of Gerdan and Rachel ( Heypin) Meyer. The father was a farmer by occupation and never came to the United States.