Langlade County, Wisconsin - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 57 of those read), 1922 (part 5 of 5)

WILL C. BRAWLEY. The editor of a widely read, interesting and substantial newspaper always plays a leading role in the advancement of a community. Will C. Brawley, the genial editor of the Antigo Herald and General Manager of the Langlade Printing Company enjoys that prestige in Antigo and vicinity. Mr. Brawley, a veteran journalist, has been engaged

Ashland Daily News. Mr. Brawley was also a staff writer on the original Chicago Herald, established by James W. Scott, and for a time was political writer on the old LaCrosse Chronicle and the Oconto Enterprise..

Will C. Brawley

in publicity work for forty years. His first venture in journalism was the launching of The Yellow River Lumberman at Necedah. The publication was later transferred to Mauston, Wisconsin. He later sold the Mauston Sun, the mechanical department of which was transferred to Pierre, S. D. With Jeremiah C. Murphy he then established the changed it to the present English language publication. The Antigo Herald. The editorials from The Herald are frequently copied by leading state papers. Through the late Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, Mr. Brawley represented the Ways and Means Committee of the Democratic National Committee in the last Bryan campaign and in the interests of that Committee made a tour of the state of Iowa. He was for twenty years Secretary and a member of the Democratic State Central Committee and attended four National Conventions as a delegate.

J. C. LEWIS, a prominent pioneer, former President of the First National Bank and Chairman of the Board of Directors of that institution, with which he has been connected for many years, was born in Columbia County, Wisconsin, on July 8, 1856, the son of H. 0. and Elizabeth (Jones) Lewis, both of whom were natives of Wales. The Lewis' lived on a farm in Columbia County for some time before moving to Portage, Wisconsin, where the father took up work as a blacksmith and dealer in implements.

It was in Portage, Wisconsin, that J. C. Lewis gained the main parts of his education. At the age of twenty-two he had completed an apprenticeship to the tinsmith's trade, and going to Waupaca he worked at his trade there in the branch store of the man with whon he learned his work. Three and a half years he continued there and then went to Merrill, Wisconsin, as manager of a hardware store at that place. From Merrill he moved to Antigo and established himself in the hardware business, the J. C. Lewis Hardware Company being the foundation of the present Antigo Hardware. It was not long before the thriftiness and industriousness of Mr. Lewis began to assert themselves in the little village of Antigo. Mr. Lewis erected the fine brick building now occupied by the Antigo Hardware. In 1887 he built the structure now known as the Odd Fellows building, intersection of Fifth avenue and Clermont street. Mr. Lewis has been worthily connected with many of the leading financial and industrial enterprises that have had their inception in Antigo.

The public life of J. C. Lewis has been one of long and devoted service to Antigo and Langlade County. In 1887-88 he was County Treasurer and rendered valuable services in that position. He has served as Chairman of the County Board and as a member of the School Board. He also was an Alderman under the aldermanic system of government in Antigo, and was Secretary of the old Antigo Telephone Company organization.

Mr. Lewis was married in Waupaca, Wisconsin, to Miss G. Lord, the daughter of George L. Lord, and to this union five children were born: Bessie, J. Parrish, now a partner in the Grossman-Lewis Company, Milwaukee, stock and bond company; Martha and Hugh Lewis. One child died in infancy.

J. C. Lewis, during his many years of residence in Antigo, has proven himself a dependable citizen whose energies and best efforts have been put forth unreservedly for the general welfare of the city. He is a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. The Lewis residence is on Clermont street, Antigo.

ADRIAN SCHILLEMAN. From the old world there has come to America thousands of thrifty and substantial people willing to become citizens of the United States and to do what they can to make this nation a haven for the oppressed of the war torn countries across the sea. The parents of Adrian Schilleman, the subject of this sketch, were natives of Holland and came to this country before the birth of this subject. Adrian Schilleman was born in New York state in 1844. When a young man he moved with his parents westward soon settling in the state of Wisconsin at Cedar Grove, Sheboygan County. Here he was married in 1872 to Mary Serier, born in 1853. The Schilleman family consisted of ten children, two girls and eight boys: Edward, of Casper, Wyoming; William, of Hollister; Anton, Lac du Flambeau; Jake, Wabeno; John, who died in October, 1916; Walter, of Mercer; Alvin, of Marshfield; Emma, now Mrs. V. Hill, of Waukesha; Nettie, now Mrs. Charles Loper, of Antigo; and Irving, of Antigo.

They moved to Langlade County from Gillette, Shawano County, in 1908. Mr. Schilleman owned four farms in Langlade County, two southeast of Antigo and two west of Antigo. He now resides on his farm southeast of Antigo.

Irving Schilleman was born at Cecil, Shawano County, Wisconsin, on March 8, 1896, the son of Mary and Adrian Schilleman. He attended the Hunter Grange and Heineman Country Schools. When a youth he began as an apprentice in the mechanical department of The Weekly News Item of Antigo in 1911 and has since been with the following printing establishments: Ironwood Times; Bessmer (Mich.) Herald; Shawano Journal; Casper (Wyo.) Daily Press and the Antigo Daily Journal, which he has been with for three years.

Irving Schilleman was married to Irma Foltz, of Antigo, in 1918. To this union one son, Marvin, has been born. Mr. Schilleman is a member of the Antigo Typographical Union. Irving Schilleman resides on Tenth avenue, Antigo.

J. WERNER. A resident of Wisconsin since 1899, J. Werner has lived a career not crowded with varied experiences but marked, nevertheless, by ventures of extent and importance, characterized at all times by the strictest integrity and adherence to honorable business methods, and stamped with the approval of all with whom he has come in contact. Mr. Werner was born in Russia, on June 15, 1877, the son of Moses and Esther (Rosenberg) Werner. He received an elementary and high school education following which he began as a law clerk with one of the leading law firms of his community. It was his intention to become thoroughly acquainted with the law and eventually to become a lawyer, but unfortunately conditions in Russia at that time placed too many technical as well as actual obstacles in his path.

When twenty-two years of age Mr. Werner settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he started in business selling ladies' ready-to-wear apparel. He has followed this field since and in September, 1916, he opened Werner's Shop for Ladies at 728 Fifth avenue, Antigo, which he has since conducted with success.

Mr. Werner was married on October 20, 1907, to Rebecca Cohen, of Chicago, Illinois, and to this union one child, Millette Esther, now nine years of age, was born. The Werners reside in the Schneiter flat on Second avenue.

H. B. KELLOGG. Belonging to a family that ha:^ made Langlade County its home since the days of the first pioneers in 1875 and members of which have been identified with the substantial growth of this section of the state since then is H. B. Kellogg, President of the T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Manufacturing Company, a pioneer Antigo institution. H. B. Kellogg w.i-; born in Rockton, Illinois, on July 4th, 1859, the son of Thomas David and Harriet (Buffum) Kellogg. His father was a native of Connecticut and Mrs. Kellogg was a native of New York state.

When but two years old Mr. Kellogg moved with his parents to Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, where his father was engaged in the operation of a first class flour mill. The Kellogg family moved from Appleton to Stevensville, located in the same county and it was at that place and the Appleton High School where young Kellogg received his education.

In the year 1875 Thomas D. Kellogg moved to the territory in Oconto County, later to become New County, and that year he rented a saw mill from Thomas M. Dobbs, who had erected the first mill in the county two years previously, 1873. Mr. Kellogg moved the mill to the "burnt section", near Langlade, and later to Lily, then called New. The old Kellogg place on the Military Road is still pointed out to passers-by at this day as the "Kellogg farm".

Horace B. Kellogg began as a teacher in the territory that was to become Langlade County, he being one of the very first teachers in the first Langlade County school, located on section 3, township 31, Range 14 East. He also taught at Gagen, his pupils being

James, Henry and John Gagen. Since then he has followed the lumber business, being initiated into that industry in the days of the pine conquests on the Wolf River. He logged on both the Wolf river and Pickerel Creek, being associated with his father, T. D. Kellogg, up to the time of the latter^s death, in 1903. The Kelloggs moved to Antigo in March, 1883, and the following winter T. D. Kellogg and his son purchasd the old Novotny Brothers mill, this being the first sawmill in Antigo. They operated a mill for many years on this site, selling in 1905 to J. H. Worden.

The T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Manufacturing Company was organized with T. D. Kellogg as President in 1890 and he remained at the head of that firm until his death. H. B. Kellogg has since been President of the concern, which has offices at 619 Superior street, Antigo. Besides being at the head of a large lumber industry Mr. Kellogg is identified with the First National Bank of Antigo, and since July, 1922, has been President of that institution. He previously served as Vice President, being selected for that office in 1902. He has been a director of the bank since 1910. Mi. Kellogg has also served as a member of the Board of Education, as did his father, after whom the Kellogg (First Ward) is named. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic orders.

June 20, 1883, Mr. Kellogg was married to Mary Bauter at Appleton. Four children were born to this union, namely, Helen, who died in 1904, and who is buried beside her grandparents and her great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Kellogg, in the Kellogg family lot in the Antigo cemetery; Myrtie V., now Mrs. Ralph Krause, of Seattle, Washington; Thomas D., Superintendent of the Polar mills of the T. D. Kellogg concern; and Horace B., Jr., who assists his father in the management of the Antigo office.

selves stern patriots.. Both Thomas D.. and Horace, Jr., served in the U. S. Army and were honorably discharged in 1918 and 1919 respectively.

THOMAS D. KELLOGG. Born August 5, 1889, son of Horace B. and Mary Kellogg, and a grandson of T. D. Kellogg, pioneer Langlade County lumberman. Attended the Antigo public schools, graduated from the Antigo High School in 1908, attended Lawrence College. Took charge of the Polar township mill and other business affairs of the T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Mfg. Co. in 1909. September 1. 1915, was married to Lettie Uhlman, of Willston, N. D. Thomas B. Kellogg is a veteran of the World War, being honorably discharged December 31, 1918. He is a member of the B. P. 0. E. lodge.

AUGUST A. LUECK. There is probably no more exacting vocation than that of the modern optometrist and pharmacist. A man of thorough training and absolute reliability, he must also be a master of several occupations beside his own, and to make a success of his enterprise must be capable, courteous in manner and ready to serve the long hours that the vocation demands. The most widely known optometrist and pharmacist in Langlade County is August A. Lueck, one of the leading figures in his vocation in the United States.

Mr. Lueck was born on August 12, 1875, at Tomah, Wisconsin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fred Lueck. As a boy he attended the public schools in Tomah and at fourteen years began working for the Thayer Drug Company, serving six and a half years. He later attended the Chicago School of Pharmacy, 1894- 96, graduating then. This school is a department of the University of Illinois. Following engagement for a half year by H. J. O'Connor, at Whitewater, Mr. Lueck, in December, 1898, took the state board examination at Milwaukee, was successful and was then awarded full registered papers as a druggist. He located at Merrill, and until September, 1897, was employed by F. H. Hillyer, when he then moved to Antigo to manage Spencer's Drug Store, and after fourteen years, he purchased the entire business, since known as Lueck's Drug Store. In August, 1915, he was appointed a member of the Wisconsin Board of Examiners in Optometry, was re-appointed by Governor E. L. Phillip on July 28, 1920, his term expiring on August 9, 1925. He is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Optometrists, President of the State Board of Optometry for two years. President of the Wisconsin Association of Optometry and is a Director of the same. He has made addresses on Optometry and has conducted three dissecting clinics in Wisconsin. He has lectured frequently in and out of the state and his lectures are quoted by nation-wide optometry mediums.

Mr. Lueck married on September 3, 1903, to Hattie Delia Buffum, of Buffalo, N. Y., and they have two children, Irvin Buffum and Mildred Lucile.

return of the 107th Trench Mortar Battery, was a member of the old Commercial Club, being Chairman of its Rural Relations Committee, and is now a leading member of the Antigo Association of Commerce.

FRED W. BAUTER. The pioneers of Langlade have done their work and the result of their efforts is shown today in magnificent farms, cities, modern schools and well maintained highways of communication. Photography was in existence in that early day and to Fred W. Bauter, the pioneer Antigo photographer, has fallen the lot to preserve the memory and faces of these hardy folk. Mr. Bauter was born in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, on September 6, 1869. His father died when he was six months old. He attended the Appleton public schools and when fourteen years of age came to Antigo, in 1883. He attended school in Antigo and spent a year in the Antigo High School. In 1885 he began as an apprentice to Morgan Brothers, who conducted a photograph gallery where Muttart-McGillan Company's Clermont street entrance is now located. By working faithfully for Morgan Brothers and later for R. Leutsker, who purchased out Morgan Brothers, Mr. Bauter mastered his vocation. About 1890 he purchased the gallery from R. Leutsker and has been in the photography business in Antigo ever since, being for about twenty years in his present location, 519 Superior street.

Mr. Bauter was married to Ida Hudson, of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, on September 28, 1897. They have one child. Dale, a Senior in the Antigo High School.

Fraternally Mr. Bauter is a member of the council, chapter and Blue Lodge, Masonic orders, and Charter Oak Lodge No. 150, Knights of Pythias. He served as Alderman from the Second Ward in 1905-06. The Bauters attend the First Congregational Church of Antigo.

EDWARD CLEARY. The late Edward Cleary was one of the prominent pioneer railroad and business men of Langlade Cour.ty. He was born in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, October 25, 1855, the son of Michael Cleary, a native of Ireland. In 1863 he moved with his parents to Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, from which place they moved on a farm., and then returned to Appleton. Until nineteen years of age the subject of this biography assisted his father on their farm. During the next four winters he worked in the lumber camps of Northern Wisconsin. In June, 1378, he secured employment as one of the workers on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western, then piercing the northern part of Wisconsin. The tollowing December he started as a brakeman on the M., L. S. & W. Ry., and for many years after was one of the most efficient conductors on the Ashland Division. He was granted his first passenger run in 1884. Two years later he took up his residence in Antigo and from that time until his death he labored faithfully in the promotion of everything he considered essential to the welfare of Antigo. He erected the Cleary Building in 1891 and became financially interested in numerous commercial undertakings, viz : President of the J. C. Lewis Hardware Company and an officer of the old Antigo Telephone Company. He devoted much of his energies toward helping the fortunes of the county and the success of many enterprises are directly due to his activity. Mr. Cleary was united in marriage in 1882 to Miss Margaret Morrissey, of Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Landers) Morrissey, natives of Ireland. To this union seven children were born, namely: John E., a resident of Chicago, 111.; Agnes M., now Mrs. Charles E. Cody, of Antigo, Wis.; Raymond W., of Chicago, 111.; Emmet V., of Antigo, Wis.; Aloysius F., deceased, who is buried in the Antigo Catholic cemetery; Marquette, of Antigo, Wis, and Eugene, also of Antigo, Wis.

Politically Mr. Cleary was a Republican. He was for several years a member of the City Council as a Supervisor and Alderman, and served on the Board of Education of Antigo for many years.

Fraternally he was affiliated with the Order of Railway Conductors, a charter member of Antigo Lodge No. 662, B. P. 0. E., and also a charter member of Antigo Council No. 1002, K. of C, and of the Catholic Order of Foresters. In religious faith the entire family are members of the Catholic church. With the death of Mr. Cleary on February 21, 1918, Antigo lost from its citizenship a man who had taken a keen interest in all matters pertaining to the community and as a consequence a good and public-spirited citizen. When he was selected as Postmaster of Antigo on July 21, 1901, he had made no solicitation for the appointment which came to him as a surprise. He was postmaster from that time until July 30, 1910. Mr. Cleary's life should be an inspiration to any young man who, handicapped in youth because of meagre worldly possessions, strives to succeed.

NELSON WILCOX GORHAM, a pioneer Antigo citizen, was born on October 3, 1859. Mr. Gorham was named after Col. Wilcox, his grandfather, who was active in the war of 1812. His father was a school teacher and later a lumberman at Gorham, Maine.

The subject of this review spent his boyhood at Ingersol, Ontario, and on a farm near Rochester, New York. Moving to Wisconsin he was a millwright and hotel keeper at Necedah, Wisconsin. Here he was married to Anna Holms on April 2, 1883. To this union three sons were born, George, Will and Charles. The Gorham family moved to Antigo in the spring of 1890, Mr. Gorham becoming engineer for the Campbell & Lanning mill, then on the Heinemann site, Ackley township.

He was fraternally affiliated with the Odd Fellows, of which he was Noble Grand at Necedah, where he was active in Masonic circles. Mr. Gorham passed away on May 4, 1918, five months and nineteen days

Thus with the passing of Mr. and Mrs. Gorham, two pioneers went to th^ir reward. The substantial name so zealously guarded by them now occupies a prominent place in Antigo.

George Gorham, oldest son, was united in marriage to Glenna Duncan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan, on February 12, 1912, and they have three children - John, Robert and Phyllis. Mr. Gorham is active in Antigo Masonic circles and has been often honored with leading offices in the various branches of Masonry. He is a member of the Baptist church.

Charles Gorham, World War Veteran, was married to Alice Mader, a daughter of John Mader, early Antigo settler, on March 1, 1919. They have one child, Bettie.

WILLIAM H. DESSEREAU, retired, was born on July 30, 1854, at Champlain, P. Q., Canada, the son of Hermaine Lacourcir and Modest Dessereau. He attended the public and parochial schools of Champlain. In 1870 he moved to the United States, settling at Saginaw, Michigan, and for thirteen years studied the lumber business. In 1883 he entered Spencerian Business College, Detroit, Michigan, from which he graduate din 1884. He had studied landscape and portait painting under W. Christian, of Bay City, Michigan. He followed the woods for three years at Otsego Lake, Michigan. In 1898 he moved to Wisconsin and was engaged in looking after the cutting of the Yawkey- Bissel Lumber Company for twelve consecutive years. On May 24, 1912, he moved to Antigo, the family residing at 1435 Clermont street.

Mr. Dessereau was married to Catherine Cunningham, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cunningham, of Bay City, Michigan, on August 25, 1886, to which union ten children were born.

He is a descendant of Julian Dubuque, the founder of Dubuque, Iowa. His grandmother was Tarcil Dubuque, a daughter of George Dubuque, who was a brother of Julian.

NORMAN SCHLEIS and CHARLES KOPESCHKA are proprietors of The Farmers' Feed Store, which was opened Sept. 1, 1921, at 623 Sixth Avenue. The firm deals in feed, grain, hay, salt, seeds and the following brands of flour: "Better Bread," Gold Medal, Royal Elk. Tlieir business is from a radius of 25 miles. They have a feed grinder to accommodate the needs of the farmer. Mr. Schleis has eleven years of experience and Mr. Kopeschka eight years in the flour and feed business. Both are long time residents of the county. Their business is located in the old Freider Creamery building.