Marathon County, Wisconsin - Chapter 35, 1913 (part 4 of 10)

On May 29, 1900, Mr. Knauf was married to Miss Benedicta Lang, who was bom and reared in the town of Cassel, a daughter of Erhardt and Mary Lang, and they have the following children, the two older ones being natives of the town of Cassel and the others of the town of Marathon : Annie Maria, Lena Anna, Anthony, Jacob, Jr., Edwin, Louis and Philip. Mr. Knauf and family are members of St. Mary's Catholic church. He has been a lifelong Democrat and for many years has served his town acceptablv in public otifice, being supervisor in 191 1 and since 1912 has been town treasurer. He is identified with the Catholic Order of Foresters.

EDWARD W. LE]\IKE, carpenter, contractor, and also carriage painter, with residence and ofifice at No. 521 Jackson street, Wausau, is a very well known citizen and is serving in his second term as a member of the city council, representing the Second Ward, of which he has been a resident his entire life. He was born at Wausau, April 18, 1865, and is a son of August and Caroline (Seymour) Lemke. The parents of Mr. Lemke were born and reared in Germany and when they came to the United States both located at Watertown, Wis., where they soon after were married, and one year later came to Wausau. August Lemke was a wagonmaker by trade and all his sons were instructed by him in his own shop which stood on Washington street across from the City Hall, the public library board now owning the ground.

Edward W. Lemke attended the public schools through boyhood and then learned carriage painting under his father and still later learned the carpenter trade, following the same for a number of years and then going into contracting. As he grew up he was identified with the movements which have contributed to the development of his native city, and for twenty-two years was a member of the old volunteer fire department.

In 1894 Mr. Lemke was married at Wausau to Miss Mary Hussong and they have had six children to grow up, while two, Howard and Viola, died young. The others are: Lida, Myrtle, Edward, Lucile, Georgette and Dorothy. In politics Mr. Lemke is a Democrat but has cared little for public ofifice, although, as an alderman, he has given extreme satisfaction to his ward. He belongs to the fraternal order of Woodmen of America.

J. J. BLUME, who has been assessor of the town of Marathon for the past eight years, owns a valuable form of 128 acres lying in section 7, one-quarter mile south of Marathon City. He was born in the town of Marathon, Marathon county, Wis., May 31, 1862, and is a son of John and Augusta (Bumgartner) (Reidel) Blume. John Blume was born and grew to manhood in Germany, where he learned the shoemaking trade. He came to America when thirty-three years old and in a few years had become a prosperous business man. He opened the first general store at Marathon City, Wis., where he was postmaster for twenty-four years. Later in life he removed to Oregon where he became a farmer and died there at the age of seventy years. While a resident of Marathon City he served as village president, as town clerk and as a notary public and at one time owned considerable property here. He married Mrs. Augusta (Bumgartner) Reidel, who died also in Oregon, aged about seventy years. They were faithful members of the Catholic church. Six children were born to them.

J. J. Blume put aside his school books when he reached the age of fourteen years and for two years more assisted his father, following which he worked for eight winters in a logging camp and in a saw mill, following farming in the summer. Since his marriage in 1887, he has lived on his present farm, about one-half of which is cleared, Mr. Blume having cleared thirty acres by himself. He carries on a general farming line, does a little dairying and grows his own cattle.

On June 21, 1887, Mr. Blume was married to Miss Bertha Trauba, who was born in Germany, a daughter of Joseph and Louisa Trauba, who came to Marathon county when Mrs. Blume was three years old and here she was reared and educated. The mother died when aged fifty-two years and the father when aged seventy years and both were buried in St. Mary's cemetery. Mr. Trauba was a carpenter by trade and was well known through the town of Marathon as a skillful workman. Mr. and ^Irs. Blume have a famil)^ to be proud of, twelve vigorous, intelligent children, all born on the home farm : Mary, who is the wife of John Riech, and they live at Wausau ; Charles, who is attending college at Stevens Point ; and Laura, Augusta, Louisa, Hilda, Gertrude, George, Josephine, Ella, Irene and Mildred. Mr. Blume and family belong to St. Mary's Catholic church. In addition to his farm interests Mr. Blume has others, being a stockholder in the Central Creamery of the town of Marathon ; a stockholder in the State Bank of Marathon City; also in the Farm Produce Company of Marathon City and the Marathon City Brewing Company. Politically he is a Democrat and his methods as town assessor have been so satisfactory to party and people that he has been elected and reelected to office for eight years. He is identified with the Catholic Order of Foresters.

CHRIST FRANZEN, capitalist and a retired farmer living at Stratford, Wis., is one of the leading and representative men of Marathon county and has served in the office of village assessor since this organization was brought about. He was born in Holstein, Germany, December II, 1845.

When only eleven years of age Christ Franzen went as cabin boy on a sailing vessel on the seas and while he remained a sailor probably touched the shores of every seaboard country in the world. After sailing for twenty years he was made mate of a fine vessel. Finally, in the port of New York he left his ship and came to the southern part of Wisconsin in order to pay a visit to some relatives at New Holstein, Calumet county, and when the wide expanse of the Great Lakes spread out before him, the old fascination of the water returned and in 1870 he began to sail the lakes and continued until his marriage in 1876 and for one year longer while living in Calumet county. He then settled as a farmer on forty acres in the town of Bergen where he had to clear the land of timber and here built a log cabin home and later added eighty additional acres. At one time he owned 240 acres. He sold his land including his old homestead in 1903 and then came to Stratford where he has a handsome modern residence and four acres of land.

Mr. Franzen has been a very useful and far sighted citizen of this section and probably served as chairman of the county board for a longer time than any other incumbent in Marathon county. When he came to Stratford he was serving as assessor in the town of Cleveland and resigned the latter office when elected assessor of Stratford. Earlier he served many years as a justice of the peace and in that capacity performed many marriages. In the summer of 1912 he was appointed a jury commissioner, and for twenty-two years before coming here served as town school clerk. He at present represents The Wisconsin Farm Mutual Hail and Cyclone Insurance Company, of Juneau, Wis. He is one of the main stockholders in the Stratford Telephone Company and also in the Marathon County Telephone Company.

ter of Christian and Frederika (Lehman) Wegner, who died in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Franzen have four children : Irma, who is the wife of Charles Brinkman, of Rozellwell, \\'is. ; Margaret ; Herman, who attended the dairy school at Madison, \\'is., married and is now in business at Ephrata, Pa. ; and \\'alter, who was educated at Wausau, resides in that city. Since its organization Air. Franzen has been vice president of the Stratford State Bank. \\'ith his faniilv he belongs to the German Lutheran church.

FRANK P. O'CONNER, ex-sherift of Marathon county, Wis., is widely known also through the county as an able business man and as an upright and stable citizen. He was born in the town of Emmett, Marathon county, June 29, 1866, and is a son of Hon. Thomas and Catherine O'Conner. His father for many 3-ears was in pubilc life and served as a member of the State Assembly.

Frank P. O'Conner was reared on the home farm and since the age of fifteen years has engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account and owns a valuable farm in his native town. He also was engaged for many years in the lumbering industry on the river and in the northern woods, and for five years prior to entering upon his official duties as sheriff, was superintendent of the Clifford Lumber Company. He was the candidate of the Democratic party for sheriff in 1904 but that was the year of Republican victory, but in 1906 he was elected sheriff and appreciation was shown of his admirable administration by his reelection in 19 10. In carrying out the duties of sheriff Mr. O'Conner was inflexible and made his name one of terror to law-breakers in Marathon county.

In 1890 Mr. O'Conner was married to Aliss Alargaret Newman, who was born in the Dominion of Canada but was reared in Marathon county, her father, Patrick Newman, being a retired farmer living at Wausau. One daughter has been born to the above marriage, Catherine May. The family belongs to St. James Roman Catholic church in this city. Air. O'Conner is a member of the Knights of Columbus and belongs also to the fraternal order of Eagles.

CARL LEMKE, one of Wausau's best known business men, who for twenty-eight years has been in the photographic line here, was born in Pomerania, Germany, August 9, 1862, and is a son of Frederick Lemke, whose life was passed in Germany.

Carl Lemke was reared in Germany and after attending the public schools learned the art of photography, which he successfully followed for seven years before coming to the United States. In the fall of 1884 he came first to Wausau and spent the following winter in the employ of Lee Gofif, a local photographer, in the spring of 1885 embarking in business for himself. His studio at No. 508 Jefferson street is in a fine brick building which he entirely remodeled and in addition owns other valuable city property. Mr. Lemke's artistic work is known all over the county and embraces everything in the line of photography.

Mr. Lemke was married in 1885 to Miss Ulricke Block, who was born also in Germany and came to Wausau in 1883. They have had five children: Alfred, who died when aged fifteen years; Walter J., who is a member of the faculty of an academy at Enterprise, Kans., was given fine educational advantages, including four years of college and a post-graduate course at Berea, O. ; Meta, who is a student at Berea College; Carl, who is his father's asisstant; and Erna, who is a student in the Wausau High School. Mr. Lemke and family are members of the German Methodist church.

FRED W. GENRICH, a leading member of the bar at Wausau, Wis., belonging to the well known law firm of Brown, Pradt & Genrich, with offices in the First National Bank Building, has been a resident of Wisconsin since he was eight years old. He was born in Germany, August 9, 1872, a son of Fred W. and Wilhelmina Genrich.

In 1880 the parents of Mr. Genrich came to the United States with their children and settled first at Berlin, in Marathon county, Wis., but shortly afterward came to Wausau. In his native land the lad had already attended school and been a credit to his class, but the strange English language in America was difficult to learn, with its many shadings and meanings, and it was a task indeed to conquer it and not only to write and speak it with correctness but also with eloquence. When fourteen years of age Fred W. Genrich entered the law office of Neal Brown as an office boy, by that time having acquired a speaking knowledge of English, and perhaps here he found the encouragement that aroused his ambition and made him resolve by day and night study, whenever opportunity offered, to become not only master of the English tongue but also to qualify in law. In the course of time he successfully passed his examinations and in the fall of 1899 was admitted to the bar and immediately thereafter became a member of his present firm.

and this association has continued for twenty-five years. Politics have also interested Mr. Genrich and on the Democratic ticket he has been elected to the city council and from 1896 until the spring of 1899 filled the oi^ce of supervisor and from 1900 until 1904 made a creditable record as district attorney. His business interests in addition to those of his profession are v^^ell placed and he is a director of the Citizens State Bank and is vice president of the Wilson Mercantile Company, wholesale grocers.

Mr. Genrich was united in marriage with Miss Anna 'M. Erdman, of Grand Rapids, Wis., in 1894, and they have two children: Helen, who was born in 1895, and Fred W., Jr., who was born in 1898, both of whom attended the Wausau High School. Fraternally ]\Ir. Genrich is identified with the Knights of Pythias and with the Masons and is serving at present as master of the local Masonic lodge.

GEORGE A. KREUTZER, who may be named as one of the most enterprising of the business men who have built up the village of Athens. Wis., is owner and proprietor of a general store, is vice president of the Athens Bank, of which he was one of the organizers, and also is president of the Athens Implement and Manufacturing Company. He was born in Ozaukee county, Wis., March 8, 1861, and is a son of Andrew and Caroline (Haushalder) Kreutzer.

Andrew Kreutzer and wife were born in Germany and both came to the United States when young people and afterward married. He worked at first in a grist mill, but after coming to Wisconsin engaged in farming and lumbering. His death and burial were at Athens. His widow makes her home with her children and is well known and much beloved here. She is a member of the Lutheran church as was her husband. Ten children were bom to them, as follows: Amelia, wife of Nicholas Allers; Caroline, wife of Henry Degner; George A.; Andrew L. ; Henry: John; Charles; Rose, wife of William Wilson; and Alfred and Oscar.

In the public schools George A. Kreutzer secured his educational training and afterward worked on the home farm for his father until he was twenty years of age, after which came five 3'ears of hard work at logging and sawing in the woods. Following this he embarked in the mercantile business at Athens, where he has continued. He has done his share in promoting the best interests of the place which has grown into not only a desirable business center but one in which culture, comfort, and education have been developed equally and pleasant homes have resulted.

In 1886 Mr. Kreutzer was married to Miss Eliza Rietz, who was bom in Wisconsin, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Ciege) Rietz, the fomier of whom is deceased. Mrs. Kreutzer has the following brothers and sisters : Charles; Edward; Martha, wife of Charles Werdeman; Minnie, wife of Alfred Cleveland; Clara, wife of Frank Zett; Caroline, wife of John Bauman ; and George and Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Kreutzer have five children : Louise, wife of Arthur Durpkoff ; Eleanora ; Andrew ; George, and Felice. The family belongs to the Lutheran church. Politically Mr. Kreutzer is a Republican and fraternally he is a Mason, identified with the lodge at Abbotsford, Wis.

WALTER OBY, cashier of the Stratford State Bank of Stratford^ Wis., was born in Switzerland, December 3, 1882, and is a son of Ulrich and Eliza Oby. In 1888 the parents of Mr. Oby came to America with their six children, and selected Wisconsin as their home, settling at Albany, in Green county. The father engaged there in the manufacture of Swiss cheese, moving later on a farm and in 1897 removing to a farm near Leroy, Minn. There the family home was maintained until 1902, when a farm was bought in Wright county, Minn., on which the father died in 191 1. The mother survives and still lives in Minnesota, the home farm being under the care of her son Ernest Oby. Walter Oby was the fourth born of his parents' children. After attending the public schools he entered the Southern Minnesota Normal School & Business College and in 1903-4 attended a business college, after which he returned for a time to the home farm. In 1907 he became a bookkeeper in a bank in Minnesota and eighteen months later was placed in charge of a bank, in the meanwhile being elected the first cashier of the Stratford State Bank at Stratford, Wis.

The Stratford State Bank was opened for business on December 10, 1908, organized to meet a public demand and, according to the report of its condition on February 4, 1913, it is in a very prosperous condition. The following are its present officers : R. Connor, president ; Chr. Franzen, vice president ; and Walter Oby, cashier. The directors are : R. Connor, Chr. Franzen, H. L. Klemme, William F. Goetz, and H. S. Wahl, M. D. A general Ijanking business is carried on, small accounts as well as large ones being welcomed, and other features may be enumerated as according to its statements. The bank receives deposits, loans money, writes and looks after insurance, draws up legal instruments, rents safety deposit boxes, loans customers' money on first class mort- gages, supplies abstracts, acts as notary public, and at all times is ready and willing to give expert advice concerning business transactions. The names of the men representing capital and business probity all over Marathon county are the names of the officials of this institution. They occupy a fine modern brick building equipped with steam heat and have the latest improved steel vaults and burglar proof safes for the preservation of their money and documents. This building, with its cement basement, was built in 1909, and among other provisions there is a comfortable directors' room.

Mr. Oby was married in May, 1909, to Miss Alma Kotilinek, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Kotilinek, of Maple Lake, Minn. Mr. Oby is local representative of twenty-two insurance companies; is treasurer of the Stratford Telephone Company, and is a member of the village board. He is interested also in the Farmers and ^lerchants State Bank of Savage, Mont.

HENRY G. McCROSSEN, receiver U. S. Land Ofifice at Wausau, was born June 19, 1865, at Rural, Waupaca county, Wis., and is a son of James and Cornelia A. (Jones) McCrossen, and a grandson of Robert McCrossen and Julius A. Jones. Robert McCrossen spent his life at Lynnfield, New Brunswick, and died there when aged eighty-six years. James McCrossen, father of Henry G., was born near St. Stephens, N. B., in February, 1827, and for the past five years has been a resident of Pasadena, Cal. He came to Wisconsin in early manhood and went to work in the woods on the Fox river and while residing in \\'aupaca county, conducted a store and grist mill at Rural. In 1870 he came to Wausau, where, for more than twenty years, he was in business, but in 1891 moved to Hurley, Wis., and there built the mill for the Montreal River Lumber Company and continued to reside at Hurley for several years when he came back to Wausau. He has always been a man of great business sagacity, and still, to some degree, oversees his interests, owning valuable timber lands at Everett, AVash., and property in other states.

On July 4, 1853, he married JNIiss Cornelia A. Jones, who was born in New York, in 1834, and was young when she was brought to Wisconsin by her father, Julius A. Jones, who settled near Rural, in Waupaca county. Mr. and Mrs. McCrossen have been permitted a long and happy companionship and have celebrated their golden wedding. Three daughters and four sons were born to them: Julius J., who is in the real estate business at St. Paul, Minn. ; Ellen I., v/ho is the wife of L. E. Thayer, who is in the real estate business at Everett, Wash.; James, who died from the results of an accidental shooting while hunting ducks, was, at that time, manager of a real estate and insurance office at St. Paul, Minn. ; Elizabeth, who is the wife of H. H. Grace, who is an attorney at Superior, Wis. ; Charles A., who is in the real estate business at Glendive, Mont. ; Henry G. ; and Kittie C, who died young.

Henry G. McCrossen completed his course in the Wausau High School and then spent three years at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, la., being only nineteen years of age when he returned home to go into business. For three years he was assistant manager of the Montreal River Ltimber Company and then returned to Wausau and for a short time was in his father's real estate office and then embarked in the mercantile business, in which he continued until 1898, when he was appointed by President McKinley, receiver for the U. S. Land Office in this city, the duties of which office he still performs.

In January, 1892, Mr. McCrossen was married to Miss Emily L. Thompson, a daughter of John H. and Eleanor Thompson of Medford, Wis., and they have one daughter, Cornelia A., who resides at home. Mr. McCrossen is prominent in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree and belongs to the Mystic Shrine. His social interests and activities include membership in the Marathon County Country Club.

WILLIAM F. GOETZ, postmaster of Stratford, Wis., superintendent of the R. Connor Company of this place, is a prominent citizen and is identified with many of the most important interests here. He was born February 9, 1875, ^t Milwaukee, Wis., where he was educated and from there came to Stratford eighteen years ago.

Mr. Goetz has been very active and continuously public spirited ever since coming to this place, where he was elected the first president of the village after incorporation and served two years. He is an independent voter in local affairs. In 1905 he was appointed postmaster and has served with the greatest satisfaction ever since. His capable assistant is Miss Elsie Kuehlman and they have two rural routes, the first one being covered by Thomas J. Hoesly, and Route No. 2, established in 191 1, which includes twenty-two and one-half miles, is covered by Robert Allen. The office quarters are in the R. Connor Company store, on Third avenue, and postal savings are accepted here.

lowing children : Fred, Etta, Alma, George, Robert and William, Mr. Goetz is president of the Stratford Telephone Company, a director of the Stratford State Bank, a member of the Marathon county board and belongs to the fraternal order of Beavers.

JACOB HORNUNG, Sr., justice of the peace, and for the past thirteen years clerk of the town of Marathon, is a retired farmer living two and one-half miles southeast of Marathon City. He was born in Clarion county. Pa., October 25, 1845, a son of Joseph and Mary Hornung. Joseph Hornung and wife were born in Germany and from there came to the United States in 1830 and settled first in Pennsylvania. In 1859 they removed with their children to Marathon county with the idea of securing and clearing up a farm. iHe was a hard working man, one of good principles, and was chosen a member of the school board and treasurer of the school district in which Judge Marchetti, of Wausau, was once a resident and school teacher. Joseph Hornung died when aged sixty-five years and his widow survi\-ed him, passing away at the age of seventy-four years, their burial being in St. Mary's cemetery at Marathon City. They had two sons, John and Jacob, the former of whom is deceased.

Jacob Hornung had few educational advantages as he was only twelve years old when he went to work in the coal mines and labored both in Clarion and Armstrong counties until 1859, when he acompanied his parents to Marathon county, where through close attention to his books he prepared himself for an examination test,, was given a certificate to teach school, and for fourteen years was a very acceptable teacher. Mr. Hornung has always resided in the town of Marathon, securing his farm of 120 acres, which he has but recently sold to his son, when the land was wild, and clearing and improving it himself.

On January 19, 1869, Mr. Hornung was married to Miss Mary Seliger, who was born at Lancaster, Pa., and accompanied her father, Herman Seliger, to Marathon county in 1857. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hornung: Otilla, who is the wife of Henry Berris, of Oshkosh, Wis. ; Herman, who lives in the town of Marathon, married Frances Blume; Jacob, Jr., who is deceased; John, who resides on a farm adjoining his father's place, married Theresa Sannatag; Peter, who lives on the old homestead, married Mary Murr; Anthony, who lives at home; and Helen, who is the wife of Peter Knauf, a farmer in the town of Marathon. Mr. Hornung and family are members of St. Mary's Catholic church and Mr. Hornung belongs to St. Joseph's Society. He and sons are all stanch Democrats and he served first for three years in the office of town clerk, and then, after an intermission, was reelected and has served for the past thirteen years uninterruptedly.

RINGLE & SCHILL, lumber manufacturers, at Edgar, Wis., successors of the Queen Lumber Company, have a large plant here and give employment to fifty men, their monthly pay roll aggregating a vast amount. The present owners and operators, Gustav Ringle and M. N. Schill, have been associated since January, 1913, have seven acres, and the output will reach three million feet of lumber yearly.

Gustav Ringle was born at Wausau, Wis., January 19, 1873, and was reared and educated in his native place, which continues to be his home. He has been identified with lumbering all his business life and is well known in lumber circles all over Northern Wisconsin.

M. N. Schill was born at Ashford, in Fond du Lac county. Wis., February 9, 1872, and after his school days remained on the home farm for some years and then, in partnership with three others, bought a section of timberland in the town of Holton, built a mill there which they operated for one year. After selling his interest in the mill Mr. Schill came to Edgar where he was in the saloon and hotel business for six years, then became interested in handling livestock and later added lumber, in January, 1913, becoming associated in the present large manufacturing business with Mr. Ringle, at Edgar. He has resided in the village for thirteen years and for twelve years has been a trustee and supervisor. He is a director and stockholder in the Edgar Telephone Company and also is a stockholder in the Marathon County Telephone Company. He has a farm of 100 acres located in the town of Cassel and has cleared twenty acres of the same. He has been one of Edgar's public spirited and enterprising men and is serving in his second year as village president.

Mr. Schill was married to Miss Gertrude Jaeger, who was born in Ashford, Wis., and they have five children: Edward, Louella, Alexander, Gertrude and Loretta. Mr. Schill and family belong to St. John's Catholic church. He is identified with the Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Beavers.

cle, was born at Jersey City, N. J., October 6, 1865, and is a son of John M. and Agnes (Gauker) Brown. Both paternal and maternal ancestors of Dr. Brown settled in America during the colonial period and many participated in the Revolutionary War. On the father's side the ancestry is Scotch and on the mother's side, German and English, the family coming to the colonies from England, however, where previous settlement had been made. The parents of Dr. Brown were born in New York. Later they moved to Cincinnati, O., and there he passed through the public schools, graduating from a High School and later entered Purdue University, at Lafayette, Ind., from which he was graduated in Science. Having chosen medicine as his field of efifort, he applied every energy to advance himself in that science, later entered Rush Medical College at Chicago, and after graduating in the class of 1894, entered into medical practice in that city. He continued there until 1900 when he came to Wausau, where, as a result of medical skill, he has built up a large and satisfactory practice. He is very thoroughly equipped for the duties of his exacting profession, for, in adition to the training the best American schools could aiiford him, he has enjoyed several post graduate courses in Europe, twice visiting the great clinics at Vienna and passing under the instruction of the most eminent scientists of the times.

Dr. Brown is an enthusiast in his profession and is widely known throughout Wisconsin. He is a member of the Marathon County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and outside his profession has many fraternal connections, including the Masons, the Mystic Shrine, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks.

PATRICK GORMAN, a highly respected resident of Wausau and one of the best known men in Marathon county, in which he was a pioneer in the lumber industry, was born at Burritts Rapids, Canada, November 9, 1848, and is a son of John and Mary (O'Brien) Gorman.

When twenty-two years of age Mr. Gorman came to the United States and directly to Marathon county. At first he worked by the month at logging on the river and continued to be interested in lumbering for many years in different sections of the state of Wisconsin, and also in farming, owning valuable and productive land in the town of Maine. Although he returned to Wausau from his farm some ten years since, he has continued his interest in agricultural matters in a broader way, being long connected with the Marathon County Agricultural Society, belonging to its executive board for thirteen years, serving several terms as its vice president and two terms as its president. During his residence of forty years in this section he has witnessed the wonderful progress made in agricultural conditions and has seen lumbering develop from an industrial infant to one of the giant activities of the state.

Mr. Gorman was married in Marathon county to Miss Mary Gauthier, of Stevens Point, Wis., and they had a family of seven children: Mary, who is a trained nurse ; Edward P., who is serving ably in the ofifice of district attorney of Marathon county ; Susan, who is the wife of J. L. Slover, of Merrill, Wis. ; Walter, who is purchasing agent for Barker Stewart Co.; Ralph, who lives in Saskatchewan, Canada; Rose; and John, who died at the age of thirteen months. Mr. Gorman and family belong to St. James Catholic church at Wausau. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and during his long life at Wausau has frequently taken part in public movements and served on charitable boards, and has always been ready and prompt in performing the duties of good citizenship.

WILLLAM N. DANIELS, M. D.. who, for twenty-nine years has engaged in the practice of medicine at Mosinee, Wis.,' of which he is postmaster, is well known over Marathon county and has been a resident of this state since he was ten j'ears old. He was born at Mellenville, Columbia county, N. Y., December 3. 1845. ^'^d accompanied his parents to Northern Wisconsin in 1855.

Dr. Daniels easily recalls the old log school houses in which he received his rather meager educational training prior to enlisting for service in the Civil War. He was only seventeen years old when he became a member of Co. I, 3rd Wis. Vol. Cav., and three years later, on October 12, 1865, was honorably discharged. He then turned his attention to the study of medicine, for some time being a student under Dr. Emory Stansbury of Appleton, Wis., later entering Rush Aledical College, Chicago, where he was graduated in 1878, six years later establishing himself at Mosinee, where he is entrenched in the affections of the people and enjoys the confidence of his professional brethren and fellow citizens generally. For a number of years he was physician for sorne of the railroad systems but in later years- has confined himself professionally to the demands of his very large private practice.

died February 26, 1903, the mother of two children: William C, who lived but four years; and Edna J., who passed away in early womanhood. On May 19, 1904, Dr. Daniels was married (second) to Miss Hattie M. Kettring of Minneapolis, Minn. In his political views Dr. Daniels is a Republican. While never an ardent politician he has, from youth, been loyal and patriotic, and takes a deep interest in all the changing movements which determine the progress of the country he gave three years of his young life to keep united.

WILLIAM W. WALKER, proprietor of the Wausau Monumental Works at No. 1204 Grand avenue, Wausau, is a thoroughly experienced man in his line, in which he has been a continuous worker since he was sixteen years of age. He was born in 1862, at Belfast, Maine, but was reared at Brookville. His father, R. P. Walker, was a granite cutter and did contracting for many years all along the Atlantic coast and did much of the granite work on the great East River bridge.

Under his father William W. Walker learned his trade and before coming westward, worked all over New England and in other section's. In 1887 he reached St. Cloud, Minn., where he worked for some time at his trade and then visited other points and was employed in the construction of the Auditorium hotel and theater, one of the notable buildings of Chicago, and was so engaged from its beginning until its completion. The Wausau Monumental Works were started here by Edward Smith, from whom Mr. Walker bought first a half interest and afterward the other half and has been proprietor for six years. He employs two men as granite cutters and his plant is equipped with the proper machinery to do all kinds of monumental and granite work.

Mr. Walker married Miss Annette Morrow and they have two children : Isabelle and J. Gordon. Mr. \\'alker is not active in politics, being more interested in business, and he is fraternally identified with the Masons, Odd Fellows and the Beavers.

REV. A. E. MUEHLENKAMP, pastor of St. Anthony's Catholic church at Athens, Wis., has had charge of this parish since July 17, 1896, having been assistant- priest at Marshfield, Wis., for one year previously. Father Muehlenkamp was born in Monroe county. Wis., January 31, 1870, and is a son of John and Caroline (Stute) Muehlenkamp. The parents of Father Muehlenkamp were born, reared and married in Germany. In 1854, in search of better opportunities for their children and more comfortable surroundings for themselves, they came to the United States and selected a farm in Waukesha county, Wis., for a home, remaining on that land for ten years before moving to another farm in Monroe county. There the rest of their quiet, useful lives were passed and their death took place, burial being at Summit, Wis. They were faithful Catholics and the home influence was such that three of their children chose a religious life. There were seven in the family, all surviving: Frederick; Bertha, who entered the Franciscan Convent at La Crosse, Wis., is known as Sister Cecelia and is now connected with St. Mary's Domestic Science School, at Sparta, Wis. ; Charles ; John ; Theresa, who is known as Sister Andrea, in the Convent at La Crosse ; A. E. ; and Margaret, who remains with her brother. Father Muehlenkamp, as his housekeeper.

Father Muehlenkamp first attended the common schools in Monroe county and afterward took a business course at Milwaukee. Determining then to enter the church, he pursued his classical studies at St. Lawrence College, Calvary, Wis., studied philosophy and literature at Montreal, Canada, and completed his course in theology at St. Francis Seminary, in Milwaukee county. Wis. He was ordained at the La Crosse Cathedral, June i6, 1896, by Right Reverend James Schwebach. He has a large parish to oversee and is much beloved by his congregation and respected and esteemed by those of other communions.

FRED W. KRAUSE, who is one of the active, important, and substantial business men of Marathon county, has been a resident of Wausau since 1 88 1 and is president of the Wausau Iron Works and has numerous other interests in this section. He was born in Germany, October 29, 1859, and is a son of Fred and Millie Krause, the latter of whom is now deceased. The father of Mr. Krause is a member of his household.

Fred \\\ Krause was reared in his native land, and there learned the carpenter trade. He was twenty-two years of age when he came to America, but prior to this had served for two years in the Gentian anny. After landing in the harbor of New York, he came immediately to Wausau and began to work at his trade. Through his skill and ability he found himself, by 1885, in a position to engage in the contracting business and, although he started in a small way, he steadily advanced. Contracting has continued to be one of his main lines of business ever since and is now a very large one. he being recognized as a leader among the city's building contractors. He is additionally interested in other lines, is a member of the general mercantile

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Mr. Krause was married first to Miss Augusta Lambrecht, who, at death, left two children: Annie, who is the wife of Fred Schaefer; and Herman. The second marriage of Mr. Krause was to Bertha Pagel, and five children were bom to that union: Dennie, Alma, Walter, Elmer, and Fred. Mr. Krause was married third to Mrs. Minnie Bazlen, who had four children by her former marriage : Nora, Otto, Clelia, and Lester. The firm of Krause & Schaefer carry on their mercantile business in a fine brick building which Mr. Krause erected on Third avenue, South. His handsome residence is located at No. 1018 Third avenue, South Wausau. As a citizen Mr. Krause enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens as is evidenced by his being continued as supervisor of the Seventh Ward, an office he has continually held for the past seventeen years. He is a man of social tastes and is a member of the well known German organization, the Liederkranz, at Wausau.

PAUL F. STOLZE, printer, publisher and bookbinder, and editor and proprietor of Der Deutsche Pionier, the leading weekly German newspaper in Marathon county, was born in Saxony, Germany, March 17, 1868, and is a son of Gustav and Mary (Noak) Stolze. Gustav Stolze came to America in April, 1881, and located at Wausau and in the following August his family joined him. In the fall of 1882 he went into the bookbinding business, being skilled in the art, and continued to be so interested until his death on August 19, 1899. His wife survived until June 4, 1902.

Paul F. Stolze was fourteen years old when the family came to Wausau. He had partially learned bookbinding in Germany and hence was prepared to give his father all needed assistance and later worked as a bookbinder for the Milwaukee Sentinel for one year, returning then to Wausau, where he has remained. In 1907 he erected his fine building, covered entirely with sheet iron for safety, and here his different industries are expeditiously carried on, employment being given twelve hands. Der Deutsche Pionier was established at Wausau in 1882 by A. W. Young, who disposed of it to Mr. Stolze in 1897, under whose editorial and financial management it has been developed into a welcome visitor into almost every German home in the county.

Republican and he has served acceptably in the city council, representing the Third Ward. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, the Equitalile Fraternal Union, and the Wausau Liederkranz.

EDWARD E. SCHULZE, who is president of the city council of Wausau, Wis., and is coroner of Marathon county, has spent almost his entire life here and is one of the city's well known business men. He was born March 26, 1879, in Mayfield, Cal., and is a son of Ernest and Augusta (Luebke) Schulze. The Schulze family is of German extraction. The parents of Mr. Schulze moved from Wausau to California in 1870 and in 1879 returned to Wausau, when he was an infant. The father was a shoemaker by trade and later operated a hotel. His death occurred in 1895 but the mother survived until 1908.

Edward E. Schulze was reared in this city and obtained his education in the public and parochial schools, his parents belonging to the Lutheran church. After his school days he learned the jewelry trade and for the past seventeen years he has been associated with the C. F. Dunbar Jewelry Company. He has been very active in Democratic politics and since 1908 has served as secretary of the Marathon County Democratic Executive Committee. In the fall of 1910 he was elected coroner of Marathon county. In civic matters he has been earnest and public spirited and at dififerent times has represented the Fifth and Third Wards in the city council,, belonging to the latter at the present time.

Mr. Schulze married Miss Gertrude Delaney, of Avoca, Wis., and they have one daughter, Kathleen. His fraternal connections include the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, the Eagles and the E. F. U.

JOSEPH P. KANTER. supervisor of the village of Mosinee, Wis., president of the Mosinee Electrical Light and Power Company and the treasurer of Mosinee High School and treasurer of Mosinee Telephone Company and the owner of productive property here, was born in Calumet county, Wis., February 29, 1869, and is a son of Peter and Mary Ann (Baer) Kanter. Peter Kanter and wife were both born in Prussia and both came to America prior to marriage. After marriage they lived on a farm in Wisconsin, where his death occurred, she still surviving and living at Jefiferson in Jefferson county. They had children as follows : Mary, who married Phillipp Stauss ; Anthony ; Peter ; Joseph P. ;

When Joseph P. Kanter was young he was permitted to attend school until old enough to be self supporting and after that he worked as a laborer until he was seventeen years old and then learned the blacksmith trade, and in 1889 established the business at Mosinee which he has continued until the present, his blacksmith shop and wagonmaking establishment being among the old business stands of the place. He has been a very active and public spirited citizen and has ever been ready to further improvements promising to be generally beneficial.

On April 25, 1892, Mr. Kanter was married to Miss Emma Rondeau, who was born in Wood county. Wis., a daughter of Frank and Bell (Hance) Rondeau, Mr. Rondeau being a farmer in Wood county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Rondeau are: James; Geneva, wife of A. E. Dowville; Emma, wife of John P. Kanter; Laura, wife of Martin Keefe; William; Arthur; Susan, wife of John Krieg; Exelia, wife of John Remke; Viola, wife of Frank Schwabodau ; Nellie, wife of Sebastian Ahles; and Bell, wife of Arthur Lashua. To Air. and ]\Irs. Kanter five children have been born: Mabel, Pearl, Laura, Lina and Gertrude. The family belongs to the Catholic church and Mr. Kanter is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Relief Society and the Fraternal Reserves.

KILIAN STRACHOTA, buyer and shipper of cattle and well known in the business in Marathon county for the last fifteen years, occupies his comfortable residence at No. 202 South Fourth street, Wausau, of which city he has been a resident for the same length of time. He was born in Fond du Lac county, ^^'is., September 25, 1869, and is a son of John and Geneva Strachota, both of whom died there.

Kilian Strachota was reared on the home farm and attended the public schools and continued to work for his father until he married, after which he rented the farm from his mother for five years. After that he moved to Marathon county and having secured an interest in a saw mill near Athens, he went to work in the woods, in Halsey township, where he continued for a year and then came to Wausau. Here he bought the Farmers' Home Hotel and Saloon, which he conducted for almost four years, since selling that business having been engaged in handling cattle, in the buying and shipping of which Mr. Strachota does about $110,000 worth of business annually.

On January 30, 1894, Mr. Strachota was married in Fond du Lac county, to Miss Maggie Schill, a native of that county, and they have had six children: Jennie, Albert, Maggie, Lena, Eleanor and Oscar, all of whom survive except Eleanor, who passed away when not quite one year old. The family belongs to St. Mary's Catholic church and Mr. Strachota belongs to the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. He has always taken more interest in business than in political life but has firm convictions of right and expediency and is never afraid to disclose them when called upon.

FERDLXAXD A. LOXSDORF, treasurer and manager of the Athens Farmers' Store Company, at .\thens. Wis., is a member of the village board and chairman of the conference committee, and in every way is a useful and representative citizen. He was born September i, 1878, at Manitowoc, Wis., and is a son of John P. and Theresa (Kestley) Lonsdorf. The parents of Mr. Lonsdorf were also born in Wisconsin and they reside on their farm in Manitowoc county. Their family consists of the following children : Ferdinand A., John, William, Arthur, Herbert, Raymond, Laura and Nora. Laura is the wife of Arthur Blecha, and Nora is the wife of Wenzel Houfec.

Ferdinand A. Lonsdorf was educated in the Manitowoc schools and was graduated from the High School in the class of 1898. He then secured a position as clerk in that city and continued in that capacity there until he came to Athens. The Athens Farmers' Store Company was organized to meet a general demand for commodities, first class in quality and moderate in price, November i, 1900, and is an incorporated concern with ofificers and directors as follows : William Lehman, president ; Rinehold Paersch, secretary ; Ferdinand A. Lonsdorf, treasurer and manager, and Gustav Leak, Charles Dietrich, Gustav Deering, Carl Vetter and August Fiedler. In addition to owning stock in this prospering enterprise, Mr. Lonsdorf is one of the stockholders in the Athens Bank, and owns a comfortable residence in the village and twenty acres in the village of Athens.

In October, 1902, Mr. Lonsdorf was married to Miss Margaret Freiders. who was born at Appleton, WJs., a daughter of Philip and Lucy ( Miller) Freiders. The father of Mrs. Lonsdorf was a brickmason by trade. Her brothers and sisters are: Rose, who is the wife of Richard Snyder: John; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Eugene Schmidt: Anna, who is the wife of Frank Shubert ; Tena, who is the wife of Frank Buhl ; and

Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Lonsdorf have five children : Marie, Charles, Margaret, Herbert and Mildred. The family belongs to the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Lonsdorf is identified with the Eagles and the Catholic Order of Foresters. In politics he is a Democrat.

HENRY SCHWISTER, who. under civil service rules, fills a very necessary and important office in the city government of Wausau, Wis., that of city detective, has occupied this position since 1909, when he was appointed by Mayor Lamont, the office later coming under civil service. He was born at Milwaukee, Wis., August 26, 1880, and is a son of Matthew and Catherine (Schneider) Schwister. In 1882 the parents of Mr. Schwister moved to Marathon county and the family lived at Wausau until he was six years old and then moved on a farm in the town of Stettin but two years later returned to Wausau, where the mother died in 1892. The father of Mr. Schwister survived until 1905. He was a well known stock dealer. They were members of the Catholic church.

Henry Schwister attended the public schools and afterward St. Mary's Catholic school for two years, returning then to the public .schools and enjoying their advantages up to the age of nineteen years. For two and one-half years afterward he was a student in Boyle's Business College and thus is well equipped for either business or professional life. Prior to accepting his present office he dealt to some extent in land. On April 5, 1910, Mr. Schwister was married to Miss Margaret Donnelly of Wausau and they have one son, John Henry, born July 31, 1911.

FRANK PATRICK REGNER, attorney at law and a member of the well known law firm of Regner & Ringle, of Wausau, was born at West Bend, Washington county. Wis., September 13, 1877, and is a son of Mathew and Barbara ( Detling) Regner. Mathew Regner was born in Germany and came to America when he was a boy of fifteen years, having as his objective point. West Bend, Wis. There he engaged in business during his active years and now lives retired, having passed his seventy-second birthday. He married Barbara Detling, who was of German extraction but was born in Washington county, Wis., and she also survives. Of their family of ten children, Frank Patrick was the second born son.

taught school for three years before entering the University of Wisconsin, where he was graduated in the class of 1901, when he came directly to Wausau and became the junior member of the law firm of Miller & Regner, Hon. Carl H. Miller being at the head of the firm. Two years later he entered into his present partnership, with Oscar Louis Ringle, since when the firm name has been Regner & Ringle. Mr. Regner is a member of the ^Marathon County Bar Association and at present is city attorney of Wausau and previously served five years as district attorney. In addition to his profession he is interested to some extent in handling real estate. In politics he is a Democrat and both fraternally and socially is identified with leading organizations. Mr. Regner is unmarried.

JOHN J. OKONESKI, attorney at law and the junior member of the well-known law firm of Kreutzer, Bird, Rosenberry & Okoneski, of Wausau, Wis., who occupy the fine offices in the Wisconsin Valley Trust Co. building, has secured his present high professional standing largely through his own efiforts. He was born December 16, 1873, and is a son of Frank V. and Mary Okoneski. The first five years of his life werq spent in Milwaukee, and then with his parents he came, to Marathon county where the father took up a homestead, the family moving to the city of Wausau in 1882.

John J. Okoneski had public school advantages and after completing the High School course at Wausau, attended the Wausau Business College and subsequently taught school for three years. He then became interested in business and for one year served as foreman in the planing mill of J. E. Leahy, but by that time had determined upon his future career, and in 1893 entered the law office of Bump & Kreutzer as stenographer and law student. He continued there until 1895 and then entered Lawrence University where he took up studies preparatory to a law course and in 1897 became a student in the law department of the University of Wisconsin, from which department he was graduated in 1900. He began to practice law in the city of Wausau in the summer of 1900, and January i, 1901, became a member of his present firm.

Mr. Okoneski married Miss Edith Markstrum, of Bessemer, Mich., and they have two children: Eunice and Vida. For a number of^'ears Mr. Okoneski has been a factor in republican politics in Marathon county, but has worked unselfishly, never having demanded any political reward for himself. He served as secretary of the Marathon County

Republican Committee in 1902-04, and as chairman of the same body from 1904 until 1908. As an earnest and pubhc spirited citizen he is frequently called on to do his part in advancing civic movements and is always ready to cooperate.

HON. JOSEPH CHESAK, who has been identified with mercantile and lumber interests in Marathon county for many years and has been prominent in public affairs as well, was born at Pilsen, Bohemia, December 8, 1853, and is a son of ?\Iartin and Mary (Sigmond) Chesak. The parents of Mr. Chesak were born, reared and married in Austria and from that country they came with their children to the United States in 1857 and settled in Washington county, Wis. For three years after coming here the father followed his trade of bfickmaker, then turned his attention to farming until 1884, when he came to Marathon county and for a number of years afterward was connected with his son Joseph in the mercantile business and also with all his sons was concerned in lumbering. Both he and wife have passed away. They had the following children : Joseph ; Barbara, who is deceased, was the wife of Herman Schrieber; John H. ; Mary, who is the wife of Joseph Masak; Frank F., who is a prominent business man and politician in ]\Iarathon county; and Josephine, who is the widow of John A. Blecha.

Until he was sixteen years of age, Joseph Chesak was mainly interested in his school books and the sports and occupations of bo3diood but then he was deemed old enough to begin the work of a man in the lumber regions, where he worked as a laborer until he was twenty-one years old. Then, after completing a business course at Milwaukee, he started a general store at Newberg, Wis., which he continued from 1875 until 1880, when he came to Marathon county and continued merchandising until February, 1912, a period of thirty-two years. He was postmaster of Poinatowski from August, 1881, to April, 1906, when he retired and moved to Athens, Wis. In 1891 the Chesak Brothers started the mill at Athens, now known as the Athens Manufacturing Company, which is one of the important business enterprises of this section.

In 1876 Mr. Chesak was married to Miss Mary S. Wilger, who was born in Washington county. Wis., a daughter of Mathias and Susan (Hentz) Wilger, the former of whom was born in Prussia and was a farmer after coming to Wisconsin. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Wilger were : Elizabeth, wife of John C. Searing; Mary S. ; and John, Joseph and Nicholas. To Mr. and Mrs. Chesak five children were born, namely:

Mary B., wife of George M. Blecha; John C; Thomas M.; Agnes J., wife of Joseph N. Miller; and Anna R. Mr. Chesak and family belong to the Catholic church. In politics he is a Republican and while living in the town of Trenton, served as town clerk and for twenty-three years was clerk of Town Rietbrock ; for fourteen years was a justice of the peace; and in 1888 was first elected a member of the General Assembly, serving most acceptably in 1889 and 1890. He was also trustee of the village of Athens in 1907 and 1908; supervisor of the village 1909 and 1910; trustee of the Marathon County Insane Asylum 1894- 189 5- 1896- 1897 and was elected president of that body. His only fraternal connection is with the Eagles.

JOHN H. KOEHLER, who has been prominently identified with the lumber industry for many years and is treasurer of the Winton Lumber Company, of Wausau, with offices in the Marathon Bank Building, is probably still better known in connection with the ginseng industry, which through his interest and efforts has been developed into a business of vast volume. He was born at Hamburg, in Marathon county, Wis., in 1866, and is a son of Gotthilf and Emelia Koehler, both of whom were born in Germany and the father is deceased.

Until he was twenty-four years of age, John H. Koehler was employed on his father's farm in Marathon county, in the meanwhile having secured a public school training at Hamburg. He then went to Merrill, Wis., and worked in a lumber yard for two years for $1.50 a day, and there gained his first practical knowledge of lumber. He came to Wausau, April, 1893, and worked as cruiser for the Wisconsin Land Company for a few months, later entering the sales department for the same company and established branch offices at Chicago and Milwaukee and at other points, always retaining, however, his home at Wausau. It is estimated that through his individual efforts Mr. Koehler, as land agent, has brought over 500 families to Marathon county as permanent settlers. In 1901 he became associated with C. J. Winton of Minneapolis, and C. S. Gilbert and others of Wausau, in the lumber business and this partnership has continued, and in this connection Mr. Koehler has visited many parts of the South and West, as well as parts of Canada, purchasing valuable timber tracts. Besides his local interests, which consist jirincipally of some valuable real estate on the west side in the city of Wausau, he is financially interested in the Rose Lake Lumber Company

It was in 1901 that he began to raise ginseng, at first as a fad, for his own recreation, but later in the same year organized the Wisconsin Ginseng Garden, of which company he continues to be the head, and as the industry has been developed, through his intelligent management other companies have been organized. Mr. Koehler is also president of the Badger Ginseng Company and president of the Wausau Ginseng Gardens, the latter of which was incorporated in 1908, with a capital stock of $30,000, the Badger Ginseng Company being incorporated in 1910, with a capital stock of $50,000. The business has grown to enormous proportions, the export of the root to China being very heavy. Mr. Koehler is an authority on the growing of this valuable medicinal plant and has written a book on the subject. He is a man of pronounced public spirit and has been a valuable citizen ever since locating here in 1893.

Mr. Koehler was married first to Miss Ida Boettcher, who died in 1904, survived by four children: Emma, Elsa, Gertrude and Florence. His second marriage was to Miss Lydia Hirschmann. He was reared in the Evangelical Lutheran church and has always remained connected v/ith this religious body and is interested in promoting its avenues of influence and benevolence.

JOHN BRAUN, junior member of the firm of Braun Bros. & Co., owners of saw mills and planing mills at Athens, Wis., conducting with increasing prosperity one of the large industrial plants here, was born in Fond du Lac county, Wis., March 30, 1867, and is a son of Mathias and Gertrude (Stein) Braun.

Mathias Braun and wife came to Wisconsin from Germany and settled first in Fond du Lac county, where he engaged in farming and lumbering, but the last thirty-one years of his life were spent in Marathon county. They had the following children : Joseph, who is deceased ; William ; John ; Anton, who is deceased; Mary, who is deceased, was the wife of Peter Phillippi; Anna, who is the wife of Michael Meyer; Margaret, who is the wife of John Kropp; and Ablonia, who is the wife of Robert Meyer.

John Braun had very little chance in his youth to go to school as his father needed his help both on the home farm and in the woods. In 1882 the father and his sons went into business together, under the firm name of M. Braun & Sons, which later became as at present, Braun Bros. & Co.. a

On June 7, 1893, Mr. Braun was married to Miss Emma Haehlke, a daughter of Edward Haehlke, a farmer in Marathon county, and they have had five children: Edward, Harry, Irene, Wilfred and Mathias, all surviving except Harry. The family belongs to the Catholic church. Mr. Braun has always been a Democrat in politics and at present is serving in the office of deputy sheriff. He belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters and to the F. O. E.

HENRY JUERS. who is one of Wausau's justly popular officials and is serving in his fifth term as city treasurer, has been a resident of Wausau, Wis., since 1882. He was born December 15, 1850, in Germany, and is a son of Matthew and D. Juers, both of whom died in his boyhood.

Henry Juers grew to manhood in his native land and there learned the carpenter trade and after reaching the United States in 1879, settled first at Clinton, la. In 1882 he reached Wausau and finding here satisfactory business conditions decided to make this city his permament home and during the succeeding years, as a good citizen, has done his part in bringing about its present prosperity. For twenty-one years he was foreman in the Curtis & Y'ale Company's mill, in the meanwhile making judicious investments for himself, and is now vice president of the Wausau Ice and Fuel Company. Intelligent and public spirited, Mr. Juers has always been active as a citizen and his own city ward, the Seventh, has many admirers and supporters. He served one term as supervisor of the ward and for four years was alderman of the Seventh Ward. However, while carefully guarding the interests of his own part of tiie city he secured the confidence of those who lived in other sections and this resulted in his election to the office of city treasurer. He served three terms of two years each, elected on the Republican ticket, but his fourth and fifth elections came to him on the non-partisan ticket, which may be construed as a proof of real efficiency.

Mr. Juers married Miss Henrietta Behnke, in 1878. in Germany, and they have five children: Charles L., Emil R., Richard F., Martha D. and Otto, Martha D. being the wife of L. Morrette. Mr. Juers is a man of social instincts and takes an interest in outdoor sports and belongs to the order of Druids, of which he is a trustee, and also to the

CHARLES B. ]\IAYER, a well known business man of \Vausau, Wis., has been identified with the shoe trade here for the past thirty-five years and is one of the city's representative citizens. He was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., January ii, 1863, and is a son of Jacob and Mary Ann Mayer, who came to Wausau in 1877 and died here.

As a boy of twelve years Charles B. ]\Iayer began work in the Mueller & Ouandt shoe store, where he continued for eleven years, and during this period acquired a thorough knowledge of the business, in which he finally engaged for himself. Associating himself in partnership with a brother-inlaw, the firm of Mayer & Richards opened a shoe store in June, 1889, in a room adjoining the ^larathon County Bank. At the end of five years Mr. Mayer bought out his partner's interests and removed to his present location. He has always kept a good reliable stock and has gained the confidence of his customers, who know that only dependable footware will be sold them at his establishment.

On January 11, 1887, Mr. Mayer was married to Miss Mary Richards, of \\''ausau. Wis., a sister of the late beloved Father Richards, long pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church. Three children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Mayer: Leona, Theodore and Charles. Mr. Mayer and family belong to the Catholic church. He is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, and St. Joseph's Society of \Msconsin. As a citizen he has been ever ready to perform public service when called upon and at present is a member of the fire and police board of Wausau.

DOUGLAS L. SAUERHERING, M. D., one of the leading physicians and surgeons in active practice at Wausau, has been a resident of this city since the fall of 1886. He was born May i, 1861, in Dodge county. Wis., a son of Dr. Adolph Sauerhering.

After graduating from the local High School, Douglas L. Sauerhering, In 1883. entered the office of the late Dr. Nicholas Senn. the noted American surgeon, to begin the study of medicine, and in 1884 became a student in the Northwestern University where he was graduated in the class of 1886. In November of the same year he located at Wausau and this city has continued his home and numbers him with her most prominent professional men. In 1889 he took a post graduate course in New

York City, and in 1892 a similar course in the University of Berlin, Germany. From 1892 until 1907 he conducted the Riverside Hospital. Dr. .Sauerhering has been a very useful citizen. For eight years he served as health commissioner of the city of Wausau and the present city water supply was discovered through his investigations. He was one of the first health officers in Wisconsin to institute municipal administration of antitoxin and one of the first officers in the state to begin the use of disinfectants in houses where cases of tuberculosis had been discovered. It was during his administration that the law was put in eflfect calling for the disinfection of all public school houses during the vacation periods. He is one of the pioneer practitioners in the county, his recollections going back to the days when neither railroads nor adequate public highways afforded means of transportation. He has been a lifelong Democrat, but, outside of professional offices, has never accepted any position.

Dr. Sauerhering married Miss Magdalina Laurisch, of Danville, Minn. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America.

FRANK J. TOMKIEWICZ, who conducts an up to date drug store at Edgar, Wis., where he is an enterprising business man and substantial citizen and has served in the office of village clerk since the spring of 1904, was born in Germany, March 19, 1869, and is a son of John and Amelia Tomkiewicz. His father died in Milwaukee where the mother yet resides.

Frank J. Tomkiewicz was twelve years old when he accompanied his parents to America, attended school at Milwaukee, Wis., and completed his education in his profession in the school of Pharmacy connected with the Northwestern University at Chicago, 111., where he was graduated with the class of 1895. With three of his brothers he engaged in the drug business at Milwaukee and after that partnership was dissolved he came to Edgar with W. W. Alber and succeeded him in 1902, since when he has greatly expanded his business and now carries not only a full line of drugs but everything that can be found in a modern drug store. He is interested as a stockholder in the Edgar Bank, at Edgar, and is vice president and a director of the local telephone company.

Mr. Tomkiewicz married Miss Mary Reiser, and they have one daughter, Florence. In politics he is independent in his views. In 1898 he enlisted for service as a private in the 4th U. S. Inf., at Fort Sheridan,

Chicago, for service in the Spanish-American war and was detailed as hospital steward. He is identified with the K. O. C. and with the Elks, both at W'ausau. He maintains his home on Beech street while his store is on Third avenue, Edgar.

CHARLES S. GILBERT, vice president of the National German American Bank at Wausau, treasurer of the Great Northern Life Insurance Company, and a member of the Law and Land Association, was born in Waupaca county, Wis., October lo, 1862, and is a son of William and Helen (Smith) Gilbert.

William Gilbert was born in Scotland and came to the United States in the early fifties. In his own land he had learned the shoemaking trade, afterward followed that of a miller for some years, and still later engaged in the mercantile business at Mosinee, Marathon county. Wis., where he died in 1870, at the age of thirty-seven years. Some years later his widow married again. To her first marriage two sons and one daughter were born : Charles S. ; William C. of Grand Rapids, ]\Iinn. ; and Helen B., wife of P. O. Van Beechten of \\'ausau.

Charles S. Gilbert was two years old when his parents came to Marathon county. After completing the public school course he attended the Spencerian Business College at Milwaukee and then became a clerk for several years in the ofiice of his step-father, who was at that time county treasurer. Mr. Gilbert then became connected with the ofifice work of the Land and Law Association at \\'ausau and in 1890 became identified as a member of the firm. His interests are important as he is associated with both the Winton Lumber Company and the Winton Timber Company, and has many additional interests. While more of a business man than politician, nevertheless Mr. Gilbert is a deeply interested citizen and at times has accepted civic offices, such as alderman and ward supervisor, when he has deemed it best for the general welfare that he should assume responsibilities.

In 1886 Mr. Gilbert was married to Miss Victoria Scriver, a daughter of Edwin and Susanna Scriver, formerly of La Colle Province, Quebec, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have three children: Florence, Charles S. and Jean. Mr. Gilbert is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the Wausau Club and to the Wausau Country Club. He is a member of the First M. E. church at Wausau.

FRED PREHN & SON. One of the leading business firms of Marathon City is that of Fred Prehn & Son, (Fred Prehn and Edwin R. Prehn), dealers in hardware, furniture and harness, alsT) undertakers, both members of which are widely known and the senior member, Fred Prehn, served in the Wisconsin General Assembly in 1905-07. He was born at Manitowoc, Wis., May 5, i860, and is a son of Theodore and Fredrika Prehn. About 1879 the parents moved to Marathon count)' and settled in the town of Texas. The father died at Wausau, Wis., in 1907, the mother passing away at an earlier date at Marathon City.

Fred Prehn passed his school period at Newton, and Manitowoc High School, Manitowoc, Wis., and afterward started to learn the harnessmaking trade, working first at Marinette, then at Green Bay and afterward at Milwaukee. In 1880 he came to Marathon City and started into business for himself, soon afterward adding the sale of implements for farm use to his harness line and still later going into hardware, furniture and undertaking. The entire stock of household goods and double front two story brick building was destroyed in 1905, by fire. At present the harness business is mainly in the repair department but a first class stock of ready made harness is still carried. In addition, the firm operates a stock farm of 240 acres situated in the vicinity of Alma Center, in Jackson county.

Mr. Prehn was married first to Miss Bentenia Langenhahn, who was born in Germany and died at Marathon City when aged twenty-six years. She was the mother of four children: Helen, who is deceased; A. W., who is a resident of Wausau; E. R. who is in the undertaking business at Marathon City; and Ella, who is deceased. Mr. Prehn's second marriage was to Miss Emma Erdman, of the town of Stettin, Marathon county, and they have had the following children: Benjamin, who is deceased; Delos, who is a student in the High School at Hixton, Wis. ; and Fred, Douglass, Gerlinda and Aurora. They have also an adopted daughter, Levina Clemens, a young lady of eighteen years, who has been one of the family since she was three years old. The family now temporarily' resides at Alma Center, Wis., on the farm. Mr. Prehn and family belong to the Lutheran church. In politics he is a Republican of the independent type and has frequently served in local offices, such as supervisor, village president, and member of the school board, and during his term of public service at Madison was faithful to the trust reposed in him. He is identified with Camp No. 1464 M. W. of A. at Wausau.

ORAN LILJEQVIST, secretary and manager of the C. F. Dunbar Company, jewelers, at Wausau, and president of the Wausau Merchants' Association, is a well known citizen of Wausau and a sterling representative of some of its leading interests. He was born in Sweden, December i6, 1868, and is a son of John and Alice Liljeqvist. The family came to America in 1870 and to Wausau, Wis., after a short period in the state of New York. At first the father worked as a cabinetmaker, this being his trade, but afterward purchased a farm in the town of Weston, on which he resided until his death in 1897. The family then returned to Wausau and the mother still survives being now over eighty years of age.

Although born in Sweden practically the whole of Mr. Liljeqvist's life has been passed in the United States and his interests are now entirely American. He was yet quite young when his parents moved on the farm and he remained at home, in the meantime attending the country schools, until he was fourteen years of age. An uncle, Fred Gundlack, who had been one of the earliest jewelers at Wausau, had moved to Stillwater, Minn., and to him the nephew went when he decided to learn this trade and remained two years at Stillwater and then completed his apprenticeship with E. V. Spear, of Wausau. During the next year he worked at his trade at Stevens Point and for the two following years was at Hurley, Wis., and then returned to Wausau and after one more year with Mr. Spear, entered the employ of C. F. Dunbar with whom he has been associated in the same capacity for twenty-three years, becoming secretary and manager when the present organization was effected.

Mr. Liljeqvist was married to Miss Anna Lerum, of Wausau, a daughter of John Lerum, and they have three children : Ruth, Margaret and John. He belongs to several trade bodies, fraternally is an Odd Fellow, and takes a public spirited interest in all that concerns the welfare of Wausau. He is a member and one of the directors of the Wausau Advancement Association.

OTTO MATHIE, president of the Mathie Brewing Company, at Wausau, O., has been connected with this company since boyhood and has a practical knowledge of the business. He was bom in 1871, on the present site of the Mathie plant, and is a son of Frank Mathie, who was the founder of this business.

period, Otto Mathie has been employed in some capacity in this concern and later applied himself to learning the business scientifically, studying both at Wausau and at Chicago and became a qualified brewmaster. He now is not only at the head of the business as its directing officer but also is superintendent and brewmaster, having sircceeded his brother, Edward Mathie. The business was established by Frank Mathie in 1869 and was incorporated in 1892, with a capital stock of $150,000, the plant being located at Nos. 408-416 Grand avenue, Wausau, with the following officers: Otto Mathie, president; John Ringle, vice president; John F. Mathie, secretary and manager; and E. C. Zimmerman, treasurer. The business is in a very flourishing condition and its future prospects indicate still further expansion.

Otto Mathie married Miss Emma Braatz of this city, and they have four children: Harold. I\Iargaret. Pauline and Annetta. Mr. Mathie is a liberal and public spirited citizen and stands high in the estimation of his fellow citizens.

FRANK HANNEMAXX, general merchant, located on the corner of Third avenue and Clark street, Wausau, Wis., is one of the city's prospering business men and was born here, March 25, 1869. His parents are Ferdinand and Johanna Hannemann, who came to Wausau from Germany, in the fall of 1868 and have lived here ever since. For many years Ferdinand Hannemann was guardian of the First National Bank Building here.

Frank Hannemann was reared in his native city and educated in the public schools and when old enough went to work for the Mueller & Ouandt Shoe store, and continued with them from the age of fifteen years until he was twenty-seven. Not only did he providently save his money but he also advanced his education and after taking a course in the Spencerian Business College at Milwaukee, he came back to Wausau and went to work for the Jackson Milling Company as an office man and continued three years. Afterward he was connected for one year with the Nathan Heinemann department store and then took full charge of the business of Conrad Althen, a merchant then operating on the present site of the Ritter & Deutsch furniture store. After considerable mercantile experience Mr. Hannemann embarked in business for himself, in March, 1905. and has a large patronage, his stock including dry goods, groceries, flour and feed. He is an interested and active citizen but has no political aspirations. Mr. Hannemann resides at home, being unmarried.

A. J. CHERNEY, notary public at Edgar, Wis., and a leading business man of the place occupies a large warehouse, and deals in furs, flour, feed, grain, hay, hard and soft coal, cement, lime, plaster, hair, sewer pipe, lath and shingles, also builders' supplies in the way of glass, doors, window sash, base boards and flooring and handles also woods, bark, and farm produce. Additionally he has been in the insurance business here for a longer period than any other representative of any company. He was born at Two Creek, Manitowoc county, Wis., April 15, 1867, and is a son of Anton and Anna (Kadlic) Cherney. The parents of Mr. Cherney came from Germany to Kewaunee county. Wis., where the father followed farming until he retired from active life and died in that county when aged sixty-three years. The mother survives and is now in her seventy-second year. Of their nine children six are living, two sons and four daughters, A. J. being the fifth born of the family.

A. J. Cherney attended school at first near his birthplace and afterward was a student in the Kewaunee High School for five months, later taught one term of school in Brown county, and then secured a position as scaler in the woods. He also worked in a saw mill in the spring and summer and when the cold season set in secured a school to teach at Little River and remained there as a teacher for four years. All the time he was studying out plans for other lines of business and thus he was led to set up a portable photograph gallery at Green Bay, again working in the winter in the woods, then started out again with his photographic outfit, and thus came to Edgar. He afterward taught school for several years in Marathon county and while so engaged, as a side line, began to handle lime, plaster, hair, lath, shingles and cement, and continued to add to his commodities, subsequently buying a half interest in the Edgar Hay & Grain Company, of Dudley & Whitney, still later purchasing the other half interest and since then has been sole owner and proprietor of his present business conducted under the title of the Edgar Hay & Grain Company. For some time he also ran practically the only transfer business here and had eight men in his employ when he sold out in 1909. Mr. Cherney is a stockholder in the Edgar, Cassel & Emmett Telephone Company and The Edgar Local Telephone Company, and is secretary and director of both companies.

Mr. Cherney was married to Miss Mary R'ader, a native of Germany, a daughter of Adam Rader of the town of Cassel, and they have four children: Ivin A., Viola, Delia and Edna. The family belongs to St. John's Catholic church. His fraternal connections include membership in the M. W. of A., the Eagles, the E. F. U. and the F. R. A., of both organizations being secretary. A lifelong Republican he has. often been tendered public office, and served eight years as justice of the peace and five years as village supervisor.

JOHN MANSER, who has been a resident of Marathon county since 1878 and of Wausau since 1902, came to this section when the principal interest was the cutting of pine timber and its disposal, the only attempts yet made of an agricultural nature being east of Wausau. He was born December 16, i860, in County Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and was brought to Outagamie county. Wis., in 1866, and was reared at Hortonville. He turned his attention to work as an engineer.

In the fall of 1878 Mr. Manser came to Marathon county and entered the employ of W. P. Kelly & Bros., at Kelly, where the company had mills, and later was with N. T. Kelly, also continuing with the estate after Mr. Kelly's death. In 1884 he started in business for himself and conducted a planing mill until the fall of 1892 when was formed the partnership known as the Fox-Manser Lumber Company, which lasted until the fall of 1896, since when Mr. Manser has carried on his manufacturing interests under his own name. After he had cleared his land from timber Mr. Manser became interested in dairying and in 1910 he started a creamery at Kelly, where he has conducted a general store since 1886. He owns valuable timber lands in the upper peninsula of Michigan. In July. 1909, he organized the Antigo Electric Company of Antigo, Wis., of which he became and has continued as president.

In May, 1884, Mr. Manser was married to Miss Josephine Jones, who was bom in Pennsylvania and was brought to Marathon county when four years old. Of their four children but one survives, Inez, who lives at home Elizabeth died when aged twenty-three years; Hazel, when aged one year, and Edna when aged three years. In his political views Mr. Manser is a Republican. He has long been identified with the Masonic fraternity, is a thirty-second degree Mason and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery at Wausau and to the Consistory and Shrine at Milwaukee.

AUGUST H. LEMKE, D. D. S., who has well equipped offices at No. 312 S. First avenue, Wausau, enjoys a large and substantial practice which he has built up since the fall of 1907 and is the only practicing dental surgeon engaged on the west side. He was born in Ger-

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John A. Lemke brought his family to America in 1871, coming directly to Wisconsin. He was a cigarmaker by trade but immediately invested in land in the town of Wausau, Marathon county, and acquired three farms, aggregating no acres, all valuable land. He continued to maintain his home in the city of Wausau but daily visited his farm and for a number of years overlooked their development. He and wife now live in comfortable retirement at Wausau where they are held in exceeding esteem. They have eleven children: Charles, who is a farmer, has 160 acres in the town of Plover: August H. ; Frederick; Minnie, who is the wife of Frank Snow and they reside in the state of Washington; William, who lives in South Dakota; Edward; Henry, who is a farmer; Marie, who is the wife of Frank Bentzien, of Santa Clara, Cal. ; Robert; Henrietta, who is the wife of John Dumke ; and Paul.

August H. Lemke was reared at Wausau and attended the public schools and also a business college and was graduated with the degree of B. S. from the university at Valparaiso, Ind. For fourteen years he afterward followed teaching, both in the rural and the city schools and prior to turning his attention seriously to the study of dentistry, visited Europe, in 1901, and once more saw the old family home place in Germany. Prior to this, however, he had spent about one and one-half years in travel in the United States and during this period covered no less than 1 1,000 miles. In 1907 he- was graduated from the Chicago Dental College and in September of the same year opened his office at Wausau.

Dr. Lemke was married in 1902 to Miss Emma Hennig, of Dodge county, Wis., and they have three children : Irma, Leslie and Marie. He is secretary and treasurer of the Marathon County Dental Society and belongs to the Wausau Commercial Club.

AUGUST H. SCHLUETER, one of the leading citizens of the town of Rib Falls, serving in his fourth term as town treasurer, is proprietor of a cheese factory and is doing a fine business in his establishment which is equipped with all modern appliances. It is situated in the southwest corner of the west half of the northwest quarter of section 13 and his plant includes one-half acre of land. He was born May 25, 1878, in the town of Main, Marathon county. Wis., and is a son of William and Wilhelmina (Lueck) Schlueter.

William Schlueter was born in Germany and when young accompanied his parents to Wisconsin and here his life was passed, his death occurring when he was comparatively yet a young man. He married Wilhelmina Lueck, who was also born in Germany, and they had four children: Bertha, Albert, William and August. Mrs. Schlueter remained a widow for a time and then married Carl Griebenow, who is now deceased. One daughter, Emma, was born to that marriage. Mrs. Griebenow is a resident of the town of Main and is now aged seventy years. She is very highly esteemed and is a member of St. John's Lutheran church. The old homestead on which she lives with her son William, contains eighty acres, fifty-five of which have been cleared.

August Schlueter attended the public schools in boyhood and then worked at the carpenter trade until 1904, when he started into the business of cheese manufacturing. He bought his plant of A. Heise, practically a new establishment as Mr. Heise had been operating it but two months. Mr. Schlueter has carried on the business since then with but one helper, his annual output being butter and cheese, for all of which he has ready customers. In 1905 Mr. Schlueter attended the trade school at Madison and was graduated there with his diploma as a qualified cheese maker and dairyman, and in 1906 received a dairy certificate from the Dairy School at Madison. He begins business about the middle of March and continues without interruption until December, generally closing down on the middle of the month. After his marriage he lived for one year on his father-in-law's farm, then moved for a year to the Herman Schlueter farm, returned then to the former place, again went back to the Schlueter farm and in the meanwhile made his arrangements concerning his present enterprise and came here. As he is a skilled carpenter he was able to put up his own substantial buildings and has everj'thing very comfortable and convenient around his place. It lies five miles north and one mile west of Marathon City.

In October, 1904, Mr. Schlueter was married to Miss Anna Schulz a daughter of Fred and Emily Schulz, both now deceased, and they have had three children : Gilbert, who died when ten weeks old ; and Clyde and Irene. In politics he is a Democrat and for the past five years has been treasurer of District No. i. Rib Falls. With his family he belongs to Emanuel Lutheran church, of which he is secretary.

located at No. 125 Clinton street, and is also financially and officially interested in many other business lines here. He was born north of Lake St. Peter's, in Canada, December 11, 1848, and is a son of Alexander and Mary (Caron) La Certe, both of whom were born and reared in Alsace-Lorraine, when it was yet a possession of France.

Until the age of sixteen years Isaie A. La Certe remained in Canada and there attended school. When he started out from home a possible love of adventure led him to go to the West and he spent two and one-half years in California. In 1878 he came from there to Wausau and here worked for several years at the carpenter trade during the summer seasons and in a logging camp in the northern woods during the winters. It was in 1887 that he started into the photographic business, in which he has been so very successful, although not more so than in other avenues of business, his business capacity and foresight being evidenced in numerous ways. He carries a full line of photographic supplies and handles the Eastman kodak goods in connection with his studio work. He was one of the first to engage in the automobile business here, which he continued for three years and also for a number of years dealt in bicycles and supplies. He is a stockholder in the Wausau Fixture and Furniture Manufacturing Company; in the National German-American Bank ; in the Wausau Ice & Fuel Company, and in the Wausau Building, Loan and Investment Association, of which he has twice served as manager and for several years has been a director, has been district manager for the Security Mutual Life Insurance Co., for the state of Wisconsin as long as the company has done business in this state; and is also a director of the Cash Trading Company, and of the Wausau Comercial Club. To all of these enterprises he gives c'ose attention and is justly considered a representative business man of this section.

At Wausau, in 1884, Mr. La Certe was married to Miss Celina Pregent, who was born in Canada, and eight of their nine children are living: Will, Victoria, Urben, Digneur, Clarence, Norman, Larence and Docilla. Mr. La Certe and family are members of the Roman Catholic church. His fraternal connections include membership with the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin.

merit, has been a resident of Wausau for the past eleven years. He was born on a farm in the town of Sharon, Portage county, Wis., January 7, 1877, and is a. son of Nicholas and Regina (Meyer) Dehlinger.

Carl N. Dehlinger was reared on the home farm but his tastes and talents soon showed that nature had intended hirn for a mechanic and as soon as his father could spare him he went to Nelsonville, Wis., and there worked in a blacksmith shop for six months and for three months more at Stevens Point. He then went back to the home farm and ran a blacksmith shop there for three years and then came first to Wausau. One year later he accepted a shop position at Merrill and worked there for seven months, afterward going to Rockford, 111., where he worked at his trade six months longer and then came back to Wausau, where for one year he was in the employ of Herman Hartwig, whom he bought out in September, 1909. Being a skillful workman and very obliging Mr. Dehlinger enjoys about as much patronage as he can handle but he finds time also to perfect many inventions, the ideas for which come to him while working at his forge. He has secured patents for the following useful articles : a stone picker and a carpet stretcher which may also be utilized for stretching wire for fences, and others, equally practical.

Dr. Dehlinger was married first to Miss Rosie Kumba, who died in 1904, his second marriage being to Miss Ida Hess. They have three children: Ruth, Arthur and Lucile. Mr. Dehlenger is a member of St. James' Catholic church and belongs to St. Joseph's Society and also to the fraternal order of Owls.

H. S. WAHL, M. D., physician and surgeon at Stratford, Wis., and a director of the Stratford State Bank, may almost be called a pioneer of this place as he came in 1895, when it was but a hamlet. He was born in Ontario, Canada, August 19, i860, and is a son of Frederick and Catherine Wahl, old residents of County Perth, Canada.

H. S. Wahl was the first of his parents' four children and attended school in his native place through boyhood and youth. After some preliminary medical reading he entered the medical department of the Northwestern University, at Chicago, 111., and was graduated in the class of 1884. For two years afterward he engaged in medical practice at Minnesota City, Alinn., and then went to Winona, where he continued vintil 1895, when he came to Stratford. The village proper at that time did not seem a very encouraging field as the total population did not exceed 200 but there was a large adjacent territory, although but sparsely settled. For a number of years Dr. Wahl had a hard practice, covering miles of unbroken prairie day after day in his merciful ministrations to the sick and injured. Although in later years he has somewhat circumscribed the area of his practice, yet the old families ten miles distant north, fifteen east, six south and nine west still make such appealing calls that he retains them on his list of patients that receive personal services. Dr. Wahl is serving as health ofhcer, is examining physician for all the standard insurance companies and is a valued member of the county and state and the American Medical Association. He is a charter member as well as a director of the Stratford State Bank, is interested also in the Albandale State Bank and in the Marathon County and Stratford Telephone Company.