Marathon County, Wisconsin - Chapter 35, 1913 (part 9 of 10)

with such marked musical gifts as his, it was inevitable that he should turn to music as his business in life. He was married in Austria, to Miss Rosalie Grassier, a daughter of Joseph Grassier, a blacksmith by trade. In i8Si, with his wife and four children Mr. Winninger came to the United States, in this move seeking wider opportunities for his talented children. It is doubtful if any of the family was prepared for the hard life that faced them in the Wisconsin woods, their chosen home being two and one-half miles beyond Athens, in Marathon county. They made the best of it for six years and then gave up attempted farming and moved to Ashland, \\'is. There Mr. Winninger became a teacher of music and was made the leader of the Ashland band and teacher of the Ashland Maennerchor, and for eight years Ashland remained the family home after which they came to Wausau. This removal was in acknowledgment of the request of many leading people of this city after they had listened to the concerts given here by Mr. Winninger and family as a troupe. For two years after locating here he conducted Columbia Hall as a concert and amusement place. After that, accompanied by his family, he traveled all over the country under the style of the Winninger Bros. & Co. Dramatic Company, Mr. Winninger being the leader of the brass band and orchestra. Although practically retired Mr. Winninger still has students of clarinet and violin and also, on occasion, still teaches band music.

Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Winninger: Frank, who travels with a dramatic company ; John, who is also an actor and musician; Theresa, who is the wife of Leon Miller; Joseph, who travels with his eldest brother as his secretary, is also a musician; Adolph, who belongs to the dramatic profession ; and Charles, who is the husband of the popular actress, Blanche Ring, is a member of her company now playing in The Wall Street Girl. It certainly is unusual to find an entire family so evenly gifted and all are known all over the United States on both the concert stage and in the leading theatres.

WILLIAM MEYER, who is now serving in his third year as supervisor of the town of Stettin, resides on section 25 where is situated his farm of eighty acres, reached by way of the old Marathon road, lying seven miles east of Marathon City and seven miles west of Wausau He was born in Germany, December 2, i860, \vas reared to manhood there and before thinking of coming to America, fulfilled the law of his native land bv serving for three years in the German armv.

When Mr. Aleyer came to the United States it was by himself and he was then twenty-five 3'ears of age. He came to Marathon county, Wis., and worked first in the town of Main for six months and afterward at W'ausau, where he was married April 25, 1891, to Mrs. Amelia (Beyer) Patrick, who was also a native of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer lived at Wausau until 1894, when they moved to the present farm, twenty-five acres of which he has cleared. He takes much interest in his agricultural operations and makes them profitable. He is a member of the board of directors of the Farmers Produce Company of Wausau. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Meyer while they lived at Wausau, Ella, who died in infancy, and Frank, and after coming to the "farm a daughter, Emma, was born. To Mrs. Meyer's first marriage three children were also born : Katie, Freda and an infant named Ida, who died. Mr. Meyer is a Democrat in politics with independent tendencies.

HON. JOHN N. MAXSOX, who is engaged in the fire and life insurance business at Wausau, with ofifices in the First National Bank Building, is recognized as one of the active and stable business men of this city. He was born here March 4, 1857, and is a son of Rufus P. and Catherine (Nicolls) Manson.

John N. Manson has been a lifelong resident of Wausau and in many ways has been identified with the city's development. He left school at the age of fifteen years and later became a member of the firm of R. P. & J. N. Manson, which continued until 1892, since when he has given his main attention to the insurance business. He is a director of the First National Bank of Wausau and is financially interested in a number of the successful enterprises of this section. In politics a Republican it has been his aim to give his party loyal support. In 1898 he became mayor of ^^^ausau and served one term, and at different times has accepted other official responsibilities.

Mr. Manson married Miss Helen Stewart, a daughter of William R. Stewart, of Wausau. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and the Modem Woodmen of America. Mr. and Mrs. Manson belong to the Universalist church.

AUGUST KLUG, one of the good citizens and reliable business men of Mosinee, Wis., owner and proprietor of a meat market, came to this place when a young man of twenty-three years from his home in Germany, where he was born Jime 8, 1871, a son of Bernard and Minnie

Klug. The father was twice married, his wives, two successive, Minnie and Bertha being sisters. To the first union the following children were bom: Augusta, wife of \\'illiam Passow ; Anna, wife of Fred Passow; Emma, wife of Emil Stiemke, still in Germany, and August. Mrs. Minnie Klug died when her only son was two years old. To the second marriage four children were born and survive their mother: Bernard, Otto, Martha, wife of John Sparbel, and Marie. The father now lives retired at Mosinee.

August Klug learned the butcher's trade after his school days were over, and when nineteen years old joined the German army and served the last two years as corporal. He then came to the United States and worked at his trade for one year in shops at Milwaukee, Wis. On December I, 1895, he opened his first meat shop at Mosinee and conducted the same for ten years and then sold and went into the flour, feed and implement business and for four years dealt also in stock. Then he sold and went to North Dakota, where he conducted a general store for two years and a half but then decided to return to Mosinee. Here, for seven months, he was in the hay business and by that time secured the opportunity and took advantage of it of buying out the meat shop in which he had first started into business here and has since continued at the old stand. While in North Dakota he was postmaster at Stillwater and served also on the village and library boards, his solid qualities of citizenship being immediately recognized.

On December 25, 1895, ^^^- Klug was married to Miss Emma Ruhm, who was born in Germany. Her parents are deceased but she has one brother, Carl Ruhm. Mr. and Mrs. Klug have three children: Eirich, Walter and Sylvia. The family belongs to the Lutheran church. They have a very pleasant and attractive home at Mosinee and Mr. Klug owns other property. He is an Independent Republican in politics.

WILLIAM EMIL HUDTLOFF. cashier of the Citizens State Bank of Wausau, W^is., was born in Berlin, Marathon county. Wis., July 13, 1871, and is a son of Rev. William and Frederica (Rusch) HudtlofT. The father and mother were both born in Germany and they came to Marathon county in 1865. The father was one of the early ministers of the Lutheran faith in this section. In 1884 he moved with his family to Shawano county and then to Wausau, his death occurring in this city in 1903, at the age of seventy-four years. The mother died while the familv still resided in Berlin. There were three sons and three daugh-

WilHam E. HudtlofY attended school at Belle Plaine, Wis., and the High School at Shawano, afterward entering the First National Bank of Shawano, where he remained for nineteen years and when elected to the ofifice of register of deeds was assistant cashier of that institution. In 1907, after serving one year as register, he became cashier of the Citizens State Bank of Wausau, the first incumbent, and has served ever since. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally a Mason and Knight of Pythias. Mr. HudtlofT married Miss Zora Harden, daughter of M. Harden, of Augusta, Wis., in 1898. He is identified with the Wausau Commercial Club and Wausau Club.

GEORGE J. LEICHT, attorney at law at Wausau, a member of the law firm of Smith & Leicht, with offices on the second floor of the Cohn Building, was born at South Germantown, Washington county, Wis., February 26, 1887, a son of Jacob and Minnie (Zimmerman) Leicht. For a number of years the father was a farmer but now lives retired at Menomonee Falls. The mother died in 1896. The family consisted of five children.

George J. Leicht was educated in the primary, graded and High Schools at Menomonee Falls, graduating from the latter in the class of 1906, and for a time attended the Whitewater Normal School. Later he entered the University of Wisconsin, spending two years taking a course in literature and science and three years in law. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 191 1 and in October of the same year came to Wausau and entered into partnership with Frank J. Markus. In November, 191 2, the firm of Markus & Leicht was dissolved and the latter entered into another partnership with Brayton E. Smith, the firm operating under the name of Smith & Leicht. He is a member of the Marathon County Bar Association, politically is a Republican and fraternally a Mason. He is a member of St. Paul's Evangelical church.

CHRISTIAN LUND, florist, whose greenhouses are situated at No. 914 Grand avenue, Wausau, Wis., and his offices at No. 517 Third street, is one of the old settled business men of this city, having established himself here nineteen years ago. He was born in Denmark. August 23, 1861, and is a son of Hans Lund and wife, the latter of whom died in

Christian Lund was reared and obtained his education in his own land. When he came to the United States in 1882 and located at Wausau, he found practically an open field in the florist business, no other gardener having ventured here, and much encouraged he opened up in a small way and by persistent endeavor and through untiring industry has built up a very considerably business. He now owns five acres of land and his own residence and six greenhouses, and has 1700 square feet of glass. He is very successful with all kinds of plants and his houses are a beautiful wilderness of bloom of all flowers in their special seasons and, through modern appliance are preserved far beyond their time of natural bloom so that he is prepared to furnish blossoms for every occasion, shipping to other points.

Mr. Lund was married at \\'ausau to Miss Christina Houltman, who was born in Sweden and they have seven children : Marie, who is the wife of James Colby; and Johanna, Hans, Caroline, Edith, Evelyn and Alice. jMr. Lund and family belong to the Presbyterian church. He is identified with the Royal Arcanum but takes no active part in political life.

ALFRED H. ZIMMERMAN, a member of the well known firm of Zimmerman & Rowley, dealers in investment bonds and insurance, with offices in the Marathon County Bank Building, is associated with his father, Ernst C. Zimmerman and J. A. Rowley, under the above firm name. He was born at Wausau, Wis., September 11, 1885, and is a son of Ernst C. Zimmerman who has long been a representative citizen of Wausau.

Alfred H. Zimmerman attended the public schools and after being graduated from the High School, entered Lawrence University at Appleton, where he spent one year and subsequently spent a year at the University of W'isconsin at Madison. For about six months afterward he was in the employ of the H. L. Wheeler Insurance Company, and later, from July, 1906, until February, 1907, was in the employ of J. N. Manson, after which he purchased his interest in the present firm. This business was really founded by Ernst C. Zimmerman as early as 1878 and he' continued in the general insurance line alone until March i, 1880, when the firm of Zimmerman & Wheeler was formed. This continued until 1892. when E. C. Zimmerman sold his interest to his partner. H. L. ^^'heeler.

After tlie death of Mr. Wheeler, in January, 1906, the business was continued by his daughters, Lida E. and Dorothy E. Wheeler, and on July 18, 1906, they sold a one-third interest to J. A. Rowley. On February I, 1907, Ernst C. Zimmerman and Alfred H. Zimmerman purchased the two-thirds owned by the daughters of Mr. Wheeler and the present firm name was adopted.

On March 10, 1908, Mr. Zimmerman was married to Miss Lora Winnifred Harris, who was born at Rochester, N. Y., and they have one daughter, Elizabeth. Mr. Zimmerman belongs to the Knights of Pythias; Forest Lodge No. 130, F. & A. M.; and is identified with the Wausau Club.

WILLIAM A. GREEN, M. D., physician and surgeon, who has been professionally established at Wausau since 1904, with office at No. 520 Third street, was born at Sterling, 111.. March 27, 1877, and is a son of S. Green, a contractor there.

William A. Green was reared at Sterling, attended the excellent public schools there and graduated from the Sterling High School, immediately afterward entering upon the study of medicine and was graduated from the Chicago Homeopathic College in the class of 1901. For one year afterward he was an interne in the Homeopathic Hospital and then opened an office and practiced at Ohio, 111., until 1904, when he came to Wausau. Dr. Green has built up an excellent practice here, keeps fully abreast with the times in his profession and is a member of the Wisconsin State and the American Medical Associations.

At Ouincy, 111., in 1902, Dr. Green was married to Miss Clara Welch. He has never found time to be very active in politics although always interested as a good citizen in afl^airs of importance both at home and abroad and is ever willing to exert his influence in support of law and order. He is identified with the Elks.

In 1867 Carl Krause the younger came to the United States and remained in the city of New York for two years and reached Wausau, Wis., in December, 1869, where he secured work as clerk in a store.

Afterward, for about twelve years, he taught school in the towns of Stettin and Rib Falls, Marathon county, and in other sections, and then began farming. At that time all this part of the country was covered with woods. Mr. Krause has about 200 acres of his land cleared, clearing eighty acres of the same by himself. He married Henrietta Weber, a daughter of Fred and Frederica Weber, of the town of Rib Falls, and they have had ten children: Annie, wife of Edward Gehrpe of Stettin; Emma, of Wausau ; Louise, wife of Alexander Trantow, of the town of Maine; Ida, a teacher for eleven years in the town of Maine; William, Edwin, Margaret and Arthur, all at home and two that died in infancy. Mr. Krause and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a Republican and has served as assessor and as treasurer of the town of Stettin. He belongs to the Stettin Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

CHARLES N. GOERLIXG, under sheriff of Marathon county, belongs to one of the well known families of this section and was bom at Wausau, Wis., February 21, 1871, and is a son of Nicholas and Henrietta Goerling, descendants of two of the oldest families of Marathon county.

Charles N. Goerling was reared at Wausau, attended school here and, with the exception of five years spent on a farm in the town of Stettin, has always been a resident of his native place. Prior to accepting his present responsible office, appointed to the same on January 6, 1913, by Sheriff Abraham, he was in the retail liquor business on Washington street. For eighteen years Mr. Goerling was connected with the Wisconsin State Militia, a member of Co. G., 3rd Regiment, W. N. G., entering as a private and being promoted until, when he resigned from the organization he was lieutenant of his company. Lieutenant Goerling was no carpet soldier either, but took part with his regiment in its movements during the Spanish- American war at Porto Rico.

Mr. Goerling married Miss Marie Behm, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Behm, residents of Athens, Wis., for the last twenty-eight years, and our subject and wife have six children : Lillian, Carl, Elmer, Arthur, Grace and Edwin. He is somewhat active in politics as a wide-awake, interested citizen, while fraternally he is identified with the Eagles.

MRS. JOSIE BLECHA, who is the widow of John Blecha, is a daughter of Martin and Mary (Zigmund) Chesak, and is well known in and near Athens, Wis. The late John Blecha was bom in Washington county, Wis.,

August 27, 1867, a son of Frank and Mary (Hubing) Blecha. Frank Blecha and wife were natives of Gemiany and both are now deceased. For some years he was proprietor of a hotel at Athens, Wis. His children were as follows : John, George, Frank, Edward, Charles, Arthur, Anna and Cecelia. John Blecha obtained his education in the public schools and then learned the butcher's trade, which he followed for some time but later engaged in farming and died on his farm December 19, 1905, at the age of 38 years. He was married to Miss Josephine Mary Chesak on September 12, 1893. ^^ was a Republican in politics and was a member of the Catholic church.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WILSON, president of the Wilson Mercantile Company, wholesale grocers, of Wausau, Wis., has also many other important business interests and is numbered with the most substantial and enterprising citizens of this section. He was bom at Belmont, in County Middlesex, Ontario, Dominion of Canada. November 7, 1859. He attended the country schools there and resided with his parents on a farm. When seventeen years of age he left home and went to Manistee, Mich., where he entered the employ of Charles F. Ruggles, a banker and pine land owner, his position being that of office boy in the banking department of Mr. Ruggles' institution. Here he remained five years, during the last two years of this time being head bookkeeper. He then became head bookkeeper for Bradley Bros, of Milwaukee, pine land owners, with whom he remained four years. ' Mr. Wilson then returned to Manistee, where he entered the employ of the Manistee Lumber Company, and continued with them seven years as head bookkeeper. He was then again with the Bradleys of Milwaukee, which had been incorporated into a stock company known as the Land, Log & Lumber Company, becoming a director, secretary and treasurer of the latter company.

In 1897 Mr. Wilson formed a partnership with H. E. Salsich. in the manufacture of lumber at Star Lake, Wis. This business association was carried on very successfully until 1907 under the fimi name of Salsich & Wilson, the output of the concern during this time being some 400,000.000 feet of lumber, lath and shingles. During a part of this time Mr. Wilson was a resident of Star Lake, but in 1901 he moved his family to Wausau. Since closing his plant at Star Lake he has devoted his time to other important concerns, having heavy investments in timber lands, lumber, paper mills and street railroads. He is president of the Wilson Mercantile Company, wholesale grocers of Wausau, Wis., he is a director of the Marathon County Bank, of Wausau, Wis. He also takes much interest in the development of

On October 4, 1882, Mr. Wilson was married to Miss Delia L. Russell, daughter of Andrew J. Russell, Manistee, Mich., and they have a family of three sons and two daughters. Mr. Wilson has ever been a dependable citizen, and while living at Manistee, Mich., was supervisor from the second ward for four years. For twelve years he was postmaster at Star Lake, Wis.

JOSEPH HAMERLE, who conducts a wagon repair shop at No. 407 Sixth street, Wausau, and is known as a competent blacksmith and horseshoer, has lived in America since 'he was fourteen years of age, but his birth took place in Germany. June 4, 1869. His father, Valentine Hamerle brought his family to the United States in 1883, settling on a farm in Manitowoc county, W'is.

Joseph Hamerle learned his trade in Manitowoc county and aftenvard worked as a journeyman horseshoer in that county and also in Marathon county after 1888. Five years later he went to Phillips, in Price county. Wis., where he worked for two years and then returned to Wausau, where he owns his building, which he has occupied since May, 1896. A man of industry and reliability, Mr. Hamerle does a very satisfactory business and is a highly respected citizen.

At Sheboygan, \\'is., Mr. Hamerle was married to Miss Clara Harff and they have five children : Daniel, Raymond, Valentine, Gertrude and Isabel. The family belongs to St. Mary's Catholic church, and Mr. Hamerle is a member of the Catholic Knights of W'isconsin.

SETH M. B. SMITH, M. D., physician and surgeon at Wausau, with office in the Lawrence Block, has been established in this city since 1905 and has a practice that engages the larger part of his time. Dr. Smith was born at Clinton Junction, near Janesville, W'is.. August 8, 1875.

The childhood and boyhood of Dr. Smith were mainly passed at Whitewater and Fort Atkinson, Wis., his school period being spent at the latter place. After completing the high school course he entered upon the study of medicine and in 1900 was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Chicago, 111. He began his practice at Crandon. Wis., in 1900. After practicing a couple of years he did several months post graduate work in England and Germany. Later, in 1905, he came to Wausau and has identified himself with the leading professional organizations of the country. From igo6 until 1908 he was secretary and treasurer of the Marathon

County Medical Society, and again from 1910 to 1912, and is now vice-president of this body. He belongs also the Wisconsin State Medical Society and to the American Medical Association.

Dr. Smith married Miss Elizabeth Porter, of Wausau, January 25, 1905, a daughter of J. A. Porter, and they have three children ; Judson, David and Eugenia.

JOHN SEIDLER, who is one of the representative citizens of the town of Hamburg, of. which he has been clerk ever since 1897, resides on section 12, fourteen miles southwest of Merrill, Wis., owns two separate farms, aggregating 159 acres. He was born in Wisconsin, February 2j, 1862, and is a son of Gottlieb and Elizabeth Seidler.

The parents of Mr. Seidler were early settlers and became well known people of the town of Hamburg. They came into Marathon county with a colony of emigrants, witli their own oxen and wagon and settled three miles west of the present fami of their son John, securing eighty acres of wild land. Through unremitting toil the father converted this land into a productive farm and the mother yet lives on the same, in her old age enjoying many of the comforts unobtainable in her youth. The father died here in April, 1887, and his burial was at Hamburg. He was a republican in his political faith and on many occasions was entrusted with offices of responsibility, serving honestly and efificiently as district clerk, juryman and supervisor. He was a member and supporter of the Lutheran church.

John Seidler attended the public schools and afterward worked as a farmer during the summer seasons and in the woods in the winters. Following his marriage he settled on his present home farm of eighty acres, which his father helped to clear to the extent of ten acres and built the barn which still stands. Mr. Seidler has forty acres of this fami now cleared and the other buildings he erected. His second purchase of land is all timber and no improvements have, as yet, been placed on it.

John Seidler was united in marriage with Miss Albertine Henke, of the town of Rib Falls, and the following children have been born to them : Bertha, Lydia, Laura, Clara, Martha, living; one son named Arnold and one daughter named Hulda who died before they were two months old, and one son who died unnamed. Mr. Seidler and family are members of the Lutheran church. He is independent in his political attitude, but this has not prevented his being frequently chosen by his fellow citizens for public office.

He has served four times as juror, has also served as school clerk and as justice of the peace. He is one of the stockholders in the Hamburg cheese factory, of which big local enterprise he was a charter member, also a charter member and a stockholder in the Hamburg Creamery, and a stockholder in the Hamburg Telephone Company.

ABRAHAM BERTOLET ROSENBERRY, M. D., physician and surgeon practicing at Wausau, has been a resident of this city since 191 1, but for many years has been engaged in medical practice in the state of Wisconsin. He was bom in Medina county, O., September 12, 1854, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Bertolet) Rosenberry.

The first of the Rosenberry name of whom record has been preserved was Henry Rosenberger, who came from Germany and settled in Franconia township, Montgomery county. Pa., in 1729. There w^as also a Daniel Rosenberger, whose son was named David and one of the latter's seven sons was Philip Rosenberger, who married Mary Landis and they were the grandparents of Dr. Rosenberry of Wausau. They died in Pennsylvania.

Samuel Rosenberry, father of Dr. Rosenberry, was bom in Montgomery county, Pa., February 21. 1809, and had two brothers and two sisters who died near Philadelphia. In Pennsylvania Samuel Rosenberry married Sarah Bertolet, who was bom in 181 7 and died in 1861. Jean Bertolet was the first of her family in America. He came from Switzerland in 1726 with his family. Before Samuel and Sarah Rosenberry started for Medina county, O., two sons were born to them. The journey was made by wagon and was tiresome and to some degree dangerous, in 1840. for a great part of the country traversed was practically a wilderness then. They settled on a farm in Medina county and passed the remainder of their lives there. Eleven children made up their family. Philip B., who was born in 1838, became a dentist and died in Canada in 1890. Jacob Reifif. who was bom in 1839, died in Indiana in 1893. Mary became the wife of Washington Mapes and they live at Fulton, Kalamazoo county, Mich. Eliza, who w^as born in 1843, married Henry Walton and died in Canada in 1904. Sarah, who was bom in 1844, married Harrison H. Kendig and died in Michigan in 1903. Samuel, bom in 1846, is a farmer and contracting carpenter in Kalamazoo county. Mich. Hannah, born in 1847, and Henry, bom in 1849. both died in infancy. Alvan. who was bom October 2, 1851, was graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan in 1880 and settled at Wausau in 1886, where he practiced until 1896. moving then to Oak Park. Chicago, and died at Benton Harlwr. Mich.. May 8. 1912. The next in order of birth was Abraham B., and the youngest of the family, Harvey L. The latter was bom September 14, 1857, and was graduated from Starling Medical College, O., in the class of 1883, practiced for seventeen years at Wausau, and died in this city January 11, 191 1.

Abraham B. Rosenberry attended the public schools and afterward completed a normal school course at the Michigan State Nomial School at Ypsilanti, graduating in 1878, although, prior to this, he had taught school and afterward, from 1878 until 1881, he had charge of the schools of Menominee, Mich. In 1882 he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan and on February 20, 1883. was graduated from Rush Medical College. Chicago. His first location for practice was at Peshtigo, Mich., from which place he removed to Plymouth and then to Sheboygan Falls, Wis., then to Oconto, Wis. He later spent five years at Harrison and then entered into practice at Arbor Vitae, Wis., where he continued for seventeen years and then came to Wausau. Dr. Rosenberry is a valued member of the county and state medical organizations and of the American Medical Association. He is local surgeon for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, and is medical director of the Great Northern Life Insurance Company, at Wausau, and also is surgeon for the Employers' Mutual Liability Company.

On August 5. 1880, Dr. Rosenberry was married to Miss Kate Walton, of Bloomington. 111., who died November 14, 1886. On March 26, 1890, Dr. Rosenberry married Miss Kate Boardman, of Grand Forks, Dak., and they have had four children : Ruth and Louise, and two who died in infancy. Dr. and Mrs. Rosenberry are members of the Presb)d;erian church. In politics he has always given support to the republican party, &nd fraternally has been identified with Masonry for many years, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery.

LOUIS KRAATZ. president of the Wausau Foundry and Machine Shops, at Wausau, is at the head of a large business enterprise, in which he is mainly interested with other members of his family. He was born in 1852, in the city of Milwaukee, Wis., and is a son of Manoel Kraatz. After his school days Louis Kraatz entered his father's machine shop at Milwaukee and in his native city learned his trade in a very thorough manner and prior to coming to Wausau, some ten years ago, was engaged there as a machinist. On June 18, 1903, the John A. Frenzel Iron Works were purchased, the name changed the same year, and the concern incorporated as the Wausau Foundry and Machine Shops, the officers of the company being : Louis Kraatz, presi- dent; Mrs. Bertha Kraatz, vice-president; Albert J. Kraatz, secretary and treasurer; Carl Kraatz, the second son, is also a member of the finn. The plant is finely equipped, fitted with expensi\'e modern machinery. In the woodwork department skilled workmen make all the patterns and frames for their machines and gasoline engines are also built, the plant turning out all kinds of machinery and doing repair work of every description. Mr. Kraatz and sons are all practical machinists and they keep a force of nine men employed in the works. The younger son, Carl Kraatz, is a graduate of the engineering department, of the class of 191 1, of the University of Wisconsin. This is one of the most stable and prosperous industrial plants at Wausau.

NATHAN HEINEMAXN, proprietor of the largest mercantile establishment at Wausau, Wis., has been a resident here almost forty years and during the greater part of the time has been a merchant. He stands as one of the solid, reliable, representative business men of W^ausau. He was born in Baden, Germany, March 4, 1849, and is a son of Samuel and Yedda Heinemann, who came to Wausau after their sons had established themselves here. They spent their last days here, honored and esteemed by all.

Nathan Heinemann attended school and ser\'ed his apprenticeship with a merchant at Baden and in the spring of 1863 entered the employ of a dry goods firm there as a clerk. In 1867 he came to the United States and before reaching Wausau, in 1874, spent the inten'ening years in large business centers, in New Jersey, New York, Savannah, Ga., and Chicago, 111. After deciding upon Wausau as a promising business field, Mr. Heinemann with his brother Benjamin, opened a small store which was soon expanded into a general store, carrying all commodities for which there was a demand, and the brothers continued their partnership for twenty-two years. After the partnership was severed Mr. Heinemann continued for himself, and. although he has many other large and developing interests, he still carries on his merchandising, confining himself mainly to dry goods and carpets. There are many who would have a lonely feeling if his pleasant personality was removed from the activities in which he has made himself felt for so many years. Being one of the early business men here Mr. Heinemann can recall much that is interesting concerning the introduction of many of the labor saving devices which then were luxuries, but have now become necessities. He was one of the early sewing machine agents, there probably not being at that time more than three machines owned in all Marathon county.

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of New York City, and they have six surviving children : Harry, who is associated with his father in the mercantile business; Helen, who is the wife of Max Young, of St. Paul; Gertrude, who lives at home; Fred, who is in the lumber business in Saskatchewan, Canada ; and Solomon and Byron.

Mr. Heinemann has always been interested in progressive matters and has been quick to recognize all modern utilities and has served as president of the Wausau Telephone Company of Wausau since its organization in 1895. He owns much improved real estate here and also great tracts of timber land in Wisconsin. For many years prominent in Masonry he was chairman of the committee that arranged for the erection of the Masonic Temple in this city. In 1912 he was appointed by Governor McGovem a member of the Wisconsin Income Tax Board. While he has concentrated his interests largely at Wausau, Mr. Heinemann has traveled extensively both in America and in Europe and can enjoyably visit Germany, France and Spain because he can speak their languages fluently. He belongs to the Wausau Club and to the Wausau Liederkranz.

WILLIAM ALBRECHT, JR., who is in the real estate, loan and life insurance business at Wausau, has been a resident of this city since the fall of 1903 and is a well known and representative citizen. He was born at Mayv'ille, Wis., May 2-j, 1877, and is a son of William and Caroline Albrecht.

William Albrecht was reared in his native place and attended the common and high schools, after which he gained a practical knowledge of blacksmithing and worked at this trade under his father for six years. In September, 1903, he came to ^^'ausau and embarked in the real estate and insurance business and remained alone until January i, 191 1, when the business became a corporation under the style of Albrecht, Bock & Chellis, of which Mr. Albrecht became secretary. In July, 19 12, he sold his interest in the same to A. A. Bock & Son, and as an individual reembarked in the same business, securing a convenient office in the National American Bank Building. He is agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, an organization that enjoys a large amount of public confidence in Wisconsin. Mr. Albrecht handles mainly fami and suburban property and has been the means of bringing considerable capital to this section for investment. In 1903 Mr. Albrecht was married to Miss Clara Guth, of Mayville, Wis. He is active in politics only to the extent that good citizenship demands and fraternally is identified with the Masons.

C. C. BARRETT, who has been prominently identified with the development of Edgar, Wis., coming here in 1893, after successful business experiences in other sections, was born in Blooming Grove township, Dane county, \\'is., three miles from Madison, December 25, 1858, a son of James W. and Jane (May) Barrett, who came from Wethersfield, Conn., in 1847. Their ancestors were some of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., who came from Sussex, England, A. D. 1640, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., and later at Weathersfield, Conn. They had four children, two sons surviving, C. C. and a brother, Clifford P. Barrett, the latter of whom is a resident of Chicago, III.

James W. Barrett, the father, who was a private in Company G, 29th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, died in the service of the United States. In November, 1863, the family moved from Wisconsin to W'ethersfield, Conn.

C. C. Barrett was educated at Weathersfield and Bridgeport, Conn. He then became a commercial traveler for a wholesale boot and shoe house of Hartford, Conn., and continued in that line for ten years when he moved to Kansas City and became connected with the Missouri Pacific Railroad as ticket agent and traveling passenger agent, remaining eight years, and for the three following years w-as manager of the Ada Mining Company and was stationed at Joplin, Mo. He then became interested in the mining business, which occupied his attention until November, 1893, when he came to Edgar. Here he first engaged in logging, but soon embarked in the real estate business, his holdings covering a wide territory. A man of enterprise and foresight, he soon was chosen for leadership in the developing of this section. He served three years as postmaster of Edgar and erected the first special postoffice building ever put up in Marathon county, Edgar having a building even before any such particular structure had been erected at \\'ausau. He then organized the Edgar Land Company, which laid out forty acres in town lots, the north side of the village, and in three and onehalf days had a half mile of street with sidewalks graded. The property w as thus made so presentable that the sale of lots was thereby more easily brought about and life was introduced into every avenue of business. He also laid out forty acres about one-half mile distant from the old town of Rib Falls, in connection with the Rib Falls Land Company, and in carrying on the work of improvement here made use of six railroad wheel scrapers, grading roads. He helped to organize the Edgar, Cassel & Emmett Telephone Company, of which he is an official and is president of the Edgar Local Telephone Company, which company installed and operated the first telephone exchange in Marathon county outside of W^ausau. In politics he is a republican, for eighteen years has been a justice of the peace and was the first police judge elected at Edgar after the incorporation as a village.

In 1903 Mr. Barrett was married to Mrs. Clara B. Minshall, a daughter of Mathias and Anna Blumer, of La Crosse county, Wis. They have three children: Clififord C, Jane May and Charles J., and son Cyrus B. Minshall by a former marriage of Mrs. Barrett. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett attend the Presbyterian church.

FRANKLIN ELISHA BUMP, member of the law firm of Bump & Manson, at Wausau, a practitioner in the United States Supreme Court, and from 1898 to 191 3 a United States Commissioner for the Western District of Wisconsin, was born at Wausau. November 9, 1873, a son of Elisha L. and Lillie A. (Gurley) Bump.

Elisha L. Bump was born on a farm in Otsego county, N. Y. In 1864 he removed with his parents to Wisconsin and settled on a farm near Almond, Portage county. He was educated in the public schools and at Alleghany Institute, Alleghany county, N. Y., studied law in the office of E. L. Browne at Waupaca, Wis., and was admitted to the bar in December, 1870, in the fall of the following year beginning the practice of law at Wausau. In 1872 he was elected district attorney of Marathon county as an independent candidate and served during 1873 ^"^ 1874. During 1880 and 1883 he divided his time between his practice at Wausau and that of the firm of Bump, Hetzel & Canon, at Merrill, of which he was senior member, and in 1883 removed to Merrill, the firm subsequently becoming Bump & Hetzel. Endorsed by both political parties he was elected mayor of Merrill and sensed as such during 1885 and 1886. From 1890 to 1891 was senior member of the law firm of Bump & Van Hecke. In the spring of 1892 he returned to Wausau, entering into a law partnership with Senator A. L. Kreutzer and in January, 1895, the firm of Bump & Kreutzer became Bump, Kreutzer & Rosenberry, and in the same year Mr. Bump was chosen city attorney of Wausau and served two terms. In January, 1901, he retired from the above firm to form the firm of Bump, Marchetti & Bump, composed of himself, Judge Louis Marchetti and Franklin E. Bump, his son. For more than thirty years he was in active practice in all the courts, state and federal. His death occurred July 15, 1904. In 1872 Elisha L. Bump was m.arried at Waupaca, Wis., to Miss Lillie A. Gurley, who sur^nves. They had three children: Franklin E., Mary E., who is the wife of J. C. Schmidtman. of Manitowoc, and Florence, who is the wife of Seth N. Warner, of Minneapolis.

Franklin E. Bump passed from the high school into the University of Wisconsin, graduated in law at the University of Michigan, and took his A. B. degree at Leland Stanford University, the last named honor having been attained in 1897. He was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar, June 24, 1896, and entered into practice in the following year with Neal Brown and L. A. Pradt, the finn being Brown, Pradt & Bump. In 1900 he entered into partnership with Judge Marchetti under the style of Marchetti & Bump, and in 1901 the finn became Bump, Marchetti & Bump, of which his father was the senior member. After Judge Marchetti was elected to the bench the firm became E. L. & F. E. Bump, which name prevailed until April, 1909, when Mr. Bump became associated with H. H. Manson and the firm caption has been Bump & Manson since that time. Mr. Bump's professional ability has been frequently acknowledged. From 1900 to 1901 he served as city attorney of Wausau; from 1906 to 1907 he was district attorney of Marathon county; from May, 1910, until May, 1912, was again city attorney, and at the judicial election of 1913 was elected county judge for the six-year term, beginning in January, 19 14, and has served in other public offices.

In 1897 Mr. Bump was united in marriage with Miss Laura Smith, a daughter- of Doctor Theophilus and Harriet (Crown) Smith. The mother of Mrs. Bump at the time of her marriage with Doctor Smith was the widow of Burton Millard, who was killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Bump have four children: Franklin E.. Jr., born in 1898, Warner, bom in 1901 ; Millard, bom in 1903; and Laura Virginia, born in 1906. Mr. Bump and family belong to St. John's Episcopal church at Wausau. He retains his membership in his college fraternities and is active and interested in both the Wausau City and the Wausau Country Clubs. He is identified fraternally with Forest Lodge, No. 130, F. & A. M. ; Wausau Chapter, No. 51, Royal Arch Masons; Wausau Council. No. 23, Royal and Select Masters, and St. Omer Commandery, No. 19, Knights Templar; also to Marathon Lodge, No. 145, Knights of Pythias.

CARL KOENIG, general farmer in the town of Stettin, lives on the farm of 120 acres on which he was bom, August 5, 1886, and is a son of Carl F, and Pauline (Boemer) Koenig. Both parents were bom in Germany and were married there. Of their family of nine children eight are yet living. The mother still lives on the home farm, but the father died when aged thirty-seven years and six months.

Carl Koenig grew up on the home farm and helped his father to clear it. After his school days were over he took charge of the property, farming in the summer and working for loggers during the winter, and has continued to carry on fanning very successfully. He is financially interested in the local cheese factory and is a member of the Stettin Mutual Insurance Company. In politics he is a republican and in the spring of 1912 was elected town supervisor. In June, 1910, he married Miss Clara Denel, a daughter of William and Amelia Denel, of the town of Stettin, and they have one child, Dora. Mr. and Mrs. Koenig are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Koenig is a member of the local singing society and has been a member of the Stettin band for a number of years.

CHARLES WEINFELD, general agent for northern Wisconsin of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wis., with offices in the Weinfeld Building on Third street, Wausau, is interested also in the land business and is president of the Wausau Mississippi Timber Company. He was born at Sherwood. Wis., April 4, 1872.

After graduating from the high school at Appleton, Wis., Mr. \Veinfeld came to Wausau and started a small news stand, but afterward entered the clothing business, which he subsequently sold when he became interested in land and this interest he has continued as above mentioned. In 1897 he entered first into the life insurance business. In 191 1 he was appointed general agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wis., with which he has mainly been identified since embarking in this line of business. For four years - 1909, 1910. 191 1 and 1912 - he led in the United States with the Northwestern Mutual Life, being ahead of every other company, both in total amount of business and also in number of policies. In 1912 he wrote 240 separate policies aggregating a vast amount, averaging $4,400 to each policy. Mr. Weinfeld has invested largely at Wausau and in 1897 erected the handsome pressed brick Weinfeld Building, located at Nos. 307-309 Third street. He is an active citizen where public interests are concerned and is numbered with the representative men here.

On June 14. 1909. Mr. Weinfeld was married to Miss Johanna Stem, of Chicago, 111. He has long been prominent in the Elks and for three consecutive terms ser\'ed as exalted ruler of Wausau Lodge, No. 248, B. P. O. E.

FRANK GASSNER, who owns 120 acres of fine land situated in the town of Marathon and has a one-half interest in 200 acres mainly timberland in partnership with Joseph Stieber, has been a resident of Marathon county since he was fourteen years of age. He was bom in Gilmore town-

Michael Gassner was bom in Austria and was a man of fine education. He came to the United States and to Illinois, leaving his first wife, who followed three years afterward and was shipwrecked on the voyage, but was -rescued and later died at Quincy, 111. Some years afterward Michael was married secondly at Quincy, to Josepha Baen, who was bom in Bavaria, Germany, and died in Adams county. 111., at the age of forty-four years. About eighteen months afterward Mr. Gassner with his five children, three of whom are now deceased, moved to Marathon county, settling in the neighborhood of Marathon City, where he secured three 40-acre tracts, an'd his death occurred on his first tract of forty acres, three miles east of Marathon City. He was then sixty-nine years old and his burial was in the St. Mary's cemetery. He was both a faithful Catholic and liberal in his church support, helping to erect the second Catholic church at Marathon City. He was so upright a man that he was universally respected and his fellow citizens elected him to positions of responsibility. He served two tenns as school treasurer of the town of Marathon.

Frank Gassner obtained all his schooling in Adams county and after coming to Wisconsin assisted his father for a year and then went into the lumber regions and continued until he was twenty-six years old, when he settled on the farm on which he yet resides, which lies two and three-fourth miles east of Marathon City. He has fifty acres of his land cleared and has made all the improvements here and during the summer time attends to his crops, but in the winters engages to some extent in logging. He is also interested in the dairy business at Marathon City, is a stockholder in the Central Creamery Company, of which he was president for two terms, and is a stockholder in the Farmers Produce Company, a charter member and president of the first Marathon City Company.

Mr. Gassner was married October 12, 1886. to Miss Anna Stieber, who was bom in Baden, Germany, a daughter of Joseph and Caroline (Huldabaugh) Stieber, who came from Germany and settled first at Two Rivers, Manitowoc county. Wis., for one year and then moved to the town of Marathon in Marathon county, where they lived at the time of death, the mother being aged forty-two years and the father seventy-five years. They were members of St. Mary's Catholic church. To Mr. and Mrs. Gassner the following children were born: Justiana. wife of John Heil. Jr.: and Eulalea. Anthony, Frank and Richard. The family all belong to St. Mary's Catholic church. Mr. Gassner is a member of the Catholic Knights of W'isconsin and of the A. S. of E. He is a lifelong democrat, a loyal party man and has served his town one term as supervisor, twenty-one years as school clerk and sixteen years as town treasurer.

OSCAR A. LEUBXER, who is a prominent and substantial citizen of Wausau, Wis., active in both business and political circles, is proprietor of a large livery and sales stable and probably does more business in this line than any other liveryman in the county. He was born at Manitowoc, Wis., December 27, 1877, and is a son of Alfred and Rose Leubner, the latter of whom died in 1905.

Oscar A. Leubner was reared at Manitowoc, attended school there and began to learn the drug business. In 1893 the family moved to Wausau and here the father embarked in business as a florist but later, on account of ill health, sold out to Mr. Phillipp and then he and his son started into the livery business, Oscar A., for two years previously having been a druggist for Dr. Taugher, at Marathon City. The partnership continued until 1910, when Oscar A. Leubner purchased his father's interest in the livery and sales stables and has fine and commodious quarters at Nos. 307-309 Fourth street, which the firm purchased and took possession of in 1904. The business was started in what was known as the Edee barn, on the corner of Forest and Second streets, where it was carried on for seven years before removal to its present location. Mr. Luebner keeps at least twenty-five horses on hand and has suitable equipments of all kinds, including a funeral car. He has additional business interests, being a stockholder in both the First National and the Marathon County banks at Wausau.

Mr. Leubner was married in 1901 to Miss Martha Kramrath of this city and they have one son, Lloyd. Active and interested at all times in the welfare of his home city, Mr. Leubner enjoys a large measure of public confidence and in the spring of 1912 was elected alderman in the First Ward, on the non-partisan ticket. He is identified with the fraternal order of the Modem Woodmen.

JULIUS W'EINKE. a well known and highly respected citizen of the town of Stettin, a prosperous farmer owning 160 acres of valuable land lying in sections 28, 29 and 33, lives four miles northeast of Marathon City. He was born in Germany, March 8, 1852, and is a son of Fred and Anstein (Fritz) Weinke. When sixteen years of age he accompanied his father, brother and two sisters to America, his mother dying in Germany when aged forty years. The father brought his family to Marathon county, Wis., and secured eighty acres of land in section 29, all of which was then covered by heavy timber. He cut down the first tree ever felled here and to his first purchase later added forty acres more. After his active years were over he retired to the home of his son-in-law, William Buttke, and there passed away in his eighty-sixth year. He was a worthy member of the Lutheran church.

Julius Weinke knew only the German language when he came to Marathon county, but he soon acquired the English tongue by conversation with others. When he was twenty-five years of age he married Miss Augusta Erdmann, a native of Germany, and they settled in section 29, town of Stettin, on a farm of eighty acres, which he improved and afterward added to his possessions. He bought eighty and forty more acres in sections 28 and 29, and in 1901 bought eighty acres in sections 28 and 33 already improved and since 1902 has li\ed on his farm in section 33, where he has improved the buildings. He has been a lifelong democrat and has the confidence of his fellow citizens, who have often chosen him to serve in public office. He was town clerk three years and for seven years was chairman of the town board. He has been one of the charter members of the Stettin Mutual Fire Insurance Company. To Mr. and Mrs. Weinke the following children were born: AMlliam. a resident of Wausau, who married Elizabeth Zunker; Matilda, the wife of Carl Zunker, residing in the town of Stettin; Julius C, who manages his father's farm ; Otto, who resides in Wausau : Edwin, who is in the blacksmith business at Little Chicago; Bernard, residing at home, and a daughter who died at the age of one year. The family belongs to the Lutheran churcli. of which Mr. Weinke has been a trustee for seventeen years, and over twenty years school district clerk in said town.

T. J. SCHOTT, secretary and treasurer of the Wausau Iron Works, at Wausau, has been one of its officials since the establishing of the business, June 15, 1908, in which year he came to this city. He was born in Manitowoc county. Wis., August 27, 1878. and was reared on a farm until the age of fourteen years.

After leaving home, Mr. Schott went to school in the city of Milwaukee for two years, having previously had but meager opportunities. He then became interested along the line of structural iron work and for ten years worked in a foundry at Appleton, Wis. In association with Messrs. A. C. Heinzen and W. H. Timm he organized the Appleton Steam Boiler and Manufacturing Company, which title was later changed to the Northern Boiler and Structural Iron ^^'orks, and in 1907 a branch was started at

VVausau. In 1908 the present company was organized with F. \V. Krause as president ; C. H. W. Wegner as vice-president ; T. J. Schott as secretary and treasurer, and A. C. Heinzen as general manager. Employment is afforded on an average to about 100 men, the output being structural steel for bridges and other buildings. Modern building has demonstrated the demand for structural steel in the last few years as never before and a prosperous future stretches out for such well financed and ably managed concerns as the Wausau Iron Works.

Mr. Schott was married to Miss Florentine Musch, of Waupaca county, Wis., and they have two sons, Nomian and Wilbur. While essentially a business man, Mr. Schott is not by any means unmindful of the duties of citizenship which are among the acknowledged responsibilities of those who lead in the business world.

GUST SCHNEIDER, who was born at Granville, Milwaukee county, Wis., May 26, 1857, has been assessor of the village of Edgar for eight years and owns thirty acres of land here. He is a son of John C. and Mary Schneider, natives of Germany. John C. Schneider was eleven years old when he accompanied his parents to Milwaukee, Wis., and his wife came with her parents when nine years old. They grew up in Milwaukee county and were married there and afterward settled five miles northwest of Milwaukee. They had eleven children, seven of the family still living. John C. Schneider died in Milwaukee county when aged seventy-six years, his wife passing away at about the same age and they were buried in the cemetery at Granville. They were members of the Lutheran church. He was a well known man, served in political offices for years, was an auctioneer as well as farmer and was agent for the Gemiantown Insurance Company.

Gust Schneider attended the common and high schools and remained with his father until he was twenty-one years old, when he came to Marathon county and with his older brother, Christian, bought several tracts of timber land of J. M. Smith. For seven years he lived there with his brother and then married Miss Mary Duerstein, a daughter of Jacob Duerstein, of Marathon City. Mrs. Schneider died when their two children, Agnes and Julia, were aged two and four years respectively. His second marriage was to Miss Huldah Bahr, a daughter of Fred Bahr, of the town of Wein, and five children were born to this marriage: Huldah, Cora, Arthur, Regina and Ervin. After his first marriage Mr. Schneider lived in the town of Wein and then sold his farm to Michael Abraham and in 1901 moved to Edear, where he has since lived. He is a member of the Lutheran church, in which he has long been an official. In politics he is an independent republican. For twenty-two years he was assessor of the town of Wein and town chairman for two years and for two years was a justice of the peace. For about thirty years Mr. Schneider has also been an auctioneer.

PARIS O. MEANS, whose important business interests at Wausau, Wis., place him among the representative men of the city, has resided here for thirty-one years. He is president of the W'ausau Ice and Fuel Company and also of the Wausau Canning Company, the latter being one of the great industries of this section. He was born at Burnham. Waldo county. Me., February 27, 1857, and is a son of Luther and Adeline (Nelson) Means.

In 1883 the Means family came to \\'isconsin and settled on a fann in the town of Weston, near Schofield, Marathon county. There the father of Mr. Means died in 1895. The mother survived him for .two years, her death occurring at the home of her son. Paris O. Means, at Wausau. They were highly respected people, both coming of sturdy old New England stock.

Paris O. Means came to Wisconsin in 1876 and worked at the lumber business at Stevens Point, where he continued for six years and then was in the dairy business with his brother, the late George R. Means, who died in 1894, in the town of Weston. In June, 1888, he became a resident of Wausau, where for twenty-five years he has been identified with the ice business. He has been with the Wausau Canning Company since 1907, being president of the same. He is also identified with the Wausau Ice and Fuel Company, was one of the incorporators of the same and has been president since 1908.

In 1887, at Wausau, ]\Ir. Means was married to ^liss Lutie L. Single, a daughter of Thomas and Harriet (Dexter) Single. Thomas Single was one of the pioneer settlers of W'ausau. After his death Mrs. Single married D. B. Baker. She was bom in Vennont eighty-one years ago and came to Wausau in 1849. She is one of the city's venerable and much esteemed residents. Mr. and Mrs. ]\Ieans have three children: Zelda Jennie, Grace Esther and Gertrude Harriet. While Air. Means is by no construction a politician, he is active as a citizen and for ten years the voters of the Fourth Ward testified to their confidence in him by electing him supervisor. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity - Wausau Lodge, No. 130; Wausau Chapter, No. 51, R. A. M. ; and St. Omer Commandery, No. 19, K. T. He and his family attend the Episcopal church.

EDWARD J. RADANDT, who is president of the E. J. Radandt Furniture Company of Wausau, with quarters at Nos. 202-204 Scott street, estab- Hshed this business in 1909 and is one of the city's enterprising and prospering business men. He was bom December 11, 1878, at Kilboum, Wis., and is a son of Fred and Minnie Radandt.

Edward J. Radandt was reared and attended the pubhc schools in his native place and was eighteen years of age when he came to Wausau and began to work in the furniture store of his brother-in-law, Charles Helke, with whom he remained for two years. For the following ten years he was engaged in a furniture store at Milwaukee, going from there to Chicago and after seven years in that busy place returned to Wausau, where the family owned considerable real estate. Although Mr. Radandt's father never lived at Wausau, he had invested in property, and his uncle, Frank E. Radandt, who died at Wausau, February 13, 1912, and had lived in this city about eight years, also left considerable real estate here. Thus, when Mr. Radandt returned to Wausau he had command of plenty of capital and bought his present building. He started with the quarters afforded at No. 202, but very soon found his trade expanding so rapidly that more space was needed and at the present he occupies the entire space in both buildings. His stock includes furniture and carpets and all kinds of house furnishings except stoves.

Mr. Radandt married Miss Anna Hollihan, of Caledonia. Minn., and they have two children : Edward Thomas and Margaret Jane. The family attends St. Stephen's church.

MARK G. BELLIS, the president of the Bellis Hotel Company, is a young man, coming to Wausau with his parents in 1873. He graduated with honor from the Wausau High School and then acted as bookkeeper for the Bellis Hotel, which had assumed large proportions by this time. He might be named as the founder of the baseball sport in Wausau, he being the first to organize a club, and play with such amateurs as Rev. Hagemann, C. V. Bardeen and other professional men, until the play had become popular and a permanent club was organized at Wausau. It was through his efforts mainly that Wausau entered into the state league with Illinois and later with Minnesota and Illinois again, having a professional team for over ten years, and he is now again the president of the Wausau team, nicknamed "Lumber Jacks." Thoroughly devoted to clean sport, he is one of the most popular men of Wausau and also an adept with rod and line, an expert in luring the subtle trout from the depths of the creek. As a member of tlie noble fra- ternity of Elks he has taken a prominent part in the varied entertainments staged by this order. But not only in recreations is he found in the foremost ranks, but in everything appertaining to the welfare of the city he takes a prominent part. As a citizen he has the courage of his convictions and has always acted with the Democratic party in state and national afifairs. As a landlord he has no superior and this city is justly proud of the Bellis Hotel with its excellent accommodations. Mark G. Bellis was born in the city of Berlin, Wis., a son of George F. Bellis and his w'lie, Mary Jane (Young), on the 14th day of September, 1862, and became manager of the Bellis Hotel Company in 1898, when it incorporated, and has been its president since the death of his father. George F. Bellis, in December, 1905. On September 13, 1903, he was married to Miss Alberta Schoonover, of Oshkosh. Wis., and two children were born to them : Margaret and Mary Jane.

RUFUS P. MAXSON, whose death on February 21, 1897, deprived Wausau of one of its most useful and prominent citizens, was born at Jackson, N. H., in the year 1830. At the age of twenty-one, or in 185 1, he came to Wausau entirely alone and his subsequent success in life was attained solely through his own efforts. After arriving here he at once became interested in the lumber industry, in which he continued until his death, being a very successful business man. He served the county and city in public office, being sheriff of Marathon county about the time of the Civil war, also in other county offices at different times, and was several times elected mayor of Wausau. A record of his administration may be found in connection with the history of Wausau in another part of this volume. He married Catherine Nicolls, who was born in Canada and came to W'ausau with Peter St. Amston and wife. She survived her husband but five months, her death taking place July 5, 1897. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom John N., subject of a special sketch, is the eldest of the six survivors.

C. O. FULLER, M. D., physician and surgeon at Stratford, Wis., was born July 29, 1873, at Seymour, Outagamie county, Wis., a son of A. G. and Mary A. Fuller, old residents of Seymour. C. O. Fuller attended the common and high school at Seymour and was graduated with the class of 1901 from the Milwaukee Medical College. He began the practice of his profession at Merton, where he remained for ten months, removing then to Fenwood in Marathon county and four months later coming to Stratford. He owns 120 acres of land in sections 17 and 18, town of Emmet, thirty acres of which are improved with good buildings. He is a member of the county and state medical associations. He handles his own drugs, as there is no drug store in the town. Dr. Fuller married Miss Jennie McCoy, who was born at Appleton, Wis., and they have had four children: Gladys, Alfred, Donovan and Robert, the last named living only twenty-six days.

GUSTAV A. OSSWALD,* one of the leading business men of the west side of Wausau, Wis., proprietor of a delicatessen, confectionery and grocery store handling fancy groceries, with quarters at No. 310 First avenue, South, was born in this city. May 20, 1869, and is a son of Christian and Elizabeth Osswald, both of whom are now deceased.

In some measure, Gustav A. Osswald grew up in this business, as his father was a baker and also conducted a grocery store, and in his boyhood, when not at school, he assisted in the store as a clerk. Later he worked for three years at the plumbing trade, but in 1898, he, in partnership with his brother, J. F. Osswald, established the present store and conducted it together until 1902, when Gustav A. bought his brother's interest and has carried.it on alone ever since. While this is a large and important interest it is by no means the only one which claims Mr. Osswald's time and capital, other enterprises in which he is concerned being the Sun Publishing Company of this city, of which he is president, and the Palace Clothing Company, also of ^^'ausau, of which he is treasurer. He is active as a citizen, is interested particularly in the west side, and is a member of the board of water commissioners.

Mr. Osswald married Miss Matilda Schmidt, of Oshkosh, Wis., and they have two children, Harry and Esther. They are members of St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran church. His fraternal connections ai'e numerous and he is a popular member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Equitable Fraternal L^nion, the Germania, the Eagles and the Owls. He is one of the city's wideawake and progressive men, and his energy and foresight are made use of not only to advance his own fortunes, but also to promote the welfare and substantial advancement of his city.

JOHN W. KREUTZER,* owner of the old Kreutzer homestead, containing 160 acres, situated in Marathon county, and one of the leading stockholders of the Athens Creamery Company, was born at Grafton, Ozaukee county, ^^^is., and is a son of Andrew Kreutzer, an early settler in this section.

the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went into the horse business and continued to l>e extensively interested in the same for fifteen years, when he purchased the old homestead and here carries on both general fanning and dairying, mainly the latter, having Guernsey stock.

On February 2 7i, 189S, ^Ir. Kreutzer was married to Miss Marie Frederick, who was born in Washington county, a daughter of Ferdinand and Henrietta (Grindeman) Frederick. Aft^r Mrs. Kreutzer's parents came from Germany they settled as farmers in \\"ashington county. Wis., where the mother still li\-es, but the father is deceased. They had the following children : August, Ferdinand, John, William, Bertha, deceased, Helen. Frederica, deceased, and Marie. To ^Ir. and Mrs. Kreutzer three children were born: Alfred. John and Helen. The family belongs to the Lutheran church. A Republican in politics. Mr. Kreutzer has been recognized by his party as a man in whom to repose confidence, and at different times has had tendered him important local oftices. He has served two years as county supervisor and three terms on the village board. He belongs to the M. W' . A. at Athens.

GUSTAV A. THIELKE, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Wausau, a specialist in diseases of women and children, was born at Hullsburg, Dodge county, \Ms.. yiay 22. 1875, and is a son of August and Margaret (Huels) Thielke.

The parents of Dr. Thielke were born in Germany and came to the United States about the time of the Civil War. settling at Theresa, in Dodge county. \\'is. The father started a potash factory there and engaged in the business for ten years and then moved to Huelsburg. where he started a brewery and embarked also in the mercantile business and continued until 1898, at which time he moved to ]^Iayville. In 1906 in the city of New- York, on his return from a trip to Europe, he was accidentally asphyxiated. The mother of Dr. Thielke died in 1903. at Wausau. her age being sixtyeight years, while that of the father was seventy-six years. Their family consisted of four sons and five daughters : August, who has been a hardware merchant at ^layville for the last twenty-five years, died at ]\la)^'ille October 14, 1912; John. who. for the past fifteen years has been in partnership, now continues business with his older brother at May^-ille: Herman, who is in the lumber busines at Mayville : Gustav A. ; Amelia, who is the wife of Charles Justman, president of the Hail and Cyclone Insurance Company of Juneau, Wis., and a fomier county treasurer: Barbara, who is the wife of Louis Portz, who is in the malting business at Hartford, Wis. ; Marv, who is the wife of William Ringle, cashier of the Mayville State Bank; Augusta, who is the wife of Hon. John Ringle, mayor of Wausau, president of the Ringle Brick Company and vice president of the First National Bank of Wausau; Emma, who is unmarried; and Clara, who is the wife of Otto Mueller, who is in the jewelry business at Wausau.

After graduating from the Mayville High School, in 1895, Gustav A. Thieike entered Parsons' Horological Institute, where he took a preparatory course and in 1898 became a student in the University of Michigan, in 1899 entering the medical department of Marquette University at ^lilwaukee, where he was graduated in 1903. He also was graduated in 1896 for the Parsons' Horological Institute, located at Peoria, III, and in 1897 from the Eye and Ear Infirmary in the University of Michigan, his course of study gradually leading him farther and farther until his final graduation in 1903, after which he established himself at Wausau. He is a member of the Marathon County Medical Society, the Wisconsin Medical Society and the American Medical Association. For the past six years he has been city physician of Wausau, is examining physician for the Old Line Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee and the Central Life of Iowa and also of Germania Lodge of the E. F. L^.

Dr. Thieike married Miss Annie Ringle, daughter of John Ringle, and they have two children: Eugene, aged seven years: and Leonora, who is an infant. Dr. and Mrs.' Thieike are members of St. Paul's Gennan Lutheran church. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally is identified with the Elks. His office and residence are located at No. 309 Jackson street, Wausau.

OLAF M. OLSON,* a prosperous business man of Wausau, Wis., proprietor of the Fashion Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailoring establishment, situated at No. 309 Jackson street, has been a resident of this city for twentythree years. He was bom at Steven's Point, Wis., April 10, 1887, and is a son of Nels and Hansine Olson.

Olaf M. Olson was young when his parents came to Wausau, where his father opened his tailor shop, and after his school days were over he became an apprentice under his father and worked for him for two years, afterward for seven years being with W. H. Nablo. To perfect himself in all branches he then went to Chicago, 111., where he took a course in a cutting school, afterward spending four months in an establishment at Dayton, O. After returning to Wausau he embarked in the tailoring business in partnership with A. C. Koppa and four months later bought his partner's interest. As his trade-mark indicates, Mr. Olson conducts an up-to-date establishment.

In 1909 Mr. Olson was married to Miss Ida Schultz, a daughter of Peter Schultz, of W'ausau. and they have one child, Wilma. Mr. Olson is identified with the following fraternal organizations : The Beavers, the Yeomen and the National Fraternal League.

HON. WILLIS F. LA DU,* proprietor of a general store at Mosinee, Wis., formerly a member of the Wisconsin State Legislature, representing the First District, is a man of wide influence, both politically and in a business way. His life has been one of interesting activity. He was born at Richmond, Tioga county. Pa., July 2, 1S56, and is a son of Edgar E. and Sarah (Ayers) La Du.

In 1865 the parents of Mr. La Du moved to Wisconsin, settling first in Waushara county and moving from there to Mosinee, Marathon county, September 26, 1866. Here the son attended school and remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when he entered the employ of the Joseph Dessert Lumber Company. In 1880 he entered into partnership with F. L. Demers in a grocery and notion business, which continued for three years, when Mr. La Du built what is known as Temple Hall, in which he embarked in business for himself. In 1888 he moved to Dancy. where he conducted a grocery business for five years, and when he returned to Mosinee in 1893 he bought the store property of James O. Paup, and in association with C. A. Bernier went into the mercantile business. Shortly afterward he became also interested in a saw mill in the town of Haider and operated that mill for five years and then built a mill for the Joseph Dessert Lumber Company, and during several years manufactured lumber for them. From early manhood he has been intelligently interested in public matters and has been stanch in his adherence to the Democratic party. He has been a member of the Marathon County Democratic Committee since 1880 and its chairman. In 1896 he was a delegate from the First District to the Democratic National Convention, and in 1902 was elected to the General Assembly. In 1894 Mr. La Du was appointed postmaster at Mosinee and served four years and he has filled other local offices, such as village supervisor and president, with commendable public spirit and largely to the advantage of all concerned. He owns considerable real estate in this section and many acres of timber land in California.

FRANK N. BLECHA, whose productive farm of loo acres hes in Rietbrock township, owns also a fine residence with seventeen acres of land in the village of Athens, and is one of the substantial and representative citizens of this section. He was born at Fillmore, Washington county, Wis., January 15, 1871, and is a son of Frank E. and Mary (Hubing) Blecha.

Frank E. Blecha was born in Bohemia, Germany, and was one of the early enterprising settlers of Athens, building the first hotel (year 1890) here, which he conducted for a number of years. He married Mary Hubing, who was bom in Wisconsin, but was of German ancestry. They are both deceased, their children being: John, deceased; Frank N., George A., Anna, Celia, Arthur, Charles and Edwin. Anna married John E. Loomis.

Frank N. Blecha attended the public schools and later took a commercial course in a business college at Milwaukee. For the following two years he was a clerk in a grocery store and after that was with his father in the hotel, as his clerk, for two years, and after the death of his father was manager for his mother for about five years. Then he and his brother George bought the mother's interest and they continued to be partners for six years, during which time they were also .in the saw mill business, buying the Big Rib Lumber Company's plant and name. In 1903 they sold the hotel, but continued a few years longer in the lumber business and then sold to the Star Lumber Company. For the next three years Mr. Blecha ser\'ed as manager, secretary and treasurer of the Athens Creamery Company, when he purchased the opera house and retained that property for five years, since then devoting his time mainly to looking after his agricultural interests.

On June 23. 1897. Mr. Blecha was married to Miss Anna Fink, who was born in Austria and was nine years old when she accompanied her father to America, her mother dying previously. The father was a farmer in Marathon county and died here. His children were : John, who is deceased ; Catherine, who is the wife of Joseph Beil ; Christiana, deceased, who was the wife of Louis Greattinger ; Mary, who is the wife of George Greattinger; Aloysius; Matilda, who is the wife of Blasus Bischel: Anna, who is the wife of Mr. Blecha; and Charles. To Mr. and Mrs. Blecha seven children were born : Beatrice, Ruth, Cecelia. Loretta, Anna, Mary and Charles. The family all belongs to the Catholic church. Mr. Blecha is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, of the Eagles, the Elks and the G. U. G., the last named being an exclusive German organization. He is a Republican nominally, but in public matters is more apt to use his own judgment than to blindly obey any party call. He has ser\-ed in a number of important positions in the government of the village.

WTLLIAIM J. SCHOEXHERR. residing on a farm of loc acres in section 17, town of Hamburg, Marathon county, \\'^is., of which town he was elected treasurer April ist of the present year (1913), was born in \\'atertown, Jefferson county, Wis.. August .24, 1873. He is a son of Fred Schoenherr, who was born and reared in Germany, and who came to this country at the age of twenty-five, settling in W'atertown, ^Wis., where he was married to Fredericka Augusta Kuehn. She also was a native of Germany and came to America after reaching the age of twenty. They engaged in farming in Jefferson county. Their three sons, ^\'illiam, Gustavus and Ernst, are all residents of Hamburg, Marathon county. Fred Schoenherr came to the town of Hamburg from Jeft'erson county about 1878 and settled on the present farm of our subject, which then consisted of eighty acres, all woodland. Later he purchased another fann of eighty acres and still later another eighty acres and also a twenty-acre tract, the latter adjoining this farm on the north. \\'ith the help of his sons he improved his property and made this farm his home, dying here at the age of sixty-six years, in 191 1. He was buried in Hamburg cemetery. His wife, who died two years previously at the age of sixty-two, was laid to rest in the same place. They were members of the Lutheran church and he was a Republican in politics and was supervisor of the town of Hamburg for two years. With the help of his neighbors he built a road through to his farm.

William J. Schoenlierr received his schooling in the town of Hamburg and subsequently devoted his attention to agriculture. He has remained on the home fann, which he has impro\ed and which is located on the north side of East and ^^'est road, and is one of the town's substantial and useful citizens, having ser\ed as school treasurer for the last three years. In politics he is a Republican. He is religious and a member of the Lutheran church.

He married Pauline Burchardt, who was born in the town of Rome, Jeft'erson county, a daughter of August Burchardt. Their children - all born on this farm - have been as follows : Alma, \\'alter. Adelia and Arnold (twins), Louise, Edna (all those mentioned living), and Hans, who died at the age of sixteen months.

FRED G. SCHAEFER,* who is one of the enterprising young business men of Wausau, junior member of the general mercantile firm of Krause & Schaefer, with business location at No. 741 Third avenue, South, was bom on a farm in the town of Stettin, Marathon county, Wis., April 18, 1882. His parents, Fred C. and Louisa Schaefer, came to Marathon county from Dodge county, Wis., in 1878, and both are now deceased.

Fred G. Schaefer was reared on the home fann in the town of Stettin and attended the public schools there and at Wausau, in which city he has made his home for a number of years and has been in the mercantile business with his father-in-law, Fred Krause, as a member of the firm of Krause & Schaefer, for the past eight years. In 1904 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Krause, who is a daughter of Fred Krause, one of Wausau's leading citizens. They have a wide social circle and additionally Mr. Schaefer is identified with the Royal Arcanum and the Modem Woodmen.

THOMAS DAVIS,* vice president of the Mosinee Land, Log and Timber Company, of Mosinee, Wis., superintendent of the mill and also a heavy stockholder, was bom in Green Lake county, Wis., January 4, 1852, and is a son of Edward and Mary Davis.

Edward Davis was born in Wales, but was married in England, where his wife was born. They came some years later to the United States and settled in Green Lake county. Wis., where Edward Davis was a fanner. The following children were born to them: John, Edward, Thomas, ^Villiam, Elizabeth and Mary, Elizabeth being the widow of John Michaels.

Thomas Davis obtained his education in the schools of Green Lake county and afterwards came to the northern woods and has been in the lumber business for thirty years. He has additional interests, being a stockholder in the Mosinee paper mill and also in the electric company here. As a citizen he has been useful and public-spirited and has been a member of the village board for some time. He is an independent voter, nominally a Republican.

In 1879 Mr. Davis was married to Miss Viva Bigsby, a daughter of Samuel Bigsb}^ a farmer in Waushara county. Wis. His family was made up of the following children: Hattie, wife of W. W. Dunham; Alice, wife of James Lynch: Adelaide, wife of B. E. Upton: Viva, wife of Thomas Davis; and Samuel, Oscar and Frank. Three children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Davis: Leon W. ; Lillian E., wife of August Halberg, and Chester G. The family belongs to the Episcopal church. Mr. Davis is identified with the Modem ^^^oodmen of America.

LOUIS A. PRADT, who, for nine years served as assistant attorney general of the United States, connected with the Department of Justice, at Wasiiington, D. C., having charge of the business coming before the Court of Claims and on appeal to the Supreme Court, may well be numbered with the distinguished citizens and able members of the bar at Wausau, Wis., to which city he came as a practitioner in the law, immediately following his graduation from the University of Wisconsin, at Madison. He was born in Pennsylvania, and is a son of Charles and Esther Pradt.

In 1856 the parents of Mr. Pradt came to Sheboygan county. Wis., where he was reared and received a public school training, and in 1872 he accompanied them to the western part of Marathon county. For twelve years he occupied his time mainly in teaching school. lx)th in Sheboygan and Marathon counties, and then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, where he was graduated in 1881, in the same year being admitted to the bar and his first law office was opened at Wausau. In 1884, with others, he organized the \\'ausau Law and Land Association, four of the original members subsequently retiring, but Mr. Pradt and Hon. Neal Brown remaining and. with Frederick W. Genrich, who was admitted to the firm in 1899, continuing the old organization under the present firm style of Brown, Pradt & Genrich. This is a very influential body, made up of veteran lawyers, and its connections with important litigation cover all this section. In 1891 Mr. Pradt was elected city attorney of \\'ausau and served as such until 1897, when he was appointed by the late President McKinley, assistant attorney general of the LTnited States and his home was in the city of Washington during the succeeding nine years. In 1906 he resigned this ofifice and went into private practice in the Capital, all this time continuing his association with the firm at Wausau. In the summer of 1909 Mr. Pradt returned to Wausau and this city continues to be his home. His public services were in every way creditable and during his many years of \\'ashington life he formed many permanent friendships with other able and prominent men from all over the country. During his long absence from this city he never forgot, in all the stress of great public business, the interests of Wausau and in every way possible to him, advanced its enterprises. He organized the Wausau Country Club, of which he was elected president and still serves as such.

In 1890 Mr. Pradt was married to Miss Charlotte Atwater. of Milwaukee, W^is.. and they have three children : Louis. Alan and Charlotte. In his political affiliation Mr. Pradt has always been a Republican and from

JOHN STUEBER, whose stock farm of 120 acres lies in section 18, town of Berlin, thirteen miles southwest of Merrill and ten miles north of Marathon City, fine markets thus being afTorded, was born February 26, 1879, in the town of Granville, Milwaukee county. Wis., where he lived until he was ten years of age.

John Stueber has been engaged in farming and stock raising ever since he reached the age when he could be useful to others, beginning to work on a farm in the town of Shields, Dodge county, Wis., and afterward, up to October, 1908, either labored for a wage for others or rented land and cultivated it in his own interest. At the above date he came to the town of Berlin, and as the farm had already been improved he was saved a large amount of heavy toil and e.xpense. He raises thoroughbred cattle, mainly Holstein, and his stock is registered. He sells his entire yield of cream to the local creamery. About ninety acres of his land is tillable, fifteen acres he resen'es for pasture land and fifteen acres are covered with timber. He carries on his various industries with excellent judgment and enjoys a large amount of success.

On November 13, 1912, Mr. Stueber was married to Mrs. Emma ( Groth) Krueger, a daughter of Ludwig Groth. She was born in Germany and was seven years old when brought to Marathon county. Mr. and Mrs. Stueber are members of the Lutheran church. He is not identified with any political party, voting independently, but has been elected to several local offices by his fellow-citizens, who recognize his reliability. He is serving as school clerk of District No. 3. and as road superintendent of District No. 7. He is overseer and director of the local creamery and ser\-ed three years as secretary of the Emmerich cheese factory.

CHARLES HOLZALANX,* a valued member of the city council at Wausau, Wis., ably representing the Eighth Ward, is proprietor of a shoe store, situated at No. 1706 Sixth street. He is a native of this city, born March 7, 1870, and is a son of Frank and Albertina Holzmann, the former of whom was born in Germany and has been a continuous resident of \\'ausau for forty-five years.

Charles Holzmann obtained his education in the public schools of Wausau, afterward learning the shoemaking trade, and for fifteen years has been at his present place, for eleven years conducting his own store. He handles and manufactures fine shoes and also in connection has a repair department. Mr. Holzmann married Miss Margaret Radl<e, of the town of Texas, and they have two children, Margaret and Melvin. The family belongs to the Lutheran church. Mr. Holzmann is an active and conscientious citizen, contributes his share to public impro\'ements and exerts his influence in favor of all law-abiding measures.

FRANK M.ARTH,* a substantial and well known citizen, residing in section 27, Hamburg town, was born in Germany, February zt,, 1854, a son of Carl and Fredricka (Holke) Marth. His parents on coming from Germany settled in the town of Hamburg, this county, and engaged in fanning, the father dying on the farm at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife, the mother of our subject, dying in Wausau, at the age of seventy. They were industrious, law'-abiding people and members of the Lutheran church. Carl Marth being a Democrat in politics; he once served as supervisor of Hamburg. They were the parents of eight children, of whom six are now living and residing in Marathon county. Wis.

Frank Marth was thirteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Hamburg. At an early age he began to be useful to them, working on the farm in summer and logging in the woods in winter. He is now the owner of 440 acres of land, 120 of which are in the town of Maine and the rest in Hamburg, in section 27, in which his dwelling is located. Of this land about seventy-five acres in the town of Maine are cleared and 100 in Hamburg, the rest being still in timber. .\ Democrat, like his father, Mr. Marth has taken an active part in public affairs. He has served as supervisor of Hamburg and was town treasurer for nineteen years. He then served again on the board of superxisors. and was chaimian of the board for five years, and in the present year (1913) declined further service. He is president of the Berlin Fire & Lighting Company, and is a stockholder in and ex-president of the Hamburg Creamen,' Company. He is a member of the Lutheran church, which he has sen'ed as treasurer.

Mr. Marth was married in 1884 to Amelia Lange. of the town of Stettin, this county, and daughter of Fred Lange. Their children are : Arthur. Alden. Paul. Ella. Walter, Emil. Frankie, Hilda, Lillie, Leo and Harry, all of whom are living.

JOHN S. BANNACH.* When the village of Stratford. \\'is.. was organized out of the town of Cleveland. John S. Bannach. as one of the most reliable citizens, was selected for the office of xillage treasurer, in which he has served ever since. He was born at Milan, Wis., June 21, 1877, ^""^l '^ a son of Joseph and Mary Bannach, the latter of whom is deceased.

John S. Bannach attended both pubhc and parochial schools, in boyhood, and then learned his trade, although he had been already earning wages by driving a team in Marathon City, after school hours. For two years he worked in the blacksmith shop of August Grunewald, for four months he was in the town of x\thens, and then for nineteen months traveled as a journeyman throughout the Northwest. He then started a blacksmith shop of his own at Marathon City and remained there for some time. At Stratford he conducts a first-class blacksmith and general repair shop and manufactures both wagons and sleighs. He is one of the prosperous business men of the village.

Mr. Bannach married Miss Clara Nowak, a daughter of Joseph and Theresa Nowak, the former of whom died at Edgar, \\'is. Mr. and Mrs. Bannach have five children, with ages ranging from ten to two years : Clara, Mary, John, Loretta and George. The family belongs to the Catholic church. He belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters and to the Eagles. In politics he is an independent voter.

JAMES P. RILEY, attorney at law, member of the law firm of Riley & Ford, at W'ausau, Wis., was born April 9, 1881, at Plymouth, Juneau county. Wis., a son of John Francis and Bridget V. (Kearney) Riley. The parents of Mr. Riley were born near Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha county. Wis., and they reside on their farm north of Elroy, in Juneau county. The paternal grandparents, Peter and Bridget (McLaughlin) Riley, were born in Ireland, and when they first came to America lived at Boston, Mass., where they were married, and then came to Kenosha county. Wis., being pioneer settlers. Later, with ox teams, they moved to Juneau county, where a nmnber of their descendants still live. To John Francis and Bridget Riley ten children were born: Annie, James P., John, Peter, Mary, Catherine, Agnes, Margaret, Zita and Cecelia.

James P. Riley attended the public schools in Juneau county and the Elroy High School, graduating from the same in the class of 1901, after which he taught school for four winters, spending the summers on the home farm. In the fall of 1904 he entered the University of W^isconsin, where literature and science claimed one year, but in 1905 he began the study of law and in 1909 was graduated with his degree of B. L. In February, 1910. he commenced practice and in August of that year entered into partnership with John Patrick Ford, under the firm style of Riley & Ford, as at present.