Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1909 (part 11 of 35)

was a prominent insurance man and a highly respected citizen, was horn at Ithaca, N. Y., on Feb. 25, 1818, the son of Harney and Esther (Godfrey) McLean. His father was a substantial and prosperous farmer near Ithaca for many years, who retired from active life several years before his death. Of his large family of five sons and four daughters, four are still living-, a son and three of the daughters. The children in the order of their ages were as follows : Charles M., the subject of this sketch, who died at Ripon,, Wis., June 21, 1886; James, deceased; Madison, a retired farmer, now living at Fond du Lac, Wis.; liaise}', deceased; John, deceased, a veteran of the Civil war; Sarah, deceased, the first wife of Dr. Hathaway, late of Chicago, 111.; Catharine, widow of Norman Mills, is now a resident of Tacoma, Wash. ; Elizabeth, the widow of and the second wife of Dr. Hathaway, above mentioned ; and Adeline, deceased, who married Gilbert Sherwood, of New York. Charles M. received an excellent education in the public schools of Ithaca and at Eastman's Business College, Rochester, N. Y. He began his business career early in life, being only twenty-one years of age when he embarked in the foundry business at Morrisville, Madison county, N. Y. He was a man of vigorous personality and remarkable industry, and continued in the foundry business for a period of twenty-five years. During this long period he established a splendid reputation for business sagacity and sterling probity, a reputation which he preserved unsullied up to the time of his death. Some four years after starting in business for himself, on April 24, 1843, ne was married to Miss; Fannie Foster, daughter of Edward and Sarah (Foster) Husdon, of Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. McLean were the parents of three children: Charles, who died in infancy; Charles Albert, now a shoe manufacturer of Chicago, 111.; and Ida, wife of Adelbert L. Dobbs, paymaster of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, Milwaukee, with whom the widow makes her home. Mrs. McLean is still in the enjoyment of good health, despite her advanced years, and is one of two survivors of a family of nine children, she being the youngest, to-wit : Philander; Charles, who died in infancy; Halsey ; Charles; Celina; Sarah, wife of George Merr, of Norwich, Conn.; Ambrose; Adeline, wife of Aaron Henderson, of Syracuse, N. Y. ; and Fannie F., the wife of our subject. Her brother Amhrose is the only other surviving member of her immediate family. In 1864 Mr. McLean sold out his foundry business at Morrisville and came west to Ripon. Wis. Here he took up the insurance business as the local representative of the Northwestern Life Insurance Co., a calling in which he was eminently successful, and which engaged his attention until lie passed away, in 1886, in his sixty-ninth year. Mr. McLean was a staunch adherent of the Republican party from the time of the birth of that political organization, and represented his ward in Ripon for two terms as a member of the common council. He was a sincere and earnest Christian gentleman and a faithful member of the Baptist church, which ever enlisted his warm support in all its good works. His charities were large and numerous, though he was essentially an unostentatious man and preferred to perform his good deeds in a quiet and unassuming manner. His cordial and warm-hearted nature and generous disposition gained him a host of staunch friends, and the lives of many men and women living to-day are made richer and happier through their former association with, and their kindly memories of, the deceased.

Prof. Arthur Price Roberts, No. 404 Van Buren street, Milwaukee, Wis., is a widely known and unusually gifted clairvoyant, whose wonderful psychic powers have been demonstrated time and again in the most remarkable manner. Mr. Roberts is a native of Denby, Wales, where he was born on April 20, 1867, the son of Joseph and Hannah Roberts, both of whom were natives of the same place. His father was a stonecutter and contractor by occupation. He was a soldier in the army of Great Britian for many years, and was stationed in Australia during a portion of his term of service. Upon leaving the. service he returned to his native land and resumed his former vocation. His wife, who was born at Denby in 1832, died there some twenty-five years ago, in 1882. They reared a family of three children, all of whom are living, the subject of this sketch being the youngest of the family. The elder of his two sisters, Sarah, is now living in England, and the younger, Fannie, makes her home in Fargo, N. D. It is an interesting and rather strange fact, in view of our subject's subsequent marvelous achievements, that he never attended school a day in his life, and is to-day neither able to read nor write. When only fourteen years of age he came to the United States, locating first at Fox Lake, Wis., where he remained for about eight months, and then went to Blanchard, N. D., and worked on a farm in that region. While employed in this capacity, he became aware of his unusual and remarkable powers of "second sight," and immediately began to make use of this clairvoyant gift, traveled extensively, and demonstrated on many occasions his extraordinary ability. After four years spent in Blanchard and other points in North Dakota, he located in Minneapolis, Minn., and spent four years in that city. In 1893 he came to Milwaukee, which has since been his place of residence. Ever since his strange and wonderful psychic powers were revealed to him, he has employed them constantly in the service of his fellowmen ; he has been able to accurately forecast many disastrous events ; has located for his clients many stolen articles of great value, and has discovered the whereabouts of many missing people in the interests of relatives and friends. One of the most remarkable manifestations of his extraordinary powers was his ability to accurately foretell the exact outcome of the famous Harry Thaw trial in New York city, more than a year in advance of the final judgment of the trial court. His marvelous achievements have been recounted at length in the press of the country, and the writers frankly confess that they are unable to explain his work and power, except to attribute them to the possession of an abnormally constituted and strangely prescient mind. In Spiritualistic circles he is known as a highly gifted and successful medium and his reputation in this line is becoming greater year by year. Mr. Roberts was happily married on May 12, 1896, to Mrs. Mary Horton Mitton, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Wasser, of Dubuque, la. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts have no children, but their home is a most congenial one. With the exception of the "Woodmen" fraternal order, Mr. Roberts is not affiliated with any of the secret societies or fraternal associations.

Robert B. Ebert (deceased), late of Milwaukee, Wis., and favorably known in banking circles by reason of his long and honorable connection with the Marshall & Ilsley^ Bank, was born at Hildburghausen, a town of Germany, in Saxe-Meningen, on the Werra river, June 22, 1838. His parents, John Martin and Christiana (Schmidt) Ebert, were natives of the same place, the former being born on June 15, 1807, and the latter on Jan. 15, 1810. John Martin Ebert brought his family to America in 1855, settling first at Racine, Wis., where he prosecuted his trade as a cabinet maker for about a year, and then came to Milwaukee. There he followed the same vocation up to a short time before his death, which took place May 9, 1871. He was survived by his widow for many years, her death taking place April 12, 1895, when she had reached the advanced age of eighty-five years. Of their four children, only one, Adelheid, wife of George Balzer, connected with the West Milwaukee Shops, is now surviving ; the other members of the family were Friederica, wife of Henry "Schroeder, of Milwaukee ; Robert R., the subject of 'this sketch; and Henry, a former resident of Milwaukee. Robert B. received a good education in the schools of his native land, and came to the Inited States with his parents when he was only sixteen years old. He worked at the cabinet maker's trade with his father for a number of years, and then went to Madison, Wis., where he entered the employ of the State Bank, of which the late Samuel Marshall was then president. Mr. Marshall then came to Milwaukee and Mr. Ebert continued with him, first in the capacity of correspondent, and later was advanced to the position of paying teller; was afterwards made one of the directors of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank, and finally, in 1888, became a partner in that strong financial institution. His death, which took place on Dec. 27, 1900, was not only a severe affliction to his devoted wife and children, but was a great loss to the bank he had served so long and so efficiently. His standing in the banking and business world was of the very highest. His judgment on financial matters was sound and conservative, and his natural vigorous mind, ripened bv years of experience and close application to the details of his work, constantly rendered his services more and more valuable. He was extremely popular with his business associates, who respected and admired him both for his financial and business abilities, and also for his high worth as a man and citizen. He was of blameless private life, a loving' husband and father and an earnest and sincere Christian gentleman. His political affiliations were with the Republican party, though he was a man of marked independence in his views on public questions, and always held men and measures superior to mere party fealty. He served for a number of years as a member of the Board of School Commissioners, representing the Sixth ward of the city. He was a lifelong and faithful member of the German Lutheran church and a liberal supporter of the same in all its good works. Mr. Ebert was married on Aug. 18, 1862, to Miss Albertina Maurer, who was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, dauo-hter of Albert Maurer, a resident of Madison, Wis. Her mother's maiden name was Katherine Sorg. Both her parents are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Ebert were the parents of ten children, of whom all except two are still living, to-wit : M. Daniel, a bookkeeper in Milwaukee ; Gustave A., employed as a bookkeeper in the Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee ; Frieda, who lives at home with her mother; Carl F., chief hospital steward in the naval service, U. S. S. S. "Dakota"; Emily D., wife of Louie Esser, Milwaukee ; Marie, who died in infancy ; Robert, now deceased ; Ernest, who is now stationed at Monterey, Cal., where he is connected with the dispensary department U. S. Army; Clara, wife of Raymond Hutchings, employed as operator on the private leased wire of the Milwaukee Free Press; and Walter R., who is still at home with his mother. Mr. Ebert was essentially a home-loving man, and ever found his chief comfort and surcease from the cares of business in the family circle. With his domestic tastes it is not surprising that he took only slight interest in the various fraternal societies and business and social clubs of the city ; he was, however, a zealous member of the Masonic Order, to which he had belonged for many years.

Patrick Phillips (deceased), late of Milwaukee, and one of the honored veterans of the Civil war, was born at Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, on May 6, 1839. He was the son of Robert and Marguerite (Broderick) Phillips, natives of England, and was one of a family of four brothers and one sister. His father, who was a miller, never came to the United States, and died in Ireland when he was but fifty-two years of age. Our subject, after attending school for a number of years in Ireland, learned the trade of miller with his father, and when he was twenty-one years old, decided to come to America in search of larger opportunities. He arrived in this country in i860, settling at Appleton, Wis. Shortly after the Civil war broke out and the young man was fired with all the patriotic ardor and military enthusiasm of the hour. He promptly enlisted, on Oct. 14. i86t. in the Ninth battery, Wisconsin light artillery, from Appleton, and was mustered into service as corporal on Jan. 27. [8^2. for four years' service. He served with his battery, known as the "Randall Battery," throughout the war. I lis command performed duty, mostly by sections, in the far West, performing garrison duty at f«>rts in New -Mexico, Colorado and Kansas. Our subject was frequently employed in escorting supply trains and U. S. mail coaches, and also participated in numerous expeditions againsl the hostile Indians of t lie plains. During his long and arduous term of service with his battery he marched man}- thousands of miles, and was called upon to endure the severest kind of hardships. He was finally mustered out and honorably discharged from the service at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., on Jan. 26. 1865. Upon severing his connection with the army Mr. Phillips came to Milwaukee. where he was identified with the milling industry for many years, and held responsible positions in several of the largest mills in the city. His health finally became seriously impaired, and he was forced to desist from active work. His death took place on March 7. 1882, in the forty-third year of his life, and he was interred at Calvary Cemetery. His premature death, while still in the prime of life, was a severe shock to his loving wife and their four young children. On June 27, 1867, he had been united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick and Bridget (Kenney) O'Neil, residents of Burlington, Wis. Their four children have since grown to maturity and all are still living. Robert W. holds a responsible position with the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. ; Frank A. lives at home with his mother, and is an insurance underwriter; and the two younger children, Mary and Patrick J., also live at home. Mr. Phillips was a stanch Republican in politics during life, though he did not aspire to public office, and was content to give his support to the best measures and men in the interest of the public welfare. He was a member of the Catholic church, and a faithful attendant on St. John's cathedral, Milwaukee, and died in the faith. He was a devoted husband and father, a courteous Christian gentleman and possessed a large circle of warm friends, who sincerelv mourned his early demise.

Emil J. Koepnick (deceased), late of 2708 Chestnut street, Milwaukee, Wis., who was associated for nearly a quarter of a century with the well-known firm of wholesale grocers, Wm. Steinmeyer & Co., was a native of the city in which he spent his whole life. He was born on May 3T, 1861, the son of John and Loise (Klose) Koepnick, his father being a native of Berlin, Germany, where he was born on July it, 1842, and his mother being a native of Breslau, Germany. John Koepnick came to Milwaukee at a very earl)- day, and was living there at the outbreak of the Civil war. I le is one of the honored veterans of that momentous struggle, during which he rendered gallant service as a member of the splendid fighting regiment known as the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin infantry. This was one of Wisconsin's fine German regiments, and was organized at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee, in August, 1862, and mustered into the United States service for three years, on Sept. 17. 1862. Mr. Koepnick went out as a private in Company A and served continuously at the front until the close of the war. He shared in all the many hard battles and campaigns of his veteran regiment, and was under fire for the first time at the bloody battle of Chancellorsville, where the regiment lost 177 killed, wounded and missing in two days of fighting. He was again heavily engaged on the glorious field of Gettysburg, where the command again behaved most gallantly, being under the temporary command of Gen. Carl Schurz. Later he fought at Missionary Ridge, and marched with Sherman's veteran army on the famous Atlanta campaign, engaging the enemy at Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek and siege of Atlanta, besides numerous other sharp engagements. He then took part in Sherman's "march to the sea", in the operations around Savannah and closed his period of active service with the campaign through the Carolinas in 1865, engaging at the battle of Averasboro, and at Bentonville. He was one of the war-worn veterans who marched to Washington, D. C, in May, 1865, and there took part in the Grand Review of the Union armies. Our subject, who first saw the light of dav amid the early mutterings of the great strife, was of course too young to have any vivid recollection of those bloody four years, in which his father took so gallant a part. The career of his honored sire, was, however, always a source of great pride to him, and he was a prominent and enthusiastic member of the patriotic organization known as the Sons of Veterans. Our subject received his education in the Grace church parochial school, and in the public schools of [Milwaukee. When a lad of only seventeen years of age, he started out to earn his own living, entering the employ of Wm. Steinmeyer & Co., whose trusted and efficient employe he remained up to the time of his death, which occurred on Oct. 29, 1901. About the year 1890 his ability and efficient services to the company received fitting recognition, and he was taken into the firm, and thereafter was given charge of the order department. The company did an enormous business, and Mr. Koepnick was a complete master of the details of his own department, and materially aided in building up and increasing the volume of the firm's trade. In politics he was a lifelong Republican, in which party principles he firmly believed, but he never sought public preferment on his own behalf, and was content to perform his simple duty as a citizen. In religious belief he was affiliated with the German Lutheran denomination, and was a faithful attendant of Grace church. He was married on March 5, 1882, to Miss Jennie, daughter of John and Jennie (Miller) Janzer, a prominent German family of Cedar Lake, Wis. Mr. Janzer was a native of Darmstadt, Germany, where he was born Feb. 29, 1824. He was a carpenter by trade, and coming to America in very early life, he followed his trade with success in this country. Mr. and Airs. lanzer reared a large family of children, all but two of whom are now living. The oldest child, Mary, is now the wife of Wenzel Hron, of West Bend ; Martin is in business at Richfield, Wis. ; Josephine is the wife of Christ Frank, of Lee Summit, Kas. ; Jennie, our subject's widow, resides at the old home; George, a resident of West Bend; Theresa is the wife of John Timmer, of Milwaukee. Katherine and Bernard are deceased, the former having died in infancy. Besides the widow, Mr. Koepnick left surviving' him three children, to-wit : Regina, who is now the wife of Dr. William Teich, of Milwaukee; Cora, the wife of Wm. C. Morgenroth, of Milwaukee, and Edna, who lives at home with her mother.

George Irving Jones, deceased, for many years a prominent and influential business man of Milwaukee, was born in New Yorkcity, on Feb. 10, [836, the son of Charles and Mary Eliza (Honay) Jones. His parents were both natives of New York, his father being born in i8o<;, died in 1847; his mother was born in 181 1, died in 1886. Charles Jones was a broker and a lawyer of prominence, with offices in Wall street. New York city. Of his six children, the two youngest, George I. and Joseph, are dead; Mary Elitta McCrath lives in New York ; Johanna Louisa Cooper is a resident of Philadelphia, Penn. ; two other sons, William H. and Charles P. also still survive. George L, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of New York city, and was for a number of years identified with the commission business in New York, being with the firm of Lees & Waller. He came west to Milwaukee in 1861, and did a large commission business on Erie street for about a dozen years. He then, in the early seventies, embarked in the meat packing business, which engaged his attention for several years. In 1882 he went to Dakota to reside, and returning in 1888 he went to Washington, D. C. The later years of his life were spent in retirement at Riverdale, Md., where he died on June 27, 1903, in the sixty-eighth year of his life, and his remains now rest in Forest Home cemetery, Milwaukee. He was an adherent of the Republican party in politics, from the time that organization was formed, but never sought or held public office. He was a zealous member of the Episcopal church and an earnest church worker for many years. He attended in Milwaukee St. Paul's church, of which he was a vestryman, and superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a liberal supporter of his church in its many charities, and was a man of sincere and exalted faith. He was married on Oct. 20, 1863, to Miss Mary Weeks, daughter of Dr. Lemuel and Mary (Sands) Weeks, prominent pioneer residents of Milwaukee, and their union was blessed with three children : Mary S., wife of O. W. Greenslade, president of the Greenslade Foundry Company, of Milwaukee ; the Rev. Horace Jones, and Irving A. Jones, deceased. The two first named, together with their mother, are still living. Mrs. Jones' father was a native of Hardwick, Vt., and her mother was a native of the State of Maine. Her father, the son of a farmer, secured an excellent education through his own efforts and industry. After pursuing a full academic course, he entered upon the study of medicine at Castleton, N. Y.. and in due time he graduated with the degree of M. D. After being admitted to the practice, he located for a time in Ticonderoga, N. Y., and in 1836 made the long journey west to Milwaukee with his family, traveling by stage and horseback via Chicago. Abandoning the practice of medicine, he embarked in the grain business, and built a number of the largest grain warehouses in Milwaukee. He also dealt extensively in real estate, of which he was a large holder. He retired from active business with an ample competence a few years before his death. In addition to his other business enterprises, Mr. Weeks did an extensive dairy business, and took great pride in conducting the same in the most improved and up-to-date manner. He was the first man to make practical use of the ensilage system for the preservation of green fodder.

Fred W. Mueller, proprietor of one of the most modern greenhouses in the state, was born at Falkenburg, in the province of Pomerania, Germany, on Sept. 19, 1862. He is a son of Henry A. and Johanna (Goehj) Mueller, both natives of Falkenburg. The father was a woolen goods manufacturer in his native land, in which capacity he labored until he came to the United States in 1885. From that year until 1907, when he retired from active participation in business affairs, he was in the employ of the city of Milwaukee. He and wife now make their home on Garfield avenue. He is the father of two sons and a daughter. Fred W. Mueller, the subject of this memoir, received his educational training in the public schools and under the preceptorship of a private tutor in Germany. At the age of seventeen years he became an employe of his father in the woolen goods factory, and after he had served his apprenticeship and mastered the trade he worked at it in various factories in different parts of the Fatherland. He has always been a great reader, and after absorbing the contents of all the books on America which he could obtain he became imbued with the desire to locate in this country. In 1882, before he had reached his twentieth birthday, he was enabled to fulfill that desire and came direct to Milwaukee. Being short of funds he was willing to do almost anything that would furnish him a livelihood. For a time he worked in a brick yard and then for two years worked in the pineries in Michigan. While there he contracted malarial fever and returned to Milwaukee. When he had sufficiently recovered he found employment with J. H. Landwehr, with whom he remained two years. Then he became associated with Robert Schilling in the newspaper business as local editor, and at the time Mr. Schilling disposed of his interests by sale, was the manager. He then became advertising agent for the Milwaukee Herold and remained with that publication until 1895. In that year, with Henry D. Hummel, he embarked in the realty business, dealing in insurance and mortgages also. Ten years later he severed this connection to again enter the newspaper business at Watertown, Wis., but he remained there only one year. On his return to Milwaukee he and William R. Schroeder engaged in the floricultural business. His knowledge of the art he acquired by extensive reading and practical application whenever it was possible. The firm was incorporated in

'. with Mr. Schroeder as president. Miss Ottilia Mueller as vicepresident and Mr. Mueller as secretary and treasurer. The greenhouses, in which many thousands of flowers bloom weekly, are located at West Twenty-fourth and Pease streets. Mr. Mueller is not allied with any of the existing political parties, preferring to exercise his right of franchise as his judgment dictates rather than be bound by party ties. His religious relations are with the Lutheran church. He has been the victim of numerous accidents, all of which might have resulted fatally. Several times he lias narrowly escaped drowning, and recently, while he and his son were riding on a street car they were in a wreck which injured both of them. Fraternally Mr. Mueller is prominently identified with the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. In the former organization he is a member of Wisconsin Lodge. No. 13; Kilbourn chapter. No. 1; Kilbourn council, Wisconsin consistory ; and a noble of the Mystic Shrine. ( )n Oct. 27, 1887, occurred Mr. Mueller's marriage to a daughter of Carl and Christina ( Blowel) Justus, of Milwaukee. Five children have been the issue of this marriage: Gustav, Bertha, Ottilia, Arthur, and Lydia, all living at home.

Gustav Frederick Baermann, a prominent landscape gardener and florist of Milwaukee, was born in Gelzow, Germany, on Feb. 17, 1870, a son of Robert and Bertha (Bishop) Baermann. The parents are both native Germans who came to the United States in 1887 and located near Montague, Mich., where the father is still managing a farm. There were seven children in the family, of whom but three survive. Gustav F. Baermann, the subject of this review, received the scholastic training afforded by the German schools. At the age of sixteen he became apprenticed to a landscape gardener and florist. When he had mastered the art he migrated, in 1887, with his parents to America, and became employed as gardener and florist for Frank White at Montague, Mich. He remained in Montague till 1889; from then until 1891 was employed in a cemetery in Menomonee, Mich., and in the last named year came to Milwaukee. Here he secured employment with Curry Brothers, and later for two years was the florist at Washington Park. In 1900, in partnership with John G. Heitman, he embarked in the floristry business under the firm name of Heitman & Baermann, with greenhouses in the town of Wauwatosa. Owing to his habits of industry and thrift and his sterling integrity the enterprise has been a success from its inception and at the present time does a large and flourishing business. In politics he is not allied with any of the existing political parties, preferring to exercise his own judgment in the use of his right of suffrage rather than be bound by party ties. His religious relations are with the German Lutheran church, and professionally and socially he is identified with the Florists' Club and the Lutheran Mutual' Aid Society. On Nov. 19, 1893, Mr. Baermann was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Altenburg. of Milwaukee, a daughter of William and Albertina ( Broecker) Altenburg. The children horn to this union are namely: Walter, Robert, Helmuth, Godhardt, Esther. Lydia, Erich, Eleanor and Bruno, all living at home.

Gustav Adolph Pohl, a florist of well-known ability, was born in San Francisco, Cal., on Feb. 24, 1869, a son of Oliver and Marie (Dahlstrom) Pohl. Both parents were born in Hamburg, Germain-, where the father was a machinist by trade, a vocal inn which kept him occupied all his life. Shortly after his marriage he went to

China and found employment there, but after a short residence there came to the United States, and located in San Francisco. Some time later he left San Francisco for Germany, the wife and children also returning to the Fatherland. The father secured employment on the steamship Vorsetjen as ship's machinist, and when that vessel was lost at sea the widow with her four chilldren, in 1888, returned to the United States and she now makes her home with a daughter in Milwaukee. Gustav A. Pohl, the subject of this review, received his scholastic advantages in San Francisco and Hamburg, Germany. While still a resident of the latter country he became apprenticed to a florist and thoroughly mastered every branch of the industry. After coming to Milwaukee with his mother, in 1888, he became an employe of one of the largest greenhouses in the city and later for some two years was head florist in a large Chicago establishment. On his return to Milwaukee he embarked in the business under his own name. Starting with no capital to speak of except habits of thrift and industry and sterling honesty Mr. Pohl made the venture a success from the start. The patronage has grown rapidly and the concern is to-day one of the best paying businesses in the Cream City. In politics he is allied with the Republican party, but has never been an aspirant for public office. His religious relations are with the Lutheran church. On March 18, 1905, occurred Mr. Pohl's marriage to Miss Olga Dramm, of Milwaukee. They have no children. Mr. Pohl devotes all his time to his business, but finds leisure to participate in the meetings and discussions of the Florists' Club.

Walter S. Droppers, the secretary of the Galland-Henning Pneumatic Malting Drum Company, was born in Milwaukee, Feb. 7, 1871. He is of good Dutch descent, the father, John D. Droppers, Sr., having been born in Winterswyk, Holland, and the mother, Gertrude (Boijink) Droppers, in Aalten, Holland. The mother came to this country in 1846, and the father, direct to Milwaukee, the following year. The former passed away on Feb. 21, 1878, and the latter on April i8. 1906. Walter S. Droppers, the subject of this memoir, received his preliminary education in the Milwaukee public schools and completed his scholastic labors by a course in the state normal school. He had mapped out for himself a career as a lawyer, but after five years of labor in the legal field he determined to seek other employment, and became associated with the Galland-Henning Pneumatic Malting Drum Company. He began his labors at the lowest round of the ladder, but by close application to duty he was promoted step by step until in May, 1904, at the annual meeting of the company he was made the secretary, a position which he has since filled with the utmost competency. The place he fills in the commercial life of the city may be judged from the fact that he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he is also prominent, being a past master of Kilbourn lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is at present affiliated with the Ivanhoe commandery, Knights Templar. On July 18, 1895, Mr. Droppers was united in marriage to Miss Matie Fischer, daughter of Francis and Frances Fischer. Two children have come to bless this union - Genevieve and Marjorie.

Frank D. Wolfgram, the efficient president and manager of the Sanitary Brush & Compound Company, was born in Milwaukee on Aug-. 9, 1858. He is a son of Franz and Minnie (Steege) Wolfgram, both of whom were born in Prussia. The father came direct to Milwaukee from Prussia when a young man and was variously engaged up to the time of his death, which occurred in this city in 1906. His widow is still a respected resident of the city. Frank D. Wolfgram, the subject of this review, received his primary education in the public schools of the city and then took a course of study in the Spencerian Business College. He graduated with honors at that institution, winning one of the scholarships offered at the time. The first four years after leaving school he was in the employ of a large machine company, and during the following six years he occupied a position as bookkeeper in the local offices of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. When he severed that association it was to become a bookkeeper for the Kieckhefer Company, and he remained in their employ for twenty-four years.. In July, 1907, in partnership with Edward Klausman and F. M. Haase, Mr. Wolfgram established the Sanitary Brush & Compound Company. Although the firm has been in existence but a comparatively short time it has had a remarkable growth, its products filling a long-felt want, and under Mr. Wolfgram's wise guidance its business is increasing each month. The officers of the company are F. D. Wolfgram, president and manager; Fred W. Runkel, vice-president, and A. E. Estein, secretary and treasurer. The capital stock has been increased from $1,500 to $20,000, and the output has increased from 30,000 pounds to 200,000 pounds. Mr. Wolfgram has been twice married. By his first wife. Miss Clara Habermehl, to whom he was united in marriage in 1888, he had two children, Clara and Francis. In 1892 he married Miss Lucile Fritchne, and they have one son, Irving I.

Alois L. Kiefer, president of the Kiefer-Haessler Hardware Company, was born in Dodge county, Wis., on June 16, 1862, a son of Michael and Mary (Aples) Kiefer. Both parents were born in France, and there the father joined the French army, with which he saw eight years of service in the West Indies. After coming to this country he settled first in Massachusetts, where for three years he had direct charge of a windmill. At the end of that time he removed to Dodge county, Wis., but subsequently returned to Massachusetts, where his death occurred in 1905. His wife passed away in 1878. Alois L. Kiefer, the subject of this review, received the limited educational advantages afforded by the public schools of Dodge county, and while still a youth removed to Fond du Lac to serve an apprenticeship in the tinner's trade. Subsequently he became interested in the hardware industry and for eleven and a half years was in charge of a store. In February, 1902, in partnership with Herman F. Haessler, he established the Kiefer-Haessler Hardware Company. The venture proved successful in a financial way from the start, due in large measure to Mr. Kiefer's thorough knowledge of the industry, his keen business acumen and his sterling integrity. To-day the concern does one of the largest businesses in the citv.

Ever since its inception Mr. Kiefer has been the president, and the other officers are Frederick G. Mand, vice-president, and Herman F. Haessler, secretary and treasurer. In religious matters Mr. Kiefer is affiliated with the Roman Catholic church and his only fraternal relations are with the Knights of Columbus. In October, 1898, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Rooney, a daughter of P. and Mary Rooney, of Milwaukee. They have no children.

Paul C. Borchardt, of the firm of Borchardt & Company, popular and artistic tailors, at 655 Third street, Milwaukee, was born in Fredonia, Ozaukee county, Wis., Jan. 25, 1874, the son of August and Justina (Loll) Borchardt, both born in Germany in 1837. The father was educated in his native land and at seventeen years of age was a letter carrier, but learned the tailor's trade, working at it in Germany. Finally he determined to try his fortunes in the new world, and he landed in New York on May 17, 1869. but came at once to Waubeka, Wis., where he established himself in the tailoring business, which he continued until July, 1908, when he retired. His family consisted of eight children, Charles Herman J., Reinhold, Paul and William, all in the tailoring business on the south side ; and Bertha, Augusta, and Emma, all married. Paul was educated in the village school of Fredonia and at fifteen years of age he began learning the tailoring trade with his father. When he reached his majority and felt himself an expert in his line he resolved to try his luck in the larger outside world so he cast his lot in Milwaukee where his elder brothers had already started in the tailoring business. On Feb. 1, 1900, himself and his brother William opened a business place at No. 655 Third street, where they are meeting with popular favor and doing a big business on account of their ability and polite and fair treatment of their many customers. On May 12, 1901, our subject married Miss Lizette, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Barth) Hall, of Cedarburg, Wis., by whom he has three children: Alvin, born July 7, 1902; Dorothy, born Sept. 8, 1905 ; and Raymond, born Dec. 17, 1906. He is a member of the Lutheran church and also of the Fraternal Reserve Association, and he is independent in his political views. If gentlemanly treatment of patrons, strict attention to business, and fair dealing count for success, then the Borchardt Bros, are destined to be successful. William A. Borchardt, the junior member of the firm, was born on March 24, 1877, m Fredonia, Wis., and was educated in the public schools of his birthplace. He learned the tailor trade at the age of eighteen, under his father, and continued with him one and one-half years. In 1897 he was employed on the south side by irriardt Bros, at 347 Grove street, and in 1900 he formed a partnership with his brother Paul, at 655 Third street. He is also independent in politics, and he has membership in the Knights of Pvthias.

Benjamin O. Fox, president of the Fox Manufacturing Company at Milwaukee, was born in the village of Franksvillc, Racine county, Wis., June 3, [876, being the youngest of a family of six boys. He is sprung from a line of Irish ancestors; his parents, Thomas and Jane (Campion) Fox, were both natives of Ireland. His father was born on a farm in 1829, and in 1836 accompanied his parents to America, where thev first resided for a few vears on a farm in the

Slate of Vermont, coming west to Milwaukee in 1838, and finallly Li eating on a farm near Franksville. Here his father still resides at the advanced age of seventy-eight. Benjamin O. received a common school education in the schools of his native village, and then started out in life in the humble capacity of messenger boy for the Western Union Telegraph Co. While thus employed he made good use of his time and learned the art of telegraphy, working from 1892 until 1897 ni tnat occupation, and in the last-named year was appointed as chief operator in the office of the Western Union Telegrah Co., at Madison, Wis. Upon his return he was employed as operator for the brokerage firm of Berger & Crittenden until 1902, when he gave up telegraphy to embark in the business of electrical contractor, which he followed with success for about four years, or until 1906. He then decided to- make more extensive use of his splendid mechanical and inventive abilities, and went into the business of manufacturing carpenter and other tools ; he makes a specialty of the manufacture of floor-scrapers, and has invented an excellent scraper of his own design. He has also invented a number of ingenious and exceedingly useful devices in connection with the telephone, the burglar alarm, electric insulation, electric clock, wall safe, etc. ; he has also invented a concrete rough box for burial purposes. Mr. Fox is still a comparatively young man, and judging from his past achievements, should have a brilliant future before him. He has never taken an active part in politics, but takes an intelligent interest in public affairs and is a member of the Democratic party. In the matter of religion he is a devout Christian and a faithful member of the Roman Catholic church, to which he renders a willing and generous support. He belongs to the following fraternal societies : The Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He was married on Nov. 24, 1897, to Miss Laura, daughter of George and Louise (Boiclair) Tibbits, of Bay City, Mich., and five children are the fruit of this union: Monica, born Nov. 17, 1899; Lauretta, Feb. 17, 1901 ; Carlyle, Feb. 17, 1903; Veronica, July 3., 1905; and Lerov, born May 30, 1907. The family residence is at No. 1073 North Pierce street, Milwaukee.

Oscar Francis Clisbee, deceased, one of the pioneer residents of Milwaukee, and for many years a well-known and prosperous business man and prominent citizen of the Cream City, was a native of Illinois, born at Lacon, Marshall county, Jan. 24, 1844. He was the son of Denison Clisbee, a native of Vermont, and Helen (Smalley) ('lisl)ee. who was born and reared in New Jersey. The father was a UJnited States stage driver in Vermont for a number of years, when there were few railroads in that part of the country, and like so many New Englanders, followed the tide of western migration and located in Marshall county, Til., where he took up land and begun farming, and here on his first homestead his only child was born. After clearing and breaking his land, Mr. Clisbee was able to dispose of it to advantage, and in 1850 came to Milwaukee. Three years later he bought the property on Ninth street, where his son's widow still lives. Denison Clisbee became associated with the F. F. Adams

Tobacco Company, and for more than thirty years led an active business career. He became a trusted employee of this company and one of their successful and popular salesmen. Some years before his death, which occurred in 1884, he retired from business to enjoy a well-earned rest during the declining- years of life. Oscar came to Milwaukee with his father in 1850 and received his scholastic training' in the public schools of the city, and when only seventeen years of age, at the outbreak of the War of Secession, responded to his country's call for volunteers and enlisted as a musician in Company G, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin infantry, which was organized at Camp Sigel, Milwaukee, and became known as the "Milwaukee Regiment." He was in the battle of Perryville, where the gallantry of the regiment was commended by the brigade commander ; took part in the battle of Stone's River, where the regiment suffered considerably in killed and wounded, and participated in the battle of Chickamauga. The Milwaukee regiment took an important part in the storming of Missionary Ridge and soon after this Mr. Clisbee, with the other members of his regiment, was transferred to Georgia; they took part in the operations in front of Kenesaw mountain and were with General Thomas during his campaign through Tennessee and Alabama and fought with desperate gallantry at Franklin, the most severe engagement the regiment was in and practically saved the day. Mr. Clisbee was mustered out with the regiment at Nashville, Tenn., June 10, 1865, after four years of gallant service for his country, under the flag he loved. Returning to Milwaukee after the close of the war, Mr. Clisbee engaged in the grocery business in partnership with Charles Sircum, but disposed of his interest in the store within a few years and became a salesman. Subsequently he became associated with the F. F. Adams Tobacco Co., the firm his father was with so many years, and remained with it until his death, which occurred on Dec. 31, 1879. On June 23, 1870, Mr. Clisbee was united in marriage with Susan M., the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Reed) Leighly, residents of Manistee, Mich. Two children were born to them : Cora, the wife of Robert A. Miller, a prominent photographer of Milwaukee; and Denison, who is engaged in the blacksmith's trade. Mrs. Clisbee's parents were born in Ohio ; her father was a cobbler by trade, but conducted a store and continued this vocation until he died in 1865. His wife survived him nearly twenty-two years and passed to her long rest in 1887. Mr. Leighly was an adherent of the Democratic party, though he never aspired to any political office. Both he and his wife weer members of the Lutheran church, in which they were willing workers. Mr. .Clisbee was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, whose numbers are thinning rapidly as the years pass. During his life he took an active interest in the principles of the Republican party and was one of its hearty supporters. Both he and his wife were members of St. James Episcopal church.

Charles D. Crane, a prominent architect of Milwaukee, was born at Johnson's Creek, Niagara county, N. Y.. July 6, 1850, the son of Moses L. and Susan P. (Chase) Crane, both natives of that state. The father was a descendant of Benjamin Crane, who came to the

United States about 1654, settling- at Wetherfield, Conn. Moses Crane was a grands* m of Thankful Putnam, a descendant of John Putnam, who came to this country in [620. John Putnam was the first of the name in America and the projenitor of Israel Putnam,, well known in Revolutionary times. Moses Crane came west in 1853 and settled in the town of Spring Prairie, Wis., where he remained until 1863, when he removed to Burlington, Wis., where he engaged as a salesman. He died at the age of forty-eight. Our subject received his primary instruction in the schools of Burlington, including the high school. His first position, when he started in life, was as clerk in a store till 1869. In 1871 he went to Chicago and from that city, on Dec. 26, 1874, he came to Milwaukee, where he entered the office of E. T. Nix, architect, remaining there twelve years. In 1888 he became a member of the firm of Crane & Barkhausen, architects, and this firm was dissolved a few' years later. He is now, and for several years has been in business alone, having an extensive and lucrative patronage. On Jan. 10, 1884, he married Miss Belle M., daughter of Thomas K. and Margaret Parker, of Milwaukee, and their union has been blessed by one son, Stanley P., a bright and very promising young man, who is now engaged in the office with his father and gives ample promise that he is destined to a very successful career as an architect. In political principles our subject alligns himself with the Republican party, while in religious matters he is what is known as a liberal. He is a member of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Club, of the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Royal Arcanum. Our subject is domestic in his tastes, being fond of his family and of his books, and to him, when the day's work is done, there is truly "no place like home."

Rev. Winfred D. Cox, of 281 Pleasant street, Milwaukee, chairman of the Prohibition State Central Committee, was born at Monroe, W. Ya., Feb. 12, 1858, the son of Jonathan and Nancy R. (Magann) Cox, both natives of the same state. He was one of a small family of two boys and one girl. His father was a prosperous farmer before the Civil war, and upon the outbreak of the Rebellion, enlisted from Monroe county as a private in one of the West Virginia regiments. His name appears on the army rolls as missing, and he is supposed to have been killed in battle. Young Winfred, despite the early age at which he was rendered an orphan, managed to obtain an excellent education. After attending the district schools of the locality in which he lived, he went to college and graduated therefrom. In the year 1877 he became a student in the Northwestern University at Evanston, 111., and later he pursued a two years' course at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., where he fitted himself for the Methodist ministry. He was given his first charge at Oconto Falls in 1881, going thence to Oconto, Wis., and later holding charges at several other small towns in the state. He finally came to Milwaukee, where he assumed the pastorate of the ECingsley Methodist church, corner of Twenty-ninth and Brown streets. By reason of the failing health of his wife, he was obliged to abandon the ministry. He had longtaken a strong interest in the cause of prohibition, and in the year

1906 he was elected chairman of the Prohibition State Central Committee of Wisconsin, in which capacity he has since served. He is a hard worker and an excellent organizer, and under his efficient management, the prohibition cause has assumed a dignity and importance it never had before. His labors in this field have rendered his name a familiar word throughout the state, and he firmly believes that the principles of his party will ultimately be found in the ascendancy. Meanwhile he is giving his heart and soul to his work, and leaves no stone unturned to advance the cause in which he is so vitally interested. Mr. Cox is a member of the Wisconsin Conference of Methodist preachers, and takes an active interest in the work of the Good Templars, of which he is one of the most active members. He was united in marriage on Dec. 21, 1881, to Elizabeth G., daughter of William Simmons, a native of England, and three sons are the fruit of this union: Winfred, the eldest, born in 1883; William L., born in 1886, and Harold L., born in 1891. Mr. Cox is a fine conversationalist, and a most effective public speaker. His tastes are scholarly, and he possesses a mind of unusual force and vigor, enriched by a wide experience with men and affairs as well as by constant study and reading. He is devoted to his family, and his home life has been pure and sweet, with a prevailing atmosphere of love and effection. Mr. Cox is still a comparatively young man, and should have many years of usefulness before him. On June 13, 1908, at a convention held in Milwaukee by the Prohibition party, Mr. Cox was nominated on his party's ticket for the office of Governor of Wisconsin. He made an active campaign of the state, speaking several times in eacb county, and received a very flattering support at the polls.

George Dickens, deceased, a prominent business man of Milwaukee, and for many years identified with the well-known Layton Company, pork and beef packers, was born at Utica, N. Y.. on Feb. 11, 1827, the son of Simon and Acenath (Allen) Dickens, the former of whom was a native of Bedford, England, and the latter a native of the state of Xew York. Simon came to the United States early in the last century and settled at Utica. X. Y., where he worked at his trade of cabinet maker. He was a second cousin of the celebrated English novelist, Charles Dickens. He met and married his wife in Xew York state, and subsequently moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued to work at his trade for a number of years, finally coming to Milwaukee in the early sixties. He reared a large family of eight children, named as follows : Allen; George, the subject of this sketch; Simon, Samuel, Mary, Sophia, Hanna and Henrietta. Our subject received his education in the public schools of Cleveland. Ohio, and in 1843 came to Milwaukee, followed later by his parents who moved to the Cream City about 1870. Here he an to make his own living, and was first employed by a Mr. Mitchell. Some time later he entered the employ of Frederick Layton, packer, and was afterwards taken into the firm as one of the pai He maintained an active association with this prosperous

After the formation of the Republican party, he adopted its principles for his own, and remained a consistent Republican ever after. He was. however, absorbed in his business, and took little active part in political matters, though he did his full duty as a citizen, lie was a faithful member of St. James Episcopal church, and always supported it in its good works with a generous band, lie was a prominent member of the < >ld Pioneer (bib, and a frequent attendant on its meetings. He was united in marriage on Nov. 23, 1848, to Miss Sarah, daughter of James and Orpah (Layton) Dawson, of England, and six children are the fruit of tins union: John, born Oct. 31, [851 ; Gertrude, Aug. 26, 1861; William, Sept. 4, 1863; Charles Frederick, Nov. 3. [865; James Layton, Oct. 18, [867; and Sadie, born March 27, 1875. Airs. Dickens still survives her husband, and resides at the old home, 1320 Grand avenue, Milwaukee. Mr. Dickens was a shrewd and successful business man, and was devoted to bis wife and children. He always found his chief solace and comfort away from the cares of business, within the home circle, lie was known as one of Milwaukee's substantial business men, and did his full share in the material upbuilding and advancement of the city.

George B. Goodwin, deceased, who practiced with distinction for many years at the bar of Milwaukee, was born at Alt. Morris, Livingston county, X. Y., on Dec. 18, 1834, the son of Simeon and Elizabeth (Albright) Goodwin, who were likewise natives of the Empire State. His father was given only a limited opportunity to obtain an education in bis boyhood, as he was early thrown on his own resources, and learned the carriage maker's trade at Mt. Morris, X. A'. In the year i860 he came west to Milwaukee, but only lived a short while after bis arrival here. Our subject, George B., is the second child in a large family of nine children. He received his earlv education in the public schools at Mt. Morris, XT. Y., and afterward pursued * the full collegiate course at Genesee College, now Syracuse I'niversity, graduating therein with the class of 1854. He was subsequentlv the recipient of the honorary degree of A. M. from Williams College. After completing his college course, Mr. Goodwin made choice of the law as a profession, and took the law course at the Albany Law School. After being- admitted to the bar, he came west to Wisconsin and opened an office at Menasha. and was there engaged in the successful practice of his profession for a period of about six vears. Mr. Goodwin was one of the honored veterans of the Civil war. He organized the Forty-first Wisconsin infantry in Menasha, during May and Tune, 1864, and went out as its lieutenant-colonel. This regiment was the third and last of the 100-day regiments sent from Wisconsin, and having a numerical strength of only 578 it never had a colonel. The command left for the from on June 15. 1804, proceeding to Memphis, Tenn., where it was attached to the Second brigade. District of Memphis, and was assigned to train-guard duty, and also med part of the garrison of the city. Lieutenant-Colonel Goodwin and his command participated in the fight with Forrest's cavalry during the latter's raid on Aug. 21, 1864, and after the conclusion of the skirmish the Forty-first joined in the pursuit of the enemy.

Col. Goodwin was mustered out with his command at Camp Washburn in September. After the close of the war, Mr. Goodwin came to Milwaukee and there engaged in the practice of his profession. He was appointed by President Grant internal revenue collector for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and after a service of two rears in that capacity, he again returned to private life and resumed his practice. He was recognized as one of the ablest and most successful lawyers in the city, and he continued in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice up to the time of his death, on May i, 1886. His remains now rest in Forest Home cemetery. Col. Goodwin was an ardent Republican in his political principles, and was prominent in the councils of his party. He was an attendant of the Episcopal church, and one of its most liberal and zealous supporters. He was a member of the Masonic Order, in which he had attained to the Knights Templar degree. On April 28, 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Decker, of Livonia, N. Y., a daughter of Henry and Martha ( Mather) Decker. To Colonel and Mrs. Goodwin were born three sons and two daughters: Henry, born April 12, 1859; Martha, Nov. 27, i860; Alida, Aug. 17, 1865; Clinton, deceased, Sept. 14, 1869; and George B., May 11, 1874. All of the living children, together with their widowed mother, now make their home in Milwaukee.

William E. Priestley, of 500 Greenbush street, Milwaukee, is a native of Middlesex, Ontario, where he was born on June 25, 1853. He is the son of James E. and Sally Alice (Field) Priestley, both natives of Bradford, England, the former born in December, 181 5, and the latter on May 25 of the same year. The father, while living in England, was a manufacturer of woolen goods, and removed to Russia, wbere he was engaged in the same business, the goods being for the use of the Russian government. After remaining there for five years he immigrated to Middlesex, Ont., where he engaged in mercantile business for a few years, and later went into general farming, wThich he run in connection with his store. In 1877 Mrs. Priestley died, and the father with his family of four sons and two daughters, returned to England. In 1891 they again removed to Canada, and Mr. Priestley died in the old home in Middlesex. William E. was first educated in the common schools of Middlesex, after which he entered the college at London, Ontario, where he was graduated in 1878. He began his business life by opening a general store in the village of Alisa Craig, Ontario, where he remained for two years. In 1 881 he came to the United States and located at Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he was put in charge of a dry-goods store by the proprietor, A. J. Arthur, and he managed it for two years. At the end of that time he returned to Alisa Craig, Ontario, where he again went into business as a partner in the firm of McKay & Priestley. Two years biter he located in Oshkosh, Wis., and was traveling agent for R. McMillan & Co.. manufacturers of sash, doors, and blinds, and during the four years that he was with this firm he traveled through every state in the Union. Coming to Milwaukee in 1890, he was employed by Sanger. Rockwell & Co., for three years, and then went into busines> for himself. He is a successful business man and does a large jobbing business. In politics he is a Republican, but the duties of Ins commercial life leave him little leisure for active participation in political affairs, lie is a member of the Methodist church and belongs also to the fraternal organizations of the Free Masons and Odd Fellows, and to the commercial organization of the Lumber Association. On Jan. 18, 1883, he was united in marriage to Miss Grace Maria Wood, daughter of Wesley and Ann | Bullis) Wood, of Fort Dodge, Iowa. Their only son, Glenn \\'., is nineteen years of age and at present a student in the University of Wisconsin.

John J. Chrzanowski, the managing editor of the Kuryer Polski, is recognized as one of the leading newspaper men in the Cream City. He is a native of Poland, born May 24, [868, in the valley of the Vistula, at Warsaw, the capital of Poland before its partition. It was here that Kosciusko held the combined armies of Russia and Prussia at bay for two months in 1794. With his defeat the fate of Poland was sealed. John J. Chrzanowski is the son of Joseph and Helen (Grudzien) Chrzanowski, who immigrated to the United States in 1876. The elder Chrzanowski was engaged in various occupations for fifteen years, and in 1891 located in Chicago, where he lived until his death in 1906, at the age of seventy-eight years. During his life he reared three children : Anthony, who is a dentist in Chicago, prominent in his profession, located at 179 West Division street at the corner of Milwaukee avenue ; Mary, the widow of Leo Wild, of Chicago, and John J., the subject of this review, who was reared to manhood in his native city, Warsaw, and educated in the public and government high schools. He came to the U/nited States in 1886, locating in New York city, and in 1890 entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of that city, where he remained three years, but did not graduate, as he gave up the study of medicine to enter the newspaper profession as editor of the Kuryer Xew Yorski, and remained with that paper two years, when he resigned to become secretary of the weekly paper Zyoda, Polish National Alliance, and held that position two years. In 1897 he accepted the editorship of the Dziennik Narodowy, a Polish daily of Chicago, with which he was connected four years. In 1901 he left Chicago to accept a better offer in Milwaukee, where he has since been associated with the Kuryer Polski, three years as city editor and four years as managing editor. In 1898 Mr. Chrzanowski was united in marriage to a daughter of Stanislaus Lubowiecki,, of Chicago, and now a resident of Warsaw, S. D. He and his wife are members of St. Kasimir's Polish Catholic church and Mr. Chrzanowski is a member of the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Singers and Polish Turners societies. He takes an active interest in politics, belongs to the Republican party and goes on the stump every four years in its interest. He is an able speaker and well-known throughout the state. He is one of the prominent figures in newspaper circles and one. of the popular members of the newspaper fraternitv.

Michael J. Kurzawa, Ph. G., one of the well-known druggists of Milwaukee, who owns a store at £(12 Muskego avenue, is a native of the province of Posen, German Poland, born Dec. 28. 1883, being the son of Jacob and Antoinetta (Volarski) Kurzawa, who immigrated to the United States. They landed in March, 1884, and selected Milwaukee as their future home, where the father found employment for a time in the West Milwaukee railroad shops, but within a short time engaged in the saloon business and continued in that vocation for eight years. He died on Dec. 13, 1906, at the age of forty-nine years, leaving a widow and three children : Michael J., Stella and Pauline. Michael was only three months old when his parents came to this country and was reared in Milwaukee where he attended the parochial and public schools. At the age of sixteen he entered the drug store owned by Anton Tomkiewiez and worked six months, and then entered the employ of J. W. S. Tomkiewiez,, for whom he worked five years. He took the state pharmacy examination and passed it, in 1903, as assistant pharmacist, and occupied that position in various drug stores of the city, and in April, 1907, took the state pharmacy examination and passed as registered pharmacist. From that time he did general relief work until November, 1907, when he embarked in business for himself. Mr. -Kurzawa has met with marked success at his present location and conducts one of the finest drug stores in that part of the city. He is a member of the National Association of Retail Druggists, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Polish National Alliance, Moruieszko Singing Society and is a member of St. Vincent's Polish Catholic church.

Joseph T. Stollenwerk, one of the progressive business men of the South side of Milwaukee, and the junior member of the wellknown firm of Stollenwerk Bros., hardware dealers at No. 938 Kinnickinnic avenue, has been a successful merchant for the past sixteen years. He is the son of Joseph A. and Mary (Schummel) Stollenwerk, natives of that part of Germany so loved, the Rhine country. The father came to America with his parents in 1846 and was reared on the family homestead at New Coeln, town of Lake, Milwaukee county, where he lived until he retired from farming, in 1890, and went to Milwaukee to live. Jos,eph, born Feb. 14, 1869, was one of the fourteen children who received their training and schooling on his father's farm ; ten of the children are living and have become prominent citizens of Milwaukee. Until fifteen years of age, Joseph remained on the old homestead with his parents and attended the parochial school at New Coeln, then went to Milwaukee to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for some time before he entered the employ of August Heimes, who ran a hardware store at 961 Kinnickinnic avenue. Mr. Stollenwerk remained in this business until he had thoroughly mastered it as a paid employe, then formed a partnership with his brother Nicholas and went into the hardware business for himself, under the firm name of Stollenwerk Bros., in 1892. Their business has increased, and to-day they have the leading hardware business in that vicinity. On Sept. 27, 1892, Mr. Stollenwerk was married to Caroline, the daughter of Jacob and Caroline ( Schingsing) Reisch, of Milwaukee ; they have six children : Clara, Henry, Loinz, Marguerite, Hildegarde, and Richard. Mr. Stollenwerk and'the members of his family belong to the congregation of St. Augustin's Roman Catholic church ; he is also a member of the St. Peter Society,

Stanislaw J. Lempicki, the owner, president and manager of the Polish Theater Company, associate editor of the Kuryer Polski, and editor-in-chief of Kuryer Ilustrowany, the first Polish monthly, illustrated magazine in the United States, was born in Zarki, Russian Poland,, on July 15, 1880, a son of Teofil and Eva (Lugowska) Lempicki. He was educated and grew to manhood in his native land, getting his scholastic training in technical and engineering schools. When he had attained his majority he came to the United States, locating first in Kansas City. His residence there continued for a year and a half, and being ambitious to learn the commercial side of American life he attended the Vrooman Business College. In 1902 Ik- removed to Chicago and for a year was one of the editors of the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Polska. The three years immediately following he spent as a bookkeeper for a Polish publication in Chicago. During this time he had leisure to do much research work and in 1906 edited and published "The History of the Polish Young Men's Alliance in America," and a play in three acts entitled "Surmy," which in English is "Trumpets." That same year he came to Milwaukee and became identified with the Kuryer Polski as city editor. Since that time he has become one of the editors. With several other leading men of his nationality he founded the Polish Theater Company, which has had a very successful existence. He is a devout communicant of St. Josephat's Polish Catholic church, and in July, 1907, was one of the organizers of Branch No. 4 of the Polish Young Men's Alliance. Mr. Lempicki's marriage to Miss Pearl Krygier, daughter of Andrew Krygier, of Steven's Point, Wis., occurred on July 6, 1908. Mr. Lempicki is popular and is recognized as one of the most enterprising young men of the city.

Casimir Zychlinski, the manager of the Weekly Department of the Kuryer Publishing Co., of Milwaukee, is a native of Posen, German Poland, where he was born on Feb. 24, i860. He is the son of Joseph and Magdalena (Dybizbanski) Zychlinski, who immigrated to the United States in 1877 an<^ located in New York city, where they remained two years before moving west and settling in Chicago, where the mother still resides. The father died in Milwaukee in 1907, aged eighty-six years, leaving a family of four children: Casimir; Wladislawa, wife of John Misiewicz ; Valentine, and Josephine, the wife of Alphonse Dziadul. Casimir was seventeen years of age when his parents came to America, and had already had the advantages of an education in his native country, where he attended the high schools. When the family settled in New York city, in 1877, he studied electricity and soon became an electrician., following this profession for five years with much success. He moved to Chicago in 1883 and established himself in the coal business on his own account, conducting one of the large coal yards there for two years. His interest was in electricity, however, and he again turned to that profession, following it until 1900, when he went to Grand Rapids, Mich., for a year. Returning to Chicago in 1901, he remained for three years, in 1906 took up his residence in Milwaukee, and since that time has held different positions with the 'Kuryer Publishing Co. At present he holds the responsible position of manager of the Weekly Department. Mr. Zychlinski was married in 1884, to Helen, daughter of John and Mary Schonick, of Poland. They have had five children : Witold, Zbigniewa, Bohdana,, Leszek, and Janina. Mr. Zychlinski is a member of the Polish National Alliance of America, of which he is one of the oldest members ; of the Polish Sokol Alliance, of which he was one of the organizers and first president ; of the Polish Literary Society ; and he is fraternally connected with the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is associated with the Republican party.

John Gawin is the proprietor of Gawin Bros/ hardware store, 709-11 Windlake avenue, one of the most important hardware establishments on the South side. He is a native of Milwaukee, son of John and Appolonia (Martin) Gawin, both of whom were of Polish birth. John Gawin, senior, came to Milwaukee from Poland in 1869 and was employed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad as foreman of a section gang of painters. In this occupation he remained some years, and upon leaving it engaged in the hardware business on the South side with his brother-in-law. The firm was known as Gawin Bros., and until his death, Jan. 18, 1908, Mr. Gawin continued this business with marked success and built up a large and profitable trade. He left a family of six children : Stacey, who married Lawrence Gizella ; Mary, Lena, John, Catherine,, and Henry. John Gawin, the subject of this sketch, was born in Milwaukee, Oct. 25, 1886, attended both public and parochial schools, graduated- from Marquette College, and entered the employ of his father, to whose business he has succeeded. He became thoroughly conversant with all the details of the hardware business under his father's instruction and carries a complete and up-to-date stock of all kinds of hardware. Mr. Gawin is a young man of absolute integrity and honest business principles and merits a continuance of the confidence which the house enjoyed during the life of his father. The family are devout members of St. Stanislaus Polish Roman Catholic church. Mr. Gawin belongs to the Polish National Alliance and to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He adheres loyally to the principles of the Democratic party and takes an active interest in the political questions of the day.

Frank B. Kuczynski, the successful plumber of 572 Mitchell street, Milwaukee, is a native of the Cream City, born on April 14, 1876, a son of Martin and Victoria (Zienteck) Kuczynski, natives of Poland and Polish pioneers of Milwaukee, where they settled in the early sixties. The father has been engaged in fanning for thirty years or more in Milwaukee county, and in the town of Greenfield for twenty years, where he has a twenty-acre tract. His family consists of nine children: Ignatius, Peter, Frank B., Louis, Mary,. Helen, Leo, Joseph and Martin. Our subject was reared in Milwaukee and educated in the parochial and public schools. In the spring of 1898 he enlisted in the Spanish-American war as a private of Company K, First Wisconsin infantry, and was sent to Jacksonville, Fla., with his regi- ment, but was dicharged after four months and eighteen days of service. For lour months thereafter he was cook for a construction gang on an extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. In 1890 he re-enlisted in Company I), Forty-fifth United States infantry, at 1 angdon X. I)., was drilled in military tactics, at Fort Snelling, Minn., and in San Francisco, Cal., for two months, when he went with his company to the Hawaiian Islands and from there direct to Manila, Philippine Islands, where he took part in nineteen battles and skirmishes. He was wounded in the discharge of his duty while signaling from a shack to a detachment of his regiment on Dec. 25, [900, and was compelled to remain in the hospital at Passaco, Southern Luzon, for three months. He was honorably discharged with his regiment at Presidio, Cal., in 1901, after serving two and onehalf years. He again returned to his trade as a cook, and in 1002 he began his apprenticeship as a plumber with C. J. Meyer, at Duluth, Minn., remaining there for one year and finishing his trade at Minneapolis in 1905. In May, 1907, he began business 'for himself in Minneapolis,, and so continued until August of the same year, when he sold out and located in Milwaukee in the plumbing business, where l^e is meeting with success. On Nov. 14, 1905, he married Miss Josephine, daughter of Victor and Julianna Wudkiewicz, of Poland, their issue being two children, Victor and Theodore. Himself and family are members of the St. Hyacinth's Polish Roman Catholic church, and he is a member of the Royal League. Mr. Kuczynski is a good tradesman who takes pride in his work and is a law-abiding citizen. Valentine Leo Schramka, one of the well-known and popular undertakers and funeral directors of the Cream City, was born in Germany on Feb. 4, 1873, the son of Peter and Justine (Frank) Schramka. His parents both died in Germany, where Valentine was given the benefit of scholastic training in the public schools. In 1886, when only thirteen years of age, he came to the United States to make his fortune, and located in Milwaukee. Before leaving the Fatherland, he had attended school long enough to realize the benefit of a good education, and after coming to America continued to pursue his studies and learn the English language in the night schools of Milwaukee. He entered the employ of an undertaker and studied undertaking at the Champaign and other schools ; he received several diplomas as a result of diligent study and good work, and in [892 branched out in business for himself, locating at 351 Brady street. Mr. Schramka's business has grown verv rapidly since Sept. 17, 1892, and finding it necessary to increase his facilities, he has opened a second establishment at No. 9 Clark street, which has a livery in connection, and where he has built up a prosperous business. He was united in marriage in 1898 with Mary, the daughter of Felix and Kate Zynda, who were among the pioneer Polish settlers of Milwaukee. Mr. Schramka has two children, Idzi and John. He is a member of the Polish Catholic church and owns seats in four congregations. He is also a well-known member of St. Joseph's Society, the Society of the Holy Heart of Jesus and Marv, St. Michael's Society, Knights of St. Casimir, Knights of St. Wladvslaus, a member of St. Marv's

Society, of St. Peter's and St. Paul's societies and of the Wisconsin State Undertakers' Association. Mr. Schramka is a Republican in politics.

Dr. Charles Chester Wentworth, deceased, late of 195 Farwell avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., was one of the most prominent and successful dental practitioners who ever came to the city. He was born on a farm in the town of Lake, on Feb. 27, 185 1, the son of one of the prosperous and substantial farmers of that locality. His father, George H. Wentworth, was a native of Kentucky, born at Lexington in that state on Sept. 9, 181 5. He left home when only fifteen years, of age and went to Mineral Point, Wis., which was then the center of an important lead mining industry, as it is today. Young Wentworth worked there in the lead mines for about three years, and then went to Chicago, 111., where he remained for another year. He next came to Milwaukee (this was in the year 1835), and here entered from the Government 160 acres of public land in the town of Lake, adjoining the city of Milwaukee on the South. He subsequently added to his holdings by purchase, whereby he increased the size of his farm to a half section of land. In the year 1891 he sold his farm and moved into the city, leading the life of a retired farmer until his death, which took place on Dec. 22, 1901, at the ripe old age of eighty-six. His wife, Sylvia E. (Packard) Wentworth, was born in Bennington, Vt, July 22, 181 7, and came west to Wisconsin at a very early day, when her father also located on Government lands in the town of Lake, Milwaukee county. She was united in marriage to Mr. Wentworth Aug. 29, 1836, and their union was blessed with seven children: Harrison H., deceased ; Julia J., wife of Orlando Ellsworth,, both deceased ; Rinaldo R., a ranchman living at St. James, Mo.; Emma E., widow of Mathew H. Thompson, for many years a prominent manufacturer and commission merchant of Milwaukee; George G., a ranchman living in Wausau, Wis.; Charles Chester, deceased, the subject of this sketch ; and Lilla, who died in infancy. Mrs. Wentworth's death occurred on Feb. 16, 1880. Dr. Wentworth received his early education in the public schools of Lake township and the Milwaukee high school, and later graduated at Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis. He then pursued an extended course in dentistry, and at the age of twentynine located for the practice of his profession at St. Joseph, Mich. He practiced in that city for the space of two years, and at Darlington, Wis., for a period of eight years. In 1889 he came to the city of Milwaukee, establishing his offices on the South Side, where he was speedily in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative practice. About ten years later he established his offices in the Mack Block, where his business grew to very large proportions, and he was rated the most successful and skillful dentist in the city. His reputation as an excellent dentist was by no means confined to the city of Milwaukee, but he numbered among his patients many prominent people over the state. He was a man of charming personality, popular with his professional a^ociates. of most courteous address, and possessed a host of warm friends. In politics he was allied with the Republican party, but never sought public preferment on his own behalf. He was an attendant of

Emmanuel Presbyterian church of Milwaukee, and one of the most zealous and liberal supporters thereof. The doctor's home life was typical of all that is best in tbe cultured American family circle. He was united in marriage on Feb. 27, 1878, to Miss Anna, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Gower) Llewellyn, and two daughters were the fruit of this union: Daisy, the wife of Ray Palmer, of Milwaukee; and Bessie, who makes her home with her widowed mother. Mrs. Wentworth is of Welsh descent, both her parents being natives of Wales. They immigrated to the United States in 1863, locating in Chicago for several years, and finally coming to Milwaukee in the year 1870. Her father was a prosperous retired merchant at the time of his death, which took place March 4, 1896, when he was seventy-four years of age; his wife survived him some five years longer, when she also passed away at the advanced age of seventy-seven, on May 15, 1901. Dr. Went worth was a member of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee, and he also belonged to Excelsior Lodge, No. 175, F. & A. M. He was also one of the board of dental examiners for six years. He died at his home, No. 195 Farwell avenue, Milwaukee, on Feb. 18, 1908.

Mathew H. Thompson, deceased, late of Milwaukee, was one of the Cream City's most popular and successful business men, and his long residence there, extending over more than half a century has caused his name to be associated in a most intimate way with the city's growth and development. He was born in the town of Thompsonville, Conn., July 12, 1835, and was descended from fine old New England stock. His father, Henry Thompson, was born at Warehouse Point, Conn., and as a young man, owned and conducted, in connection with his brother, Orrin, a large carpet mill at Thompsonville, Conn. The old mill is still in operation to-day under the management of the Hartford Carpet Co., of Hartford, Conn. He came west to Milwaukee about the year 1845, engaged in the business of loaning money, both on his own behalf, and as the representative of eastern capitalists. Some time before his death, he returned to his old home in Thompsonville, Conn., and his death took place there in 1 87 1. For some years prior to his death he had lived in retirement. His wife was a Miss Candace Phelps, a native of Poquonock, a village of Windsor township, Hartford county, some eleven miles north of Hartford. Mathew H. attended the public schools of his native village and also in New York state, and later spent some time at a private school. He was a mere lad in his teens when he first came to Milwaukee in 1854. Here he embarked in the business of buying and selling wool, and also did a general commission business, and dealt largely in manufacturers' supplies. . His business affairs prospered and he was busied in active commercial pursuits up to the time of his death, which took place in Milwaukee, March 31, 1902, in the sixty-seventh year of his life. He was a most genial and affable man, extremely fond of all kinds of amusements and games. His jolly, good-natured temperament rendered him the most approachable of men, and his friends were legion. It is the consensus of opinion among those who knew him best that he left not an enemy behind. His political affiliations were with the Republican party, and he rep- resented the Fourth ward of the city on the county board of supervisors for a number of years. He was a sincere Christian gentleman, and a member of the Universalist church, to which he rendered a generous support in all its beneficent labors. He was married on March 1, 1871, to Miss Emma, daughter of George H. and Sylvia E. (Packard) Wentworth, the Wentworth family being numbered among the oldest and most respected settlers of Lake township in Millwaukee county. (For an account of the genealogy of Mrs. Thompson the reader is referred to the sketch of Dr. Charles Chester Wentworth, her brother.) Mr. and Mrs. Thompson had no children, and the latter now resides at No. 227, Wisconsin street, Milwaukee. Mr. Thompson was an active member of the Masonic Order, and was also a member of the Calumet Club. Despite the years which have already elapsed since the death of Mr. Thompson he is still held in affectionate remembrance, not only by his immediate family, but by the many intimate friends and associates with whom he was always a prime favorite.

Edward Benjamin Johnson, deceased, for many years a popular business man of Milwaukee, was born on a farm in the town of Wauwatosa, Milwaukee county, Dec. 4, 1861. His parents, Benjamin and Mary Johnson, were both natives of England, and came with their children to the United States about the year 1855. They came direct to Wauwatosa, Wis., where the elder Mr. Johnson was a prosperous farmer up to the time of his death about 1881. Our subject's mother is still living at an advanced age, and makes her home in Milwaukee with one of her daughters. Edward B. was the eighth child in a large family of twelve children. He was educated in the public schools of Wrauwatosa, and later attended the University of Chicago. Upon leaving the university he was engaged for a time in the profession of school teaching, and had charge of the schools at Cedarburg, Wis. He abandoned this calling and came to Milwaukee, where he was employed in the office of the Dickson Tea Co., of Milwaukee; later going into the office of the Milwaukee Shops, and in 1893 he became identified with the firm of Roundy, Peckham, Dexter & Co. He remained with this well-known house until his death, which took place in Milwaukee on Jan. 29, 1903. He was extremely conscientious and faithful in the performance of the responsible duties witli which he was entrusted, and always maintained the complete respect and confidence of his business associates and employers. He was a firm believer in the principles of the Prohibition party, with which he was long identified, though he never sought any political preferment on his own behalf, but was content to aid the cause of prohibition by voice and precept in his capacity as a clean-living private citizen. His faith as a Christian was strong and enduring, and he was an earnest member of the Baptist denomination. He attended the Baptist Tabernacle, southwest corner of Seventeenth and Wells streets, in which he was one of the most faithful and devoted workers, serving as one of the trustees of his church, and as a teacher in its Sunday school. He was essentially a home-loving man, and found his chief solace and comfort within the domestic circle, and in his church activities. lie believed that a man's ])1ace, when away from business, was with his wife and children, and he was. therefore, allied with none of the fraternal societies, clubs and associations. He contracted a most congenial marriage on June 7, 1894. with Miss Jennie i'... daughter of Archibald and Rachael (Wylie) Campbell, of Milwaukee. Two sons, Alfred C. and Edwin K., were the fruit of this union, and Mrs. Johnson and her two boys now make their home with her parents at 184 Fifteenth street. Both parents of Mrs. Johnson were born in Scotland, and came to the United States and Milwaukee in the year 1855. Mr. Campbell is a carpenter by trade and his skillful handicraft is evidenced in the buildings along the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.

Lucius H. Averill, deceased, who for eighteen years before his death was the superintendent of the milling department of the E. I'. Allis Company, was born Sept. 17, 1826, in Shelburne, Vt. His father, Robert Averill, was a farmer by vocation and earned a sufficient competence in that work to enable him to retire some vears before his demise, which occurred after he had passed the four score mark. The mother died in 1834, leaving beside her husband a family of seven children. Lucius H. Averill, the second in order of birth of the children born to his parents, received his educational advantages in the public schools of Shelburne, Vt. For some years after the completion of his studies he was employed on his father's farm, but desiring a larger field for his activities he left home and learned the trade of ship carpenter. In 1856 he came to Milwaukee to serve as a foreman of one of the gangs building the first government piers, under the direction of Mr. Whitney. When that work was completed Mr. Averill was so taken with Milwaukee that he determined to locate here and left the employ of Mr. Whitney to enter that of the Filer & Stowell Company. He remained with that concern in a responsible position for a period of seventeen years, and when he severed his connection it was to accept a more lucrative office with the E. P. Allis Company as superintendent of the milling department. For eighteen consecutive years he filled the position with honor to himself and credit to the company, and then he retired to enjoy a well-earned respite from the activities of a busy life. On Jan. 3, 1893, Mr. Averill crossed the great divide after a life devoted to the interests of his fellowmen, unselfish., kindly and upright. His death was a distinct loss to the whole community. In politics he was allied with the Democratic party, but while he was influential in its councils and staunch in his adherence to its principles, his was not the nature to seek public office. The Grand Avenue Methodist Episcopal church sustained in the death of Mr. Averill, a severe loss, as he was a loyal and earnest member of and worker in the church. Fraternally he was prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. On Nov. 27, 1852, Mr. Averill was united in marriage to Miss Cornelia Ellen Aubery, a daughter of Albert and Almyra (Blish) Aubery, of Burlington, Vt. Mr. Aubery was a native of Essex, Yt., and his wife a native of Burlington. The father was a carpenter by vocation, who went to California during the gold excite- merit of 1849 an<^ died there a year later. The mother passed away in the east. Both she and her husband were communicants of the Unitarian church. To Mr. and Mrs. Averill were born six children : Robert, deceased ; Alice, deceased ; Nellie, at home ; Edward F., employed in the offices of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; Katherine and Harriet, at home.

Thomas M. Claflin, deceased, for many years a prominent business man of [Milwaukee and proprietor of the Model Laundry, was a native of the state of Wisconsin, born at Farmington, Washington county. Nov. 22, 1850. His parents, Orson H. and Parmelia (Smith) Claflin. were natives of Ohio and Vermont, respectively. His father followed the vocation of a millwright, and was also a prosperous farmer. He spent a larger part of his life in the state of Ohio, where he owned a large farm near the town of Berea. Thomas M. was an only child, and attended the common schools and high school of his native place, and later took a course in the business college at Fond du Lac, Wis. As soon as his school days were over, he was employed for some years as a dry goods clerk, moving to Milwaukee about the year 1876. There he was first employed in the store of Wheeler, White & Van Pelt, and then was associated with the well-known firm of T. A. Chapman Co. for some eight years. At the end of this period he embarked in business on his own account, and conducted a general store for about five years at Boltonville, Washington county, Wis. He then returned to Milwaukee, where he held an interest in the Nordberg Manufacturing Co., manufacturing engineers, for a period of six years. He finally purchased the Model Laundry, which he conducted in a highly successful manner up to the time of his death, May 13, 1905. The laundry is still being operated by his widow, who is president and treasurer of the company. Mr. Claflin was a lifelong adherent of the Republican party, though he never aspired to public office. He was for many years a zealous member of the First Baptist church, and actively supported his church in its many beneficent works. He was essentially a home-loving man, and found his chief enjoyment and comfort within the family circle, being a most devoted husband and father. Absorbed as he always was in his business affairs, his family life and his church, he was not particularly attracted by outside fraternal and club associations, though he was a membe* of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was most happily married on Nov. 29, 1889, to Miss Fannie E., daughter of Timothy and Atta (Shepard) Cuddeback, of Farmington, Wis. His wife proved a most congenial and efficient helpmate, and their home life was an exceedingly happy one. Their three childrn : Ray T., Donald M., and Paul C, all reside at home, 897 Cambridge avenue, with their widowed mother. Mrs. Claflin's father was a native of New York state, and her mother of Massachusetts. Mr. Cuddeback was a prosperous farmer, who came west and located at Farmington, Wis., in [865. Ilis death occurred in \SS(\ and that of his wife in 1877.

Henry August Weidenbacher, of 492 Cass street, Milwaukee, was born in the city of Milwaukee on Aug. 27, 1882, of German parentage. His paternal grandfather, George Weidenbacher, came to the