Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1909 (part 17 of 35)

1883 engaged in the livery business on Eleventh street, in connection with which he practiced undertaking and embalming. He married Miss Marie Grether, a native of Switzerland, and he is now living retired in La Salle, 111., where his faithful wife died in 1906. Charles Gerber, their son, was born in Milwaukee, Sept. 11, 1862, attended the public schools in his native city, and by the time he had finished his education found his services much needed in the rapidly growing business of his father. In 1885 August Gerber had built the substantial brick barn at 347-349 Eleventh street and at that time time took Charles into partnership under the firm name of August Gerber & Son. In 1888, the senior member of the firm retired from active participation and the firm became Best & Gerber. As such it continued in successful operation until 1891, when Mr. Gerber withdrew. In 1893 he engaged in business for himself, later was joined by his son, Arthur C, and the firm is once more Gerber & Son. Charles Gerber has given much time and attention to the preparation of embalming fluids and has succeeded in improving the manufacture of these to a considerable degree. The fluid originated and manufactured by himself has a large sale and is considered one of the most satisfactory preparations yet devised. Since 1904 the fluid has been in general use. At the present time the firm is planning to move into a very commodious new building at the corner of Chestnut and Thirteenth streets. In the new establishment every device which can assist in making it complete and up-to-date in every respect will be installed. The new building will contain, a suite of rooms, each devoted to its particular requirement for the necessities of the trade, and Mr. Gerber expects to have the equipment complete in every respect. It is the intention of Mr. Gerber to have as fine an establishment as any in the state. The dimensions of the building will be forty-eight by seventy-eight feet. On May 19, 1886, Mr. Gerber was married to Miss Ida L. Wilde, of New Berlin, Waukesha county, daughter of August Wilde. One son has blessed the marriage, Arthur C, who is at present associated in business with his father. Mr. Gerber is a member of the Evangelical Freiden's church, of the Knights of Columbus, of the Modern Woodmen of America, and of the Knights of Pythias. He is not affiliated with any political party, although he takes an active interest in the affairs of the community and the larger political questions of the day.

Louis A. Fons is the senior member of the firm of Fons & Wawrzyniakowski, real estate, loans, insurance, steamship tickets, etc., 656 Grove street, one of the most important real estate and insurance agencies in Milwaukee, established March 20, 1887. He was born in Milwaukee, Aug. 24, 1878, son of Frank and Mary (Piszczek) Fons, both natives of Germany and of Polish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fons came to America in 1870 and decided to make their home in Milwaukee. The father, who is a blacksmith, immediately found employment at his trade and has for thirty years been at work for the Wisconsin Malleable Iron Works, being now foreman of the shipping department. Twelve children came to enliven the home of Frank Fons, all of whom are living: Louis A.; Frances, who entered a Roman Catholic convent and is now a teaching Sister at St. Stanislaus School in Chicago; Mary, wife of Anthony Wiza ; Frank S., clerk in the offices of Fons & Wawrzyniakowski ; Cecilia; Stephen; Pelagia; Edward; Anna; Helen; John, and Rose. Louis A. attended the parochial schools until he was thirteen years of age, at which time he went to work for Martin J. Wawrzyniakowski, at first receiving but two dollars a week. After three years in this establishment he was employed in the factory of the C. J. Smith Manufacturing Company for three years, at the same time working for his former employer during the evenings. By great exertion he was able also to find time for a course in bookkeeping in the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pa. Upon the completion of this course he was successful in obtaining a clerical position with the Milwaukee Fire Insurance Company, with whom he .remained two years. During this time he still retained his connection with Mr. Wawrzyniakowski and was taken into partnership by him in March, 1901, the firm being then known as Wawrzyniakowski & Fons. Mr. Fons showed remarkable capacity and keen understanding of the requirements of the business, and under his skillful management it at once commenced rapid growth and has continued its development until at the present time it has assumed very large proportions. The firm writes more insurance than any other agency on the South Side and is equally progressive in the other departments of its business. Since March, 1907, the firm has been known as Fons & Wawrzyniakowski. Mr. Fons is always actively interested in both local and national politics and is a staunch Republican. In city affairs he is guided in his views by the needs of the day and is always ready to render assistance, both financial and otherwise, to any undertaking which promises to better conditions in his native city. Mr. Fons has never aspired to office, but at the earnest solicitation of his many admirers and friends he consented to be nominated for alderman in 1908 in the Fourteenth ward, the strongest Democratic ward in the city. Although defeated, he received more votes than any other Republican candidate has ever received in that ward. He received 1,339 votes and was 800 votes ahead of his party ticket, the head of the ticket (candidate for mayor) receiving but 539. On Sept. 23, 1902, he was married to Miss Cecilia Sonnenberg, of Milwaukee, daughter of Paul and Magdalen Sonnenberg, who came to Milwaukee from the Polish provinces of Germany. The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Fons on Second avenue, opposite Kosciusko Park, has been gladdened by the advent of two lusty boys, Leonard K. and Alois E., for whose future Mr. Fons is already planning with the foresight and wisdom which characterizes his actions. His keen mind is at the service of those who are honestly working for the benefit of the community, and in his busy days he can always find time to place at their disposal. He is a prominent member of St. Josephat's

Polish Roman Catholic church, of the Polish Association of America, the Polish Alliance of America, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Equitable Fraternal Union. He is also a member of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association, and the South Division Civic Association. Since 1903, Mr. Fons has been the secretary of the Polish National Building and Loan Association, whose assets on Jan. 1, 1908, were $92,940.43, and which has aided many thousands of Polish residents to become owners of their property and homes.

Thomas Kuczynski, of the firm of T. & A. Kuczynski, groceries and provisions, is one of the prominent Polish-American citizens of the South Side, Milwaukee. He was born in the province of Posen, Poland, Nov. 27, 1854, a son of Andrew and Mary (Jankowski) Kuczynski. His parents came to the United States in 1872 and settled in Milwaukee, where they continued to reside up to the time of their death. They reared to maturity a family of five children, all of whom are living: Frances, the wife of Stanislaus Tryban, of Cheboygan, Mich. ; Ewa, the widow of Valentine Czechorski, of Milwaukee ; Martin, a farmer living in the town of Greenfield, Milwaukee county ; Valentine, a harness-maker, residing in the town of Wauwatosa ; and Thomas, the subject of this sketch. Our subject remained in Poland until he was seventeen years of age, and was educated in the parochial schools of his native land. He landed in New York city on July 2, 1871, and came directly west to Milwaukee, where he was employed in various positions until 1880. Young Kuczynski, during these early years in his adopted land, worked hard, saved his money, and when he found time attended night school. Habits such as these were sure to bring their compensation in after life, and Mr. Kuczynski is now reaping the reward of his early diligence and self-control. In the year 1880 he embarked in the grocery, feed, and saloon business at First avenue and Becher street, where he conducted a successful business for eleven years. For the next ten years he was engaged in the real estate and architectural business, bought and sold a large amount of South side property, both lots and buildings, and again met with well deserved success. In 1902 he became interested in his present business at 564 Lincoln avenue, where the firm still conducts a thriving and prosperous grocery trade. Mr. Kuczynski has been twice married ; his first wife's maiden name was Antonina Jarka, the marriage took place on Sept. 9, 1875, and she, like her husband, was a native of Poland. There were two children by this marriage, Max and Siegfried. Her death took place on Jan. 3, 1886. Our subject's second wife was formerly Anna Koralewski. This marriage took place on March 2. t886, and of this union four children are living: Philip J., Thomas B., Mary M., and Cecilia H. Mr. Kuczynski is a faithful member of St. Josephat's Roman Catholic church, and is also an active member of Saints Peter and Paul Benevolent Society. He has long taken a keen and sympathetic interest in the work of uplifting and assisting the people of his own race, and is widely known throughout the South Side for his efficient services along this line. Mr. Kuczynski was originally a Democrat in politics, and as such represented the Twelth ward in the Common Council from

1892 to 1894. In 1896, however, he was unable to adopt many of the views enunciated by Mr. Bryan in the political campaign of that year, and was particularly opposed to him on the silver question. The result has been, as is true of many other "Gold Democrats," that he has been ever since allied with the Republican party on national issues. In 1907 he was appointed by Mayor Becker Commissioner of Public Works for the South Side, Milwaukee, but was not confirmed by the common council.

Anthony V. Czechorski is the president of the Czechorski Shoe Company, 487 Mitchell street, a retail house which sells the largest number of shoes annually of any establishment in the city of Milwaukee. He came to Wisconsin with his parents, Valentine and Eva (Kuczynski) Czechorski, when an infant but a few months old. In his native home, Popowo, Prussian Poland, Valentine Czechorski was also a shoemaker, and upon his arrival in Milwaukee, in 1865, was employed in that capacity. In 1873 he opened a shoe store on Mitchell street, which he owned and managed until his death in 1901, at the age of sixty-three. A family of six children blessed his home: Anthony, John, Frank (deceased), Mary, Roman, and Pauline, the latter being the wife of Frank L. Kuczynski. Anthony V. was born in Popowo, Aug. 7, 1865, and was brought by his parents to Milwaukee in the autumn of that year. He attended the Roman Catholic parochial schools and also St. Gall's school in Milwaukee and the University of Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, Ind. He was graduated in the latter institution in the summer of "1883 and entered a drug store in Milwaukee as apprentice. There he remained three years, and during the next period of three years operated a drug store of his own at the corner of Brady and Racine streets, in Milwaukee. This business Mr. Czechorski was obliged to sell on account of ill health and for some years devoted his time entirely to rest and recreation. In

1893 ne was again able to assume business duties and entered his father's shoe store. He was soon obliged to take the management of the establishment upon himself and on the death of his father, in 1901, Anthony Czechorski and his brothers, Roman and Frank, became the proprietors of the store. In 1903 Roman retired to enter upon a different occupation, and in December, 1907, Mr. Czechorski was deprived by death of his partner, Frank. Since that time the firm has been known by the same name under which it was incorporated shortly before the death of Frank Czechorski, that of The Czechorski Shoe Company, the other members of the firm being Mary Czechorski, treasurer, and Frank L. Kuczynski, secretary. The house carries a very large and complete stock of every sort of footwear and supplies an immense number of customers. Its reputation has been established by the motto, "large sales and small profits," and the continued growth and increase of its business is assured to the Czechorskis by the honesty and good quality of their stock. Mr. Czechorski is a member of St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic church, and in political affiliations is a Democrat.

Otto A. Harras, a member of the Assembly from the Second district of Milwaukee county, is of the Sixth ward of the Cream City, where he was born July 13, 1869, a son of Ferdinand and Albertina (Sanow) Harras, natives of Pomerania, Germany, who came to the United States in 1861 in a sailing vessel, landing in Quebec, Canada. They remained there one year and then came to Milwaukee in 1862 by the way of the St. Lawrence river and the great lakes. The father was a carpenter by trade and he followed this vocation for several years, when he engaged in contracting, in which he was successful, and he lived retired the last ten years of his life. He died on Feb. 13, 1899, at the age of seventy-one years. He left a family of five children : Augusta, wife of Albert Denzin; Amelia, wife of Gustave J. Jeske ; Herman; Robert, and Otto A. Our subject received his education in the public and parochial schools of Milwaukee, and was then apprenticed to the bricklayer's trade, which he followed fourteen years. He is an active politician, always deeply interested in the success of the Republican ticket, and his party has honored him by electing him to the office of member of the assembly from the second assembly district of Milwaukee county in the fall of 1906 and re-electing him to that position in 1908. In the session of the legislature in 1907 he served on the committees of manufacture, labor and military affairs. He is a member of Garfield Lodge, No. 83, Knights of Pythias, of the Modern Woodmen of America; of A. R. Talbot Camp, No. 1938, the United Spanish War Veterans; and of Dawson Camp, No. 5, of the Bricklayers' and Masons' National Union, No. 8, Wisconsin. He was a soldier in the Spanish-American war, enlisting on July 11, 1898, in Company D, Fourth Wisconsin volunteers, and was honorably discharged on Feb. 28, 1899. His popularity in the army is shown by his being chosen corporal at Camp Shipp, Anniston, Ala. His two elections as assemblyman are a high compliment to him as a laboring tradesman and proves his popularity. His civil and war records are clean, and he has a promising future.

August Buchholz, a leading stone-mason contractor, is a native of the Cream City, born Feb. 26, 1864, a son of Edward and Christine (Spieler) Buchholz, the father being a native of Brandenberg and the mother of Schlessingen, Germany. The father was among the pioneer Germans of Milwaukee, where he located in the early forties, following his vocation as a mason and plasterer for many years, and for seventeen years he was a successful contractor in this line. He assisted in the erection of many of the principal buildings of his day, and he died in 1904, at the age of seventysix. He reared a family of six sons and two daughters: Robert, Julius, August, Richard, Paul (deceased), Herman, Ida (wife of Nicholas Munes), and Martha, who is the wife of Edward Luedcke. Our subject was reared in Milwaukee, received his education in the Lutheran parochial and public schools, learned the mason and plastering trade with his father, and since 1888 has been engaged in contracting on his own account. He has achieved great success, being one of the best known men in his line in the city, and he is held in high esteem by all who know him, for careful workmanship and square dealing. On Sept. 4, 1887, he married Helen, daughter of William and Sophie (Mohr) Matthues, natives of Germany and pioneer settlers in Milwaukee, and to this union were born three sons: Walter, Charles, and Herbert. Mr. Buchholz is a member and stockholder in the Milwaukee Builders' Association. In religion he is a Lutheran and in politics a Republican. His great popularity among his friends gained him a seat as alderman from the Tenth ward, which he filled with great credit.

John M. Schneider, who is deeply interested in the real estate, loan, insurance, and steamship agency business, at 493 Mitchell street, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 27, 1864, a son of Michael and Barbara (Landgraf) Schneider. He came to the United States and to Milwaukee in 1883, and, having received his education in his native country, after coming to America, he took an evening course in the public schools of Milwaukee. The first ten years of his life in Milwaukee was employed as a moulder, but, in 1893, he embarked in the real estate and insurance business on a small scale, in which he has achieved great success, developing it into one of the largest of its kind on the South side. He added the loan department in 1895, having had the steamship ticket business from the start. In 1901 he founded the South Side Mutual Loan and Building Association, of which he has been secretary since its organization, and it is one of the most substantial associations in the city, with assets on Jan. 1, 1908, of $88,374.91. He is secretary and treasurer of the Grove Land Company that was organized in 1902, and which builds on an average forty dwellings a year and sells them on the installment plan. On May 28, 1889, ne married Miss Bertha, daughter of Frank J. and Josephine (Weiskirch) Koeper, of Milwaukee, who came here from Germany. The issue of this union is six children : Josephine, Clara, Mamie, John, Leona, and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Schneider, are members of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic church, and Mr. Schneider has membership in St. Michael's Society ; the Catholic Family Protective Association, of which he is treasurer; the South Side Division Civic Association; and he is also director of the Mitchell street State Bank. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party, and he was appointed alderman-at-large to fill a vacancy in the city council on Aug. 3, 1908. Mr. Schneider is a striking illustration of the thrift and success of the German-born citizen in free America. Beginning with very little, he has successfully forged his way to the front rank, and he is surely entitled to high compliments for his progress ; for it is surely a long and rough road to travel from the position of a common laborer to that of founder of large financial institutions and director of a bank. The United States has room for many such men as John M. Schneider.

Frank Luenzmann, president of the Frank Luenzmann Company, the leading" contractors and builders of Milwaukee, was born in that city on Jan. 14, 1854, a son of Charles and Henrietta (Rosenow) Luenzmann. The father, who was a cabinet maker, came to the United States from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1848, and settled in Milwaukee. His first work was in the Burnham brick yards, and later he worked at the carpenter's trade, helping to build the court house and the old Music Hall. In 1868 he began the business of contracting on a large scale, which he continued until his death. He erected the West Side Turner Hall, the Republican House, the Insane Asylum at Wauwatosa, the Germania Building, several tanneries, many of the buildings for the Pabst and Blatz breweries, and the malt houses for some of the larger malt dealers of the city. He was called to his final abode in 1901. He reared a family of five children : Frank ; Henry ; Clara, wife of Fred Wittenberg, president of the Cedarburg Woolen Mills ; August, deceased, was for six years building inspector of Milwaukee ; and Mathilda, wife of Alfred Koerpe. Our subject was reared in Milwaukee and educated in the German-English Academy. Thereafter he learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and for ten years was a member of the firm of Charles Luenzmann & Sons. In 1901 the firm was reorganized under the firm name of The Charles Luenzmann Contracting Company, and it was reorganized again in 1906 as The Frank Luezmann Company, our subject being elected ^president; Henry, a brother, vice-president; and Carl, son of our subject, secretary. This firm erected the Gimbel Bros, building, did all the remodeling of the Berger Bedding Company's building, the carpenter work for the George Ziegler Confectionary Company's building, erected several buildings for the Pfister & Vogel Tanning Company, the Gustave and Frederick Pabst residences, and the Layton Home in connection with the Milwaukee Hospital. On Feb. 5, 1876, Mr. Luenzmann married Miss Ernestine, daughter of J. F. Hoffman, of Saxony, Germany, and by her has five children : Carl ; Emma, wife of Philip Schaefer ; Louisa, wife of Gustave Kruse ; Edward ; and Emily, wife of Oscar Ritter. He is a member of the Builders' Exchange, of the Builders' Club, the Carpenters' Association, the Old Settlers' Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Turner's Society, and in politics he is a Republican. In his physical composition Mr. Luenzmann combines all the best qualities of a successful business man. He is sociable, affable, and uniformly courteous to all with whom he comes in contact, and when all these splendid qualifications are taken into account his progress in every way is but a natural consequence.

Charles J. Dewey, a dealer in jewelry and sporting goods at 232-34 West Water street, Milwaukee, and probably one of the oldest merchants in continual residence in the city, was born in Norwich, Conn., Nov. 23, 1831. His father, Charles C. Dewey, was a native of Westfield, Mass., and his mother, Olive (Sackett) Dewey, had lived in Sandersfield, Mass., before her marriage. The father was a harness-maker by trade, who realized the opportu- nities offered in the west for enterprising men, and came to Milwaukee in 1836, where he opened the first harness stoic in what was then a growing village. His business was a success from the start, and in 1842 he built the first brick block on East Water street. Mr. Dewey's wife died, and he was married a second time in 1870, to Sarah A. Berin, of Pittsfield, Mass. Of a family of seven children, Charles [- Dewey is the only survivor. For many years the father was a successful business man in Milwaukee, but during the declining years of his life gave up this confining occupation and engaged in farming. After reaching his three-score years and ten, Mr. Dewey died at Wauwatosa. Wis., Sept. 21, 1887. Charles J. Dewey came to Milwaukee with his parents about 1837, and there he grew to manhood. After completing his studies he learned the harness business from his father and was engaged in that business for four years, but desired a larger and more varied occupation, and engaged in the crockery trade for seven years. Mr. Dewey was a Sfood business man and met with signal success in the new line. The business increased so rapidly that it reached $40,000 annually. From 1875 to 1878 he conducted the Cream City Hotel and then embarked in his present business, in which he has successfully continued. On April 21, 1857, Mr. Dewey was united in marriage with Mary Jane Rice, the daughter of Ranson and Ruth (Burdett) Rice, of Sunderland, Mass., and granddaughter of Xoharm and Ruth (Tuttle) Rice, of Massachusetts, by whom he has had eight children: George W., married to Sadie Fleischer; Hatta L., the deceased wife of Burt Elliott ; John R., married to Lida Hamilton ; Charles M. ; Mabel R., the wife of James E. Robertson ; Jennie R., the wife of George Palmer; Daisv A.; and Robert B.. married to Ethel Forester. On April 21, 1908, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey held their Golden Wedding anniversary. Upon this memorable occasion there were present Mr. Dewey's seven children and eight grandchildren. Mr. Dewey is a Republican in politics, a member of the Old Settlers' Club and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Michael Prokop, the senior member of the firm of Prokop & Szatkowski. high-grade furniture dealers, 469 Mitchell street, Milwaukee, is a native of German Poland, where he wras born on Sept. 17, 1874. He is the son of Casimir and Frances (Szatkowski) Prokop, who immigrated to the United States in 1888, and settled in Milwaukee. They were the parents of nine children : Mary, the deceased wife of Michael Pladkexl ; Kate, the wife of Anton Zulkowski ; Michael ; Josephine, the wife of James Rozka : Valentine : John ; Joseph; Paula, and Stanislaus. Casimir Prokop died in 1 901, at fifty-six years of age. leaving a widow and seven children. Michael received his educational advantages in the government schools of Poland until his fourteenth year, when his parents emigrated to America. He was bright and energetic and desired broader knowledge and in order to secure an English education he attended the night schools in Milwaukee. He served an apprenticeship at the wood-finishing trade and worked at the business for sixteen years. He was diligent and conscientious in his work, was advanced from one position to another, and for eight years held the responsible position of foreman for the well known firm of Terelles & Grundmann. In 1905 he associated himself with Lucas Szatkowski and formed the partnership in which he is the senior member and established the present furniture business. Today they have one of the leading furniture establishments on the south side. Started with the small capital of $2,000, the business has been so successfully conducted and has increased to such an extent that $30,000 would not purchase it today. In 1898 Mr. Prokop married Mary, the daughter of Valentine and Mary (Salata) Miller, of Milwaukee. They have four children : Alice, Edward, Harry, and Irene. In 1898 Mr. Prokop was a member of the Kosciusko Guards, Fourth Wisconsin National Guard, and at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, with the other members of Company K, enlisted for service in the First Wisconsin infantry. He spent seven months in the United States service at Jacksonville, Fla., and was mustered out with the other members of the regiment, at Milwaukee, in September, 1898. Mr. Prokop is a member of St. Stanislaus Polish Roman Catholic church ; he is captain of Allyn Capron Camp, No. 19, Spanish-American War Veterans, and a popular member of the following societies : the Polish Sharp Shooters, the Polish National Alliance, the St. Augustin Society, the Polish Literary Society, and the Polish Sokol. In politics he is affiliated with the Democratic party.

Mathew Franzen, a representative citizen and business man of the Cream City, who has an embalming and undertaking establishment at 1215 Vleit street, Milwaukee, Wis., was born there on Sept. 6, 1855. He is the son of Richard and Josephine (Keller) Franzen. The father was a native of Coblenz, Germany, and the mother of Overplatz, Germany. The father emigrated to the United States in 1833 and located in Albany, N. Y., where he lived for twenty years. In 1853 he married, and the same year joined the other German settlers of New York, many of whom were going west, and settled in Milwaukee. For about five years he was occupied in different lines of business, but in 1858 he went into the undertaking business with M. J. Zander, who was the first undertaker in Milwaukee, and continued with him for a number of years. When Mr. Zander died he entered the employment of his son, with he remained until his death, which occurred in 1904, at the age of seventy-three years. His death was mourned by the five children he had reared to man and womanhood: Mathew, Philip, Richard, Josephine and Charles. Mathew, the oldest child of the family, was reared in Milwaukee, where he has always resided. He received the excellent educational advantages offered at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic parochial schools and the high schools of Milwaukee. After finishing his studies he was employed by Mr. Zander, with whom he learned the practical business of an undertaking and embalming establishment. After working for Mr. Zander for 1 wenty-two years he started an undertaking establishment for himself in 1890. Mr. Franzen's pleasant and sympathetic manner and kind heart soon made him well known and loved in the homes where the grim destroyer, Death, had visited, and he soon had a large and successful business. In 1901 the firm name was changed to Franzen & Son, as Mr. Franzen took his youngest son, Wallace, in partnership with him at that time, as the business was too large for one man to handle. On May 30, 1877, Mr. Franzen married Susan, daughter of Henry and Catherine Duel, of Milwaukee, and to this union four children have been born: Kate, Robert, Edward and Wallace. Mr. Franzen and his family are members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church. He is also a member of the West Side Old Settlers' Club; of St. Joseph's Benevolent Society; of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, St. Joseph's court ; and the Catholic Order of Foresters, in which he has held the prominent office of Chief Ranger for seventeen years. He is a member of the Emigkeit Verein, No. 24, G. N. G., of which he has been president for eleven years ; a member of the Milwaukee Council, Knights of Columbus; of the Bavarian and Alemenia Singing societies; of the Washington Bowling Club ; and he is also one of the well-known members of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors' Association. Politically Mr. Franzen is an independent.

Frank L. Griebel, a well-known plumber, gas-fitter and drainlayer, of 907 Kinnickinnic avenue, and a prominent citizen of Milwaukee, was born there Feb. 26, 1870, being the son of Lawrence and Mary (Wagner) Griebel. His father was a native of Baden, Germany, who immigrated to the United States with his parents, and his mother was a native of Wisconsin of German descent, who was born at Burlington, Wis. The paternal grandfather, Peter Griebel, came to the United States from Germany in 1852 and settled at Burlington, Wis., where he cleared a large farm and was occupied in agricultural pursuits for many years. He died on the family homestead near Burlington. The maternal grandfather of Frank Griebel immigrated to Wisconsin and was also one of the pioneer farmers of that part of the state. Lawrence Griebel came to this country with his parents, and in 1861 enlisted in the Twentyfifth Illinois infantry and served through the entire Civil war. This regiment fought at Stone's River, was engaged in the battle of Chickamauga, and was in the storming and capture of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. While not actually engaged during the march on Atlanta, it was on the march every day and constantly in skirmish and on picket duty. After three years of hard service in the field it was mustered out at Camp Butler, 111., Sept. 5, 1864. Mr. Griebel received an honorable discharge with the other members of his regiment. He then settled in Milwaukee and was employed as a lineman by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. Subsequently he accepted a position with the Western Lmion Telegraph Company, in the same capacity, and from that time was advanced to lineman for the Hell Telephone Company. Mr. Griebel had the honor of erecting the first telephone line in the city of Milwaukee and was the outside manager for the Bell company for years. After serving as lineman and man- ager for the two companies for twenty-six years he engaged in the grocery business at Sixth avenue and Washington street, continuing this occupation until his death. The store was conducted under the firm name of Mirgeler & Griebel. Mr. Griebel was called across the great divide on July 19, 1900. During his life he was a devout Catholic and a member of Holy Trinity church, and he was also a member of Rank and File Post, G. A. R., No. 240. He reared a family of ten children : John W., Frank L., Emma., Clara, Lawrence, Peter, Edmund, Hubert, Ida, and Louis. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native city and educated at Trinity parochial school. After his studies were finished he served an apprenticeship of three years as a plumber and then worked as a journeyman plumber for five years. In 1891 he embarked in his present business with Frank J. Smith, under the firm name of Smith & Griebel. The firm prospered and built up a large trade, but the partnership was dissolved in 1899, and since that time Mr. Griebel has conducted it alone. He has met with well deserved success and has one of the largest establishments on the south side. On Sept. 25, 1895, he married Lillian Mackedon, a resident of Madison, Wis. Her father was Michael Mackedon, an engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, the son of Owen and Sarah (Mellon) Mackedon. Owen Mackedon was a native of Long Island, N. Y., whose father immigrated to New York from Ireland and was one of the pioneer settlers and a wealthy slave owner. Owen Mackedon moved to Wisconsin from New York in 1855 and settled in Milwaukee, where he worked at his trade of brass moulder for four years, and then bought a farm at Brookfield, Waukesha county, but did not g'o there to live until 1864. Three years later he returned to Milwaukee, and in 1871 retired and bought a home at Wauwatosa, Wris., where he still resides at the hale old age of ninety-six years. Mrs. Griebel's father came to Milwaukee in 1856, and at the call for volunteers in 186 1 enlisted in Company D, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin infantry, known as the "Milwaukee Regiment" on Aug. 21 of that year. He was wounded at the battle of Resaca, and at Dallas, Ga., was captured and later confined in Libby prison. Mr. Mackedon was honorably discharged with his regiment at Nashville, Tenn., June 10, 1865. He then returned to Milwaukee and a year later entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. Six years later he became an engineer and continued with the railroad in that capacity for twenty-six years. He was married twice, his first wife being Mary Ann Shea, by whom he had two children : Sadie, and Mary Lillian, the latter of whom is the wife of the subject of this sketch. His second wife was Bridgett Stack, who bore him eleven children. Mr. Mackedon is a devout member of the Catholic church. He is an independent in politics, believing it better to exercise his privilege of voting for the principle and man who is worthy than be bound by party ties. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Two sons have been born to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Griebel, Stanlev L. and Karl A. Politicallv Mr. Griebel is a Dem- ocrat, one always ready to defend Ins principles and party. He is prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of Bay View Lodge No. [31, ECnights of Pythias, and of the Catholic Order of Foresters, Lodge No. 115. Mr. Griebel and his family are Catholics in religion and members of St. Augustine's church.

William C. Feerick, undertaker and liveryman, No. 2330 Cherry street, Milwaukee, Wis., is a native of the town of Wanwatosa, Milwaukee county, and was born on March 29, 1865, the son of Michael and Catharine (Zimmerman) Feerick, natives of Ireland and Germany, respectively. The paternal grandfather, Michael Feerick, was a native of Ireland, and came to the Territory of Wisconsin at a very early day with his wife, Margaret (Feenee), and children, settling in what is now Hartford, Washington county. The maternal grandfather, Philip Zimmerman, was a native of Germany, and was one of the early territorial pioneers of Milwaukee county ; he was long known as a mechanical genius, and is now buried at Wauwatosa. The ancestors of our subject were noted for their longevity, and his grandparents on both sides died of old age. PI is father was a lad of tender years when he accompanied his parents to America. He was reared on a farm and died at the ripe old age ai 81, on May I, 1907. His wife died in 1891, at the age of 58. He accumulated a property of ample proportions during his long life, and was known as a progressive and enterprising citizen, of substantial worth and character. He was straightforward and upright in all his business dealings and his word was as good as his bond. He owned a large amount of property, both within and without Milwaukee; had a splendid farm of 150 acres near Wauwatosa, and also owned important interests at Hartford, where he lived for many years. Possessed as he was of a handsome competence, and imbued with liberal and progressive ideas, he saw that each of his children was given an excellent education. He reared a family of five sons and five daughters: Caroline; Julia, deceased; Henry; Mary, deceased, wife of Fred Hartung; Thomas; William C. ; Edward, ; Ida. wife of William Schmidt ; Alvina, deceased ; and Herbert. William C. was brought up in Milwaukee county and was educated in the public schools and at Mayer's Business College. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits on the homestead at Wauwatosa until he was twenty-one years of age, and then embarked in his present business of undertaking and livery in Milwaukee. He has employed in his work the same habits of energy, perseverance, and strict integrity, inherited from a worthy sire, and his business has thrived accordingly. He is still doin^ business at the same location where he first started, and ever since 1900 he has owned the property. He has his own hearse, horses, carriages, and a complete and up-to-date equipment to meet all the requirements of constantly expanding business. He was married in 1894 to Miss Henrietta, daughter of Peter and Wilhelmina (Benstein) Schmitt, of Milwaukee, and is the father of one son. Ralph. Mr. Feerick is a man of independent convictions in political matters, and his efforts are always enlisted in support of the best men and measures. He is a strict Catholic in religious matters, and is a member of St. Michael Roman Catholic church at Milwaukee. He is a member of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' Association, and of the National Overmen's Association, and holds a Wisconsin license as an embalmer. Mr. Feerick is also a member of the following' fraternal orders : Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Modern Woodmen.

Dr. Solon Marks was born at Stockbridge, Vt., July 14, 1827. He attended the common schools and Royalton Academy in his native state, and in 1848 came to Wisconsin. In 1853 ne was graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and began practice at Jefferson, Wis., where he remained until 1856, when he removed to Stevens Point, Wis. When the Tenth Wisconsin infantry was organized he was appointed surgeon on Sept. 28, 1861, and was mustered in with his regiment on Oct. 14. His skill as a physician and surgeon soon commanded the attention of his superior officers and he was promoted, first to brigade surgeon, then to division surgeon, and was finally made medical director of the First division, Fourteenth corps, which position he held until his regiment was mustered out of service in October, 1864. While on duty at Fort McCook, Battle Creek, Tenn., Dr. Marks was wounded in the right knee, and at the battle of Stone's River he was captured, but succeeded in making escape after remaining a prisoner for three days. His experience as an army surgeon gave him an excellent training in that branch of practice, and upon resuming civil life he devoted considerable attention to it, becoming recognized as one of the leading surgeons of the state, though he still kept up his general practice. In 1873 he visited Europe and spent some time in the hospitals of London, Paris, Edinburgh, and other cities. Upon his return to Milwaukee, where he had located upon being discharged from military service, he was appointed a member of the State Board of Health, of which he served as president for a number of years. While on the board he was persistent in his efforts to improve the sanitary condition of Milwaukee by the extension of the sewer system in order to drain the Menomonee valley, etc. In 1895 he was made Professor of Military Surgery, Fractures and Dislocations in the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons and retained this connection until his retirement from active practice. From 1870 to 1901 he held the responsible position of chief surgeon to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway company, and has been connected with St. Mary's Hospital since 1866. Dr. Marks has contributed largely to medical literature, among his contributions being the following: "Mechanical Treatment of Diseases of Hip Joint," 1868; "Aneurisms, Treatment and Report of Case", 1868; 'Fractures, Treatment and Report of Cases," 1868-9; "President's Address, Wisconsin State Medical Society", 1870; "Observations Upon European Methods." 1874; "The Animal Ligature as a Hemostatic Agent," 1875 5 "Treatment of Ununited Fractures," 1871 ; "Sewerage and Drainage," 1876; "Hydrophobia," 1877; "Trephining the Sternum for Removal of Foreign Body from Anterior

Mediastinum, Report of Case," 1883; "Prevention of Typhoid Fever," 1878; "Dislocation of the Fifth Cervical Vertebrae. Report of Case," 1898. Dr. Marks is a charter member of the American Surgical Association and was its vice-president in 1898; a member of the American Medical Association; the Wisconsin State Medical Society, of which he was president in 1870; the Milwaukee Medical Association; the Medico-Legal Society of New York; the American Public Health Association, and the National Association of Railway Surgeons. He is also a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Science and Letters; of the American Historical Society; of the Masonic fraternity, in which he is a Past Master; a member of E. B. Wolcott Post, No. 1, G. A. R. ; of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, to which body he has contributed interesting and valuable personal reminiscences of the battle of Stone's River ; and of the Milwaukee Chapter, Alpha Mu Pi Omega medical fraternity. On Dec. 11, 1867, Dr. Marks was married at Waterville, to Miss Theodora Smith, who died on June 12, 1893. The career of Dr. Marks, covering as it has the entire period of advancement in the field of modern medicine and surgery, has been one of great usefulness to his fellows. He has been quick to sieze upon the fundamental propositions of each advance, but careful to investigate its merits before accepting it. Outside of his surgical practice he has made a study of sanitary science, his long experience on the State Board of Health, his thorough belief in its efficacy, and his energy in its practice having been of great benefit throughout the state. Recognizing the importance of a practical knowledge of bacteriology. Dr. Marks completely equipped the bacteriological laboratories in the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, in recognition of which they are known as the Marks Laboratories. Dr. Marks is now living retired in the city where he has passed so many years of arduous and useful labor.

Louis Francis Jermain, M. D., of 1701 Grand avenue, Milwaukee, was born at Meeme, Manitowoc county, Wis., Oct. 10, 1867, and is the son of George and Laura (Simon) Jermain, the former a native of Switzerland and the latter of Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia. The paternal grandfather, John Jermain, was an attache of the consulate in Berne, Switzerland, and spent his last days in Tiis native land. His son, George, came to the United States and located in Manitowoc county when he was fifteen years of age, and there built up the business of contractor and mill-builder and erected many of the mills in that section of the state. He was a Democrat in his political faith, very active in local politics, and was a man of note in the community. To him and his wife, both of whom are now deceased, were born ten children - seven sons and three daughters - of whom eight are living. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Jermain, Hubert Simon, born at Aix-la-Chapelle, came to Manitowoc county in 1845 an<^ was engaged in farming. Both he and his wife, Theresa Simon, died in that county. Dr. Jermain obtained his early education in the public schools and later attended the normal school, fitting himself for the profession of teaching, which he followed for seven years, and then, deciding to study medicine, entered the medical department of the Northwestern University at Chicago, in which he was graduated in 1894. Since that time he has followed his profession in Milwaukee, making a specialty of internal medicine ; he also occupies a chair in Marquette College in the city. In connection with his profession Dr. Jermain belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Central Wisconsin Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society and the Milwaukee Medical Society ; and he also belongs to the fraternal associations, Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and to the Milwaukee Athletic Club. In politics he is aligned with the Democratic party and in religion is a member of the Catholic church. On June 26, 1894, occurred his marriage to Miss Rose Barth, a native of Kentucky, and the daughter of Paul and Theresa K. Barth, of Louisville, Ky., the former of whom died in Louisville and the latter, now eighty-five years of age, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Jermain. To Dr. Jermain and his wife three children have been born, viz : Theresa, William and Angeline. Dr. Jermain has a large and increasing practice and ranks high among the members of his profession in the city.

Sherman T. Lewis, M. D., 637 Elm street, Milwaukee, was born in the town of Rochester, Racine county, in 1867. His paternal grandfather, William G. Lewis, a native of New York and a soldier in the War of 1812, came to Racine county in 1836. His father, James M. Lewis, was a soldier in the Civil war, a member of Company F, Twenty-second Wisconsin infantry, enlisting in 1 861. The regiment was mustered in, Sept. 2, 1862, and was occupied mostly in Tennessee and Kentucky until it joined General Sherman's campaign, in which it took a prominent part. It was engaged in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw, Peachtree Creek, the seige of Atlanta, and in large and laborious foraging expeditions until it joined in the general movement toward Richmond, taking part in the battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, and was in the grand review at Washington. The regiment was highly praised by General Hooker for its unflinching bravery in the battle of Peachtree Creek, and in a number of others it distinguished itself by gallant conduct. Mr. Lewis was a personal friend of General Sherman, and served four years, being mustered out with the regiment on June 12, [865. He was born in Racine county in 1841. and his wife, Eunice ( Earle) Lewis, was also a native of the same county. Later he moved to Boston, Mass., where he was a publisher at the lime of his death in 1891. Of the three children in the family two are living, as is also the mother, now a resident of Milwaukee. The maternal grandfather, Thaddeus Earle, was tine of the earliest settlers of Racine county and lived to be over ninety years of age. Dr. Lewis comes of long-lived families, not one of his grandparents having died before the age of eighty. He was educated at Rochester Seminary, spent three years at the University of Wisconsin, and then entered the medical college of the Northwest- ern University, at Chicago, receiving his degree of M. D. in 1892. In 1896 he came to Milwaukee, where he has been engaged in a general practice since that time, and is now ranked among the leading physicians of the city. In politics he is an independent Republican, usually affiliating with the party but reserving the right of private judgment on both men and measures. In religious matters he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Me belongs to the American Medical Association, the Fox River Valley Medical Association, the Rrainard Medical Society of Milwaukee, and he also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married in 1892 to Miss Lillian Crego, of Winnebago county, and to the union three children have been born, namely: James \Y., Marion C, and Robert.

Allen E. Wheeler, M. D., Martin Flat, No. 16, Milwaukee, was born in Townsend, West Norfolk, Canada, on Aug. 16, 1832. His ancestors participated in the Revolutionary war on both sides of the struggle. His pateranl grandfather was Ephraim Ethan Allen Wheeler, and he and his father were soldiers in the Continental army, while the maternal grandfather, William Beemer, was an English general on the other side of the conflict. The parents of Dr. Wheeler were George and Elizabeth (Beemer) Wheeler, the former born in Keen Meadow, N. Y., and the latter in New Jersey. Both are now deceased, the father dying at the age of sixtyfive and the mother at the age of eighty-six. There were nine children in the family, of whom five are now living, and all were reared on a farm. Allen E. acquired his education in his earlier years in the schools of Kalamazoo, Mich., finished his literary education in Toronto, and then entered the McGill College of Montreal, Canada, in which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1854. He practiced for a time in Canada and then removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., where during the period of the Civil war he was the assi>tant provost-marshal of the city, and also did some camp work at Jackson. Subsequently he moved west, to Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, and later practiced for seventeen years in Chicago as a specialist in Hernia. In 1886 he came to Milwaukee, where he has also confined his work to that of the specialist, and is widely known as a successful practitioner and surgeon in that line. In politics he is a Democrat, but not actively engaged in that field. In 1852 he was married to Miss Sabrina Botsford, who was born in Canada, but her parents were natives of the United States. To this union three children were born, namely: Lewis G., a mining engineer; Fred A., a physician of Chicago; Clarence E., a physician of Madison, Wis.

George Hardy Dickinson, M. D., of 473 Murray avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., is a well-known and successful medical practitioner, whose scholarly attainments and technical skill, combined with indefatigable industry and a deep love for his high calling, have won for him his present prominence. He was born on July 26, 1868, at White Pigeon, St. Joseph county, Mich., the son of George and Lydia (Hardy) Dickinson, the former of whom is also a native of White Pigeon, and the latter a native of Three Rivers, Mich. His father still resides at White Pigeon, where he has long been known as one of the prosperous and substantial farmers of that locality, but he is now retired. His wife died in February, 1907. Of their five children, four are still living. Our subject is descended from sturdy English ancestors, both on the paternal and the maternal side ; all four of his grandparents were natives of England, but came to America in their youth and are numbered among the early pioneers of Michigan. George Dickinson, his paternal grandfather, was one of the very earliest settlers of White Pigeon, and was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Both he and his wife, Anna (Wade) Dickinson, lived their lives, died, and are buried at White Pigeon. Our subject's maternal grandparents, George and Frances (Arney) Hardy, also penetrated the wilds of Michigan in the early territorial days, and were very prominent pioneer settlers of Three Rivers, where they both resided up to the time of their deaths. Dr. Dickinson received his early education in the public schools of his native town, and after graduating in the high school of White Pigeon completed the full course in the Michigan State Normal school, and he graduated therein with the class of 1891. For the ensuing eight years he followed the vocation of teaching, and acted as principal of one of the ward schools of Racine, Wis. He then abandoned his work as a teacher and began the courses in dentistry and medicine at the Milwaukee Medical College, graduating in dentistry in 1901, and in medicine in 1903. After serving for a year as interne at Trinity Hospital, Milwaukee, where he gained a wealth of practical experience in his profession, he entered into active practice and immediately met with a most flattering success. The doctor is allied with the Republican party in his political leanings, but has never sought public preferment on his own behalf. In the matter of religion he conforms to the Methodist faith, and is a devout Christian man. He was married on June 23, 1892, to Miss Grace Ackerman, of Greenville, Mich., and they have one charming daughter, Kathryn Lydia, born March 20, 1907. Dr. Dickinson is still a comparatively young man, possessed of a rugged constitution inherited from a long line of simple living and God-fearing ancestors, and is looking forward to many years of active practice. His habits of industry are ingrained and his tastes are scholarly, while he has a sincere love for the higher aspects of his exacting calling. All these things should place and keep him in the front rank of his profession.

Lawrence Hopkinson, M. D., has been engaged in the active practice of his profession in Milwaukee for the past eleven years, and during the whole of that time has also officiated as a teacher of anatomy in the Marquette University College, since 1901 holding the chair of Professor of Anatomy. He was born at Leeds, Yorkshire county, England, on June 26, 1866, son of Samuel and Margaret Hopkinson, who are mentioned on another page in connection with the sketch of another son, Dr. Daniel Hopkinson. Dr. Lawrence Hopkinson received his preliminary education in the schools of his native town and remained in England until he had arrived at man's estate. In 1889 he migrated to America, locating in the city of Milwaukee, and after due preparation entered the Milwaukee Medical College, in which he graduated with the class of 1897. He then began the practice of his profession, in which he has since been engaged, and in addition to his duties as instructor, mentioned at the beginning of this review, he is now Professor of Diseases of the Intestinal Tract, and Clinician at the county hospital. He is considered authority on this and on subjects in general pertaining to the human anatomy, and his usefulness is highly appreciated by the educational institution with which he is connected. He was married on June 4, 1892, to Miss Ada Hayward, of Leeds, England, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Swift) Hayward, who lived out their lives and died in their native land. To this union there have been born four children : Gertrude Helen, William Hayward, Lawrence Tetley, and Dorothy Margaret. Dr. Hopkinson is independent in his political views, worshipping at the shrine of no political party, and although not a member he is an attendant at the Methodist Episcopal church. Among his professional affiliations may be mentioned the Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin State, and the American Medical associations, and he is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Sons of St. George, and he is an honorary member of the Foresters.

Charles Otto Thienhaus, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in the city of Milwaukee since 1900, making a specialty of surgery and gynecology. He is the founder and president of the Post-Graduate Hospital. He was born at Urdenbach, Germany, on Dec. 5, 1868, son of Frederick and Catharine (Sarmenhaus) Thienhaus, both of whom were also natives of the Fatherland, where the mother died and the father still resides. He was educated in the Gymnasium at Dortmund, receiving his preparatory schooling there, and then entered the medical department of the LTniversity of Berlin, where he received his doctor's diploma and graduated with the class of 1895. He remained in his native country a few years after graduation, and after three years of medical and surgical practice in Stendal, Germany, in 1900 he migrated to America, settling in Milwaukee, where he has since resided, and rapidly gained distinction in his profession, particularly in the surgical branch. In 1901 he founded the Post-Graduate Hospital, of which he is the president. Associated with him in this institution are Drs. Echols and Oberembt, two of the city's leading practitioners. Dr. Thienhaus is a regular contributor to the best national as well as international medical journals, and he is recognized as an authority, especially upon questions relating to surgery and gynecology. He has performed a number of very difficult surgical operations, the noteworthiness of which is evidenced by the fact that they are recorded in the best authorities and medical journals published in England, Germany and France. Dr. Thienhaus was married to Miss Florence Brind

Kendall, who was born in India, daughter of the late Henry Kendall, M. D., surgeon-general in the British army. To this union there have been born three children : Ottilie, Anna and Harold. Among the doctor's professional affiliations may be mentioned the Milwaukee; County, the Wisconsin State, and the American Medical associations. He is also an ex-vice-president of the Missouri Valley Medical Society. He is furthermore a member of the Fox River Valley, the Upper Peninsula and the Central Wisconsin Medical societies, and an honorary member of the Northwestern Wisconsin Medical Society, and the Menomonee County Medical Society.

Arthur H. Cohn, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of medicine in the city of Milwaukee for the past twelve years, meeting with very gratifying success, and in addition to his duties as a regular practitioner he officiates as Professor of Therapeutics in the medical department of Marquette University, and is also on the medical staff of Trinity Hospital. He was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 24, 1864, son of Hugo and Magdaline (Reinel) Cohn, both of whom were born in Germany. The father migrated to America in 1854 with his parents, Loebel and Johanna Cohn, who spent the remainder of their lives in Milwaukee. He entered the employ of T. A. Chapman on March 1, 1858, and has been with that firm continuously since, a period of more than fifty years. The mother of the subject of this review came to America in 1846 with her parents, Nicholas and Barbara Reinel, who resided in Milwaukee thereafter until they died. To Hugo Cohn and wife there were born two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living. Dr. Cohn received his preliminary education in the common and high schools of the city of Milwaukee, and after completing the course in the high school became an apprentice in a pharmacy, where he worked and studied three years. He then attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, where he graduated in 1886, after which he returned to Milwaukee and followed the occupation of a pharmacist for some time. Deciding upon the medical profession as his life's vocation he entered the Milwaukee Medical College and graduated in that institution with the class of 1896, and then began active practice, in which he has since been successfully engaged. Dr. Cohn is a Republican in his political affiliations, and professionally he has membership in the Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin State, and the American Medical associations. He is also a member of the Masonic order.

Hubert Douglas Karass, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Milwaukee for a comparatively short time, but he came well prepared, not only in theoretical training but in practical experience in other fields, and already he has gained recognition as a successful practitioner. He was born in Milwaukee on Dec. 18, 1878, son of Gustave and Frances (Mack) Karass, the former of whom was born in Baden-Baden, Germany, and the latter in Washington county, Wis. Gustave Karass migrated to America as a child with his parents, who first settled in the Dominion of

Canada, but after a residence there of ten years they removed to Milwaukee, and there the father and mother - Karl and Frances Karass - died. Gustave Karass resides in the city of .Milwaukee, where he is engaged in the manufacture of furniture, and of the two children - a son and daughter - born to himself and wife, both are living. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this review, Hubert and Margaret Mack, settled in Washington county, Wis., in 1843, and there spent the remainder of their lives, engaged in the occupation of farming. The grandfather owned considerable property in the vicinity of Kewaskum. Dr. Karass attended the public schools of Milwaukee in his youth and later took a course in Marquette College, where he finised his literary education. Then taking up the study of medicine, after due preparation he entered the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, in which institution he graduated with the class of 1899 and has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession. The first year after leaving college was spent at What Cheer, Iowa, associated with Dr. Piggen, assistant division surgeon, after which he went to Nebraska and for the ensuing six years was located successively at Omaha and Norfolk. In 1907 he returned to Milwaukee and has since been engaged in practice here, meeting with very gratifying success. He was married on Aug. 23, 1898, to Miss Mabel E. Thompson, of Berlin, Wis., daughter of Oscar R. and Leora E. Thompson, the latter of whom is deceased and the father now lives at Hamilton in the state of Washington. Dr. Karass is independent in his political views, and he also takes a very liberal view of religious questions, but he was reared in the faith of the Roman Catholic church. Fraternally he has membership in the Order of Eagles, the Tribe of Ben Hur, the Fraternal Reserve Association, and the Knights of the Maccabees, being the medical examiner for each of these societies and president of the Fraternal Reserve Association.

Adam George White, M. D., a practicing physician and surgeon of Milwaukee, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on March 21, 1858, son of Adam and Jane (Littlejohn) White, who were also born in the Land of the Thistle, where the mother still resides, the father having passed away in India in 1864. Dr. White received his education in his native country, taking a course in Aberdeen Uniersity, and later entering the University of Edinburgh, where he took a special course in engineering. He came to America in 1881, at which time he made his first visit to Milwaukee. He then spent a year in traveling over the United States, at the end of which time he settled in Chicago, where he was engaged in practical and civil engineering from 1882 until 1887. He then took up the study of medicine and in due time entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago, in which institution he graduated with the class of 1890. He then went to Europe and on his return located in Milwaukee. 1 le served as house physician at the Milwaukee Hospital until 1896, since which time he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession, meeting with gratifying success. He was married in 1897 to Miss Katharine L. Ferguson, a native of Campbelltown, Scotland, and to the union there has been born one son, Duncan. Dr. White is independent in his political views, taking the interest of a good citizen in public affairs, however, and his religious affiliations are with the Presbyterian church. He keeps in touch with his professional brethren by membership in the Milwaukee, the Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin State, the Brainard, and the American Medical associations.

William Hopkinson, D. D. S., an eminently successful dentist of Milwaukee, was born at Leeds, England, March 21, 1863, the son of Samuel Hopkinson, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. The doctor was educated partly at Leeds and partly in the public schools of the United States. He came to Kilbourn, Wis., in 1 881, and engaged in the manufacture of machinery for seventeen years, when, in 1898, at the age of thirty-five, he concluded to abandon the mechanical arts and turn his attention to a professional pursuit of life. He also took a course in mechanical engineering in the Scranton (Pa.) Correspondence School. He entered the Milwaukee Medical College in 1898 and was graduated in the dental department thereof in 1902. He is now associate professor of histology at Marquette University. On Nov. 19, 1884, he married Miss Margaret, daughter of Jeremiah and Catherine Callahan, of Kilbourn, Wis., both now deceased. This union has been blessed with one son, Samuel Roy, who graduated in the Milwaukee high school, was one year in the university, and is now a student in the dental department of the Marquette University. The doctor affiliates with the Republican party, is a member of the Wisconsin Dental Society, the Southern Wisconsin Dental Society, the North Side Dental Society of Milwaukee, the Milwaukee County Dental Society, and he is also a member of Wisconsin Lodge, No. 13, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Modern Woodmen of America. During his residence at Kilbourn he was for seven years a member of the volunteer fire company. The doctor is one of the most popular and successful members of his profession in the city, and his position on the staff of lecturers of Marquette University attests the confidence reposed in him by the faculty of that eminent seat of learning.

Michael Zimmers, the secretary-treasurer and general manager of the Kalt-Zimmers Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, was born in Racine, Wis., May 1, 1872, the son of P. J. and Anna Mary (Palskill) Zimmers, both natives of Germany. The father came to Racine in 1852 and the mother in 1854, and here they were married. To them were born seven children, four sons and three daughters, all living. The father was a machinist and contractor, which occupation he followed with great success. He wras a great lover of out-door sports, a regular Nimrod, a great dog-fancier, and he imported and bred many fine canines, being one of the first men to introduce English and Irish setters in Wisconsin. In Germany he was a member of the German army. He came to the L'nited

States a poor man, but by care and thrift he became wealthy. After living in Racine a few years he went to Chicago and started a stove foundry, but was burned out in the great fire of 1871, when he returned to Racine, where he lived until he retired from active life, in 1885, to enjoy occasionally his dog and his gun. He died on Sept. 16, 1905, and his devoted wife did not long survive him, she departing from this life on Feb. 15, 1906. Our subject received his education in the Racine public schools and graduated in the high school there. After this he accepted a position as bookkeeper in Racine for one year, coming to Milwaukee in 1891 and keeping books for three years. In 1894 he started in the manufacture of over-gaiters and leggins under the firm name of the Columbia Over-Gaiter Company, which name was soon thereafter changed by the addition of a partner to Kalt-Zimmers Manufacturing Company, which firm still exists and continues to do a thriving business. In 1891 the firm added to their business the manufacture of children's shoes, in which they have also met with more than ordinary success, as they keep regularly employed in their factory, at 140- 144 Reed street, 150 people. Mr. Zimmers is a member of the Democratic party, of the Knights of Pythias, of the Elks, and he is vice-president of the Milwaukee Science Club. Milwaukee has within her borders very few more worthy and prominent business men than Michael Zimmers.

Matthew Nicholas Federspiel, D. D. S., a rising young dentist of Milwaukee, was born at Lincoln, Wis., Sept. 15, 1879, the son of Peter and Catherine (Forster) Federspiel, both born at Liberty, Manitowoc county, Wis. The paternal grandfather, John Federspiel, was a native of Alsace-Lorraine, who came to New York about 1840 and to Wisconsin in 1845. His wife, Susan Backus, is yet living, and her mother, who died in 1904, was 102 years of age when she died. Some of the forebears fought in the Napoleonic wars. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a pioneer of Manitowoc who later moved to Minnesota, where he died as did also his wTife. Our subject gained his rudimentary education in the common schools of Milwaukee and then at Mishicott and Eagle River, Vilas county, Wis. He graduated in the dental department of the Milwaukee College, now Marquette University, receiving his degree of D. D. S. on April 30, 1900. He followed the general practice of dentistry for two years and then attended the Angle School of Orthodontia, of St. Louis, returning to Racine for a short time, and finally, in 1906 he opened an office in Milwaukee, being the first specialist for correcting the irregularities of the teeth. He is on the staff of lecturers of the Marquette University, which is an unusually high recognition for a man of his years. In June, 1903, he married Miss Bertha Agatha, daughter of William and Elizabeth Schumacher, of Racine, Wis. Dr. Federspiel and family and parents are all members of the Roman Catholic church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Racine Dental Society, the Wisconsin State Dental Society, American Society of Orthodotists, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Elks, and the Knights of Columbus. In his practice Dr. Federspiel exhibits the highest degree of skill and professional attainments, and we do not hesitate to predict for him a roseate future in the line of his chosen pursuit in life. Always high minded and honorable, kind and humane, he is respected by all with whom he comes in contact, all of which makes him an ornament to his profession.

Joseph A. Purtell, M. D., a very successful physician of Milwaukee, was born in Monches, Waukesha county, Wis., April 8, 1873, being the son of John and Catherine (Sullivan) Purtell, the former of whom was born in Canada in 1837 and the latter in Boston, Mass., in 1839. The paternal grandparents were Edward and Margaret (Roche) Purtell, born in County Tipperary, Ireland, about 1809, who came to Milwaukee in 1845 and then moved to Waukesha county, Wis., where they both died at advanced ages. The maternal grandparents were John and Mary (O'Leary) Sullivan, both born in County Cork, Ireland, he in 1812 and she in 1814. They came to St. John's, New Brunswick, in 1837, and were married that year at Boston, Mass. They came to Milwaukee in 1843 and to Washington county, Wis., in 1844. There he died in 1902, at 90 years of age, and she died in 1888, at the age of 74. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents of our subject were pioneers of Waukesha and Washington counties, and assisted in building the first churches and school houses of these localities. The father of our subject, John Purtell, was a merchant at Monches for a great many years, and was postmaster there for twentyfour years, and was appointed for four years more, but resigned. He also served as notary public for several years, and now lives at Monches in retiracy, having passed his three score years and ten, hale and hearty. Himself and wife are the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are living. The Sullivans are among the wealthiest farmers of Washington county. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Monches and at the Whitewater Normal School, and he taught school for five years before he graduated in the Rush Medical College of Chicago, in 1899, being orator of his class. Since that time he has been in active practice of his profession in Milwaukee. For five years he has held the chair of physical diagnosis and clinical medicine in Marquette College, being also a member of the medical staff of Trinity, Misereacordia, and Milwaukee County hospitals, a lecturer in the nurses' training school at St. Mary's Hospital for two years, and a lecturer for a like period in Trinity Hospital in the nurses' training school. On Aug. 27, 1904, he married Miss Charlotte I., daughter of James R. and Elizabeth (Doyle) Walsh, of Milwaukee, a granddaughter of the famous Captain Doyle, who, years ago, owned a line of boats on the Great Lakes. Their union has been blessed with three children, two of whom are living: Aileen and Virginia. Dr. Purtell is a member of the Milwaukee County Medical Society, of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and he is the medical examiner locally for the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. In religion he and family are members of the Roman Catholic church, while in political preferences he is allied to the Democratic party. The Purtells arc a remarkable family in many respects, their Forefathers being of that sturdy line of intrepid Irish pioneer immigrants who were compelled h\ England's maladministration to leave their native land and acquire a competency in the land of the stranger; and tl have impressed their splendid traits of character upon the greal commonwealth of Wisconsin by pushing hack the forests, building homes, cultivating the soil and rearing large families. They are* a long-lived, prolific, patriotic, and talented people, for there are four doctors in the family - two physicians and two dentists - whose sketches appear in this work, all of which goes to show the line fiber of which they are made, and illustrates the truthfulness of the maxim that "blood will tell," if given an opportunity. These brothers are each making his mark in his profession, by honest efforts and conscientious attention to duty. They are all establishing for themselves enviable reputations, thus shedding credit on their callings, their ancestors, and the land of their forefathers, Erin Go Brah.

Cyrus D. Booth was born at Maryland, Otsego county, X. Y., Aug. 22, 1826, the son of Selah and Sophia (Fuller) Booth, the former born at New Britain, Conn., in 1792, and the latter in Virginia in 1799. The father of our subject came to Dodge count}-. Wis., in 1849, buying a farm near Fox Lake, where he resided until he was appointed deputy warden of the state prison, when he moved to Waupun. Flis first wife died in 1849 and he married her sister. Orra Fuller, having three children by each of these wives. Three of this family of children are living: Julia in Kansas City, Kan.; Mary at Fox Lake, Wis.; and Cyrus D., in Milwaukee. The father was a prominent and active politician, though he never aspired to fill large political places, but he held several prominent local appointments. He died in Waupun, Wis., in 1863. Onr subject was educated at South Hill, Otsego county, N. Y., at Hartwick Seminary, and finished at Fergnsville, Delaware county, X. Y. In 1841) he came west to join his father in Dodge county, Wis., and worked with him on the farm till 1851, when he came to Milwaukee to take the position of city editor of the "Democrat." of which his brother, Sherman M., was the proprietor, and he remained with this paper until 1856. He then engaged in the wholesale and retail hat business with T. J. Soloman and G. II. Heineman, later becoming a member of the firm. Heineman subsequently purchased the interest of Soloman and finally that of our subject in 1870. when Mr. Booth retired. On Dec. 25, 1855. he married Sarah Maria Bacon, of Otsego county. X. Y\, who died 011 Aug. 29, [904. Their union was blessed with three children: Fannie, wife of Harry Dodge, of Chicago; Addie, at home: and Walter II.. now in the Census Bureau at Washington, D. C. In 1881 Mr. Booth erected a beautiful residence at 2^2 Prospect street, where he now lives in retiracy at the age of eighty-two years, enjoying the fruits of the labors of a well-spent life. In his religious views Mr. Booth is liberal, but Mrs. Booth was a strict member of the Presbyterian church. In politics he subcribes to and votes to sustain the principles of the Republican party.

John B. Abert, at one time a prominent foundryman of Milwaukee, was born in that city on May 19, 1847, being the son of George and Louisa (Ackerman) Abert, the former born on May 10, 1817, in Alsace, and the latter on Dec. 2, 1821, in Bavaria, near the Rhine, Germany. The parents of the subject of this review came to the United States when children, the father to live with an uncle at Rochester, N. Y., and the mother's people went to Detroit, Mich., and settled there. Our subject's father came by team to Milwaukee in 1835 with Byron Kilbourn and began the business of general contractor. He was a member of the town council when Milwaukee was incorporated as a city and Solomon Juneau was first mayor. His wife died in this city on Oct. 26, 1889, and he died here- on Oct. 14, 1890, leaving surviving them eight children, six of whom are still living. Our subject received his education in the public schools of Milwaukee, and then he learned the machinist's trade, for a time acting in the capacity of stationary engineer. Himself and his two brothers, George and Henry, established a foundry in 1866, and this business they followed with great success till they retired to enjoy life in 1890. On May 22, 1871, John B. Abert married Miss Susan C, daughter of Philip and Susan (Suess) Schwab, both natives of Germany. Mr. Schwab died there in 1855, and his wife came to the United States and to Milwaukee in 1856, accompanied by her two daughters, one of whom is the wife of our subject. The mother departed this life in this city on Aug. 20, 1886. To our subject and wife eight children were born as follows : Josie Kate, born May 26, 1872; George Philip, deceased, born Aug. 3, 1873; Delia Clara Linda, born Sept. 28, 1874; John Alphonse, born April 29, 1876; Edgar Norman, deceased, born Sept. 18, 1877; Byron Henry, born Oct. 26, 1880; Viola Elsie, born Aug. 26, 1882; and Charles Erwin, born March 16, 1887. Our subject's wife was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee, and, being a lady of a high order of talents, her abilities were recognized, and for some time she was a successful teacher in the city schools. Our subject was mindful of the patriotic devotion that a man owes his native land, and when only sixteen years of age he enlisted in Company I, Forty-fifth Wisconsin infantry, acting in the capacity of a drummer boy and serving till the war closed. In religion he is a Lutheran and in politics he is a Democrat, though he is inclined to be an independent. He served as sidewalk inspector one term, as deputy sheriff from 1890 to 1892, and in 1908 was elected aldermanat-large for Milwaukee. He is a member of Robert Chivas Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he has been commander twice. While he is now sixty-one, he is a well-preserved man. of a light-hearted, jovial disposition, one who believes in looking at the problems that he meets in life from the sunny rather than from the dark side; and in this he is signally fortunate, for a sunshiny nature produces long life for its owner and for those whose lot is linked with his.

William F. Faust, B. S., D. D. S., who since 1900 has been successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry in Milwaukee, is a native of the Keystone State, having been born in Bernville, Berks county, Pa., on June 17, 1868. Both parents, Alfred B. and Amelia S. (Filbert) Faust, were born in Pennsylvania in 1843, and are now living in Berks county. The father is a member of the Reformed Church, while his wife is a devout communicant of the Lutheran faith. They had two sons born them, one of whom, Herbert, is now deceased. Dr. Faust obtained his primary education in the public schools of Womelsdorf, Pa., and after a four years' course at Palatinate College, was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science, in 1886. Three years later, in 1889, the University of Pennsylvania awarded him the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, after he had completed the prescribed course in the dental department of that institution. He began the practice of his profession with an uncle, Dr. P. K. Filbert, in Pottsville, Pa. After a year he determined to open an office of his own, and accordingly removed to St. Joseph, Mo., and built up in the three years of his stay there a flourishing practice. In 1893 he removed to Fond du Lac, Wis., and seven years later to Milwaukee, where he has since become prominent in his profession. He is recognized as a dentist of fine mental equipment and a skilled workman. Dr. Faust is independent in his political views, but takes an active interest in the public welfare. His fraternal relation, while practicing in the East, was with the Lebanon Valley Dental Society, and his present relations are with the North Side Dental Society, the Milwaukee County Dental Society, and the AVisconsin State Dental Society. On Sept. 9, 1897, Dr. Faust was united in marriage to Miss Mabelle Carrington, of Waupun, Wis., a daughter of Prentice and Lottie Carrington, of that place. Mr. Carrington came to Waupun with his parents from New York state when but six months old, his family being the second white family to settle in that vicinity. For six years he served as mayor of Waupun, being elected on the Republican ticket. He was in business in Waupun for a number of years, but is now a traveling representative of the Abel & Bach Company, of Milwaukee.

Alvin P. Kletzsch, one of the proprietors of the Republican House, and president and secretary of the Charles F. Kletzsch Company, was born in Newburg, Washington county, Wis., on Aug. 21, 1861. His parents were Charles F. and Ernestina Mathilde (Pietsch) Kletzsch, both natives of Bischofswerda, Germany, who came to this country in 1853 and to Wisconsin about 1856. The father was for a time engaged in making staves and barrels at West Bend, Wis., and later at Newburg, where still later he began his career, in 1859, as a hotel-keeper. He first leased the Webster House in Newburg, and although previous to that time it had been a losing enterprise he conducted it successfully and profitably, purchasing the hotel property within a year after lie assumed charge of it. In 1868 he disposed of this property by sale and purchased the Newburg flouring and saw mills and the furniture factory. After rive years of the successful conduct of this enterprise he sold out and removed to Fond du Lac to take charge of the Lewis House of that city. Within a very short time he made that hostelry one of the most popular in the state and became satisfied that that was the field to which he was best adapted. In 1875 he came to Milwaukee and leased the Republican House, and by 1880 success had so far crowned his efforts to make it a popular stopping place for the traveling public that he was enabled to purchase the property. By 1892 he had transformed it by renovations and improvements so that it was one of the most modern and at the same time one of the most popular hotels in the Northwest. Of his nine children, eight grew to maturity, and all of them have assumed positions of usefulness and respect in the community. Llis death occurred in 1894, five years after his retirement as active manager of the hotel. Alvin P. Kletzsch, the subject of this sketch, attended the graded schools of Newburg, the German-English Academy at Fond du Lac, and a Milwaukee high school. In 1884 he was graduated at the Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, N. J., having completed the mechanical and electrical engineering courses. For over a year he was engaged in engineering work, and in 1885 returned to Milwaukee to become associated with his father in the management of the Republican House. Upon his father's retirement in 1889, he and a brother, Herman O., assumed the management of the hostelry which they have since so successively conducted. The hotel is owned by the Charles F. Kletzsch Company, of which Alvin P. Kletzsch is president and secretary. In politics Mr. Kletzsch is a Republican, and although much interested in his party's success he has never aspired to public office. In his religious belief he is associated with the People's church, and serves in the capacity of trustee for that society. Beside his hotel interests he has various others, being vice-president of the Nutricia Milk Company, president of the Milwaukee Auditorium Company, and president of the board of governors of the Auditorium, He is also one of the trustees of the Milwaukee Hospital for the Insane. Probably nowhere is Mr. Kletzsch better known than in fraternal circles. He is identified with Lafayette Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Calumet Chapter. Royal Arch Masons: Ivanhoe Commander;-. No. 24. Knights Templar; Kilbourn Council, No. 9, Royal and :ct M; : Wisconsin Consistory; Tripoli Temple, Nobles shrine, and he is the present incumbent of the office of grand commander of the Grand Commanderv. He is also an honorary member of the Stevens Institute chapter of Tan Beta Pi, an honorary fraternity whose membership is dependent upon high scholastic ability. Of the local associations he is identified with tin- Deutscher Club, the Milwaukee Country Club, the Milwaukee Musical Society, and the Arion Club.

Herman Oscar Kletzsch, who with his brother, Alvin P., is interested in tlie management of the Republican House, was born at Newburg, Washington county, Wis., on May 5. 1868. He is one of the sons of Charles F. Kletzsch, of whom a brief sketch appears in the memoir of Alvin P. Kletzsch, elsewhere in this volume. Herman (). Kletzsch received his education in the Newburg graded schools, the German-English Academy at Fond du Lac, the Milwaukee high school, and the Spencerian Business College. When he had completed his scholastic work he became associated with his father in the management of the Republican House, and since his father's retirement in 1889, he and his brother, Alvin P., have assumed charge of the hostelry, and with success that could only come of hard and conscientious work. Mr. Kletzsch is secretary of the Wisconsin State Hotelmen's Association, an organization that is doing much to raise the standard of the public hotels throughout the state ; and is the treasurer of the Charles F. Kletzsch Company, owners of the Republican House property. Beside his hotel interests he has several others, including the holding of stock in the Nutricia Milk Company, and the vice-presidency for Wisconsin of the Hotelmen's Mutual Benefit Association. In politics he is a Republican, but has never held public office. Fraternally Mr. Kletzsch is identified with Independence Lodge, No. 80, of the Free and Accepted Masons ; Calumet Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Wisconsin Consistory ; Tripoli Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ; the Ivanhoe Drill Corps, and the Ivanhoe Commandery, of which he is the present incumbent of the office of captain-general. He is also a member of Lodge No. 46, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The local organizations to which he belongs are the Calumet and Deutscher Clubs, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Milwaukee Musical Society, the Milwaukee Mannerchor, the A'Capella Choir, the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, the Deutsche Gesellschaft, and the Milwaukee Riding Club.

Richard C. Hinz, Ph. G., one of the most prominent druggists of the city, was born in Milwaukee on Dec. 8, i860, a son of August F. and Caroline (Pahl) Hinz. Both parents were born in Germany, the father in 1822 and the mother in 1827, and they came to Milwaukee direct from the Fatherland in 1856. They were Lutherans in their religious belief and the father was a carpentercontractor and builder. His death occurred in 1878 and his widow passed away three years later. Two sons were born to them : Theodore, of Cleveland, Ohio, and the subject of this review. Richard C. Hinz received all his educational advantages in the public schools of Milwaukee. During the first twelve years after leaving school he was a traveling representative for a drug firm and then became an employe of the Widule and Conrath drug stores, respectively. He remained with these two establishments for eight years, during which time he successfully took the examination submitted by the state board of pharmacy and became a registered pharmacist. On Aug. 1, 1893, ne opened the store at 2330 Fond du Lac avenue, where he has ever since been installed. His thorough knowledge of the business, both commercially and technically, made the venture a success from the start, and during the fifteen years in which he has conducted the establishment the business has increased from year to year until now it is one of the largest in the city. Politically Mr. Hinz is a staunch adherent of the tenets of the Republican party, but the pressure of business affairs has restrained him from becoming a candidate for public office of any nature. In religious matters he is a communicant of the Lutheran church, and professionally is prominently identified with the Milwaukee and the Wisconsin State Pharmaceutical Associations. On Feb. 24, 1884, Mr. Hinz was united in marriage to Miss Annie Mierswa, of Milwaukee, a daughter of Joseph and Johanna (Fink) Mierswa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mierswa, now deceased, were early settlers in Milwaukee, having come here in 1840. To Mr. and Airs. Hinz have been born two children, Vera and Herbert J.

Arthur C. Liepe, who owns and runs a pharmacy at 1412 Green Bay avenue, is a native of Germany, born in Berlin on Feb. 8, 1854. His parents, Arthur Frederick and Wilhelmenia (Schmidt) Liepe, were both Germans by birth, born in the Fatherland in 1824 and 1826, respectively. The father was a farmer, and there the four children who came to bless the home were reared. He has now retired from active life and is enjoying the fruits of his labors, in his comfortable old home with his wife. Arthur, named after his father, was educated in the German Gymnasium, and after graduating in this school, desiring a professional education, he took a course in pharmacy, receiving the degree of Ph. G. In 1891 he came to the LTnited States and engaged in the drug business at 141 1 Green Bay avenue, and the same year he bought a lot and erected a building at 1412 Green Bay avenue, into which he moved his stock of drugs and he has successfully managed the business since. In 1882 Mr. Liepe married Elsa Fisher, the daughter of Bernhard and Freda Fisher, both natives of Germany. In 1890, shortly before the removal of the daughter to America, Mrs. Liepe's mother died; three years later the father came to Milwaukee, but he had hardly become accustomed to a home in the new country before he too was called by the Angel of Death. Mrs. Liepe has borne two children: Arthur B., born in Germany in 1883, was schooled in the government Gymnasium of Germany until his parents came to Milwaukee, when he entered Marquette College and graduated in the medical department there in 1908. On Dec. 1, 1908, he successfully passed the examination for interne at the County Hospital, which position he still holds. The second child, Carla, was born in 1886, and has received the educational advantages offered by the city schools. In 1898 Mr. Liepe's wife died and the following year he married Ella Groth, the daughter of Ludwig and Bertha (Boede) Groth, who were among the early settlers of Milwaukee, and who were the parents of five children, four of whom are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Groth died in 1881 and 1908, respectively. Mr. and Mrs Liepe are members of the Lutheran church and Air. Liepe is one of the staunch supporters of the Republican party. He is also a member of the Milwaukee

Pharmaceutical Association, the State Pharmaceutical Association, the National Association of Retail Druggists, the Germania, and the National Union.