Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1909 (part 28 of 35)

Benjamin Poss, of the firm of Nohl, Nohl, Poss & Mangan, attorneys, of Mihvaukee, and special assistant city attorney and special lecturer in the Marquette University College of Law on "Municipal Corporations," was born in Milwaukee on Aug. 10, 1877, a son of Jacob and Rosa Poss. His early educational advantages were received in the public and high schools of the city, and when he had completed his high school course he matriculated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1896. While at the university he became prominent as an orator and debater and was chosen president of his class. Between 1899 and 1902 he was private secretary to Judge James G. Jenkins, of the United States Circuit Court. In 1900 he was admitted to the bar, and since 1902 has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1906 he was appointed special assistant city attorney and is now serving in that capacity. Some months ago Mr. Poss was chosen by the faculty of the law department of Marquette University to give a series of special lectures before the students of that institution on "Municipal Corporations.'' He has a host of friends who predict for him a brilliant future in his chosen profession, and already he has won notable success. He successfully defended the school board of Milwaukee in the legal suits brought to harass and oppress the board and to prevent the proper administration of the school system of Milwaukee. He has also acted as attorney for the city in taxation cases, the successful ending of which increased the revenues of Milwaukee thousands of dollars. The legislature of 1907 enacted a law for the administration of public schools in cities of the first class. This law, which was passed after a spirited contest, was drafted and championed by Mr. Poss. Fraternally the subject of this review is a member of the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Equitable Fraternal Union, and the Independent Order of B nai B'rith, and socially he is identified with the Woodmout Country Club and "The Settlement." He is the general counsel for the Equitable Fraternal Union. Mr. Poss was married on Nov. 9, 1908, to Miss Aimee Shakman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Shakman, of Milwaukee. Mrs. Poss is a graduate of the Milwaukee-Downer College and completed her education abroad. Mr. and Mrs. Poss are actively interested in the Fifth Street Settlement.

Arthur John Puis, M. D., one of the foremost physicians of Milwaukee and a regent of the University of Wisconsin, was born at Mayville, Wis., on Aug. 10, 1857. He is a son of Dietrich and Johanna (Oehrl) Puis, both of whom were born in Germany, the father in 1823, and the mother ten years later. Dietrich Puis migrated to the United States and Wisconsin from Lippe Detwold in 1849, and his wife came in 1851 before her marriage, from the vicinity of Coburg. Dr. Puis received the scholastic training afforded by the common schools of the day and then matriculated at the University of Wisconsin. In 1879 the regents of that institution granted him the degree of Bachelor of Letters, and immediately thereafter he went to Germany, where, in 1883, he was graduated at the University of Heidelberg; with the decree of Doctor of Medicine. Upon his return to Milwaukee he began the practice of his profession and has since been thus engaged. In his political views the doctor has always been a stanch Republican, but has never sought to become his party's candidate for any office, and the only office of public trust which he has ever held is that of regent of the state university, to which he was first appointed by Gov. Robert M. LaFollette in 1902, and which he held continuously until 1908. Professionally and socially Dr. Puis is prominently idem tified with the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Medicine, the state, county, and city medical associations, the Brainard Medical Society, the Verein Dentscher Aertze, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, the Milwaukee Musical Society, the Milwaukee Maennerchor, and the German Press Club. On July 17, 1886, Dr, Puis was united in marriage to Miss Marie Rahte, a daughter of Henry and Marie (Lauenstein) Rahte, of Milwaukee. To this union has been born a daughter, Elinor.

Francis E. McGovern, ex-district attorney of Milwaukee county, was born on a farm near Elkhart, Sheboygan county, Wis., Jan. 21, 1866. His parents came to this country in 1846 and seven years later settled as early pioneers in the town where the subject of this sketch was afterward born. Francis E. is the youngest of a family of seven children. At the age of seventeen he began teaching a country school, and for three years taught during the winter months and worked upon the farm the remainder 01 the year. In the fall of 1886 he entered the University of Wisconsin and was graduated with the class of 1890. While at college he was chosen managing editor of the university paper, class orator, and joint debater, then esteemed one of the highest college honors. After being graduated from the university he taught school for seven years. For three years he wras principal of the high school at Brodhead, Wis. In 1893 he resigned this position to become principal of the Ryan High School at Appleton, where he remained four years. Desiring to take up the practice of law, which had always been his intended life-work, he resigned his position at Appleton in June, 1897, and came to Milwaukee, where he was admitted to the bar in December of the same year. He has followed his profession ever since. In 1898 he became a member of the law firm of Tarrant, Kronshage, McGovern & Diehlman. Subsequently the personnel of this firm was changed, first by the retirement of Charles Diehlman in 1899, the appointment and subsequent election of Warren D. Tarrant to the circuit court bench in 1902, later by the addition of Messrs. Walter D. Corrigan and Oscar M. Fritz, as co-partners, and finally by the retirement of Mr. Corrigan to become the general attorney of the Wisconsin Central Railway Company. Thus the firm is at present Kronshage, McGovern & Fritz, with offices at 802-808 Wells Building, Milwaukee. In politics Mr. McGovern is a Republican and he has always taken an active interest in public affairs. In the fall of 1900 he was appointed first assistant district attorney of Milwaukee county. This position he held for two terms. In 1904 he was elected district attorney of Milwaukee county, to which office he was re-elected in 1906. When he first took up the work incident to these offices the entire structure of the city and county governments of Milwaukee was honeycombed with corruption. Systematic bribery had become the rule, and the letting of public contracts was usually impossible, except upon the payment of money. A grand jury met in 1901, heard abundant evidence of crime of this sort, but returned no indictments, chiefly because its members had been selected by those against whom such indictments should have been returned. To obviate this difficulty in the future, Mr. McGovern drew a new grand jury law and secured its passage at the legislative session of 1903. Its enactment laid a solid foundation for the Avork which was to follow. Real grand juries now convened in Milwaukee county. AA'rithin two years more indictments for bribery were returned than during all the prior history of the county from the establishment of the government down to the present time. Bribe-givers and bribe-takers were convicted and sentenced to prison. Others pleaded guilty and were fined. Thus dishonesty in public life was checked, bribery ceased to be a curbstone jest, and the practice of systematic corruption was abandoned. But when Mr. McGovern came up for re-nomination in 1906, under the operation of the new primary election law, which permits Democrats to participate in the making of Republican nominations and vice versa, every weapon known to guerrilla warfare in politics was used against him to secure his defeat. Hypocritical appeals to local pride, shameless political trades, the lavish use of large campaign funds, and an unexpected invasion of the Republican primary by boss-controlled voters belonging to other political parties, conspired to bring about his defeat. In response, however, to urgent calls from public-spirited citizens he became an independent candidate at the general election to follow in November. One of the most exciting and hard-fought campaigns in the history of the county then ensued. Against the People's Campaign Committee, which sought to secure Mr. McGovern's election as an independent candidate, were arrayed the political organizations of the Democratic, Republican, and Social-Democratic parties, aided as they were by the difficulty of voting anything but a straight party ticket upon the recently introduced voting machines, the average voter's loyalty to his party in a general election, and the prestige of victory won by Mr. McGovern's opponent at the primary. But the best men of all parties rallied to Mr. McGovern's support. They resented his defeat at the primaries as a reflection upon themselves and the honest citizenship of Milwaukee. Public meetings were held in every part of the county. As the real issue was thus clarified a mighty wave of righteous sentiment swept over Milwaukee, and when the returns came in Mr. McGovern's election was assured. While the remainder of the Republican county ticket was elected by a plurality of about seven thousand, he defeated the regular Republican nominee by more than sixteen hundred votes, the Socialist candidate by 126, and his Democratic opponent by over eight thousand. Thus was the work of enforcing civic honesty in Milwaukee continued. Many of the cases were taken to the Supreme Court. The records there show that those in which Mr. McGovern participated as prosecuting attorney have made more law upon the subject of bribery than has been evolved in any other state, and as a result of these prosecutions political corruption has practically ceased in Milwaukee. In the summer of 1908 Mr. McGovern was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the office of

United States Senator. He made a personal canvass of the state, speaking in nearly all of the larger cities and towns. His three opponents were millionaires, whose unprecedented and extravagant expenditure of money in this campaign attracted general attention and evoked widespread comment. Not unnaturally, the nomination went to the man who spent the most money to get it. Mr. McGovern is a member of a number of social and professional organizations, including the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the University Club of Milwaukee, the University Club of Madison, the District Attorneys' Association of Wisconsin, the bar associations of his citv and state, the American Political Science Association, and a number of fraternal orders'.

Rev. Joseph Rainer, rector of St. Francis Seminary of Milwaukee, is a native of Kaltern, Tyrol, Austria, born Feb. 10, 1845, and is the son of Joseph and Genevieve (Pernstich) Rainer, both natives of the same place, and now deceased, the former in 1872 and the latter in i860. The parents spent their lives in their native land, where Father Rainer was reared, receiving his early education at Bozen, Tyrol, later at the University of Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, and his ecclesiastical training at the Seminary of St. Francis, Milwaukee. He was ordained as a priest on Sept. 4, 1867, by Bishop Henni, at St. Francis. He said his first mass at Roxbury, Dane county, Sept. 8, 1867, and at once began teaching at St. Francis' Seminary, as professor of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and various other branches, Holy Scriptures and liturgy. In July, 1887, he was made president of the seminary, and has since been at the head of the institution. About 500 priests have been educated and ordained under his administration. He has written the "Life and Times of Dr. Salzmann, founder of St. Francis Seminary," "Short Conferences on the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception." "Poems on the Jubilee of Pope Leo," and a Greek exercise book for use in the class room. He was made "Domestic Prelate of His Holiness" in 1904, and "Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee" in 1905. On June 22, 1908, he was raised to the dignity of a Protonotary Apostolic by Pope Pius X. Father Rainer is a man of exceptional executive ability, and has conducted the large interests of the church committed to his care in the responsible position of the head of St. Francis Seminary, with great wisdom and skill ; and, through the large number of students educated under his care and sent out as active workers in the field, has been able to make his personality felt in many, and various directions. He is a rare scholar, especially in the ancient classics, and his writings exhibit not only knowledge but literary taste of a high order.

Rt. Rev. Michael Joseph Lochemes, rector of the Catholic Normal School and Pio Nono College, of Milwaukee, was born in New York City, Sept. 29, i860. His parents were John and Catherine (Lavo) Lochemes, the former born in Mettendorf, Rhenish-Prussia, and the latter in Steinbach, Rhenish-Bavaria. The parents came to America in 1854 and located in New York, where the father followed his vocation of merchant tailor. In 1861 the family moved to Milwaukee, the father still following' his calling for a time, but later going into the undertaking business. He served in the common council in the seventies, and has always been very prominent in the Catholic societies, having been in that relation one of the best known and most popular persons in German Catholic circles in the United States. He was one of the founders of the Catholic Protective Society of Milwaukee, and for a time its president. His death occurred on Dec. 16. 1896, having outlived his wife over thirty years. The latter died on March 25, 1866. Father Lochemes acquired his education in Holy Trinity parochial school on the South Side, Milwaukee, and in St. Francis Seminary, and was ordained to the priesthood on Aug. 5, 1883, at Mount Calvary, Wis. On Aug. 12, following, he said his first mass at the Holy Trinity church, Milwaukee. He was appointed pastor at Random Lake, Wis., the same month, and served the church there as' pastor for four and one-half years, being then transferred to St. Michael's church in Washington county, Wis., remaining at the latter place until August, 1889. At that time he was appointed prefect of studies and professor at the Catholic Normal school, teaching pedagogy, elocution, literature, and history. In 1895 he was appointed rector of the institution and has since held that responsible and important position. He is president of the school board of the archdiocese of Milwaukee, and is at the same time the president of the Catholic Teachers' Society of the United States. He is very active in the church societies and is a prominent and favorite speaker at their gatherings. In spite of his many duties as pastor and teacher, Father Lochemes has found time to devote to literary composition. Among the products of his pen which have gained special attention are his "Recollections of Oberammergau," "Theototus," a drama in five acts, and a collection of poems in German, entitled "Gedichte eines Deutsch-Amerikaners," and many others. His genial personality and literary taste and ability has extended his circle of friends beyond the boundaries of his own church. On June 2.2., 1908, Father Lochemes was appointed a domestic prelate by his Holiness, Pope Pius X, in recognition of his work in the field of Catholic education.

William Joseph Turner, attorney, and one of the judges of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit, is a descendant of old Colonial families. The Turner family was among the earliest settlers of Connecticut, and the enactment of the socalled "blue laws" of the colony are attributed in part to some of the progenitors of the Turner family. From Connecticut some of the family went up into Vermont, and thence to New York. Joseph Turner, the paternal grandfather of William J., was a soldier in the War of 1812. Fie immigrated to Wisconsin in 1839 and located at Waukesha, then Prairieville. He was elected a member of the first senate in 1848, after Wisconsin was admitted to the I "nion as a state. Fie was a member of the first board of supervisors of Waukesha county and was prominent in the early history of that county, but later moved to Winnebago county, where he be- came one of the founders of the present city of Menasha. I [e married Mary Griswold. The parents of William J., of this sketch, were Harvey Griswold and Emma Griswold (Teall ) Turner, the former born at Oswego, N. Y., on June 7, 1822, and the latter in Fairfield, N. Y., on May 4, 1826. H. G. Turner died in November, 1893, and his wife in 1887. The name "Griswold" occurs repeatedly, as the subject of this sketch is connected on both sides of the family with Governor Griswold, of Connecticut. Mrs. Emma Griswold Turner was a daughter of William and Rhoda (Conant > Teall, and granddaughter of Joseph Teall, of Herkimer county. X. Y., who served in the Revolutionary war and was one of the bodyguard of General Washington. For his services in the war he was granted a large tract of land in Herkimer county, N. Y., much of which is still in the family, and on a part of which the present village of Fairfield is located. William Teall and his family came to Michigan City, Ind., about 1827, and there established the largest mercantile business west of Buffalo, and also owned the line of stages running from Michigan City to Buffalo. This was in the days before Chicago aspired to be the metropolis of the West, and Michigan City was the principal settlement in the Northwest. Mr. Teall acquired much land in Wisconsin in 1827, but a few years later lost a large amount of property. He moved to Port Washington, Wis., where he resided until his death in 1875. The Tealls can trace their family record back for many generations. William Joseph Turner, of this sketch, was born on Sept. 13, 1848, in the village of Waukesha, WTis. He was educated in the public schools of New York City, at Carroll College, Waukesha, and Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., completing the sophomore year at the latter institution. He then entered the University of Albany, and was graduated from the College of Law in 1871 with the degree of LL. B. He practiced first in Port Washington, remaining there until 1872, when he removed to Manitowoc, where he was a member of the firm of H. G. and W. J. Turner until 1882, when he removed to Milwaukee, there forming a partnership with Leander F. Frisby, attorney-general of Wisconsin from Jan. 2, 1882, until Jan. 3, 1887. In 1887 W. H. Timlin, now associate justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, H. G. and W. J. Turner entered into a partnership which continued until 1893, when it was dissolved by mutual consent, and the following November the senior member of the firm, Harvey G. Turner, died. Since practicing in Milwaukee W. J. Turner has been actively interested in municipal affairs, especially in connection with educational matters. He was a member of the school board from 1877 until 1894. and president of the board part of the time, and has ever since maintained his interest in all matters connected with the public school. Mr. Turner was chosen by the bar of Milwaukee county as its candidate for one of the judges of the Circuit Court of Milwaukee county, and was elected to such position on April 7, 1908. He is now tilling that position. I [e was connected, while in practice, with a number of particularly interesting cases. Among others, with H. A. J. Upham, in 1885. he in- stituted proceedings in the interest of the heirs of Cyrus Hawley to recover ioo acres of land which had been entered by their grandfather, Cyrus Hawley, and was located north of Grand avenue and west of Twenty-fourth street, and a part of which is occupied by the Schandein residence. The litigation resulted in the recovery of the land or its value, amounting to over $450,000. The recovery was made on the "discovery of a secret trust," by which the man named as the executor of the will of Cyrus Hawley had conveyed the property to a relative, to hold in trust for him, thereby intending to defraud the heirs. Another important case in which he was engaged was the prosecution of the rioters of May, 1886. He was specially appointed by Judge A. Scott Sloan to conduct the trials. In politics Mr. Turner is a Democrat, but aside from his position on the school board of Milwaukee, and the holding of the office of district attorney in Manitowoc county in 1873-4, he has taken no active part in practical politics. He is a member of St. James Episcopal church, has been a member of the vestry since 1885, and is at present senior warden, taking an active interest in all matters pertaining to the church. He belongs also to a number of associations, professional and social, including the city, state and national bar associations and the Masonic order. He is a Thirty-second degree Mason and a Knight Templar. He is also a member of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee county, the Milwaukee Club, the Blue Mound Country Club, and the Sons of the American Revolution. On Aug. 1, 1871, Mr. Turner was married to Miss Alice P. Morgan, daughter of Lyman P. and Delaney Teed Morgan, of Port Washington, Wis. Their surviving child is Leland M. Turner, a manufacturer, of Port Washington. Mrs. Alice Turner died in 1898, and Mr. Turner married Mrs. Seville Degarmo, daughter of C. C. Barnes, of Manitowoc.

Hon. Neele Bruno Neelen, judge of the District and Juvenile courts of Milwaukee county, was born at Riddott, Stephenson county, 111., Oct. 24, 1862, his parents being Bruno N. and Bertha (Meier) Neelen, both natives of the town of Emden, Hanover, Germany, though they were married in Stephenson county, 111. The father was a miller by trade in his native land, and was a man of indomitable will power and perseverance. In 1851, having determined to seek out his fortune in America, he worked his way across the Atlantic on a sailing vessel, nine weeks being required to make the voyage. Upon landing at the city of Baltimore, and being desirous of settling in the western country, he arranged to work his passage aboard another vessel to the city of New Orleans, from which city he ascended the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Savanna, 111., as an employe on a steamboat, and walked from Savanna to Freeport, 111., where he secured employment as a gang foreman in railroad construction. He next became employed at his trade as a miller, and being of a saving disposition, soon accumulated sufficient to purchase a farm near Riddott. when he married. He was the first of the family to come to this country, and after locating he paid the passage of his parents and four sisters to the United States. A brother also started from the Fatherland, but the ship aboard which he took passage was lost at sea with all on board. A brother of Judge Neelen's mother was also lost at sea about the same time. Several relatives of Bruno N. Neelen served in the United States navy during the Civil war. The Judge's father was successful in business ventures, and became the owner of several farms. One of these, near Rockford, 111., is now the property of Judge Neelen, who spends his vacations there. The Judge's mother died in 1864 and his father in June, 1895. Judge Neelen received his elementary education in the schools of his native county, after which he attended an academy at Rochester, N. Y., and the Rochester University. In 1891 he graduated at the Buffalo Law School with the degree of LL. B., having been employed in the office of the Hon. George W. Cothran while a student, thus gaining a practical as well as a theoretical legal education. Returning to Baileyville, Ogle county, 111., where his father had moved in 1873, he was admitted to practice in the supreme court of Illinois in the summer of 1892, at Ottawa. Soon after that he located in Milwaukee, and in 1895 was elected police justice. When the court was changed to the District Court in 1901 and its jurisdiction greatly enlarged, he was elected to preside over the new court. About the same time the Wisconsin legislature established the Juvenile court and the Detention Home for youthful offenders, who had prior to that time been confined in the county jail with older and more hardened criminals. The judges of Milwaukee county were given the power to select one of their number to preside over the Juvenile court. Their choice fell upon Judge Neelen, and his record in that capacity has demonstrated the wisdom of the selection. Through the influence exerted by Judge Neelen and others interested in the welfare of children, the county board of Milwaukee county appropriated $95,000 for the building of a new Juvenile court building and Detention Home. A proficient corps of probation officers is maintained, who are paid salaries ranging from $1,200 to $1,800 per annum, thus assuring the permanency and reliability of the officers employed. In the election of 1907 Judge Neelen was chosen to succeed himself, receiving 17,000 votes out of 23.000, the most sweeping majority ever given a candidate for any office in Milwaukee county. This triumphant victory at the poll-; tells the story of his personal popularity and the esteem in which he is held by his fellow townsmen, who have thus expressed their unqualified endorsement of his judicial course. The Juvenile court is a comparatively recent addition to the tribunals of the country, but it has come to stay. Presided over by such men as Judge B. 1'.. Lindsey, of Denver, Col. - the pioneer in the work - and Judge Neelen, of Milwaukee, the problem of dealing with delinquent children bids fair to reach a satisfactory solution. For this work Judge Neelen is eminently fitted both by nature and experience. Endowed with the judicial temperament, his analytical mind soon fathoms the intricacies of each case that comes before him. Firm, without being unnecessarily harsh ; quick to discern the true char- acter of the offender, upon whom he must pass sentence ; and with the welfare of the body politic always uppermost in his mind, his decisions are based upon the principles of absolute justice, tempered with mercy as circumstances will permit. Off the bench Judge Xeelen is a companionable gentleman. He is a member of several secret orders and fraternal societies, in all of which he is deservedly popular because of his many sterling qualities and general good-fellowship. In national politics he is a Republican, but in local affairs he is independent. However, he takes no active part in political work. On Feb. 22, 1896, Judge Neelen and Miss Ida Mehnert, of Buffalo, N. Y., were united in marriage, and this union has been blessed with five children: Robert B. ; Lloyd, deceased; Ruth M. ; Harvey L., and Kenneth A., the last two being twins. Mrs. Neelen was a teacher in the Buffalo schools prior to her marriage.

John Foster McNary, D. O., M. D., 733 Racine street, Milwaukee, is the second son of Rev. James Webster and Henrietta (Williamson) McNary, elsewhere mentioned in the sketch of Dr. William D. McNary. On the paternal side Dr. McNary is descended from Oliver McNary, an officer in the Revolution from Pennsylvania colony, and on the maternal side from William Hill, who served as corporal in the same struggle for independence. Dr. Mc- Nary was. born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1874. He attended the public schools in his boyhood and then entered the normal school at Oshkosh, his father being pastor of the Presbyterian church at that place. Later he attended the high school at Ashland and subsequently Carroll College, at Waukesha, and Lake Forest University. His first medical degree was obtained in the Milwaukee College of Osteopathy in 1900. After that, in connection with his osteopathic practice, he took up the study of medicine and surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Milwaukee, at which college he was graduated with first honors, as valedictorian of his class. The doctor is at present assistant in surgery to the president of that institution, and this, together with his experience as acting hospital steward during the Spanish-American war, has afforded him excellent opportunity for much practical medical training. Dr. McNary is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the Wisconsin State Osteopathic Association, of which he has twice been president. Among other associations of which he is a member are the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the order of Free and Accepted Masons. In politics he is a Republican, and in his religious faith a member of the Presbyterian church. In December, 1893, Dr. McNary was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Anderson, of Waukesha, Wis., daughter of J. K. and Rose A. (Shipman) Anderson, of Chicago, 111. Two daughters and one son have been born to them. The oldest daughter died in infancy- Charles H. Stoddard, M. D., No. 684 Summit avenue, Milwaukee, is the son of Dr. Charles L. Stoddard, who was born in -Buffalo, N. Y., May 12, 1836, of Scotch parentage. The father studied in the medical department of the University of Penn>\ lvania, in which he received his degree of M. D., served as interne in several hospitals, was a resident for nearly two years of the Philadelphia hospital, and in 1859 and i860 was demonstrator of anatomy. lie came to Wisconsin in Xovemher, i860, and had a large practice in East Troy, Walworth county, removing in 1872 to Whitewater. In 1877 the growth and prospects of La Crosse induced another change of residence, and he was one of the leading physicians of that thriving city until he retired from practice. He died in California in 1901. Dr. C. L. Stoddard was twice married. I lis first wife and the mother of Dr. C. H. Stoddard was Mentoria Hatch, born in New Hampshire in 1838. She came west with her hn and died in Walworth county in 1871, leaving her only child, Charles II., who was born in East Troy, May 7, 1869. By a subsequent marriage to Arabella Myrtle two children were born. The second wife survived her husband, dying in 1906. Dr. C. H. Stoddard obtained his early education in the public schools of La Crosse, attended the University of Wisconsin for three years, and then entered the medical department of the University of Illinois, in which he was graduated in 1892 with the degree of M. D. He spent one and one-half years as the house physician at the Michael Reese hospital of Chicago, and another year doing post-graduate work in Vienna and Strasburg. After spending two years in the practice of his profession in California, he returned to Wisconsin, locating in Milwaukee in 1897, and here he has since carried on a general practice. He was acting assistant surgeon in the Spanish-American war, stationed at Chickamauga, and is now the assistant surgeon of the First infantry, Wisconsin National Guard. He belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin Slate, the Milwaukee County, the Milwaukee, and the Brainard Medical societies, and he is also a member of the medical fraternity, Alpha Mu Pi Omega, and the university fraternity, Psi Upsilon. He is a member of the medical staff of the Milwaukee county hospital, of the Blue Mound Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, the Children's Free Hospital, and the Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Stoddard belongs to the Republican party, but is not active in political affairs.

Philip Schmitt, M. D., with offices at No. 1206 Walnut street, Milwaukee, was born in that city on Nov. 2j, i860, the son of John Schmitt, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Dr. Schmitt was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and took private instruction in Greek and Latin. He took up the study of pharmacy and was engaged in that profession until 1880. when, determining to engage in the practice of medicine, he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, at which he was graduated in April, 1883, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Returning to Milwaukee, he entered the Milwaukee County Hospital and for three years served as an interne in that institution. When he severed that connection he took up a private practice in Milwaukee, and has since been thus successfully occupied. Dr. Schmitt ranks high among the members of the medical fraternity, being identified with the state, county, and city medical societies, and he is also a member of the fraternal orders of Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arcanum, the United Order of Foresters, the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Sons of Veterans. In politics he supports the Republican party and entertains liberal views on religious matters. He was married in November, 1892, to Miss Delia Ehlert, of Milwaukee.

Gustav Schmitt, M. D., No. 1206 Walnut street, Milwaukee, was born in the Ninth ward of that city on Nov. 2, 1862. His parents, John and Louise G. Schmitt, are mentioned more particularly elsewhere in this work. Gustav acquired his general education in the ward schools of the city, later taking the course in the city high school, and then entered business life as a lumber merchant, following that line for six years. Determining later to enter professional life, he became a student in the medical department of the University of Illinois. He was graduated at that institution in 1898 and entered immediately upon the active practice of his profession, which he has followed successfully in the city for the past ten years. He has given particular attention to the study of the "White Plague," tuberculosis, and it was through his influence that the bill creating a state tuberculosis sanatorium was first introduced in the legislature, on Feb. 19, 1901. His persistency in following the matter up finally resulted in the bill becoming a law, and the establishment of the sanatorium at Wales, twenty-eight miles west of Milwaukee. The doctor is an advisory member of the Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. He is also a member of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis ; belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State, the Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee Medical societies. He has frequently prepared articles on tuberculosis, one of which was of sufficient import to be recognized by the International Congress for the Prevention of Tuberculosis held at Naples, Italy, in 1900. It was the only American as well as the only English article which was given a place in the proceedings of the congress. "A Brief of Necroscopy and Its Medico-Legal Relation," prepared by Dr. Schmitt, is a trustworthy manual of medical information on post-mortem examinations, practically adapted to the requirements of coroners and physicians and of important assistance to lawyers or medical experts in the detection of crime. Fraternally Dr. Schmitt is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is aligned with the Republican party and in religious matters is liberal in his views. ( )n Aug. 6. 1889. occurred his marriage to Miss Laura Schroeder, a daughter of the late George Schroeder, of Milwaukee.

John Schmitt, deceased, is well remembered by the older citizens of Milwaukee, as a sturdy German citizen, who migrated to Milwaukee from the Fatherland in 1852, seeking a more liberal government. Fie was a cooper by occupation and found employment as such. His wife, nee Louisa von Grabowsky, also a native of

Germany, settled in Milwaukee in 1853, and they were married shortly afterward. The issue of this union was five children, four of whom - Ida, Philip, Gustav, and Lizetta - are still alive. Sketches of Drs. Philip and Gustav Schmitt, the sons, appear elsewhere in this volume. Being in sympathy with the Union cause, John Schmitt enlisted for military service as a volunteer on February 4, 1864, and became a member of Company L, Fourth Wisconsin cavalry. He was soon promoted to the rank of corporal, and later to that of sergeant. During the latter part of the winter and spring of [864 this regiment was devoted to small expeditions in Mis sippi and to picket duty. It took a prominent part in the battle of Camp Bisland, near Brashear City, in an engagement at Opelousas, in the assault on Port Hudson, and was in numerous other expeditions and skirmishes. John Schmitt received his honorable discharge from the service when, with his regiment, he was mustered out on July 10, 1865. He was a public-spirited man and did much for the growth and improvement of the city. As Lincoln's cause was his cause, he was a Republican in his political belief, yet owing to influences brought to bear upon him by Hon. Carl Schurz, he did not support Hon. James G. Blaine for the presidency. In every walk of life he was esteemed and respected, and his many admirable qualities won him a wide circle of friends to whom his passing was a distinct loss. Probably nowhere was that type of men who have done so much for the steady advancement of the city better exemplified than in the life and character of John Schmitt. '

Charles Wesley Graham, M. D., is a practicing physician in the city of Milwaukee, where he has been located for the past twelve years, and the patronage which he receives is a fine tribute to his ability as a physician and his worth as a citizen. He was born at Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 19, 1869, the son of William Nixon and Ellen (Clark) Graham, the former of whom was born in Scotland and the latter in England. These worthy parents migrated to Canada in the early years of their wedded life and there spent the remainder of their days, following farming as an occupation. Six sons and three daughters were born to them, and of these nine children six are now living. Dr. Graham received his early education in the public schools of Canada, and at the age of eighteen years he removed to Michigan and graduated at the East Jordan high school in that state. He then studied under a private tutor for a period of five years, after which he began the study of medicine in the Rhinehart Hospital at Ashland, Wis., and he graduated at the Detroit Medical College on May 6. 1896. He immediately located in the city of Milwaukee, opening an office for the practice of his profession on Kinnickinnic avenue, and there he has since been engaged as an eminently successful practitioner. He also For one year served as an assistant instructor in the Milwaukee Medical College. On Sept. 26, 1908, the Wesley Hospital was established with Dr. Graham as superintendent, for the prevention, cure and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, throat, and chest. It is located at 1017 Kinnickinnic avenue, Milwaukee, and is designed es- pecially for the accommodation and treatment of out-of-town patients, or those who have not the proper convenience to carry out the instructions of their physician at their city residences. It affords opportunity for those unacquainted in the city to receive proper care ; and besides, a cozy, homelike atmosphere, in which to enjoy their leisure moments during the interval of treatment, at most reasonable rates. A cordial invitation is extended to physicians, who may feel assured all patients referred will receive the best attention and that as soon as practicable they will be re-referred for subsequent treatment. As the name implies, only cases affected with acute or chronic diseases of the ear, nose, throat, and -chest, such as acute and chronic Rhinitis, nasal, post-nasal, pharyngeal and laryngeal, and allied affections are treated. Dr. Graham was married on Dec. 8, 1896, the lady of his choice being Rose Caroline Palmer, daughter of Charles and Mary (Benn) Palmer, the former of whom lives at Maybee, Mich., and the latter is deceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Graham there has been born one child, Wesley Palmer. Dr. Graham keeps in close touch with his' professional associates by a membership in the Milwaukee County and the Wisconsin State Medical associations. In politics he adheres to the platform expressions of the Republican party, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church.

Alphonse F. Kalkhoff, M. D., is a native of the city of Milwaukee, where he ranks among the leading physicians, and where he served as a member of the Health Department during the years of 1879 and 1880. H was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 30, 1850, son of Dr. F. and Caroline (Nollop) Kalkhoff, the former of whom was a native of Germany and the latter of England. Dr. F. Kalkhoff was born in the Fatherland in 1807, and there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the excellent schools of that country and preparing himself for his life's vocation, the practice of medicine. In 1835 ne migrated to America and settled in Fort Wayne, Ind., then a promising little village at the headwaters of the Maumee river, and there he practiced his profession for a period of years. In 1842 he continued his migration westward and located in Milwaukee, where he opened the first drug store in the present state of Wisconsin and continued the practice of medicine for years. Dr. F. Kalkhoff continued to reside in Milwaukee until his death, that event occurring in 1873, when he was sixty-six years of age. His wife survived until 1904, dying at the age of seventy-eight. There were four children born to these parents, three of whom are now living. Dr. Alphonse F. Kalkhoff, whose name introduces this review, received his preparatory education in the German-English academy at Milwaukee, and then, deciding upon medicine as a profession, he entered the Rush Medical College .at Chicago, in which institution he graduated with the class of 1876. Immediately entering upon the practice of his profession at Milwaukee, he has there been since continuously engaged, with the exception of a short time which he spent in Toledo, Ohio. On June 18, 1864. Dr. A. F.

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Kalkhoff was mustered into the l/nited States vttlunteer military service as a private in Company G of the One Hundred and Fortysecond Illinois infantry, the term for which the regimenl was organized being ioo days. ( )n June 2] . [864, it m< ived t( 1 Memphis, Tenn., via Cairo and the Mississippi river, arriving on the 24th, and two days later it moved to White's Station, eleven miles From .Memphis on the Memphis & Charleston railroad, where it was on guard duty during its entire period of service. The regiment was mustered out of the service on Oct. 27, 1864, at Chicago. In 1866 Dr. Kalkhoff received an appointment as hospital steward in the regular army and served three years in Texas, during the cholera epidemic at Galveston, in 1866, and also the yellow fever epidemic at the same place in 1867, for which he was mentioned in general orders by the Department for meritorious and conspicuous services. Me has been twice married, first to Miss Lena Zoehrlant, of Milwaukee, to which union there were born two children, Artie and George. The maiden name of his present wife was Miss Paula Lister, and to this marriage there have been born four children: Gladys, Kenneth, Elaine, and Glenway. Dr. Kalkhoff is independent in his political views, standing firmly, however, in the defense of men and measures that meet his conscientious approval, but he has never participated in or given approval to the machinations that are so commonly considered a part of present day party loyalty. Fraternallv he is a member of the Masonic order.

Dr. Harry J. Hoag, physician and surgeon, now engaged in successful general practice at Cudahy, Wis., is of mixed English and Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Hoag, was a native of Michigan and an honored veteran of the Civil war. Cpon the outbreak of hostilities he enlisted in one of the Michigan re<Mments and served continuously until the close of the struggle, when he was honorably discharged. He afterward died at Rochester, Minn., and his wife, whose maiden name was Salinda Doty, also died near the same place. The maternal grandparents. Peter and Janet (McFarlay) Miller, were both natives of Glasgow, Scotland, and came to the Lnited States about 1845, the former settling in New York state and the latter at Springfield, Mass. Their marriage took place at Springfield, and here our subject's mother, Jamima (Miller) Hoag, was born. Mr. and Mrs. Miller moved west into Ohio about 1865, and his death took place in that state on April 25, of the same year; his widow is still living. Our subject's father, Edgar L. Hoag, was born in Adrian, Mich., and is a machinist by trade, living at Cudahy, Wis. Dr. Hoag is the younger of two sons, and was born in Milwaukee, May 22, 1882; his brother is named Edgar L., Jr. Dr. Hoag is a graduate of the South Milwaukee high school, and later pursued the full medical course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, graduating therein with the class of 1905. After the completion of his medical course he served for a year as house physician at the Milwaukee County Hospital, and then went into general practice. I Ie was first located for seven months at Potter, Calumet county, Wis., and then moved to Cudahy, Wis., where he has actively practiced ever since. He is remarkably well versed in his profession, and his year spent in the Milwaukee County Hospital gave him the needed experience so much desired by young practitioners. Since locating in Cudahy he has met with flattering success and is kept busy all the time. He is recognized as a young man of talent, and one well fitted by education and experience to cope with any emergency that may arise in his exacting profession. His political views are of an independent nature, and he casts his vote in accordance with the dictates of his conscience and best judgment, only striving to promote the best welfare of the community at large. He was formerly a member of the Calumet County Medical Society, and is a member of the /Vlpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity, and also of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Milwaukee County Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

Jonas Cohen, the president of the Cohen Brothers Company, a leading wholesale furnishing-goods house of Milwaukee, was born in Germany on April 4, 1844. He received his educational advantages' in his native land, and at the age of fourteen became apprenticed to a business house in Berlin. Here he became instilled with the basic principles of success in commercial life, and at the age of seventeen became a traveling salesman for the firm. His territory included all of Germany, and although he made but two trips each year he was on the road eleven months of the time. In 1866, when but twenty-two years of age, he immigrated to the United States, coming direct to Milwaukee, where his brother, Marcus, had located some years before. For a year he devoted his time to the study of the customs and language of his adopted country, and in 1867 he engaged in the wholesale fancy-goods business under the firm name of Wertheimer & Cohen. When he had put this busines on a paying basis he disposed of his interest and became identified with his present business. This was in 1870, when the firm was known as Strass, Cohen & Company. Four years later the firm became Cohen Brothers & Company, a name which it retained until 1890, when, after the death of Marcus Cohen, the name was changed to Cohen Brothers Company. The firm continues under that name, and the business is as flourishing and prosperous to-day as it ever was. In 1900 it became necessary, because of the increasing trade, to enlarge their quarters, and the present splendid block at 258-264 Broadway was erected. Mr. Cohen is interested in other business enterprises besides the above-mentioned, all of which have been financial successes, and which bear tribute to his capacity as a business man, his foresight, and his honesty. On Sept. 24, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia Scheftels, daughter of Henry and Barbara Scheftels, of Milwaukee. Two children are the result of this union. Sanford, who is treasurer of the Cohen Brothers Company, married Miss Julia Newburgh, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and has two children, Jonas, Jr., and Edith Catherine. The daughter, Edith Cohen, is the wife of Oscar J. Greenwald, who is a member of the firm of Gimbel Brothers. Mr. Cohen is domestic in his tastes and

W. C. Wendel, D. D. S., a leading dentist of Milwaukee, was born at Boltonville, Wis., June 5, 1854, being the son of William and Margaret (Kraetsch) Wendel, both born in Germany. The father came to Wisconsin in 1849 an(l tne mother in 1846, locating in Boltonville, where the father, being a man with a fine education, became a teacher for a few years. Tiring of the teacher's calling and also being of a mechanical turn of mind, he directed his talents and attention to the milling business, and formed the partnership of Duncan, Wendel & Company, Boltonville Mills, taking charge at different times of saw-mills and grist-mills. He also took an active part in Democratic politics, and, on account of his superior education, was chosen supervisor of the town, chairman of the town board, clerk and justice of the peace, which last named position he filled with credit for many years. He was always very active in educational matters on account of his scholastic attainments. His married life was blessed with eight children, of whom six are living - four sons and two daughters. He died on Sept. 6, 1867, at Hancock, Mich., where he had been conducting a provision business, and his loving wife, seventy-seven years old, is living at Boltonville. Our subject acquired his mental growth and acumen in the public schools of Boltonville, and later prosecuted his higher studies under private tutelage ; then he graduated with highest honors in his class from the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania, since which time he has been actively practicing his profession in the Goldsmith Building, Milwaukee, where he occupies the front rank, and for four years has had charge of operative dentistry for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Milwaukee. On Sept. 3, 1885, he married Miss Harriet E. Forest, of Philadelphia, Pa., who was a daughter of James (deceased) and Ellen (McConnel) Forest, both of Philadelphia, where the widowed mother still lives. Their union is blessed with one son, Harry Forest, a graduate of the Wauwatosa high school and now a student in the classical department of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a fine speciman of a young man, devoted to his studies and to physical culture. In a recent contest, where the best representatives of the art entered the lists as competitors for the championship of the state of Pennsylvania for fencing, Harry Forest Wendel was triumphantly crowned the victor and he wears the coveted honor with becoming modesty. Our subject, while never seeking preferment in a political way, is a Republican. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the National Dental Association, of the Wisconsin State Dental Association, by which he was honored with the presidency for two years; of the Southern Dental Society, and of the Odontological Society of Milwaukee. He has been through all the chairs of the Knights of Pythias lodge, which shows his winning ways and popularity ; he is a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of

Wauwatosa Lodge, No. 267, F. & A. M. ; of Kilbourn Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. ; of Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, Knights-Templar; of Wisconsin Consistory and of Tripoli Shrine. He is thoroughly equipped for the duties of his profession by experience and careful study, and he is at once recognized as a skillful and excellent dentist, enjoying a large and lucrative practice.

Henry Leo Banzhof, B. S., D. D. S., Dean of the Dental Department of Marquette University, was born on Oct. 15, 1865, at Hartford, Wis., the son of Rev. Jacob and Marie (Rasch) Banzhaf, both natives of Germany. The paternal grandparents lived and died in Germany, but the maternal grandparents came to Two Rivers, Wis., in 1852. The father of our subject was a minister of the gospel in the Evangelical Church and died on Oct. 14, 1868, his widow still surviving and living with our subject, he being the only living child of three born in the family. He was educated in the public schools of Mishicott and at Two Rivers high school, finishing in the University of Michigan. At the age of seventeen years he became a student in the office of Dr. A. J. Patchen, a leading dentist of Manitowoc, Wis., and in 1884 he began his studies in the Dental Department of the University of Michigan, in which he graduated in 1886, becoming the successor of Dr. Patchen in Manitowoc, where he remained for sixteen years. He was appointed a member of the Wisconsin State Board of Dental Examiners in 1889, by Governor Scofield, which place he held for four years, being secretary the last year. On May 1, 1902, he came to Milwaukee to accept the position of Dean of the Dental Department of Milwaukee Medical College, and professor of Operative Dentistry, which position he still occupies, while attending to his private practice in Milwaukee. On Oct. 5, 1898, he married Miss Ida, daughter of Frederick and Laura (Kemper) Schuette, of Manitowoc, Wis., and to them has been born a son, George Leo, Oct. 8, 1899. Dr. Banzhof has been a member of the Wisconsin State Dental Society since 1886, the Southern Wisconsin Dental Society, Chicago Odontographic Society, Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences, the National Dental Association, the National Association of Dental Faculties, the National Association of Dental Pedagogics and of the International Dental Federation. He is a member of the following secret societies : Manitowoc Lodge No. 65, F. & A. M., being past master ; Damascus Lodge No. 290, also past master; Manitowoc Chapter No. 16, R. A. M. ; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, Knights-Templar, and also a member of the Psi Omega dental fraternity, X. T. chapter. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in politics a Republican. Dr. Banzhaf is just now at the meridian of his manhood and usefulness and his future in his profession is brilliantly promising. He has achieved a great deal for a man of his years. He has been vicepresident of the Milwaukee Medical College and was a pioneer in the splendid movement that culminated in the founding of Marquette Medical University. Added to great skill in his calling, he has the unusual advantage of a keen business foresight to a degree rarely found in a professional man. His superior qualities of

Paul Weisel was born in Germans' on Dec. 18, 1871, the son of John II. and Wilhelmina Weisel, the former born in Amsterdam, Holland, and the latter in Germany. The father, who was a rich merchant, never came to the United States but died in Germany in 1896. The mother came to visit her sons in Milwaukee in [904, returning in 1905, and she is now living in Germany at the age of seventy-two. The family was composed of eight children, all of whom are now living. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Germany, and then came to the United States and direct to Milwaukee in 1896. Himself, his brother Carl, and a man named Priester, bought out the sausage factory of Jacob Weisel, who came to Milwaukee in 1878, and established the business, dying in 1902. The firm is known as Weisel & Company, Sausage Manufacturers. On Sept. 28, 1898, our subject married Miss Margaret, daughter of Mitchell and Margaret Orth, of Milwaukee, and to them has been born one son, John H., Sept. 28, 1899. Carl Weisel, the brother of our subject, was born in Germany in June, 1862. and there he received his education, coming to the United States in 1893 and buying the interest above referred to in which our subject joined him in 1896. Carl's wife was Augusta Orth, a sister of our subject's wife, and they have three children : Helene, Margaret and Charles Otto. Paul and Carl are both members of the Republican party. Paul is a member of the Millioki Club, the West Side Turnverein and the Sharpshooters. They are both good, conscientious, industrious and respectable citizens.

Dr. Edward B. Fuller, who for nearly a quarter of a century has been a leading practitioner of dentistry in Milwaukee, wras born at Wauwatosa, Wis., on May 16, 1864. He is a son of Alonzo B. and Harriet L. (Tyler) Fuller, both of whom were born in the Empire state, the father in Dansville and the mother in Seneca. The parents came to Brookfield, Waukesha county, at on early date, but subsequently removed to Wauwatosa, where the mother died in 1898 and the father in February, 1907. The father was a farmer by vocation, but later in life took up the insurance business. Some years before he died he retired from active participation in business affairs and enjoyed a well-earned respite from the daily duties of a busy career. Both parents were communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church, and their three children, two of whom survive, were reared in that faith. The paternal grandfather, Meathew Fuller, was one of the early settlers of Brookfield, and later moved to Emporia, Kas., where he died in 1888, at the ripe old age of ninetyfour years. Dr. Fuller received his education in the graded schools and graduated at one of the high schools in Milwaukee. In 1882 he began the study of dentistry, and three years later, having finished his course, he began the practice of his chosen profession. His success has been well-deserved, and today he has a practice that is the envy and admiration of many other practitioners in the city. In his political relations Dr. Fuller is a Republican, but has never sought public office of any nature. On April 8, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Addie Sanborn, a daughter of John Sanborn, of Racine, and to this union have been born four children : Edward E., Arthur L., Alice May, and Charles E. Dr. Fuller has a host of friends who rejoice with him in the success which he has attained.

Merwin Howes, a prominent citizen and well-known real estate dealer and insurance agent of Milwaukee, is a native of the Cream City, born there on Jan. 10, 1855. His parents were Asa Howes, born at Ashfield, Mass., Dec. 30, 1816, and Julia Ann (Hayden) Howes, a native of Connecticut, born at West Hartford, Jan. 31, 1816. Asa Howes came to Milwaukee county about 1838, and a year later was followed by his two brothers, Lemuel and Nathan, Jr. Their parents, Nathan and Abbie Howes, also immigrated to Wisconsin and continued to reside here the remainder of their lives. The maternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch remained in Connecticut, where they passed peacefully away. Asa Howes was a Republican in politics, and while he lived in Milwaukee county held several public offices. He was town clerk, school superintendent, and justice of the peace. He always took an active part in politics and was also an active worker in the Episcopal church, of which he was a member and a lay-reader in the early days. In 1857 Mrs. Howes died and eleven years later her husband, who was a sawmill man, moved to Mendota, 111., and engaged in the lumber business, but after two years went to Garden Grove, la., and took up land, at the same time running a grist mill. He finally returned to Decatur, 111., to spend his last days, and died there on Dec. 25, 1897, after rearing a family of six children, of whom four are still living. Merwin received the educational advantages afforded by the public schools of Milwaukee county until the age of thirteen, when he went to Mendota, 111., with his father, and after finishing the graded school there entered the high school. After his father moved to- Iowa he went to the Garden Grove high school, and he worked in his father's grist mill until twenty-three years of age, wdien he returned to Decatur, 111., to work for the United States Express Company, but after a year gave up this position to accept a better one with the Pacific Express Company, with which he remained eight years. During this time Mr. Howes accumulated sufficient capital to establish himself in business, and he became a wholesale fruit and vegetable dealer in Omaha, Neb. For eleven years he continued in this business, meeting with gratifying success. In 1899- he came to Milwaukee and established himself in the real estate and insurance business, in which he has since continued. Mr. Howes is. one of the progressive business men of the city and has aided in the upbuilding and progress which have been so marked within the last decade. He is a Republican in politics and always takes an active interest in the party's policies, though never aspiring to public office himself. With his family he is a member of the Episcopal church, in which his father was such an active worker. Mr. Howes, is affiliated with the Masonic order, being a member of Cobert

Lodge, No. 11, Free and Accepted Masons, of Omaha; of Bellevue Chapter, No. I, and of Tangier Temple. Knights-Templar, all of the same city. On Sept. 16, 1895, he was united in marriage with Harriet M. Fowle, the daughter of Horace N. Fowle, of South Milwaukee. Three children have been born to bless Mr. Howes' home : Frederick H., born Aug. 29, 1896; Merwin H., Jr., born Sept. 15, 1898, and Ruth Ellen, born July 3, 1907.

William Kettler, D. D. S., is one of the prominent members of the dental profession who has made a success of his chosen life work within recent years. He is a native of Milwaukee, born there on April 10, 1877, the son of Edward Kettler, born in German}- on June 27, 1836, and Jacobine (Blankenhorn) Kettler, also a native of the "Vaterland." His paternal grandparents were Frederick Kettler and Flattie Eleanor (Perrier) Kettler. Frederick Kettler was a native of Germany, but his wife was reared in the sunny country of France. They met and married in the old country, but desiring to take advantage of the many opportunities offered in the new world, came to America in 1857 and located in Milwaukee. Two years later Mrs. Kettler was called from the cares of earth. Her husband moved to Chicago, subsequently, and there he resided until his death in 1870. Mr. Kettler reared a family of two children, Ernst August and Edward, the father of our subject, who came to Milwaukee with his parents in 1857. Jacobine Blankenhorn came a few years later, and they met and were married in the Cream City, the marriage being solemnized on April 5, 1863. Edward Kettler was a cabinet-maker by trade and followed this vocation for many years, but has now retired to enjoy a well-earned respite from toil. His wife died on April 19, 1888, leaving her husband and a family of ten children to mourn her loss : Lillian, Hattie, Edward, Clara, Emma, Richard, Ernst, William. Caroline and Frederick. When the call for volunteers came at the outbreak of the Civil war, Edward Kettler responded at once and enlisted as a private in Company C, First Wisconsin infantry. This regiment was organized as a ninety-day regiment under the proclamation of April 16, 1861, and left the state on June 9. It was mustered out on Aug. 22, 1861, and reorganized as a three-year regiment on Oct. 19. This regiment participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone's River, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. Mr. Kettler was wounded four times in these engagements, but returned to his regiment each time when he was sufficiently recovered for active duty. He served three years, and was honorably discharged after his gallant service to his adopted country. William, the subject of this sketch, was reared in his native city and received his elementary education in the public schools of Milwaukee. After finishing his preparatory studies he matriculated at the Milwaukee Medical College, dental department, now Marquette College, where lie was graduated in 1901. He then went East and took a postgraduate study at Myer's Post-Graduate School, in Xew York city. L^pon returning to Milwaukee, in 1902. Mr. Kettler located at 657 Third street, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Kettler has met with well-deserved success and is regarded as one of the rising voting dentists of the Cream City. He is a member of the Republican party, of the Wisconsin State Dental Society, Milwaukee County Dental Society, and of the North Side Dental Society, of which he is secretary. He is also a member of Wisconsin Lodge, No. 13, Free and Accepted Masons; Wisconsin Chapter, No. 7, Royal Arch Masons, and of Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, Knights-Templar. On Oct. 29, 1902, Mr. Kettler was united in marriage with Caroline, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Southcott, who came to America from England about 1892 and located in Milwaukee. Mr. Southcott went on a visit to his old home in England in 1902 and died on the return voyage. His wife passed away in Milwaukee in 1898. Henry Danischefsky, one of the best and most prominent contractors and builders of Milwaukee, is a native of the Cream City, where he was born on March 18, 1877. He is the son of Charles and Lena (Brandt) Danischefsky, both of whom are natives of Greiffenberg, Germany, and who immigrated to the Lnited States in 1867 and located at Milwaukee, where they still reside. The elder Mr. Danischefsky is a mason by trade and served as a foreman in the business for many years. For the past twenty-five years he has been engaged in the mason-contracting business, and is well and favorably known in that line of work. He is known as an upright and honorable citizen, and a man of strict business integrity. He has reared to maturity a family of four children - three daughters and one son, of whom our subject is the youngest. Ida is the wife of Fred Mallitz ; Hannah is the wife of Carl Bredermann, and Gussie, the third daughter, is still at home. Henry attended the public schools of Milwaukee and after graduating in the high school, in 1892, he served an apprenticeship to the mason's trade under his father. Upon finishing his term of apprenticeship he went to Chicago, where he entered the employ of the Terra Blanca Fire Proofing Company, serving as their factory foreman and having charge of their outside work. After two years spent in this capacity, and when only twenty years of age, he embarked in business as a general contractor on his own account. He was successful from the start, and such has been his special aptitude as a building contractor that he has been employed by some of the largest and most important business concerns of the city. His superior workmanship may be seen in many of the most noteworthy structures of Milwaukee, and he has executed important contracts for the Schlitz Brewing Company, the Falk Company, Gueder & Paeschkii, manufacturers; the Northern Glass AVorks, William R. Frangen & Co.'s warehouses, the New St. Mary's Hospital, and the State Normal School, as well as many others too numerous to mention. Particular mention should be made, however, of the beautiful and stately residence he built for Joseph Uihlein. Fie is affiliated with the Republican party, but has never taken an active part in politics and has never sought political preferment on his own behalf. He is a prominent member of the

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Fie was married on Oct. 11, 1900, to Miss Clara, daughter of William and Sophia (Daase) Sengbusch, of Milwaukee, and they have two children, Loraine and Roy. Mr. Danischefsky is still young, in the prime of life, is possessed of a strong and vigorous constitution, and ha-- an abundance of energy and push. His marked success in business thus far points unerringly to still greater success in the years to come, and Milwaukee has every reason to be proud of this one of her native sons.

George F. O'Neil, one of the substantial and progressive business men of Milwaukee, and president of the important establishment known as the O'Neil Oil & Paint Company (incorporated), is a native product of the Cream City. He is of mixed Irish and English descent, and was born on the present site of the Cornstock Flats, on Milwaukee street, Sept. 26, 1864, the son of Henry L. and Elizabeth J. (May) O'Neil, the former a native of the West Indies and the latter of London, England. His paternal grandfather lived his whole life on the Emerald Isle, and his maternal grandfather (May) was a pioneer farmer in Canada, where he finally died. Our subject's father grew to manhood in the city of London, England, and came to the United States in 1846, settling in Milwaukee. Here he was first engaged in the wool business, and later embarked in the dry goods trade. He did a prosperous business in this line for several years, but lived a retired life for some time before his death in Milwaukee. He is still survived by his widow, who makes her home in Milwaukee at 271 1 State street. They reared to maturity a family of four sons and four daughters, as follows: Henry L., Jr.; Charles H., vice president and treasurer of the O'Neil Oil & Paint Company; Albert F. ; George F., the subject of this sketch; Annie M. ; Elizabeth M., wife <>\ Frank P. Ray, of Minneapolis; Marion, deceased, and Harriet M., deceased. George F. grew up in his native city and received his education in the public schools. He began his business career at the early age of eleven, when he was employed as a newspaper carrier. He was subsequently employed by the furniture house of A. D. Seaman & Company as a collector for two years, and then entered the employ of the old wholesale drug house of Greene & Button Company. He was associated in one capacity or another with the last-named company for a period of thirteen years, finally retiring as head book-keeper. In 1888 he purchased an interest in the business of the Wadhams, Magie & Company, wholesale oils, the name of the firm being changed to the Wadhams Oil & < rrease Company, and Mr. O'Neil became secretary of the new company. He remained with this company until January, 1893. when he organized the O'Neil Oil & Paint Company, which first did busii for a period of two years at 103 West Water street, and then removed to its present location at 297-9 East Water street. Mr. O'Neil afterward acquired the store adjoining, at 301-3 East Water, previously occupied by the wholesale grocery company of Ball & Goodrich Company. The O'Neil Oil & Paint Company did a business of over $100,000 the first year of its existence, and this business has steadily increased until it is now doing a business of over $500,000 annually. The company was incorporated in February, 1893, with the following officers : George F. O'Neil, president; Charles H. O'Neil, vice-president and treasurer, and L. D. O'Neil, secretary. The company was originally capitalized at $25,000, which has since been increased to $189,750, and it now has over fifty people in its employ. It has developed into one of the most important business enterprises in the city, and combines under one management a paint factory and a soap factory, as well as a jobbing business in oils, paints, and chemicals. Mr. O'Neil owes his business success entirely to his own efforts, which have been characterized by unflagging industry and honorable dealing. He was married on April 26, 1885, to Miss Leila D., a daughter of Edward and Catherine Elizabeth (Davidson) Ouin, of Milwaukee. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church and is a Republican in politics.

T. E. Pierce, a prominent and well-known contractor and builder of Milwaukee, and successor to the firm of Angove & Pierce, is a native of the Badger State, having been born at Dartford, Green Lake county, Wis., on March 15, 1861. His parents were Joshua O. and Hannah (Randall) Pierce, natives of the Buckeye and Keystone states, respectively. They were both among the early pioneer settlers of Green Lake county, where his father long followed the trade of a carpenter. Both his father and mother are now deceased. Our subject spent his youth in the counties of Green Lake and Juneau, and received his education in the public schools of those counties. Upon leaving school he served for seven years under his father, learning the details of the carpenter's trade; he then worked for eleven years as a joiner, and finally came to Milwaukee in 1880. Here he worked at his trade until 1892, and in that year he formed a partnership with James B. Angove, doing a general contracting business as carpenters and builders. This partnership continued until June 2, 1907, when Mr. Angove died. Mr. Pierce purchased the interest of his deceased partner, and in 1908 the business was incorporated under the name of the Pierce Manufacturing Company, which carries on the business of contracting and building and the manufacture of caskets. The firm of Angove & Pierce did a large and successful business during the years the firm was in existence, and its superior work is seen in many of the prominent buildings of Milwaukee and other cities. The firm erected the Fairview Flats, at the corner of Ninth and State streets; the Scammon building, at Eighth and Wells streets; the Tuttle building, at Seventh and Wells streets; it constructed all the buildings at the city ball parks; the Northwestern Malleable Iron Works; the building of the M. Hilty Lumber Company; the Wisconsin Central freight depot, at Minneapolis, Minn. ; the insane asylum at Nash- otah, known as the Oconomowoc Health Resort, and numerous other prominent structures besides. Mr. Pierce was married in 1883 to Miss Nellie, a daughter of Mrs. Helen Charlwood, of Milwaukee, and they have four children now living: Archie, Mabel, Oscar and Harry. The three older children are all members of the Mt. Olive Lutheran church, of Milwaukee.

William Van Rhienen, 3418 Chestnut street, Milwaukee, is an experienced carpenter, contractor and builder and also attends to repairing. He is a native of Milwaukee, of Dutch parentage. His father, Frederick Van Rhienen, came to America from Amsterdam, Holland, in 1845, ancl m tne period preceding the Civil war made frequent journeys between Milwaukee and Amsterdam. He married Miss Delia Wiersum, and to them were born three children: Mary (deceased), William and Frederick. After the war Mr. Van Rhienen located in Milwaukee and there became well known as a skillful carpenter. In 1880 he bought a farm in Germantown, Washington county. Wis., which he operated until his death, in 1895. His son, Frederick, now resides upon the Washington county farm. William, the subject of this sketch, was born on April 10, 1870, attended public school in Milwaukee, and continued his studies at his home in Washington county. He returned to Milwaukee to study architectural drawing and also learned the carpenter's trade under his father's instruction. Five years he worked as a journeyman, in Milwaukee, and then, well equipped by study and experience, he embarked in his present business as contractor and builder. He met with marked success, and some of the most substantial buildings in the city bear witness to his skill. He has erected many beautiful residences on the East Side in Milwaukee, and some large apartment houses. He will be occupied for some time in the erection of the $35,000 edifice of the Kingsley Methodist Episcopal church at Walnut and Thirty-third streets. Mr. Van Rhienen is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and takes a particular interest in the erection of this particular building. He belongs to the Master Carpenters' Association of Milwaukee and is secretary of the organization, lie has also served in man}' instances as special adjuster for the Northwest National Insurance Company. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in political sympathies is a Republican. On Aug. 27, T902, Mr. Van Rhienen was married to Miss Myrtle Spice, daughter of John G. Spice, of Milwaukee. formerly of England. One daughter. Myrtle Ada. has blessed the marriage.

Paul C. Kroeck, proprietor of the Wisconsin Cement Construction Company, of 875 Teutonia avenue, Milwaukee, was born near Berlin, Germany, Jan. 25, 1875, a son of Gustave and Amelia (Abell) Kroeck. He was educated at a military academy in Germany and graduated in 1891, thereafter serving one year in the German army, from which he has an honorable discharge. I le came to the United States in 1893, learned the mason's trade in New York city, and later pursued his trade in sixteen different states in the Union up to 1901, when he settled in Milwaukee and organized the Wisconsin Cement Construction Company, of which he has been sole proprietor since 1902. He erected the South Side Pumping Station, also the stock house, the malt house, the boiler house, the brew house, and other buildings for the Blatz Brewing Company. He also did all the cement work at Wonderland, and he built the foundations and floorings for the Pfister & Vogel tannery. He, furthermore, constructed all the foundations and floors for the West Side Manufacturing Company and for many other large structures, costing from $10,000 upward. On Nov. 10, 1904, he married Miss Ella, daughter of Henry and Mathilda (Fuchs) Bauman, of Milwaukee, the issue being one daughter, Elsa. Mr. Kroeck is a member of the Milwaukee Builders' Club and of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association. In politics he is a Republican. Since coming to Milwaukee he has been very much interested in the National Guard of Wisconsin, and at present is a member of Battery A. His father held the rank of major in the German regular army, being in the service over forty years. Mr. Kroeck attended the Engineers' School at St. Paul, Minn., and also a similar institution at St. Louis, Mo., taking one term's course in each school. He is at present engaged in much practical civil engineering, doing all of his own work. He is a patriotic American citizen, thoroughly in love with the land of his adoption, which has afforded him such great opportunities to develop his natural abilities, and enabled him to secure a fortune and honorable position in life, which he could never hope to secure in Germany, the land of his birth.

Constantine J. M. Malek is one of the prominent and wellknown Polish residents of Milwaukee. He is a native of Germany, born at Waldowo, West Prussia, Aug. 26, 1855, the son of Stanislaus and Anna (Dobek) Malek. His father was a professional organist and followed this vocation in Waldowo. Constantine was educated in his native village and then went to the Royal Gymnasium at Conitz until he was sixteen years of age, when he came to America and located at Chicago, in 1871. He soon went to St. Mary's, Marion county, Ky., to attend St. Mary's Catholic college to acquire the English language, and after studying there for one year he came to Milwaukee. He did not remain long in the city before he left to enter Pio Nono College at St. Francis, Wis., and from there went to Chicago in 1875 and taught school for five years. In 1880 he was offered an excellent position in Manitowoc county to combine the two professions of teaching and musician, and he taught at Nordheim for two }rears, meeting with wellearned success. In the fall of 1882 he returned to Milwaukee to accept a position in the schools, and for five years held that position, at the same time acting as organist at St. Hyacinth's Polish . Catholic church with great credit to himself and the entire satisfaction of the congregation. In the fall of 1885 Mr. Malek was appointed United States store-keeper, and the following spring received an appointment as United States gauger under Cleve- land's first administration, which position he held four years. Mr. Malek is a staunch adherent of the principles and policies of the Democratic party and one of its staunch supporters. When Peck was elected governor he received an appointment as clerk in the land office at Madison, and he held this responsible position four years. Shortly before going to Madison he had been elected a member of the Milwaukee school board, and he served in that capacity five years, altogether. Air. Malek had proved so efficient a teacher and organist in Milwaukee that he resumed his position at St. Hyacinth's church at the expiration of his term of office in Madison, in 1895, and he continued teaching for two years. II is long service as a teacher eminently fitted him for the position he was appointed to on Oct. 7, 1907, that of probation officer of the county of Milwaukee, and he still retains this trying position to the entire satisfaction of the county and school authorities. On Jan. 25, 1 881, Mr. Malek was united in marriage with Florentine, the daughter of Wojciech and Veronica (Taczynski) Kolanczyk, residents of Newton, Manitowoc county, Wis. Three children have been made welcome in the Malek home : Clementine, Charlie and Alex. The family are loyal Catholics and members of St. Hyacinth's Polish Catholic church. Mr. Malek is a member of the Polish National Alliance ; the Polish Singers' Alliance, of which he and his brother, Anton, were the founders ; and he is the organizer and founder of the Polish Singing Society of Milwaukee. In 1890 Mr. Malek had the honor of being elected alderman of the Fourteenth ward for a term of three years to represent his ward in the municipal government, but his services were shortened to two years, as he received a state appointment which called him to Madison. Mr. Malek has long been recognized as one of the progressive thinkers among the Polish residents of Milwaukee, and he is one of her honored and influential citizens.

Peter Sievers, a prominent citizen of North Milwaukee, and one of the owners of the light and power plant of that place, was born in the town of Schleswig, Manitowoc count)'. Wis., on Aug. 11, 1868, the son of Claus and Margaret (Harder) Sievers, natives of the province of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. His father came to the United States with his parents in the year 1850, when he was a lad of only nine years of age. Peter Sievers, our subject's grandfather, located at New Holstein, Wis., where he bought a tract of eighty acres of wooded land, which he cleared and farmed for many years. Quite late in life he and his wife retired from the farm with a comfortable competence, and they spent their declining years in the village of New Holstein, where they both died and are buried. Of their large family of nine children, six are still living, to-wit: Claus, the father of our subject; Dora Harder; Lena Bonifas ; Kathrine Lueneburg; Margaret Lindeman. and Anna Schildhauer. Claus remained at home, assisting on the farm until he was nineteen years of age, and was then engaged in farming on his own account for a period of two years. When he was twenty-one years of age the Civil war broke out and he enlisted as a private from Chilton, Wis., in the Twenty-first Wisconsin infantry, in the late summer of 1862. He was mustered into the United States service with his regiment at Camp Bragg, Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 5, 1862, for three years' service, and left the state on Sept. 11, preceding first to Covington, Ky. His command sustained a disastrous loss in its first engagement at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, when 179 of its members were killed, wounded, or missing. He was subsequently engaged with his command in a skirmish with Wheeler's cavalry at Jefferson, Tenn., and in the later bloody battles of Stone's River and Chickamauga, Tenn. ; was in reserve at the battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, and was then stationed with the regiment on the summit of Lookout Mountain until the spring of 1864. He moved with Sherman on the celebrated Atlanta campaign through the heart of the Confederacy, engaging at Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Siege of Atlanta, etc. Next, attached to the First division, Fourteenth corps, he participated in the pursuit of Hood through Georgia, then marched to Savannah with Sherman's forces and took part in the siege of that city. Finally, in January, 1865, he moved on Sherman's final campaign through the Carolinas, was seriously wounded by a musket ball in the leg during the engagement at Goldsboro, N. C, and was invalided in hospital for several weeks. He was honorably discharged from the service and mustered out while in hospital. After the close of the war he returned to his home in Wisconsin and worked on a farm until he was twenty-seven years of age. He then married and bought a farm of his own in the town of Schleswig, Manitowoc county, Wis. He lived on his farm until 1903, when he retired to the village of New Holstein, where he still resides. He has always been regarded as one of the best and most substantial citizens of that locality, is an independent in political matters, and is a man of influence. Our subject, Peter, is the oldest of his three children: Peter, George and Dora. As a boy Peter attended the district school at Schleswig, and afterward was a student, successively, in the State Normal schools of Oshkosh, Whitewater and Milwaukee, graduating at the last-named institution. Upon leaving school he was engaged in teaching for a period of eighteen years in all ; he taught near Cedarburg, Ozaukee county, and was for ten years principal of the schools at North Milwaukee. He pursued a thorough business course in Stell's Business College of Milwaukee, and in January, 1906, in company with Messrs. Waech and the Schissler brothers, he purchased the North Milwaukee Light and Power Plant. In March, 1907, Messrs. Sievers & Waech bought out the interest of Schissler brothers and have been successfully operating the plant alone since that time. Mr. Sievers has always been allied with the Republican party in politics, though he lias never sought public preferment on. his own behalf. In the matter of religion he conforms to the Lutheran faith. His wife was formerly Lilly Vollmer, of the town of Lake, Milwaukee county, a daughter of Fred Vollmer, and Mr. and Mrs. Sievers are the parents of two children, Lenora and Lawrence.

man of North Milwaukee, and one of the oldest pioneers of that section of the county, was born in Prussia on the Rhine, March 31, 1841, the son of Henry and Margaret (Meyer) Wasserberger, of the same place. Before leaving the old country the elder Mr. Wasserberger had served as a musician in the cavalry branch of the army. He came to the. United States in 1848 with his wife and family, landing at Xew York City on July 4, and immediately came on to Milwaukee, whence he proceeded to Germantown, Wis. He later returned to Milwaukee, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying on April 7, 1891 ; he had previously lost his wife in February, 1872. Our subject's mother was twice married; her first husband was Jacob Collenbach, a native of Prussia, by whom she had two children, Jacob and Christina, both of whom are now deceased. She was the mother of three children by her second marriage: Annie, wife of Peter Kirsch, both of whom are now deceased ; Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas Meyer, both of whom are also dead, and Henry J., the subject of this sketch. Henry J. was only a little lad of seven years when he first came to America with his parents, and he was given only a very limited opportunity to obtain an education before going to work. He started out in life to make his own living when very young, and was employed in various occupations at Milwaukee until 1870. He then located in what is now the region of North Milwaukee, but which was then known as Schwartzburg, Wis. Here he first rented a farm and at the same time engaged in the butchering business. He served as postmaster for a total period of thirty-one years. In 1893 he built his present hotel building, and he maintains a fine bar in connection with the same; he also deals extensively in coal and wood. He is widely known throughout the region in which he has made his home for so many years, and is regarded as one of the most popular and substantial citizens of North Milwaukee. Though starting in life in a humble capacity, he has worked hard, and by dint of great industry and good common sense, he has now attained to success by his own unaided efforts, has obtained a handsome competence and is in comfortable circumstances. He has always been a Democrat in politics and has served the public in numerous important capacities; he was chosen treasurer of the town of Granville for two terms ; served as a member of the county board of supervisors for a period of twelve years, was school director for the same length of time, and was one of the first trustees of the village of North Milwaukee, besides acting as justice of the peace for a two years' term. Mr. Wasserberger was married in 1874, his bride being a resident of Plymouth, Sheboygan county, Wis., and ten children have been the fruit of this union, to-wit : Tena, who makes her home in Milwaukee, and is the wife of Henry Castenholz ; Margaret, deceased; Annie, who resides at home with her father; Joseph, a railway conductor living at Los Angeles, Cal., and married to Miss Agnes Meyers; Henry G... Jr., married to Miss Annie Becker, and living at North Milwaukee;

Katie, Andrew, John and Clara, living at home, and Nicholas, who died in early life. Our subject is a faithful member of the Roman Catholic church, of which he is a most liberal supporter. He is a most genial and affable man, well liked by all who know him, and lie has a large circle of warm friends.

Martin Davelaar, senior member of the prosperous firm of M. Davelaar & Son, manufacturers of cream-colored brick, Pryor avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., is of Dutch descent, and was born in the city of Utrecht, Holland, Dec. 14, 1839, the son of Garrett Jacob and Wilhelmina Davelaar, both natives of the same place. His father was a blacksmith by trade and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1847. On his arrival he continued to follow his trade as a blacksmith, and was first located for three years in Pittsburg, Pa. ; he then moved west to Cedar Grove, Wis., where he kept a blacksmith shop for some four years, and then moved to Milwaukee and conducted a shop for quite a number of years on the Fox Point road. He was a respected and hard-working man, a faithful member of the Dutch Reformed church, and -an excellent husband and father. His death took place in 1895, and his wife survived him four years longer. They reared a large family of six children: John, the oldest, was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the First Missouri light artillery; Martin, our subject, was the second son; Hannah, the third child, Is the wife of Peter Delcke and resides in Milwaukee ; Bart Garrett, the fourth child, is a painter residing in Sioux City, Iowa; Mary, the fifth, is living in Milwaukee, and William, the youngest, also makes his home in Milwaukee. Our subject was educated in the public schools and lived at home until he was twenty-one years of age. He learned the trade of a mason, and followed the same with success for a period of about twenty years. He was thus at the time of the Civil war, of which he is an honored veteran. In December, 1864, he enlisted as a recruit for the Third Wisconsin infantry, and was assigned to Company G. He joined Sherman's victorious army near Charleston, S. C, early in 1865, and participated with his command in an engagement at Mill Springs, near Goldsboro, N. C. After ten months of active service he was honorably discharged with the regiment at Louisville, Ky., July 18, 1865. Upon leaving the army he returned to his home in Milwaukee and continued to work at his trade for some nine years longer. In 1875 he branched out into a general contracting and building business, which he conducted successfully until 1880. He then embarked in his present business, that of a brick manufacturer ; his first yard was located at Chase's Valley, and five years later he established his present yard at the corner of Ellen and Pryor avenues. In this business he has achieved an honorable and worthy success. Starting out in life as a poor boy, by his own industry and unaided efforts, Mr. Davelaar has now acquired a comfortable fortune, and his reputation as an unright business man is without stain or blemish. He has taken his son, George H., into business witli him, and the firm is known as M. Davelaar &

Son. Mr. Davelaar is affiliated with the Republican party politically, and has served as one of the trustees of the village of Bay View. He is an honored member of E. B. Wolcotl Posl No. 1. Grand Army of the Republic, at Milwaukee. He was married on March 17, 1862, to Miss Sophia Geithman, a native of Germany, and they have a family of four children: John, a farmer of \\ gate, Iowa, married to Helena Heues; Wilhelmina, wife of Henry De Mey, of Milwaukee; ( leorge II.. married to Margaret I 'rice, and associated in business with his father; and Helen, wife of John B. Julian, of Milwaukee.