Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1909 (part 3 of 35)

John Edwin Purtell, D. D. S., a prominent dentist of the city of Milwaukee, was born in Monches, Waukesha county, Wis., Feb. 13, 1875, the son of John and Catherine (Sullivan) Purtell, for sketches of whose lives see the sketch of Dr. Joseph A. Purtell, elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Monches, where he received his primary training, and at the Whitewater Normal he received the advantages of training in the higher branches of learning. After closing his scholastic career he resolved to mature himself, or, as it were, to season the funds of knowledge of which he had possessed himself by becoming a teacher for three years. The pursuit of pedagogics was not to his liking, so he abandoned that course and entered the Dental Department of the Milwaukee Medical College, now Marquette University, taking there a thorough and complete course, from which he graduated with honor in iS<)<j, and at once began the practice of his profession in Milwaukee. One of his talents could not be allowed to remain long in the obscurity of an office, for his abilities were soon recognized by his alma mater, and he was appointed an instructor and lecturer in its dental department. As an evidence of his ability he is now one of the members of the staff of clinicians at the dental department of the university. He is a member of the Wisconsin Stale Dental Society: the Alumni Association of the Milwaukee Medical College; the Knights of Columbus, and the Ancient Order i>i Hibernians. In politics he is a Democrat and in religion lie i- a strict member of the Roman Catholic church. It does not require prophetic foresight to predict Dr. Purtell's unbounded success in odontology. Unfortunately he is not a benedict, but he is young yet.

Thomas A. Purtell, a leading dentist of Milwaukee, was born in Monches, Waukesha county, Wis., July 4, 1879, being the son of John and Catherine (Sullivan) Purtell, an account of whose lives appears elsewhere in this book, in connection with the sketch of I >r. Joseph A. Purtell. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Monches and then graduated from the Dental Department of the Milwaukee Medical College in 1900 with the highest honors, and he was chosen, on account of his superior oratorical talents, to be the valedictorian of his class, which is a distinguishing honor always, and is usually coveted by all the members of the graduating class, and he who is capable of bearing off the victorious palm is the envy if not the idol of his associates. It is said that Dr. Purtell acquitted himself on that occasion with great credit, winning encomiums on all sides. He began active practive in Milwaukee at once, and from the start has met with unusual success in his line. On Nov. 25, 1905, he married Miss Winifred, daughter of Richard and Theresa (Kelly) Shinnick, of Watertown, Wis.,, and their connubial bliss has been blessed and increased by the presence of two charming children, Thomas Joseph and Alary Josephine. Our subject and wife are ardent members of the Roman Catholic church, while in politics he is a member of the Democratic party. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Dental Association, the Marquette University Alumni, the Knights of Columbus, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Dr. Purtell is a gentleman wdiose refined social qualities mark him for a successful career.

Henry Harder, M. D., a practicing physician in the city of Milwaukee, was born in the town of New Holstein, Calumet county. Wis., on Aug. 13, 1870, son of Frenz and Dorothea (Sievers) Harder, both of whom are natives of Rendsburg, a town of Prussia. The paternal grandparents migrated to America about 1848 and set tied in Calumet county. Wis., where they lived out the remainder of their days. The maternal grandfather was Peter Sievers, and upon his migration to America he also settled in Calumet county, and there spent the rest of his life. Frenz Harder, the father of the subject of this review, was a farmer by occupation during his active career, but in 1904 he removed to the city of Milwaukee, where he and his good wife are now living retired. They have become the parents of eight children, three of whom died in infancy, and four sons and one daughter are living. Dr. 1 larder received his early education in the public schools of New Holstein, Wis., and later attended the high school at Kiel, in Manitowoc county. He then took a course in the State Normal School at Oshkosh, after which he followed the profession of teaching two years, first at Hilbert and then at Granville, Wis. Taking up the study of gymnastics at this time, he took a course in the same at a normal school of gymnastics, following which he taught athletics in the public schools of the city of Milwaukee for a period of two years. While thus engaged he began the study of medicine, and after due preparation he entered the medical department of the Northwestern University at Chicago, 111., and graduated with the class of 1899, since which time he has been in the active practice of his profession at Milwaukee. Dr. Harder is independent in his political views, and fraternally is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees and of the Columbian Knights, being the medical examiner and physician for the latter. He is a member of the LaSalle Society, and has the position of examining physician for the same organization. He is also a member of the Calumet Club ; physician for M. B. A. U. V. and German Veteran Society (D. L. M. V.).

Albert J. Herschman is engaged in the general practice of medicine in the city of Milwaukee, where he has been located since 1899, the year of his migration to America. He was born in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 5, 1859, son of Emil and Louisa Herschman, the former of whom was born in Vienna and the latter in Hungary. These parents lived out their allotted time in Vienna, the father dying in that city in 1898 and the mother in 1907, and of the three children born to them all are, living. Dr. Herschman received his early education in the public schools of his native city, taking an eight years' course in the high school, and his professional training was received in Vienna , University. After his graduation he took postgraduate courses in Vienna, Berlin and Paris. As a young man he served the so-called volunteer year in the army. In 1899 he migrated to America and located in Milwaukee, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice, and in addition to his duties in that direction he officiates as the physician for the Austrian consulate at Chicago. He was married in August, 1900, to Mrs. Anna Young, nee Rudloff, daughter of August and Elizabeth (Knauber) Rudloff, of Milwaukee. Dr. Herschman has been a deep student of economic and sociological questions and his views are in accord with the principles of the Social Democratic party, of which he is a firm supporter, though he has never been a self-seeker as regards official position. Professionally he is a member of the Vienna Medical Club, a large organization in his native city, and he also has membership in the Milwaukee Medical Association.

Charles C. Differt, M. D., is a highly successful practicing physician in the city of Milwaukee, and in addition to giving close attention to a large and increasing practice he also officiates as instructor in anatomy in the Milwaukee Medical College. He was born in the city which is now the scene of his professional activities, on Oct. 30, 1879, son of Charles and Wilhelmina (KnueppeH Differt, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father mi- . grated to America in 1850 and settled in Milwaukee, which city was bis place of residence during the remainder of his exceedingly use- ful and active career. In June, 1863, he enlisted as a private in Company E of the Sixteenth Wisconsin infantry for service in the Civil war and joined the regiment at Vicksburg, Miss., where it was then in camp. In September the regiment was stationed at Redbone, Miss., guarding' fords on the Big Black river and engaging in skirmishes with bands of Confederate cavalry until Feb. 5, 1864, when it again became a part of the garrison at Vicksburg. Its next important service was in the Atlanta campaign, and it was before Kenesaw Mountain, occupying trenches and skirmishing during the most of June. It was engaged before Atlanta on July 20, and on the 22nd defended the works against the effort of the enemy to retake the position. The regiment was occupied in duty at this point until Aug. 26, when it moved forward in pursuit of the enemy, engaging in skirmishes at Jonesboro and Lovejoy Station, and going into camp at Atlanta on Sept. 8. It was engaged at Savannah and Beaufort later in the season, and on Feb. 2, 1865, participated in the action at Whippy Swamp. At Orangeburg it crossed the North Edisto, wading through swamps and driving the enemy from his position, and it also participated in the battle of Bentonville, which was its last engagement. Mr. Differt did his full share in the service of the regiment during the last two years of the war, and upon being mustered out returned to his home in Milwaukee. In his civil career he worked at house-roofing, and also followed railroading for some years. He was twice married ; first to a Miss Bell, to which union two children were born. The second marriage was to Miss Wilhelmina Knueppel, a native of Germany, as above stated, who migrated to America in 1870, and one son, whose name introduces this review, was the only child born to this union. Dr. Differt received his early education in the public schools of Milwaukee, including a high school course, after which he took a course in the Wilmot Business College. He then began the study of medicine, and after due preparation entered the Milwaukee Medical College, from which institution he graduated with the class of 1903, and at once began the practice of his profession. From the beginning he has met with unqualified success, and all things portend a brilliant future for him. He was married on June 8, 1904, to Miss Inez Merten, of Waupun, Wis., and to this union there has been born one child, Aubrey. Dr. Differt is independent in his political views, and in religious matters he is liberal, though reared in the Lutheran faith. He is a member of the Order of Mutual Protection, and of the Milwaukee Sick Benefit Association.

Jacob O. Ehbets was born in Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 26, 1836, the son of John J. F. and Charlotte E. (Loeding) Ehbets, both natives of Germany, where they died, the mother in 1856 and the father in i860. The father was an architect and builder in the employ of the Senate of Hamburg, and the family was composed of a wife and nine children, four boys and five girls, only two of whom came to the United States, our subject and his brother, C. J., who is an engineer at Hartford, Conn. Our subject was educated in an academy and then began studying civil and mechanical engineer- ing. He worked first in machine shops and then took private lessons to enable him to enter the technical school at Carlsruhe, Baden. Germany, where he finished his course. In 1857 he came to the United States, landing in New York, whence he went to Richmond, Va., to work for the Tredegar Iron Works, one of the few works in the United States manufacturing cannon. Our subject during the Civil war was engaged in the iron works that supplied coverings for the ironclads, particularly the Merrimac. He belonged to the home guards at the same time, but never participated in any battles. In 1870 he came to Chicag'o to work for the American Bridge Company, since when he has followed the calling of bridge engineer. In 1874 he came to Milwaukee to take charge of the Milwaukee Bridge Company's shops and he remained in the service of that company for four years, when he left to engage with the E. P. Allis Company building water works engines. In 1884 he became a bridge engineer for M., L. S. & W. Ry., remaining with that company until 1893, when he entered the employ of the Wisconsin Central railway, where he is at present engaged. On Aug. 20, i860, he married Miss Lee, daughter of Jacob F. and Sarah Barnes, of Richmond, Va., and she died Feb. 19, 1908, leaving one child, Virginia Pauline, born June 8, 1880, now a successful teacher in the Milwaukee public schools. In religion he was baptized a Lutheran, but might properly be called a liberal or free thinker, and in politics he is a Democrat.

Eugene A. Balsley was born Nov. 25, 1876, in LaFayette township, Walworth county, Wis., being the son of Edwin and Francis (Maltby) Balsley, who were of Dutch and English descent, born in New York, and came to Walworth county. Wis., in 1875, settling on a farm. Our subject was educated in the common schools of Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in the civil engineering class of 1902. In 1902, immediately following his graduation, he went to Chicago to act as time keeper for the American Bridge Company, where he made unusual progress in his line, being engaged most of the time in difficult construction work on bridges, and in 1907 he was sent to Milwaukee to take charge as manager of the American Bridge Company of this city. In politics he is a Republican and he is also a member of the Milwaukee Athletic Association.

Garrit C. De Heus was born in Milwaukee, March 18, 1883, being the son of Anthony and Antoinette (Augustyn) De Heus, both natives of Holland, where the father was born in 1856, at Leerdam, and the mother in i860 at Steenbergen. Anthony De Heus and his family came to the LTnited States at an early day, landing in New York, going thence to settle on a farm near Grand Rapids, Mich. After the Civil war he joined the regular army in Virginia and saw the exciting scenes of the reconstruction period in the South, when negro supremacy and carpet-baggers' domination was put down. He was in the regular army six years, when he was honorably retired as a non-commissioned officer. Soon thereafter he came to Milwaukee and entered the employ of Richer, Crombie & Co., wholesale grocers. He has been in the brokerage business since 1898 in this city, where he and his wife still reside. The ol children of the family besides our subject are James A. ami S_\lvia \Y., now the wife of G. J. DeGelleke, of this city. Garrit C. De I [eus was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee, graduating From the West Division High School. After leaving school he worked for eight years for H. H. West & Co. and Nov. 1, kjo6, he became manager of the Dennison Manufacturing Company, of this city. His military record consists of his being sergeant of Company F, First infantry Wisconsin National Guards. In religion he is a member of the First Reformed church, while in politics he is a Democrat. I le is also a member and director of the Arion Musical Club, chairman of the educational committee of the Y. M. C. A., member of the Heptasophs, the United Commercial Travelers and the Equitable Fraternal Union. While he may be now in a receptive mood, Cupid's chains have not yet bound him.

William V. Georg, whose artistic natural abilities as a landscape painter are securing for him more than local recognition in Milwaukee, was born in that city Nov. 8, 1853, the son of Henry and Susanna (Rheinhard) Georg, both natives of Germany. The father was engaged in newspaper work in 1848 in Germany and owing to the Revolution was obliged to leave and joined the Foreign Legion in Africa. He learned the confectioner's trade, came to the United States, settling in Milwaukee, where he married and reared a family of ten children, nine boys and one girl. He pursued his avocation for several years in this city, being located for some time at Market and East W'ater streets. Our subject was educated in the public schools of the city, and soon after leaving school he went to Chicago to study painting under a then well known artist named Rastall. This being the cultivation of his natural talents, he made rapid progress. But the necessary means were wanting to afford him the advantages which his talents deserved, hence he was compelled to turn his attention to the more practical phases of his art to secure a livelihood. At sixteen years of age he started in as a house decorator and sign painter, devoting his leisure moments to landscape painting, which he made from nature. He has had many of his paintings on exhibition and they always receive high commendation. He has done a great deal of scenery work for theaters and public buildings and is at present engaged in painting scenery at Alhambra Theater. Flis recent landscape works have attracted the attention of local connoisseurs of art and the favorable and generous reception accorded them is affording him the gratification of the poor artist's dream, which is that he may enjoy the great pleasures of his soul's desire and feel that his art will sustain him and his. Of this there is now not the slightest fear. June 17. 1876, he married Miss Theresa, daughter of Joseph and Theresa (Stockers) Meyer, natives of Switzerland, and they are the parents of eight children, as follows: Ella, now Mrs. Herman F. Thiel : Arthur, an artist; Ida, now Mrs. Oscar A. Grosshuesch ; Walter ( '.. engaged in the foreign exchange: William, Alice. Clarence and Raymond. In religion he and his family are members o\ the Ger- man Reformed church, and he is a member of the Republican party and of the Post Artists' Association. Like most men of refined natures and artistic tastes, our subject was for many years forced to wage a war against unkind fate and unfavorable circumstances, but by persistent efforts he has conquered and the clouds have rolled by ; and for many years to come may he and his artistic family live to gratify and cultivate the superior tastes with which they are endowed.

Jacob Moerschel is a highly esteemed resident of the city of Milwaukee, where he is noted as a pianist of exceedingly rare accomplishments, and his success as a teacher of the fine art is evinced by the number of his pupils and the unequivocal success achieved by them under his instruction. Mr. Moerschel was born in the city of St. Louis, Mo., April 15, 1872, and is the son of Jacob and Mary (Hibbard) Moerschel, the former of whom was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter was a native of Missouri. The paternal grandfather was a native of Bavaria, and the name of Jacob is found in the Moerschel family in at least four generations immediately preceding the present one. Jacob Moerschel, the father of him whose name introduces this review, served as a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting at St. Louis and being with the army of General Grant at the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh and other sanguinary engagements. With other patriotic German citizens he was instrumental in preserving the city of St. Louis and the state of Missouri to the Union during the early days of the great conflict, and after the close of hostilities he entered the United States postal service ; but rheumatism and other ailments contracted while in the military service caused his death in 1875, and his faithful wife passed away the same year, their deaths being but three months apart. The father was an amateur artist of splendid abilities, well educated, and a musician of more than local renown. The mother was of immediate Yankee ancestry, but of more remote English descent. The Moerschel family was formerly one of the foremost in the city of St. Louis, the paternal grandfather being the only large snuff manufacturer in Missouri during his time, and different members of the family have been very prominent in pedagogical circles during the past fifty years. Jacob Moerschel was but three years old when he experienced the irreparable loss of his parents, and his rearing and education were thus consigned to others, under whose guidance he was carefully trained and fitted for the career in which he has since won well-merited distinction. He received his preliminary education in the St. Louis high school and then took several private courses in belles-lettres, after which he went abroad and studied in Vienna for a period of nearly ten years. There he took theory under Eugene Thomas, chief professor of composition in the Vienna Conservatory, and came into intimate contact with the Leschetsky School of Thought, also establishing close relationship with such pedagogues as Julius Epstein, Fischoff and Dachs. After his long sojourn in Europe Mr. Moerschel returned to his St. Louis home and a year later, in 1902, he selected Milwaukee as the field for his future endeavor and soon rose to prominence in musical circles. He brings to his work the untiring energy which always accompanies genius, and he is a great enthusiast in regard to chamber music, in which particular line he has achieved unqualified success. Mr. Moerschel was married in the city of Vienna, Austria, Nov. 24, 1897, to Miss Maryca Pentkowski von Ostoja, daughter of Zenon Pentkowski, and to this union there have been born two sons, Jacob and Henry. Airs. Moerschel is of a very prominent Polish family. From childhood she has been a fine pianist, and very early was encouraged by one of the world's most renowned tenors to take up voice culture. After completing a course in the Vienna Conservatory of Music she studied five years with the world-famous Pauline Lucca. She has been engaged as soprano soloist in several philharmonic concerts in Europe, and acquitted herself so creditably as to receive an abundance of favorable criticism from recognized authorities.

August C. Miller, the efficient and capable superintendent of the Monarch Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, wras born in Xew Orleans, La., on Jan. 10, 1861. He is the second in Order of birth of the family of Charles P. and Katherine (Schneidmiller) Miller, both natives of Germany, the birthday of the father having been March 23, 1831, in the province of Saxony. The mother was born in Hesse Darmstadt on March 1, 1827. Ten children came to bless the union of Charles P. and Katherine Miller, and there has been no break in the family by death. The five sons and the five daughters, all of whom have made a success of life, reflect great credit upon the parents for the training in habits of industry and integrity. Although well advanced in years, both parents retain to a remarkable degree their mental faculties. While a citizen of Newr Orleans in 1861 Charles P. Miller was drafted to serve in the Confederate army and for two years he rendered brave service to the Southern cause, and in 1863 received an honorable discharge. Four years after the cessation of hostilities he removed with his family to Chicago, where for more than twenty years he was employed as foreman of the upholstery department of Marshall Field & Company. He then retired from active participation in business life and is spending the remaining years of his life amid most congenial surroundings, honored and respected by all who have been fortunate enough to become acquainted with him. August C. Miller, the subject of this sketch, received his educational training in the public schools of New Orleans and Chicago. While still a youth he entered the employ of Samuel Liberman, of Chicago, a manufacturer of overalls, coat's and the like. His first income, if such it may be called, was the small sum of $1.50 per week, but his industry and capability won him well-merited recognition, and step by step he mastered the trade until he was finally made superintendent. In 1896 he removed to Racine. Wis., to accept a more lucrative position as superintendent of a manufacturing company in that city and three years later came to Milwaukee to accept a similar position with the Cohen Brothers Companv. A portion of this company shortly afterward became the Monarch Manufacturing Company, with which he has been associated ever since. When twenty years of age Mr. Miller was first made a foreman and although he has had large numbers of men under his direction, he has never experienced any difficulty in the handling of them, his rare good sense and tact averting many a labor trouble. In politics he is affiliated with the Democratic party and for twelve years, while that party was in power in Chicago, he held the office of supervisor of elections. In a religious way he is associated with the Episcopal church. His fraternal relations are with the Independent Order of Foresters and the Royal League. a On Sept. i, 1884, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Carson, a native of Sweden, and a daughter of Charles Carson, a prominent horse dealer of Sweden. To this union have been born three children. The eldest, Katherine Mabel, is the wife of Clyde Biggs, an estimator of buildings for an architectural firm in Chicago. The other two, Gertrude Florence and Harold Raymond, are at home. Mr. Miller is now building a new home for himself and family and will reside therein at 710 Thirtyfourth.

Quincy A. Matthews, prominent in commercial circles of Milwaukee as a real estate and fire insurance agent, was born in Geauga county, a part of the historical Western Reserve of Ohio, on Nov. 30, 1847, tne youngest of the four sons and three daughters of Anson, and Elizabeth (Durand) Matthews. The father was a country merchant in Newbury township, Geaug-a county, during the greater part of his active life. The esteem in which he was held by his fellow citizens may be judged by the fact that at one time he served as the representative of his district in the state legislature of Ohio, having been elected on the Republican ticket. Late in his life he removed to Illinois and finally to Milwaukee, where most of his family had located. Quincy A. Matthews attended the common schools in the vicinity of his home, and received his later education at Hiram Institute and Oberlin College. As a boy he was an intimate friend and personal acquaintance of the lamented James A. Garfield, who was a minister of the religious sect, the Disciples, to which Mr. Matthews' parents belonged. Garfield often called at the home of the Matthews and the subject of this memoir vividly recalls the dav when the man who was to one dav attain to the hisfhest office within the power of the people to give, left his home for the seat of war. When Mr. Matthews was still a youth his parents removed to Illinois to eng'age in agricultural pursuits, the condition of the father's health necessitating such a move. During his residence in that state he worked on the farm during: the summer months and filled his time during the winter as baggage man at the station at the intersection of the Illinois Central and Baltimore & Ohio railroads. About 1868 he came to Milwaukee to enter the employ of his brothers, then engaged in the furniture business. He started at the bottom and by perseverance and thrift worked his way to the top until he became a partner. When the firm was incorporated as the Matthews Brothers' Manufacturing Company he was made its treasurer. In 1893 the business was disposed of by sale and Quincy A. Matthews entered the real estate and fire insurance business. By the same industry which won him a partnership in the .Matthews Brothers' Company he has established and maintained a most successful business. Beside many residence and other properties he is now the manager for the Matthews building, one of the largest office buildings in Milwaukee. On May 6, [875, Mr. Matthews was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Baudry, who died in 1900.

Edwin W. Olds, superintendent of rolling stock of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, a native of Vermont, was born at Franklin, Franklin county, on July 22, 1847. He is the third in order of birth in a family 'of three sons and a daughter of Lorenzo and Edeline (Felton) Olds, both of whom were also bom in Vermont, the former in 1802 and the latter in 1812. The father spent all of his active career as a manufacturer, owning and operating a general foundry and machine shop. Edwin YV Olds, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the common and high schools of Franklin and St. Albans, and when he had completed the courses given in those institutions he mastered the machinist's trade in his father's shops. His health failing, he removed to Iowa in 1870, and when his condition was such as to allow it he started the -establishment of a general foundry and machine shop. After seven years of the successful conduct of this he disposed of the business and returned to St. Albans, Vt., to become general foreman of the St, Albans foundry. He served in that capacity for four years, leaving the work to go to Montreal, Canada, to become associated with his brother Barnard in the manufacture of harvester and threshing machinery. Three years later, his health becoming impaired, he again went to Iowa, and soon afterward to Nebr?ska, remaining in these states for a period of three years. The following seven years Mr. Olds spent in Denver, Col., five years of which as master mechanic of the Denver City Tramway Company. His residence in Milwaukee dates from 180''. coming to assume the position of division superintendent of the street railway company. He held this position but seven months, being promoted at the end of that time to the superintendence' of rolling stock, the position he now holds. As an evidence of the growth of the responsibility upon his shoulders may be compared the number of cars in operation when he assumed the position and the number at the present time. In 1896 there were 196 cars : at the present time about 600. Mr. Olds is one of the best known men in his line of work, taking an active part in the American Street and Interurban Railway Engineering Association, and honored by the position of president of the organization in 1903. Fraternally he is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory and a noble of the Mystic Shrine. On Nov. 30. 1872, Mr. Olds was united in matrimony to Miss Jennie Potter, a native of Xew York, and a daughter of A. Madison Potter, who for many years was one of the best known hotel keep- ers in the Hawkeye State. To Mr. and Mrs. Olds have been born three sons. Fred Lee, the eldest, is a salesman for the Chicago Varnish Company, with headquarters in Chicago. Albert Roy is a civil engineer for a Havana street railway company in Cuba, and Howard Arthur, the youngest, is a student at the state university at Madison - Electrical Engineering course.

John Groom, retired, for many years one of the central figures in the commercial life of Milwaukee, was born in Boston, Mass., on April 10, 1848, the youngest of the six children of Thomas and Emily (Parker) Groom, and the fourth son. The mother was born in Boston in 1808 and the father in Birmingham, England, in 1812. The latter, when twenty-one years of age, came to America and by industry and thrift worked his way from a menial position to the head of a large wholesale and retail stationery firm, which position he occupied at the time of his death. John Groom, the subject of this memoir, received his educational advantages in the Chauncey Hall School in Boston. Upon the completion of his training he followed agricultural pursuits for a period of four or five years and in 1867 came to Wisconsin. The possibilities of lumbering in the northern woods appealed to him and from that year until 1881 he labored in the lumber camps, gaining in that time sufficient compensation to enable him to retire from active business life and move to Milwaukee. For twenty-seven years now he has lived in this city, honored and respected by all who know him. On July 22, 1873, Mr. Groom was united in marriage to Miss Anna Pirie, a native of Newburgh, N. Y., and a daughter of Robert Pirie, an engineer, who came to this country from Scotland. Five children have been the issue of this marriage : Emily Parker, Thomas, John, Jr. ; Mary Pirie and Samuel B.

Winfield H. Cameron, the president of the Milwaukee Vacuum Machinery Company, was born at Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1871. His father, Winfield Scott Cameron, was a native of Jamestown, N. Y., born in 1828, and his mother, Imogen (Payne) Cameron, was born at Shelbourne Falls, Mass., in 1846. WJhen the Civil war broke out in 1861 the elder Cameron responded to the call for volunteers and enlisted as a private in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth New York Infantry and served for four years. He was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville and captured by the Confederates, but was soon exchanged and invalided home. After he had sufficiently recovered he returned to the army and was under General Sherman for the entire time of his service. He served on Sherman's staff during the famous march to the sea and for gallantry in action and strict observance of duty was gradually promoted during the war from one rank to another until he held a commission as lieutenantcolonel when mustered out of the service. After the close of the war Winfield S. Cameron, who was a lawyer by profession, located in Jamestown, N. Y., and began to practice his profession. He very soon became of note locally in his profession and took part in local politics, and served a term in the state legislature. Winfield H. Cameron was his only child. He received a s:ood elementary edu- cation and attended Harvard College, where he graduated from the collegiate course in 1895. The next year he entered the law department of the same institution and received the degree of LL. B. in 1898. Immediately after leaving college he located in .Milwaukee and began the practice of law with the firm of Miller, Noyes, Miller & Wahl and remained with them about a year and a half, but abandoned his law practice to go into the bond business. He was associated with O. C. Fuller & Co. in the bond business until 1907. in 1908 he became president of the Milwaukee Vacuum Machinery Co. Oct. 15, 1901, he married Miss Julia Greer, of Louisville, Ky.. the daughter of William T. Greer. They have one son, YYinfield H., Jr. Mr. Cameron is interested in athletics and is one of the bright, well-developed young business men of Milwaukee. He is popular with his friends and is a great social favorite and belongs to the Milwaukee Country Club and the Town Club.

Alexander G. Riebs, president and manager of the I nion Credit Company, was born in Milwaukee on Aug. 6, 1870. He comes of good German stock, his mother, Anna E. (Donges) Riebs, having been born in 1844 in Lancaster, Pa., a daughter of one of the famous Pennsylvania Dutch families. The father, John Michael Riebs, was born in Strasburg, Germany, in 1834 and came to America when but fourteen or fifteen years of age. In 1855 he came to Milwaukee and secured employment as chef of the Kirby House and later filled the same position at the Newhall House. When that hostelry was destroyed by fire he became second chef at the Plankinton House, a position he held for a number of years. When he resigned it was to enter the flour and feed business with his sons under the firm name of J. M. Riebs & Sons, an occupation which kept him bus}- until a few years before his death, which occurred in 1905. During the Civil war he served as a private in Company F of the Thirty-fifth Indiana volunteer infantry, and for two years was orderly private on the staff of General Thomas in the Chattanooga and Nashville campaigns. At his death he left four sons and two daughters. Alexander G. Riebs, the subject of this memoir, received his scholastic training in the First District School and the Spencerian Business College of Milwaukee. When he had completed his work in the latter institution he entered the employ of the Seaman Abstract Company and remained with that concern for a period of five years, from 1886 to 1891. He severed his connection with the Seaman Company to become associated with the Union Credit Company in a clerical position. By his enterprise and industry he was promoted step by step until in 1900 he was chosen president and manager of the company. Fraternally Mr. Riebs is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of the Scottish Rite Consistory and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. On June 24, 1903, occurred Mr. Riebs' marriage to Miss Katherine M. Winkler.

D. Milton Jones is a well-known resident of the city of Milwaukee, where his superior qualifications as a business man have been evinced in a very successful career. Fie was born in New York city on March 17, 1861. the son of David H. and Elizabeth

(Evans) Jones, the former of whom was also born in the city of Xew York in 1827 and the latter in Wales in 1820. The father was a prominent wholesale and retail dealer in groceries, in which line he made a specialty of teas and coffees, and he owned and conducted large establishments, both in Chicago and New York. To him and his good wife there were born two sons, of which the subject of this review is the eldest, and the second son, Samuel Jones, is the superintendent of transportation for the National Biscuit Company at Chicago. The parents took up their residence in Chicago while D. Milton Jones was a child, and in the public schools of that city he received his preliminary education. After leaving school he began his independent career as a dealer in lumber, and in that line of endeavor he gradually expanded his business until he became one of the prominent lumber men of the country and met with very nattering .financial success. His practice was to buy the forests of standing timber, then clear the land and ship the logs to the mills, where they were manufactured into lumber. He owned large tracts of timber land in Tennessee, Michigan and North Carolina, and in the course of his extensive business he shipped the first carload of walnut lumber ever taken out of Tennessee. He owned portable saw-mills in Tennessee and North Carolina and a number of permanent stationery ones in the state of Michigan. He continued in the lumber business until 1889, in which year he disposed of his extensive interests in that line and becanie the secretary and treasurer of the Anglo-American Provision Company, which concern operated pork-packing plants at Chicago, Sioux City, Omaha, and St. Paul, and had distributing stations in all the large cities of the principal foreign countries. Mr. Jones remained with this company for a period of six years, after which he became the general freight agent for one of the leading railroads and located in Chicago. In 1898 he removed to Milwaukee as the representative of the passenger department of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company, and one year later he retired from that line of business and assisted in the reorganization of the Gardner Campbell Company in the iron and brass foundry business. The fine-toned bell which hangs in the city hall at Milwaukee was cast at this foundry. Mr. Jones served in the capacity of secretary, treasurer and general manager of this concern and remained with it until its business was finally wound up in the autumn of 1904. On Jan. 1, 1905, he became secretary of the Herman Zohrlaut Leather Company, in which position he still officiates, and the exacting duties of the place are performed successfull}- and in keeping with up-to-date business methods. Mr. Jones has a natural taste for military affairs, and while residing in Chicago he served as the captain of Companv I. Illinois National Guard. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order, having a local membership in Wisconsin Chapter. Ivanhoe Commandery, and the Tripoli Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and he is the commandant of the Ivanhoe Drill Corps. He is also a member of the Milwaukee Athletic Club. Mr. Jones was married on Oct. 2, 1899,

August A. Jonas, the popular president and treasurer of the Jonas Autombile Company of this city, was born in Milwaukee on Aug. 19, 1883, and is a son of Carl and Johanna (Zenke) Jonas. Both parents were horn in Germany, the father in 1849 an(l the mother in 1844. The father was reared on a farm, and after his marriage came, in 1881, to the United States, locating first in Brooklyn, lie remained there but a year, however, and then came to Milwaukee to become associated with the Falk Brewing Company. Later he was with Jung & Borchert, and when this linn and the Falk company were absorbed by the Pabst interests he continued with the company as then formed. He remained with the Pabst company until his death, which occurred in 1906. Four sons were born to Carl Jonas : Theodore, deceased ; William G. ; Gustave, and August A. The subject of this memoir received his education in the public schools of his native city, including the high school, and then took a stenographic course in the Spencerian Business College. For a time he earned his livelihood by the practice of typewriting and stenography. In 1905, when the Jonas Automobile Company was incorporated, he was made its president and treasurer, William G. Jonas became secretary and manager, and Gustave Jonas vicepresident. The company is the oldest in the state, having had its inception when automobiles first began to come into general use and developing into its present size by the energy and enterprise of its incorporators. It has the Milwaukee agency for Peerless and Cadillac machines, and beside its sales department conducts a garage and repair shop. Mr. Jonas is unmarried. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Deutscher Club. Throughout the city he is known as an active, progressive young man.

Gustave Jonas, vice-president of the Jonas Automobile Company of Milwaukee, is a native of Germany, having been born in that country on July I, 1879. A brief review of the lives of his parents, Carl and Johanna (Zenke) Jonas, may be found in the sketch of August A. Jonas elsewhere in this volume. He received his educational advantages in the public schools of the city. When he completed his scholastic work he engaged in the bicycle business, conducting with a Mr. Miller a salesroom and general repair shop. They continued this business for eleven years, but as automobiles began to come into vogue Mr. Jonas turned his attention to them, and later, with his two brothers, organized the Jonas Automobile Company, the first company of its kind to be organized in the state of Wisconsin. The firm was incorporated in 1905 with August A. Jonas as president and treasurer; Gustave as vice-president, and William G. Jonas as secretary and manager. The firm's place of business is at 726 National avenue, and includes a garage, repair shop and salesroom. The subject of this memoir is a capable master mechanic and oversees the mechanical part of the firm's business. On June 30, 1003. Mr. Jonas was united in marriage to Miss Lily Ters, a native of Milwaukee and a daughter of James

Ters, a railroad man. A son, Walter by name, has come to bless this union. Mr. Jonas is prominent in fraternal circles as an active member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Truman H. Curtis, an efficient sanitary inspector of the health department of the city government, was born in Port Hope, in the province of Ontario, Canada, on Oct. n, 1841. He is a son of Leonard S. Curtis, who was born in East Dorset, Vt., on Jan. 27, 1815, and his wife, Clymena (Stinson) Curtis, born in Dunbarton, N, H., in 1813. The Stinson family were the first settlers in Dunbarton, coming from the north of Ireland in 1680. They were of sturdy Scotch stock, and the great grandfather saw service as a member of the Continental Army in the War of the Revolution. The grandfather was a major of militia in the War of 1812. Leonard S. Curtis was a prominent citizen of Wauwatosa, having held several of the town offices. He was of English descent, his ancestors having migrated to this country from England in 1745. Mr. Curtis received his primary education in the common schools of his birthplace and in Wauwatosa, and at the latter was prepared for college. In January, i860, he matriculated at Beloit College, but owing to various circumstances he did not graduate until 1867. At the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company B of the First infantry, Wisconsin volunteers, for the three months' service. With the regiment he participated in the advance on Martinsburg, which the First Wisconsin led, and in the battle of Falling Waters ; and Aug. 22, 1861, was honorably discharged from the service. He then re-entered college, but again was compelled to leave before completing his course by his election to the lower house of the state legislature. He served in the session of 1866, and represented the towns of Wauwatosa and Greenfield. In June, 1867, he was one of the thirteen members of the class who graduated at Beloit College. Ten of the thirteen are still living, and keep in touch with each other by means of a class letter, which each year circles the globe. There are sixty-two volumes so far compiled, the latter of which is at the present time in transit. It required ten months for the first volume to complete the circuit, but it is now done in much less time. After his graduation from college he entered the meat and grocery business, in which he was engaged for a period of thirteen years. He entered the employ of the city as assessor of the city water rates under Mayor Stoll, and served in that capacity for a period of two years. In May, 1883, he became an inspector in the health department and holds that position at the present time. That he has filled the position in a most satisfactory manner to all concerned is evidenced in the fact of his long service through the various administrations. In politics he has always been a stanch adherent of the principles of the Democratic party, and his election and appointment to public office have always been under that regime. He is a liberal in his religious views, believing that the standard of citizenship and manhood is not influenced by creed or sect, and his only social relations are with the Beloit College Alumni Association and the Grand Army of the Republic. On Feb. 22, 1869, Mr. Curtis was united in marriage to of Milwaukee. The following' children were the issue of this union : R. K., born July 17, 1870, an engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; Leonard S., born March 21, [872, a member of the Milwaukee Fire Department; Chester J., bom May 8, 1X74. a government inspector; William, born July 3, [876, died at the age of seven months; Helen M., born Dec. 25, 1870; Willard A., born in 1883; John Wesley, born in 1881 ; Leo F., born in 1883; Truman 1 1., Jr., born July 21, 1887; Jessie Rose, born Aug. 28, 1890; and Cosy Clymene, born in 1893. Mr. Curtis arrived in Milwaukee on Oct. 6, 1845, and has been one of the most progressive and public spirited citizens in the upbuilding of the city since that time.

Alfred Hilton, the genial and efficient secretary and treasurer of the Slocum Straw Works, one of the large manufactories of Milwaukee, was born in the Cream City on May 19, i860, and is a son of Alfred and Ann Hilton. The father was born in Oldham, England, on May 18, 1824, and the mother in Lancashire on April 9, 1825. Mr. Hilton received his educational advantages in the public and high schools of the city, and when he had graduated at the latter institution he entered the Northwestern Straw Works as a hatmaker. He has since had no other employment, and has worked through the various departments of the institution, thoroughly mastering each stage of the work. His promotion to the position of secretary and treasurer has been the result of hard work, enterprise and attention to details until he has become one of the most valued officials of the business. In his political relations he is allied with the Republican party, but has never found the leisure to become a candidate for public office, being too engrossed in business affairs. In religious matters he is a loyal member of the Congregational church and one of its most zealous workers. On Nov. 29, 1883, Mr. Hilton was united in marriage to Miss Mary Welsh. a daughter of William B. and Leticua Welsh, of Milwaukee. Three children have been born to bless this union, Alice May, now twenty-two years of age; Amy Adeline, twenty-one years old, and Fannie, nineteen years of age. Mr. Hilton's brother, John, was a member of a Wisconsin infantry regiment during the Civil war and served all through that struggle.

William N. Hilton, well known in commercial and manufacturing circles of Milwaukee, as the vice-president of the Slocum Straw Works, was born in Milwaukee on March 3, 1858, a son of Alfred and Ann (Needham) Hilton. His father was born in Oldham, England, on May 18, 1824, and his mother in Lancashire on April 9, 1825. Mr. Hilton attended the public schools i^\ his native city and graduated at one of the high schools. Immediateb after graduation he entered the employ of the Northwestern Straw Works, and his business career since that time has been continuously with the same firm. His enterprise, thrift and integrity won recognition for him from his employers, who appreciated that he was one of many in business dealings. Consequently his promo- tion through the various departments of the works was rapid, and in each department he made a study of the details of the work, so that today in his official capacity as vice-president, he is thoroughly conversant with each step in the process of manufacture. The concern's output consists chiefly of ladies' straw and felt hats, and the Slocum quality is everywhere known as the best. In politics Mr. Hilton is a stanch adherent of the principles of the Republican party and in religious matters is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church. On July 28, 1886, he was united in marriage to Miss Jennie McCreedy, a daughter of James and Jane McCreedy, of the town of Lake. Five children have been born to bless this union, Needham I., Eugene B., Marjorie, Harriet and Cora Viola.

John Ziehl, the genial proprietor of the Hotel Bismarck, is a son of Ferdinand and Opleona Ziehl, and was born at Hoerdt, Germany, on March 28, 1863. Both parents were born in the same town, the father in 1820 and the mother in 1828. He comes of that sturdy German stock which has been such a powerful influence in the development of the German empire, and is a direct descendant of many German patriots. His paternal grandfather lost his life while serving his country as a soldier in the Franco-Russian war. John ZiehFs education was limited to eight years of study in the common schools of Hoerdt. He was a young man of ambition, with a desire for travel, and when but eighteen years of age we find him crossing the ocean to meet the hardships and trials of life in a new country. He arrived penniless and friendless, but with superb courage he undertook the struggle for an existence. He located first at Erie, Pa., and his first means of livelihood was as a laborer in a brickyard. Nothing better offered for a year, and he stuck to the work, meantime making himself familiar with the English language and the customs of the country. For two years he was engaged as a moulder and then for some time as a clerk. In 1886 he came to Milwaukee and embarked in the hotel. The measure of his success can best be judged by the popularity of his house, which has always been a great favorite with the traveling public. He conducts a modern hostelry with every convenience, and is especially anxious that his patrons receive the most courteous treatment at the hands of his employes. In politics Mr. Ziehl is a Democrat, but has never found the leisure to devote to a candidacy for public office, despite the urgent solicitation of his many friends. His re- Hgiotis relations are with the Catholic church and fraternally he is identified with Columbia Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. On Dec. 28, 1886, Mr. Ziehl was united in marriage to Mrs. Ottelie Spindler, a native of Germany and a daughter of Peter Winter. They have no children.

Alfred L. Kastner, M. D., a practicing physician in the city of Milwaukee, was born in that city on Sept. 29, 1878, son of Ernst and Emma (Vogel) Kastner, both of whom are also natives of the Cream City. The paternal grandparents, John and Rosina Kastner, were natives of Bavaria, Germany, migrated to America about 1849 and settled in Milwaukee, where they lived the remainder of their lives. The maternal grandparents were Ludevig and Mora Vogel, who also were pioneer citizens of Milwaukee and there lived and died. Ernst Kastner, the father of the subject of this review, is interested in the B. Hoffman Manufacturing Company at Milwaukee. Dr. Kastner received his early education in the public schools of Milwaukee, including a course in the high school, after which he began the study of medicine and graduated in the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons with the class of 1902. After his graduation he spent about seven months as interne at the Milwaukee County Hospital and also as assistant surgeon at the Soldiers' Home, and he then opened an office in the city for the active practice of his profession, in which he has since been engaged with highly gratifying success. He maintains an independent position in political matters, not caring for official honors nor deeming it prudent to worship at the shrine of any political organization, but he takes a live interest in all affairs of a public nature. He keeps in touch with his professional brethren by having membership in the Milwaukee, the Milwaukee County, and the Wisconsin State Medical associations, and he is a member of the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity, and of the Masonic order. He is also a member of the Beavers, of which organization he is the local medical examiner, and he is also the examiner for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Firemen. On June 10, 1908, he was married to Mathilda Hoffmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Balthasar Hoffmann, of Milwaukee.

Adolph Ehrler, one of the prominent confectioners of Milwaukee, was born in Switzerland Sept. 22, 1870, being the son of Adolph and Elizabeth Ehrler, both of whom were born, lived and died in Switzerland. The father of our subject was a business man in Switzerland. His deep love for his native mountains was so great that no inducement could change his determination to die amidst their enchanting influences. He was a true, hardy child of nature, as the Swiss usually are, and he judged and concluded correctly when he resolved that no matter where his footsteps might roam he could find no scenery more beautiful than his own, beneath the shadow of the Matterhorn, of Pilatus, and of the Jungfrau, so here should be his and his wife's grave in the lovely land of William Tell. To himself and wife were born two children, our subject and a daughter,' both of whom were educated in Switzerland. It appears that the, son was not imbued with the same patriotic devotion to the land of his birth as was the father. Neither the pursuit of the chamois from cliff to crag, the ripplings of a thousand rills fed by everlasting glaciers, nor that sweetest music, the jodel of the fair daughters of his native land, could restrain his "wanderlust," hence we find him at the age of twenty, in 1891, a citizen of Milwaukee. In 1900 he engaged in the confectionery business at 276 Third street, but in 1907, his business increasing, he began on an enlarged scale at 301 Third street, where he is still located in a thriving business. In 1902, in seeking a life partner, he concluded he could not do better than choose a daughter of his native country, so he married Miss Lena, daughter of John Ruegg, who was born in Switzerland. They have one child living, a daughter, Elizabeth ; and one son, Thomas, deceased. In religion Mr. Ehrler is a member of the Lutheran church and in politics he is an independent. He is a member of the E. F. U. and M. W. A. His success is due to his methods of fair dealing and to his great care of details.

Carroll Milton Edmund Towne, of Milwaukee, was born at Milton, Vermont, Oct. 2, 1855, being the son of Byron and Sarah (Fargo) Towne, both born at Milton, Vt. His parents came to Ripon, Wis., in i860, and engaged in the hotel business and then moved to Fond du Lac in 1867, where they conducted the American and Patty hotels for several years. Finally in 1885 the family moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where father and son continued as landlords until the father's death Oct. 29, 1889. The mother died Nov. 2, 1882. The father was an alderman of Fond du Lac, and also served a term as city treasurer. He was a Master Mason and a prominent member of the K. of P. The paternal grandfather, John Towne, was a native of Vermont, and his wife was Anna Jackson, granddaughter of Gen. Giles Jackson. The maternal grandfather was John Fargo, a native of Vermont, who died there in 1846. His wife was Sarah Merritt, who died in Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1884, at the great age of 96 years. Carroll Milton Towne received his education in the public schools of Ripon, at Mrs. Pooler's private school at Fond du Lac, and at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Chicago. He Avas with his father in the hotel business in Fond du Lac until 1879, when he became secretary of the Wheel Seeder Co., which position he held for ten years and he then again joined his father in the hotel business at Minneapolis, Minn., until the latter's death in 1889, and he continued the business by himself until 1892, when he came to Milwaukee. Soon after his arrival in this city he became connected with the J. L. Burnham & Sons, brick manufacturers, and for the past four years he has been secretary of the Burnham Brick and Supply Co., dealers in brick and building supplies. On Aug. 8, 1882, Carroll M. Towne married Miss Annie L., daughter of Jonathan L. and Louisa (McCarty) Burnham, of Milwaukee. They are the parents of one son, Jackson Edmund, born June 21, 1894, and now a student of the Milwaukee Academy. Mr. Towne is a Mason, a member of Kilbourn Lodge, No. 3; Kilbourn Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. ; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, K. T., and AVisconsin Consistory. He is secretary of the Greater Milwaukee Association. In politics he is a member of the Republican party.

John A. Becher was born in Weimar, Germany, March 13, 1833. He was educated in Germany and came to the United States in 1853 and to Milwaukee in 1857, where he engaged in the grocery business until 1859. when he opened a real estate office, in which business he was interested until i8qt, when he retired. Being a man '>!' great energy and business foresight he was eminently successful in his business enterprises, and he is now enjoying his well earned quiet. During the war Mr. Becher offered his services to his adopted country and was commissioned first lieutenant and quartermaster of the Thirty-fourth Wisconsin regiment, in which capacity he acted from its organization until he was mustered out in September, 1863. In 1857 he married Miss Johanna ECrueger, of Milwaukee, whose parents belonged to the earliest settlers of -Milwaukee county. She died in April. [892, at Philadelphia while she was returning with her husband from a trip to Europe. One son, Franklin A., was the result of their union. An adopted daughter. Emily, is a member of the family. The son married Miss Adda M. Wolf, oi Milwaukee, a daughter of Commodore W. If. Wolf, the well-known ship builder, and they have a daughter, Marion, who married Harry L. Bradley, a grandson of William Pitt Lyon, a prominent attorney of Milwaukee. In politics Mr. Becher is a stanch Republican, being thoroughly devoted to the principles of that party, and he, in turn, has been honored by many evidences of its approval and appreciation of his patriotic services. In 1869 he was appointed a member of the State Board of Immigration, which he held until 1871, when it was abolished by the legislature. In 1879 the board was re-established by an act of the legislature, and he was reappointed a member and was elected its President, which position he occupied until 1887, when it was again abolished. He was a member of the city school board from 1873 to 1877 and a member of the legislature from Milwaukee in 1873. He is a member of the E. B. Wolcott Post, G. A. R., and a member of the Loyal Legion. Mr. Becher has won a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens by his splendid qualities of head and heart, his thorough-going, rugged honesty and devotion to whatever he thinks is just and right.

Harvey Greenwood Morton, D. D. S., a young man of great promise in the profession of dentistry in Milwaukee, was born in that city Oct 18, 1874, the son of Josiah Lyman Morton, of Hatfield, Mass., and Mary (Greenwood) Morton, of Lincoln, England. The father of Dr. Morton came to Milwaukee in 1862 and began life as a clerk, but this he soon abandoned, engaging in merchandising, which he followed for twelve years, when he changed to work in the postoffice for about six years, which he quit to go into the wholesale wagon business, which he continued until 1900, but his health failing he retired from worldly cares and is now living in Wauwatosa, Wis. To him and his wife were born two children, Frederick Lyman and Harvey Greenwood. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and graduated from the high school at Wauwatosa. He graduated from the dental department of the Milwaukee .Medical College in [893, since which time he has been in the active and successful practice of dentistry in his native city in the Mack Block. On Oct. 21 1900. he married Miss Helen, daughter of E. R. and Susan (Rogers) Godfrey, of Wauwatosa. Their marital relations have been blessed with two children, Catherine Godfrey and Godfrey Lyman. Dr. Morton is a member of the Congregational church and a member of the Re- publican party, being also a member of the Odontological Society, of the Wisconsin State Dental Society, and the Milwaukee Dental Society ; and is also a member of Wauwatosa Lodge, No. 276, Free and Accepted Masons; of Kilbourn Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons ; of Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, Knights Templar, and of Wisconsin Consistory.

Percy Bennet Wright, D. D. S., the dentist and the dean of the dental department of the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Milwaukee, was born in Jackson, Mich., June 30, 1874, the son of George M. and Anna M. (Townsend) Wright, the former born in Oswego, N. Y., July 23, 1834, and the latter in Amherst, Ohio, July 21, 1838. The paternal grandfather was Joseph Wright of Bernardstown, Mass., where he and his wife were born in 1812. He came to Jackson, Mich., about i860 and died in Brooklyn, Mich., in 1899, aged 8y years, and his wife died in 1877. The father of our subject was a sign painter and house decorator, who died in Oct. 14, 1894, at Jackson, Mich., where his widow now lives. They had two children, Mrs. A. R. Martin, of Jackson, Mich., and Percy B., our subject, who was educated in the ..public schools of Jackson, graduating from the high school in 1892, and in the fall of 1893 he began the study of dentistry in the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in June, 1896. He began practice in Chicago in 1896, but in November of the same year he came to Milwaukee, where he has been ever since engagd in a successful practice of his profession. He is dean of the dental department of the P. & S. of Milwaukee. On April 10, 1902, he married Ettie E., daughter of A. R. and Belle (Elliott) Matthews, both deceased, of Milwaukee, and his beloved wife followed her parents to the final resting place Feb. 8, 1905. In religion Dr. Wright is an Episcopalian and attends St. James church, while in politics he is Republican. He is a member of Milwaukee Odontological Society, of Wisconsin State Dental Society ; a member of Lafayette Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M. ; of Calumet Chapter, No. 73, R. A. M. ; of the Lmiversity Club, of Blue Mound Country Club, and of the Town Club of Milwaukee.

Ernest Demin, a very successful real estate and insurance man of Milwaukee, was born April 23, 1849, in Germany, being the son of Christian and Caroline (Trapp) Demin, natives of Germany, who came to Milwaukee in 1856 direct from the old country, where the father had been the overseer and manager of a very large domain. The family was composed of four daughters and four sons, of whom our subject is the only survivor. The father died in 1866 and the mother in T876. Our subject received his education in the public schools of Germany and Milwaukee. At first he clerked in a grocery store and then went into the commission business for twenty-five years. Of recent years he has been successfully en- U'a^ed in the real estate and insurance business. From the start he had to rely upon his own resources and' natural abilities for whatever progress lie has made in the battles of life. Besides a large amount of rental and unimproved property he has a beautiful residence at 1224 Galena street, Milwaukee. On Jan. 4, 1873. lie married Miss Marguerite, daughter of Nicholas and Barabra 1 Rummage) Reinel, both natives of Germany, who came to Milwaukee in 1843, and spent their last days here, he dying in 1873 an^ his wile in 1805. They had eight children, all daughters and all now married. To our subject and wife four children were born : Rosalie, deceased; William, deceased; Isabel and Louis C, living. Mr. Demin always entertained a liking for the exeitement of politics, and has received recognition from the Republican party, with which he affiliates. He wras at one time supervisor of the Ninth ward, then he was appointed member of the State Central Committee, and for several years he was a member of the Committee of One Hundred. Himself and family are members of St. John's Lutheran church. He began life in poverty at the foot of the ladder, and round by round he has fought his way upward through many difficulties until he has reached a point of advantage and successful accomplishments of which he may feel greatly pleased if not justly proud.

Rudolph G. Richter, a prominent dentist of Milwaukee, was born in that city Feb. 28, 1856, being the son of Albrecht and Elizabeth (Wingfield) Richter, the former born in Saxony. Germany, and the latter in London, England, having met and married in Mihvaukee about 1850, the father having arrived in said city in 1848 and the mother in 1842. The father was educated at the University of Leipsic and wras a graduate of that institution. He was one of the pioneer dentists in Mihvaukee and retired from business several years ago, dying July n, 1885. But his widow is still living. There were eight children in the family, of whom five are living. Our subject wras educated in the Milwaukee Academy and at the Polytechnic Institute of Frankenberg, Germany. He graduated from the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1879, and has since been in active practice in Milwaukee. On Nov. 21, 1883, he married Miss Emma, daughter of Frederick and Adell (Smith ) Rand, natives of Maine, who came to Milwaukee about 1878, both now being dead. The union was blessed by the presence of three sons: Edward R., a student and graduate of the University of Wisconsin and now an engineer ; Charles F. and Henry W., twins. Dr. Richter w^as a member of the Light Horse Squadron of the National Guard, joining in 1882 and serving until 1893. Politically he votes the Republican ticket. Lie is a member of the Wisconsin State Dental Society; of the National Dental Association; the Milwaukee Odontological Society; and the American Medical Association. He served also as president of the State Board of Dental Examiners. He belongs to the Milwaukee Club and to the Milwaukee Athletic Club.

James I. Jones, a leading dentist of Milwaukee, was born in Cassopolis, Mich., Dec. 25, 1845, being the son of Daniel S. and Selma (Miller) Jones, the former a native of Butler county, Ohio, and the latter born in Nunda, N. Y. The parents met and married at Cassopolis, Mich., about 1830, where the father was a carpenter and cabinet maker, which he followed till his death in 1893, and his wife died in 1897. He was active in the Democratic party and held different local offices. They had a family of ten children, of whom eight are living. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Cassopolis, and then learned the cabinet maker's trade, which he followed from the time he was fourteen to twenty-eight years of age. Then he began the study of dentistry, working in an office for seven years, after which he took a two years' course in the dental department of the University of Michigan. In 1882 he located at Neenah, Wis., and began his practice, remaining there one and onehalf years. From there he went to Kaukauna, Wis., staying there in the practice five and one-half years till in 1889 he came to Milwaukee, where he has since resided in active and successful practice of his profession. On May 29, 1889, he married Miss Lillie, daughter of Edward and Louise (Blankenhorn) Kettler, of Milwaukee. Mr. Kettler was a cabinet maker by trade and is still living, at the age of 71. Their union was blessed with ten children, all of whom are living. Dr. Jones served his country while yet a mere youth in the Civil war by enlisting as a private in Company L, Ninth 'regiment Indiana volunteers, in March, 1862. He fought in the battle of Shiloh, in many skirmishes and in the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and after serving a year and nine months he was honorably discharged. In politics Dr. Jones is a Democrat. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Dental Association, the North Side Dental Association ; Wisconsin Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M. ; Wisconsin Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M. ; Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, K. T. ; Milwaukee Lodge, No. 2, I. O. O. F. ; Wisconsin Encampment, No. 1, I. O. O. F., and the Millioki Club. Whatever he undertakes he does well. He is a first-class dentist and an honorable, upright citizen.

Joseph C. Baird, of the transfer firm of Davis & Baird, was born in Walworth county, Wisconsin, being the son of Samuel and Agnes (Murdoch) Baird, both natives of Edinburgh, Scotland. The parents came to the United States and to Walworth county in 1845 ar,d settled on a farm, although the father was a mason by trade in Edinborough. The father died in Walworth county, Wisconsin, in 1854, but the wife and two children are still living. The maternal grandfather and grandmother of our subject were natives of Scotland, but came to the United States and to Walworth county in an early day, where they both died and were buried. Our subject received his education in the public schools of Walworth county and at Troy high school, and in February, 1872, came to Milwaukee, entering the employ of the Davis Bus Line, but in [883 lie became a member of the firm under the firm name of The Davis-Baird Transfer Co. In May, 1880, he married Miss Mary, daughter of John and Mary Dillon, of Milwaukee, early settlers, the wife's parents both being now deceased. The issue of their marriage is one son, Chester D., born in September, 1887, who grad- uated from the Milwaukee Academy and is now a student at the Wisconsin University. Mr. .Baird is a clear-headed business man, thoroughly reliable, and has the respect of all who know him.

Warren B. Davis, D. O., (Doctor of Osteopathy |, of Milwaukee, was born in Fort Atkinson, Rock county, Wis., Jan. 27, 1869, the son of John H. and Esther M. (Hopkins) Davis, the former horn in Bangor, Me., Dec. 5, 1834, and the latter in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Aug". 21, 1842. The father came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1849, from Bangor, settling on a farm in Rock county near Fort Atkinson. The subject's grandfather opened a hotel at Fort Atkinson called the Green Mountain House, and after his death the son ran the hotel until 1882, when he went to Faribault, Minn., and farmed near there for fourteen years, when he retired and he and his wife now live with our subject in retiracy. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Faribault, Minn., and then completed a commercial course. He next taught school for two years in Rice county, Minnesota, after which he spent seven years as assistant cashier of the Sutherland State Bank of Sutherland, Iowa. He came to Milwaukee in 1898 after he graduated from the Northern College of Osteopathy of Minneapolis, Minn., and in conjunction with Dr. Cherry, founded the Milwaukee College of Osteopathy, Dr. Davis becoming dean and secretary-treasurer. This institution was later merged with the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. Since that time Dr. Davis has been practicing with success according to the principles of his chosen school in Milwaukee. On Aug. 16, 1893, he married Miss Nettie J., daughter of Bartlett and Ann (Wilbur) Adams, of Faribault, Minn., who came from Vermont of English stock, both now deceased. The issue of this union was two sons, Earl Adams, born March 29, 1895, and Paul Herbert, born June 2, 1897. A sister of Dr. Davis, Abbie S. Davis, graduated from the Faribault High School, taking then a special course at the University of Minnesota for one year, and then she graduated from the Northern School of Osteopathy of Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 1, 1899. She entered the practice of osteopathy at Ashland, Wis., remaining there two and one-half years, since which time she has been engaged with her brother in this city. Through the Davis' and Bartlett's the genealogical tree makes direct connection with the earlest New England settlers. In politics Dr. Davis is a Republican. In religion himself and sisters are members of the Baptist faith. He is a member of the Milwaukee Osteopathic Society, the Wisconsin State Osteopathic Association, the American Osteopathic Association, a trustee of the A. T. Still Research Institute; of Wisconsin Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M., and of the M. W. A. and the Milwaukee Athletic Club. Like all other graduates of Osteopathy, Dr. Davis and his sister. Dr. Abbie S. Davis, are deeply devoted to their idea. and. without fear or affectation, they bravely defend their position.

William T. Hardy, D. D. S., of Milwaukee, was born Dec. 14, 1877, m Otsego, N. Y.. being the son of J. Henry and Henrietta (Ferguson) Flardv, the former born in Otsego county, X. Y.. June 7,

1853, and the latter in the same county and state Dec. 3, 1850. The parents came to Menominee, Wis., in 1880, remaining there until 1891, when they went to Camp Douglas, Wis., for three years, then came to Milwaukee, living here until 1902, when they moved to Duluth, Minn., where they are still living. The father is in the employ of the Standard Oil Co. By appointment of Governor Peck he was custodian of the Military Reserve at Camp Douglas, Wis., from 1891 to 1893, inclusive. He was alderman at Menominee for two years. In politics he is a Democrat, and his wife is a member of the Plymouth Congregational church. William T. Hardy was educated in the public schools of Menominee. In 1903 he graduated from the Milwaukee Medical College and has been in active practice ever since. The paternal grandfather of subject was William Hardy, a native of Otsego county, N. Y., who was a farmer, and is now living retired. His wife was also a native of Otsego county. The maternal grandfather was Thornton Ferguson and his wife was Lavinia (Peck) Ferguson, both early settlers of Otsego county, where they lived and died. The great grandparents on the mother's side were participants in the American Revolution. Our subject was president of the senior class when he graduated and was president of the Alumni of his school in 1906. He is also a member of Camp Douglas Lodge, No. 272, F. & A. M., of Wisconsin Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M., of Wisconsin Council, No. 4, R. & S. and in his political predilections he is a member of the Democratic party.

Bessie Calvert Childs, D. O., a practicing physician of that school of Milwaukee, was born at Jonesville, Flillsdale county, Mich., March 5, 1880, being the daughter of Rev. Edwin W. and Helen (Force) Childs, the former born in Morgan county, Ohio, June 18, 1832, and the latter in Utica, N. Y., in 1838. The parents came from Cleveland, Ohio, to Jonesville, Mich., in 1862, where the father had accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church, which charge he held for nearly twenty-five years. Upon his resignation the family removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., where Mrs. Childs conducted a private school for the children of the university professors. In 1887 Mr. Childs removed to Granville, Ohio, where he was pastor of the Presbyterian church for ten years, and finally came to Milwaukee in 1897, where he has since led a retired life. The father of our subject was graduated from the Western Reserve (now Adelbert) University of Cleveland, Ohio, in which institution he taught for three years before entering the ministry. The mother of our subject was a graduate of the Western Female College at Oxford, Ohio, and for three years was teacher of music there. Four children are living: Mary Louise, a graduate of the Northwestern University, and also a student at Ann Arbor and Harvard universities, then a teacher at the Western Female College at Oxford, Ohio, and for eighteen years last past a teacher of English I [istory and Civics at Cook County High School at Evanston. 111.; Daisy, wife of Charles T. Atwell. of Zanesville. Ohio; Edward P., a graduate of Denison University, Granville, Ohio, and student of Michigan and Plarvard universities, who is at present the president of the Normal College at Asheville, N. C, and the youngest, Bessie C, the subject of our sketch. The history of the family thus shown indicates conclusively that they were people of high intellectuality and great force of character. ( >ur subject was educated fur three years at Granville College and for three years at the Western Female College at Oxford, Ohio. She began the study of Osteopathy at the Milwaukee College of Osteopathy and graduated from the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., in 1902, and since then has been in successful practice of her profession in Milwaukee. She is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Wisconsin Osteopathic Association, tin- Milwaukee Osteopathic Society and of the Axis Club Sorority of Kirksville, Mo. The father and brothers of our subject are members of the Republican part}", while in religion the father is a Presbyterian. Our subject is a member of St. James Episcopal church, Milwaukee. Notwithstanding the fact that the school meets with intense and direct opposition from the older schools, she stands fearlessly in the forefront to champion the medical principles for which the school at Kirksville" has become famous, and we do not hesitate to say that her opponents find in Dr. Bessie Calvert Childs a fair foeman worthy of their best steel.

Lee S. Rumsey, D. D. S., one of the popular young dentists of Milwaukee, who is engaged in the active practice of his profession at 325 Hanover street, was born at Olean, Cattaraugus county, X. Y., in the valley of the Alleghany river, Sept. 3, 1873. His father was Obediah Rumsey, born at Washingtonville, X. V., and his mother was Flora (Watson) Rumsey, a native of New York state, where she was born in 1820. The elder Rumsey was a tailor by trade, but gave up this vocation to engage in farming and at the time so many people were leaving" the older states in the East he emigrated to Illinois and took up land near McHenry, but subsequently returned to New York and lived at Elmira for six years. About 1882 he came to Wisconsin and bought a farm near Darien, in Walworth county. Two sons were born to Mr. Rumsey at the home on the old farm, Ray L., who is a farmer in W'alworth county still, and the subject of this sketch. Mr. Rumsey was a Whig during his early life and later was a supporter of the Republican party ; he and his wife were members of the Congregational church of Clinton Junction, Wis., and he was an active member at the time of his death in 1893. Mrs. Rumsey has lived a quiet, retired life since her husband died, making her home at Walworth, Wis. Lee attended the public schools of Walworth county and graduated from the high school at Clinton Junction, and as he determined to secure a professional education, entered the dental department of the New York Medical College, where he studied for two years. He made rapid progress there and in 1898 passed the examination given by the State Dental board of Wisconsin and was admitted to practice. Since that time he has a growing and lucrative practice at 32^ Hanover street. Tn l£ on the 14th of February, Mr. Rumsey was united in marriage with Ada, the daughter of Joel Stevens, of Plainfield, Wis. Her parents came west from Williamsport, Pa., and located in Wisconsin at an early da}". Three children have been made welcome in their home : Chester R., Leroy C. and Beatrice, all of whom are at home. Mr. Rumsey's church affiliations are with the Congregational church of Clinton Junction, Wis., of which he is a member, and in politics he is a Republican.

William S. Griffiths, D. D. S., one of the well known and representative dentists of Milwaukee, where he has been established in a successful practice for more than twelve years, is a native of the Cream City, born there Sept. 2, 1870, and is of American and English descent. His father was William S. Griffiths, born in New York city, April 19, 1842, and his mother was born in Liverpool, England, Aug. 6, 1846. They came to Milwaukee in 1865 and Mr. Griffiths has been associated with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in various capacities of trust since that time. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Baptist church. The subject of this sketch is one of the five children born to his parents and reared in Milwaukee. He received his education in the public schools of the city and later studied under a tutor, taking an advanced course. He desired a professional training and matriculated at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, where he duly received his degree as Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1896. Since that time he has engaged in practice in his native city and has won marked prestige as an able and popular dentist. On June 27, 1900, he married Jennie, the daughter of Julius H. and Johanna (Salentine) Cordes, of Milwaukee. Dr. Griffiths is a member of the South Baptist church and is an independent in politics, taking a lively interest in any movement towards reform, but preferring to be bound by no party ties when casting his vote. He is a member of the Southern Wisconsin Dental Society, the Milwaukee Dental Society, and has fraternal relations with the Masons and Knights of Pythias, being a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 175, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Walker Lodge, Knights of Pythias.

Henry P. Hoehl, D. D. S., one of the representative members of the dental profession in Milwaukee, was born in the Cream City March 7, 1872. His parents were Philip and Martha (Thiel) Hoehl, both of whom were natives of Germany, and immigrated to the United States about the middle of the nineteenth century. They met and Avere married in Milwaukee, where the elder Hoehl was a hatter for some years. Later he became interested in the dry goods business and was engaged in it for a number of years. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoehl, all of whom are still living. The father passed away July 2, 1887. leaving a widow, who is still living in Milwaukee. Mr. Hoehl had been a good and devoted father, and his loss was keenly felt by his family and large circle of acquaintances. When the Civil war broke out he responded to the call of his adopted country and enlisted as a private in the volunteer infantry of New York state, in 1861, and served with credit to himself and honor to his regiment at the battle of Antietam, and was mustered out of the service at the end of two years. Henrv was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and attended the Meyer Business College. A business career did not appeal to him and he entered the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, but after studying there for a year returned to Milwaukee and completed his course in the dental department of Marquette College, where he was graduated in 1896, and received the well earned degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He immediately began the practice of his profession in Milwaukee at 760 Third street, and is recognized as one of the most aide members of his profession and controls a large and representative practice. Mr. Hoehl is a member of the Marquette Alumni Association, the Northern Dental Society, the Millioki Club and the Gegenseitige Unterssuetzungs Gesellschaft Germania Central Verein. Mr. Hoehl is not associated with any party in politics, believing that it is better to exercise his privilege of franchise to vote for the principle involved and to put the best man in for local and national offices than to be bound by party lines. He was united in marriage Nov. 19, 1898, to Rosina, the daughter of Henry Mollerns, of Milwaukee. Their home has been brightened by the birth of one daughter, Gertrude Martha.

Jeremiah Goble Harrison, D. D. S., who is established in the successful practice of his profession at 416 East North avenue, Milwaukee, is one of the rising men of his profession in the Cream City. He is a native of the Badger State, born at La Crosse, Wis.. Nov. 16, 1872, being a son of William L. and Mary A. (Goble) Harrison, who were born at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1834 and 1836, respectively. During the early days of settlement in this state they came west and settled in Jackson county and subsequently moved to La Crosse. William Harrison learned the cabinet maker's trade when he was a young man, but later became a mason and followed this vocation in Wisconsin. Five sturdy sons and two daughters were born to these pioneers, all of whom are still living. Mr. Harrison became one of the members of the Republican party when it was founded and was one of its stanchest adherents. Both he and his wife were communicants of the Baptist church, and it lost a loyal supporter and loyal working member when Mrs. Harrison was called from earthly cares and duties in 1894. Her husband, with whom she had shared the vicissitudes and hardships of life in a new country, survived her but one year. La Crosse lost a loyal and public spirited citizen and one mourned by all his acquaintances and friends. Jeremiah, the subject of this sketch, secured his early educational discipline in the common schools of La Crosse and completed a course in the high school. After finishing his studies he secured a position with a firm that conducted a business in painting, paper hanging and house decorating, and during the years he was associated with them became an expert in that line. He was ambitious and not content to work for others and decided to take a professional course, and matriculated in the dental department of Marquette College. Milwaukee, where he was graduated in 1901, and duly received his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from this excellent institution. He located at 416 East North avenue the same year, where he is building" up an excellent business and meeting" with gratifying success, being closely devoted to his profession and finding; it worthv of his entire attention in the matter of continued study and investigation as well as active practice. He is a loyal supporter of the cause of the Republican party. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church, and fraternally he is identified with the Hartland Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Modern Woodmen of America, and is also a member of the Alumni Association of Marquette College. On June 17, 1903, Mr. Harrison was united in marriage with Gertrude, the daughter of William and Hannah (Luck) Notbohm, of Delafield, Wis. Mr. Notbohm is deceased, but Mrs. Notbohm still resides at the old home in Delafield.

Rev. George Regenfuss, assistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, of Milwaukee, was born in Germantown, Washington county, Wis., Oct. 18, 1878. His grandfather came to this country in 1845, residing for some time in Milwaukee, whence he proceeded to Germantown, where he took up farming and established a brewery. Jacob Regenfuss, the father of Rev. Regenfuss, was a native of Bavaria, and came to America when eight years of age, following the occupation of his father, that is, farming, but he retired from active work since and now resides in Milwaukee. The maternal grandfather emigrated from Nassau, Germany, about 1850, and after living for a few years in Milwaukee, moved his family to Germantown, Wis. Mrs. Regenfuss, who before her marriage was Elisabeth Rossbach, was born in Nassau, Germany, and is still living. Rev. George Regenfuss attended the public and parish schools of Germantown, and in preparation for his work in the priesthood entered St. Francis Seminary and was ordained on June 22, 1902, by Bishop Frederick Eis, of Marquette, Mich. He said his first mass at the Church of St. Boniface, Germantown, Wis., on June 25, 1902, and was immediately appointed assistant pastor of St. Mary's church, Milwaukee, Wis., by Rev. A. F. Shinner, vicar-general of Archbishop Katzer. During the lingering sickness of Rev. H. Willmes, the pastor of St. Mary's, Rev. Regenfuss assumed the duties of pastor and was favorably mentioned as a possible successor. During the six years of his pastorate of St. Mary's Father Regenfuss has taken a lively interest in all doings of the parish. He has been at the head of all committees and the leader of all entertainments which have terminated so successfully. His undertakings were financially so successful that the debt of the parish has been greatly decreased during his time. He takes a lively interest in education and has charge of all catechetical instruction at the school. His eminence as a pulpit orator is promising. He is very much beloved by the people of St. Mary's, who bespeak for him a brilliant and successful future.