Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1909 (part 31 of 35)

"Whereas, In the untimely death of Frank Pratt Van Valenburgh we mourn the loss of our beloved friend and teacher, whose efforts were a most potent factor in the education and uplifting of the younger members of the Milwaukee bar, and upon whose wise and kindly counsel they have so much relied ; and

"Whereas. We feel in the death of Mr. Van Valkenburgh a deep sense of personal loss and a deep sense of the li>s< which the cause of legal education, the bar, and the community have sustained ; therefore be it found sorrow with which we mourn the death, not only of the teacher who inspired us with love for the study of law, but of the man whose sunny and genial disposition ever lightened our labors, and whose life will continue an inspiration to us." The Cycling Gazette, of New York, said : "The old adage that 'Death loves a shining mark' loses none of its pointed truthfulness as the days go by. In the death of Frank P. Van Valkenburgh, the brilliant Wisconsin lawyer and wheelman, the L. A. W. and other cycling organizations have lost a young man of great promise. Wisconsin will doubtless wait many a day before finding itself able to replace him." The L. A. W. Magazine said: "Frank P. Van Valkenburgh became famous through his speech in which he nominated Mr. Potter for the presidency. His eloquence, coupled with his originality of expression, held every hearer's attention; at the next meeting of the National Assembly, held in Providence, he nominated Mr. Keeman in a speech even more inspiring than that in which he nominated Mr. Potter. He was a warm-hearted, wholesouled gentleman and a general favorite. He has written a good record with us, and we shall ever remember him with pleasure, while we sincerely regret his untimely death."

Francis Bloodgood, attorney and United States court commissioner of Milwaukee, is the son of William Bloodgood, who was born in 1801 and died in 1874. The father was educated at West Point and was for many years an officer in the United States army. The son was born at Fort Howard, Wis., Dec. 22, 1827, his grandfather, Maj. William Whistler, being then commandant of the fort and superintendent of Indian affairs. Maj. John Whistler, father of William, built Fort Dearborn, Chicago, in 1803, and his son, Meriweather Lewis, was the first white child born on the site of Chicago. Another son of John, Maj. George W., with his father at the building of Fort Dearborn, was an eminent engineer, and was selected by Nicholas, Czar of Russia, to build a railroad from Moscow to St. Petersburg. A son of the latter, James Whistler, has left a world-wide fame as an artist. On the paternal side, Mr. Bloodgood is of Dutch descent, of the seventh generation in America. The first Francis Bloodgood (Francois Bloetgoet), came from Amsterdam in 1658 and settled on Long Island. He was civil and military executive on Long Island under the last Dutch governor, Colve, and a member of his council. Subsequently he served in the following British rule and was killed in a fight with the Indians in 1676. The family remained on Long Island for three generations, and then the direct ancestors of Francis Bloodgood, of this sketch, removed to Albany, where a member of that generation, the fourth, was an officer in the Revolution, and a number of others were important factors in the political and commercial life of the state during the closing years of the Eighteenth century. His grandfather, Francis Bloodgood, was one of the leading men of Albany, was president of the New York State Bank, and of the Albany Insurance Company; and was also at the head of the corporation that built the Great Western Turnpike, the high- way through western New York to the wilderness beyond. He was interested in many of the early manufactories of the state under the Clay tariff, and was twice mayor of Albany. Francis Bloodgood, of this sketch, came west with his father's family in 1854; and, having previously been admitted to the New York bar, formed a partnership with O. L. Stewart in the practice of his profession. Later, in 1859, ne was with Wheeler II. Peckham, who was subsequently distinguished at the New York bar and was, with Charles O'Connor, a prosecutor of the Tweed ring. Mr. Peckham was nominated to the United States supreme court, failing confirmation from the opposition of Senator Hill, whom he had opposed in the ranks of the New York Democracy. After the return of Mr. Peckham to the East, Mr. Bloodgood practiced alone until 1870, when he was appointed register in bankruptcy, retaining also his office as United States commissioner. After the repeal of the bankruptcy law and the closing of the pending business, in 1882, finding his health impaired, he temporarily withdrew from business, save the discharge of his office of United States commissioner. In 1887 he formed a partnership with his son, Francis, Jr., and a nephew, Jackson B. Kemper; a younger son, Wheeler P., subsequently coming into the firm. In his earlier professional career Mr. Bloodgood represented numerous parties in the prosecution of cases arising out of the railroad farm mortgages, in which all the legal issues were determined. He tried, in the United States court, the case which first determined the liability of municipalities upon bonds issued in aid of plank and railroad companies, and he was prominent in the litigation that followed the bank failures of 1893. As register in bankruptcy Mr. Bloodgood disposed of more than 500 cases, involving numerous incidental litigations at law and in equity and admiralty, principally resulting from the financial crisis of 1873. As United States commissioner he has, since 1862, held nearly 3,000 criminal examinations, among which were those against the perpetrators of the whisky frauds of 1876, the obstruction of the mails under the Debs strike, the "Gun Wah" fraud of 1890, perpetrated through the mails, other strikes, extradition and Chinese expulsion cases, and prosecutions for crimes committed on the Great Lakes, etc. He was the first judicial officer to hold the Great Lakes to be high seas, subsequently confirmed by the United States supreme court. In politics Mr. Bloodgood is a Republican, and was for many years an active factor in city, county and state conventions ; and for several years he was the secretary of the Union Club of Milwaukee, an organization of young men who supported the administration during the trying years of the war and reconstruction periods. Mr. Bloodgood was an officer and one of the organizers of the Milwaukee Light Guard, the firsl native American military organization of the state, and he was commandant of the Home Guard, organized as a school for the soldier, out of which some thirty officers were commissioned for the Civil war. He was unable to enter service in the field, though a commission was tendered, but two of his brothers did. One.

Edward, rose from private in the First Wisconsin, to colonel of the Twenty-second Wisconsin ; afterward was captain in the regular army, and was there brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel for gallant conduct during the war. The other, Wilkins, enlisted in the First Michigan infantry, was promoted to the rank of captain, participated in all the battles of McClellan's Peninsular campaign, and died from wounds received in the second battle of Manassas. Mr. Bloodgood was united in marriage to Josephine, daughter of Joseph S. Colt, of Milwaukee, on June i, 1859. Mrs. Bloodgood died in 1893. Their family consists of three daughters and three sons. The latter are Francis, Jr., and Wheeler Peckham, law partners of their father, and Dr. Joseph C, of Johns Hopkins University, of Baltimore, Md. At this writing Mr. Bloodgood is eighty-one years of age, is supposed to be, save one, the oldest living native of Wisconsin, and the oldest here resident. Among Mr. Bloodgood's earlier recollections are the details of the British retreat from Concord and of the battle of Bunker Hill related to him by an eye witness. At the time of Mr. Bloodgood's birth Wisconsin was a part of Michigan territory, organized as Brown county, and there was not a highway within its limits ; all communications by land being along the Indian trails.

Rev. John A. Riedl is the popular chaplain of the St. Aemilianus Orphan Asylum, St. Francis, Milwaukee county, Wis., and the fruition of his efforts has been the perceptible advancement of the cause to which he unselfishly devotes both energy and talent. He was born on May 13, 1878, and is the son of Luke A. and Anastasia (Hirsch) Riedl, both of whom were born in Austria, the former on Oct. 13, 1848, and the latter on April 5, 1852. The father learned the trade of silk weaving in early life, but later engaged in the grocery business in Milwaukee, which occupation he followed during the remainder of his active career. He retired from active participation in business affairs some months before his demise, which occurred on April 24, 1908. The maternal ancestors were prominent citizens of Austria and were among the first families of the locality in which they resided. To Mr. and Mrs. Luke A. Riedl there were born five children: Luke H., who is engaged as an insurance broker in Milwaukee ; Julia C. ; John A., who is the immediate subject of this review; Joseph C, who is bookkeeper in the Wisconsin National Bank in Milwaukee, and Teresa J. John A. Riedl received his early education in St. Michael's parochial school in Milwaukee, and later attended successively Marquette College, St. Lawrence College at Mt. Calvary, Wis., St. Francis Seminary, and St. John's University at Collegeville, Minn., in which last-named institution he was graduated with the class of 1901. He was ordained as priest on June 11 of the same year, and soon thereafter was appointed chaplain of the House of the Good Shepherd and continued to fill that position to the eminent satisfaction of all until he received his appointment to his present position, Sept. 26, 1908. Father Riedl is diocesan director of the "Society for the Propagation of the Faith," and

Alfred William Gray, M. D., deceased, one of the pioneer physicians of Milwaukee, was born at Sherburne, N. Y., April 15, 1802, the son of John and Diantha (Burritt) Gray. The father was born in Canaan, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1769. Dr. Gray was fourth in descent from John Gray, born in Beverly, Mass., May 17, 1707, who moved to Lebanon, Conn., in 1728, and was a member of Captain Williams' company at Fort Massachusetts, at Pittsfield, Berkshire county, in 1755. He was also third in descent from John Gray, who was born in Lebanon, Conn., on Dec. 13, 1739, and moved to Canaan, N. Y., in 1768, was a member of the committee of public safety for King's district in 1777, and participated in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. Through his mother, who was a daughter of Rev. Blackleach Burritt, he was descended from the Colonial Governor Welles, of Connecticut. Dr. Gray received his preliminary scholastic training in the public schools of Chenango county, New York, and after studying under the old preceptor system for four years he passed the examination submitted by the Chenango County Medical Society and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He first started the practice of his profession in Sacket's Harbor, N. Y., but later removed to Jamestowm and still later to Buffalo, N. Y. By appointment of Governor De Witt Clinton he served for a time as surgeon in the New York state militia. He was a skillful surgeon and was said to have performed the second successful operation for ovarian tumor in the United States. Tn 1856 he removed to Milwaukee and was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession until the time of his demise, which occurred on Jan. 8, 1873. Dr. Gray was of pronounced religious convictions of the old type and a loyal member of the Presbyterian church. For two years he occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in Jamestown and frequently supplied the pulpit of the old First Presbyterian church of Milwaukee. In 1823 he was united in marriage to Miss Valeria Elizabeth Dodd, of Elizabeth, N. J., and the issue of this union was nine children, namely : Deborrah, born 1825, died at the age of five; John, born 1827, died at the age of six months ; Mary E., now deceased, who became the wife of Danford M. Crosby, born July 18, 1830; Jane A., who became Mrs. James Foote, born in July, 1831, died in October, 1862; Frances, who became the wife of Rev. Henry G. Blinn, born Dec. 8, 1833, living in New York city ; Valeria, now deceased, born June 21, 1836, became the wife of Rev. Thomas Sherrard ; Harriet (Mrs. D. W. Jackson), born March 31, 1838, died Sept. 10, 1873; Alfred, born in December, 1840, died in July, 1844. and Nathaniel A., born March 8, 1842, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume.

Nathaniel A. Gray, M. D., 694 Summit avenue, Milwaukee, was born at Portland. N. Y., on March 8, 1842, and is the son of the late Dr. Alfred W. Gray, of whom more particular mention is made in another sketch. He came to Milwaukee with his parents in [856, and after completing his scholastic work in the schools of this city matriculated at the New York Homeopathic College, at which he graduated in 1867, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The same year he returned to Milwaukee and has been actively and successfully engaged in his practice here ever since. Between the years 1876 and 1882 he served as secretary for the trustees for the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, Wis., and between 1882 and 1888 filled a similar position for the board of trustees of the Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane. Dr. Gray is a Republican in politics, but has never sought public preferment for himself. In religious matters he is affiliated with Immanuel Presbyterian church. Socially, professionally, and fraternally, he is prominently identified with the Milwaukee Club, the Masonic order, of which he has taken the rites of the Thirtysecond degree, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Old Settlers' Club, and the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. On Feb. 28, 1866, was solemnized Dr. Gray's marriage to Miss Letitia J. Dunn, a daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Jones) Dunn, of New Lisbon, Wis. The issue of this union was four children, namely : Mrs. Chandler R. Gilman, of Milwaukee, born April 23, 1867 ; Nathaniel, died in infancy ; Dr. Alfred William Gray, of Milwaukee, born Sept. 26, 1873 ; and Dr. Walter Kempster Gray, of Cotter, Ark., born Nov. 28, 1878.

Alfred William Gray, M. D., who is associated in the practice of medicine with his father. Dr. N. A. Gray, of Milwaukee, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume, was born in Milwaukee on Sept. 26, 1873. After completing the prescribed work in the public schools of Milwaukee he matriculated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and in 1895 was granted the degree of Bachelor of Arts by the regents of that institution. Four years later he received his professional degree at Columbia University of New York city and has ever since been actively engaged in his profession in partnership with his father. He is a member of the staffs of the Milwaukee County Hospital, the Johnston Emergency Hospital, and the Milwaukee Infants' Home and Hospital. In 1905 he served as first vice-president of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, and since 1901 has been the incumbent of the office of secretary of the Milwaukee County Medical 'Society. Dr. Gray is a Republican in politics, but has never been an aspirant for public office. Professionally he is affiliated with the Milwaukee Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, and the American Medical Association ; fraternally with the Chi Psi college and the Alpha Mu Pi Omega medical fraternities ; and socially with the University and the Town clubs of Milwaukee. On Sept. 5, 1906, Dr. Gray was united in marriage to Miss Ada Pratt Ferry, the daughter of Watson J. and Mary 1 Russell) Ferry, of Kansas City, Mo. They have no children.

Arthur Tenney Holbrook, M. D., of Kenwood boulevard, Milwaukee, was born at Waukesha, Wis., on July 12, 1870, the son of Arthur and Josephine (Tenney) Holbrook, the former of whom was born in Madrid, X. Y.. in 1842, and the latter in New Haven, N. Y., in 1846. A sketch of the father appears elsewhere in tin's work. < Mi the paternal side some members of the Holbrook, Hazelton, and Bartholomew families were participants in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars and the War of 1812, and among the mother's ancestors members of the Place and Heath families also fought in the two conflicts with England. After graduation at one of the Milwaukee high schools, Dr. Holbrook matriculated at Harvard University and was there graduated in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. In 1895 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Rush Medical College of Chicago. From that year Until 1897, lie was house surgeon at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, and during the same period was an instructor in the institution at which, he obtained his professional training. With the exception of the year 1902, which he spent in study at Vienna, Austria, he has been continuously engaged in his practice in Milwaukee since 1897. Since 1898 he has been attending surgeon at the Johnston Emergency Hospital and local surgeon for the same length of time for the Wisconsin Central Railway Company. He officiates in a like capacity for the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway, having been appointed to the last-named position during the past year (1908). In 1906 he was chosen one of the trustees of the Johnston Emergency Hospital, and in the same year was made attending surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, a position he still holds. Between 1898 and 1903 he served as assistant surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant in the First Regiment, Wisconsin National Guard. Dr. Holbrook is a Republican, and is a member of Plymouth Congregational church of Milwaukee. Fraternally, socially, and professionally, he is identified with the national, state, county, and city medical societies, the Chi Psi and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities, the Sons of the American Revolution, the inheritance class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Milwaukee Club, and the Milwaukee Country Club, and he is the present incumbent of the office of president of the University Club. On July 29, 1903, Dr. Holbrook was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Matson Andrews, a daughter of Alfred Hinsdale and Ella Cornelia (Matson) Andrews, of Chicago. To this union have been born two sons, Arthur Andrews and Herbert Tenney, their respective birthdays being Feb. 19, 1906, and July 9, 1908.

John S. Brennan is recognized as one of the leading men of affairs of the city of Milwaukee, where he holds the position of president of The Brennan Company, manufacturers of dress specialties, and treasurer of the A. J. Lindcrmann & Hoverson Company, manufacturers and engineers. Mr. Brennan was born in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1868, the son of James and Olivia (Meyer) Brennan, the former of whom was a native of Manchester, England, born in 1840, and the latter was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1842. The maternal grandfather was Judge Seraphim Meyer, born in Canton, Ohio, where he officiated as judge of the courts for several years. He was colonel of an Ohio regiment in the Civil war, was captured and for several months endured the suffering and privation of a southern military prison. He spent the last years of his life at Vera Cruz, Cab, and died at that place in 1899, at the advanced age of eighty-five years, his wife, whose maiden name was Schuchart, passing away in 1888. Gen. Ed. S. Meyer, a son of Judge Meyer, now living retired in Cleveland, Ohio, was also a soldier in the Civil war, and was severely wounded, and captured. Another son, Turen Meyer, is a prominent attorney-atlaw in Canton, Ohio. James Brennan, the father of the subject of this review, located in Canton, Ohio, soon after his migration to America, and later removed to Akron, Ohio, where he was the superintendent of a gas company. He afterward became a citizen of Pennsylvania and died in Franklin, that state, May 8, 1891. He and his wife became the parents of seven children, six of whom are living, and the widow has been a resident of the city of Milwaukee since 1893. John S. Brennan received his education in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio, and the high school of Oil City, Pa., and after leaving school took up the study of heating and ventilating engineering. He followed that vocation in various places until 1893, in which year he came to Milwaukee, where he has since resided, and soon became prominently identified with the industrial affairs of the city. The two concerns with which he is associated in an official capacity are reckoned among the important industrial establishments of the Cream City, the A. J. Lindermann & Hoverson Company employing about 800 people, while the Brennan Company, located at 115 Wisconsin street, also gives employment to a large number. Mr. Brennan was married on April 26, 1903, to Miss May Durr, who was born in Milwaukee in 1873, daughter of Emil Durr, who is mentioned on another page of this work in the sketch of his son. Dr. W. E. Durr. To this union there have been "born two children, Adelaide and John Emil. Mr. Brennan gives an unswerving allegiance to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party, but his extensive business affairs demand his attention and he has never sought or accepted public office. His religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church, and fraternally he is a member of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers.

Arthur D. Bowyer, D. D. S., a prominent young dentist of the Cream City, was born in Mason, Warren county, Ohio, on Sept. 22, 1875, a son °f William D. Bowyer, who was born in Mason, on Feb. 14, 1834, and Mary Jane (Rhoades) Bowyer, born in Warren -county on Nov. 20, 1836. The paternal grandfather, Levi Bowyer, was a pioneer of Warren county and was one of the most prosperous farmers of the vicinity. His widow passed away a few years ago at the hale old age of ninety-four years and eleven months. The parents still reside, and the father was born on, the farm which the grandfather first cultivated. The maternal grandparents, Samuel and Prudence (Cretors) Rhoades. formerly lived in Lebanon county, but later removed to Warren county, and subsequently died at Arlington Heights, near Cincinnati, ( Ihio. These grandparents celebrated before their deaths the sixty-fourth anniversary of their marriage, at which all of their eight children were present. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bowyer, Dr. Bowyer's parents, were married on Sept. 23, 1858, and had a family of eight children, of whom six survive. Dr. Bowyer was the seventh in order of birth of the children born to his parents. His early educational advantages were received in the public schools of Mason, and later he graduated at the high school there, lie then went to Cincinnati, where, in 1899, he was graduated at the Cincinnati College of Dentistry with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He first started the practice of his profession at Jackson, .Mich., and for two and a half years was most successfully engaged. Desiring a larger field in which to lahor, he came to Milwaukee in 1902. and located at 147-149 Lincoln avenue, where he has since practiced. His thorough knowledge of his profession, his courteous manner, and skillful handling of patients has brought him a large practice, which has increased each year since he started in practice. Dr. Bowyer is absolutely independent of party ties in political relations, believing that the best standard of government is obtained by the judicious exercise of the right of franchise rather than by the dictation of political leaders. In religious matters he is identified with the Methodist Episcopal church, and while attending college he became a member of the Phi Alpha Chi dental fraternity, which is the only fraternal relation he has. On June 30, 1903, Dr. Bowyer was united in marriage to Miss Daisy M. Tyler, a daughter of Dana L. and Elizabeth (Whitlock) Tyler. Mr. Tyler was for man}' years one of the prominent merchants of West Chester, Ohio, and accumulated a sufficient competence to allow him to retire and enjoy a well-earned respite from the duties of a busy life.

Ferdinand W. Foellings, of Hales Corners, is a native of Wisconsin, born in the town of Muskego, Waukesha county, Aug. 24, 1865, the son of Henry and Johanna (Voellings) Foellings, who were born in German v in 1820 and 1829, respectively. They were among the early settlers who braved the dangers of the frontier and endured the hardships incident to building a home in the forests of the new territory of Wisconsin. Henry Foellings, the father, emigrated to the United States from the Fatherland in 1846, and upon his arrival took up land, cleared it. and engaged in farming. He had 234 acres and was considered one of the prosperous farmers of that day. He was affiliated with the Democratic party and a member of the Catholic church, in which he had been reared. Mr. Foellings met Johanna Voellings, who, with her parents, Gerhardt and Henrietta Voellings. came to this country with the great tide of German immigrants who settled in Wisconsin, and located in the town of Franklin, on sixty acres of land in 1846. The young couple soon became engaged and were married. Mr. Foellings built a substantial home, and there. 011 the first homestead nine children were born and reared : Gerhardt, Elizabeth, Anton, Mary. Ferdinand, Annie, Henry, Fred, and Theresa (deceased). Henry Foellings was called on that long journey from which no traveler even returns on Feb. 9. 1901. but his widow is still living in the town of Franklin. Mr. Voellings lived until 1870. and was survived by his widow until 1895. when she was called to her last rest, after a life of devotion and loving care to her family. Ferdinand, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm and attended the parochial and district schools, and after finishing his scholastic training assisted his father on the farm and subsequently engaged in farming himself, continuing in that vocation until he was twenty-seven years of age. At that time he began to deal in stock and carried on an extensive and successful business in that line until 1901, when he became interested in the meat business, bought a hotel, saloon, and livery, which he has since conducted with most gratifying results. Air. Foellings owns his place of thirteen acres, where he has a fine tavern, store, and barns, of which he is justly proud. He is a staunch Democrat and takes an active interest in politics. On June 16, 1891, Air. Foellings was united in marriage with Susan, the daughter of Peter and Alary (Marsh) Searing, of Racine county, where the father died in 1880. Mr. Searing was a native of Germany, born there in 1835. the son of John and Magdelina (Frey) Searing, wTho immigrated to the United States and located in the town of Franklin, Milwaukee county, in 1848. They established a home and lived there the rest of their days. John Searing died in 1878 and was survived by his widow until 1890. Peter Searing went to the town of Raymond, Racine county, Wisconsin, where he met and married Mary Marsh, who came to that town with her parents, Bernard and Susan (Seman) Marsh, in 1853. Her parents lived there the remainder of their lives. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Foellings: Mary, born in December, 1892; Alexander, born in 1897; and Irene, who is now ten years old. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church.

John Graf is the well-known brewer of Weiss beer, at the corner of Seventeenth and Greenfield avenues, Milwaukee. He is of German parentage, son of Loranz and Elizabeth (Thuering) Graf, who came to the United States from Germany in 1846. They were natives of Bavaria, where Mr. Graf learned the business of silk-weaving. On April 6, 1846, they arrived in Milwaukee and have ever since made that city their home. Mr. and Mrs. Graf have seen the city change from an unpretentious one of small buildings, gathered together on the harbor, to the great city it is at present, and they have always been loyal to their first home in the West, confident of its brilliant future, which the years have already realized. Mr. Graf was first employed by Nicholas Engel, the surveyor, and later in other profitable undertakings. John Graf was born in Milwaukee in the dwelling at the northeast corner of Eleventh and Chestnut streets, Feb. 27, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and early turned his attention to brewing. His plant, which originally employed but four people, has now a list of sixty employes, and its product is valued at $120,000 per annum. It requires fourteen teams and wagons in constant use to transport the product to Mr. Graf's customers. Mr. Graf has constantly studied improved brewing methods and keeps himself informed on every new discovery that helps him to produce a pleasing and healthful beverage. He also manufactures various carbonated beverages and supplies them to a large number of consumers. His business has been establishd since 1873, and the plant lias been in successful operation during all the years since. Mr. Graf was married in 1873 to Miss Annie Gliesburg, daughter of

Henry Gliesburg, of Ozaukee county. Mr. Gliesburg was a pioneer of that district, where he settled in 1848. He was born in Saxony, Germany. Six children have gladdened the home of Air. Graf: Edward G. ; Mollie, who is Mrs. Herman Heinen ; Annie; Amanda, wife of Albert Pellman ; Clara, wife of Clifford Loew, and John, Jr. Air. Graf belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the E. S. O. S. Club, the Knights of Pythias, the South Side Turners, and the Calumet Club. He is independent in political views, voting for the candidate who seems to him best fitted for the office.

Wenzell Strachota, president of Strachota & Sons Company, 687 Walker street, has been a successful mason contractor in Milwaukee for twenty-five years, during which time he has erected many important buildings there and elsewhere. He was born on Dec. 30, 1847, near Bischof, Teinitz, Kreis I'ilsen. Bohemia, and there attended German schools. He served an apprenticeship of two years with a mason in Bohemia and came to America in 1866. Milwaukee was his first location in the United States, and he completed his apprenticeship as a mason with John Bentley. For fifteen years Mr. Strachota worked for Mr. Bentley, being his foreman eight years, and while thus employed he superintended the erection of the State Insane Asylum at Traverse City, Mich., upon which he was engaged two years. In 1883 Mr. Strachota embarked in business with Thomas Bentley, under the firm name of Bentley & Strachota. This partnership continued three years, during which period the firm erected many substantial edifices. They carried out various contracts for the Lake Shore Railroad, now a part of the Chicago & Northwestern system, and erected buildings for the railroad company at Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Wausau, Antigo, Ashland and other places. At Ashland it was necessary to hew a clearing in the forest in order to erect the round-house upon which they were engaged. From 1887 to 1905, when he took two of his sons into his business, Mr. Strachota wa"S alone, and he was considered one of the most reliable contractors in the city of Milwaukee. He obtained the contracts for the building of the Boston Store on Grand avenue, the Kroeger Department Store, the American Malting Company's plant on South Water street, the Hanson Company's malthouse at Bay View, the power-house of the Pabst Brewing Company, the bottling plant for the Jung Brewing Company, the wholesale grocery building of the Hoffman Company on Easl Water street, Sacred Heart Sanitarium and Convent on Twentysecond avenue, the Diamond Match building at Oshkosh, in which Mr. Strachota's sons, George and Frank, are interested, and many others. In 1869, Mr. Strachota was married to Miss Dorothy Neinar, daughter of Adam Neinar, of Milwaukee. Four of their children are living : George, Frank, Anna and Sophia. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church and regular attendants upon its services. Mr. Strachota is a Forester and a member of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. He is a staunch Democrat and represents the Eighth ward in the citv council, having served three terms as alderman from the ward previous to his election in 1908. Mr. Strachota represents the interests of his ward conscientiously and faithfully, and is known in all respects as a public-spirited and enterprising citizen, whose success in his calling has been earned by honorable methods and pains-taking work.

Elias Stollenwerk is the senior member of the old and wellknown firm of Elias Stollenwerk & Company, contractors and builders, of 952 Aldrich street, Milwaukee. Mr. Stollenwerk has been a successful contractor in Milwaukee and many handsome and substantial buildings have been erected by him. He is the son of Joseph and Mary (Schummel) Stollenwerk, both natives of the Rhine country in Prussia, Germany. Mrs. Stollenwerk was born in Luxemburg. Hubert Stollenwerk, father of Joseph, was a native of Prussia, and in 1846 came to America with his family. They established themselves upon a farm in New Coeln, Milwaukee county, and their prospects for a happy life in the new home seemed of the brightest. The dreadful cholera epidemic of 1850 was, however, fatal to both Mr. and Mrs. Stollenwerk, and their family of two sons and two daughters was left to carry on the work of the farm alone. Joseph, Hubert, Annie M. (wife of John Pfeifer) and Kate (wife of Theodore Frederich), made up the family, all of whom are living except Mrs. Pfeifer. Joseph, the oldest son, born in 1830, was sixteen years of age when the family came to Milwaukee county and upon him devolved the responsibilities of the farm upon the death of his parents. He continued to operate the parental farm until 1890, when he retired from active business, and has since made his home in Milwaukee. Fourteen children received their early training upon Joseph Stollenwerk's comfortable farm, of whom ten are living and have become prosperous citizens of Milwaukee. Margaret is the widow of Alois Arnolds. The others are Hubert, Elias, Nicholas, John, Katie, Joseph, Frank, Thomas and Lena, who is the wife of August Schuster. Elias, the subject of this sketch, was born on the farm at New Coelu, Jan. 2, 1857, attended the public schools, and at the age of sixteen years was apprenticed to a carpenter. He worked five years as an apprentice and five years as a journeyman, and in 1883 embarked in business as a contractor and builder. His rapidly growing business soon required him to employ a number of assistants, and in 1893 he found it expedient to take into partnership with him his brother John, also a skilled and experienced carpenter and builder. Their work has not been confined to Milwaukee, and many conspicuous edifices bear tribute to their success. The St. Louis Roman Catholic church at Caledonia, Racine county, was erected by the Stollenwerk firm ; also St. Bartholomew's Roman Catholic church at Charlesburg, Fond du Lac county; St. John's Lutheran church, at New Coelu; St. Mary's Roman Catholic church at Marytown, Fond du Lac county; the St. Augustin church and school in Milwaukee, and the St. Francis Hospital, Milwaukee county. While Mr. Stollenwerk and his brother have been remarkably successful in their contracts for public buildings of various kinds, they have also built many handsome apartment buildings and residences. Mr. Stollenwerk was married on June 20, 1882, to Miss Mary Loeffler, daughter of Joachim and Gertrude (Uethoff) Loeffler, of Milwaukee. The marriage was blessed by nine children, of whom seven are living: George, August, Annie, Caroline, Elias, Mary and Joseph. The first-born daughter, Mary Kate, and one son, Urban, are deceased. The family are devout members of St. Augustin Roman Catholic church. Mr. Stollenwerk belongs to several Catholic societies: St. Peter's Society, the Knights of St. George, the Catholic Order of Foresters, St. Anthony's Society and also to the South Side Old Settlers' Club and the Liederfreund Singing Society. He is a loyal Democrat and has three times been elected alderman from his ward, serving as a member of the city council from 1894 to 1900.

Walter P. Celichowski is the senior member of the firm of Celichowski & Gapinski, engaged in the clothing, custom tailoring, hats and gents' furnishings business. He was born in the province of Posen, German Poland, June 13, 1877. He is the son of Vincent and Hedwig (Ryterski) Celichowski, who immigrated to the United States in 1886. locating in Milwaukee, where the father, "being a mason by trade, found work with the Pabst Brewing Company. He remained with this firm one year, and died at the age -of forty-nine, leaving a family of eight little children, as follows: Angela ; Michalina, wife of John Malliszewski ; Casimir, member the firm of Celichowski & Gapinski ; Prakseda, widow of Dominic Gapinski, who was assassinated on April 3, 1908; Rev. Bronislaus F., pastor of St. Hedwig's Polish Roman Catholic church of Milwaukee ; Blanche, wife of Adam Hibner ; Walter P., and Leonora, wife of Walter Baranowski. The subject of this sketch came to Milwaukee when nine years old. He was educated in St. Hyacinth's parochial school and at Marquette College. He began his business career as. a clerk with T. A. Chapman & Company, with whom he remained three years. He was next employed as clerk in the office of the register of deeds of Milwaukee count}" for one year. He then served a year in the office of the state treasurer at Madison, Wis. In 1901 he embarked in the gents' furnishing business at the corner of Brady and Warren streets, Milwaukee, and remained there for two years. In 1903 he embarked in business at the corner of Third and Mitchell streets, in the clothing, hats, and gents' furnishing goods, with Dominic Gapinski. under the firm name of Celichowski & Gapinski, and in this line they have been very successful. They have been located at 476-478 Mitchell street since in February, 1907. He has the leading establishment of its kind on Mitchell street and the second largest on the South Side. Mr. Celichowski was married on Aug. 5, 1903, to Miss Josephine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Barranowski, pioneer Polanders of Milwaukee. By this union he has three children : Walter, Jr., Stanislaus and Roman. He is a member of St. Hyacinth's Polish Roman Catholic church. He is a member of .'St. Augustyn's Benevolent Society, the Polish Association of Amer- ica, the Polish Sharpshooters, the Knights of Columbus, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Catholic Order of Foresters. In a large sense Mr. Celichowski is a self-made man and is entitled to great credit for the success which his industry and sagacity have brought him. He is one of the most promising young business men of this city, and no one begrudges him his well-earned reward.

William Henry Moore, a retired farmer of the town of Wauwatosa, is a native of New Salem, Mass. His parents, Lorenzo W. and Miranda (Fisher) Moore - the former born in Wilmington, Vt, Oct. 7, 1804, and the latter in Savoy, Mass., Nov. 10, 1810 - came to Wisconsin about 1843, locating on the farm now occupied by the family. It was in section 17, town of Wauwatosa, Milwaukee county, and was purchased at a cost of seven dollars per acre. The parents remained on this place until their deaths, the father passing away on April 9, 1886, and the mother on Dec. 3, 1882. William H. was born on Sept. 6, 1842, and was therefore about nine months of age when the family came to Wisconsin. He attended the public school in district No. 4, town of Wauwatosa,. and later the Baptist Academy in Wauwatosa. When he was twenty years of age he enlisted as a private in Company E, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin infantry, Aug. 7, 1862, his brother Martin, next younger, also serving in the same regiment, and later he was colonel in the National Guard, serving in the Third Wisconsin, regiment in that capacity through the Spanish-American war. Air. Moore was in the battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862, and of the conduct of the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin in this, its first engagement, the brigade commander said: "The Twenty-fourth Wisconsin went forward with cheers, and soon engaged the enemy's right, pouring in and keeping a cross-fire on their brigade, which was the first to break. . . . Both officers and men behaved with coolness and deliberation, marching to the front with the steadiness of veterans." Mr. Moore was mustered out of the military service on Nov. 29, 1862, at Nashville, Tenn., by reason of surgeon's certificate of disability. He then returned to the farm and remained with his parents until he was twenty-seven years of age, when he married and began for himself on the farm where he now resides, having devoted his whole life, practically, to agriculture, and he expects to remain on the farm for the rest of his years. On Nov. 18, 1869, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Julia E. Barnes, who was bi ni in Madison county, Xew York, Jan. 29, 1838. She is the daughter of Abel and Zila (Jacobs) Barnes, both born in Connecticut, the former on March 26, 1790, and the latter on Nov. 26, '7' 18, They came to Wisconsin in 1844, locating in the northwest corner of the town of Wauwatosa, near the present hamlet of Butler. They cleared a farm there and lived on it until about 1854, when, on account of the failure of Mr. Barnes' health, they moved to Wauwatosa. on a small plat of seven acres, and resided there until his death on Dec. 25, 1865. He was a member of the Baptist church and a man greatly loved and respected. When the bell of his own church was tolling to announce his passing away, his friends of the neighboring Congregational church asked the privilege of tolling the bell of that church also. The mother died on Jul}' 28, 1878, having spent her later years in the home of her sonin-law, Mr. Moore. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore two children were born. Jennie Estelle is now the wife of Otto Zillmer, and resides on the home farm; they have two children. Ruth Marie, born Feb. 14, 1905, and Eric William, born Dec. 30, 1907. Elsie Marie, the second daughter, is unmarried and resides with her parents. In the Moore family there were eight children: Maria, born in North Adams, Mass., Jan. 31, 1832, died March 13, 1889; Esther, born Jan. 6, 1834, and Orlando, born May 23, 1837, at New Salem, both died in 1838. the dates being but six days apart; Orlando (second), born at New Salem, June 10, 1839, resides in California; William H. is next in order of birth: Martin, mentioned above, born Aug. 9, 184^. at Wauwatosa, died March 24, 1903, at La Crosse, Wis.; Nellie, born July 3, 1849, died Sept. 21, 1868; Harvey, born Sept. 24, 1850, resides on the old farm ; Jennie, born July 20, 1854, resides in Milwaukee and is the wife of Willis Watson, a retired farmer. W. H. Moore is a Republican, but has never cared to hold public office ; in religious faith he is a member of the Baptist church.

Thomas Tomkowiak, a prominent citizen and one of the progressive thinkers and leaders among the Polish population of Milwaukee, was born there on Oct. 10, 1877, the son of Martin and Teckla (Jankowski) Tomkowiak. who immigrated to the United States in 1867 from the province of Posen, German Poland. Not long after landing on the shore of the new country they settled in Milwaukee, where Martin Tomkowiak soon found employment with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and he became one of their loyal and trusted employes. After twenty-two years' service with that corporation he resigned to accept a more lucrative position with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. The life of this unselfish, good old man was cut short while he was still hale and hearty. He was struck by a car and killed under the Sixteenth street Auaduct in 1902, in the sixty-third year of his age. His widow still lives in Milwaukee. They reared a family of seven children to maturity: Celia, the wife of John Totski ; Thomas; Anthony, deceased; George; Anastatia ; Joseph, and John. Thomas was reared in Milwaukee, where he has always resided, and he received his education at St. Stanislaus parochial school. After finishing his studies at that excellent institution, at the age of fourteen, he started to learn the core-maker's trade, and two years later, during the panic of 1893, went on the lakes and worked as a seaman for five years. Since 1898 he has Uvea in Milwaukee and followed his trade. In April of that year he joined the Wisconsin National Guard as a member of Company 1'.. Fourth regiment, and in May was mustered into the volunteer service as a member of Company K. First Wisconsin infantry, to take part in the Spanish-American war. Mr. Tomkowiak was with his regi- ment while it was stationed at Jacksonville, Fla., and was sent home with it and mustered out of the service of the United States on Oct. 19, 1898. Immediately after being mustered out he reenlisted as a private for two years in the Wisconsin National Guard, Company K, First regiment, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his service. On Aug. 20, 1902, he married Sophia, the daughter of Martin and Veronica (Bunk) Ziarnek, residents of Milwaukee. Four children have been born to this union : Adeline, Martin, Alice and Thomas, Jr. The family are devout Catholics and members and supporters of St. Stanislaus Polish Catholic church. Mr. Tomkowiak is commander of Allyn Capron Camp, No. 19, Spanish-American war veterans, Department of Wisconsin. In politics he is a Socialist.

Robert P. Fitzgerald, deceased, for many years a prominent ship-owner and commission man of Milwaukee, was a native of Ireland, where he was born on May 10, 1823. He was the son of William and Julia (Reil) Fitzgerald, both of whom were natives of Ireland. William was the son of a wealthy Irish landlord, whose social and property qualifications were such that he never pursued any active vocation in life, but lived the life of a rich Irish gentleman. William came to America and settled first in New York, and later came west to the state of Michigan where he died. Robert P., the subject of this sketch, came to Michigan with his parents, and lived on a farm for a few years. He received his education in the public schools of that state and then went onto the Great Lakes as a sailor. He rose to be captain of a vessel when only twenty years of age and became thoroughly familiar with the practical branch of the business of navigation. At the age of thirty years he embarked in business on his own behalf, became the owner of a sailing craft, and did an extensive shipping and commission business up to the time of his death. In addition to his extensive shipping interests he represented a large insurance company, and had other large business interests. His death took place on Jan. 9, 1900. Mr. Fitzgerald was a man of unusually strong character, possessed great determination and energy, which brought him wealth and business success, and he became widely known in shipping and commission circles. The following tribute was adopted by the Lake Carriers' Association on the death of Mr. Fitzgerald : "Robert P. Fitzgerald saw the lake marine rise from insignificant beginnings to the gigantic proportions it had assumed last year, when at the ripe age of seventy-five, crowned with honors, he died at Milwaukee, his home, mourned by all classes. He began his career as a vesselman in the forties, when the largest ships of the lakes were mere pigmies, and continued to be actively interested in the carrying trade until his death removed his spirit to another world. He was widely known in the lake region, probably no other man having so many personal acquaintances and faithful friends. He was a singularly unobtrusive man - quiet, firm, dignified, yet always cheerful and buoyant. To him integrity was the sesame to business success and his word was as enduring as his bond. He loved his fellows with a broad and chivalrous affection, and his deeds of kindness were countless as the sands on the shore of the lakes. His knowledge of the lakes was exact and exhaustive. He could pilot a boat through every known channel, and the headlands and range lights along river and shore were as familiar to him as the faces of his friends. As a member of this association he was its dean. We looked to him for council and advice, and it was given with an unselfish frankness that endeared him to the hearts of all. He lived the alloted span of life and more, yet we feel that he died all too soon. He so lived that when the summons came to join the innumerable fleet which sails to that mysterious realm where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death, he went, not like the quarry slave at night, scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust he approached his grave like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." In politics Mr. Fitzgerald voted with the Republican party, though he never sought or held public office. He was born in the Catholic faith, but forsook the church in after life. He was one of the oldest members of the Milwaukee board of trade, and prior to his marriage belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife, whose maiden name was Emma J. Kavanagh, was a daughter of James and Jane (Bryan) Kavanagh, both of whom were natives of New York city, as was their daughter. She was married to Mr. Fitzgerald on March 16, 1854. Mrs. Fitzgerald is a woman of fine intellectual and social attainments, and received a superior education in her youth at the hands of private tutors. She has long been a zealous and earnest member of the Presbyterian church, and is a liberal supporter of that organization in its many good works. Her father, who was an invalid, was a large New York importer and exporter, and departed this life in February, 1849. Thereupon her mother, together with her children, came west to Milwaukee, where J. K. Webster, her half-brother, was engaged in business as a ship chandler. Only two members of Mrs. Fitzgerald's family are now living, one of whom, Pedro L., resides in Chicago, and is now retired from active life. Her mother died in Milwaukee in 1874. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, only one of whom is now living. The eldest child, Julia, died in infancy ; the second child, Charles E., died in early manhood at the age of twenty-seven ; Jennie, the third child, married William Moultrie White, who died, leaving one child, Emily, surviving, now a student at Milwaukee-Downer College; both daughter and granddaughter make their home with Mrs. Fitzgerald ; a fifth child, Henry Philip, died in infancy, when only eight months old, and Frederick died in young manhood, at the age of twenty-six years.

Lucas Braun, retired, who for many years was one of the leading dairymen of Milwaukee county, with a farm near West Allis, was born in Baden, Germany, on Oct. 18, 1830. He is a son of Raphael and Elizabeth Braum, both of which parents lived their entire lives in the old country, where the father was a farmer. Mr. Braun attended school in his native land and served for two years as a member of the German army. With the exception of his term in the army he lived with his parents until he was twenty- four rears of age, and then he determined to seek his fortune in the New World. After his arrival in New York, late in 1854, he went to Zanesville, Ohio, and there worked as a gardener for eighteen months. At the end of that period he came to Milwaukee, and for five and a half years was employed as a teamster by a firm conducting a brick yard. He then rented a piece of land in the town of Greenfield, and for two years managed a farm. By that time, because of his industry and thrift, he had secured a sufficient competence to enable him to purchase six acres of land in the same town. Two years later he sold the property at a good advance over what he had paid for it and purchased the forty acres where he now resides. He devoted himself to general farming and dairying, and most successfully conducted the business until 1898. In that year he retired from active participation in business, and although he still resides on the homestead the conduct and management of it is left to one of his sons, and he is enjoying a wellearned respite from the daily duties of a busy career. In his political relations he is absolutely independent of party affiliations, preferring to exercise his right of franchise as conscience and judgment dictate rather than at the will of party leaders. He is one of the most devout communicants of St. Matthew's Catholic church of the town of Greenfield. On Nov. 12, 1856, Mr. Braun was nuited in marriage to Miss Katharine Schoenberger, a native of Germany, who came to America and Milwaukee in 1854. Until the time of her marriage she worked as a domestic. Her mother and two sisters came to Milwaukee in 1864, after the father's death, and the mother passed away six months after her arrival. Eight children came to bless the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Braun. Caroline, the eldest, born Aug. 18, 1857, is the wife of Anton Tremborne, a pattern-maker in the Allis-Chalmers works at West Allis, where the}^ reside. Lucas, Jr., was born on Aug. 14, 1858. and married Anna Kau. He is now conducting the dairy business formerly managed by his father. Herman, born Aug. 13, 1864. married Mary Miller. He is at present unemployed on account of ill health. Rosa, born May 31, 1866, is the wife of George Heckel, a blacksmith, employed in the railroad shops of Milwaukee. Mary, born Oct. 6, 1867, is the wife of John Kern, a teacher in St. Joseph's school. Elizabeth, born Oct. 19, 1870, lives with her father ; Joseph, born Sept. 18, 1872, married Christine Palmershein, and is now a resident of the town of Greenfield. August, the youngest, was born on March 17, 1875, and died Nov. 1, 1901. Mrs. Braun passed away on July 31, 1902. She was a kindly, lovable character, whose death was a distinct loss to the whole communitv.

Carlton Holland, deceased, for more than thirty years chief grain -inspector for the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, was born in I '- go county. New York, July 16, 1816. He was the son of Ivory and Polly Holland, the former of whom was born in Connecticut on Oct. 12, 1777, and died on Oct. 7, 1862, and the mother was born on July 18, 1784. Paternallv he is the descendant of a distinguished line. The grandfather, Capt. Ivorv Holland, raised a company for service in the Revolutionary war, and during that struggle was its commander in the regiment of Col. Israel Putnam. An uncle, Park Holland, was one of the pioneers of Maine and spent a goodly share of his life in surveying and laying out property in what is now that state, and was known as a man of great mental power and undaunted courage. The father was a major in the American army during the war of 1812, and was captured by the English and sent to a Canadian prison. An uncle, also, was a major in the same struggle, but served in another regiment. Dr. J. G. Holland, who achieved fame as a writer and poet, was first cousin of the subject of this review. Carlton Holland came west when a boy, and was for several years located in Chicago. In 1852 he removed to Milwaukee, and in this city he maintained his residence during the balance of his life. During the first six years he was here he wras engaged as a grain buyer for mills and warehouses, and in 1858, upon the organization of the Chamber of Commerce, he was selected as grain inspector. He established the first grades and kept samples of his various standards at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. When he first assumed the position he personally inspected all grain that entered the Milwaukee elevators and warehouses, but as the size of the city grew and the business increased it became necessary to employ assistants, although during the more than thirty years in which he held the office he was personally responsible for all the work. His certificates were known and recognized in every wheat market in the world. A few years before his death he retired from active participation in the affairs of the business world to enjoy a well-earned respite. His demise occurred on June 11, 1896, and he left to mourn his loss a widow and two daughters, Helen Irene and Kate Carlton.

John G. Bettinger is one of the prominent citizens and business men who has played an important part in the development of the Cream City. He was born in Milwaukee on June 21, 1852, the son of Nicholas and Angeline (Brauckman) Bettinger, wdio were both born in Prussia. Nicholas Bettinger was born in Germany on March 2, 1822, and his wife on Feb. 17, 1832. The elder Bettinger immigrated to America in 1840 and landed in Buffalo, N. Y. He remained there a year and then, in company with five cousins, walked to Milwaukee, landing in the city in 1842. For a time he worked for a Mr. Cooper as a trapper and hunter. He was one of the early settlers and also worked for Solomon Juneau. Subsequently he became foreman of George Bufnham's brick-yard, which at that early day was located on Grand avenue. Mr. Bettinger was a fine workman, knew how to handle men, and he remained with this firm for twenty-eight years, being in their employ altogether thirty-two years. At the end of that time he determined to go into business for himself, bought some teams and engaged in the contracting business for about eight years. After retiring from business, he spent the last years of his life on South Pierce street. Mrs. Bettinger passed to her last rest in 1897 and was followed by her husband in six months, fohn was reared in Milwaukee and re- ceived his education in the Eighth Ward public school and at Trinity school; he was reared in the Catholic faith and joined the church when quite young. He resided at home with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age. For two years he worked in a distillery in Milwaukee, and then engaged for three years in the buying and selling of horses with Wirt Brothers. In May, 1878, he married Mary Schram, born in Milwaukee on March 20, 1850, the daughter of Mathias and Barbara (May) Schram, who were natives of Germany. The parents immigrated to America in 1846 and located in Milwaukee, where Mr. Schram worked at various vocations for some time and then ran a saloon for nine years before he retired. He died in 1883 and was survived by his widow until 1898, when she too was laid at rest. After his marriage Mr. Bettinger returned to Milwaukee and worked for one year in a distillery, which burned, then engaged in the saloon business at 593 Park street and continued in the business for twenty-eight years. He was a hard worker, attended to all his business himself, and never even had a bar-tender. Mr. Bettinger owns nine cottages, a hotel on South Pierce street, known as Bettinger's Court, and he also has a two-story frame building on the same street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, and another on Twenty-ninth avenue, and a saloon on Park street. He owns a farm of twenty acres where he now lives, and has just completed one of the most up-to-date residences in the town. Mr. Bettinger went into the country for the benefit of two of his children, who are invalids. He and his wife like the country and expect to make their home there the rest of their days. They have had eight children : Nicholas, born March 9, 1879, lives at home; Angeline, born July 7, 1881, died in 1884; Barbara, born March 11, 1883, the wife .of Dr. J. G. Kuhnmuench, is living at 455 American avenue, Milwaukee ; Mary, born March 4, 1885, is at home ; John, born Sept. 13, 1886, is in the saloon business in Milwaukee and lives at home; Eva, born Nov. 13, 1887, is at home; Helen, born Sept. 22, 1890, died March 25, 1891, and Martha, born July 30, 1891, lives at home and attends school at Corliss.

Isaac P. Rogers, who, before he retired from active business life, was one of the prominent lumber dealers of the Cream City, was born on a farm in Rensselaer county, New York, Aug. 20, 1826. His father was Shubael Rogers, a native of Vermont, and his mother was Temma (Armstrong) Rogers, who was born in New York state. The elder Rogers was a farmer who moved from Vermont to New York, where he located on a farm two miles east of Troy, where he lived until 1836, when he moved to Wayne county, New York, and bought another farm. By nature he was a pioneer, and when the country became well settled up he grew restless and joined the general movement, which was west into the Mississippi valley, and emigrated to Illinois, which was practically an unbroken wilderness in 1845, and he took up land and cleared a farm in LaSalle county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming and sheep raising. Four years later he joined the great gold rush to California and died there, leaving his wife and ten children in Illinois. Isaac was the fourth child, and he was a lad of nineteen years when he came west with his parents, in 1845. He had received an elementary education in the public schools of New York state, and two years after the family located in Illinois he left the farm and determined to make his own way in the world, lie came to Milwaukee and secured a position as a clerk in a store, learned what he could of the business, and by careful saving gathered enough capital together to start into business for himself. He successfully conducted a clothing store until 1856, then entered the insurance and brokerage business. Later he sold out to become deputy assessor, and he held this position until Andrew Johnson became president in 1865, and then he was revenue collector for four years. At the end of the time he went into the lumber business with C. A. Bronson on Tenth street. The yard was enlarged as the business increased and was one of the best in the city. They also had a branch at Stoughton, which was a successful yard. In 1878 Mr. Rogers retired from the partnership because of ill health. Subsequently he became interested and bought some real estate in Milwaukee and a ranch in California. He was called to California on business and remained there some months ; on his return he retired entirely from business, and since then has lived a quiet, retired life. On June 13, 1855, he married Miss Mary, the daughter of Isaac and Charlotte Selleck, both natives of New York. This marriage was gladdened by the birth of six children, of whom three are living: Ernest, a real estate dealer in Milwaukee; Emma, the widow of Edwin Dickinson, of Chicago ; and Mary A. For the fifty-five years of his residence in Milwaukee, Mr. Rogers has been a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and he takes an active interest in the movements for reform and good government.

Charles E. Weston is living retired at No. 228 Tenth street in the city of Milwaukee after a comparatively short but exceedingly successful business career, and he is recognized as being among the Cream City's most estimable and substantial citizens. He was born at Madison, Somerset county, Maine, June 25, 1857, and is the son of William and Mary Anne Smith (Hopkins) Weston, both of whom were also born in the Pine Tree State, the father at Madison and the mother at New Portland. He is descended in the seventh generation from John Weston, who migrated to America in 1634, and the Westons have been residents of Massachusetts since that early day, many of them being prominent in the local history of their times. Nathan Weston, a member of one branch of the family after distinguishing himself at the bar, was associate justice of the supreme court of Maine from 1820 to 1834. and chief justice of the state from 1834 to 1841. He is the maternal grandfather of Melvin Weston Fuller, the present Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. John Burns Weston, another member of a collateral branch of the family, the eminent clergyman and president of the Christian Bibical Institute of Stanfordville, N. Y., was born in Madison, Maine, where his remote ancestor was the first settler of Somerset county. William Weston, the father of the subject of this review, came West in the early '60s and located at Milwaukee, where he engaged in the lumber manufacturing business, also having manufacturing plants at Montague and Whitehall, Mich., which he continued until he retired from the lumber business in 1872. He was engaged in early life in milling and the manufacture of and dealing in lumber at Anson, Maine, and after coming to Milwaukee, from i860 to 1863, was also engaged in the wholesale flour trade. Mr. Weston died in Milwaukee on Nov. 5, 1883, and his widow still resides in that city. To this honored couple there were born three sons, the eldest of whom was the late Isaac M. Weston, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who became very prominent in political and banking affairs of the Wolverine state and was for a considerable length of time the editor and proprietor of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Democrat. He was born at North Anson, Maine, April 20, 1845, and in 1859 moved with his father to Milwaukee. In 1862 he was in Minnesota during the Sioux Indian war, in which he saw service as lieutenant in a state regiment. In 1863 he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, but discontinued his studies in 1865 to accept the position of military store-keeper at Fort Laramie, Dakota, where he remained during the Sioux war of 1865. In 1866 he was transferred to Salt Lake City, Utah, being stationed at Camp Douglas, and in 1867 ne went to Whitehall, Mich., becoming a partner of his father in his extensive lumber business, the firm thus organized becoming William Weston & Son, with Isaac M. as the resident manager. He later acquired extensive lumber and mill interests on White Lake, Mich., and in 1877 added banking to his interests by becoming cashier of the Lumberman's State Bank at Whitehall, Mich., which he soon reorganized as the First National Bank, of which he was president and principal owner. In 1881 he became owner and cashier of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank at Grand Rapids, Mich., to which city he removed and where he continued to reside until his death. The second son of Col. William Weston, Benjamin F., was born in Somerset count}', Maine, in 1848, and was educated at Lawrence and Northwestern universities. He also became extensively interested in the lumber and banking business in Michigan, residing at Whithall, that state. Charles E. Weston, to whom this review is more particularly dedicated, received his early education in the public schools of the city of Milwaukee and also attended the St. James Episcopal school. In his youth he entered the employ of his father in the lumber business, and after about one vear thus en""a2ed spenl two years in the grocery business at the corner of State and Thirteenth streets. He was also, for a time, proprietor of the American house at Waukesha, Wis., and largely interested in the bank at Whitehall, Mich. In politics he gives unfaltering allegiance 1" the men and measures of the Republican party, although he has never entered public life in the way of holding office, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Calvary Presbyterian church. Fraternally he is a member of the National Union, in which organizaton lie holds the official position of door-keeper,

William S. Pirie is the efficient secretary of the Forest Nome Cemetery, with which he has been connected in an official capacity during the past fourteen years, and he is numbered amont;' the sterling- citizens of -Milwaukee, in which city he has resided all the years of his life. He was born in Milwaukee on May 17, 1861, the son of James A. and Eliza (Hudson) Pirie, the former of whom was a native of Scotland and the latter was born in Hartford, Conn. James Pirie, the direct ancestor of the Piries in Scotland, settled in Iriewells, parish of Undy, in the Seventeenth century, and there entered the farm on what is called Steelbow. By his first wife, widow of a former tenant of Iriewells, he is said to have had no family. His second wife, whom he married about 1698, was Helen, daughter of William Mair, of^Mill of Dumbreck, by whom he had two sons: William, born in 1700, and Alexander, who settled in Pitmedden. William, who became known as William Pirie of Orchardtown, married and became the father of three sons: Patrick, George, and James. Patrick started the paper works at Donside, near Aberdeen, and was the father of several children, of whom the eldest, Alexander, became the head of the firm of Pirie & Sons, paper manufacturers of Aberdeen. George became a merchant in Aberdeen. James, who was born in 1726, and who succeeded his father at Orchardtown, married and became the father of two sons: Patrick, who succeeded to the estate of his father, married Elspet Leton and became the father of James, who succeeded him. James married and had one son, James, who succeeded to the estate and died in 1893. The other son of James was known as William of Mill of Torry, who married and became the father of one son, named James, and two daughters. James Pirie, the early ancestor of the Piries, married for his third wife Jean Black, and by her had one son, George, who succeeded his father at Iriewells, married Margaret Moir and had two sons and two daughters, the sons being William and George, the latter of whom became a merchant burgess in Aberdeen, married and had two children. William, who was born in 1745, succeeded to the estate in Iriewells, in 1773 married Helen, daughter of Andrew Mair, in Little Mill of Esslemont, and became the father of one son, Andrew, who in turn succeeded to the estate in Iriewells and died in 1863. Andrew Pirie was the father of James A. Pirie, and the grandfather of William S. Pirie, whose name introduces this review. In the churchyard of Undy is a tablet stone to the memory of the family of Pirie. which has been for many generations in Iriewells, and from this stone the information is gained that William Pirie in Iriewells died on Feb. 13, 1814, aged 69; and his spouse, Helen Mair, died Dec. 25, 1817, aged seventy-three. Another stone is to the memory of Andrew Pirie, in Iriewells, who died April 8. 1863, aged seventyfive years, and Charlotte Wilson, his spouse, who died Aug. 24. 1869, aged seventy-six years. This stone was placed to their memory by their children. James A. Pirie, the father of the subject of this review, was born in Irie wells, parish of Undy, Scotland, in 1832, migrated to America in 1849, and settled in Milwaukee in 1853. He entered the Mitchell Bank as assistant cashier and expert bookkeeper, and in 1866, at the organization of the J. B. Martin Bank, took charge of the same, which position he retained until the late seventies. He was a very active man in the community and in addition to his activity in banking circles was prominent in the insurance business for a number of years. He later became secretary of the Forest Home Cemetery, and for a period of fifteen years was the prompt, energetic and obliging incumbent of that position. He was a Republican in his political affiliations, and his religious faith was expressed by membership in the St. Paul's Episcopal church, in which he was secretary of the vestry. He died on Oct. 19, 1894, and his widow still resides in the city oi Milwaukee. On July 30, 1855, Mr. Pirie married Miss Eliza Hudson, who was born on Jan. 25, 1834, a daughter of Barzillia and Eliza (Woodbridge) Hudson, of Hartford Conn. Barzillia Hudson was born in Hartford, received his education in the schools of that city, after which he engaged in the importing of woolens and waa so occupied until his retirement from active business. He was a Whig in his political tenets -and a stanch suporter of that party, though not an aspirant to public office. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and religiously was allied with the Congregational faith, having been a trustee of his church. The forebears of Eliza (Hudson) Pirie were prominent in social and state affairs of the Colonial era. She traces her ancestory to Zebulon Seymour, a Colonial governor. To Mr. and Mrs. James A. Pirie were born two sons: Andrew Hudson, who died July 2, 1901, and William S., the immediate subject of this review. William S. Pirie received his education at Markham's Academy and in the public schools of Milwaukee. He began his independent career as a clerk in the stationery store of Des Forges & Lawrence, where he remained a short time, and then engaged with the Northwestern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee, on Oct. 16, 1877. He remained with this company until 1881, when he entered the service of Chandler & Brown, commission merchants, as bookkeeper. He afterward went on the road as a traveling solicitor for the same firm, and then became the manager of the Milwaukee office, which position he held until 1894, when he received the appointment of assistant secretary of the Forest Home Cemetery. In 1901 he succeeded to the position of secretary, with offices in the Colby & Abbott building. Pie was married on April 11, 1889, to Miss Kate Williams, daughter of Homer P. and Amelia (Davis) Williams, of Syracuse, X. Y., and this union has been blessed with one daughter, Amelia, born Sept. 15, 1896, now a student in the Seventh ward public school. Mr. Pirie gives unswerving allegiance to the men and measures of the Republican party, and he takes great interest in religious affairs, being a member of St. Paul's church, and having been the assistant secretary and secretary since 1894. He is also a member of the Milwaukee Whist Club.

William H. Thomas, deceased, for many years one of the foremost citizens of the town of Lake, was born in Milwaukee, on Dec. 22, 1853. He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Hosking) Thomas, both of whom were born in England. The father was a gardener in the country of his nativity and was thus engaged when, in 1852, he determined to migrate to America. After his arrival in Quebec, he came direct to Milwaukee, where he lived for nine years, doing landscape gardening. In 1861 he purchased forty acres of land in the town of Lake. He gave all his attention to a general gardening business on this tract of land, until 1892, when he purchased a home on Howell avenue, where he spent the remainder of his life. His death occurred on April 3, 1900, and his widow passed away in 1905. The remains of both parents were laid at rest in Eorest Home Cemetery. Of the four sons and two daughters born to the parents, all but one son, the subject of this sketch, are living. William H. Thomas received all of his educational advantages in the old Burdick school in the town of Lake. After the completion of his scholastic work he assisted his father in the conduct of the farm, and remained at home until the time of his marriage. Then he began farming operations near Palmyra, Wis., but did not remain there for any great length of time, returning to Milwaukee to take up gardening work on twelve acres which he purchased on the Howell road. He built a beautiful home where his widow now resides, and he was thoroughly engrossed in his work up to the time of his demise, which occurred on March 29, 1904. He was a stanch adherent of the tenets of the Republican party. He was extremely liberal in his religious views, his idea being that the standard of right living was not set by creed or sect. On Oct. 31, 1878, Mr. Thomas was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Douglas, a daughter of Andrew and Annabel (Brown) Douglas, of Milwaukee. Two children were the issue of this union : Ethel, now Mrs. John Heidrich, of Milwaukee ; and Walter, who lives at home and attends to the management of the property. Mrs. Thomas' family is one of the oldest and most respected in the town of Lake. Her father, Andrew Douglas, born in Scotland in 1810, purchased land from the United States government in 1836. The property is still in the possession of the Douglas estate. The family consisted of eight children, four of whom survive. Mr. Douglas" death occurred on Dec. 10, 1896, and his wife passed away in i860.

Luddington Patton, secretary and treasurer of the Patton Paint Company, manufacturers of the famous "Patton's Sun Proof Paints", was born in Milwaukee in 1871. He is a son of the late James E. Patton, who was born in Allenville, Mifflin county. Pa., on Aug. 14, 1832, and who passed the early years of his life in that state. In 1846 the father went with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1849 graduated at Professor Herron's Seminary in that city. After completing a course in a commercial institution he entered the mercantile establishment of James Matthews & Company, but subsequently became associatd with Baxter, Davis & Company, with whom he remained until his removal to Milwaukee in the summer of 1855. With him from Cincinnati came George F. Williams, and together they purchased the stock of the general mercantile store of Kane Brothers. As a general mercantile store the partnership lasted but a year, and then they laid the foundation of the present Patton Paint Company. When the Civil war broke out Air. Williams entered the Federal army and Mr. Patton took upon his shoulders the responsibility of the whole company. He was thereafter in direct control of the policy of the company until his death, which occurred in 1904. His widow, who was formerly Miss Sarah E. Ludington, a daughter of former Gov. Harrison Ludington, of the Badger state, is still living. Ludington Patton, the subject of this review, received his educational advantages in the public schools of Milwaukee. When he had completed the prescribed course he entered the employ of his father's company and has since had no other business association. His promotion from department to department was rapid, and in 1893 he was chosen secretary and treasurer. The success of the firm in later years has been largely due to his keen business acumen and foresight, and his absolute integrity. Mr. Patton is a communicant of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, and is one of the vestrymen. He has been president and at the present time is one of the vicepresidents of the Paint Manufacturers' Association of the United States, and he is also a member of the National Varnish and Paint Association. In 1896 Mr. Patton was united in marriage to Miss Florence Durand, a daughter of James and Florence (Sloane) Durand, of Lake Forest, 111. To this union three children have been born: Florence, Joseph and Mary Lois, born in 1898, 1900, and 1902, respectively.

Howard Daniel Plimpton, special agent for the Aetna Life Insurance Company in the state of Wisconsin, was born in Putnam, Conn., on March 23, 1877. He is the son of Frederick and Martha (Segur) Plimpton, the former of whom was born in Putnam, Conn., on Jan. 7, 1848, and the latter in Springfield, Mass., on Oct. 31, 1846. The paternal ancestry dates back to 1632, and many of the line were prominent in social and military life in and around Boston. One of the ancestors, John Plimpton, was a founder of Harvard college, and subsequently another of the line won renown in the French and Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle. Frederick Plimpton, the father, in partnership with his brother, established a factory for the manufacture of envelopes, which factory became the largest concern of its kind in the United States. From 1872 until the establishment was sold to the United States Envelope Company in 1898, the firm manufactured all the stamped envelopes used by the government. The father retired from active participation in business affairs in 1898 and made Milwaukee his home until his death, on Aug. 2, 1907. Howard D. Plimpton, the subject of this review, is the only child of his parents, and his early educational training were received in the grade and high schools of Hartford, Conn. When he had completed the course in the latter institution he matriculated at Trinity College, and in 1897, he was graduated with the Degree of Bachelor of Science. His business career was begun with the City Hank of Hartford, and later he was associated with the Plimpton Manufacturing Company. In 1899 he entered the employ of the Aetna Life Insurance Company as head of the liability inspection department, and subsequently was made traveling auditor of the company. In October, 1904 he was appointed special agent for the company in Wisconsin, with headquarters in Milwaukee, and he has since made that city his home. Mr. Plimpton is actively interested in all outdoor sports and is one of the leading golf players of the Blue Mound Country Club. He is also widely known for his skill in billiards and tennis. In social, civic and fraternal matters he is prominently identified with the University Club, the Blue Mound Country Club, the Millioki Club, the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and he is secretary of the Wisconsin State Golf Association. In politics Mr. Plimpton is a stanch Republican and served two terms as a member of the city council of Hartford, Conn. In religious matters he is aligned with the Congregational church. On June 27, 1906, occurred his marriage to Miss Violet Rowe, a daughter of William and Salome (Sargisson) Rowe, of Grand Rapids, Mich. They have no children.

John C. Koch, deceased, who for many years was a prominent figure in the municipal and commercial life of Milwaukee, was born in Hamburg, Germany, on Oct. 18, 1841, and when but thirteen years of age he came direct to Milwaukee from the Fatherland with his parents. His education was received in attendance upon the schools of his native land and one term in the public schools of Milwaukee, after his arrival here. Of his father he learned the trade of tinner and was associated with his parent until i860. A year later he began work as an employe of John Pritzlaff & Company, and five years later was made chief clerk of the concern. His inherent ability, his enterprise and industry won for him the high commendation of his employers, and before the close of the year 1866 Mr. Pritzlaff made him a partner in the company. Business continued to prosper, and in 1874 the company was incorporated under the name of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company, with a paid-in capital of $600,000 and the officers were John Pritzlaff, president; John C. Koch, vice-president; and F. Wollaeger, secretary and treasurer. During the time of Mr. Koch's connection with the business it grew from a retail store with a small custom to one of the largest and most thriving wholesale houses in the Northwest, and the amount of its trade is equalled today by only two other concerns in the territory. Besides his interest in the hardware business Mr. Koch was president of the Koch & Loeber Company, of Milwaukee, which concern does a large business in wooden-ware and supplies. He also served for a time as president of the Milwaukee Exposition Company, was a director of the Concordia Fire Insurance Company, and a member of the Milwaukee Advancement Association. Fraternallv he was associated with the Milwaukee and Calumet clubs, the Deutscher Club, and the board of immigration called the Deutscher Gesellschaft. Throughout his life he was a Republican of pronounced convictions. Following the promotion of Hon. Peter J. Somers, from the mayoralty to a seat in Congress, in June, 1893, Mr. Koch, at the urgent solicitation of his many friends, became the Republican candidate to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Somers, and although it seemed a hopeless task to attempt to overcome the Democratic plurality of 3,201, given Mr. Somers, Mr. Koch's personal popularity and the confidence the business interests had in his ability brought victory to the Republican nominee, by a majority of 3,269 votes. Again, in 1894, Mr. Koch was elected to fill a full term by a greatly increased majority. It was during his term that the great financial crisis of 1893 swept the country and it called out in Milwaukee the need of a fearless, able and competent official to save the city's credit. That Mr. Koch was the man of the hour is best evinced by the fact that during that fearful financial depression never was a city better governed, its credit better maintained, and confidence kept by its citizens, than in the administration of Mr. Koch. Early in his life he became a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, and for many years was a member of its board of vestrymen. He was always active in the councils of the society, and took a deep interest in its many educational institutions. The present prosperous condition of Concordia College can be largely accredited to his foresight and administrative ability as a trustee, and in its early days he frequently advanced large sums of money in order to secure needed real estate for the institution. It was largely through his influence and financial support that the Lutheran Home for the Aged wras organized. In 1864 Mr. Koch was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Pritzlaff, the daughter of John Pritzlaff, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Six sons and three daughters, all of whom are living, were born to bless this union. Mr. Koch's demise occurred on Nov. 8, 1907, and his passing was a distinct loss to the whole community, which had come to regard him as an exemplary citizen in every way.

Edward Dierolf, the capable manager of the Rohn Swimming School on the Milwaukee river, was born in Milwaukee on May 29, 1882, a son of Diedrich and Mary (Oeschstricker) Dierolf. Both parents were born in Germany but came to the United States early in their lives, and the father served throughout the Civil war as a private in the Federal army. Edward Dierolf's primary education was limited to the courses to be obtained in the Milwaukee public schools. When it became necessary for him to go to work to' earn a livelihood, he left school and became a swimming instructor in the Bechstein Swimming School. In 1902 he became associated with the Rohn School, and his natural ability and capacity as a teacher soon made him the superior of any in the institution. A year later, as a. recognition of his superiority, he was made manager, and he has since filled that position with credit to himself and to the school. Mr. Dierolf is a stanch member of the Republican party, but the pressure of business affairs has never allowed him to seek public office, despite the earnest solicitation of his many friends. In religious matters lie is identified with the German Lutheran church. Mr. Dierolf is not married.

Joseph H. McGinn, the efficient and popular clerk of the county court of Milwaukee, was born in the Cream City on May 17, 1884, a son of James and Anna (McGrath) McGinn. The father was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1846, and the mother in Ohio in 1852. The paternal grandparents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Monney) Mc- Ginn, were natives of County Monaghan, Ireland, and came to this country earl)- in their lives. The grandfather was a prominent carpenter-contractor of Chicago for many years. Of his six children four - Edward J., James A., Frances J., and Joseph H. - are living, and Thomas and Anne are deceased. The father, James A. McGinn, has been a vessel captain ever since he was eighteen years of age. In 1873 he was the means of rescuing a schooner off Lincoln Park. Chicago, and saving many lives. In 1889, when the city decided to add fire tugs to the equipment for fighting fires, Mr. McGinn was made the captain of the first boat, the Cataract. The mother was a finely educated, literary person, and before marriage served as a teacher in the Third, Fourth and Ninth ward schools, for a time being principal of the first named. She passed away on Nov. 2, 1907, leaving besides her husband, four sons. Two daughters died previous to her demise. Joseph H. McGinn, the subject of this memoir, received the fine scholastic training afforded by the public and parochial schools of his native city, and in 1904 was graduated at Marquette College. His first employment after leaving college was with the Wisconsin Woodwork Company. Then for two years he was engaged in pedagogic work at Wauwatosa, Milwaukee county, but resigned that position to accept a clerkship in the county court. This position he has been filling, with credit to himself and the wisdom of his superiors in appointing him to the position. He is very popular with all who have been fortunate enough to make his acquaintance, evidenced by the fact of his election to the presidency of the Eighth Ward Alumni Association, and vice-presidency of the Holy Name Society. He is also prominently identified with the Jefferson Club and the Northwestern Mutual Association. In his political belief he is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party, but has never sought public office. His religious relations are with the Roman Catholic church. Mr. McGinn is not married. It is an interesting fact, brought out by his connection with the county court, that Mr. McGinn's maternal grandfather was the first crier of the Supreme Court of the state.

Philip H. Murphy, son of Patrick and Mary Murphy, was born in Saugerties, N. Y., in 1841, and came to Milwaukee with his parents in 1846. He attended the first public school built in Milwaukee and graduated at the Third Ward school, then taught by F. C. Pomeroy, who was later superintendent of schools of the then fast-growing city. Mr. Murphy entered the first Milwaukee high school at its opening, and later attended the Spencerian College, then on East Water street. After various occupations he learned the plumbing trade in Chicago, and returned to his home in Milwaukee in 1877, and there he is now engaged in the plumbing business at 320 Grove street. He has frequently been honored by the members of his profession by election to their various offices, and at present is secretary of the Milwaukee Master Plumbers' Association; secretary of the Wisconsin Master Plumbers' Association, and secretary of the National Association of Master Plumbers. He is a member of the Old Settlers' Club, the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Knights of Columbus, and he resides at 311 Greenbush street.