Portage County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1919 (part 4 of 15)

January 15, 1896, Mr. Whittaker married Miss Rubie Radcliffe. Mrs. Whittaker was born at Bancroft in Pine Grove Township of this county March 30, 1869. Her father, Benjamin Radcliffe, was an early settler here and died in 1868, before the birth of his daughter. The mother. Mary Radcliffe, survived to advanced years and passed away in 191 2. Mrs. Whittaker had a brother, Benjamin, who died in Iowa April 12, 1918. and her other brothers and sisters were: Amos of South Dakota; Olive, wife of Thorsten Johnson, of Eugene, Oregon; John, who was serving as sheriff of Vilas County, Wisconsin, when killed on duty; Fannie, who died in 1915. wife of Rural Rice, of Glasgow, Montana ; Charles, who died at Bancroft in Portage County ; Rowena, wife of William Rayan, of Bancroft; Thomas, of Chandler, Minnesota.

To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker were born five children. Ralph, who occupies the farm of his father, married Evelyn Hale, daughter of E. J. Hale, of Plover Township, and they have one child, Gladys Marian, born March 9, 1917; Homer, who lived at Glasgow, Montana, and was a fireman on the Great Northern Railroad until he enlisted in the aviation service with the Fifty-fourth Squadron and was in training on the aviation field at Waco, Texas, until he died in the service of the United States on the 29th of October, 1918; Roscoe, who died in infancy; Mary, member of the junior class of the Stevens Point High School; and Grace, in the eighth grade of the Lincoln School at Stevens Point.

Ernest A. Arenberg is one of the older business men of Stevens Point and his family have been identified with Portage County for a long period of years.

Mr. Arenberg was born at Watertown in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, December 8, 1865, son of Charles and Catherine (Dittes) Arenberg. Both parents were natives of Germany. When a young man Charles Arenberg came to Milwaukee, and they married in that city. Charles was a cooper by trade. He followed the cooper business at Watertown for a number of years, and afterwards moved to Stevens Point, where he lived until his death at the age of seventy-six. Both he and his wife are buried at Stevens Point. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. Their children were three in number: Charles, who died in infancy at Milwaukee; Ottilie, wife of C. H. Schenk, mentioned elsewhere in this publication ; and Ernest A.

Ernest A. Arenberg received his public school and high school education at Watertown, and by a thorough apprenticeship learned the jewelry trade in the same city. From there he came to Portage and worked five years as a journeyman and in 1889 removed to Stevens Point and established the modest stock of jewelry which has grown and has brought him prosperity and high standing among the merchants of the city. He is located at 447 Main Street and has a very prosperous business.

Rev. William J. Rice continuously since 1893, a period of a quarter of a century, has been pastor of St. Stephen Catholic Church at Stevens Point, a church comprising in its membership many of the oldest and wealthiest families of the county.

Father Rice was born on a farm in Brown County, Wisconsin, January 18, 1856, a son of John and Maria (Meara) Rice. His parents were both natives of Ireland and were pioneers in Brown County, where they settled in 1855. They have always been farmers and the father after a long and industrious life died there in 1895, at the age of seventy-six. His widow is still living, at the age of eighty.

William J. Rice was reared on a farm, had the advantages of the public schools and took his classical and theological course in St. Francis Seminary at Milwaukee. He was ordained a priest June 27, 1880, and held several parishes in the diocese of Green Bay until he came to the pastorate which he has served so efficiently since 1893.

Walter H. Shelburn, of Buena Vista Township, a prosperous and successful farmer there, is a native of Portage Countv and represents a family of early settlers.

He was born in Buena Vista Township July 2, 1873, son of David and Sarah (Woodfolk) Shelburn. His father' was born near Shelbyville. Indiana, March 3, 1822. His mother was born in Virginia, October 7, 1835. They married at Warsaw, Iowa, in October, 1852, and soon after their marriage came to Wisconsin, locating at Mosinee. David Shelburn for a time was a riverman and woods worker. In the spring of 1853 he brought his family to Buena Vista Township of Portage County and the following year bought 180 acres of wild land on which his grandson, Arthur Shelburn, now lives. In the course of years he made this a good farm improved with substantial buildings. In 1894 he bought the farm of 180 acres in another part of Buena Vista Township now owned and occupied by his son Walter. At this second farm both parents passed away. David Shelburn was a republican and at one time served as supervisor of Buena Vista Township and for four years was chairman of the board. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children consisted of the following: Laura, who died at the age of twelve years; Clara I., wife of Marion Rice and mother of Hosea. a teacher in the Normal School at Stevens Point; Carl, who died in infancy; Aiden; Frances is the wife of Charles H. Bacheler and had two children, Frank and one that died in infancy; Lindlev is mentioned elsewhere in this publication ; Everet was a farmer in the Dakotas for some years and is now in the State of Washington; Cassie is the wife of William Prescott, of Washington ; David is deceased ; Katie is the deceased wife of Grant Holloway, of Duluth; Walter H. ; Sadie is the wife of A. E. Anderson, of Canada; and two other children died in infancy.

Walter H. Shelburn grew up on his father's old farm and was educated in the public schools. After the death of his mother he acquired the farm where he now lives, comprising 180 acres, and has done much by his improvements and cultivation to justify his ownership of such a good farm. A few years ago he erected a silo 14 by 31 feet, has also built a potato house, hay barn, garage and machine shed 22 by 55 feet, and has remodeled the residence. Besides his active career as a farmer Mr. Shelburn spent about three years working in the lumber woods. In politics he is a republican.

September 10, 1902, he married Miss Freda Mattie Wenzel. Mrs. Shelburn was born in Germany July r, 1883, daughter of Julius and Bertha Wenzel, who came from their native land in 1885 and are now living on a farm near Amherst in Portage County. In the Wenzel family were eleven children: Elizabeth, hreda Mattie, Emma, Clara, Frank, Julius, a soldier in the great war, Bertha, Albert, Louise, Walter, and William who died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Shelburn are the parents of six children : Frances, bom June 28, 1904; Walter David, born November 3, 1906; Lyle. born July 2, 1908, and died October 25, 1908; Charles Frederick, born June 28, 1910; Richard Duane, born January 18, 1912; and Wenzel Albert, born June 4, 1916, and died September 24, 1917.

Julius Mueller. It is typical of human nature to rely upon old and sure methods and practices rather than embark upon new and uncertain undertakings. Thus the rules that govern farming in one generation are quite likely to be followed by the next. But in every community some man of exceptional enterprise is adopting new devices and modifying old practices, and if his example demonstrates results it is sure to be followed, and that is the story of progress in every community and in every art and undertaking.

It has been due to the enterprise and energy of one of the younger farm owners of Sharon Township to set the pace in several important particulars. Mr. Julius Mueller some years ago put up about the first silo in his neighborhood, and the satisfaction and profit he derived from feeding silage made the silo rather popular among his neighbors. He also introduced the first high grade Poland China hogs to his neighborhood and was the first to bring there a pure blooded Guernsey bull. Thus he has accomplished something more than merely handling efficiently the routine of his own farm, since his example has set a good practice and standard for the entire community.

Mr. Mueller was born in Canada July 28, 1887, a son of Henry and Tilda (Bukholtz) Mueller. His parents were both natives of Germany. They immigrated to America and settled in Canada about 1883, and in 1902 moved to Athens, Marathon County, Wisconsin. They are now living at Watisau, where Henry Mueller is a mason contractor. In politics he is an independent. lie and his wife have nine children, all living, named Julius, Adolph, Christian, John, Lydia, Mary, Edward, Harry and Roy.

Julius Mueller began his education in the common schools of Canada and later attended high school at Athens, Wisconsin. His first business experience was clerking in a store and doing farm labor. After his marriage he removed to Tomahawk. Lincoln County, Wisconsin, and for four years was in the retail meat business there. In iqi r he returned to Portage County and located in Sharon Township and in

1913 bought his present farm of 160 acres, this being the old Mathias Eiden Farm. It is during the last five years that he has made his enterprise count as a farmer and stockman, and his prosperity in these lines is well assured. In politics Mr. Mueller, like his father, is an independent voter.

November 9, 1910, he married Miss Helen Eiden, a daughter of Mathias and Mary Eiden, who were among the first settlers in Sharon Township. Mathias Eiden cleared most of the land constituting the present farm of Mr. and Mrs. Mueller. Mathias Eiden was a son of Nicholas and Mary (Weber) Eiden. A more detailed account of the Eiden family is given on other pages. Mathias Eiden was one of the pioneer hop growers of Portage County. The old hop house which he built on the farm in 1874 is still standing. He erected a number of other good buildings, which are still in use. Mathias Eiden died in 1913 and his wife in November, 1911. He was a highly successful farmer, and bought each of his two sons 120 acres of land in Stockton Township. Mr. and Mrs. Eiden had five children: Peter. Nick. Mary, Barbara and Helen. The Eiden family were members of the Catholic Church and that is also the faith of Mr. and Mrs Mueller.

John M. Wanserski. Some of the finest farms in the county are found in Sharon Township, and in the same locality are some of the best citizens of Portage County. Among those who have adopted modern methods and are in every sense progressive factors in the agricultural community is John M. Wanserski, who has lived here most of his life and has given a splendid account of his opportunities.

Mr. Wanserski was born in Poland March 1, 1859, son of Joseph and Frances Wanserski. When he was twelve years old, in 1871, his parents came to America and lived at Milwaukee for two years, from there coming to Portage County in 1873. They located in Sharon Township in section 12, where the father bought a very small farm comprising only ten acres. He had begun its improvements and was looking forward to a better home when in 1874 he lost his life by a stroke of lightning. His death occurred at the age of sixty-two. The widowed mother lived with her son John until her death in 1892, at the age of seventy-six. They were the parents of eight children, John M being the youngest. Michael and Joseph both died in Poland. Paulina is still living in Poland and three of her sons are in the great war. Antonia lives at Milwaukee, Josephine in Stevens Point. Francis died in Poland, also Agnes.

John M. Wanserski was only fifteen years old when his father died. He helped his mother run the little farm and later he bought forty acres in section 12 in addition to the original farm. He continued an active agriculturist in that community until he sold the old place, and on April 1, 1908. moved to his present farm in section 35. Here he has 165 acres, devoted to general farming, and with good improvements. Mr. Wanserski is a democrat, and has been very popular among his fellow citizens. For seventeen years he was a side supervisor. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church at Polonia.

February 17, 1884, Mr. Wanserski married Miss Polly Ecekendarf. She is a daughter of Frank and Josephine Ecekendarf, who came from Poland to America in 1863 and Mrs. Wanserski was bom to them while they were still on the ocean. The family settled at Berlin, Wisconsin, but in 1873 came to Stevens Point and soon afterwards located on section 12 of Sharon Township. Her father died here in 1881, at the age of sixty years, while her mother passed away in 1899, aged sixty-five. They had a very large family of children: Frank; Augusta, of Wyandot, Michigan; Mary, who 'died in Poland; John; Peter; Julius; Paulina, Mrs. Wanserski ; Henry, of Plover; Emma, of Wyandot, Michigan; Frances; Joseph, of Ashland, Wisconsin; and Josephine.

To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wanserski were born ten children: Mary is the wife of Frank Wanserski and their children are Ernest, Rudolph and Stanley. Martin lives at Galloway, Wisconsin, and by his marriage to Elizabeth Wanta has four children, Raymond, Irene, Florence and Clarence. Joseph, the third child, died at the age of fourteen. Annie is the wife of Adolph Zobrowski, and their family consists of Ferdinand, Agnes, Harry and Stanley. John J. lives at Rosholt, Wisconsin, married Elizabeth Kruzicki and has two children, Gertrude and Irvin. Victor is still at home. Regina is the wife of Nick Kruzicki and has a daughter. Evelyn. Ellen, the eighth child, is at home, while Edward died at the age of eight years and Frank in infancy.

Gilbert L. Park, Jr.. a brother of Judge Park and son of Gilbert L. Park. Sr.. both mentioned on other pages of this work, has been a successful lawyer and prominent citizen of Stevens Point for many years.

He was born at the county seat March 21. 1862. educated in the grammar and high schools and finished his education in the University of Wisconsin. He took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1884, and since that time his chief energies have been devoted to his private practice. For twenty-one years he has served as a justice of the peace, and at the present time is also supervisor of the First Ward. He was elected to that office in 1902 and has been kept in office by the choice of the people regularly since then. For the last two years he has been chairman of the board.

Mr. Park is a democrat in politics, is affiliated with the Hcncvolcnt and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is unmarried and owns the old Park homestead at Stevens Point.

Onofrv Kruzicki. One farm in one ownership for over fifty years is a proof of the steadfastness and permanence of citizenship such as constitutes an asset to any community. Mr. Onofry Kruzicki, one of the leading farm owners and stock men of Sharon Township, was born on the place where he now lives November 26. 1866. His parents were Onofry and Frcdericka Kruzicki, who came from Poland and journeyed into Portage County through the woods with wagons drawn by ox teams about 1859. They came here from Winona, Wisconsin, accompanied by Peter Klonopcky. The first land acquired by the parents was forty acres near Ellis, but this was subsequently sold and they took a homestead of 160 acres, which has been in the possession of the family now since the early '60s. The father died here in 1886, at the age of fifty-two, and the mother survived until July, 1915. when she was seventy-eight years of age. Onofry Kruzicki,

Sr., was a very hard working pioneer and before his death had accumulated about 280 acres. The family first lived in a simple log house, and gradually possessed themselves of those comforts and conveniences in accordance with the rising standard of living. They were active members of the Catholic Church at Polonia. The family consisted of six children: John, Onofry and Frank, twins, Joseph, Barney, deceased, and Anton ia.

Mr. Onofry Kruzicki grew up on the home farm and his education was a few brief terms in the parochial schools. In early life he had practical experience on the farm, and later he acquired the old homestead and has developed its improvements and increased its size until his ownership now includes 440 acres of the rich soil of Sharon Township. He has done much improvement, and has one of the finest barns in the county, 120 by 36 feet in dimensions. He uses most of his land to grow the staple crops of Wisconsin, and he also has a fine lot of grade Holstein cattle, his herd of twenty being headed by a thoroughbred sire.

Mr. Kruzicki is a democrat and an active member of the Polish Catholic Church at Polonia. He served as director of his school board for about twelve years, and in his church has been clerk six years and three years treasurer.

In 1888 he married Miss Rosa Wanta. She was born in New York State and was a child when her parents came to Portage County. Mrs. Kruzicki was wife and mother lor a quarter of a century. She died December 8, 191 3, the mother of the following children: Genevieve, the oldest, married Felix Richter, of Sharon Township, and is the mother of Bernice, Emil and Edwin. Nick, who lives at Rosholt, married Regina Wanserski. and has a daughter, Evelyn. Elizabeth is the wife of John Wanserski and has two children, Gertrude and Irvin. Otilla is the wife of John Trcpkoski. Julia lives in Chicago and is the wife of Bruno Glinccki, and they have two daughters, Agnes and Florine. Laura is at home. Angeline is with her sister in Chicago. The younger children, all at home, are named Martha, Mae, Basil. Isabel. Leo and Annie. In 1914 Mr. Kruzicki married Mrs. Martha Richter, and they have one child, Theresa.

Henry G. Grashorn. Among the residents of Portage County who are now nieml>ers of the retired colony, few have engaged in such a number of varied enterprises as has Henry G. Grashorn. His activities have led him to invade various fields of commercial endeavor, he has been an agriculturist, and has looked after large properties of his own and of others, having been the repository of important interests, has been the founder of enterprises of a financial character, and, until his retirement in 191 5, was the incumbent of responsible posts in the public service. His career has been a remarkable one in many ways and has been characterized all the way through by self help, as the success which is his has been gained solely through his own initiative and resource.

Mr. Grashorn was born at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, September 13, 1859, a son of Lewis and Pauline (Brooksen) Grashorn. His father, born in Oldenberg, Germany, in 1818, came to the United States in 1849 and located in Wisconsin, but after a short stay returned to Germany and was married, his wife, who had been born on the English Channel in 1830, being at that time a resident of Germany. They came back to America in the same year and located at Oak Creek, now a suburb of Milwaukee, but after about two years removed to Sheboygan, near which city Lewis Grashorn owned a farm. He continued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his life, and died in 1871, when in his fifty- fourth year. Mrs. Grashorn survived him many years, and passed away in 1905 on the old homestead that is still owned by the family. There were the following children: I-cwis; Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Charles, who died August 28, 10,14, on his fifty-eighth birthday; Henry G., of this notice; and W illiam, George and Lena, who live on the home place at Sheboygan.

Henry G. Grashorn was reared on the home farm near Sheboygan, where he remained until sixteen years of age, in the meantime securing his education in the public and German parochial schools. At that time he secured employment working on a railroad section, at a wage of 90 cents per day, and followed this line of work for 2 l / 2 years, gradually advancing in position and salary. His next work carried him into the pineries of Michigan, where he worked at hauling logs until spring, following which he became employed on Government contracts in the line of superstructure of piers and breakwaters on the Great Lakes. After five years of such work Mr. Grashorn entered the service of the Hatfield Company, dealers in wood, coal, etc., and November 14, 1884, arrived at Junction City, where, in the capacity of manager for seven years, he looked after the lands and mining interests of the concern and had charge of the shipping of wood and coal. At the end of that period Mr. Grashorn embarked in the wood business on his own account, bought land in Carson Township, in the vicinity of Junction City, and carried on an extensive business in this direction for some years. He became the owner of two farms, one of forty acres and another of 120 acres, the latter known as Maple Grove Farm, upon which he had a splendid herd of pure-bred Holstein cattle. This he sold at the time of his retirement in 1915. In addition for several years he was proprietor of a liver)', dealt extensively in insurance, and was interested in an agricultural implement concern. For twelve years he was also the owner of a general store at Junction City, and like all his other enterprises this prospered through his capable direction and management of its affairs. He was one of the organizers of the Junction State Rank, of which he has been president since its inception, while his son-in-law, S. J. Sebora, is cashier. In addition to his modern brick residence Mr. Grashorn is the owner of a large barn and a potato warehouse in the near vicinity.

On April t, 1891. Mr. Grashorn's wife was appointed postmistress of Junction City and held that office four years, being succeeded by A. E. Arians as postmaster, who held the position a like period. Mr. Grashorn was then appointed postmaster, and held the office until 1915, when he resigned because of poor health. In politics Mr. Grashorn is a republican, and has frequently been the incumbent of public offices. He was township clerk of Carson Township for two years and served for about fifteen years as deputy and under sheriff. Largely through his efforts Junction City was incorporated, and at that time he became a member of the board of supervisors, a position which he held continuously until IQ15. He is religiously inclined to be independent, but has always supported good movements for worthy causes and has contributed to movements making for morality and better citizenship. His fraternal connections are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Beavers.

Mr. Grashorn was married June 30, 1887, to Miss Antoinette Herrick, who was born June 28, 1859, in Waushara County, Wisconsin, a daughter of J. T. and Mary Jane (Gower) Herrick. Mrs. Herrick died in 1865, and in 1887 Mr. Herrick came to Junction City, where he lived with his son-in-law, Mr. Grashorn, until his death in 1903, when he was sixty-eight years of age. The maternal grandmother of Mrs. Grashorn was Eva (Kenney) Gower, who came from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Waushara County, Wisconsin, with an ox-team, spending her last days at the home of Mr. Grashorn and attaining the remarkable age of ninety-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Grashorn had but one "child, a son, who died in infancy. They reared as their adopted daughter Lorinda Akey, who is now the wife of S. J. Sebora. cashier of the Junction State Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Sebora have three children: Yerna Antoinette, born October 10, 1907; Lester Henry, born September 23, 1912; and David Howard, born September 9. I0»6.

Chari.es H. Packard, who for many years has been chief of the Stevens Point fire department and also actively identified with business affairs at the county seat, is member of a pioneer family and his father was one of the leading lawyers of Central Wisconsin.

Mr. Packard was born at Stevens Point April 26, 1856, a son of W. H. and Elizabeth (Berton) Packard. His father was born in Massachusetts December 24, 1828, and his mother in Vermont in 1836. She lost her parents when a girl and was brought to Plainfield, Wisconsin, and reared in the home of Walter Beach. W. H. Packard came to Wisconsin in 1850, and he and his wife were married at Plainfield February 28, 1853. By trade he was a millwright and built and operated sawmills in Wood, Portage and Marathon counties for a number of years. He became a factor in public affairs in Portage County and in the fall of 1S58 was elected register of deeds, an office he held three successive terms. He was also deputy county treasurer and deputy county clerk two years, and then for six years was clerk of courts for Portage County. In the meantime he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and on retiring from office became a law partner with James O. Raymond. After four years of this partnership he served one year as city attorney and one year as city clerk, and in 1884 moved to Hayward in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, and was there elected district attorney of the county and later was district attorney of Bayfield County. He held that office 3J{» years and then practiced law privately until his death on April 21, 1899. He was a very active republican and was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His wife died December 23, 1915. They had ten children: George A., Charles H., Jane L.. Addie and Hattie, twins, Mary, William, Howard, Clark and John.

Charles H. Packard was reared in Plover until 1870, since which date his home and activities have been at Stevens Point. For a number of years he has been in the general contracting business. His connection with the fire department began twenty years ago. and he was formerly captain of the hook and ladder company, but for seventeen years has been chief of the entire department, and in that time has developed its efficiency and personnel and apparatus to the highest degree of effectiveness. Mr. Packard is a republican and is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America.

In 1881 he married Miss Jennie M. Wood row, of Detroit, Michigan. She died September 16, 1904, and on February 24, 1906, he married Mrs. Edith Zimmcr. Mrs. Packard was born in Stevens Point July 3, 1875, daughter of W. and May Wagoner. Her parents were married at Stevens Point December 7, 1861, and her father died there September 4, 1909, aged seventy-five, and her mother on June 3, 1908, aged sixty-one>. Mrs. Packard was one of a family of eleven children: Lewis G., one that died in infancy, Henry, Mary, Emil, Otto, Joseph, Edith, Rudolph, Herman and Alexander.

James B. Carpenter. One of the oldest residents of Portage County, whose name and record deserve the tribute of this memorial in permanent form, is James B. Carpenter, who came to this county more than sixty years ago and after being disabled for active physical service has given the value of a man's abilities to varied public duties.

Mr. Carpenter was born at Ischua in Cattaraugus County, Jsew York. October 10, 1833, a son of Frederick and Elsie (Hibner) Carpenter. His father was born in Massachusetts November 4, 1804, and his mother in New York State May 12, 1810. They were married in New York and spent most of their years on a farm \y 2 miles from the Village of Ischua in Cattaraugus County, New York. That farm is still owned by Mrs. Frederick Lyman Carpenter. The record of their children is as follows: David H., born October 27, 1831 ; James B., born October 10, 1833; Sidney B., born November 2, 1834; Ruth E., born December 26. 1835; Frederick L., born May 10. 1837; Sarah E., born June 8, 1838; Levi P., born October 10, 1839: Junius T., born May 5, 1842; Spencer N., born September 7, 1843; Caroline, born March 10, 1845; and Charles, E., born March 23, 1850.

James H. Carpenter grew up on the old homestead in New York and lived there until he was twenty-two years of age. In 1855 he came into the western wilderness and arrived in Portage County in company with William Osgood and M. H. Munger. His active and venturesome spirit found an outlet in the energies of the woods and the river and he was a regular factor in the lumber industry in this part of Wisconsin until he lost his left leg while running a raft of lumber on the Wisconsin River. That injury came to him in i860. Since then he has been a resident of Portage County and again and again chosen to public office. He was elected clerk of court of the county, filled that office for some years, later was county cJerk, served as justice of the peace, and for the past ten years has been township supervisor. In politics he was reared in a democratic atmosphere, but with the events of the war he turned to the republican doctrine and has continued an unbroken allegiance to that party. He is a Methodist, while Mrs. Carpenter is a Lutheran.

Mr. Carpenter married for his first wife in Buena Vista Township Ruth Porter. At her death in 1877 she left the following children : Ella. Esther, Sidney F., Frank, and Tames R. In 1879 Mr. Carpenter married Rhoda Guthre, who was born in Norway, March 1, 1858. was reared in that country, and in 1873 came to Waupaca County. Wisconsin. Her parents, Peter and Rhoda Guthre, spent their last days in Waupaca County on a farm in Helvetia Township. There were thirteen children in the Guthre family, five of whom are living, namely: Ole, in Norway; Simon P., in lola, Wisconsin; Permilla. in Vernon County, Wisconsin; Palena, of Waupaca County; and Mrs. Rhoda Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter had one son, Jesse B., who died in infancy.

Waite Beach Buckingham was one of the veteran business men of Stevens Point, and not only built up a large and successful business but bore one of the highly honored names of the county. His death July 22, 1913, represented a great loss to the community. Since his death his insurance business has b<?en continued by Mrs. Buckingham, and it is now the oldest insurance agency of Stevens Point.

The late Mr. Buckingham was born at Flint. Michigan. March 14. 1837, son of Lyman and Salome ( Beach) Buckingham. His parents were pioneer settlers on a farm near Flint. Michigan, and at one time the father was sheriff of that county. Lyman Buckingham died at Detroit, Michigan, when about ninety years of age. Waite B. Buckingham was reared and educated at Flint, attended the public schools there, and as a youth he was a teacher for a time. In 1849, when he was only twelve years old, he and his brother Charles and their mother had the active management and responsibility of the home farm during the absence of the father in the gold fields of California. Later Mr. Buckingham engaged in the drug business at Flint and was also interested in a saw mill and lumber manufacturing. In 1871 he came to Stevens Point and for a time looked after the timber lands of Mr. W. S. Patrick. When Mr. Patrick established a private bank Mr. Buckingham continued in his service as cashier of the bank. In the meantime, in 1876, Mr. Buckingham established his insurance agency, so that for more than forty years it has supplied that indispensable service to the community. From 1886 to 1900, for fourteen years, Mr. Buckingham was cashier of the First National Bank of Stevens Point and one of its stockholders. He was very active in business affairs, and gave a liberal cooperation to every public movement. He was a republican, and was prominent in Masonry, being affiliated with Evergreen Lodge No. 93. Free and Accepted Masons, Forest Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and was one of the organizers of Crusade Commandery, Knights Templar. He was first made a Mason at Flint, Michigan, in 1861. became a member of the Royal Arch Chapter at Flint m March, 1864, and took the Knights Templar degrees in the Pontiac Commandery in 1865. He was also prominent in the Presbyterian Church of Stevens Point.

In 1861 Mr. Buckingham married Fanny Hammersley, of Flint. She died in December, 1901, leaving one daughter, Grace, who died in 1904. as the wife of John Campbell, a son of Guy Campbell, one of the pioneer railroad men of Stevens Point.

December 28, 1909, Mr. Buckingham married Miss Bertha A. Scott. Mrs. Buckingham was born in Boscobel, Wisconsin, a daughter of Andrew and Armina ( Petty) Scott. Her father was born in New York City January 1. 1836. and died February 6, 1911. Her mother was born at Conneaut, Ohio, June 6. 184T, and died June 18. 1910. Andrew Scott came to Stevens Point as pioneer in 1855 w "i tn his parents, James and Ann ( Anthony 1 ! Scott, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of New jersey. James Scott came to the*

United States when about nineteen years of age and at one time operated a line of boats in New York harbor. On removing to Portage County he took up a farm of Government land twelve miles north of Stevens Point and was also prominent in the lumber industry, operating under the name James Scott & Sons. However, his son Andrew was active manager of the property. Andrew Scott was educated in New York City and for many years was a factor in the lumber business of Central Wisconsin. In politics he was a republican and he and his wife were active in the Presbyterian Church. James Scott was a Methodist and did much to build up church sentiment and keep up Sunday school work in the county. Andrew Scott operated lumber yards at Boscobel, Wisconsin, at Dubuque, Iowa, and at Monticello, Iowa, and carried on a very extensive business. He was affiliated with Evergreen Ix>dge No. 93, Free and Accepted Masons, and with the Royal Arch Giapter and Crusade Commandcry. Mr. Scott and wife had four children: Bertha: Harold A., who is a dentist by profession and is proprietor of a drug store at Milwaukee; Ethel, Mrs. Robert K. McDonald, of Stevens Point; and Louise, wife of F. D. Reynolds, of Stevens Point.

Mrs. Buckingham was educated in the Stevens Point High School, and also at Ripon College. She is a woman of thorough business training and acquired a good knowledge of the insurance business as an emplovec of Mr. Buckingham before her marriage, this experience enabling her to earn- on the business since his death During all his life Mr. Buckngham was active in the Presbvterian Church and for many years was an elder in the Stevens Point Church. He was widely known as a singer and from young manhood sang in the choir, both in thei Flint and Stevens Point churches. Mrs. Buckingham has also all her life been identified with that church, beginning as its organist when a girl, and has done much to keep up the musical part of the church program for year?.

Peter Eiden. One of the vigorous upstanding and capable men of Portage County who have now gone to their reward was the late Peter Eiden, who lived here and performed his duties as a farmer, home maker and good citizen for a long period of years.

He was born in Germany September 29, 1835, a son of Nicholas and Mary (Weber> Eiden. His father was born in 1805 and his mother in 1810. On December 6. 1855, the parents with some of their children, including Peter, who was then past twenty years of age, left Trier, Germany, and in March. 1856, landed at Philadelphia. Thev then crossed half the continent to Wisconsin, and from Fond du Lac moved on into Portage County, making this stage of their journey by wagon and team. Nicholas Eiden was a man of much enterprise and with foresight acquired about 500 acres of land, wild and uncultivated, and by his own labors and those of his sturdy sons cleared up most of it, and thus contributed no small amount of agricultural assets to the county. Nicholas Eiden died in this county in 1893 and his wife in 1800. They were very devout members of the Catholic Church and assisted in building <ome of the first churches and also gave three acres of land for church and school at Ellis. In their family were the following children: John, who was the first of the family to come to America, reaching this country in 1850; Peter; Mathias; Nicholas; John; and four other sons who died in infancy.

Peter Eiden was reared and educated in Germany, and had attained manhood and was ready to take up the serious responsibilities of life when he located with his parents in Sharon Township in 1856. About his first enterprise on his own account was the securing of one acre of land at Ellis, on which he established a store and saloon. Later he bought two acres more of land in the same village. In 1875 he bought eighty acres of timber at Alban, and in 1878 established a shingle mill. This mill was burned in 1881 and he decided not to rebuild it and soon sold the timber and land. Subsequently his father gave him eighty acres where Mrs. Kiden now lives, and he also acquired 120 acres of swamp land. However, his home and the center of his enterprise for many years was in the Village of Ellis, where he continued as a general merchant until 1880 and kept his saloon until 1883. He finally retired to his farm and died there October 19, 1912.

He was a citizen of much prominence. For four years he served as township treasurer and for several years was also school treasurer. He was a democrat and an active member of the Catholic Church.

June 17, 1874, Mr. Eiden married Miss Margaret Eiden, who was bom in Germany June 6, 1850, daughter of Peter and Catherine (Eiden) Eiden. Her father was born in 1817 and her mother April 18, 1826. They were married in the old country in 1849. and most of their children were born ihere. On April 25, 1873, the Eiden family arrived in Stevens Point and soon afterwards settled in Sharon Township, where they bought 120 acres of land from Mr. Tack. Later he acquired 200 acres in Xcw Hope Township. Mrs. Eiden's father died at Ellis in 1879, and her mother passed away in 1881. Mrs. Eiden was the oldest of seven children, the others being: John, who lives on the old farm in New Hope Township; Peter, who died in 1900, in New Hope Township, leaving a widow and eight children, his widow now living in Minnesota; Nicholas, of Stevens Point; Helen, wife of John Kolz, of Sharon Township; Adam of New Hope Township; and Mathias, of Ellis.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eiden in 1900 enjoyed a trip abroad to Germany, where they spent three months visiting old scenes and friends and relatives. Mrs. Eiden is the mother of four living children. Four of those born to her and her husband died in earlv infancy, while one, Mathias, died at the age of two years. The oldest of the family is Peter Mathias. The second, John, born April 23, 1880, was educated in the public schools, is a baker by trade and is unmarried. Joseph, born May 15. 1883. is also unmarried and a baker living at Sheboygan, Michigan. Anthony, born June 22, 1889. is a butter maker by trade, but is now working in the shipyards at Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Peter Mathias Eiden, who was born on the old farm at Ellis, has always lived at home and is now managing with much success the old homestead for his mother. He was educated in the public schools, and since taking the responsibility and management of the farm has improved it with a number of modern buildings. In 1913 he built a silo 12 by 24 feet. He raises good stock of different kinds and is breeder of Guernsey cattle. Politically he is a democrat and is now a director of the Stockton Township Fire Insurance Company and for the past three years has been clerk of his school board. November 29, 1916, Peter M. Eiden married Miss Josephine Ott. She was born in Chicago February 15. 1881, daughter of John and Mary (Bauer)

Ott, both natives of Germany. Grandfather Adam Ott was a pioneer settler at Hilbert, Wisconsin, but later moved to Chicago, where he spent his last days. Her mother, Mary Bauer, came with her parents to Hilbert, Wisconsin, in early days. John Ott and wife married in Chicago, and he lived in that city until his death in 1896. Mrs. Eiden's mother died in 1917, at the age of seventy-five. Her father was sixtytwo when he died. Mrs. Peter M. Eiden was one of seven children: Anne, Hubert, Katie. Julia, Josephine, Nora and Elizabeth. Peter M. Eiden and wife have one son, Peter Anthonv, born October 21, 1917.

Rev. Lucas J. Pescinski. Located in one of the most populous and prosperous Polish Catholic communities of the county, the Catholic Church of Polonia is one of the largest institutions of the kind in the county, and draws to its worship hundreds of families living in this prosperous district.

The rector of the church is Father Pescinski, who has been pastor of several churches in Portage County, and has distinguished himself by his constructive work and the splendid zeal he has manifested in the performance of every duty

He was born a' Biezun, Poland, October 10, 1859. In 1869 he came to America with his parents, and grew up at Milwaukee. He attended St. Francis Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood in 1884. His first charge was at Seymour, where he remained about 2]/2 years and also attended four missions nearbv. including Black Creek, Little Freedom, Hoffa Park and Pulaski. In these mentioned he ministered to the needs of German. English and Polish speaking people. Father Pescinski took charge of the church at Casimer in Portage County and was there nine years. Among other duties he erected a parochial school. Then for iy 2 years he was at Menasha, and in 1896 became* pastor of St. Peter's Church at Stevens Point, where he remained the pastor until 1909. While at Stevens Point he erected the modern church edifice, schoolhouse and the St. Joseph Polish Academy. From 1909 to 1916 he was pastor at Fancher in Portage County and while there he was responsible for the building of the parochial school and also installed new altars in the church and decorated the same. On September 1, 1916, he came to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church at Polonia, and here also his work as a leader and builder has been manifested. In 1918 the church was decorated by Bernhard Mcrkiewicz of Chicago under the supervision of Father Pescinski.

Father Pescinski is a son of Stanislaus and Rose (Sadowska) Pescinski, hoth of whom spent their last days with their son at Stevens Point. The mother died in 1901, aged sixty- five, and the father in 1907, at the age of seventy. They arc buried in the family mausoleum near St. Joseph's Convent at Stevens Point. In the family were six children: Rev. Lucas J.; Veronica, wife of John Benka, of Stevens Point, and their daughter is housekeeper for Father Pescinski; Vincent, who is in the dry goods business in Chicago; Mary, who died in 1902; Alexander and Annie, both living at Portland, Oregon.

in Buena Vista Township, and is a man who in all the relations of a busy life has stood true to principle, has been successful in his affairs, and is known and honored for his fine family and the good influence that has always radiated from his home.

Mr. Newby was born in Canada April 5, 1850, a son of John and Delilah (Upthagrove) Newby. The Newby family is well known in Portage County and reference is made to other members within these pages. John Newby was born in Nova Scotia in 1819. a son of Thomas Newby. Reared and educated in Canada, where he married, John Newby came to the United States in 1855 and in the same year settled in Buena Vista Township as a pioneer. His first land was eighty acres, which he cleared from the woods, and in that locality he continued his industrious efforts until 1882. Retiring, he lived at Stevens Point until his death in i8qi. His first wife and the mother of his children died in October, 1877. at the age ot forty- seven. They had the following children: Angeline ; Gilbert; John, who died February 5, 1917; Mary, who died at the age of eight years; F.dwin, of North Dakota; Lewis Albert, who died February 1, 1917; Warren A., of Greenville, Ohio; and Irvin C, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. For his second wife the father married Lavina Vandervort.

John Newby proved his willingness to fight for his adopted country when he enlisted in September, 1862, in Company K of the Thirty-second Wisconsin Infantry. He was in active service nearly two years, until mustered out and granted his honorable discharge in June, 1865. He and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and in politics he voted as a republican.

Gilbert Newby grew up on the old farm in Buena Vista Township. His educational opportunities were those of the common schools of his day. He participated in the vigorous and rather exciting work in which nearly all the earlier residents of Portage County had a share, work in the woods and on the river. After lumbering for several years he bought a farm in section 10 of Buena Vista Township, comprising 160 acres, and after bringing it to some degree of development and cultivation sold and in 1883 bought his present place of 120 acres in section 8. This is one of the excellent farms of the township and one of its conspicuous improvements is a large barn by 80 feet. This barn furnishes ample facilities for his work as a stockraiser.

Mr. Newby has participated in public affairs to the extent of serving as township clerk, as justice of the peace and as member of the school board. He votes as a republican. March 18, 1874, he married Miss Rosa E. Clark, member of another pioneer family of Portage County. She was born at New Berlin in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, March 26, 1855, daughter of Scott and Sylvia (Scagen) Clark. Her parents were natives of Waterbury, Vermont, her father born in 1820 and her mother in 1822. and both represented old New England stock. They arrived in Wisconsin and settled in Waukesha County in 1847, when Wisconsin was still a territory. In 1857 they moved to Portage County, locating in Buena Vista Township, where her father died in 1898 and her mother in 1912. Both were active members of the Baptist Church, and her father was a democrat. Mrs. Newby's parents had the following children: Lucy, who died in infancy; George S. ; Lucy; Ripley; Rosa E. ; and Hazen. Mrs. Newby was liberally educated, attending public school in Buena Vista Townvoi. n-r ship and also the Waukesha High School. There are many people who gratefully remember her for her services as a teacher. She taught a number of years before her marriage, and for five terms was connected with the schools at I-ake Thomas, Wisconsin. The record of Mr. and Mrs. Newbv's children is as follows:

Myrtle T., born May 21, 1875, married N. W. Sanders and they live in South Dakota. Their four children are Ralph, Clifford, Floyd and Wilbur. Mabel I., born August 14, 1880, is the wife of Elmer Eskritt, of Lanark Township, Portage County, and they have four children, Sylvia, Harry, Arlene and Lucile. Effie, who was born September 29, 1882, is the wife of George Van Buskirk, Jr.. of Lanark Township, and they have one child, Carroll. The fourth and fifth children are Raymond E. and Ripley G., twins, born January 27, 1885. Raymond married Edith Myers, of Stevens Point, and has a son, Wayne, born January 26, 191 7. Ripley married Anna Precourt and they have two children, Beverley and Bonita. The youngest of the family is Violet, born May 4, 1896. She is a graduate of the State Normal School at Stevens Point and is now the wife of Harry Peterson, of Lanark Township, and the mother of one daughter, Verla Grace.

Charles Steffanus. The year 1855 was a period of pioneer times in Portage County. This district had become the home of civilized men only a few years before, and most of the land was uncleared, the woods stood dense and rank, and only here and there were clearings made with log cabin homes and small crops of grain growing.

It was in that year that the Stenanus family was established here. They have been prominently represented now for over sixtv years in the agricultural and in the affairs of different communities, and one of the name was the late Charles Steffanus, for many years an aggressive and expert farmer in Sharon Township, where his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Steffanus, still resides.

Charles Steffanus was born December 15, 1854. at Eden in Eric County, New York, a son of William and Melania (Papoon) Steffanus, His father was born in Lorraine, August 18, 1820, and his mother in Alsace, November i, 1820. On coming to America they lived for a time in Western New York, and in 1855 moved to Portage County, Wisconsin, and located in Sharon Township. The father acquired 320 acres of Government land. That land, now transformed into a splendid farm, is owned and occupied by Mrs. Charles Steffanus. William Steffanus was a man of great strength, enterprise and ability. In order to reach his homestead he had to cut a road through the heavy woods. For his first habitation he built a shack, and not long afterward it burned down. He was not a man of great means, and when his home was destroyed he had only $100 left. He therefore built a log house, and in 1876 it was replaced by a substantial building of stone, the material being quarried from his own farm. He acquired a large amount of land, and lived there and prospered until his death on August 14, 1896. The widowed mother died September 24, 1910. William Steffanus was a democrat and was a loyal churchman and helped establish St. Martin's Church at Ellis. He and his wife had five children : Rose, Charles, Lewis, Mary and William.

schools. He always lived in one locality, though for about sixteen winters he worked at different points in the lumber woods. He acquired the homestead of 320 acres and busied himself with its care and cultivation and improvement until his death on December 13, 1907. He was a democrat and served as treasurer of St. Martin's Church.

April 23, 1888, Mr. Steffanus married Miss Elizabeth Eiden. She was born in Germany Tune 24, 1867, daughter of John and Mary Eiden, both of whom spent all their lives in their native country. Her mother died February 28, 1886, and her father February 18, 1910. They had children named John, Ann Mary, Annie, Adam, Elizabeth, Margaret, Helen, Barbara, Mary and Peter. Those now deceased are John, Adam, who died in infancy, also Margaret, and Barbara. Mrs. Steffanus came to America with her sister Barbara, arriving at St. Paul, Minnesota, August 13, 1887. Her brother John had already established a home in that city. She was married in St. Paul. Mrs. Steffanus became the mother of seven children : John William, born September 17, 1889, died at the age of five years; Felix Jacob, born March 3, 1891, died May 9. 1892; Martin John, born March 30, 1893; Clara Elizabeth, born February 25, 1896, who graduated from the Stevens Point Normal in 1918 and is now a teacher; Philip Nicholas, born September 14, 1898; Lucy Margaret, born February 21, 1901, a graduate of the rural course in the Stevens Point Normal and already a school teacher; and Clement Joseph, bom September 17, 1903. The sons Martin and Philip are now the active managers of the home farm, and are conducting it with a high degree of skill and profit. They have a fine herd of about twenty-six Guernsey cattle, some of them thoroughbred. In addition to general farming and stock raising they also operate the old stone quarry on the farm, and have supplied much material for local building.' including St. Joseph's Church at Stevens Point.

Simeon Earl Carley. A man of high intellectual attainments and of -practical ability as well, Simeon E. Carley is one of the modern leaders in the advancement of Portage County as an agricultural and livestock center. He has shown a strong bent towards the scientific technique of modern agriculture, and develops his talents both by practical experience and by constant work in the Wisconsin Agricultural College and through study and experimentation and observation carried on at his own stock farm and throughout this part of Wisconsin.

Mr. Carlev owns the old Carlcy homestead, which has been the home of the family in Portage County for many years. It is located in Buena Vista Township, and it was there that he was born December 9, 1880. He grew up in that locality, attended the public schools and spent one year in the Stevens Point Normal. Mr. Carley was a successful school teacher for eight vears before he settled down to the regular routine of farming. Besides the 100 acres of the old homestead he has an adjoining forty acres known as the Ainsworth Farm.

thoroughbred Holstein cattle in Buena Vista Township. He acquired the nucleus of this herd in 1907 and has been at no little expense and constant pains to keep his stock up to the highest standards of the registry. He is president of the Portage County Holstein Breeders

Mr. Carley has done a great deal of institute work and university extension work for the past four years. He is a fluent speaker and has that effectiveness which is a product of demonstrated success. He is one of the valuable leaders of agricultural methods in this part of the state.

Mr. Carley is a progressive republican and has held the office of side supervisor. He is affiliated with Plover Lodge No. 76, Free and Accepted Masons, and with the Modern Woodmen of America. December 24, 1903, he married Miss Sadie Van Ruskirk. They have two children, Meredith and Marjorie.

His father was the late Simeon Carley, long prominent as a good citizen and farmer of Portage County. Simeon, Sr., was bom in New York State November 19, 1839. son of Richard and Matilda (Van Horn) Carley. His parents removed to Illinois in 1845, were farmers in that state, and about 1858 came to Portage County and bought a farm in Buena Vista Township. Later they lived on a farm in Plover Township, and Richard Carley was extensively engaged in buying and selling land. lie died in Plover Township, while his first wife passed away in Illinois. She was the mother of Simeon, William and Emma, all now deceased. Richard Carley married for his second wife Jane Segar, and there were two sons of that marriage, Franklin and Andrew.

The late Simeon Carley was nineteen years old when his parents came to Portage County. He was a man of vigorous constitution and took part in the arduous work, which attracted so many strong young men at that time in the lumber woods and as a river man. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E of the Seventh Wisconsin Infantry, and was a member of the famous Iron Brigade, whose record is familiar to every intelligent and patriotic Wisconsin citizen. He was in service until the close of the war, and on returning to this county bought a farm in Buena Vista Township. That farm is now the home of his son Simeon E. It consisted of too acres when he died on January 7, 1908. His widow is still living in the county. Simeon Carley was a republican and a very active man of affairs in his home township, serving as supervisor, treasurer, assessor and school director. One of his dominant characteristics was charity and helpfulness to all who were less fortunate than himself. He was affiliated with Lodge No. 76 of the Masonic Order at Plover and with the Grand Army Post.

January 24, 1866, Simeon Carley married Angelinc Newby. She was born in Canada September 8, 1848, and is a daughter of John and Delilah (Upthagrovc) Newby and a sister of Mr. Gilbert Newby, elsewhere mentioned. Simeon Carley and wife had five children: Hugh, who died when eleven years old ; Cora, who died at the age of thirteen; Minnie, wife of Lewis Prcscott, a Buena Vista Township farmer, and she is the mother of two children, Harry and Neil ; Libbie, wife of DeForest Gates, a farmer of Buena Vista Township, and their children are Harold, Myrlc and Charles; and Simeon Earl, who is the youngest of the family.

io f 1884, and member of a prominent family. His father was Michael Urbanowski. John F. Urbanowski was educated in the parochial and public schools and in the Stevens Point Business College, and was only thirteen years old when he began working in a cigar factory. After acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business he was a cigar maker on his own account at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, for eight years, and also followed his trade in North Dakota and in Milwaukee and Chicago. In 191 2 he returned to Stevens Point and established a cigar factory at 818 Fifth Avenue. He learned his trade with John Langowski of Stevens Point.

Mr. John F. Urbanowski owns the old homestead of the family at 820 Fifth Avenue. In |K»litics he is a democrat and a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church.

May 4, 191 5. he married Miss Johanna Prais, who was born at Stevens Point May 16, 1888, daughter of Joseph and Mary Prais, of another well known family of Stevens Point.

George Herman Munroe, whose business as a merchant at Kellner is an appreciated service in that section of Portage County, has been identified with this community for fifteen years. He is a native of Wisconsin, and his family is not only an old one in this state, but in some of the lines the ancestry goes back to the earliest colonial period.

He was born March 10, 1870, son of James and Lucy (Burroughs) Munroe. I lis father, who was born in Nova Scotia in 1842, was brought to the United States when a child and received his first schooling here. About 1855 the family moved to Rock County, Wisconsin, where he completed his education. His father died in Rock County, and his mother, Nancy Munroe, passed away at Hastings, Nebraska, in 1914. at the venerable age of ninety-six. James Munroe after reaching manhood settled in Jefferson County. He enlisted in the Thirteenth Wisconsin and served three years, until the close of the war in 1865. He went later to Adams County, Wisconsin, and his death in April. 1873, was the result of drowning at Port Edwards in the Wisconsin River.

Lucy Burroughs, mother of George H. Munroe, was born in New York State in 1848, a daughter of Robert and Harriet (Moffatt) Burroughs. The Moffatt line runs back through continuous generations to the time of the Mayflower. Robert Burroughs was a native of New York State and his wife of Massachusetts. They were among the first settlers of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, and from there moved to Adams County in this state and lived in that section when the Indians were as numerous as the whites. Robert Burroughs died in Adams County in 1877, when about sixty-seven years of age, and his wife in 1894, at the age of seventy-two. Mrs. Lucy Munroe is living at Wautoma, Wisconsin, at the age of seventy. She was the mother of four children : Frank, now at Ladysmith, Wisconsin ; Ettie, who died in infancy : George H. ; and Matie, deceased.

George Herman Munroe was only three years old when his father died, and in the following year he went to Adams County and lived with his mother and grandparents. He received his education in the public schools there and as a boy began working on the farm at monthly wages. Later he acquired his grandfather Burroughs' farm of 160 acres, and was prosperously identified with agriculture there until

1903. On selling out his Adams County property he came to Portage County and opened a small stock of general merchandise at Kellner. His service as a merchant was much appreciated and his business grew and in 1905 his stock of goods was housed in a larger store. Besides his store Mr. Munroe owns land in Rusk County and also other property in Wood County. He is a republican in politics and while a resident of Adams County served as township clerk seven years and for a similar term was a member of the local school board.

In January, 1894, he married Miss Alice Ely. She was born in Adams County, Wisconsin, August 16, 1870, a daughter of Oscar and Annette (Gardner) Ely. Her parents were early settlers of Adams County and are still living. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in December, 191 3. Mrs. Munroc's father and mother reside at Kellner, the former aged seventy-nine and the latter seventy-three. Mr. and Mrs. Munroe had five children: The oldest died in infancy; Crystal lielle, Gladys Ely, Ruth Alice and Lucy Annette.

Jackson Calkins. In the citizenship of Portage County in the country around Amherst there was no more honored nam£ than that of Jackson Calkins, a pioneer, a man of splendid integrity, of magnificent energy, and his memory is one that deserves permanent record among the representative men of Portage County.

He was bom in Springfield, Massachusetts, September 27, 1826. In 1830 his parents moved to Oneida, New York State, where his father was interested in the lumber industry. When Jackson was eight years old his father died, leaving a family of four daughters and three sons. Jackson was the youngest son. When he was about thirteen, in 1839, his widowed mother moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where her three oldest children had preceded her. the year before, in 1838. In 1839 Mrs. Calkins took up a pre-emption at Kenosha, north of Pleasant Prairie, and spent her last years in this state.

May 2, 1847, Jackson Calkins married Diadamia Z. Sabin, also of Kenosha. She was born in Canadaigua Village, New York State, March 14, 1829. In 1846 Mr. Sabin moved his family to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and in 1847 after his daughter's marriage he returned to his old home in Canadaigua, New York.

In 1848 Jackson Calkins moved to Forrest, where he took up a pre-emption on the road between Fond du Lac and Sheboygan, fourteen miles from the former city. In December. 1854. at the age of twenly-eight he moved to a place near Sheridan, then called Sessions Prairie. The following month, in January. 1855, he moved his family to that farm, but in the fall of 1855 came to Portage County and acquired the land which his daughter Josephine now owns in Amherst Junction.

Jackson Calkins developed his land there and was successful)' engaged in its management until his death, which occurred January 3, 1896. The deed to the old farm is dated September 15, 1855. His wife died on that farm August 21, 1870, leaving a family of five children to his care. The old Calkins place comprises 108 acres, though at different times Jackson Calkins owned several other tracts in that vicinity. When he bought the land only twenty acres had been cleared and it was his individual labors that cut down the trees and brush and made the land capable of growing crops on practically every acre. Mr. Calkins was always interested in local affairs, held offices on the school

He was the father of seven children : Josephine, Helen, Frank Jay. Charles S., Mary E. ( Lafayette A. and DeWitt. Those now living are Josephine and Frank Jay.

Charles S. Calkins was born in Forrest, September 14, 1854. He came to Portage County with his parents in 1855. After finishing in the district school he attended the high school at Amherst, then went to Fond du Lac to business college. After graduating from business college at Fond du Lac he returned home and worked on the farm from the spring until fall. He then went with the Wisconsin Central Railroad as fireman and the following year was given an engine. He was in the service of that railroad until 1884, when he went to Winnipeg, then in the Northwest Territory, now the Province of Manitoba. For ten years he had an engine on the main line between Winnipeg and Medicine Hat. After leaving the railroad company he took charge of his ranch near Medicine Hat, his family remaining in that town. He afterwards spent two or three years prospecting at Atlin, British Columbia, where some valuable property is still owned by his estate. In 1885 he married Miss Agnes Crawford of Winnipeg, who survives him with six children. Charles Calkins died November 15, 1908.

Mary E. Calkins, who was born at Amherst, December 9. 1856, married a Mr. Wells. October 24, 1874. In 1875 she moved to Texas and died in Houston, that state, December 6, 1885. leaving her husband with three children, two sons and one daughter.

Lafayette A. Calkins, the third son of Jackson Calkins, was born September 5, i860. He finished his education in Amherst, attended the high school at Stevens Point, and after graduating attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He studied for a profession and was admitted to the bar in 1882, having previously studied in the law offices of Walter R. Barnes, afterwards for one term district attorney of Portage County. In 1886 he married Miss Bertha F. Burns at Fort Howard. She was a resident of Fort Howard. He practiced in Stevens Point until in 1887, when he moved to Ashland, where he served as judge. In 1894 he moved to Green Bay, where he held several offices and lived there until his death on February 6. 1913. He was survived by a wife and two children, named Earle M. and Reginald Jackson Calkins. Reginald Jackson Calkins enlisted for service in the great war and was trained for the aviation section in Princeton University, entering as a cadet corporal and in a week or so was promoted to cadet sergeant, then to cadet lieutenant, and was graduated as a cadet major. On the field of practice in France before going into actual combat he defeated his own instructor. He sailed from New York overseas August 27, 1918, and was killed in action the last day of the war at the age of twenty years. This gallant young aviator was a great favorite of his aunt Miss Josephine Calkins, and during school vacations he usually spent his time with her and Lafayette on the old farm as he called it.

Miss Josephine Calkins was born at Forrest April 8, 1848 and was reared on the old farm at Amherst Junction, having gone there with her parents in 1855. After her mother's death she kept house for her father and the other children until they each went for themselves. She learned a trade and worked at it until September 5, 1888, when she returned with the children of her brother, Frank, and since then has lived at the old homestead. The excellent house her father built burned down and she replaced it with the present modern home. Although she never married she has taken care of the children of her brother Frank since his wife's death. The little folks found a happy home at the old farm. Her nephew Lafayette A. has been with her more than the rest and seems almost her own son.

Her brother, Frank Jay Calkins, was born in Forrest, July 14, 1852, came to Portage County with his parents and has had a hard working career from boyhood up. He helj>ed his father in clearing and developing the farm, and also did grading work on the Wisconsin Central, now the Soo Line, when it was built through Amherst Junction. The following winter he spent in school and in the summer again worked on the section and helped his father on the farm. The first locomotive he ever saw was on this line and from that instant his ambition was set upon becoming a locomotive engineer. He worked on the section at home and helped his father, and in 1874 went to Stevens Point, working on the section until late in the fall, when he was sent to 101, the end of the road, now called Worcester, as night watchman. Later he was fireman, and in December, 1876, was given his first locomotive and promoted to command of the throttle. March 4, 1877, Frank Jay Calkins married Miss Hattie St. John, who was born at Fond du Lac. Later she lived with her parents at Worcester, then at Phillip. Mr. Calkins was married in his father's home by the Methodist minister of Amherst. Frank Calkins first lived at Stevens Point after his marriage, and in 1881 moved to Ashland, where his wife died in 1888, leaving children named Ethel, Eugene, Maude. Fanny. Lafayette A. and Harry. These children Miss Josephine Calkins brought to the old home farm on September 5. 1888. Frank's oldest son was killed on the railroad at Appleton at the age of twenty-two. April 29, 1904. One by one Miss Calkins has been deprived of her other nieces and nephews except Ethel, who lives in California, and Lafayette A., whose home is at the Junction. Ethel was born in 1878. After finishing her schooling at the Amherst High School she attended and graduated from the business college of Green Ray. She married a Mr. W. Humes in 1898 and is now living in California.

Frank Jay Calkins was with the Wisconsin Central until 1888 and since then has been connected with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul of the Milwaukee system, living at Hilbert Junction. His son, I-afayette. since his mother's death when he was about three years of age. has grown up at the home farm of his aunt, and received his education at Amherst Junction and at Chilton. He was born at Ashland. October 21. 1885. He had an inclination toward mechanical pursuits, and for a time was employed as a stationary engineer at St. Louis, Missouri, also at Indianapolis, Indiana, living there three years. In the fall of 1909 he returned home to Amherst and in 1910 engaged in the flour and feed business. He was also one of the leading potato buyers in the county. April 27, 1910, Lafayette Calkins married Mrs. Daisy (Wcscot) Rreed of Chilton. Wisconsin. They have two children. Glenn and Willis. The Calkins family are all active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

very oldest families of the county. His mother's brother, John Eckels, was a settler here in 1845, three years before Wisconsin became a state. It was the verv year Wisconsin was admitted to the Union that William Albertie. father of Irvin E., located in this region. William Albertie is remembered and held in the highest respect all over Portage County. He was one of its most successful farmers and for ten years held the office of county treasurer. He was the first incumbent of that office to occupy the courthouse at Stevens Point.

William Albertie was born in Pennsylvania in 1820 and on coming to Portage County in 1848 established his home at Plover, where he followed the trade of millwright. He helped put up many of the mills along the Wisconsin Niver. In 1853 he bought 160 acres of land, constituting a portion of the farm of his son in Buena Vista Township, and cleared it and constructed the house in which Irvin Albertie now lives. William Albertie was a stanch democrat in politics, and besides serving as county treasurer was chairman, assessor and treasurer for many years of Iiuena Vista Township. He spent his last years on the farm and died there February 29, 1892. He married Elizabeth Eckels, who was born at Findlay, Ohio, in 1827. She died November 14, 1914. Their children were five in number: Man-, Ella, George, deceased, Irvin F... and John, deceased.

Irvin E. Albertie grow up on the home farm, but when he was twelve years of age his parents moved to Stevens Point, and there he attended the famous old White School. Mr. Albertie is a veteran railway man, having been with the Wisconsin Central for a number of years as fireman and switch engineer. He left that occupation to return to the farm, and is now devoting his energies successfully to handling 280 acres. He has made many improvements, including a substantial barn and other buildings. Mr. Albertie is a democrat, like his father, and has served as treasurer of the township. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

November 27, 1884, he married Miss Grace E. Smith. Mrs. Albertie was born in Waupaca County December 12, 1867, and her people were also early settlers in Wisconsin. Her parents were James E. and Rosann (Humphries) Smith, the former born in New York State December 25. 1837, and her mother in England September 9, 1835. Her father came to Wisconsin, first locating at Green Bay, later in Portage County, and for a time was one of the drivers of the stage line of Jacob L. Myers. He married in Lanark Township of Portage County, and after living there a few years moved to Buena Vista Township of Portage County and acquired 170 acres of land, part of which was cleared by his individual labors. In 1881 he removed to South Dakota, then a territory, and there his wife died in 1887. He is now living, past eighty years of age, at Iroquois. South Dakota. The children of the Smith family were: Wallace, Frances, Grace E. Albertie, and Jessie M. and Mabel, both deceased.

To Mr. and Mrs. Albertie have been born eight children : William J., Fay, lone and an infant all deceased; Irvin T., Jay K., Stephen J. and Dorris E.

Anthony Prain. Jr., has been a resident of Portage County nearly all his life. He was here early enough to know the conditions which were a survival of earliest pioneer times, and has been a witness and a factor in changing the aspect of the country, improving the farms, and making the entire region more productive in every sense. Mr. Prain is a successful farmer of Buena Vista Township and for a number of years he and his good wife worked side by side in the mutual task of making a home and bearing their responsibilities as good citizens.

Mr. Prain was born at Berlin, Germany, October 14. 1872, and was only a few months old when his parents, Anthony and Rosie (Hankey) Prain left the fatherland and came to Menominee, Michigan, where after a year of residence they moved to Princeton, Wisconsin, remained there about one year, and then located in Stevens Point. Anthony, Sr., was born in Germany in 1838 and his wife in 1840. The family had their home at Stevens Point for seven years, and Anthony, Sr., then acquired a forty acre farm in Stockton Township, east of Custer. Selling that he moved to Buena Vista Township and acquired the old George Nugent farm of 120 acres. That farm was the scene of a busy experience on the part of the family for fifteen years. It was then traded for the substantial property of 174 acres owned by Anthony Prain, Jr. The father continued to live here until 191 5, when he moved to Wausau, where he is now living with his son John. The mother died in 1910. They were the parents of six children : John ; Bertha, wife of James Turrish, living in California; Alexander, who died when eighteen years old ; Anthony ; Frank, who lives at Moscow, Idaho; and Mary, wife of Fred Tech, son of Carl Tech, mentioned elsewhere in this publication. Anthony Prain, Sr., is a democrat .and a member of the Catholic Church.

Mr. Prain, Jr., began his schooling while the family was in Stevens Point. He also attended school in Stockton Township, Buena Vista Township. His early training influenced him to the choice of farming as a permanent vocation, and after some years of work for others he bought in 191 5 the old homestead from his father. This fine farm is in section 7 of Buena Vista Township, and in point of productiveness and improvement stands as one of the most conspicuous in that locality. Mr. Prain built a large barn after he had acquired ownership. This barn was burned in 191 7 and he has since then started construction of a thoroughly modern barn 40 by 76 feet. He is engaged in general fanning and stock raising. Mr. Prain is a republican voter and has served as a member of his local school board.

In December, 1806, he married Iva May Whittaker. who was born in Buena Vista Township in August, 1870, daughter of Alphonso and Bell (Altcnburg) Whittaker. Her father was an old timer of Portage County and is now deceased. Her mother, a daughter of John Altcnburg, another prominent resident of Portage County, is now the wife of S. G. Stoddard, of Stevens Point.

Mr. and Mrs. Prain became the parents of three children: Howard, who died when thirteen years old ; Florence, who has received her education in the schools of Stevens I'oint and is the wife of Irving Purdy. of Stevens Point ; and Willis, who is a student in the Stevens Point High School.

Chari.es Henry Dorsciieid. Farming is no longer a matter of haphazard work, loose and ineffective methods, but requires the same carefully directed energies that any other business does. It is due to the fact that he has followed well thought out plans, and has backed up every plan with a large volume of concentrated energy and effi-

The farm that he now owns and occupies is also his birthplace. He was born January 25, 1S73, and represents a fine old family of early settlers and one of the good American citizens of Wisconsin. His parents. John and Catherine (Esse) Dorscheid, were both born in Europe. His father was born in Prussia, Germany, February 4, 1830. The mother was born in France January 21, 1833. They were brought to America as children by their respective parents, and they grew up in New York State and were married at Strykersville in Erie County of that state. While they were living there seven chldren were born to them: Peter, Jacob, Mary, John, Mary, Joseph and Kate. It will be noted two were named Marv, the first having died in infancy. In 1866 John Dorscheid and wife established their home in Portage County, and in the following year located on their farm of eighty acres now owned by their son Charles H. Much of that land was cleared up by the sturdy efforts of the father and he also erected the good buildings still standing. He was one of the esteemed residents of this community until his death April 2, 191 2. His widow survived him until November 11, 1917. They were a notable old couple, to whom a large community was greatly endeared, and they had lived together for fifty-seven years of married companionship. After they came to Portage County four other children were born to them, named Frances, Annie, Eugene and Charles Henry. John Dorscheid always voted the democratic ticket. He and his family were Catholics.

Charles Henry Dorscheid grew up on the old homestead and was educated in the public schools. In early life he proved himself a capable farmer and in 1906 his industry enabled him to buy the old homestead of eighty acres, and in 1916 he bought another farm of sixty acres. He has kept his business up to modern standards of efficiency, and is constantly studying and working to improve his farm in the matter of buildings and everything that will contribute greater effectiveness and productiveness.

Mr. Dorscheid is now serving his third year as township supervisor. He is a democrat and a member of the Catholic Church. On November 28, 1901, he married Bertha Potter, who was born in Pine Grove Township of this county August 3, 1877, daughter of James and Eliza (Crawford) Potter. Her father was born in Canada January 23, 1832, and her mother was born at La Porte, Indiana, June 10, 1841. They were married in Dodge County, Wisconsin, November 9, 1856. and in the following year established their home on a farm in Pine Grove Township, Portage County. Thus they were likewise among the honored pioneers of the county and they lived here for upwards of half a century. Her father died August 17, 191 f , and the mother April 20. 1913. James Potter served as a soldier of the Civil war. In the Potter family were nine children, William, George, Lydia, Albert, Edgar, Laura, Clarence. Alvin and Bertha. Those now deceased are Lydia and Laura.

William Gai lkf.. Few citizens of Portage County have had more interesting experiences in life than William Gaulke, a prosperous farmer of Grant Township. Mr. Gaulke knew the Middle and far

West in its pioneer times, before transcontinental railways were constructed and when much of the Northwestern country was the scene of active Indian hostilities. He has been a resident of Portage County for over forty years and his affairs have been greatly prospered. He has reared a large family in this county and is now surrounded by his sons and daughters and numerous grandchildren.

He was born in Germany October i, 1848. When he was fourteen weeks old his father died, and at the age of eleven years he was orphaned by the death of his mother. He grew up in his native country and had the advantages of the common schools there. In 1867, at the age of nineteen, with all the enthusiasm of youth and its daring and courage, he set out for the New World and soon afterward arrived in Milwaukee. His first American experience was working as a farm hand for two months. He then secured employment on one of the steamboats running on the Great Lakes, and this occupation furnished him an opportunity to learn the Knglish language, which he readily acquired. Returning to Milwaukee, he soon took a job in the harvest fields of Illinois, and remained in that state about two years, working in the summer and attending school in winter.

At that time practically all the country west of the Mississippi was a wide open frontier and furnished every incentive to a youth with the spirit of adventure. Mr. Gaulke went out to Nebraska and took up a pre-emption, but never lived on the land. For a time he was located at Sioux City, Iowa. One of the most interesting experiences he had was a year he spent in the employ of the United States Government as a teamster. Much of the time he was employed in handling a six mule team. He did teaming between the Government reservations in the far Northwest and for a time was located at Fort Ruford. While there he built a skiff and with four companions floated down the Missouri River to the present site of Rismarck, North Dakota. In that vicinity he and his companions established a little town known as Carlington. He remained there and was proprietor of the ferry. Nearby was Fort McKeen and later Fort Lincoln, where General Custer was stationed during some of the Indian wars. For two years Mr. Gaulke was a ferryman. He had a large boat forty-five feet long and he handled a large part of the traffic that crossed the Missouri River at that point.

Having satisfied himself with Western life and its adventures, Mr. Gaulke in 1872 returned to Wisconsin and for about three months worked in the pail factory owned by Mr. Rabling at Grand Rapids. In 1878 he bought his first land in Portage County. This was a part of the school section No. 16. township 22, range 7, east, Grant Township. Later he sold that land after improving it to his brother-in-law, Ludwik Henke, who is now deceased. His sister, Mrs. Henrietta Henke. is now living at Grand Rapids.

Mr. Gaulke next bought forty acres of his present estate in Grant Township, in section 17. As his affairs prospered he added more land and is now owner of 420 acres. One of the most valuable of his services was the development and improvement of half of this land, which when he bought it was absolutely wild and uncultivated. He cleared it of brush, broke it and planted crops, directed substantial buildings, and in addition to farming he also learned the carpenter's trade and has been employed in building many of the houses and bams of his vicinity. He is a general farmer and stock raiser and handles a herd of graded Holstein cattle. In the early days he did all his farm work with ox teams. His first home was a small frame house and in 1803 he built the ample and commodious residence which he now occupies.

It is proverbial that the busiest man is always most ready and capable of assuming new responsibilities. Mr. Gaulke is no exception to that rule. He has found time to serve as township clerk nine years, as township chairman eleven years, and ever since 1880 he has been clerk of his school district. He helped organize this district, No. 3, and was employed to erect the schoolhouse. In 1903 he was appointed a drainage commissioner and has filled that office for fifteen consecutive years. Mr. Gaulke in politics was a republican.

In 1876 he married Miss Augusta Kruger, who was born in Germany in 1856. She was brought to Wisconsin by her parents, Godfrey and Frederika Kruger, who located in Grand Rapids Township of Wood County. Her father died there and her mother is now living, about ninety years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Gaulke had eight children and most of these children have grown to manhood and womanhood and the grandchildren now number almost a score.

Henry, the oldest, married Ella Smith, and their children are Minard, Emmett, Herbert, George, Lameine, Loretta and Marguerette. Of these Minard graduated from the Grand Rapids High School with the class of 1918. Mary, second of the family, is the wife of Emil Eberhard, of Grand Rapids Township, and their family consists of eight. Arvilla, Lester, Elmer, Urbin. Harold, Lorinda, John and Floyd. William, third in age, married Ella Winkler, of Plover Township, and their children are Lilah and Frank. Minnie married Charles Painter, of Grand Rapids, and they have one child, Charles. The younger children of Mr. and Mrs. Gaulke, all at home, are: Laura, Ella and John. ^

Adoi.pii J. Maslowski has become a well-to-do citizen of Portage County through his continued enterprise as a merchant custom tailor, a business which was founded by his father and has been continued successfully at Stevens Point for thirty years or more.

The family before coming to America had their home in Poland, where Adolph T. Maslowski was born October 25, 1877, son of John and Florence (Bozych) Maslowski. His parents are still living, his father at the age of sixty-eight. The paternal grandparents were Carl and Kudwika Maslowski, who came to Portage County and settled on a farm in Sharon Township, where the grandfather died. The widow is now living at Stevens Point with her son John, so that three generations of the family and four, counting the children of Adolph, are represented in this city.

John Maslowski brought his family to America in 1882 and settled at Stevens Point. He is a tailor by trade, and he established the business at Stevens Point which was later taken over by his son Adolph. John Maslowski still assists his son in the business. He and his wife are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church. Their children were : Paul and Peter, twins, who died young ; Adolph, Joseph and August.

Adolph J. Maslowski was five years old when the family came to Portage County, and he grew up here, attending the parochial schools and later the public schools. At the age of sixteen he went to work to serve a thorough apprenticeship at the tailor's trade. He has developed a high degree of technical skill and artistic taste in the business, and about fifteen years ago he succeeded to the business established by his father and has a well equipped shop and salesroom at N. E. Public Square. Mr. Maslowski is a democratic voter and with his family is a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church. He resides at 519 Union Street. In 1903 he married Miss Catherine Pasternacki. Mrs. Maslowski was born in Stevens Point in 1881, daughter of Frank and Eva Pasternacki, well known citizens of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Maslowski have the following children: Carl, Grace, Theresa, Adolph, Romona, Harry and John. All are living except Harry.

August Lawrence Bischoff. Stevens Point numbers among its departed men of worth and stability the late August Lawrence Bischoff, who from 1882 until his death in 1904 was identified with a number of prominent business ventures and was a supporter of various movements of a progressive civic nature. Mr. Bischoff was born in Germany, in 1844. and was reared in that country, where he received a public school education and learned the trade of cabinet maker.

Mr. Bischoff was a young man of twenty-four years when he immigrated to the United States, his first permanent stopping-place being the little City of Cambria, Wisconsin. His capital upon his arrival was not large, but he was a master of a good trade, and was possessed of willingness, energy and ambition to make something of himself, qualities that impressed themselves favorably upon the people among whom he settled, so that he had no difficulty in securing profitable employment. He was also thrifty and industrious, and with a view to the future carefully saved his earnings, so that in 1874, when he came to Portage County, he was able to establish himself in business as the proprietor of a modest general store at Ellis in Sharon Township. During the eight years that he continued in business at that point Mr. Bischoff built up his trade to appreciable proportions, and when he disposed of his interests in 1882 to come to Stevens Point he was already on the high road to success. His subsequent operations in properties in this city were marked by accurate judgment and sound foresight, and his wise investments and cool-headed transactions soon placed him among the men of material substance in the city. He was engaged in building a handsome modern home at No. 316 North Division Street at the time of his death in 1904. Mr. Bischoff was a democrat in his political affiliation, and a devout member of the Catholic Church. He was held in confidence by his associates in the business world, and as a citizen left nothing to be desired in his loyalty and public spirit.

In 1870 Mr. Bischoff was married to Miss Helena Fuhring, who was born in Germany, December 27. 1851, a daughter of Conrad and Gertrude (Rashi) Fuhring. Mr. Fuhring was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1808, and his wife in 181 1, and they were married in Germany, from which country they came in the spring of 1853 to the United States. Their first settlement was near Randolph. Wisconsin, where they bought a farm, in the operation of which Mr. Fuhring continued to be engaged until his death in 1889. In his native land he had been the owner of a mill, and when he came to America brought with him the proceeds of the sale thereof, some $1,100, which was stolen from him, so that he had to face life in the new land all over again. For a time he worked on the railroad from Harrigan to Portage, but subsequently was able to get a piece of land, and his later success testifies to his perseverance and determination in the land of his adoption. Mrs. Fuhring died in 1891, having been the mother of the following children: Margaret, who died at Los Angeles, California; Anton, who served during the Civil war as a member of Company E, Twentyninth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and is now a well known business man at Union City, Oklahoma, where he is proprietor of a hardware store ; Bemdetta, whose death occurred at New Orleans, Louisiana ; Joseph, who was for some years in business at Union City, Oklahoma, and is now living in retirement there; and Helene, now Mrs. Bischoff.