Sauk County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1918 (part 20 of 20)

Mr. Brandt was born in Washington Township October 28, 1881, a son of Fred and Dora (Wiese) Brandt and grew up in his home locality. He acquired and wisely made use of the advantages afforded by the common schools, and is now proprietor of the home farm of 120 acres. Everything about this farm indicates his intelligent and careful management, and one feature alone that indicates his progressiveness is two silos. He runs his farm as a general stock and dairy proposition, keeping about twenty-five head of cattle and milking about twenty cows. Mr. Brandt is a republican in politics.

February 5, 1907, he married Miss Anna Hanko, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Fassel) Hanko of Westford, Richland County, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Brandt have four bright young children, the older ones already learning their lessons in the common schools. Their names in order of birth are Donald, Maynard, Willard and John. Mrs. Brandt's brothers and sisters are named Edward, Anthony, Francis, Clara and Josephine. Anthony and Francis are still single. Her brother Edward married Florence Sweeney. Clara is the wife of Ferdinand Wilman. Josephine married Albert Kruse,

Patrick Daly. The best and greatest wealth of Sauk County has always consisted in its men and women and especially those whose character has been exalted above the ordinary levels of existence and whose lives have made better and purer the community around about them.

There was no finer example of lofty public character than that afforded by the late Patrick Daly, who when in the prime of his years but after much suffering from persistent disease died at the home of his brother, Dr. Frank P. Daly, on April 19, 1911. He was a son of Patrick and Jane (Moran) Daly, and was born in County Mayo, Ireland, January 10, 1860, being brought to Sauk County when not quite two years of age.

The early life of Patrick Daly was the usual routine of a child growing up in a pioneer home. His parents had come to this country to enjoy its freedom and secure advantages they had not before enjoyed and they strove to give their children the best educational opportunities afforded. Accordingly the boy attended the district school during the winter months when school was in session, and later attended the high school at Reedsburg. But it was not destined that his early life should be free from struggle and unusual responsibility. In the spring of 1879 both parents died within a few months of each other, leaving him the oldest son at the age of nineteen the head of a family of five children, face to face with the struggle of securing a livelihood for himself and them, a task which in those days was indeed hard. Perhaps it was those early responsibilities, coupled with the strength he inherited from his sturdy ancestry, that gave him the remarkable degree of endurance and self sacrifice which showed in his character in later years. For a time he worked at the carpenter trade and became a skillful mechanic. There was no such thing as compromise with duty in the life of Patrick Daly. To whatever he attempted he gave his whole energy and aspired to a high standard of success.

After he felt that he could be spared at the old homestead and do more for those near him in another vocation he entered the Whitewater Normal, finishing the course in 1887. For several years he was a teacher in the country schools of Sauk County. Possessing a fine intellect and a great love for knowledge, he was perhaps naturally led to take up the study of law. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with the law class of 1896 and at once opened practice in his home city of Reedsburg, where from that time until his death nearly fifteen years later he was known as an able lawyer and as a citizen took a part in the everyday life of the community and was a strong moral influence and a foe to every form of social and civic corruption..

"He was a man whose life was never touched by the desire for fame or honor, who hated sham and deception and whose personal wishes were completely submerged in his devotion to principle. He lived up to ideals in his profession which, if followed by every lawyer, would immeasurably elevate the standard of the bar. He gave every power of his intellect to see the right and to find a way to remedy the evils on every hand and then uncompromisingly lived up to his belief.

''He had a keen appreciation and a great love for the beautiful in nature and was a deep student of history and literature. He took a great interest in the schools and in young people entering on life's career and no doubt his influence helped to guide many young people in choosing their life work.

"When death sets the seal of insignificance on worldly fame and honor and the petty schemes of men, it is a glorious thing to leave a record of a life unsullied by any form of vice, a life of unselfish devotion to principle and to every cause that is righteous. Such is the unstained record left by Patrick Daly, an example that may well be emulated in its integrity and purity by every young man and which, if followed, will help to right the social and political wrongs that he so much deplored and to remedy which he gave the best years of his life. ' '

Frank P. Daly, M. D. Holding prestige in the ranks of his profession by reason of superior natural ability, combined with a thorough training, wide experience, an acute comprehension of human nature and a broad sympathy, Dr. Frank P. Daly is firmly established in the confidence of the people of Reedsburg. A practitioner of this city for more than twenty years, this thorough master of his calling has built up an excellent professional business and standing, while as a citizen he has always shown himself ready to do at all times at least his full share in behalf of the public weal.

Frank P. Daly belongs to the class of men who have distinguished themselves in the county of their birth. He was born on a farm in Winfield Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin, June 24, 1869, being a son of Patrick and Jane (Moran) Daly. His father was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1807, and his mother in the same locality in 1820, and their marriage took place in their native land, where they resided until 1862. In that year they emigrated to the United States and located on a farm in Winfield Township, Sauk County, a tract of 160 acres, which they proceeded to clear and improve. Jndustrious and hard-working people, they succeeded in developing a handsome and valuable farm, on which, they spent the remaining years of their lives, the mother dying there in 1880 and the father not long thereafter. The farm is now occupied by Patrick Croal, who married Maria, the sister of Doctor Daly. In politics a democrat, Patrick Daly was content to confine his political activities to the casting of his vote, and never allowed small local matters to distract his attention from his business affairs, although always willing to support good movements and to work in behalf of worthy men and measures. A student and exceptionally well informed, he was a prolific reader and was well acquainted with the classics. Both he and Mrs. Daly were devout members of the Catholic Church, in which faith they reared their family. Their children were as follows: Michael, who died in Ireland as an infant ; Maria and Jane, who also died in infancy ; Catherine, who is the wife of John Loughney, of Ironton ; Maria, who is the wife of Patrick Croal and resides on the homestead farm in Winfield Township ; Patrick whose career is reviewed on other pages; John, who died in infancy; John (2), who is single and engaged in agricultural operations on a farm near Pond du Lac, Wisconsin ; Frank P., of this review ; and Martin, who died in infancy.

The boyhood of Dr. Frank P. Daly was passed on his father's farm in Winfield Township, and he was given the advantage of good educational opportunities. After completing his primary training in the country schools, he went to the high school at Reedsburg, and then continued his preparation by taking the course at the Whitewater Normal School. His first several years of independent work found him acting as a country school teacher in Sauk County, but during this time he had been preparing himself for the profession which he intended to make his life work, and in 1894 he matriculated at Rush Medical College, the famous Chicago institution of medical learning. Upon his graduation therefrom, in 1897, he returned to Reedsburg and opened an office, and here he has continued in the enjoyment of a constantly increasing practice. Doctor Daly has not ceased to be a student. On the contrary, much of his time is spent in investigation and research, and in keeping in touch with the discoveries of his calling. He is a member of the Sauk County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and his fraternal connection is with the Knights of Columbus. The doctor has maintained an independent stand in regard to politics, exercising his prerogative of voting for the man he has deemed best qualified for the office, regardless of party ties. For himself, he has never been an aspirant for the honors accruing from holding public position.

Doctor Daly was married in 1900, at Eeedsburg, to Miss Anna Joyce, who was born in Winfield Township, Sauk County, October 2, 1874, a daughter of Patrick and Mary (Byrne) Joyce, natives of County Mayo, Ireland, the father born March 17, 1825, and the mother May 15, 1831. They were married in Ireland, and in 1863 emigrated to the IJnited States, landing at New York City, where they remained for several weeks. They then made their way overland to Wisconsin and located in Winfield Township, whre Mr. Joyce, then in modest circumstances, found employment as a farm hand during the summer months, while in the winter he worked for Smith and Tower in the iron industry at Ironton. Thus he succeeded in accumulating sufficient means with which to purchase a farm, which he continued to cultivate during the remainder of his life. He lived in Winfield Township until 1913, in which year he removed to Reedsburg, and here his death occurred January 12, 1915, Mrs. Joyce having passed away on the farm January 8, 1910. Mr. Joyce was one of the substantial and highly respected men of his community, and active in the ranks of the democratic partj^ in his locality. He and Mrs. Joyce were faithful members of the Catholic Church. Before coming to the United States, Mr. Joyce, who was well educated in the Gaelic and English languages, spent much of his time in England during the harvest seasons, and to the time of his death retained a vivid recollection of the birthplace of William Shakespeare, which he had visited. Patrick and Mary Joyce had two children : Anna, now Mrs. Daly, and Martin Edward, now a resident of Reedsburg, but for some years the operator of the old homestead in Winfield Township, which is still in the family name, married Mary Conway, who died April 9, 1900, leaving two children ; Martin Edward, Jr., and Mary Ellen.

Mrs. Daly attended the Reedsburg High School and the LeMars (Iowa) Normal School, and in 1893 to 1896 taught school in Iowa. Returning to the county of her birth she continued as a teacher here until 1900, the year of her marriage. Doctor and Mrs. Daly are the parents of five children: Francis Matthew, born May 28, 1902; Jane Claire, bom April 22, 1904; Zita Joyce, born August 28, 1908; Mar^^ A^es, bom October 18, 1909 ; and Patrick Joseph, born March 17, 1912.

Walter Goetsch of Washington Township is owner of one of the largest and best equipped farms of that township, andis a representative member of that great body of industrious and thinking producers who earn every cent they get by adding honestly to the wealth of the world.

Mr. Goetsch was born in Washington Township of Sauk County June 10, 1885. He represents the second generation of a hardy family that has had much to do with the clearing and development of the lands of Wisconsin. His parents Otto and Anna (Kmeger) Goetsch, who now live at Reedsburg retired, were both born in Germany and on coming to America settled in Dodge County in 1861 and five years later moved to a new tract of land in Washington Township, clearing up and developing a farm for the use of their sons and daughters. Their children were : Walter, Esther, Elsie, William, Arthur and Otto. All except Arthur and Otto are married and established in homes of their own. Esther is

Walter Goetsch grew up and received his education in Washington Township, and on May 8, 1912, married Marie Harms, daughter of Henry and Louise Harms. Mr. and Mrs. Goetsch have one small daughter, Margaretta, now four years old.

The Goetsch farm comprises 200 acres, including some of the best soil in Washington Township. It has a notable group of building improvements, and most of the buildings were constructed out of the native stone. One special feature of the farm is a large stone silo, and that gives tone and character to the quality of farming carried on by Mr. Goetsch. Mr. Goetsch besides growing the staple crops keeps about sixty head of cattle and runs a large dairy of about forty-three cows. In politics he is independent and is a member of the Lutheran Church.

William Johnson. In a volume devoted to the careers of representative citizens of Sauk County, Wisconsin, it is a pleasure to insert a brief history of Y/illiam Johnson, who has ever been on the alert to forward all measures and enterprises projected for the general welfare and who has served his community in various official positions of trust and responsibility.

A native of the Bluegrass state, William Johnson was born in Elliott County, Kentucky, November 16, 1866. He is a son of James and Rebecca Jane (Porter) Johnson, the former of whom was born in Kentucky, October 11, 1833, and the latter in Virginia, January 27, 1839. The parents were married in Kentucky and there resided until 1883, when they came to Sauk County and purchased a farm of eighty acres in Ironton Township, subsequently adding an additional forty acres to that tract. They erected good buildings on their land and here Mr. Johnson was engaged in general farming and stock raising until his demise, in 1908, aged seventy-five years. His widow survives him and to them were born the following children: Ellen (deceased), Sarah, Emaline, William, Sherman, Olpha, John E. (deceased), Lillie, Minerva and James. In politics James Johnson was a stalwart republican and during the Civil war was a strong supporter of the Union, although he was a member of an old southern family. Four of his brothers enlisted as soldiers in the Confederate army but he joined the Fortieth Kentucky Mounted Infantry of the Union forces, serving with distinction for a period of two years.

William Johnson passed his boyhood in Kentucky and in 1883 accompanied his parents to Sauk County, Wisconsin, where he has since resided. He attended school for one year after his arrival here and after reaching manhood engaged in the saw-mill and threshing business, with which lines of enterprise he was identified for twenty years. He has also dealt in farm lands, buying and selling various parcels and in 1910 he located on a farm of forty acres near Limeridge, in Ironton Township. He now devotes the major portion of his time and attention to farming and stock raising. A republican in politics, he was assessor of Ironton Township for one year, was supervisor in 1912 and for five years

August 3, 1897, occurred the marriage of Mr. Johnson to Miss Rhoda Hineman, who was born in Ironton Township, May 13, 1877, and who is a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Frye) Hineman. Daniel Hineman was a native of Richland County, Wisconsin, where his birth occurred November 16, 1856. His father was Daniel Hineman, a native of Pennsylvania and an early pioneer in Richland County. Mary Frye Hineman was born in Indiana, in 1860, and she and her husband now reside on their farm of 140 acres in Washington and Ironton townships. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson became the parents of a daughter, Blanche Lueile, born February 5, 1902, and died in December, 1908.

Mr. Johnson is a man of fine mentality and broad human sympathy. He thoroughly enjoj'S home life and takes great pleasure in the society of his family and friends. He is always courteous, kindlj- and affable and those who know him personally accord him the highest esteem. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson's lives have been exemplary in all respects and they have ever supported those interests which are calculated to uplift and benefit humanity, while their own high moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation.

John Biser is a native of Switzerland, but was brought to America in early infancy, and for many years has been enrolled among Sauk County's progressive and capable farmers and stock raisers. His home is in Bear Creek Township.

Mr. Biser was born at Basel, Switzerland, December 10, 1868, a son of Gotthilf and Anna Susana (Brunuer) Biser. The father died before the birth of John, and in the following year, 1869, the widowed mother brought her son John to America and located at St. Paul, Minnesota, where she died in 1874. Herman Biser, elder brother of John was taken to Germany by his grandparents and grew to manhood there and in 1912 he and his family were brought to this country by John Biser.

John Biser grew up an orphan from the age of six and had many adversities to contend with in order to acquire an education and fit himself for an independent career. In January, 1901, he came to his present farm in Bear Creek Township, where he now owns 245 acres. By his own hands he cleared thirty of these acres, has erected fine barns and put in many other improvements, and enjoys prosperity. He keeps about forty-two head of livestock and has a dairy herd of twenty-five cows.

April 20, 1898, Mr. Biser married Miss Anna Carberry, daughter of Joseph and Bridget Carberry. Her parents came from County Monaghan, Ireland, to America in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Biser have a fine, family of children, named Mary, John, Thomas, James, Anna and Vincent.

Mr. Biser has been honored in a public way, having been a member of the Town Board and also a school officer. He is a democrat, he and his family worship in the Catholic faith and fraternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America.

every faculty must be brought iuto play, but they are not the main elements. Persistency and determination figure much more prominently and a man possessed of these qualities is bound to win a fair amount of success. John Bodendein, whose name forms the caption for this article, is practically self educated and during recent years has climbed to a high place on the ladder of achievement. He is one of Sauk County's prominent citizens and at the present time is the owner of a finely improved farm in Ironton Township, in addition to which he is president of the Carr Valley cheese factory.

John Bodendein was born in Richland County, Wisconsin, January 10, 1870, and he is a son of Joseph and Barbara (Kutzer) Bodendein, both natives of Germany, where he was born in 1832 and she in 1840. The paternal grandparents of John Bodendein came to Wisconsin in an early day and settled in Fond du Lac, where both died. Anton Kutzer and wife, maternal grandparents, were likewise natives of Germany and Mr. Kutzer died in Fond du Lac at the age of ninety years and Mrs. Kutzer at the age of eighty years. Joseph and Barbara Bodendein settled in Richland County, Wisconsin, in 1860, there clearing and improving a farm of 400 acres, on which he died June 22, 1909. Mrs. Bodendein survives her beloved husband and is now living on a farm she owns in Ironton Township, Sauk County. Mr. Bodendein was a democrat and for a number of years gave efficient service as township sujiervisor and as member of the school board. He was a Catholic in religious belief and to him and his wife were born the folloMdng children : Gertrude, Andrew, Paul, Peter, Mary, Frank, Annie, John, Lena, Barbara, Lucy, Phillip and an infant son deceased.

Eighth in order of birth in a family of thirteen children, John Bodendein grew to maturity on his father's farm in Richland County and he received a smattering of education in the neighboring schools. In 1893 he located in Ironton Township and purchased eighty acres of land, later selling half that tract. He then added 120 acres to his estate and in 1913 bought an additional 130 acres, of which he eventually disposed. He then bought five acres and his farm now comprises 165 acres of highly cultivated land, on which he recently erected a fine barn 34 by 90 feet. As a stock raiser he handles Holstein cattle, owning thirty-five head, in 1913, and at times feeding as many as TOO head. In addition to his farming interests he is president of the Carr Valley cheese factory, a business that is becoming one of marked importance in this community. Mr. Bodendein is a democrat, is township supervisor and a member of the school board. He is one of the trustees of the Catholic Church at Limeridge and he is looked upon as a man of importance in every walk of life. He is a self-made man and as such is deserving of much credit, having alread,y laid the foundation for a big success in life.

Mr. Bodendein has been twice married. In 1894 he married Miss Clara Tourdot, who was born in Green County, Wisconsin, in 1868. August and Mary (Fleuria) Tourdot, parents of Mrs. Bodendein, were both born in Paris, France, the form.er in 1827 and the latter in 1837. Mr. Tourdot was a mere child when he accompanied his parents from Paris to New York. In 1839 the family located in Green County, this state, remaining there until 1855, when they came to Sauk County and settled on a forty-acre farm two and a half miles from Limeridge. One year later, however, they returned to Green County and bought 120 acres of land, on which they resided until their respective deaths. This parcel of land was retained by the family until July 30, 1917. Mr. Tourdot died in 1892 and his wife passed away December 28, 1915. They were capable, industrious people and were gracious and hospitable to everyone. Eleven children were born to them and following are their names in respective order of birth: John, Mary (deceased), Sophia, Gilbert (deceased), Joseph, Olamp, Clara and Martha (both deceased), Albert, Charles (deceased), and Charley. Mr. and Mrs. Bodendein had five children, as follows: A son who died in infancy, Mary, Charles, Betsey and Clara. Mrs. Bodendein died in 1904 and was laid at rest in the cemetery near La Valle. In 1907 Mr. Bodendein was united in marriage to Miss Martha Tourdot, a sister of his first wife, she died July 31, 1915, without issue.

Olamp Tourdot, sixth child of August and Mary (Fleuria) Tourdot and a brother-in-law of Mr. Bodendein, was born in Green County. He located in Sauk County in 1893 and is an extensive farmer in Ironton Township, where he is the owner of a finely improved estate of 335 acres. In 1891 he married Miss Anna Bodendein, of Richland County, a sister of the subject of this sketch. They have ten children : John, deceased, August, William, George, Celia, Leo, Ruth, Frank, James and Olamp, all of whom are at .the parental home.

Anton Bethke has been a resident of Sauk County since 1882, in which year he came here and purchased a farm of 100 acres. He is a shrewd farmer and is known throughout the county as an honest and reliable business man. A native of Germany, he was born in January, 1848, and is a son of Gotlieb and Mary Bethke. The parents were born, reared and married in the fatherland and immigrated to America in the year 1853. They were engaged in farming operations in the old country and on their arrival here located on a farm in the vicinity of Milwaukee, where the father died, in 1862, aged sixty-five years, and the mother in 1911 at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. They reared a large family of children, of whom but three were living in 1917, namely : Michael, Anton and Mary. They were a kindly, hospitable couple and were held in high esteem by their neighbors and numerous friends.

As he was but five years of age when he arrived in America, Anton Bethke was reared to maturity under the sturdy discipline of the old home farm near Milwaukee and his education was completed with attendance in the parochial schools of that city. As a young man he learned the trade of cooper and he followed that line of business for a number of years. In 1882 he came to Sauk County and purchased a farm of 100 acres, later adding an additional plot of twenty acres. He has cleared most of his land and has improved it with a couple of splendid up-to-date buildings. In addition to farming and stock raising he is interested in the production of honey. He is known throughout Sauk County as the "Bee Man" and his apiary is one of the largest and finest in this section of the state.

Franz, a native of Milwaukee. This union was prolific of ten children, as follows: Stephen is an engineer in Milwaukee; Theodore resides at Duluth ; John and Joseph are deceased ; Leo, Bernhard, August, Therise, Mary and Dora. Mr. Bethke is independent in politics and he is an ardent supporter of all matters projected for the good of the general welfare. He and his family are communicants in the Catholic Church and they take a prominent part in the social activities of their home community. Their lives have been exemplary in every respect and they are most worthy of the high esteem accorded them.

James McDonnell. Among the riien whose etforts have been longest and most continuously directed to the farm enterprise of Dellona Township is James McDonnell.

He was born in that township of Sauk County in 1850, a son of Owen and Mary (McHugh) McDonnell. His parents were born in County Galway, Ireland, and came to America in the early forties and soon found their way to Wisconsin and cleared up from the wilderness a tract of land in Dellona Township.

It was on the home farm that James MIcDonnell grew to maturity, and is now the fortunate owner of 200 acres of well developed land. His good wife died June 2, 1906. His children are Mary, John P., Catherine, Frank, all of whom are living and unmarried, and Theresa, deceased. His son John P. has taken an active part in local affairs and was a member of the town and school board in 1911 and 1912.

Henry F. Sander. The progressive faculty possessed by some men stands as one of their dominating characteristics and gives to them a marked advantage in gaining distinct prestige in any line of endeavor to which they may confine their efforts. A self-made man in every sense of the term, Henry F. Sander stands today as one of the worthy and influential citizens of Ironton Township, where he is the owner of a finely improved farm of eighty acres.

Henry Frederick Sander was born in Westfield Township, Sauk County, December 21, 1869, and he is a son of John and Mary (Fuhlbohm) Sander, both natives of Germany, where the former was born in 1844 and the latter in 1847. His maternal grandparents were John and Dorothy (Schultze) Fuhlbohm, who came to America and settled in Sauk County in 1861. Mr. Fuhlbohm was a farmer and brick-maker and at the time of his demise, in 1912, he resided on the Fuhlbohm farm, south of Reedsburg. He died in his eighty-fifth year and Mrs. Fuhlbohm died in 1905, aged about eighty years. Mr. and Mrs. John Sander had three children : Emma, wife of Herman Klagos, of Reedsburg ; Henry Frederick, whose name forms the caption for this review; and Henry Christ, who died in 1902. The parents are both deceased, the former having passed away in 1873, and the latter in 1875.

Reared a farmer, Henry Frederick Sander grew to maturity in the home of his uncle, Henry Sander, a resident of Freedom Township. After completing his education in the public schools of his home community, Mr. Sander hired out and worked by the month for different farmers and for three years he was employed by Superintendent Hall to work on the county farm. In 1907, as a result of conscientious endeavor, he was able to buy a farm for himself, the same consisting of eighty acres in Ironton Township. Here he has since resided and he has met with marked success as a general farmer and stock raiser. In the latter line hd makes a specialty of Holstein cattle. He has cleared his land and has erected an up-to-date barn and silo on same; everything about the place betokens good management and business-like methods. In politics Mr. Sander maintains an independent attitude and for the past nine years he has been a director on the school board. He and his wife are devout Lutherans in their religious faith and they are generous contributors to the good works of the church.

The marriage of Mr. Sander to Miss Maud Kinsman occurred July 5, 1905. Mrs. Sander was born on her parents' farm near Limeridge, in 1875, and is a daughter of Edward B. and Samantha (Benson) Kinsman, both of whom are now residents of Limeridge. Four children have come to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Sander, namely : Dorris Lucile, Frederick Edward, Maxine Marie and Harold Walter.

Theodore Brandt is the fortunate possessor of one of the fine farms in the community known as Limeridge in Washington Township. He is a native of that township, and during his active career has accumulated a substantial share of landed property and has also enjoyed the respect and esteem of a large community of friends and fellow citizens.

Mr. Brandt was born in Washington Township of Sauk County November 9, 1874, a son of Frederick and Dorothy (Weiss) Brandt. Hi^ parents were both natives of Germany and came from the old country and settled in Washington Township in 1861. Here they were instrumental in clearing up a portion of the wilderness and ordered their lives according to the principles of probity and honesty and were kindly and helpful factors in the neighborhood until they passed away. The father died in 1891 and the mother in 1894. They had a family of eight children : Mary, who married Ferdinand Hasse, a resident of Washington Township ; Frederick, who married Amelia Redlow of Washington Township ; Theodore, who married Dorathea Meyer ; Albert, who married Bertha Meyer; Benjamin, who married Annie Hanks; Elsie, wife of William Meyer ; Walter, who married Grace Schwanke ; and Simon, who married Amelia Meyer.

Mr. Theodore Brandt grew up in the county, learned farming by practical experience and received a common school education. On March 19, 1897, at the age of twenty-three, he married Dorathea Meyer, daughter of Henry J. and Dora Meyer of Washington Township. Mr. and Mrs. Brandt have a fine household of children, all of them still young and unmarried, and all of them have been given the advantages of the public and Lutheran schools of their community. The names of these children are: Garfield, Rena, Rosa, Harold, Clarence, Edna, Theodore, and Ella and Esther, twins.

Mr. Brandt is a capable farmer, owning and managing 119 acres of well improved land. He runs a dairy and stock farm, having about sixteen cows in his dairy, and altogether has about twenty head of good grade cattle. He has frequently been called upon to serve his fellow citizens in offices of trust, having been a member of the town board, and supervisor. He is a warden in St. Peter's Lutheran Church and in politics is a republican.

Henry J. Meyer belongs to a group of citizens who have effected the transformation and clearing of the wilderness in Washington Township during the past half century, and he is now in a position to enjoy the fruits of his well spent earlier years.

Mr. Meyer was born in Germany, April 17, 1845, and four generations of his family have lived out a portion of their lives in Sauk County. Mr. Meyer's parents were George and Margaret (Krueger) Meyer. In 1862 the family emigrated to America living at Madison for some time, and in 1881 they all settled in Washington Township. Margaret Meyer died in Germany in 1860, but George Meyer survived her until 1883. Their children were Catherine, H. J., Dora, William, George and Fred.

Henry J. Meyer received most of his education in Germany and since coming to Wisconsin has been a practical and industrious farmer. On October 13, 1867, he married Dora Kuager of Sauk County. Their twelve children are Emma, Elisabeth, Annie, Dora, Ida, George H., Bertha, Henry, Amelia, Liddy, Silas and Simon. Of these Ida and Simon are deceased.

The son George H., who lives with his father and has the active management of the homestead, married on June 25, 1903, Hilda Struck, daughter of Henry and Mary Struck of Dellona Township, Sauk County. George H. Meyer and wife have six children, Frona, Gertrude, Clara, Ella, Ahdn and Hubert. These children, grandchildren of Henry J. Mej^er, are all being educated in tke public and Lutheran schools except Ella, who died in early childhood.

The Meyer family have a well improved place of 150 acres in the Lime Ridge community of Washington Township, and nearly all the land was cleared up either by Henry J. Meyer or with the assistance of his son George. Henry J. Meyer was a member of the town board and in 1907 filled the office of township supervisor.

Frederick Brandt. Whether riding and working in hi&, fields, or busy about his house and barns, Frederick Brandt gives everywhere the impression of a thoroughly methodical and efficient farmer and a man who knows his business down to the smallest detail. X^^at in fact is the reputation he bears in Washington Township, where he has been signally successful in building up and maintaining one of the best farms.

Mr. Brandt was born in that township and is a son of Fred and Dorothy (Wiese) Brandt. His parents came to Sauk County from Germany in 1857 and were numbered among the useful and prosperous pioneer settlers.

Mr. Frederick Brandt grew up here, and is now the prosperous owner of a farm of 255 acres, a large part of which has been cleared and improved under his own hand. He is one of the large dairymen and stock raisers, keeping about fifty head of cattle and having about

March 14, 1895, he married Emilie Ruehlow, daughter of Wilhelni and Wilhelmina Ruehlow, of Washington Township. Mr. and Mrs. Brandt have a fine family of six children, all still unmarried and still in the home circle, and the younger ones still attending the public schools. Their names and respective ages are as follows: Irwin, aged twenty-one; Herman, nineteen; Hedwig, seventeen; Alma, fourteen; Hilda, thirteen ; and Edmund, ten.

Fred W. Harms is numbered among the younger and more progressive elem.ent of the farming community of Washington Township, and is demonstrating his ability to handle a farm thoroughly and efficiently even in these times of scarcity of farm labor.

Mr. Harms is a western man by birth, having been born in Cuming County, Nebraska, June 27, 1891. His parents are F. H. and Anna (Presser) Harms. His father was born in Germany August 25, 1860, while the mother was born in Cuming County, Nebraska, December 17, 1869, her family having been pioneers out on the frontier of that state. In 1902 Mt. F. H. Harms and family came to Westfield Township, of Sauk County, and the parents are still living there. The children of F. H. Harms and wife are : Anna, Louise, Dora, Henry, Paulina, Margareta and Fred W.

Fred W. Harms was eleven years old when the family came to Sauk County, and he completed his education here. Farming, was his choice of vocation, and he is now proprietor of eighty acres in Washington Township. He raises Holstein cattle and Chester White hogs and every year sees some increase in his general prosperity. Mr. Harms is a republican in politics, and has served as clerk of School District No. 5, in Washington Township. His father was formerly clerk of School District No. 2, in Westfield Township. The family are all members of the Lutheran Church.

On September 19, 1912, Mr. Harms married Mary Lawrence, daughter of R. B. and Amanda Lawrence, of Ironton Township, Sauk County. Mr. and Mrs. Harms have one daughter, Marjorie.

Fred Kollmeyer arrived in Sauk County nearly half a century ago,, poor in purse, almost a stranger in a strange land, but with an abundant supply of that energy and determination which has sufficed to give him a secure position among the thrifty and substantial residents of this county and have enabled him to provide well for his family of children, most of whom he has seen grow up and settle in good homes of their own.

Mr. Kollmeyer was born in Prussia, Germany, April 28, 1849, a son of Gottlieb Kollmeyer. His father died in 1887. Fred was one of a family consisting of the following children : Henry, Christian, Louise, Mary, Caroline, Sophia and Fred.

Fred Kollmeyer acquired the usual education given to the German youth and in May, 1866, at the age of seventeen he arrived in Wisconsin. The first point of his introduction to the state was at the City of Madison, and for a couple of years he worked on a farm in that locality.

He then removed to Washington Township, of Sauk County, and using his limited capital to acquire a tract of land he has gone steadily ahead with the work of clearing and improvement until he is now possessor of 120 acres, all of it well adapted to the uses of agriculture and situated almost in the village of Hill Point. Mr. Kollmeyer has always been progressive, and one of the indubitable signs of his progressiveness is the silo that stands adjacent to his barn and is a valuable part of his cattle feeding system. He keeps about thirty head of cattle and operates a first class dairy of twenty cows.

On November 8, 1873, he married Miss Minda Schluter, daughter of Charles Schluter, of Washington Township. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kollmeyer are Henry, Fred, Elsie, Louise and Rosa. The son Henry married Lilly Ahrens, daughter of Nanna and Johanna Ahrens. of Monroe County, Wisconsin. They were married April 16, 1902. and their home is now brightened with three children : Harold, Gladys and Rose. These are not the only grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Kollmeyer. Their daughter Elsie was married June 22, 1900, to Louis Schruder, son of Gustav and Louise Schruder, of Juneau County, Wisconsin. They have two children, Ethel and Edith. The daughter Louise married December 25, 1912, Ed Nelson, of Racine County, and their family also consists of two children, Russell and Clifford. The youngest daughter, Rosa, became the wife of Scott Knoll on August 22, 1910. Mr. Knoll is a son of John and Emma Knoll. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Knoll have three children : Virginia, Rosalie and Carleton. Fred, at home, is working his father's farm.

Henry F. Kollmeyer is a native son of Sauk County, grew up in this county when it was still being developed from the wilderness and as a boy he helped his father clear some of the land around the village of Hill Point, where Henry F. is now rated as one of the largest and most prosperous farmers and dairymen.

Henry F. Kollmeyer was bom in Washington Township, son of Fred and Minda (Schluter) Kollmeyer. His father came from Prussia. Germany, in May, 1866.

Henry F. Kollmeyer grew up on his father's farm, was well educated in the local schools and on April 16, 1902, married Miss Lilly Ahrens, daughter of Nanna and Johanna Ahrens, of Monroe County, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Kollmeyer have three bright young children : Harold, aged fourteen; Gladys, aged seven; and Rose, who was born in 1917. The older children are making good records in the local schools.

The farm presided over by Mr. Henry F. Kollmeyer comprises 280 acres located on the edge of the village of Hill Point. Some of this land was improved and cleared by his father and some of the buildiiigs erected there, but Henry F. Koll-meyer has shown himself a chip of the old block and is as enterprising and progressive in the matters of farming as his father. He runs a fine dairy of thirty-five cows and altogether keeps about fifty head of cattle.

George F. Schulz has been numbered among the prosperous and progressive farmers of Washington Township for a long period of years and owns one of the estates which give character and beauty and value to the community around Lime Ridge.

Mr. Schulz was born in Germany October 13, 1851, son of George and Dorothy (Schwalb) Schulz. When he was an infant his mother died in the old country and his father then brought his family to America, first settling in Dodge County, at Iron Ridge, but in 1870 locating on the farm in Washington Township now owned by his son George. The father died here in February, 1902.

George F. Schulz grew up and received most of his education in Wisconsin, and since attaining manhood has applied himself with splendid results to the business of farming and dairying. His farm consists of 160 acres, and he has all the facilities for handling his crops and stock. He keeps about twenty head of cattle and his dairy consists of sixteen cows. Mr. Scliulz is an independent voter in political matters and is an active member and an elder in St. Peter's Lutheran Church. For three terms he filled the office of trustee of the town board.

Mr. Schulz married for his first wife Mary Goetsch, daughter of Charles Goetsch, of Washington Township. They were married in March, 1873, and at her death Mrs. Schulz left four children named Albert, Otto, Louise and Mary. For his second wife Mr. Schulz married Dorathea Meyer, daughter of Henry Meyer, of Washington Township. The children of this union are Lydia, Henry, Fred, Emil, William, Eddie, Herbert and Irene. These are all living except Fred.

Frank J. Zaunt. whose activities as a farmer identify him with the community of Winfield Township, was bom in that township July 2, 1892, a son of Joseph and Kunigunde (Wolf) Zaunt. His parents, natives of Germany, settled in Sauk County in 1880.

Frank J. Zaunt since acquiring his education in the public schools has applied himself to the business of farming. He is the owner of eighty-two acres of land, and while he is a young man too modest to boast of his achievements or possessions, his neighbors look upon him as a hard working and capable farmer and one Avhose future can hardly be other than prosperous. Mr. Zaunt married Clara Larsen, daughter of Charles and Lottie Larsen. They have two young children : Harold, bom in 1913; and Wallace, born in 1916.

Ernest Krueger is a native of Sauk County and has been an independent farmer in Washington Township for the past seven years and is looked upon as one of the coming men of that community.

Mr. Krueger was born in Washington Township November 21, 1880, a son of August and Annie Krueger. He grew up on his father's farm and received his education in the old Sandusky public school of Sauk County. Mr. Knieger moved to his present farm in January, 1910, where he has 100 acres under his control and management. He is breeding and raising some good stock, and has shown unusual capability in handling a farm both from an agricultural and a business standpoint. Mr. Krueger is independent in matters of casting his vote and is a member of the Lutheran Church.

On September 26, 1906, he married Miss Emma Vertine, daughter of Henry and Anna Vertine, of Washington Township. Her father died at Phillips, Wisconsin, December 26, 1889, at the age of forty-three, and her mother is still living at the age of sixty-three. Mr. and Mrs. Krueger have two children : Meynard, aged ten years ; and Leonard, aged six.

U. T. Prouty is a native of Sauk County and for many years has capably carried on a combined industry as a farmer, dairyman and cheese maker at the Village of Sandusky, in Bear Creek Township.

Mr. Prouty represents truly the pioneer element of Sauk County. He was born at Sandusky June 23, 1866, a son of Barnabas and Margaret (Fry) Prouty. Barnabas Prouty was born in Ohio in October, 1840, and his wife was a native of Indiana, born in 1842 and removing to Sauk County in 1850. Both the parents are still living.

The grandfather of Mr. U. T. Prouty came from Ohio with his wife and eight sons in 1847 and was one of the very first settlers to locate in Washington Township. He acquired his land direct from the Government, at a payment of $1.25 per acre, and when his own life work is summed up, together with that of his sons and grandson, it is doubtful if any one family have contributed more to the permanent development of Sauk County than the Proutys. Grandfather Prouty lived a long and useful life and attained the venerable age of ninety-four, while his wife lived to be seventy-five. Their eight sons were Andrew, deceased ; John ; Stephen, deceased: Barnabas; Joshua, deceased; Enoch; Jeremiah; and Hiram ; all of them having been given good biblical names, indicating the strong religious nature of their parents.

Barnabas Prouty, now a resident of Spring Green, has had his home in Sauk County for over seventy years, and with his eyes has witnessed practically every phase of development of which this publication is a record. He and his wife had the following children : Uriah T., Murten R., Lottie, Edward A., Earl B. and John M.

Uriah T. Prouty grew up on the old home farm, and was educated in somewhat better schools than those which his father attended when he was a boy in Sauk County. Mr. Prouty has shown much business ability and in 1895 he bought from his father the old homestead in Washington Township. He is the owner of 110 acres, well improved and highly productive, and no small part of its area has been cleared and put under the plow by his individual exertions. Mr. Prouty has a high class dairy with a herd of about twenty-two cows, uses the silo system of feeding, and liesides his home place he conducts a cheese factory, which cares for about 7,000 pounds of milk daily. Mr. Prouty is a republican in politics and is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Order of Beavers.

On January 15, 1896, Mr. Prouty married Mary Constantino, daughter of Peter and Alvina Constantine, also of Sandusky, Sauk County. Mr. and Mrs. Prouty have three children : Helen, aged eighteen ; Nettie, aged sixteen ; and Margaret, a young girl of seven just entering public schools.

with industry, with the clearing of the land from tlie wilderness and with every honorable activity and influence of that community. The family was established here in early times by Martin and Mary (King) Fargen. Martin Fargen was born in County Mavo, Ireland, and came to Wisconsin in 1847. As a partner with his brother John he settled on a farm in Sauk County and these two brothers cleared up and improved a large part of the land. Martin Fargen passed away in 1901. He married April 12, 1873, Mary King, who is still living. Their children were: Mary; Martin, deceased; Henry, deceased; James; Kate; Ellen ; Thomas ; Clara ; and Bernard.

Thomas E. Fargen was born on the old home farm where he still lives on June 23, 1887. He grew up there, attending the public schools of Bear Creek Township, and has developed his opportunities and capacities as a farmer and is now the active head of one of the best farms of the township, comprising 460 acres. He has done a great deal with live stock, and at the present time has about seventy head of cattle and has a dairy of thirty-one cows. He has first-class improvements all around, and has found the silo a most satisfactory and profitable ad.junct and it is one of the modern features of his farm. Mr. Fargen is a democrat in politics, a Catholic in religion, and affiliates with the ^lodern Woodmen of America.

Mrs. Elizabeth Goodell has been continuously a resident in one locality of Washington Township for almost half a century. Her fine farm at Lime Ridge represents the toil and industry of all these years and is a beautiful home in which she expects to spend the rest of her life.

Mrs. Goodell was born in Queen's Gardens, Middlesex, London, England, October 13, 1846, daughter of Mitchell Burke and Annie Price. Two months before her birth her father died in London. Her mother afterwards married in England Patrick Shea, and in 1851 the family came to America, there being two other children besides Elizabeth, Mary A. and Patrick. Mrs. Goodell's mother died in 1905.

Mrs. Goodell was married in Washington Township May 26, 1867, to Orrin Goodell, son of Major and Deliverance Goodell. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Goodell had seven children : Amanda Elizabeth, v David, John, Maryetta, Arthur F., Thomas J. and Homer L. Amanda E. is the wife of Wilbert L. Morgan and has two children. John married Anna Birney and their family consists of three children. Maryetta is the wife of Napoleon Trombly and is the mother of five children. Homer L. married Ada Mead and has two children. The other children of Mrs. Goodell are still single.

Mrs. Goodell 's farm consists of eighty acres, and it has been her place of residence since 1868. Mr. Goodell did nearly all the clearing of this place and put up most of the substantial building improvements that now mark and give value to the home. Mr. Goodell was an active democrat. The family now run a profitable dairy, keeping about fifteen head of cattle and milking about twelve cows. The son Arthur F. has been town treasurer of Washington Township for the past five years.

Robert Dowd. Some of the best farms and some of the most prog:ressive farmers are found in Dellona Township, and among them is Mr. Robert Dowd, who grew up in the same section where he is now employing his efforts with such success to the tilling and cultivation of the soil.

Mr. Dowd was born in Dellona Township in 1863, a son of Patrick Dowd. who came to Dellona Township in the early days from County Monaghan, Ireland. Robert Dowd has two brothers, Patrick and James.

After getting his education he took up farming, and has gradually increased his meaus until he owns a completely equipped farm of 160 acres. He is also known locally as a breeder of Durham cattle. Mr, Dowd is independent in politics.

J. D. Leigh, one of the men who are giving tone and character to the agricultural interests of Dellona Township, has spent nearly all the years of his manhood in Sauk County, and has founded a place that satisfies most of his ambitions and his ideals of a home and place of business.

Mr. Leigh was l)orn in Wales Township, Erie County, New York, in 1854, son of Charles and Miranda (Pease) Leigh. His father came from England in boyhood and was married in New York State. On coming west he first settled in Dane County, Wisconsin, and in February, 1880, located in Dellona Township of Sauk County. He was a prosperous agriculturist and died in February, 1901, in advanced years. The widowed mother passed away August 4, 1906.

J. D. Leigh grew up as a farmer, acquired a common school education, and is now the prosperous owner of 280 acres of land in Sauk County. He does general farming and has also bred and raised Jersey cattle for dairying purposes. Mr. Leigh is an active republican in politics. In 1897 he married Miss Ida Crosier, daughter of J. W. Crosier.

Michael Gleason has been numbered among the successful farmers of Dellona Township for over thirty years, and is today the fortunate possessor of a fine farm with all the modern improvements and has a home and family who do credit to his name.

Mr. Gleason was born at Lyndon, in Juneau County, Wisconsin, January 13, 1861, a son of Patrick and Catherine (Quimi) Gleason. His parents came from County Clare, Ireland, in 1859, and were early settlers in this section of Wisconsin. His father died in 1882 and his mother in 1890. They had a family of seven children: Patrick, who married Bridget GrifRn ; May. who married Ed Murphy; Annie, unmarried; John, whose wife was Agnes Collins; Michael; Thomas and Catherine, both unmarried.

Michael Gleason grew up on a farm, and through his own efforts has acquired his present place in Dellona Township of 160 acres. He pursues general farming and stock raising. In politics he is an active democrat.

In 1885 Mr. Gleason married Bridget McHugh, daughter of Francis McHugh. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason have five children: Mary, now the Mdfe of Turner ITside and living in Tacoma, Washington ; Francis, Agnes, Roy and Irene, all unmarried and still at home. These children were educated in the local district and the high school.

F. J. Henrichs has been a resident of Sauk County over thirty years, and coming to this country an obscure and poor German youth, has steadily progressed by industry and thrift until he is now proprietor of one of the fine farms in Dellona Township.

He was bom in Germany, August 1, 1858, a son of John and Marie (Meyer) Henrichs. He grew up and was educated in the old. country and in 1884 arrived in Sauk County, first settling in E-eedsburg Township. Later he bought the place he now owns, comprising 220 acres, in Dellona Township. That farm has responded to his efforts as an agriculturist and its many improvements are practically all the fruit of his enterprise and hard work. He is both a farmer and stock raiser.

Mr. Henrichs married Maria Gade. Their children are: AVilliam, who married Alwene Neimann, of Baraboo ; Dora, wife of C. Farber, of Reedsburg; Edward, unmarried; Ella, wife of Herman Schuette, of Lime Ridge; and Hugo, unmarried. The children were all given good advantages at home and in the local public schools. Mr. Henrichs is a republican in politics and a member of the Lutheran Church.

Joseph J. Weitzel has been a resident of Bear Creek Township since 1893, in which year he located on 163 acres. This hardly constituted a farm at that time, certainly not in the modern sense, and in the past twenty-four years Mr. Weitzel has expended a tremendous amount of personal energy and of time and means in its clearing and development. He has now a place which to a large degree satisfies even his particular and critical standards, and is regarded as one of the fine farms of the township. Mr. Weitzel conducts a dairy of about twenty-eight cows.

He was born in Richland County, Wisconsin, September 23, 1863, a son of John and Catherine (Dick) Weitzel. His father was born in Germany and his mother at Waukesha, Wisconsin. They were married in Keesville Church in Bear Creek Township in 1862. The father was a well known citizen of Sauk County and died here February 22, 1917, while the mother passed away October 18, 1914. Their children were : Joseph J., Mary, Louise, Edward, Julia, John, Clara and Winnie.

Joseph J. Weitzel married Susan Smyth, daughter of Peter and Margaret (Quigley) Smyth of Bear Creek Township. Mr. Weitzel is a democrat in politics, a member of the Catholic Church. He has served on the school board of his home locality.

W. D. Bible is one of the most prosperous farmers of Ironton Township, and both he and his famil.y have long been identified with this community. His maternal grandfather Carr was the first settler in the township, and the valley where the farm is situated is named in his honor Carr Valley.

Wilbert D. Bible is a son of George W. and Esther M. (Carr) Bilile. His father was a native of Tennessee and his mother of Wisconsin. George W. Bible fought throughout the Civil war as a Union soldier, and is now living at Reedsburg at the venerable age of eighty-one. His wife passed away in May, 1890. They had a large family of children named as follows : Wilbert D. ; Addie of Baraboo ; Frank 0. of Chipi:)ewa Falls ; Charles E. of Downing, Wisconsin ; Mary E. of Ironton ; Emma B. of North Freedom ; Walter L. of Lime Ridge ; and George E. of Chippewa

Falls. Addie is the wife of Frank W. Cleveland of Baraboo; Frank 0. married Rose Heneritte of fronton Township; Charles E. married Adell Conklin of Lime Ridge; i\Iary E. is the wife of Alfred J. Blakeslee of Ironton ; Emma B. married George W. Davies, of Spring Green, present superintendent of schools of Sauk County; Walter L. married Elsa M. Bohn of Lime Ridge; and George E. married Myrtle Bohn, daughter of C. Bohn of Lime Ridge.

W. D. Bible was born in Ironton Township, and has always lived on the farm where he now carries on his industry as a practical agriculturist. He bought this place from his father on November 4, 1901. Altogether he owns 196 acres and conducts it as a general farming and stock raising proposition, with a herd of dairy cows.

Mr. Bible married December 1, 1883, Nellie Cleveland, daughter of Henry and Angeline Cleveland. Their daughter, Edna Esther, is the wife of Lee Matthews and they have one little daughter, June, born August 23, 1917. Mr. Matthews is the son of William and Amy (Smith) Matthews of Sauk County, Wisconsin,

W. L. Bible, whose skill and attainments as a doctor of dental surgery have brought him a large patronage, is a native of Sauk County and is established in practice at Lime Ridge in Ironton Township.

Doctor Bible was born in that township September 24, 1880, a son of George W. and Esther M. (Carr) Bible. His father was a native of Tennessee and his mother of Wisconsin. Walter L. Bible grew up in Sauk County, acquired his education in the local public schools and in 1906 graduated from tlie Northwestern University School of Dentistry at Chicago. He at once returned to his home locality and with offices at Lime Ridge has built up a most successful patronage. He was born on his father's farm in Ironton Township, and his environment was that of the country until he was twenty-one j^ears of age.

Doctor Bible married Elsa M. Bohn, daughter of R. L. and Belle (Cushman) Bohn of Lime Ridge. Mrs. Bible has the following brothers and sisters : Otto Bohn of Lime Ridge ; Mrs. Nellie Kamps of Marshfield, Wisconsin ; Mrs. Nina Hall of Livingston, Alabama ; Mrs. Eva Fuller of Reedsburg ; Alta Bohn of Lime Ridge ; Clarence of York, Pennsylvania, now serving in the United States Army; Harvey, also serving in the United States Army ; Blanche ; Carl and Lucile, all of whom live at Lime Ridge.

Frederick Koenig, now seventy-five years of age, and a retired resident of Washington Township, has been identified with the farming interests and the civic affairs of Sauk County for over forty years. He his prosperity in Sauk County, and is extremely loyal to the county and its people.

Mr. Koenig was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1842, son of Henry and Caroline (Mueller) Koenig. His mother died in 1867 and his father in 1863.

Reared and educated in his native country, Frederick Koenig came to America in 1874 at the age of thirty-two. For a time he was in Illinois, but later in the same year came to Sauk County and soon acquired his.

first interest in the lands of Washington Township. He proved an industrious and energetic farmer and gradually built up the homestead whose fruit he now enjoys.

On November 17, 1878, Mr. Koenig married Fredericka Rambow, daughter of William and Wilhelmina Rambow of Brandenburg, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Koenig have only one child, Ida. She was married March 9, 1911, to Mr. Emil Kappen, son of Rudolph and Bertha Kappen of fronton Township, Sauk County. Mr. Kappen is now active manager of the homestead farm, which contains eighty well tilled and fertile acres. They operate the farm as a dairy proposition, have about fourteen milch cows and altogether about seventeen head of good cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Kappen have three sons : Alvin, aged five ; Arthur, aged four ; Everett, aged about two years, and their only daughter. Alma, died in infancy.

Frank McCarville, a native of Sauk County and member of one of its oldest families, M'as blessed with health and strength and with the enterprise that enables any man to make the best of his circumstances and opportunities. He has employed these advantages to help himself and help his community, and is numbered among the ablest farmers and citizens of Bear Creek Township.

Mr. McCarville was born in Bear Creek Township May 1, 1863, a son of James and Julia McCarville. His parents came from Ireland in 1847 and in that year, before Wisconsin became a state, located in the wilderness of Bear Creek Township, where they began the development and improvement of a wilderness tract of eighty acres. The father was prospered in his endeavors and subsequently acquired 200 acres more, all of which he saw well cleared and improved before his death which occurred in October, 1910. His wife passed away in 1874. Their children were : John, deceased ; Daniel, deceased ; Frank ; Catherine : Delia ; and Mamie.

Frank McCarville has spent all his life in the locality where he was born, and as a boy he attended the local public schools. About the time he married in November, 1891, he settled on his present farm, where he now owns 340 acres. Some of this land was improved and cleared by his own hands, and any part of it is now worth several times what he paid for it. Mr. McCarville conducts general farming operations, keeps about sixty hea.d of livestock, is a breeder of Holstein cattle, and runs a dairy of thirty-nine cows. Mr. McCarville is a democrat in politics, belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and he and his family worship in the Catholic Church.

On November 27, 1891, he married Julia Farley, daughter of John and Margaret (Dwyer) Farley. Mr. and Mrs. McCarville have not only enjoyed prosperity in a material sense but they take much credit themselves for the fine family of children who have grown up or are growing up within their home. These children named in order of birth are : Genevieve, Monica, Bessie. Rae, Viola, Loretta, Camilla, Marguerite, Bernadine, Vivian, Madeline and James.

William Mihlbauer. One of the best farm homes in La Valle Township, and one that contributes its share to the dairy industry of Sauk County, is that of William Mihlbauer, one of the young and progressive agriculturists of this section.

He was born on the old homestead in La Valle Township April 3, 1874, a son of Philip and Mary (Eder) Mihlbauer. The father was born in Germany in 1843 and was about fourteen years of age when his parents came to Sauk County and settled in the wilderness. The maternal grandparents Adam and Barbara Eder were also German people and identified themselves with Sauk County in early times. They settled on the farm where Frank Appel now lives and both of them spent the rest of their days there.

Philip Mihlbauer grew up in Sauk County, married here and his first wife passed away in 1877 leaving three children, George, Susie and William. He afterwards married Kate Salzenbarger, and the children of that union were : Pauline, wife of George Gardner ; Mattie, Edward, Hilda, Wendell, Annie, Laurie, John and Anthony, the last three being deceased. The mother of these children passed away in 1914, and Mr. Philip Mihlbauer is now living retired at the age of seventy-five on the old farm.

William Mihlbauer was three years of age when his mother died. He grew up on the home place, secured his education in the local schools, and from the first has been identified in a special manner with the agricultural industry. In 1904 he bought a farm of sixty acres, including the site of his present residence, and later bought eighty acres of woodland. He has since sold seventeen acres so that his farming operations are nowconducted on 123 acres representing a most complete and well managed farm. He has erected some good buildings, including a good home in 1912. He farms the land to the staple crops of this region and raises considerable stock, his dairy consisting of about twelve graded cows. In matters of politics Mr. Mihlbauer is a democrat and in religious faith is a Catholic.

June 1, 1904, he married Miss Lizzie Leicher. Mrs. Mihlbauer is also a native of La Valle Township, where she was born in 1887, a daughter of Lawrence and Bena Leicher. Her parents were early settlers in Sauk County and her father died here in 1898 and her mother in 1913. They had seven children named Joseph, Annie, Rose, William, Matilda, Elizabeth (Mrs. Mihlbauer), and Gertrude. The son William died at the age of twenty-six and Gertrude is deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. Mihlbauer are the parents of four children. Paul, the oldest, is deceased, and the other three who constitute the family circle are Emery, Emeline and Leonard.

Anthony Olson. Among the men who have borne the hard work of clearing and establishing farm homes in Bear Creek Township, one is Anthony Olson, owner and proprietor of one of the leading dairy and general farms of his community.

Mr. Olson was born in Norway June 7, 1850, son of Hans and Matilda (Gilbertson) Olson. On the 4th of July, 1856, the Olson family arrived in Dane County, Wisconsin, but three years later moved to Iowa County in this state, where the father bought forty acres of new land. Hans Olson was a very industrious and capable pioneer, and before his death owned 280 acres. He passed away March 12, 1908, and his widow is still living- at the age of ninety-two. Anthony is the only survivor of their four children, his brothers and sister having been Louis, Albert and Caroline.

Anthony Olson grew up and received his education in Wisconsin and was well trained as a farmer under the direction of his father. He came to Bear Creek Township and bought his present farm in the spring of 1904. He owns 300 acres, and eighty acres of that were cleared under his immediate supervision. He has a splendid group of building improvements including barns, silo and a comfortable home. He keeps on the average seventy head of livestock and has a dairy of thirty-seven cows. His home occupies a rather historic site, the ground having been occupied in early times by an old grist mill which ground the grain for many of the pioneer settlers of this community. Mr. Olson is a republican in politics and a member of the Lutheran Church.

On April 11, 1872, he married Miss Dina Nelson. They have reared a large family of children, namely : Martin ; Nicholas ; Samuel ; Henry, deceased ; Albert ; Louis ; Caroline ; Augusta ; and Christopher.