Sauk County, Wisconsin - The whole text, 1918 (part 5 of 20)

Charles R. Tuttle was reared at Baraboo until he was seven years of age and commenced his educational training in this city. In 1886 he went with his parents to Colorado, where he attended the public schools, but in 1893 came back to Baraboo and completed his education in the high school here. While in Colorado Mr. Tuttle owned a farm and also assisted his father in the elder man's building operations for five years, but again returned to Baraboo in the fall of 1906 and bought the old homestead, now having thirty acres, upon M'hich he is engaged in the nursery business and in fruit growmg. He is also a manufacturer of fruit products, and has built up an excellent business in each direction. Mr. Tuttle's gardening business includes practically all the vegetables in popular demand and he derives a large income from his beautiful and seasonable flowers, as well as the products of his berry culture. His vegetables, fruits and flowers reach the remote corners of the county, and his name has become associated with all that is best in garden provisioning- and floriculture. Mr. Tuttle is independent in his views and takes only a good citizen's part in political matters.

Mr. Tuttle was married in 1907 to Miss Charlotte Armstrong, of Tomah, Wisconsin, and they are the parents of the following children : Albert, Edward, Florence, Ralph and Charles.

Dr. Daniel M. Kelly, of Baraboo, is a native of the Town of Greenfield, to which his father came in 1851. Patrick Kelly, the father, served for several years as chairman of the Town Board and was also treasurer for some time. In 1916 he died as a substantial farmer and citizen, at the age of eighty-six. The doctor resided on the Greenfield farm until he was nineteen years of age, when he came to Baraboo. Entering Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1888, he was graduated with his professional degree in 1892, and has since practiced at the county seat. He has also served for twenty years as United States pension examiner and as county physician for eighteen. Doctor Kelly is a leading democrat, having been for fourteen years chairman of the County Committee of that party. He has been mayor of Baraboo for two years, has served as vice president of the First National Bank since its reorganization, and is also examiner for many fraternities and old line insurance companies.

Charles Hengstler. Among the people who came early to Sauk County were the Hengstlers, sturdy, industrious and homeseeking. This beautiful country, with its cultivated farms and every token of high civilization, was very different when Charles Hengstler, the elder, with his wife and little children, reached here in 1856. He bought forty acres in Greenfield Township but later moved to Excelsior Township and there reared his family of seven children, the fourth in order of birth being his namesake, Charles Hengstler, who is one of Sauk County's representative agriculturists at the present time.

Charles Hengstler, the younger, was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1851. His parents were Charles and Margaret (Waltz) Hengstler, the latter of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the former in Germany, in 1822. He was young when he accompanied his mother to America, his father having died in Germany, and they settled in Pennsylvania. Charles was the eldest of three children, the others being : Mrs. Frank Fowler, of Monmouth, Illinois ; and Anthony, of Paona, Colorado. Charles Hengstler took care of his mother during her life. He learned the trade of wagon maker but after his marriage he determined to establish his growing family on a farm and thereby provide for their future. For many years after the Hengstlers came to Sauk County hard pioneer conditions prevailed and they had to endure many deprivations. Mr. Hengstler sold his first farm after residing upon it for a time and making some improvements, and then bought 160 acres in Excelsior Township, and he lived on that place until his death, which occurred in 1864. His wife survived him and died at Baraboo in 1891. They were members of the Baptist Church. Of their children four sur-

Charles Hengstler, the younger, was four years old when his parents came to Sauk County and he has very vivid recollections of this sectiori during his boyhood. As opportunity offered he attended the country schools but early became his father's helper and in the course of time became a capable farmer. In the fall of 1890 Mr. Hengstler bought his first land in Excelsior Township, a tract of 120 acres, to which he subsequently added forty acres. Until 1909, when he retired from hard work, he carried on general farming and gave considerable attention to fine stock, keeping Shorthorn cattle and having a valuable herd. All of the farm industries are now well managed by his son-in-law, August Henke, a member of an old Excelsior Township family. Mr. Henke is aii up-todate farmer and a very successful breeder of Percheron horses and pure bred Durham cattle.

Mr. Hengstler was married June 11, 1878, to Miss Emma Shale, who was born in Excelsior Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin, April 1, 1859, a daughter of Christian and Margaret (Baringer) Shale, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania in 1819, and the latter in Germany in 1829 and was five years old when brought to the United States by her parents, who were John and Margaret Baringer. They came to Sauk County with the pioneers of 1858 and resided in Excelsior Township during the rest of their lives. The parents of Mrs. Hengstler were married in Pennsylvania and came to Sauk County in 1857. Her father became the owner of 200 acres of fine land in Excelsior Township, of which he cleared a large part and continued to reside on that farm during the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1889. The mother of Mrs. Hengstler died in 1898. They had ten children, Mrs. Hengstler being the eighth in order of birth, as follows : Kate and Frederick, both of whom are deceased, Sophia, John, Mary, William, who is deceased, Lizzie, Emma, Ellen, and Charles, who is deceased. The parents of the above family were fine people, honest, upright, kind and neighborly, and were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Hengstler have had five children, namely : Alice, who married Max Springer, of Delton Township, and they have four children. Hazel, Dorris, Lester and Alice ; Grace, who is the wife of Irvin Prindel, and they live in Fond du Lac County ; Inez, who is the wife of August Henke; Jessie, who died at the age of eighteen years; and Edna, who is the wife of Paul Henke, and they have three children, Gladys, Durlin and Goldie. Mr. and Mrs. Hengstler attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a republican. He has served in township offices connected with the public schools and has been treasurer of the school board.

John D. Steuber, a representative of the progressive farming element of Merrimack Township, was born here when the country was all new and out on the frontier, and his parents went through all the battles of existence in this section in pioneer times. Mr. Steuber was born in Merrimack Township in 1854, a son of John and Louisa (Swartz) Steuber. Both parents were natives of Germany and when they came to Sauk

County and settled in Black Hawk Township they found few families who had preceded them to that portion of the wilderness. The father bought eighty acres in Black Hawk Township, but after a couple of years sold out and removed to Sumpter Township, where he acquired 80 acres and 160 acres in Merrimack Township. That land he made the object of his best endeavors as a farmer and remained a resident until his deatli. There were nine children in the family: Maggie, Mrs. Henry True, living in Baraboo ; Kate, wife of Delos Quiggle, of Baraboo ; John D. ; Robert, who conducts a general store at Merrimack, married Miss Tillie Bearnes ; Albert, deceased ; Louisa, wife of Louis Hacker, a farmer near Madison, Wisconsin; Fred, who lives in Sumpter Township and married Cora Weirich ; Frank, who has a farm in Merrimack Township and lives in Prairie du Sac, married Ella Aeelan ; and Ella, wife of William Frese.

John Steuber, the father of this family, was not only a successful farmer but a leader in the betterment and improvement of his locality. He was a member of the Evangelical Church and a republican. He was l)orn September 11, 1821, and died in 1904, while his wife was born in 1826 and died in 1885. For several years he 3nade his home with his son John D.

John D. Steuber was married in 1883 to Miss Pauline Mather. Mrs. Steuber was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, July 4, 1859, a daughter of Gottlieb and Catherine (Munzenmaier) Mather, who spent all their lives in the old country. Mrs. Steuber came to America in 1880 with her sister and brother-in-law. She was the sixth in a family of seven children, briefly noted as follows: Carl, still living in Germany; Ernest and Albert, both deceased ; Sophia, wife of Robert Koslitz, a boilermaker living in Chicago ; Reglie, now living in Baraboo, widow of the late Gottlieb Clause, with whom Mrs. Steuber came to America; and Julia, who is the wife of John Eucker, of ]\Ierrimack Township, and they have two children, Johnnie, born February 23, 1900 : and Pauline, born in 1904.

Mr. and Mrs. Steuber have two children : Esther, born March 6, 1891, and Dora, born May 26, 1894. Both are graduates of the Prairie du Sac High School and Esther is teaching music while Dora is a teacher of the Cook District School in Greenfield Township. Mrs. Steuber is a member of the Lutheran Church, while Mr. Steuber is affiliated with the Evangelical Association. For three years he has served as a member of the school board, has been Sunday school superintendent and class leader in his church, and in all the relations of a busy life has shown an active and public-spirited attitude toward everything that means better conditions and more improvements and a greater welfare. He is a stockholder in the Sumpter Light and Power Company and his efforts as a farmer and business man have given him possession of a fine place of eighty acres in Merrimack Township, with twenty acres of woodland on the bluffs of the Wisconsin River,, and he also owns an entire section of land in Texas.

responsible citizenship. They have been useful to the eommi^nity through their activities in business, their public services and their professional achievements, and now, having stepped somewhat aside from the busy paths that their descendants still creditably occupy, they are entitled to the consideration which they receive. In this class is found M. J. Tyler, who during a long period of years was engaged in the milk business, but who is now living in quiet retirement in the enjoyment of the comforts that came as a reward for his extended period of labor. Mr, Tyler was born in Ulster County, New York, January 17, 1857, and is a son of Joel and Clarissa (Elmore) Tyler, the former born in Connecticut in 1805, and the latter a native of New York, her girlhood home being on the Hudson River. In the year 1867 the family came West, locating in Sauk County. In his earlier years, on the Atlantic Coast, the father had been a seafaring man, and when he left the life of a sailor took up the vocation of an educator. On coming to Wisconsin, however, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and for many years carried on operations on a property which he owned not far from Baraboo. There he died in 1889, his wife passing away several years later. They were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Tyler was a republican in his political views. There were four children in the family, namely : Mary A., Jennie M., Alice R. and M. J., the first named of whom is now deceased.

M. J. Tyler was reared in an agricultural atmosphere and passed his boyhood in learning the business of farming and in doing the tasks that fell to his lot as a farmer's son. In the meantime he was obtaining a good education in the graded and high schools of Baraboo, and when he left school returned to the farm. Later he established a milk business and by thorough energy and good management succeeded in building up a large and profitable route, of which he was the proprietor until 1916, in which year he disposed of his business interests. Since that time he has been living quietly in his comfortable home at No. 309 Lynn Street. Mr. Tyler was brought up in a republican household and, all else being even, is likely to vote that ticket. However, he reserves the right to independent views, and often casts his ballot for the man, irrespective of party lines, whom he feels to be best qualified for the office at stake.

In 1880 Mr. Tyler was married to Miss Emily Johnson, of Baraboo, daughter of Albert and Ann (Check) Johnson, pioneers of Baraboo. Mr. Johnson served during the Civil war as drum major of a regimental band, and died soon after the close of that struggle ; but Mrs. Johnson survived until 1916, being about eighty years old at the time of her demise. Two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, namely : Anna Catherine, who is the wife of Rev. Guy Goodsell of Platteville, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has two children - Helen and Anna ; and Clarissa Elmore, who is the wife of W. D. Morse of Baraboo, now proprietor of the milk business formerly owned by Mr. Tyler, and has one son, William Tyler.

Mr. Buckley was born at Baraboo September 25, 1866, a son of Thomas and Priscilla (Newson) Buckley. These families were among the pioneers of Sauk County. Thomas Buckley was born in England in 1829. Priscilla Newson was born at Stoke-on-Trent, England, in 1833. Her parents were George and Jane (Alexander) Newson, the former a native of Stoke-on-Trent and the latter of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1849 George Newson immigrated to America and brought his family to Baraboo 'April 1, 1850. George Newson was a stone cutter by profession and followed that trade in Sauk County until he was eighty-four years of age. He died at the age of ninety, while his wife passed away in 1881, at the age of eighty-one. In the family of George Newson were four children, Priscilla and Jane, still living, while Clara and Mary are deceased. Thomas Buckley's parents spent all their lives in England. Thomas came to this country with his maternal grandfather in 1850. He was educated in England, learned the trade of stone cutter and stone mason, a trade also followed by his father, and after coming to Sauk County he became a stone mason contractor. He continued in the work until his death in 1867. His widow is still living at Baraboo. Thomas Buckley and wife had seven children : Joseph and the second child are now deceased; Sarah Jane; Clarence, deceased; Arthur N. ; Alexander G., deceased ; and Thomas B.

Thomas B. Buckley, who has never marrried, was reared in Baraboo, attended the public schools, and gained his first experience as clerk in a local store. For a time he was in *the insurance business both in Milwaukee and Baraboo and was also clerk in a drug store at Milwaukee. In 1901 Mr. Buckley became bookkeeper for the Ringling Brothers, and in 1906 was made treasurer of that company, a position he still holds. He has a thorough knowledge of the financial affairs of this large organization and for the past ten years has borne som.e of the heaviest responsibilities of the financial and business maintenance of the organization. Mr. Buckley has a fine home at 816 Ash Street. He is a repulbican in politics, though with strong independent leanings.

Edward Baer, of Delton Township, is one of the men who came to Sauk County possessing no end of physical vigor and ambition but absolutely without capital, and he established himself on a plane of prosperity by a number of years of work for others and as a developer of his own farm. Pie is now living in comfortable circumstances, and is a man looked up to and honored in his community.

Mr. Baer is a native of Switzerland, where he was born June 11, 1862. His parents were Gottlieb and Elizabeth (Wealthy) Baer. His father died in Switzerland in 1873 and his mother in 1893. They had two children, and Gottlieb has never left his native land.

Edward Baer attended the good schools of Switzerland and was about twenty-two years of age when, in 1884, he came to America and located at Baraboo. Here he found employment on the farm of Mr. Ochner, and was paid only a dollar a week. His wages improved with his increasing ability and his judgment, and he finally was in a position to become an independent farmer. Mr. Baer bought the farm he now owns in Delton Township in 1893. It consists of eighty acres, and has been well improved by his labor and under his direction. He has his property clear of debt, and his prosperity is the result of many years of consecutive toil and judicious endeavor. He cleared most of the land himself. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising. In politics Mr. Baer is independent.

On October 20, 1890, he married Miss Cora Lesuer. She was born in New York July 11, 1866, a daughter of Nathan and Mary (Briggs) Lesuer, her father also a native of New York. Her mother was a daughter of Amintis Briggs, a prominent Sauk County citizen elsewhere mentioned. Mrs. Baer was about a year old when in 1867 her parents came to Baraboo. Her father is still living in Delton Township, at the age of eighty-four, and her mother died there in 1893, at the age of fiftyfive. The children in the Lesuer family were : Elverton, deceased ; Ella ; Eliza ; Cora ; Arthur ; Morris, and Herman.

Mr. and Mrs. Baer have three children : Mabel, Albert and Howard. The two youngest are still in the home circle. Mabel is the wife of Frederick Boyd,, a street car conductor at Madison, Wisconsin, where they reside. They have one daughter, Rachael.

David E. "Welch, who has been a resident of Baraboo for more than forty years, was eighty-two years of age December 4, 1917. He is a veteran of the Civil war and during his 41/^ years of service with the Union army, identified with the Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, he advanced from the ranks to the lieutenant-colonelcy of his regiment. His military service ranged from the southwestern frontier to the fields covered by the armies of the Tennessee and the Potomac. Colonel Welch was then retained in the Cavalry Bureau until February, 1866, and in the following year settled on a farm in the Town of Delton, Sauk County. There, for four years, he was chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, and in 1876 moved to Baraboo to engage in the agricultural business. He had already served in the lower house of the Legislature (1874- 75) and was a member of the State Senate in 1876-79. The colonel also served as postmaster of Baraboo for about six years under Harrison and McKinley. He has been a Mason for over sixty years.

Timothy Hackett is one of the citizens of Sauk County whose memories and recollections go back almost seventy years. He knew the country when it was a wilderness. Here and there were the log cabins of the early settlers. Wild game was abundant in the woods and fish was plentiful in the streams. There was little money to be had, few of the modern luxuries, and people lived in utmost simplicity, but the virtues of the heart were not neglected and there were kind neighbors and good friends in those early days just as there are today.

Though he is now eighty-six years of age, Mr. Timothy Hackett has been retired from active business cares only a few years. He was born in Canada March 26, 1831, a son of Samuel and Dency (Terry) Hackett. His father was born in New Jersey in 1805 and his mother in New York. In the early days after their marriage they removed to Canada, and from that country they returned to the United States and in 1839 located in Boone County, Illinois. In 1848 Samuel Hackett penetrated the wilderness of Southern Wisconsin and located at Baraboo. He rented a farm in that community for a year and then removed to Freedom Township, where he acquired land on the site now occupied by the Village of North Freedom. Altogether he owned 320 acres, and made it a home of prosperity and comfort in which he spent his last years. His death occurred February 18, 1873, and his wife also died at North Freedom. They had a large family of children, briefly noted as follows: Mary Jane; George and Julia May. twins; Timothy; John; Joel; Hannah E.; Dency M. ; Frank; William J., who died in Utah when about twenty-two years of age ; Parshall T. ; Sarah ; Wesley and Jacob, all of whom died in infancy.

Timothy Hackett was seventeen years of age when the family came to Sauk County. In the meantime he had profited by attendance at the public schools of Canada and Illinois, and was well prepared to do his part in subduing the land in Sauk County. It has been his characteristic to do vigorously and well whatever he has undertaken. For twelve years Mr. Hackett was one of the leading merchants of North Freedom. Farming has constituted his chief dependence, and he still owns 336 acres near North Freedom, besides 120 acres of pasture land. Two years ago he gave up the responsibilities of the management of his property and now enjoys one of the comfortable homes of his old community.

Mr. Hackett has voted for democratic presidential candidates since the time of Franklin Pierce, and while he has been interested in local and national affairs it has never occurred to him to ask for an office. He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On December 15, 1858, Mr. Timothy Hackett married Miss Fannie J. Monlton. She was born in Uliuois in 1839, a daughter of N. B. and Lura M. Moulton, pioneers of Sauk County. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hackett had two children, Wesley 0., and Maj. N. B.

Wesley 0. Hackett was born in Sauk County in 1860, was educated in the public schools, and for a number of years was in the mercantile business at North Freedom and a traveling salesman. He married Inez Burt. Their two children were Irene and Thecla. The daughter Irene was married on January 6, 1910, to Charles Warn, and her daughter Rose is a great-grandchild of Timothy Hackett. Wesley 0. Hackett died July 21, 1909.

Maj. N. B. Hackett was born at North Freedom on a farm October 18, 1868. He was well educated, and for a time taught school. He took up the work of traveling salesman, and for a number of years he conducted a theater at Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He and his brother had what was known as Hackett 's Baraboo Orchestra for about ten years. In 1912 he returned to the old home where he was born and where he still lives. It is a matter of interest to note that the first road show of the Ringling Brothers was exhibited in a hall belonging to Timothy Hackett.

In 1891 Major Hackett married Miss Anna Luckensmeyer. Four children were born to their marriage: Exilda, Lysle, Durlin and Mona, all of whom are still living. . Exilda is now the wife of Lewis White, of

North Freedom, and her two children, also great-grandchildren of Timothy Hackett, are named Lyle and Joyce Anna. Major Hackett's first wife died September 19, 1905. On August 24, 1910, he married Mrs. Bertha (Barrow) Aspinwall, of Baraboo. She had by her former marriage a son Edyn B.

George L. Fish. A Sauk County fai'm that represents many of the ideals in the way of cultivation, productiveness, arrangement and equipment is that of George L. Fish in Delton Township. Mr. Fish has a large acreage under cultivation and handles it in a way to get the maximum returns for his labor and investment. He is a thoroughgoing farmer, and is one of the resourceful business men and publicspirited citizens of the county.

His birth occurred September 5, 1864, in Winfield Township of this county. His birthplace was the first frame house in that township. He is of pioneer stock, and the name is one that has been spoken with respect in Sauk County since early times.

His paternal grandparents were Silas and Betsey (Raymond) Fish. Betsey Raymond's father was a Revolutionary soldier. These worthy people came into Sauk County at a very early day, locating in Winfield Township, where they bought the old Andrews farm and their first house was built on that place. Silas Fish acquired 204 acres, and lived prosperously on the farm for many years. He died there in 1886, at the age of eighty-three and his widow followed him in 1891, at the age of eighty-seven. Their children were : Elizabeth ; Elias, Spencer, Jasper M. and Lewis. N., all deceased: Emma Jane; Lucius; and Elbert.

Lewis N. Fish, father of George L., was born in Greene County, New York, in 1838. He was identified with Sauk County from early manhood, and as a farmer he developed 335 acres, including a part of his father's homestead. This farm is now owned and occupied by his son Edwin K. Lewis N. Fish married in Sauk County Sarah Darrow. She was liorn in Walworth County, Wisconsin, in 1842, a daughter of Henry A. and Luceba (Dann) Darrow. They came out of New York State and were early settlers in Walworth County, Wisconsin, and in 1850 moved to Sauk County, establishing a home in Winfield Township. Henry A. Darrow during his early life had cut cordwood and manufactured charcoal and potash on the site of the present city of Rochester, New York. In Winfield Township he had a farm of two hundred acres and died on the old place at the age of ninety-five. His wife passed away at seventy-three.

Lewis N. Fish was a democrat in politics. He and his wife were the parents of nine children : Ida May, deceased ; George L. ; Edwin ; Emma B. ; Jasper; AA^ alter; Mary; Spencer; and Blanche.

George L. Fish passed his early years in Winfield Township and besides the public school advantages of that locality he was a member of the first short course class in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. As a farmer he has always used business methods and a thorough system in handling the multitude of details which comprise the farmer's life. His first farm was on Webster Prairie, the old Lee place, containing 140 acres. After living there five ^ears he sold out in 1903 bought his present place in Delton Township, consisting of 376 acres. A considerable part of this land he has cleared up himself. He chopped down the trees from fifty acres and sold five thousand cords of stove wood. Of this cleared land he now has fortyfive acres under cultivation. Besides raising the staple crops he is making something of a specialty of stock raising. He keeps about forty head of cattle and about 100 sheep, and his farm is well adapted for stock purposes.

Mr. Fish is a democrat in polities, served one year as township assessor, also as supervisor, and was a member of the school board in the Lee district four years and in his present home locality has been on the board for six years. From his surplus capital Mr. Fish has invested most of it in improvements for the farm, including a barn and his modern residence, which was completed in 1917.

In January, 1892, he married. Miss Sarah Montgomery. She was bom in Winfield Township in April, 1870, a daughter of Lyman B. and Achsah (Peck) Montgomery. Her mother was a sister of Frank Peck, of Baraboo, and both the Montgomerys and Pecks were pioneers in Sauk County. In Delton and Excelsior townships Lyman B. Montgomery owned and operated a large farm, having over 400 acres. He died July 4, 1914, at the age of seventy-nine and the old farm is still occupied by his widow.

Mr. and Mrs. Fish have three children : Marion, who died in infancy ; Warren L., attending the State University at Madison; and Florence A., at home. Both are graduates of the Kilbourn High School.

John Dettmann has been a resident of Sauk County for over thirty years. In that time his work has been partly as a farmer and partly as a business man and he has attained a substantial position in the local affairs of Ableman.

He was born in Germany June 2, 1862, a son of Fted and Mary Dettmann. In November, 1884, the Dettmann family immigrated to America, the parents locating at Ableman in Sauk County, where the father bought a farm in Excelsior Township. He improved a raw tract of land into a valuable property and lived there until his death in 1901, at the age of sixty-four. His wife also died in the same year and at the same age. Their four children are still living, being John, Freda, Carl and Mary.

John Dettmann grew up and received his education in his native country. He was married there in 1884, at the age of twenty-two, to Bertha Liverence. She was born in Germany in 1860, a daughter of Joachim and Mary Liverence. A few weeks after his marriage John Dettmann and wife, with his parents and also with her parents, set out for America. The parents of Mrs. Dettmann came to Ableman and both died there in 1884.

John Dettmann on settling in Wisconsin bought a house and lot at Ableman, and also a tract of fortj^ acres of farming land in the village limits. Besides farming this tract he has also at different times sold some lots for residence purposes. He conducts his land as a general farming proposition and for the past sixteen years has been manager of

Mr. Dettmann is a republican in politics, and was one of the first trustees of the village when it was incorporated. He also served as school clerk and has taken an active part in all loeal affairs. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Dettmann have both children and grandchildren. Their oldest child, Ernest, is connected with the Johnson Lumber Company of Ableman and by his marriage to Mary Frames has two children, Marcellus and Mary. Emma, the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Dettmann, is the wife of John Geiser. Ella is the wife of Rheinhart Pope, a merchant at Ableman.

Charles W. Whitman. The career of Charles W. Whitman is an expression of practical and diversified activity and in its range has invaded the realms of business, finance, agriculture and politics, all of which have profited by the breadth and conscientiousness which are distinctive features of the work and character of this prominent Baraboo citizen. In business circles he is prominent as the proprietor of the South Side Drug Store, in financial affairs he is prominently connected as vice president of the Bank of Baraboo, and as an agriculturist he is the owner of several valuable farms in Sauk County and in Illinois.

Mr. Whitman was born March 18, 1854, in DeKalb County, Illinois, a son of Daniel and Melissa (Hoxie) Whitman, natives respectively of Rhode Island and Oswego, New York. They were both young people when they located in Illinois, in which state they were married, and following their union settled on a DeKalb County farm. There the father rounded out his life, passing away in 1861, when his son, Charles W., was seven years of age. Daniel Whitman was an industrious and intelligent agriculturist and no doubt would have accumulated a handsome property had not his death oecurred so early in his career. Mrs. Whitman, who survived her husband, was left with a family of seven small children and proved to be one of those good American mothers to whom this country owes so much. She was also a wonderful business woman. She was left with a section of land in DeKalb County, Illinois, but very little money with which to improve it. By her skillful management this farm was kept in her possession until the time of her death and still remains in the Whitman family. She spent her last days at her home in Baraboo where she passed away at the age of seventy-seven years. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters, namely : John, a resident of Leland, Illinois ; William, who resides at Earlville, Illinois; Joseph, a resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Charles W., of this notice; Frank, who is in the drug store with his brother at Baraboo ; Anna, who is the wife of Charles Young, of Morris, Illinois ; and Alice, who resides at Excelsior Springs, Missouri.

Charles W. Whitman received his education in the public schools of DeKalb County, Illinois, and the East Paw Paw Seminary. His early training was secured in an agricultural atmosphere, his home being on the farm on which his father had carried on his operations until his death. The young man's inclinations, however, turned more toward a commer- cial career, and as a youth he learned the drug business, a line of endeavor that has chiefly occupied his attention throughout his life. When he was twenty-one years of age he left the state of his birth and in 1876 arrived at Baraboo, which city has continued to be his home to the present time. After several years of living here he embarked in the drug business on his own account, and, from a small and modest start, he has built up one of the leading establishments in this line in the city. His capital at the outset was not large, as regards cash, but he had a plentiful supply of pluck, determination and resource, and an ambition to succeed that would not allow him to recognize or respect the obstacles that lay in his path. Also, he knew thoroughly his business, and likewise knew what he wanted to make of it. This proved a combination that was a winning one, and the South Side Drug Store, under which the business is conducted, is one of the city's substantial and well-established business ventures. Associated with Mr. Whitman is his brother Frank, also a capable and experienced pharmacist. Mr. Whitman has always been interested in financial affairs and since the reorganization of the Bank of Baraboo he has been the vice president. As a banker he is known to be sound and conservative in his policies, progressive in his ideas and shrewd and accurate in his judgments. The ownership of farms in Sauk County, Wisconsin, and DeKalb County, Illinois, makes Mr. Whitman an agriculturist of some proportions, and a good deal of his time is spent in looking after the development and cultivation of these valuable properties. Politically he is a republican when all other things are equal, otherwise he is apt to be independent in his support of candidates and parties. His official positions have been merely civic ones, and at present he is one of the three commissioners of the Lower Baraboo River Drainage District. He has always given his support and co-operation to any project which has been conceived and promoted for the betterment of his adopted city and the welfare of its people.

Mr. Whitman was married in Illinois, March 12, 1878, to Miss Kate Isabelle Fuller, of New York City. To this union there have been born three children, namely ; Gertrude, who is the wife of Roy C. Jones, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has one son, Charles Whitman ; Mattie, who is a graduate of the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and is now employed in her father's drug store; and Ada, at home. The parents of Mrs. Whitman were Ira E. and Katherino (Whitall) Fuller, the former born in New Hampshire and the latter, in 1833, at Birmingham, England. She came to New York as a girl and there met and married Mr. Fuller, they subsequently removing to Illinois. Mr. Fuller had been a merchant in New York and followed the same business for some years after locating in the Prairie State, but eventually turned his attention to farming and was so engaged at the time of his death, when he was seventy-five years of age. Mrs. Fuller still survives and makes her home at Baraboo. Mr. Fuller, who came of Puritan stock, was a member of the Baptist Church and took an active part in religious work. He was a republican in his polilical views. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller were the parents of four children : Harry H., of Princeton, Illinois, where he has been clerk of the Circuit Court for twenty-five years ; Kate Isabelle, who is now Mrs. Whitman ; Josephine, who resides with her mother at Baraboo; and Edgar, whose death occurred in 1910.

Charles Mittlestadt, a prominent farmer in Excelsior Township, is a native of Sauk County, his birth having occurred in Winfield Township June 4, 1875. He is a son of Ferdinand and Minnie (Zieck) Mittle- ' stadt, both of whom were born in Germany, the former October 15, 1834. The paternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were John and Charlotte Mittlestadt. He died in Germany and she came to Wisconsin and passed to rest in Delona Township, Sauk County. Their children were Ferdinand, Albert (deceased) and Albertina. Ferdinand Mittlestadt passed his boyhood and youth in the land of his nativity, where his marriage was solemnized, and June 12, 1869, he immigrated to America. Landing in New York City, he proceeded thence to Sauk County, Wisconsin, and located on a farm of 120 acres in Winfield Township, near Reedsburg. Here he was engaged in diversified agriculture for a number of years. Eventually disposing of this tract of land, he bought twenty acres on the outskirts of Reedsburg and in 1901 purchased the estate, comprising 120 acres, now owned by his son Charles. His dearly beloved wife died in November, 1877, aged forty-one years, and Mr. Mittlestadt, being retired, riiakes his home with his son Charles. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mittlestadt: Lena (deceased), Tala, Frank, Ida and Charles.

To the public schools of Winfield Township and of Reedsburg Charles Mittlestadt is indebted for his educational training. He has always been interested in agricultural work and in 1903 bought the parental homestead, on which he has installed many of the latest improvements and on which he is successfully engaged in farming and stockraising, keeping about fifteen head of cattle. He is a democrat in politics, is treasurer of the school board, and is a devout member of the Lutheran Church. He is broad minded in all dealings with his fellow men and is kindly disposed toward everyone.

In 1902 Mr. Mittlestadt married Miss Ida AVackles, and to them were born four children : Florence, Lula, Ernest and Alia. Mrs. Mittlestadt died in April, 1910, and subsequently he married Mrs. Minnie Kloop, who had one child, Lucile, by her first husband. To this second union four children have been born, namely, Leo, Hazel, Oscar and Edna.

Abraham Lincoln Farnsw^orth, M. D. The profession of medicine embraces a vast field of knowledge and the successful physician and surgeon must be a man of varied learning and attainments. Never at any time has the healing art demanded more of its practitioners than at the present period and never before has the profession given so fair an account of itself. When the leading physician in a community is found, then is found also, with few exceptions, the man of most intellectual attainment, an individual of keen mind, and a citizen of groat public spirit. In this connection attention is called to Dr. Abraham Lincoln Farnsworth, of Baraboo, prominent member of the medical and surgical fraternity of Sauk County, a man of more than ordinary attain-

Doctor Farnsworth was born on a farm in Caledonia Township, Columbia County, Wisconsin, May 28, 1866, his parents being John R. and Christiana (Scherf ) Farnsworth. His father was born in 1808, in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and in 1852 came to Wisconsin and settled on a new farm in Caledonia Township, Columbia County. There he succeeded in subduing the wilderness, in developing a good farm and in making a place for himself among the substantial men of his day. His death occurred in 1887, when his community lost one of its greatly respected agriculturists. Mrs. Farnsworth, who was born in June, 1846, in Saxony, Germany, still retains her residence on the old homestead in Columbia County. There were the following children in the family: Abraham L., of this notice ; John, who is engaged in farming on the home place in Columbia County ; Aaron and Arthur, twins, who are masons by trade and live on the home farm ; William, who is engaged at the carpenter trade at Baraboo ; Edward, who is cultivating a part of the homestead farm; Walter, a practicing attorney of Portage, Wisconsin; Grace, who is the wife of Frank Ramsey and resides at Fairfield, Wisconsin ; and Jacob, who died when 3i/2 years old.

Far from selecting his life work in the untried enthusiasm of extreme youth, the choice of Abraham L. Farnsworth was that of a mature mind, trained to thoughtfulness by years of practical experience and to a full realization of the possibilities and responsibilities which he confronted when he joined the medical fraternity. He was reared in an agricultural atmosphere and passed his boyhood on the home farm, where he was reared to habits of industry. His early education was secured in the district schools in the vicinity of the homestead, and, while from boyhood he had nursed a desire for a professional career, it was not until he was twenty-eight years of age that he started upon his studies in that direction. He left the home farm in 1894 and started to devote himself to his medical books, finally entering the Milwaukee Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1900, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. The City of Baraboo, a growing and prosperous community, attracted him as a likely center of success in his calling, and he has had no reason to regret his choice of locations, for here he has met with success in a material way as the possessor of a large and steadily-growing practice among the most representative families, and in a professional way by the standing which he has attained among his fellow-practitioners. While the Doctor carries on a general practice, being equally at home in the various branches of his calling, he has made somewhat of a specialty of surgery, a field in which he has secured something more than a local reputation. He has kept abreast of the developments of medicine and surgery, spends much of his time in research and investigation, and is an interested member of the Sauk County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Fraternally Doctor Farnsworth is affiliated with the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Mystic Workers of the World. He has a number of business interests, and, as noted before, is a partici-

Mrs. J. U. Schmidt, who now lives with her daughter Mrs. Frank Rosenbaum in Honey Creek Township, is one of the splendid pioneer women of Sauk County, where she has spent nearly seventy years of her active lifetime.

She was born in Switzerland, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Obrecht, and was fourteen years of age when she accompanied her parents in 1848 to Sauk County. Her parents settled in Honey Creek, where her father took up land from the Government. There were six children in the Obrecht family : Margaret, Mrs. Henry Heiser, lives on a farm in Franklin Township ; Christian, who was a lumber dealer in Sauk City ; Mrs. Schmidt, the third in age ; Anna, married Gottlieb Raedel and lived at Eau Claire, Wisconsin ; John, a soldier m the Union army ; and Kate, ]\Irs. John Morf, who lived in Iowa and Montana.

Mr, and Mrs. Schmidt were married in 1856 and they at once settled in Honey Creek Township, taking up a tract of Government land. Mr. Schmidt did all the clearing and grubbing, used ox teams, and underM^ent many hardships to found a permanent home and provide for the future needs of himself and family.

Mrs. Schmidt was the mother of four children. Ursula, the oldest, married John Plon and lives in South Dakota. Christian, unmarried, lives with his mother. Anna C. is Mrs. Frank Rosenbaum. John U., Jr., is married and lives in Prairie du Sac. These children all grew up and received their early educations in Honey Creek Township.

Mr. J. U. Schmidt, who died twelve years ago, was a citizen above the average in ability and industry, and his name deserves recognition among the old timers of Sauk County. After his death Mrs. Schmidt lived on the old farm until six years ago, when she went to live with her daughter Mrs. Frank Rosenbaum. The late Mr. Schmidt served for several years on the school and town boards and was a stockliolder in the first telephone company in Honey Creek Township and also in the first creamery and cheese factory at Sauk City. Mrs. Schmidt still owns the old homestead farm.

Her daughter Anna was married in 1897 to Mr. Frank Rosenbaum, who is one of the prosperous and influential farmers of Honey Creek Township and is now serving as township assessor and has also been a member of the township board for several terms. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Rosenbaum located on the farm where they now live and have been rapidly getting ahead in the world. Mr. Rosenbaum is a son of August and Lena (Heyn) Rosenbaum, both of whom are natives of Germany. Frank Rosenbaum came to Sauk County alone in 1888. He is a nephew of Edwin Kuehn, the first settler in Sauk City and the grandfather of Adolph Oehsner.

two years as assessor. He has done much to improve his farm and has, well earned the generous circumstances he now enjoys. In matters of politics Frank Rosenbaum is an independent.

Heostry Ochsner (deceased), one of the first settlers of the Town ot Honey Creek, a man of marked intelligence and ability, a generous and helpful citizen who was often honored by public evidences of esteem and confidence, spent the last few years of his faithful and honest life as a resident of Baraboo. He was born in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in 1825, and migrated to America and Sauk County in 1849. He spent a time with J. I. Waterbury, at Prairie du Sac, to learn both the language and the ways of his adopted country. After that short and common-sense training in the preliminaries of the life which was so new to him, and which was typical of his thoroughness, as well as wisdom, Mr. Ochsner always had his residence in Honey Creek until his retirement, with the exception of 1857-58, during which he was serving as county treasurer and lived in Baraboo. At the close of his official term he preferred to return to his home and devote himself to farming, the chosen occupation of his life. Subsequently he held a number of loeal offices and in 1872 was brought out as an independent candidate for member of the Assembly for the southern district of Sauk County.

In his youth ]\Ir. Ochsner did not enjoy the benefits of a higher education, but his naturally strong intellect, his great energy and his untiring perseverance enabled him to gather an unusual fund of useful information and to train himself in the exercise of many useful talents. His public spirit and immovable rectitude completed the scope of those endowments which earned him an influence of remarkable breadth and depth. His aid was often sought by his country neighbors, and the advice and direct assistance which he gave in legal, medical and surgical cases, in business matters, and in all the little affairs of life which comprise the whole, evinced a versatility, practical skill and humane spirit of helpfulness which brought to him admiration and affection in equal measure. These neighborly favors were bestowed without price and neither was it unusual for Mr. Ochsner to give of his material means to the worthy, the manly and the womanly.

In 1883 Mr. Ochsner retired from active farm life and moved to Baraboo; but his retirement was somewhat clouded with the knowledge that he was afflicted with a complication of diseases which would not long allow him to retain a hold upon human existence, and with the belief that the death of matter ended all. Still, he passed away peacefully December 13, 1889. Of his five children none has become so famous as Dr. Albert J. Ochsner, the physician and surgeon of Chicago.

Wallace Vera Rich is one of the clear-eyed, common sense and enterprising young farmers of Delton Township. His life has been spent in Sauk County and out of varied experience he made a definite choice of agriculture as a vocation a number of years ago and has been steadily climbing to independence and secure prosperity.

He is a grandson of Zaccheus and Flora (Ryan) Rich. Both of them were natives of England, the latter born in 1815 in the Parish of Cripplegate. They married in London Noveml)er 30, 1834, and in 1849 brought their family to America and settled at Milwaukee. In 1854 they removed to Sauk County, settling on a farm in Merrimack Township. The grandfather bought land here, but soon afterward, while in Milwaukee, was taken ill and died. The grandmother died in Baraboo. Zaccheus Rich was a carpenter by trade, and while in Milwaukee assisted in building the old Mitchell Bank of that city. The children of Zaccheus and wife were : William, born in London August 15, 1836 ; Flora, born June 13, 1838; Swede O'Connor, born November 26, 1840; Alfred, noted below; Edwin, born March 23, 1846 ; Henry and Emma, twins, born in 1848, and both died in infancy ; and John, who was born in Milwaukee December 28, 1851.

Alfred Rich was born in London, England, August 7, 1842, and was seven years of age when he came with the family to Milwaukee, and was still a boy when they all located on the farm in Merrimack Township. Alfred Rich married Johanna Hazeltine in Sauk County May 22, 1867. She was born in Vermont June 17, 1841. After their marriage they settled on a farm in Merrimack Township, later in Baraboo Township, from there went to Sumpter Township, and after selling their Sumpter Township place to their son Edwin they returned to Baraboo Township and bought a farm. The parents finally retired to Baraboo City, where the father died in November, 1916. His widow is still living at Baraboo. Alfred Rich was a republican in politics. He saw active service throughout the Civil war as a ship steward and paymaster. His widow is an active member of the IMethodist Episcopal Church. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom are still living, named William, Edwin, Lena, Mitchell, Colonel F., Wallace Vera, Orlando and Flora.

Wallace V. Rich grew up on his father's farm in Sumpter Township, and secured his education from the public schools there. For a year or so he worked at the machinist's trade but his principal business has been farming. Fifteen years ago he and his brother Orlando bought 140 acres in Delton Township. Mr. Rich has continued his activities on tliat place ever since and he and his brother put up all the modern improvements and buildings. Mr. Rich now owns his individual share of the farm, seventy acres, and is handling the land as a general farm and stock-raising proposition. He takes an active interest in everything in the community and has served as a member of the school board for the past ten years. Mr. Rich is a republican and attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.

March 3, 1902, he married Miss Emma Augusta Kutzner. She was born in Merrimack Township of Sauk County June 10^ 1879, a daughter of Rudolph and Pauline Kutzner. Her parents were early settlers of Merrimack Township, and her father died there after a long and active career on November 2, 1916. His Mddow is still living at Merrimack with her son Herman Kutzner. Mr. and Mrs. Rich have two bright young children: Lawrence, born November 29, 1903, and Clarence, born February 19, 1910.

Henry Behnke. A man possessed of initiative and a knack for hard work can succeed in any line of enterprise to which he applies himself. This is true in farming as well as in other fields. Mr. Behnke is a resident of Excelsior Township, where he owns an up-to-date farm of 120 acres, on which he has won marked success as an agriculturist and stock raiser. He was born in Germany, November 22, 1856, and is a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Wilhelms) Behnke. The parents were both natives of Germany, where they were reared and educated. There they were married and there they continued to reside until 1867, when they came to Wisconsin and settled in Sauk County on a farm of forty acres. Christian Behnke cleared his land and added to the original tract until he owned a farm of 200 acres. He died in 1901, aged eighty-three years', and his cherished and devoted wife passed away in 1873, aged fifty-six years. To them were born three children : Elizabeth is the wife of William Gade, of Reedsburg; William died in 1917, aged sixty -six years; and Henry is the subject of this review.

Henry Behnke attended school in Germany prior to his coming to America, at which time he was eleven years of age; and he completed his education in the public and parochial schools of Sauk County. He worked for his father until 1880, when he purchased a farm of his own in Excelsior Township. This estate consists of 120 acres and everything about the place is indicative of good judgment and modern methods. In conjunction with diversified agriculture he is an extensive stock raiser, making a specialty of Holstein cattle, of which he has twenty-five head in 1917. He is a republican in polities and for eighteen years gave efficient service as chairman of the township board of supervisors ; he was treasurer of the school board for nine years; and for twenty years has been a member of the. board of directors of the Reedsburg Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which position he still holds. He is a scientific farmer and a shrewd business man, making his way in the M^orld unaided.

In 1879 Mr. Behnke was married to Miss Dorothy Holzmann, who was bom and reared in Germany, where her parents passed their entire lives. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Behnke and concerning them the following brief data are here incorporated : Emma is the wife of Dick G. Krueger, a merchant in Reedsburg. William was a farmer in Excelsior Township at the time of his death, in 1914, aged thirty years. He married Lydia Block. Henry was a hardware merchant in Ableman and died in 1915, aged thirty years. His wife was Anna Beth. Walter lives in Ableman and he married Elsa Phaff. Amanda is the wife of William C. Holz, of Ableman. Arthur Reinhold and Luveme are at the parental home. The Behnke family are devout members of the Lutlieran Church at Ableman.

Oscar F. Jaeger, whose business enterprise as a miller and farmer at Black Hawk makes him one of the leading men of industry and influence in Troy Township, has spent all his life in Sauk County and his people were among the pioneers.

both born in Germany. They emigrated from that country in the historic year 1848, the same year that Wisconsin became a state, and their first location was in Dane County, near Pish Lake. They lived there for a dozen years and in 1860 moved to Sauk County, buying 120 acres of wild land three miles west of Black Hawk. John Jaeger was a hardy and industrious frontiersman and cleared up his land by the hardest kind of manual toil. He grubbed the stumps and did much of the first plowing and clearing with ox teams. His first home there was a frame building 16 by 20 feet in dimensions, and it served as the family abode until 1889, when it was rebuilt and remodeled, thus making a comfortable home. The father also made many other modern improvements, and in addition to his first purchase acquired eighty acres more. He lived there until his death in 1891. There were eight children in the family, the youngest dying in infancy. The others are named as follows: Fredericka, who married August Smoke, living in Minnesota, and she died there in 1882. Edith was Mrs. Fred Barlen, and both of them died in Troy Township. Mary married John Ott, and they lived in Troy Township until about thirty years ago, when they removed to Baraboo. Robert, who has never married, owns and operates the old homestead. Martha is Mrs. A. L. Washburn and lives between Devils Lake and Baraboo. The sixth child in the family is Oscar F. Laura is Mrs. Allen Beardsley, and they live at Waukegan, Michigan. These children grew up in Troy Township and all of them had their education in the local schools except the oldest, who finished his schooling in Dane County.

Oscar F. Jaeger, after leaving school, began clerking in a store at Black Hawk at the age of sixteen. He continued working there steadily until 1896, when he became a joint proprietor of the local flour and feed mill with Conrad Adam. This partnership has been continued for over twenty years and their mill is one of the principal sources of supply for feed and grist in a large community. Mr. Jaeger is now in point of continuous residence the oldest inhabitant of Black Hawk, no other citizen being there now who was in that community when he first loeated there. Besides his interest as a miller Mr. Jaeger owns a farm of 109 acres south of Black Hawk.

In 1897 he married Miss Kate Tschirke, a daughter of Henry and Eva (Schachtler) Tschirke. Both her parents were born in Switzerland, and she was twelve years of age when she came Avith her family to this country in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Jaeger have one son, Floyd. Mrs. Jaeger is a stockholder in the Black Hawk Bank. Both are active members of the Reformed Church, and in politics he is a republican.

Charles H. Bubdick. The vocation of railroading is one that attracts many j^oung men when starting out upon their careers, particularly if they have been reared on the farm. There seems to be something about the occupation that holds a charm for the farmer's son, and many of the men who are today among the most thoroughly trusted employes of our biggest systems have had their early training in the country. In this class is found Charles H. Burdick, of Barahoo, a railroader of more than forty years' experience, who began his career, fresh from the farm,

Mr. Burdick was born on Sauk Prairie, Sauk County, Wisconsin, June 25, 1858, and is a son of Stephen M. and Betsey (Caldwell) Burdick, both natives of New York State, the former born in 1823 and the latter in 1826. The parents came to Sauk County as a young married couple in 1851, first purchasing a farm in Baraboo Township, which they subsequently sold in order to move to another property located on Sauk Prairie. On that farm Mrs. Burdick died in 1863. She had been the mother of the following children : Amelia, deceased ; Ira, who died March 5, 1917 ; Salome ; Mary, Julia and William, who are all deceased ; Charles H., of this notice; and Peter, who is deceased. Some time after the death of his first wife, Stephen M. Burdick went to North Freedom, where he became foreman of a fence gang in the employ of the Northwestern Railway. In this capacity he was in charge of about thirty men, and so capably did he -discharge his duties that he became one of the most dependable men in the employ of his section, and his employers relied in him implicitly to getting his work done efficiently and expeditiously. In his later years, when advancing age made active labor more of a hardship, he was transferred to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he was placed in charge of gates, and this labor he continued until his retirement to Baraboo, where his death occurred in 1906. At various times in his career Mr. Burdick was engaged in politics and on several occasions was chosen to serve in public office, being at one time sheriff of Sauk County, and, while a resident of Sumpter Township, was chairman of the township board and clerk of the school board. He was fraternally affiliated with Baraboo Lodge No. 34, Free and Accepted Masons. In the several communities in which he lived he impressed himself upon his fellow citizens as a man of honor and integrity and one whose public spirit led him to assist in the movements beneficial to the community. For his second wife Mr. Burdick married Amanda Roberts, who survives him and resides at North Yakima, Washington, and they became the parents of two- children : Edwin and Clara, the former of whom is deceased.

Charles H. Burdick was reared on his father's farm, and secured his education in the public schools of Baraboo and the Baraboo Institute. He was but sixteen years of age when he began his connection with railroad matters. His father was at that time in charge of a fence gang and young Burdick secured a position carrying water to the workmen. During the next four or five years he remained in the vicinity of Baraboo, being identified with the Northwestern Railway in numerous ways, and then went to the Dakotas, but soon returned to Baraboo, where, in the fall of 1882, he started firing on the road. By the fall of 1886 he had earned himself a position as engineer, and during the next thirty years handled the throttle on a freight train, in 1916 being promoted to a passenger run. His record has been one singularly clean, marked' by faithful prompt and steady service and remarkably clear of accidents. For this reason he has earned the confidence of the employers and has gained himself an excellent reputation among railroad men generally. Mr. Burdick is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

His religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church, and his political belief that of the republican party, although politics has played only a small part in his career and he has never been an office seeker. His comfortable home at Baraboo is situated at No. 509 Sixth Street.

Mr. Burdick was married February 27, 1889, to Miss Minnie McGirr, of Kendalls, Wisconsin, and they became the parents of three children : May, who married Otto Benshausen, of Logansville, Wisconsin, and has one son, Ivan, born August 1, 1916 ; and Annie and Leona, who are single and reside with their father. Mrs. Burdick died December 23, 1898, and June 22, 1910, Mr. Burdick was again married, being united with Miss Amanda Nelsen, who was born at Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, October 13, 1886, daughter of Andrew Nelsen. Andrew Nelsen was born in Sweden, April 26, 1858, and as a lad of twelve years was taken by his parents to Germany. When he was nineteen years old he came to the United States and settled in Honey Creek Township, Sauk County, where he secured work as. a farm hand, later obtained land of his own, and eventually became a successful agriculturist. In his later years he retired to Prairie du Sa^, where his death occurred August 1, 1914. In political matters he voted the republican ticket, and his religious faith was that of the Reformed Church. On October 4, 1881, Mr. Nelsen was married to Miss Minnie Klinesmith, who was born at Cleveland, Ohio, December 3, 1863, daughter of Carl and Minnie (Carlof) Klinesmith, natives of Germany, the former born in 1824 and the latter in 1837. They were married in Germany, March 23, 1860, and in the following year immigrated to the United States, first settling at Cleveland, Ohio, where they lived for six years. In 1867 Mr. and Mrs. Klinesmith came to Sauk County and settled in Honey Creek Township, where they purchased a small farm. Later they disposed of this and rented a large farm, but in 1887 removed to Chippewa County and bought a property on which Mr. Klinesmith carried on operations until his death, December 25, 1915, his wife having passed away in 1909. They were the parents of seven children, namely : August, deceased ; Minnie, who became Mrs. Nelsen ; Matilda ; Charles ; Louisa ; George, deceased ; and Alma. To Andrew and Minnie Nelsen there were born nine children, all of whom are living, as follows: George, Charles, Amanda (Mrs. Burdick), Agnes, Arthur, Esther, Edwin, Melvin and Lorene. Mr. and Mrs. Burdick have one son : Charles A., who was born July 27, 1911.

Enoch Shultis. A native of the Empire State of the Union, Enoch Shultis was born in Columbia County, New York, October 3, 1854. His parents, Henry and Malinda (Silvernail) Shultis, of Holland Dutch ancestry, were likewise born in New York State, where they grew to maturity and were married. In 1858, seeking fairer opportunities in the West, they migrated to Wisconsin and located in Waukesha County, where they maintained the family home for a score of years. In 1878 they came to Sauk County and settled first in Winfield Township and later in Excelsior Township, in which latter community the father died in 1898 and the mother passed away in 1901. To them were born eight children, whose names are here incorporated in respective order of birth : Katherine (deceased), Margaret, Betsy Ann, William, Melvina

(deceased), Enoch, Abram, Jacob and Agnes. Mr. Shultis was a republican in politics and, though never an aspirant for public office of any description, he was loyal and public spirited in civic affairs and gave an ardent support to all measures projected for the good of the general welfare.

Enoch Shultis was four years of age when he accompanied his parents to Wisconsin. His schooling was obtained in the public schools of Waukesha County, where he continued to reside until 1875, when he came to Sauk County and settled in Reedsburg. Shortly after his advent here he rented land and engaged in the great basic industry of agriculture. In 1889 he bought his present farm of 120 acres, located 314 miles distant from the village of Reedsburg. His place is in a high state of cultivation and boasts many modern improvements. In his political convictions Mr. Shultis is a staunch supporter of prohibition principles and he has served his community as town supervisor and as treasurer of the local school board, having retained the latter office for the past sixteen years. He is diligent and conscientious in public service and is well deserving of the high esteem uniformly accorded him.

In 1880 Mr. Shultis was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Smith, a daughter of James and Bell (Bernhard) Smith, pioneer settlers in Excelsior Township and they are both deceased. Three children were born of this union ; Lee, who owns a farm of 166 acres in Excelsior Township, married Gertrude Montgomery and they have three children. Max, Dorothy and Barrel; Isabel is the wife of Nelson Price, and they have three children, June, John and Milton; and Clara is deceased. Mrs. Shultis was summoned to the life eternal in 1885. For his second wife Mr. Shultis married Miss Elizabeth Nye, a native of Sauk County and a daughter of Jonathan and Esther (Smith) Nye. Prior to her marriage she taught for a number of years in the graded school of Reedsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Shultis have five children: Esther, Rose and Roe (twins) and Ruth and Royal (twins). Esther is the wife of Frank Montgomery and they have two children, Philip and Roger. Both pairs of twins are at the parental home.

Daniel Crosby is one of the capable sons of Sauk County, a man whose life has been spent within these boundaries and v.liose career has been not without substantial results and creditable alike to himself and his community.

He was born in 1864 in Merrim.ack Township, only a mile east of his present home. He is a son of Luther and Harriet ( Sutton ) Crosby, both of whom were born in New York State, near the City of Buffalo and near Lake Erie. They were married in New York in 1844 and soon afterwards moved to Marengo, Illinois, where they had an interest as farmers for about six years. From Illinois they came to Sauk County and this was their home the remainder of their peaceful and purposeful lives. On coming to Sauk County Luther Crosby built with his own labor a house of logs which furnished shelter for his family and in which five of his family were born. Of the eight children all were born in log homes, though three at Marengo, Illinois. The youngest of these children was Daniel Crosby, who was only five months old when his mother died.

The father passed away in 1894. A brief record of each of these children is as follows: Frances, who married Enoch Noyes, both now deceased; Calvin, who served one year in the Tinion array during the Civil war, afterwards moved to Miller, South Dakota, and died in that state about thirty-five years ago ; Nancy A., living at Baraboo, is the widow of Addison Brown, who died about eighteen years ago; Ida M., deceased; Emma, Mrs. Charles Todd, their home being in Merrimack Township as neighbors to Daniel Crosby; Willie, deceased; Mary, wife of William Hill and living at Sorana, Wisconsin; and Daniel.

On the old farm and among the scenes where his later as well as his earlier years were spent Daniel Crosby had a happy boyhood and attended the public schools of his home locality. He lived at home and bore his share of responsibilities in connection with the old farm until 1890, when, at the age of twenty-seven, he married Miss Matilda Leppla, daughter of Peter and Christina (Zerbell) Leppla, both natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Crosby's family consists of five children, all sons, all unmarried, and named as follows: Ervin, Alto, Alvern, Clarence and Milton. The two oldest are now employed at Sauk Prairie, while the rest are at home.

In the meantime Mr. Crosby has been steadily at work getting himself prosperously situated in the world. In his home farm he has 176 fertile acres, and he also owns thirty-six acres on the bluff at Devils Lake. He bought a part of that farm in 1898 from H. G. Mertske of Baraboo, the place being known as the old Samuel Cramer farm. On his home place Mr. Crosby has done most of the improvements in the way of building construction and the profits have been derived chiefly from the cream produced by his fine herd of eattle and from hogs. He is one of the successful general farmers and stock raisers in this community. Politically he has always voted the republican ticket.

GoLLMAR Brothers, of Baraboo, have been long known to the home people as blacksmiths, machinists, proprietors of iron manufactories, business men and good citizens ; also as owners and promoters of a wellknown circus, in which field they are more generally known by outsiders. The Gollmar Brothers' circus was established in 1891, the first performance being given in Baraboo in May. Charles A. Gollmar was its manager, Benjamin F. its treasurer, and Fred C. its advance agent, and Walter S., equestrian director. Their father, Gotlieb G. Gollmar, was born in Germany, December 13, 1823, and died in Baraboo, June 5, 1914. Their mother, Mary Magdelene Juliar before her marriage, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, July 8, 1829, and died in Baraboo, January 26, 1916. They were married in Chicago, November 17, 1848, and lived happily together over sixty-seven years. Before going to Chicago, Mr. Gollmar had resided in Medina County, Ohio, later learned the trade of a blacksmith at Toledo, and worked on the Ohio Canal with James A. Garfield, afterward President of the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Gollmar came from Chicago to Baraboo by team in 1851, bought a lot at the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Birch Street, Baraboo, where they lived until their death. Of a family of fourteen sons and daughters the following are deceased, Sarah, Sarah A., Jacob (who was interested in the circus when it was organized), Caroline C. Knight, William H., and Lillie M. Foster. The ones now living are Edward T., Charles A., Benjamin F., Fred C, Walter S., Frances Brown, Baraboo, and Dr. Arthur H. Gollmar, Kankakee, Illinois. During his lifetime at Baraboo Mr. Gollmar worked at his trade, farmed and engaged in the lumber business. His sons were brought up to his old trade and well educated, and, as Gollmar Brothers, sold their circus to the Patterson Carnival Company in 1916.

Jerry Coughlin is one of the oldest locomotive engineers in the employ of the Chicago Northwestern Railway. He has been continuously in the service for thirty-three years. That does not limit his entire railroad experience, since as a boy of tender years he was working with a section gang, and it might be said with truth that practically his entire life has been lived in a railroad atmosphere. He has won the confidence of his superior officials by his excellent work and is one of the most popular members of the Brotherhood of Loeomotive Engineers in the state.

Mr. Coughlin was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, August 28, 1857, a son of Timothy and Margaret (Callahan) Coughlin. Both parents were natives of County Cork, Ireland, and were brought to this country when children. The father was born in 1816 and the mother in 1823. Timothy Coughlin was also a railroad worker and became a contractor for railroad building. In 1860 he moved to Sauk County, Wisconsin, and acquired a farm in Greenfield Township. He lived the quiet life of an agriculturist until his death in 1868. His widow survived him and died at Baraboo in 1902. There were five children : Kate, who died in 1877; Jerry, Timothy, Michael and Elizabeth.

On the family farm in Greenfield Township Jerry Coughlin spent the first eleven years of his life. He had little opportunity to attend school but made the best of such opportunities as were presented. When only thirteen years of age, in 1870, he found a job as water boy for a section gang on the Northwestern Railroad, and as experience and strength permitted he was soon placed on the pay roll as a regular hand, later worked on the gravel train and about 1875 he removed to Baraboo and obtained work in the coal shed and as an engine wiper. These were the stages through which he passed in an effort to realize his ambition to reach the dignity of locomotive engineer. From engine wiper he was promoted to fireman in 1879, and after five years of employment at shoveling coal and keeping up steam he was made engineer in 1884. Since then he has been steadily engaged in making his runs over different divisions of the Northwestern Road, and has grown gray-headed in the service of this company.

Politically Mr. Coughlin is independent. He is a faithful member of the Catholic Church and is affiliated with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Knights of Columbus. On April 21, 1890, he married Miss Mary Weidenkopf. She was born in Ohio March 3, 1862, and has spent most of her life in Sauk County. Her parents were John and Florentina (Gosenschmidt) Weidenkopf, both natives of Germany. On coming to America they loeated in Ohio, from which state John Weidenkopf enlisted for service in the

Mexican war. For his services he was given a land warrant, which he finally located in Sumpter Township of Sauk County. The land warrant called for 160 acres, and he subsequently bought 40 acres in Baraboo township. He located on that land in 1864, and followed agriculture and became a prominent citizen in Sauk County. He died April 30, 1890, while his widow survived him until May 4, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Weidenkopf had twelve children: Wilhelmina, deceased; John; Caroline; Charles; Louise, who is deceased; Mary; Elizabeth; Josephine; Bertha and Amelia, deceased; Julia and George. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Coughlin have been born two children. Robert Jerry, born August 1, 1892, was graduated from the Baraboo High School, spent one year in Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana, and in 1916 finished a course in the electrical engineering department of the University of Wisconsin and follows his trade and profession in the City of Chicago. When war was declared he enlisted in the engineering corps and was commissioned a lieutenant. He is a young man of great promise. Edward Weidenkopf Coughlin, born October 13, 1896, completed the course of the Baraboo High School in 1913, and gave a good account of himself as a member of the Marriott Hardware Company of Baraboo. He enlisted in Company I of the Sixth Regiment, Wisconsin National Guard, and is now in training at Camp Douglass. He is sergeant of his company.

Henry A. Hill, whose death occurred in a hospital at Madison May 19, 1915, was one of the worthy and capable farmer citizens of Sauk County, and his career and some reference to his family deserve perpetuation in these chronicles.

He was born in Sumpter Township July 3, 1870, and was only fortyfive years of age when he passed away. His parents were Henry M. and Annie (Burga) Hill. His father was born in one of the New England states while his mother was a native of Switzerland. Henry M. Hill came to Sauk County at an early day, cleared up a farm in the woods, subsequently had a place near King's Corners, and finally lived retired at Prairie du Sac, where he died in 1893. His wife passed away in 1887. Their children were William, Lorinda, Jacob, Maria and Henry A., the last two being now deceased. The father was a republican and a very strong temperance worker at a time when that cause was not so strong as it is today. He was a Methodist.

Henry A. Hill grew up on his father's farm, acquired a public school education, and took up his vocation in life with an earnestness which assured his success and prosperity. He first owned a farm south of Baraboo known as the H. J. Case farm, later the Lewis Cowles farm, and he then moved to the place where his widow and family reside.

Mr. Hill was a republican and was affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church. October 12, 1892, he married Miss Fannie Astle. Mrs. Hill was born in Sumpter Township of Sauk County February 12, 1870, a daughter of John and Flora (Stone) Astle. Her father was born m Merton, Wisconsin, in 1846, son of W. and Sarah Astle, who "came from England and were early identified with the settlement and development of Southern Wisconsin. John Astle owned a large farm in Sauk County and was for many years closely identified with the welfare of liis community. He died in 1910, and his widow is still living. Their children were named Fannie, Belle and' Amy, the last being now deceased.

Mrs. Hill is the mother of two children : Glenn, born June 4, 1899, and graduated from the Baraboo High School with the class of 1917 ; and Harland, bom July 27, 1906, is still a student in the local schools.

Fred Metcalf was born on the parental estate in Excelsior Township, May 20, 1861, and he is a son of Isaac and Mary (Riden) Metcalf, concerning whom further data appear elsewhere in this work in the sketch of the father. Mr. Metcalf grew up in this locality and was educated in Public School No. 6. He has always been a farmer by occupation and owns an up-to-date estate of 240 acres. In 1904 he erected a beautiful residence and he also has a fine bam, 32 by 64 feet, and a silo, 14 by 28 feet. He raises Holstein cattle and feeds about thirty head. In politics he is a democrat and he has been township assessor for the past seven years. He is also a director on the local school board.

November 17, 1889, Mr. Metcalf married Miss Elnora Rose, a daughter of Eleas and Bettie (Shultis) Rose, who formerly owned a farm in Waukesha County and subsequently had the farm now owned by Charles Mittelstadt. Mr. Rose is deceased and his widow is now living in North Prairie, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have three sons, Wayne, Harry and Clarence. The family belong to the Methodist Church and are held in his esteem by their numerous friends and neighbors.

E. Burt Trimpey. Since coming to Baraboo Mr. Trimpey has shown that business and professional enterprise and public spirit which make him one of the city's most valued citizens. He is a very busy man, but always finds time to lend a hand when necessary to the promotion of any organized movement for the general good. Both he and his wife are exceedingly talented people and are well knoM^n in local social circles.

Mr. Trimpey was bom in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1878, a son of John S. and Nancy (Younkin) Trimpey. His parents were also natives of Pennsylvania and the paternal ancestors came originally from Germany. John S. Trimpey has followed farming and is still living in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. His wife died there in 1889. Their large family of nine children comprised the following : Sarah, Columbia, Almira, William, Etta, John Wesley, E. Burt, Ella and Ida, the last dying in 1909.

E. Burt Trimpey wisely made use of the advantages afforded him by the public schools of Somerset County and also attended normal schools. For two years he was a teacher at Mount Union in Somerset County, and during that time he instructed in all the grades, from kindergarten up to post-graduate courses in the grade school. Subsequently at Uniontown, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, he took up the study of photography, and was there one year. Subsequently he followed the profession in Star Junction, Pennsylvania, for a year, at Roekford two years, and for about six months was located at Wayeross, Georgia. In 1905 he removed to Anderson, South Carolina, and enjoyed a large business in that city for about five years. In 1910 Mr. Trimpey removed to Bar&boo and set up the studio which he still conducts at 407 Oak Street. He is a leader in the profession, does high class artistic work, and undoubtedly ranks with the best photographers in the state.

Since coming to Baraboo Mr. Trimpey has taken an active part in the Farmers and Merchants State Bank. He has been a very active member of the Baraboo Commercial Club, serving as director, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Sons of Veterans. His membership in the latter organization is due to the fact that his father enlisted as a Union soldier in 1864 and was in the final campaigns of the war until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. Mr. Trimpey is also a member of the Photographers Association of America and also belongs to the American Numismatic Association. His association with this order is due to his interest in a special hobby, the collection of coins, and he has probably the best collection of that kind in Sauk County. It contains a large range of coinage both of America and foreign countries and includes a number of colonial coins, as well as some examples of ancient coinage. Politically Mr. Trimpey is independent, especially in local matters, and in national politics is a republican.

Mr. Trimpey married a member of one of Sauk County's oldest families. Miss Alice Kent became his wife March 10, 1910. She is a daughter of Sylvester Kent, who was born in Canaan, Vermont, in 1820, a son of David and Sallie (Ingalls) Kent, who spent all their lives in Vermont. Sylvester Kent married Eebecca Dennett, who was born at Canaan, Vermont, in 1823. While they lived in Vermont four children were born to them : Emeline, Philander, Sarah and John. It was during the decade of the '50s that the family came west to Sauk County, Wisconsin, and located on Sauk Prairie. Sylvester Kent bought a farm there and in course. of time made a good home. After coming to Wisconsin one other child was born, Alice, now Mrs. Trimpey. About forty years ago Sylvester Kent and family removed to Baraboo, and for a number of years he conducted a wood yard in that city. He died in 1904 and, his wife in 1903. He was a democrat and both were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mrs. Trimpey was educated in the Baraboo High School. She early showed a talent for artistic pursuits and has studied painting, especially water color and pastelle work under some of the best masters. Her individual work has met with a large appreciation and has been sold in some of the largest stores of Chicago and other cities. Since their marriage she has done much to assist Mr. Trimpey in his professional work. In 1915 Mrs. Trimpey invented the "Pricilla Sewing Rack," which is now extensively manufactured at Racine and is being sold all over the country, netting considerable revenue to Mrs. Trimpey.

Antgne Jacoby. One of the very best country homes and farms in Honey Creek Township is that owned by Antone Jacoby. The land comprising it has been developed through the long years of successive ownership and occupation by members of the Jacoby family. It was fully seventy years ago that the Jacobys first settled in Sauk County, and Antone Jacob}^ is a native son of this community. Wisconsin was still a territory when the family came here and Mr. Antone Jacoby first saw the light of day in the same year that the republican party carried on its first presidential campaign.

Mr. Jacoby was born in 1856, on the homestead of his father in Honey Creek Township. He is a son of Peter and Mrs. (Schultz) Jacoby. His mother was born in Germany and his father in the Duchy of Luxemburg. Peter Jacoby came to Sauk County in 1846. At that time very few settlements had been planted in Sauk County, all the land was very much as nature had left it, and he was one of the brave pioneers who determined to make his home where only Indians and wild game had subsisted for generations. He had the physical equipment necessary for such a task. He was a hard worker and in the course of time most of the timber was felled, the stumps grubbed out, and the soil broken up and put in condition for cultivation. In the early days he hauled his grain to be ground as far as Milwaukee. Ox teams invariably were hitched to the wagon or to the plow, and the Jacobys lived in the county a number of years before the first railroad was constructed. Peter Jacoby made wheat his principal crop, and all the harvesting was done by hand, with the old-fashioned scythe and cradle, and the grain was flailed or threshed out by the tramping of oxen. It is said that the first hogs raised on the Jacoby farm were sold for two and a half cents a pound. Peter Jacoby lived here until his death thirty years ago, while his good wife survived until eighteen years ago. They had ten children, five dying in infancy. Antone was the oldest of the family. The second, Ferdinand, died at Milwaukee three years ago. Matt is a real estate man in Madison. Mrs. Mary Vogel also lives in Madison. Theo. is a resident of Iowa.

Antone Jacoby grew up on the home farm, received his education in the local schools, and at the age of twenty-four went west to Iowa, where he spent one year, and one year more in South Dakota. After returning to Sauk County he had a part in the management of the farm until the death of his father, when he bought a place in Honey Creek Township.

In 1886 Mr. Jacoby married Emma Kaufman, daughter of John Kaufman, of Honey Creek. Five children were born to them : John, who is married and lives on the homestead ; Nell, living at home ; Alex, at home ; Mrs. Lula Strassman, of Madison ; and one that died in infancy.

As a farmer Mr. Jacoby still owns and operates 174 acres of land, constituting the old homestead, and some years ago he sold 200 acres to his son John, who is one of the leading and progressive young farmers of this section. Mr. Jacoby has been quite active in public affairs, having served four years on the town board and nine years on the school board. He is a stockholder in the local creamery and he and his family are all members of the Catholic Church of Sauk City.

Franklin Johnson, a resident of Baraboo, was born in Greenfield, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, in 1849, was educated in the common schools, taught school, and in 1881 moved to Baraboo where he engaged in the fruit business. He has held several town offices and others in the local insurance company. He served several years as president of the State Horticultural Society and is the inventor of the "Johnson Index

Henry Roick. Two vocations, those of farming and milling, occupied the active career of Henry Roick up to the time of his recent retirement at Baraboo. For more than a half a century he was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Sumpter Township, Sauk County, and is still the owner of a valuable farm there, although since 1904 he has been a resident of Baraboo. His career has been one of sturdy industry and has been fittingly rewarded by a full measure of success.

Mr. Roick was born on his father's farm in Sumpter Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin, April 13, 1853, and is a son of Charles E. and Catherine (Francel) Roick, natives of Germany. On first coming to the United States Charles E. Roick settled at Milwaukee. He had learned the trade of carpenter in his native land and being a skilled and industrious workman had little trouble in securing employment, but it was his desire to be the owner of a farm. Accordingly, when he had earned the means, he walked into Sauk County from Milwaukee and purchased eighty acres of uncleared land, but at that time could not start farming as he had exhausted his means. Returning to Milwaukee, he worked at his trade for a year, and thus was able to purchase a wagon and an ox team, with which he and his brother, who was also a carpenter, began to break the land. At odd times Mr. Roick went to Milwaukee to work, and for his labor accepted lumber, thus getting the means of building his house, and as time went on he and his brother acquired another eighty acres southeast of his original purchase. Mr. Roick continued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1880, in which year he disposed of his farm to his son and took up his residence at Baraboo. He had secured success from his experience in farming, but was an energetic and industrious man and occupied his time by working at his trade, having lost none of his former skill in that direction. He continued to be so engaged until within a short time of his death, which occurrerd at Baraboo in 1906, Mrs. Roick having died here in 1890. Mr. Roick was a republican, but never sought office, and took only a good citizen's interest in political matters. He and Mrs. Roick were the parents of four children, namely : Harry, Caroline, Francis and Emma.

Henry Roick was educated in the public schools of Sauk County and was reared to the life of an agriculturist, a career which he adopted upon attaining manhood. He was twenty-seven years of age when he assumed ownership of the old homestead place, and there he continued to successfully operate until March, 1904, when he came to Baraboo. He had won success as a farmer, and on coming to the city became proprietor of a feed mill, which he built, and this_ proved a profitable venture under his systematic and energetic business management. In 1914 he sold his interest in this enterprise, and since that time has lived retired from active pursuits, although he gives some attention to the supervision of the farm in Sauk County, of which he is still the owner. Like his father, Mr. Roick is a republican, and, also like him, the uncertain honors of public position have not be':'n sufficient incentive to draw him into public life, it being his preference to remain simply as a private citizen. He is the owner of a beautiful home at No. 530 Fourth Avenue.