Reeseville, Wisconsin

W. K. HANIiEY, grocer, Ree»eville; was born in the city of New York in 1847 ; in 1850, his parents, Patrick and Mary Hanlcy emigrated to Watertown. Mr. W. R. Hanley attended the public schools at Watertown, and acquired a good education ; after he completed his education, he engaged to travel for S. L. Sheldon, of Madison, general dealer in agricultural implements ; at the expiration of the term he was employed for by Mr. Sheldon, he engaged as salesman for the Harris Manufacturing Co., Janesville, which company he remained with until he was tendered the general agency of the Williams Mower and Reaper, which he successfully introduced until 1874, when he came to Reeseville, and engaged in the grocery trade. He married in Richwood, Dodge Co., Miss Katie L. Demsey ; they have four children - Mary, Magnite, Anna and Willie. In politics, Mr. Hanley is a Democrat ; he is at present writing. Justice of the Peace, an office he has l>een the incumbent of two years; his parents, Patrick and .Mary Hanley, as before stated in this sketch, settled in Wisconsin in 1850; they lived at Watertown several yeais previous to their coming to Reeseville, where he still lives, actively engaged in business, having a large money capital ; she died in 1873.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

C REI\HA.RD, Postmaster, also dealer in general merchandise, Reeseville ; is a native of Prussia, born in the year 1838; in 1847, he emigrated with his parents ( Peter and Julia Reiiihardj to Dodge Co., Wis., and settled in the town of Lowell, Lowell Township, thus becoming pioneer settlers ; in early life, the subject of this sketch received a liberal education; in 1865, he went to Manhattan, Kan., where he engaged in the mercantile business two years, at the end of which time he returnd to Lowell. In 1869, he married, in Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Miss KJitie Shaffer, a most estimable lady; they have two children - Julia A and Gustavo. Mr. Reinhard has been engaged in the mercantile business in Reeseville, since the autumn of 1869, and enjoys a large and constantly increasing trade. Aug. 7, 1879, he was appointed Postmaster ; he has been Secretary of the Reform Church, at Lowell, since 1876, besides attending to his store ; Mr. Reinhard is extensively engaged in buying and shipping stock. In polities, he acts with the Republican party ; his father, Peter Reinhard, spent all of his active life as a farmer, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens, which an upright life can alone permanently secure ; he was born in Prussia in 1801, and died in Lowell June 14, 1871 ; his widow is still living, and resides at Lowell ; she was born in 1805 ; they had five children - Peter (now a leading farmer of Lowell Township), Philip (who has been for a number of years a merchant and Postmaster, at Lowell), William (who was unfortunately killed April 7, 1878, by his team becoming unmanageable, and throwing him out of his wagon), Christian (whose name appears at the head of this sketch), Anna C. (now the wife of J. W. Lembaen, of Lowell.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

JACOB RIINKEL, a pioneer settler, and also a leading citizen of Lowell Township ; was born near Coblentz, Pru.s.sia, April 13, 1807 ; he was a soldier in the German Army three years. June 15, 1832, he married, in Prussia, Miss M. K. Runkel; in 1847, they came to the United States, settled in Lowell Township, Dodge Co., Wis., which place has been their home since; their children are Philip, now a grain merchant in Reeseville ; John, merchant at Lowell ; Louis, also merchant at Lowell; Kate, now the wife of Fred. Voedisch, manufacturer at Lowell ; George, a fiirmer in Lowell Township; Frederic, a dealer in agricultural implements in Lowell. Mr. Runkel, the subject of this sketch, owns a large and finely improved farm, located on the Lowell and Reeseville road, about half-way between those places ; himself and wife, though now at an advanced age, are in robust health, and are spending their years in peace and competence, enjoying the respect and confidence of the entire community, where they have lived so long old and honored citizens.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

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