Calumet Town

Calumet Town

The town of Calumet, so called from the Menomonee Indian village ("Pipe") of the same name, formerly located on the northeast quarter of Section 27, is the northeast town of Fond du Lac County, and contains 19,146.91 acres of land, as follows : In Township 16 north, of Range 18 east, 2,307.56 acres ; in Township 17 north, of Range 18 east, 4,742.13 acres ; in Township 17 north, of Range 19 east, 12,097.22 acres ; total 19,146.91 acres. It is bounded on the north by Calumet County ; on the east by the same county and the town of Marshfield in Fond du Lac County ; on the south by the towns of Marshfield and Taycheedah, and on the west by Winnebago Lake.

The three sections numbered 1, 2 and 3, and the fractional section numbered 4 in Township 16 north, in Range 18 east, in the town of Calumet, were surveyed (as was the remainder of that township) by Nehemiah King and C. T. V. King, during the second quarter of the year 1835 : but the sections and quarter-sections in the fractional Township 17 north, in Range 18 east, also those in the fractional Township 17 north, in Range 19 east, were surveyed by A. G. Ellis, in the last quarter of 1834. The township lines were run by Mullett & Brink during the first half of the last-mentioned year.

Deputy Surveyor A. G. Ellis, in speaking of the northwestei'n portion of what is now the town of Calumet (fractional Township 17 north, in Range 18 east), says : " This fractional township must be considered as first-rate and valuable land. It consists almost wholly of extensive oak openings and dry and wet prairies. The soil is first rate - a mixture of red loam and black sand. Its position (east side and above the center of Winnebago Lake) gives it an additional value. The stream entering [the lake] at [a little distance southwest of] ' Pipe Village,' though small and barred at the mouth, is nevertheless larjie enough for a harbor for boats ; and a small pier at the mouth would deepen the water so that it might be entered. The banks are high and beautiful, and ' Pipe Village ' is a beautiful site." This was written upon the spot over a year before there was a white settler in Fond du Lac County.

The same writer, in November, 1834, in speaking of what is now the eastern portion of the town of Calumet (south half of Township 17 nortii. Range 19 east), says: '' That part of this fractional township lying east of the stream (Manitowoc River) is rather low, though on the whole it may be considered first rate land. The soil is very deep and rich, with fewer stones than are found farther east. The stream is sluggish and muddy. No wild animals ford it. The marsh has on it deep water, and the grass is very thin. West of the stream the land is higli and mostly openings, with a suitable quantity of good timber, and water in small prairies. Numerous trees were observed to have been cut here, by Indians, for honey-bees." Seeing this region before any portion of it was cultivated, such were his impressions.

The first settlement in Calumet was made in 1837, near what was afterward known as Pipe Village, by Rev. George White, William Urmston and a Mr. Norton, Mr. White, however, locating there first. About the same time or a little later, a company of Germans settled in the north part of the town, which then formed a part of Calumet County. In 1 840, this part was, on application being made to the Legislature of the Territory, by George White, set off from Calumet and joined to Fond du Lac County. The town was organized March 8, 1839, including a large territory. It was re-organized in 1842, the first election being held in April of that year, at Mr. White's house. George White was elected Chairman, and Charles Amidon, Clerk. The town is watered by springs and brooks, some of which help to form the Manitowoc River, while the waters of others flow into Winnebago Lake. At the present time, as well as when in its native wildness, no country in the State has a more pleasing aspect than that high, dry, rich portion of Calumet which lies just back from the shore of Lake Winnebago. It is the most picturesque town in Fond du Lac County. In 1851, Herman Heeson erected a large stone flouring-mill close to the lake shore a little below Pipe Village, and, in 1854, Mr. Allen erected, on the road from Taycheedah to Pipe Village, another flouringmill, to run by water carried high in the air to a very large "overshot" wheel.* In 1838 and 1»39, Pipe Village was much more of a business center than Fond du Lac, as it contained a store of goods for Indian trading, and the Germans wex"e coming in very rapidly, many of them bringing considerable capital ; and at one time the town of Calumet cast more votes than the village and very large town of Fond du Lac. The "Ledge" extends through this town nearly parallel with the lake shore; and, besides being in early days the refuge of numberless snakes and wild animals, was the source of numerous beautiful springs, a famous resort for nut and grape gatherers and the seat of fine stone-quarries and lime-kilns. In Calumet the roads are unusually good; fruit trees are easily cultivated and bear in comparative abundance, and grazing for sheep is especially good. While the yield of wheat per acre may not equal that of some other towns, the quality is always unsurpassed.

Rev. George White, the first permanent settler in Calumet, now well advanced beyond fourscore years, is a clerk in the Pension OSice at Washington.

Calumet Village, with its large local trade, is partly in Calumet County. It is in the midst of a rich farming country, and is pleasantly located near Lake Winnebago.

Marytown is a hamlet and post office in the easteim portion of the town. It has a good grist-mill, blacksmith-shop, and other village concomitants. St. Mary's Church is south of the village, on Section 27, and St. John's Church east, on Section SO. Both are Catholic and prosperous.

Pipe Village, on Section 26, called Calumet Harbor Post Office, is a place of resort in summer. It has a very large hotel, is near the lake and in the midst of the most beautiful farming country in the whole West.

Empire

Empire, Township 15 north, Range 18 east, originally was a portion of Taycheedah, and it is difficult, therefore, to separate the early history of the former from that of the latter. Gov. Doty entered the first land in Empire and caused to be built the first frame house in Fond du Lac County, on what is now the Wells farm, on Section 7 - possibly on Section 8, in 1838. This house was mostly built by the Piers and Joseph Olmsted. The first schoolhouse in the county was also built in Empire, but never was used for school purposes, owing to a greater number of scholars living at Taycheedah. The building was of logs, and erected by G. de Neveu and others. The first permanent settlers were probably Mr. de Neveu and his hired help - the family of A. T. Denniston, who worked the large de Neveu farm, unless one of the La Bordes had taken up a residence within what is now Empire a few months earlier. But all this time Empire belonged to Taycheedah. In March, 1851, the Legislature passed an act erecting all of Township 15, Range 18, e.>:cept Sections 1 to 6, both inclusive, into the town of Empire, the first election to be held at the Meiklejohn schoolhouse. The town, therefore, contains only thirty sections ; but the west tier of sections overruns to the extent of about one hundred and eight acres, making the town contain 19,308 acres. The southeast portion was originally heavily timbered. Fond du Lac prairie laps on to its northwest corner. The " Ledge" extends the whole distance across its west side. The east and some of the south portions abound in hay marshes, and the balance is composed of oak openings. The soil is warm and quick. Springs, some of them very large, abound in great numbers, especially along the Ledge. A very large one exists on F. M. Phelps' farm; another on the farm of G. de Neveu ; one or more on David Gidding's farm ; a very large and peculiar one on the old Henry Conklin place, and another on the old Joiin Westervelt farm. Streams in the east flow through Sheboygan River to Lake Michigan, while those from the west flow into Lake Winnebago. Stone quarries and limekilns abound, and the surfice is broken in many sections where the ridge of limestone crops out, being too rough and barren for cultivation. These localities are, however, profitably used as sheep pastures, or as sources oF wood, building-stone and lime. On Section 17 is a woolen-mill, whose machinery is turned by water. It is near G. W. Carpenter's residence ; is known as the Empire Woolen JNIills, and turns out an excellent quality of goods. It is now the only factory of the kind in Fond du Lac County.

A beautiful sheet of water, known as de Neveu Lake, named after G. de Neveu, who first purchaseil it of the Government, lies in Sections 30 and 31 of tiiis town. It abounds in bass, perch and pickerel; has had other fish put in by artificial means, and is a resort where thousands "camp out,' or have good summer-houses during the heated term.

In 1847, Miss E. Maxwell taught a school near the Lyons place. In 1854, the town contained three schoolhouses, and in 1880 it contained seven ; all modest structures, but in good repair. Peter Vandervoort, an authorized Methodist exhorter, who settled in the adjoining town of Eden, hclil the first religion? services in Henry Conklin's very large log house. The first births were not far apart, in 1839, in the families of G. de Neveu, A. T. Denniston and Luke La Borde. They were the very first, except John A. Bannister, in the county.

In addition to [lenty of hardwood fuel, good building stone, and good brick-clay. Empire has rich peat beds, tliough none of them were ever worked. No town, unless it is Calumet, in the eastern portion of the county, is more favorable for apples, grapes and other fruits. The difl'eient Chairmen since 18."jl have been: F. S. Crans, John Y. Westervelt, J. E. Fisher, John Berry, A. T. Germond, John Meiklejohn, Jairics II. llaight, G. S. Wilson, Edward Ray, Edward Coluian, James Laferty and John Wiley. The Town Cleiks have been: A. S. Wilson, James A. Fisher, G. S. Wilson, George Keys, James Laferty, John Campbell, A. II. Carpenter and Alexander Campbell.

Empire 31. E. Church. - On the Cth of March, 1850, the Methodists of the town met to devise means for building a church. Logs wore hauled, but the enterprise ended at this point, the timber rotting on the ground, on the siteof the present edifice, Section 33. In 1866, the project was revived. Tlicron Berry donated the ground, and a dontitiou of §200, by Hannah Thorne, of Lockport, N. Y., was followed by liberal subscriptions from others in Byron and Empire, and the edifice, costing $3,000, was built. Dedication took place July 28, 1867. The first Pastor, who also aided greatly in securing the erection of the building, was Rev. J. W. La Fever. The first Trustees were John Berry, A. T. Germond, II. Westervelt, B. White, R. Willis, Thomas Mayhew, L. II. Jennings. W. M. Dusenbury, John Vinton. The first Stewards were J. Ben-y, W. M. Dusenbury and William Edwards. The church never was in debt.

Empire Cemetery. - This Cemetery Association was organized July 10, 1852: John Berry, Sr., President ; T. J. Dougherty, Secretary, and E. Vincent, Treasurer. One acre of land was bought near the M. E. Church, of J. V. Jewell. A few years later another acre was purchased, and m 1879 two acres more were added. It is tastefully platted and decorated. T. Berry is President, A. T. Germond, Secretary, and II. Westervelt, Treasurer.

CHARLES BOCK, lumber merchant, Calumet Village; is a native of Holstein, Germany ; -was born Dec. 11, 1825; in 1848, he emigrated to America; settled in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in July of the same year (1848). In October, 1851, he married in Calumet Miss Sophia Kratzsch ; they have seven children - Amelia, Charles, William, Sophia, Emma, Louise and Tom. In early life, Mr. Bock learned the carpenter's trade, and followed the business of contracting and building several years; he has been engaged in the lumber business in Calumet Village for a number of years, and has a large trade ; he has been District School Treasurer for over eighteen years, and was a member of the Town Board of Supervisors thi'oe years. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics, he is a Democrat. His parents were Henry and Lena Bock; they died in Germany; they had twelve children, two of whom came to America - Charles, the subject of this sketch, and Christoph, who left this (Fond du Lac) county in 1851, went to the gold mines in California, and has not been heard from since.

THOMAS BOYD (deceased); was born near Dublin, Ireland, in 1785. He married, in his native country, Ann Boyd; they emigrated to New York in 1844; thence to Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., where he resided until his death, in 1SG2 ; their surviving children are John, ex-member of the Wisconsin Assembly, who now lives near Independence, Kan.; Thomas, also ex-member of the Wisconsin Assembly, resides in Calumet Harbor; Samuel, attorney at law, Appleton, Wis.; Adam, a leading farmer, Springvale, this county; Mary A., wife of M. D. Henry, Independence, Kan.; Letitia, wife of A. Huysseii, Eau Claire, Wis.

IIOIV. THOMAS BOYD, capitalist, Calumet Harbor; was born near Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 25, 1844; in 1845, emigrated with his parents (Thomas and Ann Boyd) to this (Fond du Lac) county, and located on Sec. 34, town of Calumet ; he was educated at the Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. He was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1804-05, a position he filled with credit to himself and constituents ; he has also been elected to various town and school offices. In politics, he is a consistent and active Democrat; he is an honest, truthful, capable man, both in public and private life, ardently attached to what he believes to be true and just, and ever ready to rebuke meanness wherever it shows its head ; he has throuiihout his life maintained a high reputation for strict honor and integrity.

LAMBERT BROST. farmer; P.O. Heinsburg; was born 'at Ulmen on the Rhine, ' Germany, on the 10th of October, 1835; in 1842, emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents (John and Anna Brest), they located in Calumet, Fond du'Lac Co.; he was'a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1876-77 ; he is Chairman of the Calumet Town Board of Supervisors, a position he has filled for several years ; he is also Chairman of the County Board, which oiBee he was elected to in the autumn of 1879 ; in educational interests, he has taken an active part, and has been District School Clerk for over nineteen years. July 11, 1859, he married at Calumet Miss Anna Mussburger ; she was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1837; they have eleven children, viz., Mary (now the wife of N. MuUenbach, they live in Wood County Wis.), Peter, Antoine, Annie, Joseph, Theressa, Josephine, John, Barbara, Mathias and Michael. Mr. Brost owns ninety acres of land ; in early life he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and followed it several years in the city of Food du Lac and in Calumet. Politically, he acts with the Democratic party.

JOHN H. DITTJIAR, farmer and stock-raiser. Sec. 35; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; he was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan, 13, 1821; in early life, he received a liberal education ; he came to the United States in 1840, lived in the city of New York until 1852, in which year lie moved to Philadelphia, Pcnn.; in New York and Philadelphia, he followed the business of cloth dyeing, a trade he had learned in his native country; in 1866, he removed to where he now lives. He has been twice married, first wife was Frances Kaiup, she was born in 1817, died in 1818; by this marriage there were three children - Christine, now the wife of Philip Carr, Philadelphia, Penn.; Sophia, wife of George Campbell, they also live in Philadelphia; Henry, who was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, he served in the naval service over two years ; he married Katie Johnson, they live in Fond du Lac City. Mr. Dittmar's second wife was Theresa Aisla ; she was born July 25, 1823; they were married in 1849; she died April 4, 1878; their children are Louisa, now the wife of John Theurwachter. Jr.; Louis, who married Laura Peth, they live in Nebraska ; Charles, also a resident of Nebraska ; Theresa, Julia, William and Fredrick. Mr. Dittmar and family are members of the Lutheran Church. He owns 202 acres of land; he is an enterprising, public-spirited citizen; his farm is well improved and most desirably located,

HEIVRV^ F. KOENIiw, proprietor of blacksmith and general repair shop, Calumet Village ; was born in the city of Fond du Lac; his father, Martin Koenig, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1832 ; he learned the wagon-maker's trade in his native country, and emigrated to this country in 1849 ; lived in Milwaukee. Wis., until 1S50, when he came to the city of Fond du Lac, where he married, in 1853, Wilhelmina Meyer; in 1856, they came to Calumet Village, where he has been engaged in the manufacturing of waaons, and general repairing, at that place since ; their children are Henry F.. Mary, Emma, Ijissette, Caroline; the oldest of those children, Henry F., was born in the city of Fond du Lac, in 1855. He married, Nov. 19, 1877, Miss Dorothea Burg; they have one child - Laura Henry F. Koenig has been engaged in carrying on a general blaeksmith-shop at Calumet Village about five years, and has a large custom.

AliBERT XOKTH, dealer in general merchandise, Calumet Village ; was born in the town of Otsego, Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1823; his father, Albert North, was a native of Vermont, and a loading merchant in Otsego^ N. Y., for a period of over forty years ; his mother was Irene Taylor, a woman of rare Christian principles. She married Albert North, the father of the subject of this sketch, in New l''ork ; they had eight children, of whom our subject is the only survivor ; he first came to Wisconsin in 1846, and looked over the ground to pick out a location. In 1848, he opened a general store in Calumet Village, and has been successfully engaged in that business since ; therefore is the pioneer merchant of the town of Calumet. In the early history of Calumet Village, he was Postmaster several years. Politically, in early life, he acted with the Whig party, giving his first vote to Henry Clay ; on the organization of the Republican party, he joined its ranks, and has remained a constant supporter of its principles : he is a man of strict integrity in all his dealings.

HENRY MANDERSCHEID, retired farmer; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; was born in Bassenheim, Germany, in 1814. He married, in his native country, Elizabeth Meisen, and emigrated to America in 1815, setllimr in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., which has been their homo since ; Mr, Manderscheid has been very successful in life, and has accumulated a large property. He has been, at various times, elected to offices of honor and trust, and was Assessor of the town of Calumet for more than twenty years.

IjOUIS MANDERSCHEID. This gentleman, present Treasurer of Fond du Lac Co. and a leading grain merchant, Calumet Harbor, was born in Basenheim, Germany, Sept. 26, 1840 ; emigrated to Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., with his parents, Henry and Elizabeth 3Ianderscheid, in the autumn of 1845 ; the country then being comparatively new and almost a wilderness, most of Louis' early life was spent amidst the hardships and privations of pioneer life ; he was educated in the schools at Calumet, and acquired a good education, and speaks and writes the German and English languages with great fluency. During the late war of the rebellion, he served in Co. G, 36th W. V. I. ; was wounded, and participated in every battle, siege and skirmish his command was in, with but few exceptions, andwas honorably discharged in Jeffersonville, Ind., at the close of the war. He has been frequently selected by his fellow-citizens to fill positions of trust and honor, upon which he has always reflected the highest credit ; he was elected County Treasurer in the fall of 1878, a position he still holds ; he is a public-spirited citizen and one whose fidelity to public and ])rivate trusts is unimpeachable ; he has been elected to various town offices. He married, in Calumet, on the 2(ith of February, 1859, Miss Elsie Murdock, a native of Madison Co., N. Y.; she was the daughter of Wheeler and Lucy Murdock, who were natives of Providence, R. I., and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1845 ; she is deceased, and he lives at Brothertowu, Calumet Co. Mr. Manderscheid and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; in politics, he is a consistent and active Democrat. He has been engaged in the grain business in Calumet Harbor several years, and has, by his strict integrity and fair dealing, secured the confidence of all with whom he has had to do. His father, Henry Manderscheid, was married in his native country (Germany ) to Miss Elizabeth Measen ; they are still residents of Calumet, where they have lived for over thirty-five years, old and respected citizens.

THEODORE MAXDERSCHEID, Calumet Village ; was born in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Feb. .22, 1849 ; his parents are Henry and Elizabeth Manderscheid, pioneer settlers, and still residents of Calumet. He has been twice married ; first wife was Charlotte Peth ; they were married in May, 1871 ; she died in October of the same year; his present wife was Susan Peth; they were married Nov. 25, 1872 ; they have one son - Henry. In politics, Mr. Manderscheid is a Democrat; he owns about 100 acres of land, and is an enterprising citizen, one who takes an active part in all that goes to advance the interests of his town.

HEXRY M. MUSKAT,, proprietor of blacksmith and general repair shop, Calumet Village ; was born in Germany, Jan lo, 1845 ; in 1854, he emigrated with his parents to this county ; they settled in Dane Co., Wis. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted in Co. B, 4th W. V. C. ; served three years; was honorably discharged at Madison, Wis.; in 18(36, he came to Fond du Lac Co. In 1868, he married Gertrude, dauL'hter of Henry and Elizabeth Manderscheid, of Calumet ; they have three children - Freddie, Lisette and Marianne. Mr. Muskat has been engaged in general blacksmithing in Calumet Village since 1867. In politics, he is a Republican. A portion of the time he was in the service of the Union, he served as Corporal.

JOHN PETH, a leading farmer. Sec. 19; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; was born in Switzerland in 1818 ; he came to America in 1840; lived in Albany, N. Y., until 1843, in which year he came to Wisconsin. He married, in Racine Co., Wis., Mary Conrad; in about 1845, they came to Calumet, where they have since resided ; their children are Mary, now the wife of Fldward Stramer, Brothertown, Wis. ; Susan, wife of Theodore Manderscheid, Calumet Village; Katie, wife of Andrew Meisen, and John P. Mr. Pelh and family are members of the Lutheran Church ; he is a Democrat in politics ; owns 300 acres of land ; is an enterprising and go-ahead citizen.

ADAM PEAEF, retired farmer, Calumet Harbor; was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan 19, 1811 ; he came to this country in 1836; lived in Canaan, Conn , until 1842, in which year he came to this (Fond du Lac) county, and settled in Calumet July 2, 1844. He married Susan Burg, a native of Rechtenbach, Bavaria; she was born in January, 1819 ; emigrated to Detroit. Mich., in 1838, thence to this town ( Calumet) a short time prior to her marriage ; their children are Daniel, who married Amelia Heipsman ; they live in Brothertown, Calumet Co., Wis.; Susan, now Mrs. J. Shenborn, Minn. ; Jacob, married Apple Jackni, they reside in Calumet Harbor ; Maggie, wife of Theodore Miller, St. Cloud, Wis. Mr. PfaS' and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; they own 120 acres of land ; he has been elected to various local ofiices. His father, Jacob Pfaff', was born in Bavaria, Germany ; he married Susan Essecth ; they both died in their native country, Bavaria ; they had six children, two of whom came to thisccuntry - Adam and Michael Pfaff. Adam Pfaff', the subject of this sketch, has resided continually in Calumet over thirty-eight years ; himself and wife were among the first couples married in the town of Calumet; they have triumphantly passed through the hardships of pioneer life, and are now spending their old age in -comfort in the town where they have resided so long.

(jiEORCiE REICHART, general blacksmithing, Calum. t Harbor; is a native of t.ermany ; was born Jan. 2, 1843 ; in 1849, he emigrated with his parents to this country ; they settled at Addison, Washington Co., Wis., where George was educated ; he learned the blacksmithing trade at Hartford, Wis.; worked for the Government, during the war of the rebellion, as a blacksmith. In 1866. he married, in Fond du Lac City, Wis., Miss Fredrica Ehlers ; they have three children - Rose, Anna and Henrietta. He engaged in business in Fond du Lac in 1868, and in 1875, moved to Calumet Harbor, where he has been successfully engaged in the business of blacksmithing since. Politically, he acts with the Democratic party.

JACOB KEIKER!^, dealer in general nierehandise, Calumet Harbor; was born in the city of Marne, Holstein, Geriiiany, December ol. 1833. He attended the schools in his native city and obtained a proficient education. In 18-tS, he emigrated to this country with his purents, and settled with them at New Holstein, Calumet Co., Wis , where they remained until the following spring. 1840, when they moved to this town (Calumet) ; iu 1870, he engaged in the mercantile business, in Calumet Harbor, and now has a fine, prosperous and constantly increasing trade. He was appointed Postmaster in 1874, a position be still holds; has been Town Clerk since 1875, has also been elected to various school offices. Nov. 26, 1858, he married in Calumet, Miss Eleanor Punke, a native of Brannsheim, Prussia; they have seven ciiildren, viz., Mary, William, Matilda, Mena, Henry, Liuise and Heriu in. Politically, Mr. Reimers acts with the Democratic party. His father, iSIicholas lleimes, was born in Barelt, Holstein, Germany,- Nov. 17, 1801 ; he w.is a soldier for over six years in his native country, serving in the 16th Battery ; he married, Jan. IG, 1833, Miss Kathrine Peters; she was born June 24, 181)6; they came to this country in 1848 and settled at New Holstein, Calumet Co., thus becoming pioneer settlers; they lived in New Holstein until the spring of 1849, when they came to Calumet, where she died June 0, 1876. She was a woman of rare Christian viriues, and one who will be long remembered for her many acts of kindness. He is still living in Calumet, an old and honored citizen ; to him belongs the credit of blazing and cutting out the first road from Marytown to New Holstein, Calumet Co.; this he did in 1848 while he was emigrating to that place. That portion of the county w.is then heavily timbered, and it took him several days to make the trip and do the necossury clearing to make the way passable. The Reimers family are all members of the Lutheran Church.

CASPER THEL'RWACHTER, farmer, Sec. 19; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; was born in Rechtenbaoh, Germany, March 11, 1818; in 1835 he emigrated to America; lived in Detroit, Mich., until 1840, when he came to what is now the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. Jan. 22, 1846, he married in Calumet, Phillipa Burg, daughter of Martin and Margaret Burg, pioneers of 1840 ; she was born in Rechtenbach, Germany, Nov. 25, 1820 ; their children are John, Casper, Jr., Mary ; the oldest of those children. John, married Kathrine Schafcr; they reside in Calumet; the second oldest, Casper, married Hannah Bloom ; they also reside in Calumet; the third, 3hiry, is now the wife of John Bruederle, of Fond du Lac. Mr. Theurwachter owns 300 acres of land ; he was elected to various offices in the early history of Caluuiet. Mr. Theurwachter started in life poor, and well understands the value of self-acquired experience and property in the battle of life ; he has never been without good friends and good health ; his education was liberal, and though his life has been engrossed with the demands of active industry, he has found time to read and reflect ; he is a man who is at all times ready to advance the interests of his fellowbeings; we find him to-day enjoying good health, and in that prosperity and contentment which those who have devoted a lifetime to industry and inteerity have a riglit to expect.

JOHIV THEURWACHTER, retired farmer. Pipe Village; P. 0. Calumet Harbor; was born in the village of Rechteubach, Bcrcabern, Bavaria, Feb. 4, 1817 ; he received a liberal education in his native country; in 1835 he emigrated to Detroit, Mich., thence to Green Bay, Wis., then a small village ; he lived in Green Bay until 1839, with the exception of a few months when he had returned to Detroit in December, 1839 ; he came to Calumet, Fond du Lie Co., February, 1841. He married in Calumet, Miss Margaret Burg; she was also a native of Rechtenbach, Bcrcabern, Bavaria; born Feb. 4, 1817 ; she emigrated to Detroit, Mich., in 1835, thenoc to Groen Bay, Wis., in 1839, where she remained until a short time prior to her marriage, when she came tj Calumet; their children are Charlie, bo married Louise Dittmore; Katie, now the wife of Henry Losha ; Margaret, wife of Patrick Rjuben ; John; they are all living in Calumet except Mr. Reuben and wife, who live in Fond du Lao City. Of the p;oncer settlers of Calumet in 1839, and previous to that, Mr. Theurwachter is the only one remaining; of the others, some have been taken to their last, long boms, others have moved away. Himself and wife were the first couple married in Calumet ; the Rev. G.'orgo White, the first settler of performed the marriage ceremony; they have witnessed and endured the trials and suffering which the pioneer settlers of any country are subject to, and by their honest efforts and industry, succead^;d in accumulating a competence, and are now passing their old age in happiness and comfort. They are members of the Lutheran Church ; in the early history of the county, Mr. Theurwachter was elected to various local offices, the duties of which he discharged to the general satisfaction of all interested.