Leroy Town

Leroy Town

ERXEST AI>EL^IEY'ER, blacksmith and wagon-maker, Sec. 28; P. O. Kokoskee ; born in Prussia Feb. I 1, 1850, son of Gottfried Adelmoyer, who was also a blacksmith; he came to America in 1854, and settled on a farm in Le Roy, wursing on the farm and at his trade till his death, Oct. 16, 1872. His son, Ernest, was educated in the c )nnty, and learned his trade after hi^ father died ; built his present shop in 1875; does general blacksmithing and manufactures wagons, carriages, .sleighs, cutters, harrows, etc. He married Miss Amelia Reese June 27, 1874; they have three children - Katherina, Carolina and Amelia. In iiolitic^, a I\e|iut)liein ; he is now Supervisor of his town ; is in religion a Roman Catholic.

A\DBEW BACHHIIBEK, merchant and farmer, Farmersville ; born in Farmersville Nov. 30, 1857; he is a son of Max Bachhuber, who was born in Bavaria Dec. 13, 1832, and came to America in 1846, first locating in Addison, Washington Co., Wis., then removing to Milwaukee where he lived until 1855, when he settled in L^ Roy, Dodge Co.; here he owned a farm and store, and held many town offices; was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1860, 1864 and 1875 ; serving as Postmaster of Farmersville nine years, and resigning in favor of his wife in 1875, who in turn resigned in 1879 Mr. Bachhuber died Feb. 2, 1879, leaving a wife and ten children. He was a Democrat in politics, and a Roman Catholic in religion. His son Andrew was educated in the Mayville High School, and is now ic charge of the farm and store, where he h;is a general stock of dry goods, groceries, hardware, tinware, crockery, patent medicines, notions, etc. He, like his honored father, is a Democrat and a Catholic ; was

HORACE BARNES, farmer, Sees. U, 13 and 23; P. 0. Farraersville ; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 3, 1823 ; his boyhood was passed in his native county, where he was educated and married ; he came to Le Roy and settled oa Governmant land in the spring of 1847, and had to cut his way for about a mile through dense timber in order to get his team and goods to his claim ; after building a lo"- house he began the pioneer work of cutting and burning timber, clearing the land and making a home ; his present improved farm of ISO acres with its large and convenient buildings is the result. Mr. Barnes is a Republican ; was the second Assessor of his town, and served about nine years as Town Clerk ; was elected Chairman about 1858, and has been a member of the County Board for fourteen years, or longer than any other resident of the county. Married Miss Phebe Higgins July 1, 1864, who was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1826; they have nine children - William D., Asa D., Horace Jr., Henry B., Julius A., Flora A., Blanche, Duane P. and Phebe I.

C. W. COVVLES. farmer, Sees. 21, 15 and 16; P. 0. Kekoskee ; born in Clark,son, Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 7, 1830; was educated in a graded school in Murray, Orleans Co., and the Brockport Collegiate Enstitute. In the fall of 1851, he settled in Le Roy ; taught school in joint districts, Nos. 4 and 5 ; afterward teaching five terms in Le Roy and one in Lomira ; he bought forty acres of land, which he now owns ; it was heavily timbered, but he cleared it, has added to it, and, as a result of twenty years of toil, has a well-improved farm of 102 acres with good buildings. He is a Republican ; was Town Superintendent under the old law ; has been Supervisor twice, and is now Justice of the Peace, and has been for ten years past. He married Miss Mary A. Parrington, of Manchester, England, Sept. 19, 1863, who was born May 17, 1842 ; they have four living children - Hattie S., Edward M., Frank L. and Albert H. Mr. Cowles has been for twenty years past a member of Du Page Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., Kekoskee, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His brothers, Rufus R. and Friend D., enlisted in Company B, 10th W. V. L, and Manley T. was a volunteer in the 32d W. V. I.; Rufus R. was shot in the battle of Stone River; Friend D. died of starvation at Ander.sonville, and Mauley T. died in the Nashville Hospital.

M. L. COWIiES, farmer, Sec. 2; P. 0. Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co.; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1822 ; sjrjnt his early life and was educated in his nitive county ; at 21, he went to Windham Co., Conn., where he married Miss Olive, daughter of Thomis (lallup, Oct. 27, 1845, who was born Dec. 22, 1819 ; after a number of years spent here and in Westerly, R. I., they settled in Le Roy, in March, 1856; Mr. Cowles has 182.} acres, which he has cleared of a scattering growth of timber, replacing the old log house with his present residence in 1864; built a large barn in 1857 ; he has grade and full blood short-horn cattle. Merino sheep, besides other stosk and the usual crops. Mr. Cowles is a Republican and a member, with his wife, of the M. E. Church. Their eldest son, George M., is farming in Richardson Co., Neb.; the two younger, Charles H. and Emma M., reside in Dodge Co.

NICHOLAS EBERHART, farmer. Sec. 11; P. 0. Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co.; born in Alsace Feb. 15, 1823 ; was educated and learned the trade of miller in his native land ; came to America in 1844, lived three years in New York State, and then made a five-months visit to his fatherland ; on his return, brought about sixty families with him ; he settled in Walworth Co., Wis., where he had a hard struggle with poverty and bad luck ; had a fifty-acre farm, and worked like a slave ; in 1855, he settled in Le Roy oq eighty acres, which he now owns; having more means, he bought eighty more in 1856; this farm is improved in every way ; his large brick house was built in 1871. He married Mi.ss Christina Eberhart, in June, 1847; they have four sons - Lewis, Christian, George and Edward. Mr. Eberhart is a Republican, and a member of the Evangelicil Association of North Am3rica.

JOH\ FISHER, farmer. Sec. 24; P. O. Farmersville ; born in Wurtemberg Jan. 2, 1832; spent his early life and was educated in the Fatherland, and came to America in 1854; was a laborer in New York and Ohio about five years, and settled on a farm in Lomira in 1859 ; enlisted in the 15th 111. V. C, in August, 1861, was in Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, and with Sherman in his Vicksburg failure; the regiment then came North an i captured Arkansas Post, and was with Grant in the final Vicksburg campaign ; then returned to Little Rock, Ark,, where they wintered; had a desperate battle at Saline River, Ark., and was discharged at the end of the three years, or in August, 1864. He returned to Lomira and sold his farm in 1866, when he located on his farm of fifty-sis acres. Married Miss Wilhelmina Fisher April 20, 1866 ; they have four children - Mary, John, Martin and Magdalena. Mr. Fisher is a Republican ; was Town Treasurer in 1870, and is now serving his fifth term as Assessor.

iriYROlV G. GRAVES, farmer. Sec. 1 ; P. 0. Oakfield ; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Sept. 30, 1836 ; son of Austin and Sophronia Graves, who settled on eighty acres of Government land in Le

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Roy, in May, 1S4G ; this was the third or fourth family in the town ; Mr. Graves built a log house, and, on the 20th of May, with three others, cut the first road to the Mayviile saw-mill and brou,'ht back a load of lumber. Austin Graves cleared this farm and made a home; he died in February, 1879, leaving his wife and four sons. M. G. Graves was educated in the county, where he lived until September, ISGl, when he enlisted in the famous 10th W. V. I ; was captured at Pulaski, Tenn.; paroled, and. returning to Wisconsin, was honorably discharged in July, 1862 ; in 1864, he went overland to Nevada and California, remaining about four years. On his return, he married Miss Lydia A., daughter of P. H. Kinyon, Dec. 26, 1869; they have "four children - Eva L, Walter K., Hattie E. and Nellie L. Mr. Graves owns the old farm ; ho is Republican, and a member, with his wife, of the M. E. Church.

JOSEPH HEIMFiRIi, Jr., farmer. Sec. 36*; P. 0. Parmer.sville; born in Bavaria Aug. 15, 1842; his parents came to America and to Lomira, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1853, locating on heavily timbered land; they did real old settlers' work, in chopping out a farm and home; Mr. Heimerl afterward deeded this farm to his son, the subject of this sketch, who sold it in 1871, and bought his present farm of ninety-six acres, upon which he has erected most of the buildings; he was a teacher in the district schools of Lomira six terms; is an ardent Democrat in politics; was Assessor three terms, and Supervisor one term, in Lomira, and has been Assessor and Chairman of Le Roy; he is now the Democratic candidate for the Wisconsin Assembly for his district. Is in religion a Catholic. He married Miss Mary Waas Jan. 25, 1865; they have four children - Justina, Clara, Joseph and John - having lost four children.

LiOUIS LeH\ER, merchant, Lehner's Corners; born in Bavaria July 27, 1849; his parents emigrated to America in 1852, and settled in Addison, Washington Co., Wis., removing in 1860 to a farm in Le Roy. Louis Lehner was educated in Wisconsin, and enlisted in the 1st W. V. C. in 1864; was with his regiment in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia; had many engagements, and saw much hard service with that famous regiment; was honorably discharged in July, 1865. Returning, he worked on the Le Roy farm until 1871, when he bought the store and stock at what was then Sterr's Corners; has since continued the business; has a complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware, drugs and medicines, notions, etc. Married Miss Kate Waas Dec. 14, 1871; they have four children - Louis, Anna K., Matilda C. and Lillie M. Mr. Lehner is a Democrat and a Roman Catholic.

JOHX JUcCLAIX, fiirmer, Sec 21; P. 0. Kekoskee; born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Oct. 28, 1829; came to America in 1848,. and settled in Schuylkill Co., Penn., where he was engaged in transferring coal from the cars to the canal-boats until 1864, when he came to Le Roy and settled on his present farm of ninety acres; this was only partially chopped off, and he did genuine frontier work in clearing the land and making a home. He married Miss Jane Crawford, of County Tyrona, in 1859; they have five children - John, Sarah, Oliver, Robert and Jane. Mr. McClain is a Republican and a member of the M. E. Church.

JULIUS MARTEL, farmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Mayviile; born in Alsace, France, Nov. 2, 1851; his parents came to America in 1856, and, after one year in Mayviile, settled on a farm in Williamstown ; here Mr. Martel lived, with the exception of three years spent in the Mayviile High School, until 1877, when he settled on his present farm of ninety-two acres, upon which he has made suhstantial improvements. He married Miss Bertha Bosim Oct. 10, 1877; they have one daughter - Adell, born Sept. 27, 1878. Mr. Martel is a Republican and one of the stirring young farmers of his town.

JOSEPH MARX, farmer arid hotel-keeper, Sees. 2 and 5; P. 0. Farmerville; born in Rubicon, Dodge Co., Wis., Oct. II, 1852; son of Nicholas Marx, a shoemaker, who was born in Germany June 10, 1822, and settled in Rubicon in 1848; after ten or twelve years, he removed to Le Roy and built the Five-Mile House, which he kept until his death. May 13, 1874, the business being continued by his sons Joseph and Prank. Joseph Marx lived in Dodge Co. until June 21, 1870, when he enlisted in the 3d U.S. Regulars, but, on account of defective eyesight, was soon discharged; in the spring of 1871, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked two years in a foundry and one year at railroading;^ on his return to Farmersville, he married Miss Susanna Wiesner, of Washington Co., Wis., May 18, 1875; they have thfee children - Joseph J., Susanna I, and Daniel F. Mr. Marx is a Democrat, and was Justice of the Peace two years in Le Roy.

W. P. MILES, farmer. Sees 4 and 5 ; P. 0. Oak Center, Fond du Lac Co., Wis. ; born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1842; son of David Miles, born in St. Johnbury Plains, Vt, June 17, 1798. The Miles family were among the first .settlers in ]>e Roy, in spring of 1846 ; only four or five flimilies in the town ; Mr. Miles bought U. S, land, built a log hou.se, cleared up his farm, and made a home ; wild game was plenty, but they had to pound corn into meal, as the nearest mill was at Neenah, and the nearest market Milwaukee ; W. P. Miles saw rough pioneer experience, as the family was large and money scarce ; he used to VTjar ra^s on his fjot to soho il in wintir, dryin;^ th; n ilui-injj saliooi hours, and iv.Mrin2; than h )ine a2;ain. Ho resided on the old farm until Sept. r», ISOl. when he enlistad in Co. B, 10th W.V. t.; wis Drum- Major of the re2;im3nr, and served with it until M.ireh, 18(52, when he was honorably disohargjl onaoiount of disability ; his brother, Holsey. was shot by bushwhackers in Woodville, Ala.; in Oetoher, ISlii, Mr. Mile^ enlisted in Co Gr, 1st W. V. C, was in the battles at Hopkinsville, Ky., helpsdohise Hiol over the Tennessee River, was in the flights at Columhus, G-a., and present at capture of Montgomery and Selma, A,la., was also with his famous regiment when it rewarded tlie 4th Mieh. V. I. for its treachery in the captara of Jefferson Davis, by shooting ab )ut 30 min, and ho thinks th; entire -tth would have fare! hird bu". for Col. Harndon of the 1st; on his return, Mr. Miles settled on the old homestead of l-tO acres, which he has owned since the death of his father, July 10,43713. Married Miss Mary McClain in ISiG; they have four children - Florence, Holsey, Calista and Muzetta. Air. Miles is a ll^publicaa, and has been Constable and Supervisor ; is also an Odd Fellow.

JOIl\ RIFEXBEitGH, farmer, Sec. 12; P. 0. Brownsville; born in Huron Co., Ohio, Oct. 11, 1833; when he was about 12 years of age his parentsseltled in Le Roy, DjdgeC)., Wis.; here he worked several years as a carpenter and j jiner, enlisting September, 18l5l, in Co. K, lUth W.V. I, ; hesM'ved three yeai'S. participating in every b.vttle which that historic regiment fought ; was com nissioned Second Lieutenant of his company by ll )v. Salomon. At the expiration 'sf his three-years termof service ho returned to Le Roy, bought his farm of 80 acres, March, 1867 ; was the architect aud biilder of his plenant hj ae. He married Miss Olive A Rhodes March 21, 1863, who was born Feb. 26, 1312, in St. Lawrono! Co., N. Y.; they have three living children - Elfie A., Fred L. and Roberta A. Mr. Rifenbergh is a Republican and a member of Oakfield Lodge 158, A., F. & A. M.

GEORUE SCHMID, farmer and brewer, Sics. 23 and 26; P. 0 Farmersville ; bora in Bavaria March 10, 1829 ; was educated in the Fatherland, where he learned his trade of brewir; came to America in 1853, spent throe ye.ir< in Milwaukee and then settled on his present farm of 71} acres ; he built his brewery in 1853, and has since continued the business, manufajturin^ abaut 100 b.irrels of beer per annum; his improved firm, large hou-ie, barns, brevery, etc., are the result o'' his own labor anl mmagement. He married Miss Mary G.-einer in 185 1, who was born in B.ivaria Feb. 1,13 52; tluy hive nine children - George, Mary, Anna, Lizzie, Joseph, Matildi, Caroline, Alls and Max. Mr. Sohmid is a Democrat, and a member, with his wife, of the Catholic Church.

.IIAKKUS STERR, farmer. Sees. 26,27 and 23; P. 0. Farmersville; born in Bavaria April 25, 1817 ; came to America with his bDthT, Joseph, in 181'i, loeati ig in Milwaukee, where they were joined in 1817, by Caspar and Andrew; in November, 18-17, the four brothers removed to Li Roy, (see biography of F. X. Sterr) ; Mr. Sterr worked here, then in Mayville, then in Milwaukee, thence removing to Indiana and Michisjan ; returning in Novem'ber, 1353, to Le Roy, h3 settled on sixty acres of his present farm, where lie did real pioneer work in chopping and burning heavy timber ; he cleared this, bought and cleared more, and now has 230 acres well improved, with a largo brick house and good barns, etc. He married, in August, 1353, Miss Elizabeth Meirtz, of Upper Austria; they have seven children living - Theresa, John, Marcus, Elizabeth, Peter, Ro'jorl; and .Miehaol, Mr. Sterr is a Republican, and has been fir years Treasurer of School District No. 4.

FRANK iSTERR, farmer, Sees. 14 and 15; P. O. Farmersville; born in Batavia Sept. 25, 1833; came to America and to Lo Ray with his father, Casp.ir Sterr, (see biography of F. X. Sterr); at 21, ho wentt) Michigan, and sp^nt six years in the pineri;s ; returning to Li Ro/, h; I'ented a saw-mill two years, then built and owned a share in his brother's saw-mill. He enlisted Sept. 22, 1864, in the 43d W. V. I. ; the regiment was held in reserve at the battle of Nashville, and served until the war closed ; on his return to Le Roy, he sold his interest in the saw-mill, and bought forty acres of his present farm, with ni buildings of value; by hard work and attention to business, he has 182 acres of well-improved land, a new brick house and good barns. He married Miss Mary Yung Oct. 6, 1856; they have thirteen children - John, Louisa, Louis, Leonard and Frank (twins), Anna, Robert, William, Mary, Theresa, Ge.jrge and Emma. Mr. Sterr is a Republican ; was Town Treasurer three successive terms and Assessor three terms. The family are Roman Catholic. ,

F. X. STERR, farmer. Sees. 22 and 26 ; P. O. Farmersville; born in Bavaria Oct. 15, 1834; he is a son of Caspar Sterr, who settled with his family and three brothers - Markus, Andrew and Joseph, in Le Roy, November, 1847; the Sterrs were all Bavarians, and were accompanied by twelve or fifteen German families ; the settlers had to cut a road to their farms, as the entire country was a wilderness of heavy timber ; they suffere 1 terribly from the cold November rains, and, to add to their misery, smallpox broke out among them, Joseph Sterr dying November 27 ; the brothers saw more than their share of hardships, as, unible to keep atean, thjy were obliged to carry flour fr nn .Milwiukio the first win.er, and afterward from May ville; Caspar bought Govorument land, cutting, burning and clearing the timber to make a farm and home; he died Jan. 2(5, 187(5. P. X. Sterr lived and worked with him until 18.58, when his father gave him thirty-three acres on Sec. 26, where he lived until 1861, when he bought his present farm of 1-t'l acres ; this he has improved by building a house and several large barns. He mirried Miss Rosina Oe<termier Sept. 10, 18.')6; they have nine children - Theresa, F. X., Matilda, .\lbert, August, Rudiilph, Rosalie, Amelia and Edward. Mr. Sterr is independent in politics, and, with the fomily, a member of the Catholic Church.

SEBASTIAW STERR, farmer. Sees. :U and 35; P. 0. Kekoskee ; born in Bavaria Aug. 12, 1832 ; son of Caspar Sterr, and came with him to America and to Le Roy in 1847 (see biography of P. X. Sterr); in 18.54, he went to Monroe Co., Wis., returning in December, 1860, and bought a farm on See. 10, which he exchanged in 1863 for his saw-mill and twelve acres; his mill is run by oai of the best water-powers in the county, having a fall of thirty-five feet ; he has the muley saw, and does custom work; has sixty-one acres with go id improvements. He married Miss Mary Zettl Sept. 29, 1853 ; they have eight children - Allois, Frederick E , Anna, Louis, Henry, Mary, Matilda and Edward. Mr. Sterr is a Republican.

NICHOLAS WEIDIG, farmer and brewer. Sec. 26; P. O. Farmersville ; born in Williamstown, Dodge Co., Wis.,.Miy 4, 1849; son of John Weidig, who came from Germany to America in 1847, and settled in Williamstown in 1848. N. Weidig has spent his life and been educated in the county. He enlisted in the 44th W. V. I. in February, 1865, and .served till the war closed; was discharged in the fall of 1865. Settled in Le Roy in 1868 ; worked in the Mayville and other breweries some time ; then bought his brewery and farm of twenty acres; he manufactures about 175 barrels of beer per annum. Sept. 1, 1874, he mirried Miss Theresa, daughter of Markus Sterr; they have two son ^ - Nicholas and Leonard. Mr. Weidi'.; is a Dem icrat and in unison with the Catholic religion.

JOSEPH WEINBERGER, boot and shoe maker and hotel keeper, Lehner's Corners ; born in Le Roy, Dodge Co., Wis., Feb. 22, 1856; son of Jacob Weinberger, who was born and educated in Bavaria, serving twelve years in the royal array; he came to America in 1847; was two years in Milwaukee, and settled in Le Roy in 1819. He married Miss Nothburga Sagstetter in 1847; they have five sons - Jacob, Sebastian, Joseph, Xavier and Louis. Jacob Weinberger has spent his life and been educated in Dodge Co., learning his trade of his brother Sebastian; began his present business in October, 1877 ; has a hotel and saloon, dealing in all kinds of native and foreign wines and liquors, and selling boots and shoes of his own manufacture. He married Miss Caroline Hausinger Oct. 23, 1877; they have one son - John Arthur. .Mr. Weinber;;er is a Democrat and a Roman Catholic.

SEBASTIAN WEINBERGER, shoemaker and Postmaster of Farmersville; born in Farmersville, Dodge Co., Wis., June 29, 1859; son of Jacob and Northburga W., who settled in Dodge Co. in 1849; has spent his life and been educated in his native county; began learning his trade in Mayville at 14 years of age, and has followed it constantly since ; he has a good home and five acres of land, which he has earned himself Married Miss .Mary Remmelmyer Oct. 30, 1872 ; they have three children - Flora, Elizabeth and Anna. .Mr. Weinberger makes anl sella boots and shoes, also deals in hides and pelts. He is a Democrat and a Roman Citholie. Was appointed Postmaster at Farmersville Sept. 2, 1879.

JOHN WILD, farmer, Sec. 22; P. 0. Farmersville; born in Bavaria in December, 1834; came to America with his father and brothers in 1852; worked a short time in Racine Co. and two winters in the Michigan saw-mills. In 1855, his father deeded him forty acres, which he afterward sold, buying eighty acres of his present 140 acres of well-improved land, which he has earned himself He married Miss Theresa, daughter of Caspar Sterr, July 4, 1855; they have eight children - John, Frank, iVIichael, Rosey, Albert, Xavier, Theresa A. and Bertha K. .Mr. Wild is a Republican, ani the family are Roman Catholics.