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THE DUBUQUE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, now under the able super- vision of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kleine, was founded in the year 1880 by Miss C. R. Hamblin, who was educated in Leipzig, Germany. She was an ardent pupil and lover of music, and through her pro- nounced ability as an instructress did much to elevate the taste of the public along musical lines. Miss May Worthington was her first associate, and when Miss Hamblin relinquished her work in Dubuque Miss Rosa L. Kerr, now of Columbus, Ohio, assumed charge of the academy. In 1890 it passed into the hands of A. C. Kleine, the present director, and through his able management and teachings the school has grown and become very popular. The object of the school is to furnish the best methods of musical edu- cation in the art of pianoforte playing, from the elementary branches to the highest stage of artistic development, and to anyone taking a course of instruction in the Dubuque Academy of Music Mr. Kleine conscientiously guarantees the very best instruction and personal supervision. He has studied the piano under such mas- ters as Prof. Dr. Theodore Kullak and Nathaniel Bottcher, of Berlin, Germany; Jean Louis Nicode and Carl Hess, Dresden, Germany, and has been instructed in harmony and theory of music by Philipp Scharwenka, Dr. Richard Wuerst and Dr. Otto Thiersch. of Berlin, and Emil Rischbieter, of Dresden. Associated with Mr. Kleine on the faculty are Mrs. Kleine, a pupil of Fredrich
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Wieck, father and teacher of the celebrated Clara Schumann, and a graduate of the Rollfuss Academy of Dresden, Germany. Mrs. Kleine also studied under Felix Draescke and Carl Hess, the latter court pianist to the King of Saxony. Mrs. Ida Minges, a pupil of Hess, of Dresden, and Hirschberg, of Berlin, has been connected with the academy for fifteen years. The rest of the faculty con- sists of Miss Clara Hetherington, Miss Vivien Lee, Miss Marjorie Wilson, and Miss Ada Campbell, who are post-graduates of the academy and well known for their efficient work. Many fine pianists and teachers who are holding responsible positions have been developed at this school. The Academy is located at the corner of Tenth and Main streets, city of Dubuque.
HENRY TEGELER, residing on a farm of 200 acres in New Wine township, is a native of Illinois, born at Quincy, September 19, 1852, and is the son of Gerhard and Antonetta Tegeler. The parents came to the United States in 1844 and first located at Quincy, where for a time the father followed his trade as plasterer. They then came to Dubuque county, Iowa, and settled on a farm of forty acres in New Wine township. The land was rough and tin- broken and no buildings were to be found on it, but Mr. Tegeler set to work with a will and by degrees brought his property to a high state of cultivation. By hard work and careful saving of his money he gradually prospered and became one of the foremost farmers in this section of the county. He was deeply in debt upon arrival in America, having had to borrow money for the ocean voyage, and also borrowed to buy his land in New Wine town- ship, but he honorably met all obligations at the proper times and accumulated a competency. Mr. Tegeler died December 27, 1900. aged seventy-three years, followed by his wife December 9, 1901. at the age of seventy-six, and both were buried in the family lot in the cemetery at Dyersville. Henry Tegeler attended the district schools of New Wine township until twelve years old, and the fol- lowing thirteen years remained on the old homestead assisting his father. He farmed rented land for a year, and then bought eighty acres, on which he paid $10 as a first installment. As time passed he prospered, and in 1891 he sold his farm and the following year bought his present tract of 200 acres. This is regarded as one of the finest farms in New Wine township, and Mr. Tegeler is engaged in general farming and extensive cattle raising. He is also a stock- holder in the Farmers' State Bank. As a Democrat in politics he has served twelve years as township clerk and in 1908 was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature. Socially he is identi- fied with the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, and in religious views is an adherent of the Roman Catholic faith. October 18, 1877, at Dyersville, he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Burkle, daughter of Ralph and Mary Burkle. Her
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father was the first teacher in the parochial school at Dyersville, was also a carpenter, and later bought a farm of 190 acres near that city, where he has since resided. To Mr. and Mrs. Tegeler the following named family of children have been born: Nettie, who married Joc Bechman, farming in New Wine township; Louis. a mechanic at Nashua, Iowa; Frank, government inspector of irrigation at Boise, Idaho; Anthony, carpenter at Waterloo, Iowa; Annie, at home ; Leo, teaching school; Hago and Victor, assisting on the farm at home: Irene, at home; Eleanora, at home; Hilde- gard, attending school; Modesta, at school, and Waldemar, also at school. Mr. Tegeler has always taken great interest in local affairs of importance and is one of the county's representative citizens.
WILLIAM GRAHAM: The history of William Graham, lawyer and citizen of Dubuque, is one which exemplifies all those good qualities which form the character of the self-made man, and as such it conveys its own lesson to every young man who may read it. This article will commend itself to all citizens of Dubuque as an honest, though imperfect, attempt to tell them something of the life of one who, in official and private life, has patriotically striven to do his whole duty and in so doing has become eminent as an honest man and an able attorney. He was born March 2, 1831, in Montgomery, Orange county, New York, the third son of William and Hannah (Houston) Graham. The father was a farmer and a man of influence and prominent in Orange county. He served as a member of the Lower House of the State Legislature, and declined the office of State Senator and the nomination for Con- gress. His mother was a graduate of Miss Pierce's school at Litchfield. Connecticut, and both were descended from old Scotch- Irish families of the Presbyterian faith. Their son, William Gra- ham, the immediate subject of this memoir, was educated in the Orange county public schools and the Montgomery Academy, later by examination entering the junior class at Union College. Upon entering he stood seventieth in his class, but at graduation ranked third, the class ranking higher in scholarship than any previously graduated from that institution. Many of this same class have made names for themselves in the various walks of, life and have attained prominence in public affairs. Succeeding his graduation Mr. Graham entered the office of Hon. John J. Monell, Newburgh, New York, and there read law for three years, and was admitted to practice before the New York bar on January 8, 1856. While thus employed he also was manager of the Newburgh Gas & Light Company, using the means thus procured to further his education. In August, 1856, he removed to Bellevue, Iowa, and was admitted to the Bar of Iowa on September 8 of that year, and then formed a partnership with Hon. John B. Booth, ex-judge of the district bench, which continued until the death of the latter in 1869. In
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1861 Mr. Graham was elected Mayor of Bellevue, and through his careful management and economy the city's indebtedness was paid up and its affairs put on a paying basis. He was, without his consent, the Democratic candidate for State Representative in 1861, but was defeated by a small majority through fraudulent tactics of opponents, which were later bared and confessed to Mr. Graham. He, however, refused to punish the offenders. In 1862 he was solicited to run for judge against John F. Dillon, but declined the honor, later refusing also to run against Judge Richman. In 1867 he refused the nomination for State Senator, when same was equivalent to election, and that year came to Dubuque, where he has since been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of law. In 1873 he was elected City Attorney of Dubuque by a majority larger than the total vote received by his opponent, and in 1885 received the appointment by President Cleveland of Assistant United States Attorney. He was afterwards retained by the government as special counsel in the prosecution and con- viction of officers of defunct commercial banks. In 1876 he was the nominee of the Democratic party for Supreme Court Judge, but suffered defeat with his ticket. While a resident of Bellevue Mr. Graham served two terms as president of the Board of Edu- cation, and was for four years chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. At the beginning of that period the Democrats held but one county office ; at its close the Republicans had but one ; a result to which his efforts contributed largely. In June, 1858, he was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Watson, of Catskill, daughter of Hon. Malbone Watson, Judge of Supreme Court of New York : she died suddenly in 1894, while on a visit to her former home. Of their children the following named survive: Malbone W., D.D., for fourteen years a missionary of the Presbyterian church in South America, and now pastor of the Williams, Iowa. church : William, Jr., shoe merchant, of Chicago; Henry L., real estate dealer, of South Dakota: Helen, wife of G. G. Davis, real estate dealer, of South Dakota. William Graham is in many re- spects a remarkable man. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa college fraternity, the American Bar Association, the Iowa State and Dubuque County Bar associations, and for thirty years has been a member of the board of trustees of Lenox College, Hop- kinton, Iowa, which institution unexpectedly conferred on him in 1901 the honorary degree of LL.D. He is secretary and director of the German Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Dubuque and has taken an active and prominent part in the affairs of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. Mr. Graham has traveled extensively at home and abroad, has a wide acquaintance among clergymen and lawyers of prominence, and bears the highest respect and esteem of all who know him. His life, both private and public, has been remarkably clean and untarnished, and it is with
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just pride that Dubuque can point to him and say, "That man is one of our best and most deserving citizens."
HENRY A. SCHUNK, for the past three years engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Dubuque, is a native of Dubuque county and the son of Michael and Catherine Schunk. Michael Schunk was born in Zweibrucken, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, and in 1840 immigrated to the United States, locating at Dubuque, Iowa, where for many years he conducted the Western Hotel and later operated a brick kiln and yards. He was active in local affairs of importance, and as a Democrat in politics served as town- ship constable for fifteen years. On December 1, 1889, he passed away, followed by his wife, March 4, 1900. and both are at rest in the family lot in Linwood cemetery. Henry A. Schunk, the immediate subject of this memoir, was born August 16, 1857, in the Western Hotel, Dubuque, Iowa. He received his early edu- cation in the old Third Ward school, later attended Bayless Busi- ness College, and for a number of years was employed by various concerns as bookkeeper and accountant. From 1882 to 1883 he served as Treasurer of Dubuque, from 1885 to 1889 as United States Internal Revenue officer and from 1906 to 1910 as Mayor of the city of Dubuque. He has always taken great interest and an active part in public affairs, and, like his father before him, is a staunch Democrat in his political views. For the past three years, in partnership with his son, he has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business. Socially he is identified with the Eagles, Owls, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Catholic Order of Foresters, Woodmen of the World, and the Catholic Protective Society. He has served as treasurer of the Elks for several years and as secretary and treas- urer of the Catholic Protective Society. August 16, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret F. Broderick, daughter of John Broderick, who was born in Dubuque September 21, 1858, and to them these children have been born: Loretto M., wife of attorney John A. Cunningham, of Dubuque, born in August, 1879; Cyril B., born in October, 1883, residing in Chicago; Henry B., born in October, 1887, with father, and Bertrand E., born in Au- gust, 1889, who died in infancy. The family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and Mrs. Schunk is a member of Sher- man Circle. The Schunk family stands high in the community where they reside and bear the respect and good will of all who know them.
SAMUEL B. LATTNER, recognized generally as one of the able lawyers of the Dubuque bar, is a native Iowan, his birth occurring February 5, 1862, at Lattnerville, the son of Paul and Amanda (Lasher) and grandson of Joseph Lattner. The father came to
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America with his parents in 1854, settling in Indiana, and after their deaths worked with his brothers Jacob and Wendolin on the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad between Dubuque and Independence, Iowa. Succeeding this he went to Lattnerville, Iowa, named for him, and there engaged in merchandising. He be- came prominent in the civic affairs of that town, serving as post- master a number of years, and also was the first to introduce bees in that portion of the country, owning at one time some 200 hives and dealing extensively in honey. He was of the Roman Catholic faith, and in 1891, after a three days' illness, passed away of pneu- monia. His son, Samuel B., the immediate subject of this review, received his early education in the public schools of his native town, and later took a banking course in Bayless Business College, Du- buque. Subsequently, deciding to take up the study and practice of law he entered and in 1897 was graduated from the Iowa State University with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He then came to Dubuque and has here been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of his profession.
He is also president of the Worthington Savings Bank, general counsel of same, and for ten years has been secretary of the Du- buque Bar Association. As a member of the Knights of Pythias order he has been prominent and has served as delegate to the Grand Lodge of that organization. Originally he was a Democrat in poli- tics, but since 1896 has been an inactive Republican. Mr. Lattner takes great interest in church work, and for ten years has been a teacher of an adult class in the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church. To his marriage with Miss Mary Gerhardt, daughter of David and Rebecca Gerhardt, solemnized in 1885, the following named children have been born: Emma, November 2, 1887; Laura, April 22, 1890: Rebecca, November 2, 1893, and Frederick, June 28, 1898. The entire family are prominent in church work, Mrs. Lattner being a member of the Ladies' Aid Society, and bear the respect and good will of all with whom they come in contact.
DANIEL SAUER, who died in Dubuque, February 2, 1911, was a man deserving of more than passing notice in the annals of this county. He was born April 11, 1829, in Unter Franken und Aschaffenburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, and was there reared and educated. When a young man he served in the Bavarian army, but at the age of twenty-four immigrated to America, located first at Forked River, New Jersey, and obtained a knowledge of ship carpentry and ship handling. He met and on June 24, 1855, married Catherine McGrath, who came to America about the year 1853. Shortly after his marriage he moved west to Rock Island, Illinois, and secured employment as ship carpenter, an officer, on boats plying between St. Louis and St. Paul. In the early sixties
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he moved to Dubuque, bought a home at 2149 Washington street in 1864, and there resided until his demise. He continued in active employment on the Mississippi for more than fifty years, numbering among his friends the prominent men of many cities, as well as the great river men of his day. He will long be remembered by river men as a trustworthy, kindly, and courteous gentleman, faithful to the duties he owed to God and his adopted country. His wife died February 15, 1899. They became the parents of the following named six children: Helen M. T., a graduate of the high school of Dubuque, taught in the graded schools of the city, and for the past twenty-three years as instructor of mathematics in the Dubuque high school, and is a trustee of the Carnegie-Stout Free Library : Edmund J., married Emma Tuegel, is the father of three children, resides at 473 Windsor avenue, Dubuque, learned the carpenter's trade, served as head engineer of the Diamond Jo lines several years, was elected and served two terms in the State Legislature from Dubuque county, went to Evarts, South Dakota, as superintendent and quarter owner of a transportation company shipping cattle, produce, and other commodities across the Missouri river at that point, subsequently returned to Dubuque, and is now secretary and treasurer of the Dubuque Sand Company and an Alderman-at-large of the city : Joseph, who died at the age of seven years ; Frank, married in Chicago and went from there to Everett. Washington, where he died at forty years of age and was buried in Dubuque ; George A., a ship carpenter, unmarried and residing at the old home in Dubuque, and Catherine, a graduate of the Du- buque high school, trained as a teacher in the State Normal school at Cedar Rapids, and is a teacher in the public schools.
JOHN B. WALTER, residing in Farley, is a native of this county, his birth occurring January 9, 1868, and the youngest of two chil- dren, his elder sister, Ann Maria, being the wife of James Redding, of Farley, and the mother of four children. Joseph and Hannah (Toomer) Walter, the parents, were of English nativity and each came to the United States when they were young and were here married. Joseph Walter was a farmer by occupation, an Episco- palian in religion, and a Republican in politics. He died October 6, 1899, at sixty-seven years of age, preceded by his wife at the age of forty-four years. John B. Walter received his education in the common schools, and while his parents were living resided under the parental roof. Conjointly with his sister he inherited 310 acres of valuable land acquired by his father which comprised the homestead, and here he resided until 1903. Having purchased 14114 acres a short distance southwest of Farley, he farmed this property for five years, but in 1909 rented the place, moved into Farley and has since devoted his time to looking after his various interests. December 10, 1891, he married Miss Carrie Chubb, and
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to this union four children have been born, named, Elsie, Bert, Eva, and Leslie. Mrs. Walter was born October 17, 1871, and is the only survivor of two children born to James R. and Martha Ann (Hatch) Chubb, who were natives of England. Her brother Clar- ence, the oldest of the children, died in infancy. The parents came to America when young, were married in Dubuque in October, 1860, were farmers the greater part of their lives, and are yet living. Mr. Walter is a Republican in his political affiliation, has served two years on the Farley school board, and is a member of the City Council. Socially he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Mystic Workers, and he and wife are members of the Episcopal church of Farley.
HENRY CHARLES KENLINE, senior member of the well-known legal firm of Kenline & Roedell, was born in Elizabeth, Minnesota, September 15, 1875, the son of John and Katherine (Racy) Ken- line. The family is of German extraction and in that country the father was born. Henry Kenline, the subject of this review, was educated in the public schools of his native town, the high schools in Duluth and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in the Bayless Business College, Dubuque. In August of the year 1892 he entered the law offices of Longville & McCarthy as student and clerk, and in May, 1897, was admitted to practice before the Iowa State bar by exami- nation before the Supreme Court. He then joined the above men- tioned firm as junior member, and when Mr. Longville died the firm was styled McCarthy & Kenline and remained thus until Mr. McCarthy's death in 1904. Mr. R. P. Roedell was then admitted to partnership and the firm name changed to Kenline & Roedell. Mr. Kenline has general and corporation practice in the State and Federal courts, is general counsel for the Law Defense Company of Dubuque, and Chicago, Anamosa & Northern Railway, and is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association. To his marriage with Miss Katherine Egan, of Amboy, Illinois, solemnized in 1905, two daughters, Katherine and Mary. attending school in Dubuque, have been born. Mr. Kenline is a Roman Catholic in his religions views and is independent in politics. He holds membership in the Du- buque Club and several fraternal organizations, holds high rank among the legal practitioners of Dubuque county, and his offices are located in the Bank and Insurance Building.
LOUIS H. BREDE, well-known resident and business man of Dil- buque, is a native of this county and a son of the old pioneers Frank and Christina (Van Dillman) Brede. Frank Brede was born in the Province of Westphalia, Germany, where he was reared and edu- cated, and in 1857 immigrated to America and located at Dubuque. Here for many years he conducted a buffet, and in 1897 passed away and was buried in the German Catholic cemetery. Mrs.
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Brede still survives him and makes her home in Dubuque. To them the following named children were born: John F., of the Dubuque Chemical Company ; Frank H., Mrs. Flora Meyer, Mrs. Emma Klauer, Mrs. Anna Klauer, Mrs. Bertha Kunnert, Christina, and Louis H., all of whom reside in Dubuque. Louis H. Brede, the immediate subject of this memoir, attended St. Mary's parochial school and later entered Sacred Heart College at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. He then spent some time learning the machinist's trade, succeeding which he was for four years in the County Treas- urer's office. When the Dubuque Woodenware & Lumber Com- pany was organized in March, 1890, Francis Jaeger was elected president, A. J. H. Tuegel vice president and Mr. Brede secretary and treasurer. Their charter expired on January 1, 1910, and the new one was issued to the Dubuque Lumber Company, with Mr. Brede president and treasurer, Thomas Tully vice president, and Joseph A. Peryon secretary. They are engaged in the wholesale and retail lumber business, with offices and yards at Lincoln and Tenth avenues, and also deal in coal and cement. In 1895 the Dubuque & Wisconsin Bridge Company was organized by J. A. Rhomberg, C. H. Meyer, George Fengler and others, was char- tered by the United States in 1901, and work on the bridge com- menced that year by the contracting firm of Linehan & Molo. The bridge was opened for traffic in May, 1902. The capital stock of the corporation amounted to $100,000, of which $83,000 was paid in. The bridge is now known as the Eagle Point bridge, with Louis H. Brede president of the corporation and L. Lindenberg secretary. Aside from the above associations Mr. Brede is a director of the German Trust & Savings Bank, has been chairman of the Democrat City Central Committee six years, and is a mem- ber of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. He resides at 1018 Iowa street.
REUBEN HAWKINS, residing on section II, Cascade township, is a splendid example of what a youth can accomplish in this country by the proper display of courage under difficulties, industry and economy. He was born in October, 1849, and is a son of William and Sarah Hawkins, of whom appropriate mention is made in the biography of his elder brother. Benjamin Hawkins. He attended a few terms at the Spring Valley district schools and at twelve years of age was compelled to begin life's battle upon his own responsibility. His boyhood days were passed in working as a farm laborer and acquiring an education, and when nineteen years old he began teaching in the district schools of Cascade township. He acquired forty acres of land from his father by making the first payment therefor with a horse valued at $100. Long hours of hard labor brought him the means to increase his holdings from
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time to time, until he is now the owner of over 300 acres, and this he has improved until it has become one of the finest farms in the county. When twenty-nine years old he married Mary Mercer, daughter of Andrew and Euphemia (Dalgleish ) Mercer. Andrew Mercer was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada when twenty years of age. He followed his trade of mason and stone- cutter, moved to New York state, and from there to Cascade, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer had these children: James, Robert, Mary, Eliza, James, and Isabella. To Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hawkins three children have been born, as follows: Charles D., Effie May, who died at the age of six months and three days, and Anna Almira, the wife of Harry P. Midkiff, who, with her husband, are now in Germany preparing themselves to become Christian mission- aries. Mr. Hawkins is one of the well-known raisers of shorthorn cattle and Shropshire sheep of the county. He is a Republican in politics, has served on the grand jury three years, is a strong advo- cate of temperance, and is active in the work of the Presbyterian church.
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