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always taken an active interest in whatever , previous experience now stood him in good pertains to the best interests of the several stead, and to his distinguished enterprise, energy and skill is largely due the reeog- nized pre-eminence of La Crosse in this line. Ile has one of the largest, if not the largest, and most comprehensive stock in the city, including full lines of parlor, library, dining- room, hall and bed-room furniture, which occupies three doors and the basement of his store, which is 96 x 24 feet. His push and energy is most praiseworthy. he is prominent and respected in the trade, and is well worthy the success achieved. In 1850 Miss Terrissa Becker, daughter of Frank Becker, of La Crosse, became his wife, and their nion has resulted in the birth of the following children : George, Joseph, Gracy, John and Frankie. Mr. Stangl is a credit to the community in which he has so long made his home, and in business relations is as highly respected as he is widely known. organizations of which he is a member. Ile has furnished several papers on mechanical subjects and other topics of interest. He is a committee member in the association of master mechanies. Ile is on two important questions in two different committees of the Car Builders' Association, viz .: "On steam heating, lighting and ventilation of passenger coaches," and on " compound locomotives." These are questions of vital importance, and are of notable interest to the railroad world, as it is a departure from former methods. The traveling publie are indebted to such pro- dnetions for the safety and comfort that are enjoyed in the modern coaches as compared to those of former days. In personal ap- pearance, Mr. Lewis is of goodly size, strongly built and robust. He possesses a vigorous intellect, his perceptive faculties are ever on the alert, and being of a jovial, pleasant dis- position he is admired and respected by all. 3 1 -
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EORGE STANGL, furniture dealer and manufacturer of upholstered goods at 123 North Third street, La Crosse, Wisconsin, is an Austrian by birth, in which country he first saw the light of day on No- vember 20, 1854. Ilis parents, Frank and Barbara (Stadick) Stangl, have been residents of La Crosse since 1872, and are residing at 1019 State street. The father is a cooper by trade and still follows this calling. George Stangl became a resident of this city in 1871. and was at first employed in the furniture store of Gantert & Schwartz as a journeyman at painting and finishing. After following this calling for about fourteen years, he started in business for himself, but in a very modest way, as his capital was small: but his
JULIUSJ. HIRSHHEIMER, attorney and counselor at law, La Crosse, was born in Lehrensteinsfeld, Kingdom of Würtem- burg, Germany, January 12, 1839, and is the eldest son of Leopold and Fannie ( Herz) Ilirshheimer. The family bade farewell to the " Fatherland " May S, 1850, and landed. in New York, July 3. They located at Blairs- ville, Pennsylvania, remaining there six years; in 1856 they came to La Crosse, where the father and mother died, the former February 9, 1879, and the latter November 6, 1885. The paternal grandfather of our sub- ject was a distinguished man in his time, being chief rabbi of his distriet. He was a fine linguist and a profound Hebrew scholar. He made several journeys to Jerusalem and ended his days in the service of his church. His widow came to America with her son
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Leopold, and died in this city in 1558. The State and local politie>; was elected as a sons of the family were Julius ... Albert. Augustus, Henry, Morris and Solomon; the daughters, Malinda, Theresa, Emma and Rosa.
Julius J. attended the parochial schools of Germany, and an academy at Weinsberg in which languages and higher branches were taught. Upon coming to America he en- tered the public schools of Pennsylvania for the purpose of aequiring a knowledge of the English language. When the father came to La Crosse he engaged in the lumber business. Hlis mill was burned in the spring of 1560, when he embarked in the foundry bus ness. His son Julius JJ. had charge of the books and a general superintendence of the lon- bering interests. After the burning of the mill he went to Brownsville, Minnesota, and operated a mill there for a time. In the fall of 1860 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, and thenee to Napoleon, Arkansas. where he passed the fall and winter of 1560-61. In the spring of 1861 he went to New Orleans, ' In 1978 he returned to La Crosse, and en- where he made his home for seven years. tered the law office of Judge Hugh Cameron. Wing & Prentiss, where he studied law for one year. In the spring of 1579 he began the practice of his profession, combining it with insurance and pension work. In addi. tion to his professional interests, he was en- graged for a few years in selling hardwood lors . After the capture of the city by General But- Ier, Mr. Hirshheimer had charge of one of the draining machines of the city. Prior to the occupancy of the city by the Union troops, he was imprisoned for refusing to enter the Confederate army. He wa- several times court-martialed and imprisoned for too loud an expression of Union sentiments. In 1563 he enlisted in the Ninety-second United States Colored Infantry, and was made Quarter- master-Sergeant. He was mustered out of service December 31, 1865, at New Orleans. Ile participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Gulf. On receiving his dis. charge he returned to his home in New Or leans, and embarked in the mercantile trade.
member of the Constitutional Convention to give the State a new constitution, made im- perative by the reconstruction legislation of Congress. It was during this session of the convention, which was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Barvone street, that the riot took place, when the mob attacked the convention, killing a number of the members of the con- vention, wounding Governor Hahn and Dr. Daslie, who died of his injuries. Mr. Hirsh- heimer was saved from death by the inter- vention of a policeman, who was a Unionist. The marked hostility manifested against all who had taken an active part in suppressing the rebellion, by the disloyal population of the city. operated against him, compelling him to dispose of his business at a sacrifice. selling out at the end of two years and com- ing to La Crosse; he stopped but a short time, however, and went on to Winona, Minnesota, where he remained from 156s to 1$75 as clerk in a mercantile establishment.
Mr. Hirshheimer was married October 10, 1859, to Miss Camelia T. Kenworthy, in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. She is a daughter of A. S. and M. E. Kenworthy, and was born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 21. 1539, on the day of the arrival of her parents in America; they were natives of London. Eng- land. The maternal grandparents had already emigrated to this country, and were resi- Mr. Hirshheimer was an active factor in dents of Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. Hirsh-
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heimer is a lady of good education and rare refinement. She is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church and an advocate of Christian Science. Mr. Ilirshheimer and his wife have no living children. Politica.ly he affiliates with the Republican party and is deeply interested in its movements, although he is not an office-seeker. He has been a member of the La Crosse Board of Trade, and is thoroughly loyal to home interests.
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A. ROOSEVELT, who has been a resident of La Crosse since 1855, oceupies a very prominent position in commereial circles, and is justly entitled to the space that has been accorded him in this history of La Crosse county. Ile was born in Oakland county, Michigan, Septem- ber 7, 1833, and is a son of Nelson and Sarah (Armitage) Roosevelt, natives of New York State. Ilis father died at the age of seventy-nine years, and the mother at the age of sixty-five. When he was four years old his father removed with the family to De- troit, Michigan, and remained there until 1840. Then they went to Sandusky, Ohio, where our subject learned the machinist's trade. January 17, 1855, he arrived in La Crosse, having determined to try his for- tunes on the frontier. Ile first chartered the steam ferryboat Honeoye, which he ran for a time, and then purchased a third interest in the Adila, of which he was engineer until the fall of 1857. This boat ran between Du- buque and St. Paul. After disposing of this interest he was employed for ten years as engineer and eaptain on the Mississippi river. From 1857 to 1868 he was engaged continuously as steamboat engineer.
Desirous of establishing himself in busi- ness in La Crosse, in 1868 the W. A. Roose-
velt Company was formed, and incorporated in 1588, of which he is the president and treasurer. This firm deals in wrought-iron piping, brass and iron goods. plumbers' and steamfitters' supplies, wood, iron and chain pumps, and steam and hot water heating ap- paratus. They are also general agents for " Ideal" windmills, "Ideal Junior" sectional- wheel, vaneless windmills, and Florida steam- heating boilers. This is the only wholesale house in the city dealing in this line of goods.
Mr. Roosevelt has been closely connected with the progressive movements of the place, and has done his share in developing the resources of the county. Ile has been an active worker in all moral and social reforms, and has ever given a generous support to educational enterprises. Ile has filled the office of Mayor of La Crosse one term, and was a member of the County Board for several terms. His official services were well ren- dered, and were a high testimonial to his ability and fidelity to duty.
- RVIN GRAVES BOYNTON, lum- ber merehant, La Crosse, was born at Cortland, New York, September S, 1847, the son of Edwin and Cynthia (Graves) Boynton. Edwin Boynton was born in Coven- try, Connecticut, in 1819, of Connecticut ancestry, and was a farmer by occupation. The Boynton families of America are trace- able back to two brothers, John and William Boynton, who came over from England in early Colonial times. The first exodus from Connecticut known was that of Justus Boyn- ton, grandfather of the subject of this sketeh, who settled in Cortland, New York, in 1812. Ile was a farmer and artisan.
Mr. Boynton, whose name introduees this
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sketch, completed his schooling at the New belonging to Frank Bailey, at 220 Main York Central College at MeGrawville, New York, where he graduated in his sixteenth year. In 1566 his parents removed to Jeffer- son county, Wisconsin, where he was a clerk for a lumber firm for about three years. In 1869 he went to Chicago and continued in the same line of business, becoming a part- ner the next year: but the great fire of Octo- ber, 1971. swept away all his possessions. For the next tour or five years he was en- gaged in various pursuits, and was making a good start toward the reparation of his lost fortune when the panic of 1573 disastrously supervened. In 1550 he went to Egan, Da- kota, as a lumber agent for John Paul, of La Crosse, and during the two years of his resi- dence there he was elected the first Mayor of that town. In 1852 he came to La Crosse, and until 1955 was superintendent of the branch yard department of Mr. Panl. The next two years he was a retail lumber mer- chart at Spring Valley, Minnesota, and since then he has been a wholesale lumber mer- chant in La Crosse. He is now Alderman for the Nineteenth Ward.
Mr. Boynton is a member of the orders of F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., and K. of P .: and both himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church, he being a deacon in the same. He was married in La Crosse, to Miss Nellie A. Parker, a native of lowa and a daughter of James Parker, of Monona, lowa. fler father was a native of the State of New York.
street, and the citizens of the place refer to it with justifiable pride as an evidence of what the possibilities of the trade are, when distinguished enterprise is allied to business capacity of the highest order, and unre- mitting energy and industry. Mr. Bailey was born in Winnesheik county, Iowa, April 25. 1861, his parents, Andrew and Mary ( Butler) Bailey, being natives of Connecticut and New York respectively. The father was for many years a dyer in Elgin, Illinois, and although now retired from the active duties of life, he was for thirty-five years a tiller of the soil and was well known as a law-abiding and useful citizen. He has now reached the advanced age of eighty years, and throughout his long career has never had a serious spell of sickness. His wife died in March, 1565, when forty-five years of age. her life having been characterized by a conscientious dis- charge of duty and a desire to follow the teachings of the golden rule. Of a family of seven children born to them, the subject of this sketeh is the youngest, and one of the six surviving members. His early knowledge of books was acquired in the publie schools of lowa, and his literary education was fin- ished in a business college of Dekorah. At the age of sixteen years he began learning the trade of a blacksmith, which calling he energetically pursued until 1850, when he began clerking for his brother, M. H. Bailey, in a general mercantile store in Hokah, Min- nesota, in whose employ he remained for four years. At the end of this time he came to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and entered the em- ploy of Quinn. Batcheller & Co., shoe mer- years, or in 1856, he opened an establishment of his own, and at once reached the foremost
RANK BAILEY .- The boot and shoe chants, but at the end of one and one-half trade has many able and worthy ex- ponents in the city of La Crosse, but none that enjoys a wider or better deserved place in the confidence and patronage of a popularity than the boot and shoe emporium ' discriminating publie. He carries a stock of
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goods valued at over 86,000, which is one of the most comprehensive and carefully selected in the eity. Mr. Bailey is known to handle only the productions of the most reputable and responsible makers, sneh as he can recom- mend and guarantee to his customers for superiority of material, workmanship, style . and durability. On the 24th of September, 1884, Miss Anna Boehm, daughter of Xever Boehm, of Hokah, Minnesota, became his wife, and to their union one child has been born: Eugene A., a bright and promising little son. Mr. Bailey is a member of the Baptist Church, and socially is a member of the Modern Woodmen. He is an indus- trious, pushing business man, has made his own start in the world, and deserves mueh eredit for the snceess of his efforts. Mrs. Bailey's parents are now quite advaneed in years, and are well known and highly re- speeted residents of Ilouston county, Minne. sota. To them a family of three sons and five daughters were born, all of whom are living, respected, law-abiding eitizens, and are doing well.
ALVIN W. DEMMON of La Crosse, was born in the village of Tuscarora, Livingston county, New York, Novem- ber 26, 1835. IIe is of New England par- entage, his father, Calvin Demmon, having been a native of Vermont, and his mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Swett, a native of New Hampshire. Their earliest inarried life was passed in Cayuga county, New York, they removing to Livingston eounty about 1830. Calvin Demmon followed the oecapation of wool-carding and cloth-dressing many years. Ifis death occurred near Nunda, New York, in March, 1875, his wife passing away at the same place, August 17, 1868.
They were the parents of six children, the eldest and third of whom, Charlotte and Warren, died in childhood. B. F., the eldest of the family who grew to mature years, was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, serving three years as a member of the One Hun- dred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, which served with the Eleventh Corps in the Army of the Potomac, and later with the Twentieth Corps, partici- pating in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and " March to the Sea." He died at Nunda, New York, in December 1586, at the age of abont fitty-nine years. The subject of this sketch and Mrs. Eliza A. Ashton, of New Hartford, Iowa, are the only surviving mem. bers of the family. Calvin W. Demmon was edneated in the school of his native village and at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, New York. He began teaching at the age of twenty, teaching and attending school alternately.
Ile came West in Mareh, 1866, and taught one term of school in Decatur, Illinois. In Angust, however, of the same year, he was elected principal of the Third Ward school in Dubuque, Iowa. This school enrolled a thou- sand pupils and employed fifteen teachers besides the principal. Ilere one half of his time was given to instrueting elasses, and the other half to superintending the school. He fully sustained the excellent reputation he had gained at Deeatur, Illinois, as in- structor, disciplinarian and organizer. In Angust, 1867, he was appointed principal of the First Ward school of La Crosse, a position he held for seven years. This school, under his superintendenee, was carefully and thor- oughly graded, and to him belongs the honor of preparing the first course of study for the publie schools of La Crosse. lle discharged the dnties of principal with signal success and ability for seven years, winning a promi
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nent place among the snece-sful educators of of the war. His confinement in that infa- the State in the meantime. On severing his mous prison pen included nearly the whole connection with the schools of La Crosse, he time of its existence, exhibiting powers of left behind him a universal regret at a serious loss ineurred, but an impression of his per- sonal force apon the work of the schools which, it is stated on good authority. is felt to this day. In 1874, he engaged in the mercantile business at Spring Valley. Min- nesota, with Mr. M. F. Varney, who was for a number of years the popular principal of the Third Ward school of La Crosse. After two years' experience in the mercantile busi. ness, Mr. Demmon removed to Iowa with his family and resumed teaching, temporarily in the high school at Cedar Falls. In 1579 he returned to La Crosse.
lle has for many years been engaged in county history work, much of the time as a representative of the Lewis Publishing Com- pany, of Chicago, the publishers of this work.
Mr. Demmon was married in La Crosse, in 1870, to Miss Lanra C. Wheeler, daughter of Charles and Laura Wheeler. The former was born in Ohio, in 1502, and the latter in Massachusetts, in 150. They resided many years of their married life in Lake county, Ohio, removing thence to Adams county, Wisconsin, and thence to Dunn county. The father died in La Crosse, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Adelaide Dudley, May 31. 1875, and the mother at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Demmon, May 23, 1956. There are tive surviving members of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler. Solon S., the eldest, is a resident of Dunn county, Wisconsin. Hle enlisted early in the war of the rebellion. as a member of the Fourth Wisconsin. He was twenty-two months a prisoner of war, first confined at Belle Isle, Virginia, and soon after the ercetion of the stockade at Andersonville he was transferred to that place, where he was confined until the close
endurance in that most loathsome of rebel prisons. almost without parallel; Adelaide A .. widow of E. D. Dudley, resides in Pomona, California: Evelyn J. wife of T. S. Win- chell, in Seattle, Washington: Mrs. Dem- mon is next in order of birth, having been born June 20, 1549, in Lake county, Ohio: Charles E., the youngest, resides in Day county, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Dem- mon have had five children: Byron Franklin, horn May 27, 1971. died at the age of four- tten months; Nannie Laura, born Inly 1, 1572. attained to the age of eighteen years; graduated at the high school of La Crosse, in the class of 1990, a most lovely and accom- plished girl, and her death occurred October 15, of the same year; Adda E., born August 18. 1874; Callie W., November 7, 1877, and Marion Lonise, September 2, 1591.
APTAIN M. M. LOONEY, Captain of the Clyde on the Mississippi river, is one of the prominent residents of La Crosse, and although young in years he has made a fine reputation for business ability. Ile was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, June 6, 1>54, and is the son of Captain A. Il. and Elizabeth (Wright) Looney, the father a na- tive of Randolph county, Illinois, born in 1830, and the mother of Washington county, New York. The paternal grandfather, John S. Looney, was a native of Tennessee and one of the pioneer settlers of Wisconsin, coming here as early as 1536. Hle settled in what is now La Fayette county and resided there until 1852, when he came to La Crosse. The following year he moved to Minnesota, settling in the valley of Root
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river, and was the first white settler in what and St. Croix. He has quite an extensive is still known as "Looney's Valley." His experience and has been a steamboat Captain death occurred at Warren, Illinois, October for some time. 15, 1891. Captain A. II. Looney came to He was married first in 1879, to Miss Minnie Moore, daughter of B. J. and Alvina Moore, of Minnesota. Three children were born to this union: Susie, Hollis and Wilbur. Mrs. Looney died in 1852, when but twenty- six years of age. She was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Captain Looney's second marriage was in 1889, to Miss Ella Moore, sister of his former wife. They have one child, Jerry Thurman. Mrs. Looney is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Captain Looney belongs to several orders. He takes but little interest in politics, but generally affiliates with the Democratie party. La Crosse, Wisconsin. in April, 1851, and ten years later moved to Winona county, Minnesota. In the spring of 1859 he went to the Rocky mountains and was engaged in speculating and mining until 1861, when he returned to Minnesota, where he followed steamboating. In the fall of 1878 he located in La Crosse, but made no change in his business for some time. However he has done but little on the river for the past ten years and is now in the United States em- ploy under the jurisdiction of the general land office, having held that position most of the time for seven years. He was mar- ried in the fall of 1851 to Miss Wright, and to them were born five children, their eldest son, Frank, being among the first white children born in La Crosse. This son died with consumption in 1889, at the early age of thirty-seven. Ile was widely and favor- ably known, and was as popular as he was widely known. He was pilot and Captain on the river also. The remainder of the children were named in the order of their births as follows: Captain M. M .; Grant, who died in 1859, at the age of three years; Carrie B., who graduated from the high school
of La Crosse in 1882, and since that time has been teaching in the primary de- partment of the publie schools here; Lark, the youngest child, is the wife of Frank Toins and now resides in La Crosse. She is the mother of one child, Robert. Captain 1. H. Looney is a man possessed of many admir- able qualities of mind and heart and his eareer has been upright and honorable. Captain M. M. Looney was reared and edu- cated in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and has followed the river all his life, the Mississippi
J. KAVENAUGH, manager of the North American Postal Telegraph Com- pany, of La Crosse, Wiseonsin, is one of the later acquisitions to the business cir- eles of the city, and although comparatively a new man he is fast working into the front line in his business, and ranks among the leading men of his calling in this portion of the State. He brings with him business ca- paeity and sagaeity, which, coupled with an extensive experience in his ealling, as well as in other lines of business, enables him to readily take an advanced position in any community. He was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, July 1, 1868, to Torrence and Elizabeth (Burns) Kavenangh, both of whom were born in Ireland, the former being still engaged in contracting in Dane county, Wis- consin, although fifty-seven years of age. Hle has won an excellent reputation as a busi- ness man, and is an honored citizen of the seetion in which he resides. His wife, who
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is about the same age as himself, is possessed of those womanly graces and virtues which make a pleasant home, and they are numbered among the pioneer residents of their adopted county. Both are devout members of the C'atholic Church, and reared their children in this faith.
J. J. Kavenangh is the third of their six children, and was educated in the publie and private schools of Madison, Wisconsin. When thirteen years of age he took charge of the telegraph office at at Portage, Wiscon- sin, as day operator, and after working six months was promoted to the dispatcher's office at Stevens' Point, Wisconsin. At the end of one year he was sent to St. Paul, Minnesota, and there worked as a day opera- tor for one year in charge of the Great North- ern Railroad. Following this he worked in Ileron, Montana, one year as manager of the Northern Pacifie Telegraph Company, then accepted his old position in St. Paul, and in 1>86 eame to La Crosse, where he has been ever since. He worked in the Western Union until 1887, when he accepted his present position, which he has filled in a very satis- factory manner. During all his changes in telegraphic work he has never been discharged, but on the contrary has the best of testimoni- als as to his efficiency. He has always been strictly temperate, and neither smokes, chews nor drinks. Hle is very methodical in his habits, and his course of life from year to year does not deviate from the established rules adopted years ago. lle is of a social disposition, and his many sterling character- isties make him an acquisition to the business and social circles of La Crosse. He was the youngest operator in the United States when at Portage. Wisconsin, and before he was fourteen years of age he received $50 per month for his services.
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