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Four sons of Allen A. Copeland proved their right to their inheritance by fighting in the war of the rebellion: W. Il. Copeland enlisted in June, 1561, in Company A, Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and fought with the Iron Brigade until the battle of Antietam, where he received a fatal wound, dying in the afternoon of September 17, and was buried on the field; Edward A. was with Kit Carson in the Third New Mexico Cav- alry, and George N. was with the Army of the Tennessee.
tained a position in a dry goods store, and passed three years as a clerk at Baraboo. Ile started for Winona, Minnesota, stopped at La Crosse. and here chanced to meet Captain I. Il. Moulton, who had just been appointed agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, to whom be applied in vain for a position; but a week after his arrival in Winona he received a telegram summoning him to La Crosse to the employ of the rail- way company. His head fell in the autumn of 1890, when the foree was reduced, as he was one of the youngest employés. But Captain Moulton had become interested in him, and obtained for him a position with the Southern Minnesota Railway, where he was occupied until the spring of 1871, when he entered the employ of Hart & Norton, dealers in agrienltural implements.
In December, 1871, he was selected ont of fifteen applicants as bookkeeper of the La Crosse Lumber Company, of which Governor C. C. Washburne was president. In 1875 Governor Washburne purchased the interests of the other stockholders, and in the fall of 1580 direeted Mr. Copeland to go to the woods and take charge of putting in a large tract of timber. Never having done anything of the kind, Mr. Copeland ask for instruction, and what he should do when he arrived on the spot. The Governor's reply was: " Yon go up and find ont for yourself, and if you do not find any thing to do. I shall have no further use for your services;" and it turned ont to be the most valuable ineident of his whole life. In the following spring he re- ported to the Governor the exact price per thousand it cost for labor, to feed the men, and to feed the teams. This so pleased the Governor that he placed Mr. Copeland in charge of his lumber interests at La Crosse.
After the death of Governor Washburne
After his return home, Mr. Copeland ob- in 1882, he received instruction from the
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executors of the estate to continue in full reputation. In 1878, when the La Crosse charge of all the late owner's lumbering in- Light Guards were organized, he was made Third Sergeant, and August 22, 1879, was terests. By the terms of the will the estate was to be settled in five years, and during the , elected Second Lieutenant by unanimous interim the interests under Mr. Copeland's choice, and was commissioned by the Gov- ernor. June 17, 1881, he was promoted to a Captainey, and in June, 1884, his connec- tion with the Light Guards ccased through his appointment on the staff of Governor Rusk, with the rank of Colonel, and was assigned to duty as Assistant Inspector Gen- eral of the W. N. G. On the expiration of the term of that official, in 1889, he tendered his resignation. contract made a net showing of $300,000 above appraised valuation. In April, 1887, the executors submitted to Mr. Copeland a proposition to purchase the mill property, which he finally accepted with much relue- tance, and was successful. The capacity of his mill is 200,000 feet of Inmber, 125,000 shingles and 40,000 laths. The mill contains one circular and one band mill and one im- proved Wick gange. In 1892 he controls about 125,000,000 feet of pine stumpage.
Mr. Copeland was named in the will of Governor Washburne as one of the trustees of the public library founded by him, and to the efforts of Mr. Copeland are largely due the completion of the library building, its attractive style of architecture and its ar- rangements.
Early in 1887 he organized a stock com- · pany for the purpose of putting in an Edison incandescent electric-light plant, and he was made president. Under his management the plant has increased from 2,000 lamps in 1887 to over 8,000 in 1892. He is also a director in the Batavian Bank, the Exchange State Bank, the Brush Electric Light Company, the La Crosse Gas Light Company and La Crosse Theater Company. He has in every possible manner fostered the publie enter- prises of La Crosse, and, with other citizens equally interested, he has aided in securing for the city one of the finest opera-houses in Wisconsin.
He has also made a record in the Wiscon- sin National Guard; he has an executive ability which is exercised in all his relations, and in connection with the militia of which the Badger State boasts he has sustained his
Ile is a Mason, belongs to the Republican party, and is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Loyal Legion. In the spring of 1891 his friends, mueh against his will, induced him to make the run for Mayor of La Crosse. llis party being considerably in the minority, the outlook was not very encouraging, but he managed to win the race, he being the only Republican elected on the city ticket.
Mr. Copeland was married in 1874 to Cora, daughter of Colonel Theodore and Marie A. Rodolf. Two children have been born to them: Marie Louisa, Angust 7, 1875, and Irene, March 15, 1877.
OSEPH POEIILING was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, September 23, 1959, son of Herman and Annie Poehling, natives of the province of Westfoelen, Ger- many. His father, a carpenter and mill- wright, came to America when a young inan and settled in Rock Island, where he spent a few years and where he was married. He came to La Crosse about 1852 and made his home here until his death, which occurred in 1863. Ile left a widow, four sons and one daughter. The latter, Louisa, married Cas-
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par Crockelhaner, and died without issne. The sons, Herman, Joseph, John and Ilenry, are all residents of La Crosse.
The subject of our sketch grew to man- hood in the city of his nativity, obtained a fair schooling, and at the age of seventeen began to learn the tinner's trade in the shop of Vincent Tansehe, with whom he has since continned, with the exception of one year spent with Dittman & Jorsted. He was married in La Crosse to Miss Annie Stecher. a native of Milwaukee and a daughter of Charles Stecher, a merchant tailor. They have two sons and one daughter living: An- nie Louisa, Edward William and Rubert William, and an infant son deceased. Mr. Poehling and his wife are both regular com- municants of the St. Joseph congregation, Roman Catholic Church. He is a member of St Boniface Aid Society.
As an honorable and upright man Mr. Poehling has the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens. le is Supervisor of the First Ward of La Crosse.
ILLIAM EDWIN DAVIS, County Clerk of La Crosse county, was born in Cardiganshire, Wales, June 2, 1849, and was reared in Covington, Kentucky, his parents being Thomas and Sarah (Jenkins) Davis. His father was a pattern-maker by occupation. On both sides the ancestors of Mr. Davis were characterized by well devel- oped physical frames. In 1850 the parents emigrated to this country, landing at New York and settling at Covington, Kentneky, where they had two sons and a daughter. After the war they moved to Wisconsin, set- tling where they now reside, in La Crosse county.
Mr. Davis, the subject of this sketch, in
his youth engaged in steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, running from Pittsburg to New Orleans, and in 1866 eamne to Wisconsin, first locating in Farmington township, La Crosse county, but followed steamboating on the Mississippi, during the season of navigation, until 1886. IIe has served as Treasurer of his township and Di- rector of the school board, and was finally elected to his present position, already named.
Hle was married in La Crosse, to Katie Barclay, a native of Scotland and a daughter of Andrew and Jenette Barelay, and they have two sons,-Thomas and John. Mr. and Mrs. Davis worship at the Presbyterian ehnreli.
JACOB HUBERT GRATES, proprietor of the Park Saloon and Summer Garden, was born Angust 1, 1848, at Heinsberg, Province of the Rhine, Prussia, the son of John Hubert and Elizabeth (Fabre) Grates. His father. a baker by trade, came in 1864 to America, locating at Cashka, Minnesota, and afterward at Long Prairie, same State, where he died in 1874 or '75, and was buried in the Catholic cemetery. Ilis wife died in 1878, in Wyckoff, Minnesota, and is buried beside her husband. They were both in full com- munion with the Catholic Church. By their death they left three sons aud three daughters: Leonard, a mason, contraetor and builder of Cashka: Hubertina, wife of John Hofer, a fruit-raiser of Anaheim, California; Jacob Hubert, the subject of this sketch; Conrad, a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota; Helena, the wife of Joseph Fitzthum, a saddler and har- ness-maker of Austin, Minnesota; and Mary, the wife of John Eickstadt, of Grand Meadow, Minnesota.
Mr. Grates, our subject, followed farming
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at Long Prairie until 1884, when he came to and died Jannary 13, 1882; Alexander mar- La Crosse, and at length engaged in the ried Miss Saunders, of River Falls, Wisconsin; saloon business, in which he is doing well. Joseph, Jr., married Miss Stevens, of La Crosse; Ile built the store which he now occupies, Samuel Wilson; Catherine Jane, died No- and has since added to and improved it. IL Francis died July 10, 1857; WOMAN AND FASHION. Henry; Zaida Elizabeth . A Pretty Home Dress-An Autumn Brid- pete, and died April 9, 1354; is serving his first term as representing the Eleventh member of St. Boniface Soci al Costume-A Stylish Winged Hat-Umbrellas to Match. and also of the Concordia S himself and wife are inember Church.
He was married in 1878, blue india silk. The lower portion of
Miss Anna Hofer, a native county, and a daughter of J( Hofer, lately deceased, of ( have one son and three daug Joseph, Mary, Cecelia and En
OSEPH MORAN, West S sin .- Among the many p culturists now residing county, Wisconsin, stands the Moran, who was born in Co Ireland, May 8, 1821. ITis ander and Mary (Thompson) also of Ireland, are both deceas
Mr. Moran came to New Y and there followed the merca for seventeen years. In 185 La Crosse, Wisconsin, where years. In 1858 he bought a acres in the town of Barre, wher resided. Mr. Moran has been a farmer and has been repeatedly the various offices of his town them in a most satisfactory politics he is a Whig Democrat in free trade.
A bodice suitable for reception or Lome wear is built of figured cream col- ored cballie combine with turquoise
foran, with all their chil- members of the Episcopal lassed among the best citi- Mr. and Mrs. Moran are l hearty," after their many ife, and bid fair to enjoy labors for many years to
LER, farmer, Barre Mills, It is doubtless owing en- dustrious and persevering Mr. Esmiller has adhered agriculture and stock- risen to such a substantial fairs in this county. IIis Mary (Linderkamp) Es- s of Germany, and there soil all his life. Of the i to this union, only our er came to this country. their native country. In ler crossed the ocean to worked in a sawmill in Wisconsin. Later he La Crosse county, and in FOR HOME WEAR. the waist and the sleeves are of the heavier fabric, elaborately trimmed with narrow frillings of the silk. present place of 260 acres The yoke of blue silk is finely shirred and has a collar band of the same ma- ed ever since. He was to Mrs. Mary Miller, terial. Small fluted epaulets finish the iller, by whom she had He was married in 1844 to M,top of the sleeves, while a ceinture of Kegan, a native of Ireland. Th black satin ribbon encircles the waist. -- Boston Traveler. sons and two daugh- the sons, married Miss ten children. Mary married Peter Sparing, ramme panumann, and now resides in Kan-
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par Crockelhaner, and die ' The sons. Herman, Joseph. are all residents of La Cros
The subject of our sket hood in the city of his n; fair schooling, and at the began to learn the tinner's of Vincent Tausche, with continned, with the exce spent with Dittman & married in La Crosse to M a native of Milwaukee a Charles Stecher, a merel have two sons and one dan nie Louisa, Edward Wil William, and an infant se Poehling and his wife are munieants of the St. Jos Roman Catholic Church. of St Boniface Aid Societ. As an honorable and 1 Poehling has the respect his fellow-citizens. He is First Ward of La Crosse.
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OCK. $ BERT GRATES, proprietor ‹ Saloon and Summer Garden, August 1, 1848, at Heinsberg, e Rhine, Prussia, the son of ind Elizabeth (Fabre) Grates.
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and Furnishir iker by trade, came in 1864 to ng at Cashka, Minnesota, and ng Prairie, same State, where For '75, and was buried in the ery. Ilis wife died in 1878, innesota, and is buried beside They were both in full com- ie Catholic Church. Bytheir Three sons and three daughters: on, contractor and builder of rtina, wife of John Hofer, a Anaheim, California; Jacob bjeet of this sketch; Conrad, a Paul, Minnesota; Helena, the Fitzthum, a saddler and har- ness-maker of Austin, Minnesota; and Mary, the wife of John Eickstadt, of Grand Meadow, Minnesota.
ILLIAM EDWIN Clerk of La Cross in Cardiganshire, W and was reared in Coving parents being Thomas an Davis. His father was : occupation. On both side Mr. Davis were characteri. e City During oped physical frames. 1. emigrated to this country York and settling at Corncluded to RETI where they had two sons After the war they moved to Wisconsin, set- tling where they now reside, in La Crosse county.
Mr. Davis, the subject of this sketch, in
Mr. Grates, our subject, followed farming
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at Long Prairie until 1884, when he came to
saloon business, in which he is doing well. He built the store which he now occupies, and has since added to and improved it. IIe is serving his first term as Supervisor, now representing the Eleventh Ward. IIe is a member of St. Boniface Society (benevolent), and also of the Concordia Society, and both himself and wife are members of the Catholic Church.
He was married in 1878, at La Crosse, to Miss Anna Hofer, a native of La Crosse county, and a daughter of Joseph and Clara Hofer, lately deceased, of Onalaska. They have one son and three daughters, namely: Joseph, Mary, Cecelia and Emma.
OSEPH MORAN, West Salem, Wiscon- sin .- Among the many prominent agri- culturists now residing in La Crosse county, Wisconsin, stands the name of Joseph Moran, who was born in County Donegal, Ireland, May 8. 1821. His parents, Alex- ander and Mary (Thompson) Moran, natives also of Ireland, are both deceased.
Mr. Moran came to New York in 1839, and there followed the mercantile business for seventeen years. In 1856 he came to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he resided two years. In 1858 he bought a farm of 160 acres in the town of Barre, where he has since resided. Mr. Moran has been an industrions farmer and has been repeatedly honored with the various offices of his town and has filled them in a most satisfactory manner. In politics he is a Whig Democrat, and believes in free trade.
He was married in 1844 to Miss Catherine Kegan, a native of Ireland. They have had ten children. Mary married Peter Sparling,
and died Jannary 13, 1582; Alexander mar- La Crosse, and at length engaged in the ried Miss Saunders, of River Falls, Wisconsin; Joseph, Jr., married Miss Stevens, of La Crosse; Sumuel Wilson; Catherine Jane, died No- vember 4, 1889; Francis died July 10, 1857; William; James Henry; Zaida Elizabeth married Frank Leete, and died AApril 9, 18>4; and Charles Boyd.
Mr. and Mrs. Moran, with all their chil- dren, are zealous members of the Episcopal Church, and are classed among the best citi- zens of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Moran are still both " hale and hearty," after their many years of pioneer life, and bid fair to enjoy the fruits of their labors for many years to come.
ENRY ESMILLER, farmer, Barre Mills, Wisconsin .- It is doubtless owing en- tirely to the industrious and persevering manner with which Mr. Esmiller has adhered i to the pursuit of agriculture and stock- raising that he has risen to such a substantial position in farm affairs in this county. Ilis parents, Fred and Mary (Linderkamp) Es- miller, were natives of Germany, and there the father tilled the soil all his life. Of the eight children born to this union, only our subject and one sister came to this country. The parents died in their native country. In 1866 Henry Esmiller crossed the ocean to America and first worked in a sawmill in Chippewa county, Wisconsin. Later he worked on farms in La Crosse county, and in 1873 he bought his present place of 260 acres where he has resided ever since. He was married in 1873 to Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of Fred Miller, by whom she had six children, four sons and two daugh- ters. Fred, one of the sons, married Miss Anne Sandmann, and now resides in Kan-
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sas; Deidrich married Miss Sophia Kut- telmann, and now resides in La Crosse county; Sophia became the wife of Fred Kuttelmann, and resides in La Crosse county; Henry married Sophia Sandmann, and makes his home in Kansas; Dorette became the wife of George Sprain, and resides in Bostwick valley; and William, at home. Mr. Esmiller arrived in La Crosse in the winter of 1566. with only $> capital, but by his energy and push has accumulated a comfortable compe- teney for his declining years. He belongs to the Freethinkers' Society of Bostwick Val- ley. He has held a number of local positions in the township, Supervisor for five years and assessor nearly as long, and filled those offices in a manner satisfactory to his constituents. Ile may well be elassed as one of the best citizens of the town. for he shares the respect and confidence of his fellow men. Ile is independent in politics, supporting the men and measures he considers best for his town and State. On his large, well improved farin, he has a commodions two-story brick resi- dence, large basement barns and other con- venient out-buildings. He raises good erops and in connection with his farming interest is engaged in stock-raising. He keeps graded cattle, eight horses, etc.
in La Crosse valley. In 1575 he removed to West Salem, retiring from active labor. His death occurred August 10, 1551. aged seventy years. Ile and his wife were both members of the Congregational Church. Mrs. Brown still survives, at the age of seventy-nine years.
Stirling W. Brown is one of a family of nine children, six of whom are living. Thomas S., the oldest son, went to California in 1555 and was engaged in mining there until the beginning of the civil war. when he enlisted in the Union ranks and served fonr years; John A. enlisted in Company B, Second Wisconsin Cavalry, and did valiant service for a period of four years; he is now a resident of Cottonwood county, Minnesota, and was elected Auditor in 1590. Our sub- jeet was educated in the common schools of La Crosse county, and was engaged in teach- ing for a period of seven terms, gaining an enviable reputation as an educator. In 1884, during the Blaine campaign, he was employed on the Republican Leader of La Crosse, and worked on this paper until December, 1588, when he purchased the West Salem Journal. This paper was founded in 1556, and has flourished since its inception. It is a read- able sheet, devoted to the best interests of the county, and is well patronized.
Mr. Brown was elected Justice of the Peace in 1891, the term of office being two years. He is librarian of the Hamilton Library Association, and has given most cor- dial support to this organization. In his printing-office he does all kinds of job work in the most approved style, being thoroughly equipped for first-class work.
TIRLING W. BROWN. editor and proprietor of the West Salem Journal, and Notary Public, was born in La Crosse county, July 12, 1856. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Brown) Brown, were born, reared and married in Scotland. In 1856 they emigrated to America, and after their arrival in the United States located in . lle was married in 1889 to Miss Julia La Crosse county, Wisconsin. The father ' Larson, who died October 13, 1891. One had been engaged in mercantile pursuits in son was born of this union, September 16, Scotland. lle purchased a farm of 160 acres . 1891, named Julian. Mr. Brown is a mem-
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ber of the Knights of Pythias, and affiliates with the Republican party, casting his first vote in 1880, for James A. Garfield.
OHN A. MILLER, a progressive and highly respected citizen of La Crosse, is descended from a long line of German ancestors who were well versed in the art of building. His parents, Caspar and Susanna (Ginsbach) Miller, were natives of Germany, their name being originally Mueller. The father was a contractor and builder, and was educated for this occupation in the polytech- nie schools of his native country. In 1853 he emigrated to America and spent the first year of his residence in this country in New Orleans. He then came to Dubnque, Iowa, and the year following was married. In 1856 he came to La Crosse, and was a well- known figure in building circles until his death, which occurred August 10, 1887. His ancestors for many generations were of the Roman Catholic faith, and he was a full communicant of the church. His burial service was conducted by the societies to which he belonged: St. Joseph's Benevolent Society, St. Joseph's Casino, and the La Crosse Diocesan Life Insurance Society, of which he was a fonnder. He was of a re- tiring disposition, but gave a cordial support to those institutions which were for the bene- fit of the entire community. His widow died September 24, 1891, and four sons and a daughter are living.
John A. Miller received a good education in the public schools, and when he came to select a vocation for life he chose that of his father. The date of his birth is December 31, 1857, and the place La Crosse. It was not until 1881 that he joined his father in business. They were connected with the
erection of many prominent buildings of this city, and since the father's death Mr. Miller has conducted a prosperous business. Ile has taken an active part in many of the publie movements of the city and county, and was one of the early promoters of the Build- ers' Exchange, one of the largest and most potent organizations in the city. Ile is a member of the Catholic Knights of Wiscon- sin, of St. Joseph's Benevolent Society, of St. Joseph's Casino, and of the La Crosse Diocesan Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Ritter, a native of Pittsburgh, l'enn- sylvania, and a daughter of Henry Ritter, of the firm of Voight & Ritter, manufacturers of carriages and wagons. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born three children: Alfred, and two sons who died in childhood.
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EORGE H. YARRINGTON, one of the pioneer settlers of La Crosse county, was born in Steuben county, New York, in 1841, a son of William and Amanda (Nolan) Yarrington, natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively. The father was a wagoninaker by trade, and in 1851 he remov- ed to the West, settling at Watertown, Wis- consin ; there he followed his trade until 1562. when he was employed as a teamster in the army for one year; at the end of this period he was discharged on account of disability. After his return he engaged in the business of building, which he followed until his death in 1857; he was seventy-seven years old. and his wite still survives, aged seventy years. George H. lived with his father until 1862. a blacksmith by trade, and then enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and went out in defense of his country's flag; he had been in the service nine months when
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he wa- discharged on account of ill health. He came back to his home, and as soon as he was able he began driving an omnibus in La C'rosse; this he continued two years, and then entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company: he was in their yards for fourteen years, and then went into the train service, filling this position for seven years; he was transferred to a way- freight train, and has filled this position for three years. Ile is highly valued by the officials of the road, and his conscientious service has been fully appreciated.
Mr. Yarrington was married May 10, 1870. to Miss Lonisa, a daughter of Isaac and Polly L. (Anstin) Dolphin: the father died May 16, 1570, aged fifty-six years; his wife survives him, and makes her home with her son-in-law; she is seventy-four years old, and is well preserved both in body and mind. Mr. and Mrs. Yarrington have had born to them six children, four of whom are living: Jasper II , Myrtle L., Mary Louisa and Mabel E .: the parents were sadly bereaved in the death of their two sons, George Lucius and Albert Clyde, aged four and eight years re- speetively. The father and mother are devout members of the Baptist Church, also the son and two daughters. Mr. Yarrington belongs to John Flynn Post, No. 77, G. A. R., and his wife is president of the Woman's Relief Corps, having been elected to that office at the first of the year. Jasper H. Yarrington is a member of the Sons of Veterans.
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