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AVID COOK, a well-known resident and pioneer of Gale township, Trem- pealeau county, is a native of Scotland, where he was born March 31, 1826. Ilis parents, Alexander and Margaret (Sharp) Cook, had nine children who grew to mature years, five sons and four daughters. The parents continued to live in their native country until death. The subject of this sketch, the only son of his parents who ever made a permanent home in America, was reared to the occupation of coal mining. He was married to Miss Agnes Henderson, and in 1851 they emigrated to the United States, bringing with them their only child. When he started for America, Mr. Cook had no definite idea as to where he would make a settlement, but meeting with another gentle- man and his family on board their vessel, also from Scotland, he was induced to accom- pany his newly made acquaintance to Mary- land. On arriving in this country the party went directly to Allegany county, Maryland, where Mr. Cook engaged in mining. In 1853 he came to Trempealeau county, being accompanied by William Dick, John Irvine, John Ilunter and James Phillips. In the autumn of the same year Mr. Cook settled on the place where he now lives, where he has a fine farin of 260 acres of the beautiful Decora prairie.
faithful companion, assisting her husband in making a pleasant home, and her death was a great affliction to the husband and family. Mr. Cook is the father of six living children, two sons and four daughters, viz .: Margaret, at home; Agnes, wife of Anton M. Lee; Joseph; Mary Jane, at home; Andrew, who is married and resides in Gale township; and Ellen, the youngest of the family. Mr. Cook during his long residence in Trempealeau county has ever been esteemed as an indus- trious and enterprising citizen. He is an honored member of the order of Odd Fellows. Here he has lived for the long period of thirty-eight years, has witnessed the growth and development the country has made during that great length of time, and here, on his pleasant home in the beautiful Decora prai- rie, he expects to remain the rest of his days.
CHIARLES A. KIRCHNER was born in Bangor, Maine, December 9, 1845, son of John K. and Augusta (Dnearing) Kirchner, both natives of Germany. His mother was born in 1828, and died in 1875. ITis father is still living, and makes his home with his son Charles. They had six children, namely: Caroline, who married Herman Alt- man; Mina, wife of Charles Hohmann, of Wanmandee; the subject of our sketch; Albert. a history of whom appears in this work; Paulina, wife of Charles Penssing; and Emma, now Mrs. A. Franz, of Eau Claire.
John Kirchner emigrated to the United States in 1846, and landed at Bangor, Maine, the vessel in which they made the voyage being the first one that landed there with em- igrants from Europe. These immigrants
December 20, 1557, he was deprived of had expected to go to the Mosquito Islands his wife by death. She had ever been a . to establish a colony, of which the captain of
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the ship was to be the head, and to him they had given all their money. They landed at St. Thomas, where they came in contact with people who exposed the Captain's schemes. They then sailed for Bangor. Mr. Kirchner remained at that place and worked at his trade until 1855, when he came West and settled in the Wanmandee valley, pre-empting a homestead of 160 acres. When the time for settlement arrived, having no funds with which to pay the Government for his land, he went to La Crosse and borrowed the money at forty per cent. interest, and at once began making improvements. Subsequently he purchased three forty-acre tracts. and in 1864 erected a frame dwelling. He continued to conduct his farm until he sold out to his son Charles.
Charles Kirchner was reared at home. assisted his father on the farm and received a common-school education. May 8, 1871, he purchased the old homestead, 200 aeres, and has since cultivated the same, from time to time making additional improvements on the farm. It is used chiefly for grain and dairy purposes, and under his skillful man- agement has been brought up to a high state of development, and is now one of the choice farms of the county.
Mr. Kirchner was married in Wanmandee, April 4, 1567, to Lonise, daughter of Conrad and Anna (Langhard) Ulrich. Her father died December 5, 1890, and her mother is at present living at Fountain City. Mrs. Kirch- ner is one of a family of ten children, and was eight years old when she came to the United States from her native land, Switzer land. She was reared in Wanmandee. They have had seven children, viz .: Albert W., who died in 1881; Adolph E., born in 1869; Eugene Il., in 1873; Ida M .. in 1874; Ma- tilda F., born in 1876, died in 1877; Osear
(., born in 1879; Edwin, born in 1883, died in 1885.
Like his venerable father, Mr. Kirchner votes with the Republican party. The elder Mr. Kirelmer was appointed Postmaster of Waumandee May 1, 1865, and served etti- eiently in that capacity. Jannary 30, 1571, Charles Kirchner was appointed to the same position, and still holds his commission. Ile has been prominent in local affairs for many years, ever interested in any movement that tended to advance the good of the community. Ile was Chairman of the Town Board seven years, at different times; was Justiee of the Peace from 1867 to 1873; was Town Assess- or and also Town Clerk in 1890. In 1880 he was census enumerator; has held various other local positions; is now President of the Buffalo County Farmers' Alliance. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen, Camp No. 754, Fountain City, and is Secretary of the Harmonia Society of Waumandee, which was organized in 1863. In 1890 this society erected a fine hall, in which to hold its meetings and where it has a library of 400 volumes.
In conclusion, we say that Mr. Kirchner is one of the most prominent and successful farmers of Buffalo county. Ile is truly a self-made man. He has great foree of char- aeter and energy, and is greatly respected, not only for his business qualities but also for his kindliness and benevolence of heart.
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B. BEACHI is owner and editor of The Whitehall Times and Blair Banner, which newspaper was started by F. E. Beach, a brother of the present owner, and the first number was issued January 14, 1550. In December of the same year J. B. Beach bought an interest in the paper, which they
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published together until September 24, 1885, at which time the subject of this sketch be- came sole proprietor. F. E. Beach now re- sides at Leola, McPherson county, South Dakota, where, in 1888, he established the Northwest, which he still conducts.
J. B. Beach was born in Charlotte, Chit- tenden county, Vermont, in 1853, and in the spring of 1566 his father, Charles G. Beach, emigrated with his family to Wisconsin, and settled in Trempealeau county. He was born in Vermont, as was also his father, Aaron L. Beach, and the family was originally among the early New England settlers. Charles G. married Caroline Barnes, and when the family came to Wisconsin it consisted of the parents and eight children. The mother died in the town of Ettrick, April 17, 1887, and the father resides in Whitehall. Of their six sons, Charles, the eldest, resides in Vermont; Henry IL. is a resident of Galesville. Trem- pealeau county; Edgar died in Mankato, Minnesota, December 4, 1874; Zachary lives in Whitehall; J. B. is the next in order of birth; Frederick E., the youngest of the family, is a resident of Dakota. The eldest sister, Jennie, died at the age of four years, and the second, also named Jennie, is the wife of John (. Melby, of Whitehall.
The subject of this sketch resided on a farm until the age of twenty-one years, when he entered the Journal office, at Galesville, con- dueted by George Luce, and there he con- tinued for about two years, when the paper was sold to B. E. Clark. Mr. Beach then established the Galesville Independent, under the auspices of the Galesville Printing As- sociation, and conducted this paper one year. Ile then went to North La Crosse, and with E. H. Love started the North La Crosse Stur, which they soll in 1877. Mr. Beach, then being in poor health, returned to the farm, where he remained until December,
1880, at which time, as already mentioned, he became connected with his present paper. He has a finely equipped office. and publishes a neat and interesting paper. He is the present chairman of the Republican County Committee.
He was married in September, 1889, to Miss Hattie Olds, a daughter of George H. Olds, an early settler of Trempealean county.
L. GRIN DL, Connty Treasurer of Trempealeau county, was elected No- vember 4, 1890, succeeding H. Thors- gaard. Mr. Grindl was born in Norway in 1847, and came to America with his parents in 1857. The family settled in Columbia county, Wisconsin, coming to Trempealean county in the fall of 1860, where the father died, in November, 1883. Mr. Grindl was educated in the public schools of the town of Ettriek and held several township offices, before his election to his present position.
He has been twice married, the first June 8, 1868, and is the father of three children. The mother of Mr. Grindl died in 1884. There were nine children in the family, ouly three of whom are living. Mr. Grindl, Sr., was a farmer by occupation, and to this voca- tion his sons were reared.
ASPER MEULI, of Montana township, belongs to one of the old and promi- nent pioneer families of Buffalo county, Wisconsin. Ile was born in the town of Ander, Switzerland, in March, 1840, and is the son of Casper and Anna (Conrad) Menli. llis grandfather's name was also Casper. llis father was born in Welds, Switzerland, and his mother in Auder. The family emi-
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grated to the United States in the spring of Louisiana, and in July he was taken on a 1852, landed in New York and came direct hospital boat to St. Louis, Missouri, where he had typhoid fever. During the ensuing autumn, having partially recovered, he was attached to the Seventeenth Veteran Reserve Corps and transferred to Camp Morton, at Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was employed in guarding a prison containing rebels. The company was next transferred to Eiken bar- racks, at the same city, and our subject was placed on patrol duty in the city, to preserve order; was also otherwise engaged, as his strength would permit, until he was mus- tered out. to Milwaukee, thence to Washington county, this State, where Christian Conrad, an uncle of our subjeet lived. Of the ten children born to the elder Casper Meuli and his wife, only three are now living: Casper, Christian and Mathias. The father was a farmer, and for six years was engaged in agricultural pur- suits in Washington county, removing from there to Alma, Buffalo county. He subse- quently came to Wanmandee. He was an honest and industrious man, and from time to time homesteaded and purchased land, im- proved the same, and at the time of his deatlı had 220 acres, all under a good state of cul- tivation. He died in March, 1870, and his wife survived him only about five years.
The subject of our sketch was reared at home, assisted his father on the farm and attended school as opportunity offered. He remained with his father until he was twenty- eight years old, with the exception of the time spent in the army.
September 14, 1862, he enlisted at Alma, in Company G, Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Vol- unteer Infantry, and went into eamp at La Crosse. Six weeks later they were ordered to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where they re- ceived their arms, and after remaining there a week his company was ordered to Rich- mond, Minnesota, to watch the Indians, who were then quite troublesome. From Decem- ber until March he was with his company at Madison, and their next move was to Ken- tucky. While at Columbus, that State, Mr. Meuli was on the sick list most of the time, but was on duty nearly all that time. In June the company started for Vicksburg, on a transportation boat, landing at Yazoo City, on the Yazoo river, in the rear of Vicksburg. Mr. Meuli, being still sick, was sent back to a temporary hospital at Milliken's Bend,
He returned home in June, much broken in health. Two years later he purchased a farm of 120 acres. In 1870 he built his pre- sent dwelling and subsequently made some additions to it. In 1880 he built a barn, and in 1887 another one. In 1880 he bought 160 acres of land, thus increasing his original pur- chase. Ile had pre-empted forty aeres in 1869, and also homesteaded forty acres the same year. Besides this he owns 120 acres which he inherited, and which he rents. Ile has about 175 acres of his home place under cultivation, it being used as a grain and stock farm. Mr. Meuli keeps about twenty milch cows. In farming operations and stoek- raising he has been quite successful.
Ile was married, in September, 1867, to Elizabeth, daughter of August and Eva Hel- wig. Mrs. Meuli died in childbirth in 1565. In September. 1870, Mr. Meuli took to him- self a second wife, Cecelia van Esehen, daugh- ter of George van Eschen. This union was blessed with three children: Anna, George and Christian. In 1875 Mr. Meuli was again bereaved of his companion. In 1550 he wedded Lydia IIuber, daughter of Jacob and Lydia Iluber of Sauk county. Eight children I have been born to them, Jacob, August.
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Katherine, Lydia, Henry, Benjamin, Edwin and Agnes.
Mr. Meuli is a Republican, and is a mem- ber of Fimian Post, No. 190, G. A. R., Alma. In 1890 he was census enumerator; has served as Town Treasurer and Clerk of the School Board. Both he and his wife are members of the Evangelical Church.
Though greatly reduced in physical strength by his service and sickness in the army, he still retains the energy and ambition of his earlier years. His farm is an excellent one. and is well cultivated by him and his sous. Mr. Meuli is public-spirited, and is always ready to take an active part in matters that will tend to advance the interests of the county.
ANIEL TROWBRIDGE, deceased, was a pioneer of Trempealean county from February 27, 1856. He was born in the State of New York, October 21, 1794. Thomas Trowbridge, the founder of the family in America came from Taunton, England, in 1636, and settled at Dorchester, Massachu- setts. From him Daniel Trowbridge was in direct descent in the following line: Thomas, William, Seth, Abel and Daniel, the latter being of the fifth generation.
The latter married at Meadville, Pennsyl- vania, August 7, 1828, Elizabeth Barker, who was born in Massachusetts, May 22, 1803. In 1839 Daniel Trowbridge removed from Pennsylvania to Salein, Indiana, and a year later to Belvidere, Illinois. In the spring of 1855 the family removed to La Crescent. Minnesota, and a short time after to Onalaska, Wisconsin. In 1856, Mr. Trowbridge settled in what is now the town of Trempealeau, Trempealeau county. On December 5, 1863. he was fatally injured by falling from a barn
that he was constructing. It is a somewhat remarkable coincidence that his wife also died by accident, she having been fatally hurt on October 6, 1859, by the running away of a horse. She survived her injuries but a short time. Mr. Trowbridge, Sr., was a surveyor by occupation, and was County Surveyor of Trempealeau county for a number of years. Daniel Trowbridge and wife were the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters: Ann R., the eldest, was born May 3. 1829, and died in Illinois, December 27, 1854; Elizabeth W., born April 28. 1831, is now Mrs. Smith, widow of H. C. Smith, resides at Trempealean, Wisconsin; Henry R., the eldest son, was born February 20, 1833. He served in a Minnesota Cavalry Regiment in the war of the Rebellion. He now resides at Little Rock, Arkansas. IIe is unmarried; Edward N., born December 25, 1834; Hiram I. was born May 15, 1837. He served in Company C, Thirtieth Wisconsin, in the war of the Rebellion. He now resides in Trem- pealeau ; Edward N. Trowbridge, who resides at Whitehall, was born at Meadville, Penn- sylvania, which was the birth-place of all the children. He was educated at the high school, at Belvidere, Illinois, and at Gales- ville University, and was engaged in farming and teaching until the breaking ont of the civil war. Hle was enrolled in the army September 6, 1861, as a member of the First Wisconsin Battery of Mounted Artillery. Ile enlisted at La Crosse and served three years, and was discharged October 13, 1864. Ile was actively engaged during his whole terin of service. After the war he re-engaged in agricultural pursuits and teaching.
On June 25, 1866, he was married to Miss Mary P. Booth, eldest daughter of E. E. and Ilannah P. Booth. She was born in the city of New York, December 8, 1842, and came to Wisconsin with her parents who settled
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at East Troy, Walworth county, and later in La Crosse county, and thence to Trempealean county. The parents of Mrs. . Trowbridge are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge have | developing a farm and making a home when four children, viz .: William M., Harry Il., Edward U., and Mary. They lost their third child, Gracie, who was born on April 25, 1872, and died June 18, 1873.
July 14, 1873. Mr. Trowbridge engaged in the mercantile business at Trempealean, which he continued till 1876, when he engaged in the insurance business and also served as Town Clerk. In 1882, he was elected County Clerk of Trempealean county, serving from January 1, 1883, till January, 1891, since which time he has been engaged in insurance. Politically he is a Republican. Hle and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
ACOB WEISMOLEK, one of the old and representative farmers of Wauman- dee township, forms the subject of this biography, and is deserving of more than a passing notice on the pages of this work.
Mr. Weismolek dates his birth in Prussia, July 7, 1828, and is a son of Andrew and Hnlwig (Wegarig) Weismołek. Of their seven children he is the only surviving one, the other six and both parents having died in their native land. Jacob lived with his par- ents until June, 1854, when he sailed for New York. From that city he went to Anburn and remained six months, thence to Livings- ton county, Michigan, where he made his home for some time. He next went to St. Paul, but not liking the prospeet there went to La Crosse and spent about a year. From that place he came to Buffalo county, pur- chased eighty acres of land and began farm- ing, and also worked at his trade, that of stone-mason, which he had learned previous
to coming to America. At first he occupied the shanty that was on his land, and in 1862 he built a cabin. He was thus employed in
the war broke out and continued to rage. Feeling it his duty to enter the service of his adopted country, on March, 8, 1865, he be- eame a member of Company K, Forty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry, Captain D. Lewis. He acted the part of a brave soldier until the struggle closed, and was mustered out of the service March 24, 1866. He then returned home and took up his farming pursuits. From exposure incurred while in the war, he was taken with rheumatism, and for two years was unable to work. He is now a pen- sioner of the United States Government.
Before going into the war he took a home- stead claim of forty acres, and after his return purchased eighty acres of improved land. In 1882 he bought another forty-acre tract ad- joining him, and now owns 240 acres in one body, 120 acres of which are under good enl- tivation. In 1875 he rented his farm and moved to Arcadia, where he lived until 1580, and while there worked some at his trade. He then returned to the farm. In 1882 he completed his present dwelling, which occu- pied the site of his first home. ITis large barn was built in 1880.
Mr. Weismolek was married in Prussia. in 1848, to Mary Fanza, by whom he had three children: Frank. John and Mary. Mrs. Weismołek died in 1850, while they were living in Michigan. His second marriage occurred in Sank county. Wisconsin, in April, 1860, to Ann (Lohr) Neimann, dangh- ter of Christian Lohr. The issne from this marriage was eight children, namely: Mary. now Mrs. Gustav Kirchner; Susa, wife of Peter Rebhahn; Jacob, who wedded Anna Nawizki; Albert, who married Alice Henry, and is now a resident of Seattle, Washington :
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and Lena, Louisa, Naize and Christiana,- all living except the last two named. By her former marriage Mrs. Weismolek had three children: Rosa, now Mrs. Joe Seller; Anna, wife of Andrew Villas; and John, who is with her.
Politically, Mr. Weismolek is a Democrat. He and his family are consistent members of the Catholic Church.
RTHUR TIBBITTS, of Galesville, has been a resident of that village since 1874, where he is engaged in contract- ing and building. He was born in Waldo county, Maine, Jannary 8, 1840, the son of Benjamin Tibbitts, also a native of the Pine Tree State. The family is of English origin, and came from old New England stock. Benjamin Tibbitts was a farmer by occupa- tion, and in 1846 he emigrated to Wisconsin with his family, settling in Sheboygan county. There he cleared up a farm, pur- chasing the claim of a man who had pre- empted the same, and there he lived until death, which occurred September 22, 1873. He was born in 1799, being about seventy- four years of age at the time of his death. Ilis wife, nee Sarah Clark, also a native of Maine, survived her husband several years, passing away April 9, 1885. They were the parents of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, and four sons and the daughters are now living. Lemuel, the eldest surviv- ing member, resides near the old home in Sheboygan county; Amos, the second, owns and occupies the old homestead, which has been in possession of the family since 1846; Arthur is the third in order of birth; Horaer, the youngest, is also a resident of Sheboygan county. The eldest surviving sister is Mrs. Mary Jane Davis, now of Burlington, lowa; !
the second, Elizabeth, now Mrs. Marrill, re- sides in Frontier county, Nebraska, and Ellen L., the youngest of the family, resides at Galesville with Mrs. Tibbitts. The de- ceased members of the family were Solomon, who died early in life; Waldo was a member of the First Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in the war of the Rebellion, and was killed in the celebrated battle of Stone River; Hillard died at about the age of thirty- six years. Four of the brothers fought gal- lantly for their country in the war of the Rebellion, Lemuel in the Twenty-seventh Wisconsin, and Arthur, Waldo and Ilorace in the First.
Arthur Tibbitts, our subject, was reared on the homestead farm in Sheboygan county, and October 1, 1861, enlisted in Com- pany I, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infan- try for three years. Ile participated in many of the most bloody contests of the war, his first important battle being at Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862, where he received a wound in the throat. He fought in the battles of Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Bay- ley's Cross Roads and Chickamauga. On the second day of the last mentioned battle, Sep- tember 20, 1863, he was severely wounded, having been struck by a cannister shot near the spinal column, the ball lodging above the right hip. This shot remained in his body thirteen months and twenty days, when it was removed, and he still has in his posses- sion the ball that came so near terminating his existence. In the same battle he was struck in the left shoulder by a fragment of shell, which disabled for a time the shoulder and arm. He fell in the hands of the enemy, and was taken prisoner and remained on the field ten days, during which time his wounds were not dressed. He was then paroled and taken to Chattanooga, where he remained in the hospital six weeks; was then taken to
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and two weeks later was furloughed and came home. Ile remained at home until May 7, 1864, when he was exchanged and ordered to report at Camp Chase, where he was discharged July 25, of the same year.
1842. There his father, Andrew Getts, died . In 1855 the mother emigrated with her family to Wisconsin, residing for a while in Janesville; they went thenee to Junean eoun- ty and thence to La Crosse.
In 1869 the subject of this sketch engaged Mr. Tibbitts was married, in Mareh, 1866, to Margaret Hardie, daughter of James and Margaret (Bibby) Hardie, natives of Seot- land. She was born near Glasgow, Jannary 14, 1846, and eame to this country when a child with her parents. The family resided two and a half years in Maryland, when they came to Trempealeau county, where the mother died in December, 1888, and the father is still living. Mrs. Tibbitts is one of a family of nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Tibbitts have one son, Ernest, born January 18, 1867, who has at present a Government position in Washington, Distriet of Colum- bia. Mr. Tibbitts is a charter member of Charles Ford Post, at Galesville, of which he is now Commander; and is also a member of the order of United Workmen Politieally, he was formerly a Republican, but is now in business in North La Crosse with Mr. J. B. Canterbury. They did an extensive busi- ness, dealing in grain, flour, provisions, feed, groceries, etc. They had also a branel. busi- ness at Midway. In 1871 Mr. Getts and his partner divided their business interests. the former continuing to do business at La Crosse till 1875, when he located at White- hall. Mr. Lambert was associated in busi- ness with Mr. Getts in Whitehall until his death, which occurred in 1880; then the latter continued alone for a time. when he was joined by Mr. O. P. Larsen. Mr. Getts has long been the principal stock and grain bnyer of Whitehall. He also erected a ware- honse at Eleva, formerly New Chicago. His son is associated in business with him at that point. The family of Mr. Getts consisted of four brothers and two sisters; one of the identified with the Prohibition party. Mr. ' latter is deceased. Mary is the wife of b. and Mrs. Tibbitts are numbered among the esteemed citizens of Galesville. In their religious views they are liberal and progres- sive, and ever forward in whatever tends to promote the social and moral interests of the community in which they live. Knox, of La Crosse; JJohn is a farmer of Trempealean county, with whom the mother resides; Margaret married Mr. C. J. Lam- bert; both she and her husband are deceased; George is a farmer of Trempealeau county, and is unmarried; the subject of this sketch is the next in age. Albert, the youngest, is a farmer and resides in Dakota.
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