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Upon his fathers farm in Lewis county, New York, Charles Alfred Gallo- way spent his youthful days, pursuing his education in the country schools and in the Lowville Academy. In the fall of 1863 he came to the middle west on a visit and in 1864 enlisted as a member of Company I, Thirty-ninth Wis- consin Volunteer Infantry, with which he served as a non-commissioned officer until the expiration of his term. He had received thorough military training while in Lowville Academy and after joining the army he was made first ser- geant. Later he was on guard duty most of the time and participated in the repulse of Forrest's celebrated raid into Memphis.
When the war was over Mr. Galloway returned to Fond du Lac and entered business circles here in a clerical position in the lumber office of Galloway & Hunter. That he soon demonstrated his ability and efficiency is indicated by the fact that his salary of four hundred dollars for the first year was increased to one thousand dollars for the second year. His brother, Edwin H. Galloway, was then a member of the firm. Edwin H. Galloway was also representing his district in the state legislature and while absent in the discharge of his official duties Charles A. Galloway was practically left in charge of the office end of the business. When two years had passed he and W. E. Baker purchased the interest of Edwin H. Galloway, at which time the firm name was changed to Galloway, Hunter & Company. About 1871 Mr. Hunter retired and Messrs. Galloway and Baker associated themselves with M. D. Moore, who had a busi- ness already established. The firm style was then changed to Moore, Galloway & Baker, so continuing until 1884, when the business was incorporated under the name of the Moore & Galloway Lumber Company, with a capital of two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. They manufacture sash, doors, blinds and interior finishing, and own and operate a sawmill. They employ all told in Fond du Lac and in other plants at Galloway, Wisconsin, about three hun- dred and fifty men, and have large timber interests there. This enterprise is not one of secondary importance. It ranks high among the lumber interests of the state with a constantly increasing business, and in its management and control Mr. Galloway and his associates have demonstrated their right to rank with the enterprising citizens of Fond du Lac. Moreover, in other avenues
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Mr. Galloway has extended his efforts, becoming the prime mover in the organi- zation of the Fond du Lac National Bank which was formed in 1887 with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars. He was elected its first presi- dent and still continues in that position.
On the 16th of November, 1869, occurred the marriage of Mr. Galloway and Miss Emma A. Kennedy, a daughter of James Y. and Delia Kennedy, the former still living at the age of ninety-two years. Two children were born of this marriage. Nina G., the elder, became the wife of Frederick L. Drain and died, leaving two children, Malcolm and Constance. Anna Maria is the wife of Henry T. Parr, living at Hood River, Oregon, and they have four children. Mrs. Emma A. Galloway died on the 19th of October, 1883, when thirty-three years of age. She was a native of Vermont as were her parents and a large circle of friends held her in high esteem. On the 5th of September, 1895, Mr. Galloway wedded Miss Flora Jewell, a daughter of Frederick S. Jewell, D. D., an Episcopal minister, and Jane (Chapin) Jewell. There are two children of this marriage. Katherine L. and Dorothy Jewell. Mr. and Mrs. Galloway are members of the Episcopal church and something more of the rules that govern his conduct and shape his life in relation to his fellowmen is indicated by the fact that he belongs to Fidelity Lodge, No. 19, K. P., and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In politics he is a republican and has held several local officers, serving for one term as a member of the county board of supervisors, while for one term he represented the fourth ward on the board of aldermen and for one term was mayor of the city. His administration of municipal affairs was characterized by promptness, efficiency and businesslike methods. He brought to his duties the same qualities that have continuously advanced him in his business career until, honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in in- dustrial and financial circles in Fond du Lac.
WILLIAM E. HASELTINE.
William E. Haseltine is secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Ripon Light & Water Company, with which enterprise he has been connected since 1899, and with the steady growth of which he has been actively identified since that time. He was born in Schofield, Wisconsin, June 7, 1874, and is a son of Charles P. and Ella G. (Gooding) Haseltine, the former a native of New York and the latter of Illinois. The parents removed from Illinois to Schofield, Marathon county, Wisconsin, in 1871, and in that city the father followed the lumber business for some time. He was a son of Ebenezer Haseltine and his grandfather was Ebenezer, Sr. The latter was a descendant of John Haseltine who came with his brother Robert from England in 1634 and located in Massa- chusetts. Ebenezer Haseltine, Sr., was a minister, in Vermont for many years. He married Margaret McClary, a daughter of Major Andrew McClary who was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill. Charles P. Haseltine, the father of our sub- ject, left Wisconsin for Minneapolis in 1884 and remained in Minnesota until 1890 when he returned to Wisconsin and purchased the Oakwood Hotel at Green Lake. He was active in the management of this institution until 1904 when he sold his interests and came to Ripon where he has since resided. He is prominent in the Masonic order and belongs to Ripon lodge, F. & A. M. He is the father of five children : Mrs. J. W. Wright of Ripon, Wisconsin ; William E., the subject of this sketch; Emma, at home; Mrs. A. B. Carter, of Ripon; and Mrs. L. C. Vincent, who makes her home in Idaho.
William E. Haseltine received his primary education in the public schools of Minnesota and attended high school in that state. He supplemented this educa-
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tion by a course in the Massachusetts Institution of Technology at Boston. When he laid aside his books he went to Alaska where he remained for two years. In 1899 he came to Ripon and bought a large amount of stock in the Ripon Light & Water Company, and was appointed secretary, treasurer and general manager of that institution. He has been active in that capacity ever since. The enterprise with which he is connected was organized as the Ripon Water Company in 1889. Its founders were C. E. Gray, J. Rollo Grey and G. A. Farwell, who were active in its affairs until 1894. In that year they pur- chased the Ripon Gas Company and the firm name was changed to Ripon Light & Water Company. The officers of the institution have changed several times between the years 1894 and 1899 when Mr. Haseltine bought his interest. In that year the following officers, who have remained in the same capacity since that time were elected : C. P. Haseltine, president; W. E. Haseltine, secretary, treasurer and general manager ; J. W. Wright, director ; and D. N. M. Harwood, director. Under Mr. Haseltine's administration and during the period of his identification with the Ripon Light & Water Company extensive improvements have been made in the plant. In 1911 the entire electric light department was rebuilt and many additions made to its equipment. In 1910 and 1911 the com- pany tapped springs one mile outside of the city and thus gained a new and more efficient water supply for Ripon. The business has had a steady growth since 1899 and much of its success is due to the business ability of William E. Haseltine.
On December 20, 1905, Mr. Haseltine was united in marriage to Miss Flo- rence Reed, a daughter of Judge L. E. Reed, a prominent justice of Ripon, and they are the parents of one son, William Reed. Fraternally Mr. Haseltine holds membership in Ripon lodge, F. & A. M., and Berlin Commandery, K .T. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. He is a thorough and con- scientious business man, keenly alive to modern commercial developments. He has improved and extended the business with which he is identified and has operated the Ripon Light & Water Company along modern and progressive lines. His success has been continuous for many years and is the natural result of his hard work and conspicuous ability.
MARTIN KAEDING.
Among those who have achieved prominence as men of marked business abil- ity and substantial personal worth in Fond du Lac county is Martin Kaeding, vice president of the Eden State Bank. As the result of a career of continuous activity which has ever been characterized by a marked spirit of progress and advancement, he has attained a most creditable degree of success and at the same time has won and held the unqualified respect and esteem of his fellowmen. He is one of Germany's contributions to the citizenship of the United States, his birth having there occurred on the IIth of September, 1844. His parents, Christian and Christina (Eickmann) Kaeding, were also natives of the father- land and came to the United States in 1866, the family home being established in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where they continued their residence until the time of their death. The father passed away in 1903, at the age of ninety-five years, and the mother's death occurred in 1881, when she was sixty-five years of age.
Martin Kaeding, who is one of five children born to his parents, attended the public schools of his native land until fourteen years of age, and then put aside his text-books to learn the wagonmaker's trade. He was engaged at that trade in Germany until 1862, when, irresistibly attracted by the reports which he heard concerning the opportunities offered by the new country lying across the Atlantic, he came to the United States with an uncle, arriving here four years previous to the settlement of his father's family in this country. He made his way direct
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to Wisconsin, locating in the city of Fond du Lac, where he worked at wagon- making for the succeeding eight months, after which he went to Iowa and fol- lowed his trade in that state for one year. Chicago, Illinois, then became the scene of his activities but he remained in that city for only two months, returning at the expiration of that period to Fond du Lac, arriving there in 1864. Through- out the following sixteen years he devoted his entire time and attention to his trade and became recognized as one of the most skillful workmen in his line in the community, having thoroughly mastered every detail of the wagon-maker's business. After crossing the threshold of business life the question of wage had ever been a secondary matter with him, as his first thought always was of the knowledge and experience which he might acquire from each successive step in his career. Holding, therefore, to the policy, "What is worth doing at all is worth doing well," he sought to bring to a successful completion everything he under- took, and to this commendable policy he attributes the success which has come to him in recent years. In 1880 he withdrew from the occupation to which the years of his early manhood had been devoted and, removing to Eden township, established a lime and stone business in partnership with the Nast brothers, ex- tended mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. That enterprise occupied his attention for two years, after which he sold his interest in the same to his partners and in 1882 opened a general mercantile store at Marblehead, which he conducted for the succeeding twenty-seven years. Success in large measure attended his efforts in his mercantile venture and in 1910, with the fortune which he had accumulated, he assisted in the establishment of the Eden State Bank, his associates in that venture being his son Herman, George Flood and the Nast brothers. Mr. Kaeding was elected to the office of vice president of that institution and has since given his entire attention to the performance of the duties which devolve upon him in connection with this position. From its inception the bank has enjoyed an unusually successful and prosperous growth, the amount of its deposits exceeding that of banks in many of the larger towns of the county. Throughout his entire active career Mr. Kaeding has exhibited exceptional business acumen and at the same time his methods have been so honorable and just that he has firmly established himself in the regard, con- fidence and good-will of all with whom he has had business dealings.
In 1869 Mr. Kaeding was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Nast, a daughter of William Nast, a prominent citizen of Fond du Lac county. Mr. Kaeding made the acquaintance of the Nast family while coming to the United States from the fatherland, in 1862. To Mr. and Mrs. Kaeding have been born ten chil- dren of whom the eight living are, Herman, Mrs. Louise Abel, Mrs. Emma Hagendorn, Amelia, Martin W., Albert, Lillian and Mrs. Anna Bartell. The family reside on a well improved farm which Mr. Kaeding purchased in 1891, located a short distance north of the village of Eden.
Mr. Kaeding finds spiritual guidance in the teachings of the German Lutheran church, of which he is an active and helpful member and a liberal supporter. He gives his political support to the democratic party and although he prefers the quiet of private life he has again and again been called upon to accept public positions of trust and responsibility, the duties of which he has ever performed with marked ability and efficiency. In the years of 1876-7-8, while a resident of Fond du Lac he represented the old eighth ward as alderman, thus taking his initial step in public life only fourteen years after arriving in a strange land, a youth among strange people and surrounded by strange customs. His worth was recognized and the efficiency with which he served in that office recommended him for other honors. In 1879 he was elected town supervisor, serving in that capacity for two years. In 1886 he was appointed postmaster at Marblehead, acting in that capacity for twenty-one years and in 1902 contrary to his wishes his fellow citizens insisted that he accept the office of town assessor, which posi- tion he filled for four years. For nineteen years in Eden township he has served as
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justice of the peace and he has held the office of supervisor of the town of Eden for several years, notwithstanding his repeated efforts to retire from public life. In 1908 he was chosen town chairman, which office he still holds. His long continuance in public office has strengthened the position which he gained for himself during private life in the esteem and admiration of his fellowmen, and today he ranks among the most valued and representative citizens of Fond du Lac county.
LOUIE A. LANGE.
Louie A. Lange is president and manager of the Reporter Printing Company and one of the democratic leaders of Wisconsin. Throughout his entire busi- ness career he has been identified with newspaper publication and has placed the Fond du Lac Reporter on a par with the ablest journals of the middle west. Energy, determination and laudable ambition have characterized him at every step in his career. He was born in Chicago, May 31, 1854, a son of August A. Lange, who was born in Germany. Because of the elder Lange's support of the revolution of 1848 he incurred his government's displeasure and was forced to flee to the new world, coming with Carl Schurz. He settled first in Philadelphia and in that city was married. Subsequently he lived for a time in Chicago after his arrival in the middle west and in 1856 removed with his family to Fond du Lac. In his native country he had learned the upholsterer's trade and in this city he entered into partnership for the conduct of an up- holstering business with Frederick Sander, the firm of Sander & Lange con- ducting their establishment at 45 North Main street. They were together until a disastrous fire destroyed their establishment on July 4, 1861. August A. Lange then went to Milwaukee but subsequently returned to Fond du Lac, where he died November 1, 1870, at the age of fifty-seven years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Catharine Ann Trumbauer, long survived him, passing away March 2, 1902, at the age of seventy-nine years. Their children were: Henry B., deceased; Louie A .; Edwin, living in Denver, Colorado; Eberhart A., of De Pere; Anna M., the wife of J. A. Wilkie, of Fond du Lac; Adele, the wife of Dr. G. A. Hildreth, of New York city ; and Albert, deceased. The son Henry was a soldier of the Civil war, serving with the thirty-second Illinois Regiment, and at the time of his death he held membership in E. A. Brown Post, G. A. R., at Fond du Lac.
Louie A. Lange was born in Chicago, May 31, 1854, and when but two years of age was brought by his parents to Wisconsin, and was a student in the old Harvey Street school of Fond du Lac until 1861, when a removal was made to Milwaukee. At the age of fourteen years he entered the office of J. W. & A. L. Cary, attorneys of that city, as office boy, and continued his edu- cation in evening school. In 1870 he returned to Fond du Lac where he began learning the printer's trade in the office of the Journal, conducted by Edward Beeson. There he gradually worked his way upward as he mastered the dif- ferent phases of the business and at length was made assistant foreman of the Daily Journal, in which capacity he continued during the Greeley campaign of 1872. He next entered the office of the Saturday Reporter, of which John Beeson was proprietor, and served as foreman until 1873. At the same time he did duty in the postoffice news room. He removed to LaPorte, Indiana, in 1873, and there cast his first presidential vote for Samuel J. Tilden. He was city editor of the LaPorte Chronicle until 1877, when he returned to Fond du Lac as city editor of the Commonwealth. In 1882 he went to Milwaukee to accept the position of reporter on the Evening Wisconsin and was offered the city editorship but declined and returned to Fond du Lac as business manager
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of the Commonwealth, with which he remained until the Ist of January, 1883, when he purchased a half interest in the Reporter office. On the 3Ist of March, of that year, he established the Daily Reporter and in 1885 purchased the entire plant. Subsequently he purchased the Journal plant, on which paper he had served his apprenticeship in 1870, and merged this with the Reporter, establish- ing the Reporter Printing Company, of which he is the president and manager. He is now conducting business under that name with Emory Martin one of the earlier Daily Reporter carriers as secretary; A. H. Lange, his nephew, as treasurer and cashier; A. H. Tuttle, who entered apprenticeship under him in the Journal offices in 1870, as superintendent of the job department; and Charles Coffman, formerly one of the Reporter local reporters as managing editor. The company publishes the Daily Reporter, which goes into many hun- dreds of homes each day except Sunday. Current events and local happen- ings are tersely and interestingly told and courtesy is made a feature of the publication.
Mr. Lange in 1890 was elected democratic alderman and by his associates was chosen president of the council and president of the board of education He has also been a member of the library board. In 1892 he was chosen to rep- resent his district in the lower branch of the Wisconsin legislature and was re- elected to a fourth term. He was the leader of the democratic minority in the assembly and three times was named as the party candidate for speaker. In 1901 he was the democratic candidate for senator in the republican eighteenth district, and in 1908 was democratic candidate for secretary of state. He has been honored by his party with the secretaryship of several of the party state conventions and with other positions of important political duties. He has de- clined to enter the field for nomination for any political office since 1904 al- though nominations have been offered him.
On the 5th of June, 1883, Louie A. Lange was married to Miss Jennie Vaughn, who died January 29, 1899. In 1903 he wedded Rose A. LaBlanche. a daughter of Lucille (LaBeau) LaBlanche. Mr. Lange is active in the Elks organization as well as in the United Commercial Travelers and has held office in both. Practically his entire life has been spent in Fond du Lac.
WILLIAM POOL.
William Pool is a native of Wisconsin, the son of a pioneer and is one of the best known among the early settlers in Fond du Lac county. He is the leading merchant in Campbellsport, is president of the village and has been its postmaster since 1870, serving continuously with the exception of four years during Cleveland's administration. His large general store is intelligently operated and conducted along modern and progressive business lines, entitling him to be ranked among the important forces in the growth and development of the village. He was born in Walworth county, April 10, 1846, at Gardner's Prairie and is a son of William and Mary (Bell) Pool, natives of Scotland. The father was born in 1816 and crossed the Atlantic to America in 1832, mak- ing the journey alone. His father was a general merchant in Scotland and sent his son to Canada to open a store. He was accompanied by a clerk, who was to aid in the conduct and management of the business but the enterprise never came to an issue. William Pool, Sr., went into the office of the Imperial land commissioner and here he worked for four or five years. In the meantime the Bell family, consisting of Mary, John and George, had come to Canada but not liking that country, moved into what was then the territory of Wisconsin, settling in Gardner's Prairie. The father of our subject soon followed and in 1839 settled in that section, where he married Miss Mary Bell. He afterward
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rented land and followed general agriculture in Walworth county until 1846. In September of that year he came to Fond du Lac county, purchasing eighty acres of land in Auburn township, to which he later added an adjoining eighty acres. The property was covered with heavy timber and had never been touched by a plow. Mr. Pool built a log house on it and for more than forty years made this his home. He was one of the earliest pioneers in Wisconsin, a suc- cessful, prosperous and enterprising farmer and a loyal and upright citizen. He died soon after his retirement from active life, at, the home of his daughter Margaret, in Auburn township, at the age of seventy-seven. His wife passed away in 1879, when she was sixty-three years of age.
William Pool, of this review, was one of eight children born to his parents. He was educated in the district school and attended the high school at Omro. He then became a student in the De Land Business College at Fond du Lac, fitting himself in all commercial branches taught there with the intention of becoming a merchant. In 1867 he came to New Cassel, now Campbellsport, and after a year spent as a clerk in Helmer's store he purchased an interest in the business, .which was afterward operated under the firm name of Pool, Helmer & Weise for one year. At the end of that time Mr. Helmer sold his interest to his two partners, who continued the operation of the business until 1875, when Mr. Weise sold out to J. V. Harter. The firm name was then changed to Pool & Harter and the enterprise was conducted under this title until 1887, when Mr. Pool purchased his partner's interest in the business and has since been an in- dependent merchant. He has one of the largest and most attractive stores in Campbellsport and seeks always to keep his lines complete and his stock attractively arranged. His ample patronage is evidence of his success.
In 1877 Mr. Pool was united in marriage to Miss Martha L. Angel, a resident of Atlanta, Illinois, whose birth occurred in Waynesville. Her father, A. L. Angel, was born in Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Pool became the parents of three children : Mary, who died in infancy; Jesse L .; and Arthur, who passed away at the age of twelve. Mrs. Pool belongs to the Baptist church.
In his political views the subject of this sketch is a consistent republican and is one of the public-spirited citizens of his community. He is president of the village of Campbellsport, where his power of organization and his con- structive energy are prominent factors in his successful administration. He has been postmaster since 1870, having been appointed to this position when the town was still called New Cassel and having served continuously with the ex- ception of the four years of Mr. Cleveland's presidency. He is justly numbered among the important business men of his section and his integrity and sagacity are well known. He is public-spirited in a marked degree and gives his loyal support to every movement which tends to advance the best interests of his county and home locality. He has aided his town in growth and development in a business, political and social way, evidencing in all his activities the loyalty, energy and unselfish interest which are the essential qualities of public spirit.
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