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Benjamin Wild by his long years of uninterrupted devotion to business is justly entitled to be numbered among the influential and successful business men of this part of Wisconsin. He is a man of great energy and safe and con- servative business practice. His influence and help is available whenever any measure of a public nature is brought up affecting the social, business and educational advancement of the people of his county.
FRED KRAUSE.
Fred Krause was the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land in Metomen township, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, which he acquired in a course of a long life spent in agriculture. It is one of the highly improved and developed farms of the district, and its excellent condition is entirely the product of Mr. Krause's energy and enterprise. He has now abandoned his personal identification with the labors of the field and is living retired in the village of Brandon. He was born in Pommern, Germany, May 20, 1846, and was a son of David and Mary (Haase) Krause, both natives of the fatherland. David Krause was born in 1813 and spent his life in Germany as a shepherd. He came to the United States about the year 1881, and until the time of his death made his home with our subject. He passed away in Metomen township, Fond du Lac county, in 1902. His wife, whose birth occurred in 1823, came to America with her husband and died in 1889.
Fred Krause was educated in the public schools of his native country and spent his childhood and early manhood in Germany. He came to the United States in 1872, locating first in Metomen township, Fond du Lac county, where he worked at various occupations, accepting any employment which would add to his income. After three years of this life he had acquired sufficient capital to rent a farm, and upon this property he remained for fourteen years, operating it intelligently and successfully. At the end of that time he purchased one hun- dred and twenty acres in the same section and began its cultivation. He made various improvements, added to the barns and outbuildings and carried on farm- ing along the most progressive and modern lines, planting his fields in the most suitable grain. From time to time he made other purchases of land until his farm comprised three hundred and twenty acres, excellently cultivated and intelli- gently developed. He remained upon this property until the fall of 1902, when he retired and removed to the village of Brandon. During his active agricul- tural life he was one of the prominent and representative farmers of his dis- trict. Aside from his general activities along this line he specialized in the
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breeding and raising of high-grade stock for the market. His enterprise con- stantly increased in size as his soil grew more productive, and during one year he threshed over six thousand bushels of grain. He kept a dairy and had twenty- four cows for this purpose. Since taking up his residence in Brandon he has become actively interested in the growth and welfare of that village. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator Company and a willing promoter of any movement looking toward further progress and expansion.
On the 17th of September, 1872, Mr. Krause was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Karow, a daughter of George Karow, a native of Germany. Mrs. Krause's mother died in the old country, and after her demise her husband came to America, settling in Minnesota, where he made his home with his chil- dren until his death. Mrs. Krause was born in Germany on July 16, 1845, and died in the village of Brandon, Fond du Lac county, on the 7th of May, 1912. She and her husband became the parents of four children: Eda born March 28, 1874, who is the wife of Richard Greenwalt, a farmer in Fond du Lac county ; Herman, born September 17, 1877, in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, who is engaged in agriculture in Metomen township; Emma, whose birth occurred on the 29th of February, 1880, and who is at home; and August, born July II, 1881, in Fond du Lac county, and who is farming in Metomen township.
In his political views Mr. Krause is a consistent republican and served for six years as a member of the board of supervisors of Metomen township. He affiliates with the Lutheran church of Brandon. He is now living retired, but his long and active agricultural career has established him among the men who, by careful and expert management of a private enterprise, have added to the resources of the community.
WILLIAM FREDRICH BRUETT.
William Fredrich Bruett, a concrete contractor of Fond du Lac, has been engaged in business along that line for the past nine years and is also the pro- prietor of a plant, manufacturing concrete blocks: His birth occurred in Fond du Lac on the 15th of July, 1875, his parents being Andrew H. and Mary F. (Gromme) Bruett. The father was born in Germany in 1833, while the mother's birth occurred in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1839. Andrew H. Bruett came to. Wis- consin in 1853 and took up his abode in Fond du Lac. For a period of thirty years he was successfully engaged in business as a merchant and general furniture salesman. His wife, who came to Fond du Lac in 1849, with her parents, is one of the well known and highly esteemed pioneer women of the city. A. H. Bruett married Mary F. Gromme in 1854 in Fond du Lac. Unto them were born eleven children, eight of whom are still living. Andrew H., Jr., a resi- dent of Milwaukee, wedded Miss Regina Keyser, of Fond du Lac, and has six children: Joseph, Arthur, William, Paula, Norma and Erma. Tillman, who also lives in Milwaukee, married Miss Julia Abel, of Fond du Lac, and has two children, Elmer and Thusnelda. Henry is a widower and makes his home in Fond du Lac. Theodore, a resident of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, married Miss Flora Gehde, of Antigo, Wisconsin, by whom he has three children: William, Norma and Fredericka. William F., of this review, is the next in order of birth. Henrietta gave her hand in marriage to Paul Kummerow, a wholesale liquor merchant of Fond du Lac, and is now the mother of three children: Paul, Jr., Andrew and Tillman. Emily became the wife of Philip Theaubaville, of Milwaukee, who is a machinist. Erna is the wife of Reine Rush, of Mil- waukee, a conductor on the Soo Line and has two children, Frieda and Victor C., living in Fond du Lac. Andrew H. Bruett died in 1908 at the age of seventy- four years and eight months, while his widow survives.
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William Fredrich Bruett attended school at the German English academy of Fond du Lac until seventeen years of age and then went north, being employed in his brother's lumber mill and in the lumber woods for one year. Subsequently he spent four years as baggage master in the service of the Chicago & Northwest- ern Railway Company and then served for three years as sidewalk inspector for Fond du Lac. In 1903 he embarked in the concrete construction business on his own account and in this line of work has enjoyed continued success to the present time. He is also engaged in the manufacture of a concrete block that has come into general use as its merit has been proven and has become known.
On the 5th of March, 1908, Mr. Bruett was united in marriage to Miss Ger- trude Tilsner, a daughter of Dr. H. L. Tilsner, of Milwaukee. They have two children, Virginia F. and Harold P.
In politics Mr. Bruett is a progressive republican and is widely recognized as an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. He enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war as a member of Company E, Second Wisconsin Volun- teer Infantry, and was mustered in at Milwaukee in April, 1898. He went south with his regiment and also to Porto Rico, and served until the close of hostilities, making a most creditable record as a soldier. He belongs to the United Spanish War Veterans. the Business Men's Association, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Turn Verein. His re- ligious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Paul's Catholic church. He is proud of the fact that he was a member of the Company E basket ball team which in 1904 won the championship of America by defeating such teams as Yale and Cincinnati and in fact all the most prominent basket ball teams of the country. He is yet a young man but has attained success that many an older man might well envy. Practically his entire life has been spent in the city of his nativity and the improvement of his opportunities, combined with his unassail- able business integrity, has constituted the source of that prosperity which has come to him.
WILLIAM B. INGLIS.
For over forty years Wiliam B. Inglis has been a resident of Fond du Lac county and by successful, prosperous and progressive agriculture has added to the wealth of the section in its resources and to the standards and quality of its citizenship. He is now living retired in Brandon after an active and useful life. He was born in Ashkirk, Scotland, October 15, 1847, and is the son of William and Isabelle (Glendinning) Inglis, both natives of that country. The father was a farmer and followed that occupation in Scotland, where he died in 1880. His wife's death had occurred long before, in 1865. To their union were born six children but the subject of this sketch was the only one who came to the United States.
William B. Inglis remained with his father, aiding him in the work of the farm until he was twenty-four years of age. In coming to America he was in- fluenced by accounts of the rich opportunities and advantages to be met with in the new world. He arrived in this country in 1871. having made the journey alone. He located first in Canada and later in Waupun, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, where for some time he worked as a farm laborer. He was am- bitious and energetic and saved his money until he was able to purchase eighty acres in Metomen township, which he cultivated and brought to a highly de- veloped state. He sold this property in 1890 and located in the village of Brandon, where he is now residing.
In 1873 Mr. Inglis was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Hopkins, whose parents were natives of England. They came to the United States at an early
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day, locating in Waupun, where the father died. He was survived by his wife, who passed away about 1897. To Mr. and Mrs. Inglis have been born seven children : Elizabeth, the wife of Lewis Kurth, a bookkeeper for the Lewiston Land & Orchard Company of Lewiston, Idaho; William, a conductor in the em- ploy of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company with headquarters at Spokane, Washington; John, who is following agriculture in Lewiston, Idaho; Isabelle, the wife of Ernest Merrels, an engineer of Portage, Wisconsin ; Andrew, a con- ductor in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, of Port- age; Ella, who holds the position of stenographer for the Lewiston Land & Orchard Company, of Lewiston, Idaho, and who is a graduate of the Brandon high school and the Badger College at Milwaukee; and David, who is in busi- ness in Waupun.
In his political affiliations Mr. Inglis is a consistent democrat but is not active in public life. He and his wife are members of the Congregational church of Brandon. For many years he was widely known as an enterprising and repre- sentative agriculturist who maintained a policy in his business dealings which was above reproach and a standard of agriculture which has brought him hon- orable and gratifying prosperity.
JOHN F. LINER.
John F. Liner, one of the well known agriculturists of Springvale township, is the owner of a valuable and productive farm of eighty-three acres on sec- tion 31 and in its operation has won a gratifying measure of success. His birth occurred on the home farm in Waupun township, Fond du Lac county, on the 30th of June, 1866, his parents being Patrick and Bridget (Riley) Liner, of whom more extended mention is made on another page of this work in con- nection with the sketch of James P. Liner, a brother of our subject. In the acquirement of an education John F. Liner attended district school No. 4 and when not busy with his text-books asisted in the work of the home farm. After attaining his majority he operated the place on shares in association with his brother Henry for a period of four years. He was married at the age of thirty-four years and established his home on the farm of eighty-three acres which has since been his place of residence and which was given him by his father. He cultivates the cereals best adapted to soil and climate, also raises stock to some extent and has a dairy herd of high-grade Durham cows. Mr. Liner is a stockholder of the Farmers Elevator Company of Brandon and as- sisted in its organization. His undertakings have been attended with excel- lent results, for he is a man of untiring energy and perseverance as well as good business ability.
On the 3d of June, 1900, Mr. Liner was united in marriage to Miss Katie Bastick, a daughter of John and Mary Bastick, who were born in Ireland and still reside in that country. The father was for years employed as clerk in a store and also acted as overseer of a logging camp in the lumber regions of the Emerald isle. The ten children of Mr. and Mrs. Bastick are as follows: John, James and Patrick, all of whom are residents of Ireland; Mrs. Katie Liner ; Margaret, the wife of John Rooney, a postoffice employe of New York city ; Mary, who gave her hand in marriage to John Glazel, a bricklayer of New York city; Annie, the wife of Mark Pettit, a plumber of Rice Lake, Wisconsin ; and Bridget, Ellen and Jennie, all in Ireland. In 1884 Katie Bastick crossed the Atlantic to the United States, locating in New York city, where she made her home for a period of sixteen years. It was while visiting relatives in the eastern metropolis that John F. Liner met, wooed and won her. They are now the parents of four children, namely: John, who was born on the 30th of
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April, 1901, and attends district school No. 8 of Springvale township; Mary, whose birth occurred on the 20th of May, 1903, and who attends that school ; Josephine, born September 28, 1904, who is also a student in district school No. 8; and Lester, who was born on the 10th of November, 1906, and is like- wise in school.
At the polls Mr. Liner supports the men and measures of the democracy, believing firmly in the principles of that party. He is a devoted communi- cant of the Roman Catholic church of Springvale township, to which his wife and children also belong. In the community where his entire life has been spent he is well known and highly esteemed as a progressive agriculturist and respected citizen.
JOHN A. BEYERS.
John A. Beyers is now living in the village of Brandon, in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin. For many years he was prominently identified with farm- ing in its modern and progressive aspects and in his operation of a fine tract of land, comprising one hundred and sixty acres, in Alto township did active work in scientific agriculture. Mr. Beyers was born in Fond du Lac county, on April 13, 1861, and is a son of John H. and Henrietta (Te Brake) Beyers, both natives of Holland. His father was born on the 13th of July, 1837, and came to the United States when he was fourteen years of age. He located first in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he learned the carpenter's trade, and for five years followed that industry. He came to Fond du Lac county at the end of that time, locating in Alto township, where he engaged in his chosen occupation for a short time. He later bought eighty acres of land and farmed for a number of years. In 1886 he removed to Nobles county, Minnesota, and purchased three hundred and twenty acres, upon which he is still residing. While a resident of Fond du Lac county, he was active as an agriculturist and intelligently interested in public affairs. As treasurer of his township he did efficient and progressive work for four years. The mother of our subject was born in The Netherlands, on February 11, 1836, and came to America with her parents when she was only seven years of age. They located in Milwaukee and here both her mother and father died. The parents of our subject were married in June, 1860, and to their union were born four children: John A., the subject of this sketch; Abram, a farmer in Nobles county, Minnesota; Minnie, the wife of Lewis Dangerman, a farmer living in Nobles county ; and Hattie, the wife of Edward Vanderbush, who follows agriculture in the same section.
John A. Beyers was reared at home and was educated in the public schools of Fond du Lac county. He learned the carpenter's trade under his father's supervision and worked at it until his marriage in 1894. In that year he bought fifty acres in Alto township, to which he added from time to time until he is now the proprietor of one hundred and sixty acres of the most fertile and productive land in the section. For twelve years he was successful in general farming and brought his land to a high state of improvement and development. He added stock-raising to his activities and raised high-grade horses and cattle for the market. He operated a sanitary and modern dairy, keeping a herd of twenty-three cows for this purpose. He sold his product to the Alto Dairy at Waupun, Wisconsin, of which enterprise he is now a stockholder.
In 1906 Mr. Beyers moved to Brandon, although he still retains ownership of his farm. He located in the village of Brandon, where he is now interested in many local enterprises. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator and is extensively interested in the East Alto Telephone Company. He has also inves- ted in the Farmers Elevator at Waupun and is a man of varied and effective interests.
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In 1894, Mr. Beyers was united in marriage to Miss Ella Bruins, a daughter of Andrew and Ellen (Glewen) Bruins, both natives of Gelderland, Holland, where the father was born on December 3, 1827. He came to the United States when he was a youth of eighteen and located in Alto township, Fond du Lac county, where he took up eighty acres of government land. He was successful in agriculture but in 1868 rented his original property and removed to another farm, comprising one hundred and twenty acres. He added to his holdings from time to time and carried on his agriculture along the most progressive and modern lines. At the time of his death he owned over seven hundred acres, all of which was under cultivation and highly improved. He died at Mackford, Green Lake county, Wisconsin, on December 14, 1904. Mrs. Beyers' mother came to the United States when she was a young woman, locating first in Chicago and later coming to Alto township, Fond du Lac county. Her marriage occurred on October 21, 1851, and to this union were born seven children: Henrietta, the wife of William Lemmennes, a farmer of Alto township; Henry, who is engaged in agriculture in Metomen township; John and Anna, deceased; Mina, the wife of Albert Lemmennes; Ella, the wife of our subject; and Andrew, who is engaged in the real-estate business in Waupun, Wisconsin. Mrs. Beyers' mother died on October 19, 1902, in Fond du Lac county. Our subject and his wife became the parents of six children: Alice Henrietta, born November 2, 1895, who is now attending the high school and is living at home; Hazel Annice, whose birth occurred on the 27th of February, 1897; Elton John, born September 13, 1899; Harrison Lee whose natal day was April 17, 1901; Evelyn Ruth, born July 2, 1907; and Junice Alberta, who was born July 12, 1910, and passed away on the 20th of March, 1912.
In his political affiliations Mr. Beyers is a loyal member of the republican party and takes an intelligent interest in local affairs, although he is not per- sonally active in politics. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed church of Alto and to this faith his wife also gives her allegiance. He possesses keen in- telligence, which during his active years directed his agriculture to the accom- plishment of his ambition along this line, and a steadfastness and a singleness of purpose which found their reward in his unqualified success. He is dis- tinctively a representative citizen of Fond du Lac county and a native son whose life record is a credit to his community.
FRED G. STROUP.
Fred G. Stroup is now engaged in the cultivation of three hundred acres of rich Wisconsin land which he occupies and is specializing in the breeding of high- grade cattle and horses. He was born on the 16th of April, 1878, in the town- ship of Byron, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, and is a son of Uriah and Medora (Treleven) Stroup. His father was a native of New York state where his birth occurred on the 5th of February, 1831. He came to Wisconsin with his parents when he was fifteen years of age and settled in Dane county where he remained for three years. At the end of that time he came to Dodge county and made his home in that section for fourteen years. He spent three years in Lamartine, Fond du Lac county, and from there came to Byron township in 1866. He was active in the operation of his farm of four hundred and forty acres until his death on August 21, 1911. His wife was born May 15, 1855, and is a daughter of Joseph D. Treleven, the original owner of the family homestead. To their union were born seven children: Francis N., who lived in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ; Lorabelle, who died in childhood; Fred G., the subject of this sketch ; Marabelle, who has passed away ; Marian, who makes her home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ; Everard U., who died in 1911; and Sarah Helen, who passed away when she was one year old.
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Fred G. Stroup received his education in the district schools of Byron town- ship and also attended the local high school. He later entered the Fond du Lac high school where he pursued his studies until he was eighteen years of age. He spent two years following his graduation assisting his father in the work of the farm and then started in active life for himself. He rented a four hundred and forty acre farm and worked it on shares for ten years and has since been engaged principally in the breeding and selling of high-grade stock. He now has seventy- five head of cattle and twenty horses and is known throughout Fond du Lac county as an expert in this line of activity.
On March 23, 1909, Mr. Stroup was united in marriage to Mrs. Frone H. (Thorpe) Butler, a daughter of William G. and Clara Thorpe, of Fond du Lac. Mrs. Stroup was before her marriage to Mr. Stroup the widow of Mark S. Butler, who was during his life a telegraph operator in Byron township where his father has lived for the past sixty years. By her former marriage Mrs. Stroup has three children: Harriett E., Clarabelle A., and Sarah A. To Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Stroup has been born one child, Helen Elizabeth.
Politically Mr. Stroup gives his allegiance to the republican party and is actively interested in the affairs of his district. He has served with great suc- cess as road supervisor. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and is a prominent figure in its affairs. He is one of the prosperous and progressive farmers of Byron township and is well known in that district as a man who can be relied upon to cooperate in any movement looking toward its future development.
AUGUST BORCHARDT.
August Borchardt, who successfully operates a tract of eighty-five acres on section 23, Springvale township, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, was born on August 12, 1876, in Montpelier township, Kewaunee county, Wisconsin. He is a son of Herman and Amelia (Thurow) Borchardt, both natives of Germany, a more extended mention of whom is made in another part of this volume.
August Borchardt was educated in the English and German schools of Ke- waunee county, Wisconsin, and when he was seventeen years of age came to Fond du Lac county and worked on a farm in Waupun. He later came to Springvale township and was employed in the same capacity until 1900 when he established himself as an independent agriculturist, buying his present tract of land compris- ing eighty-five acres on section 23. He moved upon his holdings almost imme- diately afterward and began the cultivation of his land along modern lines. He has succeeded in bringing his enterprise to a flourishing and prosperous condition. He specializes in the raising and breeding of high-grade stock and operates a sanitary and model dairy, keeping a herd of twelve cows for this purpose. He has his land in excellent condition and has made needed improvements from time to time.
August Borchardt married Miss Matilda Schmidt, a daughter of August and Amelia (Berger) Schmidt, both natives of Germany where they now reside, and where the father follows the occupation of laborer. Mrs. Borchardt is one of five children born to her parents, the others being William, Wanda, Minnie and Martha. She was born in Germany and came to America in 1900, settling in Brandon, Wisconsin, where she married. To Mr. and Mrs. Borchardt have been born five children: Elsie, whose birth occurred on February 17. 1901, and who is now attending school in district No. I, Springvale township; William, born January 30, 1903, also attending school ; August, whose birth occurred on the 15th of June, 1904, and who is a student in the public schools; Arthur, born Septem- ber 4, 1907 ; and Dorothy, whose natal day was February 5. 1909.
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