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P. F. Dorschel was educated in Canada and also took up the carpenter's trade, which he followed at intervals in connection with farming. He went to Chilton. Wisconsin, in 1886 and started in the produce business in con- nection with his uncles, who constituted the firm of L. D. Dorschel & Brother. With them he continued for three and a half years and then came to Green Bay, establishing a business at this point for his uncles and conduct- ing it with success for four years, or until 1895. At that time he was admitted to a partnership but the old firm name was retained. After three years L. D. Dorschel withdrew from the business, subsequent to which time P. F. Dorschel and his uncle Gregory carried on the business from 1898 until
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1904. On the expiration of that period the nephew purchased the uncle's interest and afterward carried on business alone under the name of the Dorschel Produce Company, that style having been adopted in 1898. P. F. Dorschel is equally widely known in connection with banking interests, being now president of The Bank of Green Bay, which was founded by David Decker, whose interests have since been purchased by the present stockholders. On the reorganization of the business Mr. Dorschel was elected vice president and in 1908 was chosen to the presidency. The bank that most carefully safeguards its business in order to protect its depositors is the bank that most merits the public confidence. A recognition of this fact has won for The Bank of Green Bay a prominent place in financial circles. The number of its patrons indicates that the public has recognized a guaran- tee of safety in the strict rules that govern the conduct of this bank and in the large individual means and commercial standing of its shareholders. In addition to his other interests Mr. Dorschel is the vice president of the Murphy Land & Investment Company. Whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion and his enterprise is unfaltering, his energy unabating.
On the 15th of June, 1895, in Green Bay, Mr. Dorschel was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Schumacher. a daughter of Querin and Frances Schumacher, the former one of the old-time residents of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Dorschel have five children: Querin, Clarence and Leonard, who are all attending St. Francis school ; Louise ; and Mildred. The family reside at No. 338 St. Quincy street, Mr. Dorschel having purchased an attractive and pleasant home there. In politics he is a democrat but does not seek the honors and emoluments of office as a reward for party fealty. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus and has a large social as well as business ac- quaintance throughout Green Bay and the surrounding country. As a man and citizen he ranks high in public regard and it is a recognized fact that his efforts in a business way have contributed to the upbuilding and prosperity of the city.
THOMAS J. OLIVER, M. D.
Dr. Thomas J. Oliver is one of the best known and most highly es- teemed physicians in Green Bay, with office at No. 603 Minahan building since June, 1905. He was born in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, September 7, 1874, his parents being James and Ellen Oliver. His father, who was a marine engineer on various boats on the Great Lakes, came from England to this country about 1868 and settled in Green Bay in 1876. He is still living in this city and resides at the old homestead. His wife died in 1887 and is buried in the Woodlawn cemetery.
Dr. Oliver received his primary education in the Fort Howard public schools and was graduated from the Green Bay high school in 1894. Im- mediately afterward he entered the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons at Milwaukee and received his medical degree from that in- stitution in 1898. He commenced his professional life in Eden, Fond du
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Lac county, where he engaged in the general practice of medicine from 1898 until 1905. In that year he removed to Green Bay and has been ac- tive and prominent in medical circles of this city since that time. While he was a resident of Eden, he served as health officer ; is now president of the Brown County Medical Society and is prominent in the affairs of the Kewaunee Medical Society.
On September 28, 1899, Dr. Oliver was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Brett, a daughter of Dr. Brett, one of the oldest physicians in Brown county and the founder of the Brown County Medical Society. Dr. and Mrs. Oliver are the parents of three children: James, Elizabeth, and Margaret, all of whom are attending school in Green Bay and living with their parents at No. 900 Third street.
In his political views Dr. Oliver is a socialist. He is a Knights Templar Mason and prominent in the affairs of the Knights of Pythias. He also holds membership in the Order of Odd Fellows and in the Green Bay Turn Verein. He is regarded in this city as one of its progressive and en- terprising physicians, and few men are more popular or more widely known.
GEORGE SENN, M. D.
Science has many rewards to offer to her followers in the shape of fulfilled ambition, satisfaction of intellectual desire and an honored place in the ranks of learned men, but to the real scientist the most precious power which can reward a life of hard study and earnest effort is the ability to aid his fellowmen. A scientist of this sort, a man actively in- terested in the humanitarian side of his profession is Dr. George Senn, a practicing physician of De Pere. He is the son of Henry and Sophia (Findeisen) Senn, who came to Green Bay from Fond du Lac, Wiscon- sin, about 1870. The family is of Swiss origin but has been in this coun- try for a number of years. Henry Senn, the father, followed the occu- pation of school-teaching in Green Bay for some time, but is now residing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. His wife died in 1890.
Dr. Senn received his early education in the public schools of Osh- kosh and later attended the Oshkosh State Normal School, from which he received a life certificate as a teacher. He spent the year 1895-6 teach- ing school in Green Bay, after which time he attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating with the degree of B. S. in 1901. He held a fel- lowship in physiology under Professor Jacques Loeb and spent two years in exhaustive research work under the latter's supervision. In 1903 Dr. Senn received the degree of M. S. from the University of Chicago for post-graduate work. In 1903 he entered Rush Medical College. from which institution he received his M. D. degree in December, 1904. With this splendid educational equipment Dr. Senn began the practice of his chosen profession. He was made house surgeon of St. Joseph's Hospi- tal at St. Joseph, Missouri, and acted in that capacity from January I. 1905, to December 31 of the same year. He began the general practice
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of medicine in St. Joseph, Missouri, and remained in that city for four years. On January 1, 1910, he came to De Pere and opened his present offices. During his residence in St. Joseph he was lieutenant and assist- ant surgeon for three years and later captain and assistant surgeon in the Fourth Regiment of Missouri National Guard. On coming to De Pere in 1910 he continued to specialize in surgery and has gained a reputation dur- ing the two years of his residence in this city as one of the most careful and successful surgeons in Brown county. His medical knowledge is kept up-to- date by continuous and exhaustive reading along professional lines. He keeps thoroughly informed regarding every new discovery and never lets his scientific attainments lapse from the high standard which he set for himself at the beginning of his professional career. He is a member of the Brown County Medical Society and is also prominent in the Wisconsin State and American Medical Societies.
In 1908 Dr. Senn was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Volmer, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and they are the parents of two children : George Nicholas, who was born in 1909; and Loeb H., born in 1911. Dr. Senn is a firm believer in the value of physical exercise and outdoor life and gained a reputation while a student in different universities for remark- able athletic power. He earned his "W" at the University of Wisconsin . by his work on the football team in the winter of 1899-1900 and was also an efficient sprinter in his college track team. He carried on this work while studying at the University of Chicago and earned his letter "C" there, tieing the world's record. He is one of three men in the world who made a thirty-five yard dash in four seconds flat and he also tied the west- ern record of ten seconds. Since his removal to De Pere Dr. Senn has built up a very gratifying practice in medicine and surgery and this is continuously increasing as his ability and skill have become more widely known. He worked his way through school, depending entirely upon his own resources, and his success in life is due to his own unaided efforts.
JOSEPH D. DORSCHEL.
Joseph D. Dorschel has been prominent in business circles of Green Bay since 1902, when he was elected vice president of Dorschel Produce Company upon its organization. His business life has always been dis- tinguished by the rare qualities of industry and perseverance and these characteristics in combination with his well known honesty and integrity have gained him an enviable position in commercial circles. He was born in Ontario, Canada, March 6, 1875, and is the son of Joseph and Agnes Dorschel, who were residents of Canada for many years.
Joseph D. Dorschel acquired his early education in the public schools of Dublin and Berlin, Canada, but laid aside his text-books at the age of six- teen to learn the trade of cigar manufacturing, at which he worked for some time. His next position was in a piano factory, which was followed by a year in the satchel and trunk business. After spending a short time
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in the hardware business he came to Green Bay in 1893 and in partnership with his brother entered the produce business, which was successful from the beginning. In 1902 the business was incorporated as the Dorschel Produce Company, with Mr. Dorschel as vice president. The firm has offices at No. 300 South Washington street, Green Bay, where they are en- joying one of the largest trades along their line in the city.
Mr. Dorschel resides at No. 19 Soquet building. He is a prominent member of the Order of Elks but beyond this has no fraternal affiliations. In politics he is a democrat and a stanch believer in the principles which govern that party. He never seeks public office but takes an intelligent interest in public affairs and always casts his vote at each election for his party candidate. He is still a comparatively young man but has gained a degree of success in his business which we are accustomed to attribute only to long practical experience. He is absorbed in his business and per- sonally interested in its various details. It is upon such young men as Joseph Dorschel, energetic, active and modern in their methods, that the commercial future of Green Bay depends.
LOUIS FABRY. ยป
Scientific efficiency is the watchword of progress today and knowledge to be productive must be detailed and specialized, must take into considera- tion modern methods. A man who brings to his building enterprise the most up-to-date ideas of business efficiency is Louis Fabry, who as head of the Fabry Construction Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is one of the most prominent contractors and builders of the city. Mr. Fabry is a native of Belgium and was born in the province of Namur, January 17, 1862. He is a son of John and Euprasie (Farsi) Fabry, and his father followed con- tracting in his native country.
Louis Fabry was educated in Belgium and learned the mason's trade there. When he was twenty-four years of age he came, in 1886, to the United States. He was first employed as mason foreman in the iron mines at Marquette, Michigan, and was active in this line of occupation until 1890. In that year he started in the construction and building business in Green Bay. Wisconsin, laying the foundation of his present flourishing enterprise. Hle operated under the name of Louis Fabry until 1911, when he took his son Henry into a partnership and incorporated the firm under the name of the Fabry Construction Company. It is one of the most progressive and rapidly growing enterprises in the state and the company has been respon- sible for the building of many of the most important structures in Green Bay. Its policy is always expansive and under the able management of Mr. Fabry the business has branched out in all departments and has attained a state- wide reputation. Among the numerous buildings constructed by the firm may be mentioned the Minahan building, the largest office structure in Green Bay, the East and West high schools, the Pine street school and the Howe school, which buildings are among the best equipped and constructed
LOUIS FABRY
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buildings of their kind in the city. The business structures include the In- ternational Harvester building, the building belonging to the Standard Oil Company, the office building of the Rahr Brewing Company and the Platten building. Mr. Fabry as head of his firm has done efficient and able work in church construction and is responsible for the building of St. John's Roman Catholic church which is just completed; the Christ Episcopal church; the school of the Polish monastery and the home of Bishop Fox, all of which are situated in Green Bay and add greatly to the beauty and attractiveness of that city. As his enterprise has expanded Mr. Fabry has extended his field of activity beyond the city in which he lives and has been prominent and active in building circles of many Wisconsin cities. He was identified with the construction of the high-school building at Stur- geon Bay, Wisconsin, and the First National Bank building in Menominee, Michigan. At Seymour, Wisconsin, he planned and erected a large furniture store and office building and built and strengthened the two wings of the high fall, where water power is furnished to Green Bay. In all of his build- ing activities he is actuated by the ambition to be thoroughly reliable and scientifically efficient. He has traveled all over the United States in the in- terest of his work and has been particularly careful to investigate any new idea or method in construction lines. He has made two trips to Europe, visiting England, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany in order to fa- miliarize himself with the methods of European building and to compare them with the principles of American construction. He has sought every- where for advanced ideas along his line of occupation and has carefully systematized his broad and ever widening knowledge.
In 1887 Mr. Fabry was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Hendricks, of Green Bay, and to their union have been born four children : Cecelia, secre- tary and general bookkeeper for her father; Henry, who married Miss Ida Barrett, of Green Bay ; and Angeline and Virginia, both at home. The fam- ily residence is at 330 South Jackson street. Mr. Fabry is more than a builder, in the ordinary sense, for he has added to and aided progress in architecture in all of its branches in America. He has a special knowledge gained by wide experience in his extensive travels through the world and his consistent success is but the result of ability and industry.
WILLIAM HENRY DOLAN.
One of the foremost men in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad is William Henry Dolan, assistant superintendent of the Lake Shore division at Green Bay. For over thirty years, or the entire period of his active life, he has been identified with railroading and through successive stages of progress and advancement has worked his way upward to a prominent place in the administrative branches of the business. He was born in McHenry county, Illinois, April 20, 1866, and is a son of Philip and Mary ( Hogan) Dolan, natives of Ireland. His father was born in the town of Kingsfield, County Roscommon, in 1823, and at the age of sixteen came to America with his brothers, John and Michael, and
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located in New York city. Here he became connected with railroading near the Hudson river and made this section his home for some time. Later his business brought him to Vermont, where he was employed at East Rutland and Brattleboro. He went to Chicago in 1853 and there assisted in the construction of the Chicago & Northwestern at a point which was known at that time as Deer Grove but which is now called Palatine. The road was built from that city to Janesville, Wisconsin, and when the work was completed Mr. Dolan was transferred to Cary, Illinois, where he did able and conscientious work until his advanced age required his retirement to a more easy position. He was then made flagman at Cary and at the time of his death in 1898 was in the forty-fifth consecu- tive year of his service with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. His wife was also a native of Ireland and came to America in early life. In their family were seven children beside our subject. Thomas C. is a passenger conductor on the main line of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad operating between Chicago and Janesville, Wisconsin, in the thirty-fourth year of his service. He has a pleasant home at 3739 Forty- second avenue, Irving Park, Illinois. Ellen married W. J. Ryan, who is employed as a structural iron worker at Barrington, Illinois. Mary passed away in 1898. Previous to that time she had resided in Spokane. Wash- ington. Patrick died in 1866. Michael died in infancy. The two youngest daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dolan also died in infancy.
When William H. Dolan had completed his education at the age of six- teen he learned telegraphy and took a position in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and thus began a period of connection with this line of occupation which has lasted for over thirty years. He engaged as telegraph operator at Milton Junction, Wisconsin, in October, 1882, and was stationed there until he became identified with the Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad as operator. He held a similar position at Augusta, Wisconsin, and was from there transferred to Eau Claire, where he remained for one year. At the end of that time he resigned from the service of this railroad and was made brakeman with the Wis- consin Central, his territory lying between Eau Claire and Butternut. His energy and ability won him promotion from this position to that of assist- ant operator and bill clerk and he was stationed for some time at Ashland and later was transferred to Chippewa Falls, where he worked as operator. When he resigned his position with the Wisconsin Central he became iden- tified with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad as operator at Central Junction and after a short period of service resigned and went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he accepted a similar position with the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad, working at the Third street freight house and in the train dispatcher's office at Fourth and Wacouta streets. Eventually, however, he determined that the regular train service offered him more opportunities for advancement than the telegraph service and he accord- ingly received his transfer to the position of brakeman and worked upon the line running betwen Rush City and Grantsburg. He was later stationed on the Hinckley way freight on the division between Hinckley and St. Paul
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and he resigned this position in 1886 in order to resume his connection with the telegraph service in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad on their Wisconsin division. In the same year he was made freight brakeman and after one year was appointed operator at Lakeside and at the Elizabeth Street station in Milwaukee, which was then known as the Allis station. He left the service of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in 1888 and entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad on their Chicago & Council Bluffs division in Illinois. He served as operator at Savanna, Illinois, and at other points along the line, resigning in the fall of 1888. At that time he reentered the service of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as operator and brakeman on their Wis- consin division and was soon afterward promoted to the position of train dispatcher. Some idea of the value and usefulness of his service and the way in which they were regarded regarded in high official circles may be gained from the fact that he was especially appointed to that position by Mr. Gardener, president of the Northwestern system. Mr. Dolan left Chi- cago in the last month of the World's Fair working in various depart- ments of western lines for a period of five years. Finally, in the year 18g8 he became connected with the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad at Joliet, Illinois, and he worked in the interest of this system until 1900, when he engaged with the Grand Trunk Western Railroad as train dis- patcher, with headquarters at Durand and Battle Creek, Michigan. He resigned this position in December, 1901, and again entered the service of the Wisconsin division of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, accept- ing the position of train dispatcher at Oshkosh. When the headquarters of this division were transferred from Oshkosh to Fond du Lac in 1902, Mr. Dolan went to the latter city as dispatcher and did able, reliable and con- scientious work in that capacity until June 1, 1907, when he was promoted to the position of chief train dispatcher on the Lake Shore division, with headquarters at Green Bay. This office he held until April 1, 1912, when he was again promoted, receiving the position of assistant superintendent of the Lake Shore division, and in one year he has by his able work, keen business judgment and discernment fully justified his appointment.
Mr. Dolan married, at Detroit, Michigan, on March 18, 1901, Miss Martha Lovley, who was born in Ufford, Ontario, Canada, in 1868, a daughter of Patrick and Barbara Lovley. Mr. and Mrs. Dolan have two children : Alice Marie, who is ten years of age and is attending school ; and Grace, aged seven, who is also pursuing her studies.
The Dolan family are recognized as one of the most prominent Catholic families in Green Bay and have always been devout adherents of that religion. They attend St. Patrick's church and Mr. Dolan is well known in the affairs of the Knights of Columbus. At different periods in his career he has been prominent in local politics and for two terms was a village trustee in North Fond du Lac. In the spring of 1907 he was defeated at the caucus for the nomination to the position of village clerk but ran inde- pendently and won the election over both his rivals by a majority of seven votes. When he came to Green Bay, however, he resigned this position and has never taken an active part in the public life of the city. For thirty
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years he has been identified with railroading in its different phases and has become an expert in his line of work. He gives to his employers the invaluable service of a man of keen business discrimination, reliability and conscientiousness, combined with the progressive instinct and that special efficiency which are the foundation of success.
ELEAZER MORRELL.
Eleazer Morrell, the oldest barber in Green Bay and Fort Howard, has been conducting his shop in his present location for forty-three years and has definitely established himself among the representative business men of the city. He was born in Burlington, Vermont, January 24, 1846, a son of Henry and Louisa (Epron) Morel. The spelling of the name has under- gone some changes since the family moved from Switzerland to America and now stands in its present form.
The father of our subject was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and came to America in 1842 with his wife and daughter, settling in Quebec, Canada. In his native country he had been a licensed physician but never followed his profession in America, becoming active and successful as a missionary in Quebec, where he lived for four years. At the end of that time he went to Vermont, where he followed the same calling. In 1861 he came to Brown county, settling in Robbinsonville, where he lived about eight years. Ile died September 8, 1898, at the age of eighty-three years, in Onaga, Kansas. His wife was in her maidenhood, Miss Louisa Epron, a native of Geneva, Switzerland, and a daughter of Henry Epron, a trooper under Napoleon Bonaparte. Three of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morel are living: Adella, the widow of B. Perrssal, of Neuchatel, Kansas ; Nadab, a machinist of Milwaukee ; and Eleazer, of this review.
Eleazer Morrell attended school in his native section and after laying aside his book clerked in a hardware store and later in a mercantile estab- lishment, after which he learned the barber's trade which he has been following successfully since that time. In 1869 he came to Green Bay and established himself in his present location. Little by little his patronage increased as he became more widely known, and today he is doing an excel- lent and profitable business.
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