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lack Club in which he is very popular. Open-hearted, young, vigorous and enthusiastic, lie is well liked and greatly appreciated by all who have the pleasure of liis acquaintance and he is making rapid progress in the right direction to become one of the factors in the commercial district of his native city.
PETER JULEY.
Peter Juley is a contractor and builder of Green Bay, yet various other activities have from time to time claimed liis attention and his business enterprise has made him widely and favorably known here. He was born August 12, 1839, in Germany. His father, Nicholas Uli, for so the name was originally spelled ere it was anglicized, came to America in 1842, set- tling at Green Bay. He was a shoemaker by trade, following that pursuit for four years at Oneida, and he also farmed in the Oneida settlement, giv- ing his attention to agricultural pursuits until his death on the 9th of August, 1854, when he was forty-nine years of age. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Raths and they were among the first settlers of Brown county. The grandfather, Ernest Uli, was a native of Bavaria and always followed farming in Germany. One of the brothers of our subject was the first white child born in the Oneida settlement and another brother was the first white child born at Freedom, Wisconsin.
Peter Juley is one of the surviving six members of a family of eight children. It was during his infancy that he was brought to the new world and after his school days were over he farmed with his father. Later he removed to the vicinity of Green Bay and again engaged in farming. For a time he owned and operated a shingle mill at Suamico, Wisconsin, and for forty years he operated a threshing machine. His time and attention, however, have not been concentrated along a single line, for at different periods he has followed various pursuits. At twenty-four years of age he engaged in the contracting and house-moving business, which he has fol- lowed to the present time. He has been in partnership with the Miller Brothers, who were among the first contractors of Green Bay. While engaged in house moving he moved a building from Menomonie. Wisconsin, to Green Bay by boat and it now stands on Walnut street. He also moved a warehouse from its original site to the railroad track at Kewaunee and it is now used for a depot.
On the 21st of April, 1867, Mr. Juley was married to Susan Finnegan, a native of Milwaukee and a daughter of Edward and Mary ( Kelly) Fin- negan. The children of this union are: Nicholas, a salesman, who married Cora Cody and has three children-John, James and Gertrude; Mathew, a cabinet-maker of Green Bay ; Edward, of Milwaukee, who married Anna Belle Taylor and has one child, May ; Clara May, Rose Caroline, Susan May and Peter Jacob, all at home: John Charles, who married Cecelia Suther- land and has one son, George ; and Ernest Carl, at home. The wife and mother died in 1896.
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Mr. Juley was reared in the Catholic faith, of which his parents were also adherents, his father, Nicholas Uli, being buried under the altar of the church at Freedom, Wisconsin, which church he built and presented to the parish. In politics Mr. Juley is a strong democrat and for six years he served as deputy sheriff and has also been a member of the school board. He takes an active part in politics, doing everything he can to further the welfare of his party and secure the adoption of its principles.
GEORGE A. RICHARDSON.
George A. Richardson has been identified with financial circles in Green Bay for over twenty years and has risen by his industry and activity from a humble place in the banking world to his present office as cashier of the McCartney National Bank. He is also interested in various other finan- cial institutions in this city, where his keen and systematic mind and his integrity have gained for him a high place in the esteem of his fellow citi- zens. Mr. Richardson was born in Green Bay, November 22, 1872, and is a son of George and Susan Richardson. The father was a native of Eng- land who left that country for America in 1847 and settled in Green Bay, where he took charge of the elevator and dock belonging to the firm of Elmore & Kelly. He served in that capacity for many years and became well known in this city. He was keenly interested in local politics and served for some time as postmaster of Fort Howard. He also held the position of superintendent of the city schools. Ile died on October 26, 1908, and his grave is in the Fort IToward cemetery.
The public schools of Green Bay afforded George A. Richardson his early educational opportunities and he left the high school at the age of eighteen to take a position as messenger in the bank with which he is now connected as cashier. Ile early showed himself to be possessed of an active, systematic and able mind and his advancement from position to position was rapid. Ile now holds one of the most responsible offices in the McCart- ney National Bank and his opinion on financial matters carries much weight in banking circles of this city. He has been identified with his present line of activity for twenty years but has never allowed one occupation to absorb his entire energies. He is vice president of the Mortgage Loan and Debenture Company and a director and treasurer of the Badger Casualty Company. He has firm faith in the business future of Green Bay and his investments are always made in local enterprises.
On July 26, 1905, Mr. Richardson was united in marriage to Miss Marion E. Bay, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bay, of Blissfield, Michigan. He and his wife reside in a pleasant and comfortable home at No. 728 East Mason street. Mr. Richardson is a prominent Mason and is treasurer of the Palestine Comniandery. He also belongs to the Wis- consin Consistory in Milwaukee and is active in the affairs of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. There is hardly any branch of legitimate activity along the lines of his occupation in which Mr. Richardson is not prominent.
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He is secretary of the Fort Howard Cemetery Association and his work in this connection has done much to improve and beautify that burial ground. Mr. Richardson is still a young man, with many years of useful- ness before him, and his future career is certain to be as honorable and worthy as his past activities have been useful and progressive.
A. C. BUNKER.
A. C. Bunker is proprietor of a saloon and buffet at Green Bay and is also widely known for his scientific attainments as an ornithologist, possess- ing one of the finest private collections of birds to be found in the middle west. He was born in Canada, November 28, 1858. His father, Cyrille Bunker, also a native of that country, died in 1878 at the age of forty-two years. He had come to the United States in 1863, settling at Green Bay, and a year later he returned to his native country for his wife and son, whom he brought to Brown county. Here he opened and conducted a saloon and subsequently he established a meat market. He led a busy and useful life, seeking at all times to win success by honorable business meth- ods and enterprise. His wife died in 1875. She was a college graduate and had taught school prior to her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Cyrille Bunker were born five children : Odelia, who is married; Emma, the wife of Alex- ander Lanianas, of Wausau, Wisconsin; George, of Chicago; A. C., of this review ; and Callys.
A. C. Bunker was in school until fourteen years of age, after which he worked for his father until the latter's death and then started out on his own account. He has been diligent and energetic and followed various occu- pations to support his mother and sisters up to the time of his marriage. In 1892 he opened his present saloon and buffet, in which business he has been steadily successful. Since 1894 he has given a part of his time to making a large collection of the birds of the state. He has some of the finest mounted specimens to be found anywhere, some of these having been mounted sixty years ago by L. Schiller. His collection contains birds from all parts of the world mounted so as to indicate their mode of life and habits and this collection, containing twenty-eight cases, is valued at over five thousand dollars. He also has mounted a small tiger, seven days old, which was with Forepaugh's circus in Green Bay and was killed by acci- dent. He has the smallest mounted fawn in existence, it having lived but two and a half days.
Mr. Bunker was united in marriage to Miss Mary Coel, who was born in Red River, Wisconsin, August 17, 1861, a daughter of Fabian Coel, of Belgium, who at an early day came to Green Bay. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Bunker are: Eva, who is married and has four children, Robert, Dolly, Emmet and Mona ; Cyril, who married Mabel Martin, of Green Bay. and is associated with his father in business; Earl, a fireman on the lakes ; and Emma, Myrtle, Wilford, Orville, Ethel and Clyde, all at home. The family are connected with the Catholic church and Mr. Bunker is a member
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of the Brewers Benevolent Association, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Order of Moose and the Turn Verein. Various interests thus claim his attention and his cooperation, but outside of business he gives his time largely to his ornithological collection, having ever been deeply interested in the study of bird life, which he has pursued until he has a comprehensive scientific knowledge of their ways and places of living. Ilis collection is indeed an interesting one, showing almost every variety of bird to be found in the northern part of this country as well as many from Europe.
GEORGE J. KOLOCHESKI.
George J. Kolocheski, who is engaged in the manufacture of sausage, represents the third generation of his family to have been identified with the business interests of Brown county. He was born in the village of New Denmark, this county, on the ist of May, 1879, and is a son of one of the pioneer families of that section. His father was a native of west- ern Prussia, whence, at the age of eight years, he emigrated to the United States with his parents, who came direct to Wisconsin. They settled in the village of Pine Grove, and there the grandfather, who was a carpenter. diligently pursued his trade and also engaged in farming during the remainder of his active life. Thomas Kolocheski, the father of our sub- ject, was reared to manhood amid the primitive conditions that then pre- vailed in Wisconsin, obtaining his education in the district schools. Later he learned the millwright's trade which he followed at Pine Grove and elsewhere in that vicinity, subsequently locating at Cooperstown, where he owned and operated a hotel during the remainder of his life. Mrs. Thomas Kolocheski passed away in 1895, at the age of forty-eight years, and to them were born eleven children. Our subject is the eldest of the four who are living. In order of birth the others are as follows: Rose, who married Frank Chlebowski, of Green Bay: Edward, who is with his brother George; and Clara, the wife of John B. Kaye. The father, who survived the mother until 1908, had passed the fifty-seventli anniversary of his birth at the time of his demise. They were both stanch adhierents of the Roman Catholic faith and reared their children in that belief.
The boyhood and youth of George J. Kolocheski were very much like those of other lads who are reared in small communities. He attended school until he had mastered the common branches, and then began his business career as a clerk. Next he was employed in the Cooperstown House, an old hotel in Green Bay, for seven years. In 1907, together with a partner, he established a sausage factory, theirs being one of the three enterprises of the kind in the state, outside of Milwaukee. They manufacture every variety of sausage and as they employ only the best quality of materials and ingredients their products have acquired much more than a local reputation. They have built up a good trade, making shipments to all parts of the state and are constantly increasing the scope of their business. The firm is progressive and enterprising and each
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year marks an improvement in their plant, which is well equipped and provides ample facilities for increasing their output in accordance to the needs of their growing trade.
Mr. Kolocheski married Miss Mary Miller, a native of Florence, this state, and to them have been born three children, but one of whom, Reuben, is living.
Mr. and Mrs. Kolocheski are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and he is a member of the St. Francis and other Catholic societies. He is likewise affiliated with the Green Bay Turn Verein, the Moose lodge, the Brewers' Association and the Polish White Eagles. Politically he supports the republican party. He served as deputy sheriff in 1910 and is now candidate for the office of sheriff, and is one of the active workers of his party. Mr. Kolocheski is an enterprising young man of laudable ambition and commendable business methods, who is meeting with well deserved success in the development of his interests.
LORENZ LARSCHEID.
Lorenz Larscheid, who is living retired in Green Bay and who for over forty years was closely identified with the business interests of the city, was born in Preble township, May 10, 1849. His father, Peter Joseph Larscheid, was a native of Koblenz, Germany, and in 1842 came with his wife and family to America and settled in Wisconsin. He located first near the site of the present poor farm in Green Bay and later bought a tract of land in Preble township, upon which he resided until his death. which occurred in 1875, when he was seventy-five years of age. He married in Germany, and became the father of seven children, of whom the subject of this review is the only one living.
Lorenz Larscheid received very little schooling for even as a child he was obliged to help his father with the work of the farm. He remained at home until he was sixteen years of age and then took up carpenter work, later securing employment in a local planing mill. When he was twenty-eight years of age he established himself in the soap manufactur- ing business and was successful in it for six years. He also followed gardening but after a short time abandoned both occupations and estab- lished himself in the saloon business, with which he was identified until his retirement in 1906.
Mr. Larscheid married in 1876 Miss Margaret Seibel, who was born in the Hunsrueck mountains, Germany. in 1852, a daughter of John and Catherine (Graf) Seibel, who came to America in 1854 and located at Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where the father followed general agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Larscheid became the parents of six children: Catherine, the wife of L. Martin, of Green Bay, by whom she has six children : Clara, who married A. Allen and has one child: Margaret, the wife of Henry De Kuyser and the mother of one child: Joseph, who is engaged in the teaming business and
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who lives at home: Gertrude, who is married and lives in Green Bay, and has one child: and Caroline, who lives at home. The family are devout adherents of the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. Larscheid has always been actively interested in local affairs and is a member of the school board and is also doing able work as marshal. During his business life his interests were capably managed so that at a comparatively early age he enjoys retirement and rest.
WILLIAM J. DUNCAN.
William J. Duncan, a member of the wholesale fruit and produce firm of Branns & Duncan, with offices at Nos. 114-116 South Washington street, Green Bay, was one of the active factors in the organization of this business and has been a dominating influence in its rapid development into one of the largest concerns of its kind in the city. Mr. Duncan was born in Green Bay. August 5. 1885. and is a son of W. E. and Heloise (Du Chatean) Duncan. The family on the paternal side is of Scotch origin and has been in America for three generations. The maternal line has also had a long existence in America and a representative of the Du Chateau family was one of the oldest settlers in this country. A more extended history of this family is found on another page in this work. W. E. Duncan, the father of our subject, was a coal merchant during his life and came with his father from Milwaukee to Green Bay in the early days of its settlement. He was well known and widely popular in Brown county and was an active figure in all the charitable movements of his time. He died April 28, 1911, at the age of fifty years and is buried in the Fox Hill cemetery.
William Duncan received his early education in the public schools of Green Bay. He attended the local high school for a short time but left that institution at the age of sixteen years to enter the employ of his father where he remained only a short time. He obtained a position in the McCartney National Bank and worked as a messenger for that insti- tution until he was eighteen years of age. From early childhood Mr. Duncan had showed the conservative quality of his mind and his remark- able power of organization. When he was only eighteen years of age he was active in the organization of the bank of Stevenson, Michigan, and he was elected cashier of that institution and held this office until 1908. In that year he returned to Green Bay to accept a similar position in the Farmers Exchange Bank of this city and in 1909 was elected cashier of the National Bank of De Pere, Wisconsin. lle brought his banking career to a close in 1910 when he resigned his position with the De Pere institution to organize the firm with which he is at present connected. In the two years of his activity in the fruit and produce business he has built up and developed an extensive enterprise. His firm is now doing a volume of business which is unequaled by any concern of this kind in
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Brown county and this success is due in a large measure to the ability and resource and keen business sagacity of William J. Duncan.
On the 20th of October, 1906, Mr. Duncan was united in marriage to Miss Anne Walker, a daughter of M. H. and Mary ( Kimball) Walker, the former one of the oldest pioneers of Brown county. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are the parents of one daughter, Margaret A., who is four years of age. The family residence is at No. 404 South Webster street.
Mr. Duncan is not affiliated with any political party. He prefers to keep his opinions independent and his judgment unbiased by partisan lines. He is prominent in the affairs of the Order of Elks and also holds membership in the United Commercial Travelers Association. Mr. Dun- can is still a young man and has his future in his own hands. He has already gained a degree of success which is usually the result of a long period of work and activity. If his future career may be judged in any degree by his past achievements he is destined to occupy a high place in the business circles of Green Bay.
J. A. TOMLINSON.
J. A. Tomlinson is a self-made man whose success has resulted entirely from his own earnest labors. He was only about eleven years of age when he started out to provide for his own support, and at present is head saw filer for the Northland Lumber Company, and also is interested in the Green Bay Canning Company. He was born in Sheffield, England, on the ist of January, 1871, and is a son of George Tomlinson, who is living at Bay City, Michigan, at the age of sixty-five years. His parents came to America in 1872, making their way to Bay City, Michigan. Here George Tomlinson was employed as a filer by a lumber company, but in 1892 left Bay City for Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he resided for two years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ellen Ball, is also living. They are the parents of five children: George, a resident of Winchester, Kentucky; Charles, who is living in Clay City, Kentucky; William, of Bay City, Michigan ; Frank, also of that place ; and J. A., who is the eldest.
When but a young lad of eleven years J. A. Tomlinson started out to earn his own living, working at saw filing in Bay City. From that time to the present he has been continuously connected with the lumber trade in one capacity or another. He is interested as a stockholder of the Green Bay Canning Company and he seeks at all times through prac- tical aid and influence to promote the business development and conse- quent prosperity of this section of the state.
Mr. Tomlinson was married to Miss Sophia Blachinsky, who was born in Milwaukee, a daughter of Michael Blachinsky, a contractor of Green Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson have five children, Mabel, Elmer, George, Ruth and Mildred. Mrs. Tomlinson was reared in the Catholic church, while Mr. Tomlinson's early religious teachings were those of the
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Methodist church. He is one of the charter members of the Maccabee tent. at Green Bay and he also holds membership with the Modern Wood- men of America. In 1909 he was elected president of the Brewers Benevolent Society.
ADOLPH GAROT.
Adolph Garot is a member of the firm of Garot Brothers, who are heating contractors, their place of business being located at No. 211 South Washington street, Green Bay. He was born in Green Bay. May 13, 1870, and is a son of Frank and Victorine Garot. The father emigrated from France to America in 1858 and first settled in Allouez. He later took up work as a stationery engraver and continued to follow that occupation until he retired from active life. He now resides on Madison street, Green Bay.
Adolph Garot received his early education in the public schools of Green Bay and at the age of twelve years he began work for himself, earning money at any honest occupation that he could find in Green Bay. In 1888 he engaged in work as a fireman on a steamboat plying in the waters of Green bay and in that occupation he continued for fifteen sea- sons. He then established the business with which he is now connected and later admitted to partnership his brother Edward.
Mr. Garot was united in marriage in Green Bay, December 26, 1902, to Miss Philomena Lecoque, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Lecoque, the former of whom has passed away and the latter a resident of Green Bay, making her home with her daughter, the wife of our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Garot seven children have been born: Josephine A., Wilfred and Aylard, who are attending school ; and Richard, Rose, Mildred and Law- rence. The family residence, which was built by Mr. Garot in 1903, is located at 631 South Madison street. Mr. Garot is affiliated with the republican party and is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He is well and favorably known in Green Bay and is numbered among the up-to-date and reliable business men of that city.
THE ALLOUEZ MINERAL SPRING COMPANY.
The Allouez Mineral Spring Company, of Green Bay, controls one of the important commercial interests of the city. The business was founded by Joseph Hoeffel, who at an early period in the history of this part of the state purchased the property on which is found the Allouez mineral spring. This is a natural flowing spring, the waters of which possess splendid medicinal qualities. Recognizing their value, Mr. Hoeffel determined to utilize the waters for commercial purposes and had a plant built for their bottling and distribution. The water is now sent all over
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the country, finding ready sale because of its purity and curative proper- ties. The business is conducted by Frank M. Blahnik, who is the secre- tary and the manager-a man of excellent business ability and enterprise, whose alert and energetic spirit is making of this undertaking a financial success. The other officers of the company are T. A. Pamperin, presi- dent ; and J. I. Hoeffel, treasurer.
CHARLES PFOTENHAUER, JR.
Charles Pfotenhauer, Jr., operates one of the leading buffets in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and has been identified with this line of occupa- tion during his entire active career. His long experience has given him a knowledge of the methods of successful business operation and his tact and conscientiousness have enabled him to meet intelligently any difficulties which have arisen. Mr. Pfotenhauer was born in the city in which he now resides January 8, 1857, and is a son of Herbert and Louisa (Schwedeknecht) Pfotenhauer. The father was born in the principality of Schwarzburg, Germany, in 1830 and came to America alone in 1852. He settled immediately in Green Bay, Wisconsin, following the trade of weaving, and was also employed by various lumber concerns. He later opened a grocery store and saloon in the city and conducted this in part- nership with his brother-in-law for two years. He eventually engaged in the saloon business independently, his store being located in what is now Washington street. one of the principal thoroughfares in Green Bay. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted as a private in Company H. Ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served for three years under Generals Sherman and Grant. He was later promoted to the rank of first lieutenant of his company and was mustered out with honorable dis- charge in Milwaukee. He then returned home and was active in the saloon business for a number of years. He operated the enterprise with which our subject is at present connected and for four years ran it in con- junction with his son. He retired at the end of that time and his death occurred on May 3, 1885. He was reared in the Lutheran church and was a stanch republican, serving for many years as assistant chief of the Green Bay fire department. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Turner society of Green Bay and was num- bered among the substantial and representative citizens of his com- munity. His wife died in 1880 at the age of forty-four. To their union were born eight children, four of whom are living: Charles, Jr., of this review ; William, who is a druggist and resides in Chicago; Louisa, who married L. Lord, a prominent farmer in Missouri; and Clara, who makes her home with our subject.
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