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the Jankowski farmhouse, located on section 8, Roll- ing township 30, range 11 east.
CHIEF OF POLICE McARTHUR KILLED
All Langlade County was shocked June 23, 1905, when it became known that Chief of Antigo Police John McArthur had been killed while attempting the capture of James Weipinger, escaped inmate from the state insane asylum. Sheriff John Driggs then cap- tured Weipinger, who had shot McArthur who didn't see the fugitive perched in a tree. Chief McArthur's funeral was one of the largest ever witnessed. He served as Chief of Police from 1896-97 and again from 1902-1906. He was a favorite with the children of Antigo, and an efficient officer.
FIRST TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
Jerry Dowing in 1885 resigned his position as op- erator at the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western depot and took charge of the telegraph office in the J. C. Lewis warehouse building.
IRON, LEAD AND OIL EXCITEMENT
In 1887 the city was drilling an artesian well on 5th Avenue and as those in charge cut through the dark granite, talk of iron, lead and oil became preva- lent. But it was all talk.
LANGLADE COUNTY WILD FLOWERS. WISCONSIN FLOWER -- VIOLET.
Almost within a stone's throw from any district school in Langlade County the following wild flowers can be picked in the spring and summer months: He- patica, Anemone (Rue and Wood), Dutchman's Breeches, Phlox, Pale Laurel, Trillium, Bellwort, Ad- ders Tongue, Marsh Merrigold (commonly known as Cow Slip), Wild Ginger, Pitcher Plant, Blue Flag, Sleeping Beauty, Columbine, Golden Rod, Wild Rose, Solomon Seal, Violet, Trailing Arbutus, Buttercup.
COMMON LANGLADE COUNTY SONGSTERS AND OTHER BIRDS.
Birds common in Langlade County are the Cerulean Warbler, Bluebird, American Goldfinch, White-throat- ed Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Blackburnian Warbler, Cardinal Bird, Redstart, Woodpecker, Bobolink, Kill- deer, Sandpiper, Owls, Hawks, Humming Bird, Robin, Wren, Blue Jay, Cedar Wax Wing, Flicker, Blackbird, Meadow Lark, Horned Lark, Thrush, Grosbeak, Scar- let Tanager, Crow.
TREES AND WILD FRUIT.
Trees-Elm, Poplar, Birch, Oak, Maple, Cedar, Bal- sam, Tamarack, Pine, Hemlock, Basswood, Rock Elm, Spruce, Cherry. Wild fruits-Raspberry, Wild Straw- berry, Dew Berry, Huckle Berries, Blueberries, Cran- berries, Wintergreen Berries, Thorn Apples, Wild Plums.
REPORTS ON LANGLADE COUNTY TO THE WISCONSIN ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Mounds reported to exist at Antigo. Reported by Emil Wiesse, Elcho, March, 1906.
Indian trading post formerly located on east shore of Post Lake. Several burial mounds also on shores of lake. One explored, human bones and implements found. Indications of camp or village site nearby. Arrowpoints, flint rejectage, etc. Antigo Daily Jour- nal, July 31, 1902. Aug. 1, 1918, E. B. Barr, Duluth, Minn., reported to society that while clearing a tent site on the east bank he uncovered with a shovel a brittle pottery vessel and "all of the large bones and the skull" of an Indian. Mr. Emil Wiesse, Elcho, re- ported on Sept. 6, 1903, the presence of a fine group of mounds at the narrows of Post Lake.
It is considered likely that some of the sources from which early Wisconsin Indians obtained quartzite are in Langlade County.
FIRST ANTIGO LAUNDRY.
The first Antigo laundry was opened by Amanda and Mary Krueger on May 1, 1885, on Superior Street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The track of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & West- ern from Bryant to Polar was laid under the supervi- sion of George Young, a railway civil engineer, in 1888.
The first Bryant school was held in the law office of Loomis & Foster.
The mill owned by Henry Mitchell of Norwood was sold by him in July, 1889, to D. Brightman of Winne- conne, Wisconsin. Mr. Mitchell moved into Antigo.
Charles Van Pelt was the first Superintendent of the Webster Manufacturing Plant at Polar, established in 1888.
Officers of the Antigo Light Guards in 1888 were : F. A. Forbes, J. M. Reed, L. S. Neuman, S. W. Lar- sen, W. Kiefer and John Blinn.
The late J. Pearson Hughes was the last person to walk across the lower Post Lake bridge erected in 1883 by H. B. Polar, contractor. The second bridge was completed in October, 1899, by John Byrne at a cost of $1,685.
The track from Koepenick to Bass Lake was laid under the direction of David Edick for the Paine Lum- ber Company.
John Menting had a saw and shingle mill on section 2, Ackley township and also a mill at Morley where he employed 35 men. M. M. Ross and Mr. Edwards erected the mill at Morley over twenty years ago. It was sold by Mr. Menting to the Martin Lumber Co., of Oshkosh, Wis., and was moved away.
The Pence Lake sawmill was erected in 1910-11. Menting & Hickey operated it from 1913 until 1920. It is on section 36, East Upham township. The Lang- lade Lumber Company has camps on section 23, nearby.
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CHAPTER LII. Commemorative Biographical Record
The Importance of Biography-The Life of W. L. Ackley, Englishman, Prospector, Indian Trader, Farmer, Township Official, Man-Sketches of Other Early Settlers-Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative citizens of the past and present.
Biographical records are of value, not only for their immediate worth, but for future reference. Family genealogy can be preserved in no better way. The history of the nation, the state and the county depends upon the calibre of its people. The data herewith was gathered from the individuals immediately interested and should prove to be a treasured section of this work.
WILLIAM LEROY ACKLEY-FIRST WHITE SET- TLER IN LANGLADE COUNTY.
"Look now abroad-another race has filled Those populous borders-wide the wood recedes,
And towns shcot up, and fertile realms are tilled; The land is full of harvests and green meads."
WILLIAM LEROY ACKLEY, the first white set- tler in Langlade County, was born in the State of New York on or about 1830. Little is known of his boy- hood days except that he was a venturesome lad who was lured to the western states by the stories of ad- venture among the Indian tribes and the plucky fur traders of the great northern wilderness. He came west to the hamlet of Wausau where he stopped for a time before definitely settling in Ackley township, Langlade County, in 1853. Mr. Ackley was associated with P. Hogarty, a proprietor of a stopping place, who had extensive commercial intercourse with In- dians and home seekers. He built a log shack on the banks of the Eau Claire river, section 28, when he first came into this vast wild country inhabitated by Indians and animals. Young Ackley was twenty-one years old when he first made a claim in this region. He married Me-Da-Gee-Wa-No-Kwa, "Maiden of the Forests," a Chippewa Indian maiden, who bore him two children-De Witt and Charles Ackley. Charles Ackley is a merchant in Wabeno, Forest County; De Witt Ackley is living with the Pottawattomi Indians near Mole Lake, Wisconsin. Ackley, fur trader, lum- ber cruiser, adventurer, was a leader of the Indians who sought his counsel. He was a just barterer and those who were acquainted with him acknowledged him to be an upright business man. He never took advantage of the Chippewa's in their fur transactions. Most of his fur products were shipped down the Eau Claire river to Schofield and sold to agents of St. Louis fur buyers. Mr. Ackley died November 24, 1894. His wife died March 9, 1899, having lived to be over one hundred years of age.
DANIEL GAGEN, fur trader, pioneer lumberman, picturesque leader in the first Langlade County Board
meeting, was born in England in 1835. In the early '60's he came to Eagle River, Wisconsin, where there was a small settlement of English and Scotchmen. Here he established a trading post and bought furs of the Indians. He engaged in logging operations dur- ing the winter. He was the first man to log on the Eagle Waters. Dan Gagen took the pick of the pine which grew on the banks of the lakes and streams and, instead of hauling them for miles, rolled them into the River of Lakes.
About the year 1877 he moved to Pine Lake (Hiles, Wis.) which was the headwaters of the Wolf river. Here he farmed and logged until about 1902 when he moved to Three Lakes, Wis. He died in November, 1908, at Three Lakes, Wis. His son, James Gagen, real estate dealer and abstract man, resides at Hudson street and Seventh avenue, Antigo, Wis.
Dan Gagen represented Gagen township in Langlade County until that territory north of the present limits of the county was detached in 1885. His place in county history is with those other sturdy men who came into the forests of this country between 1853 and 1870. They were: Louis Montzfeldt, Hiram B. Polar, Henry Harvey, Charles Larzelere, "Old Dutch" Frank, David Getchell, Henry Strauss, Williard L. Ackley, and S. A. Taylor, all leaders of their time.
THOMAS AND MALCOLM HUTCHINSON, were among the earliest of Langlade County pioneers and have left their splendid records here as monu- ments to their integrity and thrift. Thomas Hutchin- son, the father of Malcolm Hutchinson, well known Langlade County citizen, was born near Nelson, in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, in June, 1830, the son of Henry and Katherine Hutchinson. He was reared on a farm and when a youth he settled at Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, the lure of the lumbering industry having called him to the thriving occupation in Northern Wisconsin. He cast his first Presidential vote in the Abraham Lincoln-Steph- en A. Douglas contest at the virge of the Civil War. In 1875, Mr. Hutchinson moved with his family to Langlade County, settling on the banks of the Wolf river near Langlade, being one of its very early pio- neers. Two years later he took up a homestead on section 27, Township 32 (Price), Range 12 East. Here he lived until his demise on October 22, 1912, having lived long enough to see the great pineries slashed, the "iron trail" follow the ox cart, the auto- mobile take the place of the "buckboard," to see cities develop, and the R. F. D. take the place of the mail
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carrier of the '70's who rode the saddle pony on the old "militaire".
Mr. Hutchinson was married on November 20, 1862, to Anna Farrell, a native of New Brunswick, Canada. Four children were born to this union, namely, Almira, now Mrs. Ben J. Daly of Oshkosh, Wis .; Malcolm, now a resident of Antigo, and Eugenie, now Mrs. William Worman of Seattle, Washington; and Jessie, now Mrs. Charles Powell, of Antigo, Wisconsin.
MALCOLM HUTCHINSON was born at Oshkosh, Winnebago County, on April 9, 1867. When eight years old he moved to eastern Langlade County with his parents and two years later settled at Price town- ship with them. He attended the Price rural schools in the Malcolm District, named after him. There was once a community there and Thomas W. Hutchin- son was the first and only postmaster of Malcolm.
Like his father, Malcolm Hutchinson has followed the lumbering industry, surveying and the woods. He has often been County Surveyor of Langlade County. Outside of Price schools he attended Dagget's Busi- ness College of Oshkosh for three years and then re- turned to Price to resume his work in the lumbering and surveying occupation, which fascinated him. He was united in marriage to Katherine Gratten of Osh- kosh, Wisconsin, September 1, 1898. To this union eight children were born. One is deceased. Those living are: Paul, Norma, Lura, Jacqueline, Malcolm, Jr., Almyra and Thomas. The Hutchinson family re- sides at 511 Hudson street, Antigo, they having mov- ed from the old homestead property in Price township in April, 1915. The Hutchinsons are honored and re- spected as pioneers of the county and in its history they deserve worthy representation. The family at- tend St. John's church and Mr. Hutchinson is affiliat- ed with the Modern Woodmen of America.
FRANK DVORAK, SR., Manager of the Antigo Water Department, City Treasurer and Councilman, was born in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, in 1869, the son of Frank and Philomena Dvorak. He at- tended the common schools of Manitowoc County and the Manitowoc High School from which he en- tered the Oshkosh Normal. He moved to Langlade County in 1882 with his parents, residing on a farm in the town of Antigo until 1902. Mr. Dvorak moved into the city of Antigo in the spring of 1903. He was elected County Treasurer in 1906, serving for two terms, 1907-11. He was then appointed City Treasur- er of Antigo in September, 1911. He was elected to that office in the spring of 1912. He was elected City Commissioner under the commission form of govern- ment in the spring of 1914, being re-elected in 1918, serving as City Treasurer, as well as City Commis- sioner. Mr. Dvorak is a member of the Public Library Board, the Board of Public Works and a Jury Com- missioner of Langlade County. During his public career he has been held in high regard as a man of good character, ability and integrity. He was united in marriage in 1890 to Miss Margaret Plzak, to which
union five sons and two daughters were born. One son and two daughters died in infancy. Those living are: Frank J. Dvorak, Jr., Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank of Antigo, who in September, 1920, was united in marriage to Miss Marion Ver Bryck, daughter of Frank P. Ver Bryck, a well known pioneer locomotive engineer.
FRANK DVORAK Prominent public official, who has been a resident of Langlade County since 1882.
The other sons are: Theodore, employed by the Thunder Lake Co .; Charles and Richard, students.
Frank Dvorak, Sr., is a member of the I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., L. O. O. M., the Beavers, where he is now holding the office of Secretary, the Z. C. B. J. and M. W. A. lodges.
The Dvorak residence is at 238 Wausau Road, An- tigo, Wis.
DAVID B. EDICK. Long before Langlade County was created, and at a time when the Military Road was a "new thoroughfare," a young man of splendid physique and mentally alert to the wonderful oppor- tunities of the great "new north," cast his lot with the Wolf river country. This man has lived for forty- eight years in that country, which has since blossom- ed into an extensive and productive section of Wis- consin. It was on November 13, 1874, that David B. Edick, the subject of this sketch, arrived at Medina, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, after a four-day jour- ney from Cleveland, Ohio. Young Edick was seek- ing his fortune in the great expanse of Upper Wiscon- sin. He was born at Western Star, Summit County, Ohio, February 20, 1850, the son of Nicholas H. and Anna M. (Koplin) Edick, being the first of ten chil- dren. When but eighteen months old he moved with his parents to Lorraine County, Ohio, where he lived until he was fifteen years old. From then on he made his own way through the world. He received an ele- mentary education equivalent to the 8th grade of to- day. It was in the spring of 1865 that the Edick fam- ily moved to Medina County, Ohio, to settle on a farm.
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Nine years later, 1874, the parents of young David decided to move to Garfield, Pawnee County, Kansas. Young David stayed in Ohio, leaving Cleveland on November 9, 1874, for Wisconsin, where he began his picturesque career as a pioneer of the Wolf river country. The first summer he followed his trade of a cheesemaker at Pickett, Winnebago County, Wis- consin, in 1875. That fall he came to Langlade Coun- ty, spending the first night in the "old Henry Strauss stopping place" on section 17, Township 33, Range 13 East. He slept on the rough floor of the place. He worked as a woodsman for Timothy Crane on Crane Lake the first winter. In the spring of 1876 he went to Illinois, returning on October 19, 1876, working at Lily for Timothy Crane during the winter of 1876-77. The following spring he located on a farm, sections 15 and 16, township 33, range 13 East, and stayed on the farm from 1877 to 1881, inclusive.
Here he conducted a stopping place also. Mr. Edick was united in marriage to Mary L. Tourtillotte on June 22, 1880. Miss Tourtillotte was a pioneer teacher at Nine Mile Creek and also at Polar. After spending their honeymoon at Appleton they returned to the farm. In October, 1882, they moved to Lily, where Mr. Edick was proprietor of a hotel for one year, following which he logged on Stoney Lake with Henry Tourtillotte, his father-in-law. For one year he logged there and in the fall of 1884 moved to Lily, where he spent the next quarter of a century. For ten years he tended dam at Lily for the Keshena Improve- ment Company and in the winter of 1887-88 logged with J. E. Schultz as his associate. April 5, 1893, he started in as a log buyer and cruiser for the Paine Lumber Company and was a valued and trusted em- ploye of that concern until January 1, 1915, when their holdings were taken over by the Langlade Lum- ber Company, whom Mr. Edick was retained by. He is a practical woodsman in every sense of the word, having had nearly fifty years of experience, probably more than any other man now active in the lumbering industry of Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. Edick had ten children. Five are now deceased. They are Nicholas Henry, born in 1881. He died in infancy and is buried at Lily. Anna died in infancy; Mary died when ten months old; Ralph died on October 9, 1918, the day his brother, Lieut. Wm. Edick, was wounded on the bat- tlefields in France. He (Ralph) died at Flagstaff, Arizona. He was a talented musician, a great organ- izer of bands. He is buried at Omro, Wis. His wife, Juanita Jackson Edick, to whom he was married in 1916, and one son, Robert, survive him. Charles D., born in Keshena, was electrocuted at Oslo, Manitowoc County, on June 11, 1922. He was an expert meter- man and electrician and met his death while at duty. He is survived by his wife, Anna (Pautz) Edick, to whom he was married on January 1, 1918, and one child, Charles, who was born on November 24, 1884. He was buried at Omro on June 15, 1922.
The five children living are: James Harvey, of Manitowoc, Wis., who married Blanche Rhodes,
daughter of Earl Rhodes, on August 17, 1917; George L., who married Mabel Kurtz at Danville, Ind. He is now at Washington, D. C., employed by the govern- ment as a Rural Engineer and draftsman for the U. S. They have two children, Mildred and Kenneth. William J., a reserve officer in the U. S. A., now in the Secret Service of the U. S., married Josephine Olsen. They have one child, William J. Jr. Mr. Edick serv- ed as a Lieutenant in the Word War. He was wound- ed in combat. Their home is in San Francisco, Calif. Edward Everett is Assistant Principal of the Weyau- wega (Wis.) High School and athletic coach. He spent 28 months overseas during the war, part of the time in the aviation. He will soon complete a chem- ical engineering course at the University of Wiscon- son. John E., now in Oshkosh, Winnebago, County, Wisconsin, is a student of the State Normal. He is following out his intention to become a Chemical En- gineer.
Mrs. David Edick passed away on October 8, 1915, and is buried at Omro, Wisconsin, in the family lot.
David Edick is a member of the Masonic orders in which he takes a keen interest. His mother passed away at the age of 89 at Albuquerque, N. M., eight months after a visit from her son. His father died in March, 1894, and is buried in Albuquerque, N. M .. also. He was eighty years old when he died.
David Edick has lived a life on honesty and his character as a citizen is of the highest type. His sons, four of whom served in the Word War, have grown to manhood and are all experts in their chosen fields of endeavor-an honor to the name of Edick.
Such is the story of David B. Edick-pioneer, woodsman, citizen and man.
WILLIAM WEGNER, prominent Peck farmer and leader, was born September 8, 1876, the son of Mary and Michael Wegner, in the Town of Gibson, Manito- woc County. He attended the public and parochial schools during his boyhood after which he journeyed to the scene of the great lumbering industry of north- ern Wisconsin and Michigan, working in the woods and mills. When he abandoned this field of endeavor he had attained the position of head sawyer. In 1897 he came to the Town of Peck, Langlade County, where he has since resided. Mr. Wegner took up his present farm on the south half or the southwest quarter of section 22 in the summer of 1905. It comprises eighty acres of land situated near the west branch of the Eau Claire river on route No. 1. Mr. Wegner was married to Laura Schwantes of Lincoln County, July 19, 1905. To this union three children, two boys, Amos and Ogden, and one girl, Ruby, were born. Be- sides operating his farm, Mr. Wegner has found time to operate a store and a saloon on section 22. This business he conducted from 1903 until August, 1909, when it burned down. He is a leader in Peck township affairs, and has served as Supervisor, Township Chair- man and School Treasurer. The last two offices he served in eight consecutive years, exact dates of which are found in Peck township history. Mr. Wegner is
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a member of the E. F. U. The Wegner family attends the Evangelical Lutheran church.
OSCAR J. SWANSON, auditor and credit manager, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Lena M. and John Swanson. Coming to Antigo, Wisconsin, at an early age he attended the public schools and the Antigo High School. After attending high school two years he entered the employ of the Fidelity Savings Bank at Antigo. He then entered Marquette Univer- sity where he completed his high school course and in 1915 graduated from the commerce and accounting department of that institution. He then purchased the business of the Forest County Abstract Company and the Insurance Agencies of the Bank of Crandon in 1915. In 1918, when war was on with Germany, he enlisted. Returning to Antigo after the war he en- tered the First National Bank as Assistant Cashier, which position he held until he resigned January 1, 1921, to accept a position as chief auditor and credit manager of the Charles W. Fish Lumber Company, Elcho, Wis. Mr. Swanson was married June 18, 1919, to Cecelia Goebel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Goebel, Antigo, Wis. He is a member of the Mason- ic lodge, the B. P. O. E. and M. W. A. Mr. and Mrs. Swanson reside at Elcho, Wisconsin.
ARTHUR M. JANES, pioneer citizen. Among the earliest pioneers of Langlade County are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Janes, who located in the village of Antigo in March, 1882. They first came to Antgio in the spring of 1881. At that time the old Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western came only as far as Aniwa, Shawano County hamlet. Track had been laid to Weed's mill, but the bridge had not been completed. From Ani- wa Mr. Janes came to Antigo with the construction crew building the Weed mill dam. The following spring Mr. Janes bought property where the Molle building is now located and moved his family here. Freight was then hauled by ox-team and Fifth avenue was lined with many stumps, removed the next year. Arthur M. Janes was married to Jennie Hill (see story on stopping places, taverns, hotels) February 13, 1879, at Shawano, Wisconsin. Eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Janes were born in Antigo. Mrs. E. A. Set- tler, Avondale, Arizona, was born in Shawano. Those born in Antigo were Edwin A. Janes, who died in 1899; Evelyn Janes Richardson, who died in 1919; Chris Janes, Superintendent of the Frost Veneer Co., Antigo, Wis .; Harry M. Janes, rancher, Avondale, Arizona ; Mrs. Jessie Pearson Richardson, of Avondale, Arizona, and Guy, Dale and Howard Janes, of Antigo. Arthur M. Janes was one of Antigo's first merchants. The Janes family resides at 316 Fifth avenue, Antigo, Wis.
CHARLES S. LEYKOM, deceased, was a pioneer Antigo business man. He was born November 14, 1857, at Manitowoc, son of John and Ann Leykom. After attending the public schools of Manitowoc, Mr. Leykom took a position with the Rand & Romer Hard- ware Company. In 1881 he came to Antigo, being one
of the pioneer merchants of the city. He walked from Eland Jct. to get here as the railroad was not com- pleted this far north then. He established a hard- ware store with John Hessel, for a time was associated with H. A. Kohl and then resumed his partnership with Mr. Hessel. He was a member of the Beavers Reserve Fund Fraternity and the E. F. U., an officer of the city frequently, held the office of City Sealer of Weights & Measures for years and served with credit on the Board of Education. Mr. Leykom was one of the founders of the Antigo Public Library. The Li- brary Board sent condolences to his family at the time of his death, September 26, 1924. His remains were buried in the City Cemetery. Charles S. Leykom was married to Nellie Williams, an early Antigo teach- er, in 1883. He is survived by his wife and three children, Sumner Leykom, Mrs. Charles Thomas, and John Wallace Leykom. His name is cut deep among the worthy pioneers of Antigo.
WALTER GUILE, Norwood pioneer, was born in Utica, N. Y., in 1834. He came to Norwood township in 1882, being one of its early settlers. Mr. Guile held the esteem and respect of his neighbors and associates as is evidenced by his election as Chairman of Nor- wood in 1884. He held this post a year and a half when he resigned. He was married in 1870 to Eleanore Litton, born at Sheboygan, June 15, 1853. Six chil- dren were born, Walter, Harvey and Arthur and Mrs. John Ott of Sheboygan being the children living. Wal- ter Guile passed away January 9, 1898, and his re- mains are at rest in the Antigo cemetery. Mrs. Guile is now living in Antigo.
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