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The subject of this review attended the rural schools of Hortonville, having received a common school edu- cation. He then began to make his own way in the world and became a well driller and pump dealer. He followed this occupation in and adjacent to Hortonville until 1879 when he came to Langlade County. Until 1883 he was associated with Niels Anderson, the first merchant of Antigo, in the well drilling and pump busi- ness. Retiring from the pump business in 1883, Mr. Leslie devoted his entire attention to his farm in An- tigo (Springbrook township). When he secured his farm it was in control of Shawano County as New County was then attached to that county for county and judicial purposes. He moved into the city of Antigo from Antigo township in 1891 and has since been a resi- dent of the city, where he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business for thirty-one years. He has also spent considerable time in looking over lands and conducting logging operations during winter months.
Thomas W. Leslie was united in marriage to Miss Anna Dvorak, the daughter of Frank and Philomena Dvorak. To this union six children were born, two of whom are deceased. Those living are Blanche, now Mrs. Edward Lackerman, of Rolling township, Lang- lade County; Robert, now at Hiles, Forest County, Wisconsin; Myra, now Mrs. Joseph Scholey, of Los Angeles, California; and Mabel, of Antigo, Wisconsin.
The Leslie residence is at 1444 Clermont street, An- tigo, Wisconsin. Fraternally he is a member of the Beavers Reserve Fund Fraternity and the Equitable Fraternal Union. During pioneer days Mr. Leslie op- erated a general store at Deerbrook for a short time. This was one of the first stores in that part of the county. He had previously been associated with a brother, Sam Leslie, in a store at Tigerton, Wisconsin.
During the World War the Leslie family did its part. Robert was a member of the 22nd Base Hospital, U. S. A., and served from May 27, 1917, to April 23, 1919. He was overseas from June 2, 1918, to April 2, 1919. Mabel E. Leslie served as a nurse, having enlisted on November 11, 1919.
HUGH B. MUTTART, a prominent Antigo mer- chant, was born in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, on August 22, 1882, the son of William and Helen (McCarthy) Muttart. William Muttart was born in Canada and Helen McCarthy Muttart was a native of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, where the McCarthy family was among the early pioneers of the district. The father followed the trade of a well driller in the state for many years until his death in March, 1911.
H. B. Muttart was reared in Oshkosh where he at- tended the public schools. He followed the printer's trade for four years following his public school ca- reer. He then went to Milwaukee to take up the study of embalming under Professor Williams in his College of Embalming. Returning to Oshkosh he successfully passed the state examinations and in 1904 he located at Antigo in the undertaking and embalm- ing business. In this work he continued alone until 1912 when a consolidation of three well known Anti- go business houses took place, forming the Antigo Furniture & Undertaking Company, of which Mr. Mut- tart became President. A. D. Stewart and Rudolph Kratche were the other members of the original firm. This firm progressed and made an excellent showing in the business. In the fall of 1918 T. T. McGillan of Appleton became a member of the firm, which has since been known as Muttart & McGillan Furniture and Undertaking Company.
H. B. Muttart was married in 1908 to Miss Mary Hoffman, daughter of Joseph Hoffman, proprietor of The Hoffman House. Two children, Helen and Mary, have been born to them. H. B. Muttart is a member of the Roman Catholic church, as is his wife and children. He is a member of the Knights of Colum- bus, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, The Loyal Order of Moose.
PAUL J. MILLARD, former Postmaster, and now Assistant Postmaster, was born on June 23, 1859, at Wausau, Wisconsin, the son of Burton and Harriet (Crown) Millard. He received a common school ed- ucation. When a young man he came to Antigo, in August, 1882, from Wausau, and, with his brother, A. B. Millard, a prominent pioneer, became the proprietor of The Weekly News Item, serving as one of the own- ers until 1893. He served as Postmaster from April 23, 1893, to June 30, 1897, and on July 21, 1901, was appointed Assistant Postmaster, which position he has served in since.
Mr. Millard has been a member of the City Council and also a member of the Board of Education. Fra- ternally he is a charter member of Antigo Lodge No. 231, F. & A. M .; Antigo Chapter No. 64, R. A. M., and Antigo Commandery No. 31, K. T.
He was married on December 26, 1884, at Royalton, Wisconsin, to Hattie M. Waite. Four children were born to this union, Glenn E., Arnold B. (deceased), Paul V. and Harriet E.
The Millard residence is at 718 Graham Avenue, Antigo.
HENRY BERNER. The history of Langlade Coun- ty would be incomplete without a resume of the life activities of Henry Berner, the President of Berner Brothers Publishing Company. He was born in the town of Gibson, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, on June 10, 1878, the son of Henry and Caroline Berner. When five years of age he moved with his parents to Antigo where he attended the public schools and the Antigo High School. Leaving school he began his
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career as an employe for the Weekly News Item and was with that publication for three years. It was then located where Mrs. A. R. Winters now has her grocery store. Mr. Berner then secured employment on The Antigo Republican and was with that paper from 1895 until 1899 when he went to Columbus, Wis- consin, where, with his brother, Fred L. Berner, he took over the Columbus Democrat. He returned to Antigo in 1901 and with his brother took over the Antigo Journal, then a weekly paper, purchasing the same from George W. Hill. The Journal has grown to be one of the best news and advertising mediums of
a teacher in the Menasha public schools; Henry, Jr., a student at the University of Wisconsin; Artemus, of Antigo; Thelma, a student; Lynn, who passed away on October 4, 1922, following fatal injuries received in an automobile accident; Leland, who died on Oc- tober 5, 1908. Both Lynn and Leland are buried in the Antigo cemetery.
Fraternally Mr. Berner is affiliated with The Bea- vers Reserve Fund Fraternity, The Knights of Pyth- ias, The Modern Woodmen of America and the Sons of Veterans. He is the Secretary of the Langlade County Fair Association, and for twelve years, (1910-
HENRY BERNER
President and General Manager of Berner Brothers Publishing Com- pany has been a strong asset to that leading firm, which has forged ahead commensurate with the progress of Antigo and vicinity.
this section of the state through the business princi- ples that the brothers followed during the span of twenty years they have had charge of The Journal. Mr. Berner is now the general manager of the large printing plant at 533 Superior street.
Henry Berner was united in marriage to Elizabeth Yeager, of Marshfield, on December 19, 1899. To this union six children were born. They are Dorothy, now
1922), was oil inspector for this district. He is also a member of the Antigo Association of Commerce. The Berner residence is at 423 Tenth avenue, Antigo.
A. H. BERENDSEN is one of the oldest and most respected citizens in Langlade County. He was born in the town of Freedom, Outagamie County, Wiscon- sin, on July 25, 1869. He came to Langlade County
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from the town of Freedom on November 10, 1882, with three cows and five head of young stock. A yoke of oxen were hitched to his heavy wagon. Twelve days later he arrived at the Henry Hersant farm, Nor- wood township. Because of difficulties with the cat- tle it was necessary for him to leave the cattle at a place owned by Joseph Schnorich, now the site of the E. E. Hemingway home at Mattoon, Wisconsin.
John Menting and Gerard Berendsen made the trip with the subject of this sketch. With no roads and about a sixteen inch fall of snow it was difficult for these sturdy pioneers to find their way about.
The father of Mr. Berendsen, Theodore Berendsen, homesteaded on section 25, township 30, range 12 east. This place has since been known as the Bernard Berendsen farm and is situated one-half mile east of Phlox.
Mr. Berendsen recalls well when in the spring of 1883 he came in to Antigo with a yoke of oxen to do some trading at the Niels Arderson store, the first store in Antigo. He also went over to the depot to see a train pull into Antigo-then this was considered an event of great importance (the approach of an airplane is regarded with less significance by Anti- go people now).
Mr. Berendsen stayed on the homestead for some- time helping clear land, until he was sixteen years of age. Then as his parents were in need of some money he went to work at the carpenter trade. He earned ten dollars per month and board. He later secured work from Joseph St. Louis and son, Frank St. Louis, who had a mill at Phlox. After working there until the fall of 1888 he went to work for the Mattoon Manufacturing Company putting in bridges and cul- verts on the railroad between Mattoon and Aniwa. He was employed as camp foreman, carpenter and lumber inspector until the spring of 1898. He then entered the employ of G. B. Lesch as a lumber inspector and was with him until he went out of business in this territory, in the fall of 1900. Mr. Berendsen then en- tered the employ of the G. W. Jones Lumber Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, on November 1, 1900, and was with them until January 1, 1921, a period of twenty years and two months. He has been dealing in lands and forest products on his own initiative since.
Mr. Berendsen was married to Rosatia M. Hones at Phlox on June 2, 1921. He is a Catholic by faith and fraterrally is affiliated with the B. P. O. E. and the Catholic Order of Foresters. The Berendsen family moved from Mattoon to Antigo in June, 1899, and has resided here since. A. H. Berendsen, dur- ing these many years, has won the respect and confi- dence of a score of citizens.
WILLIAM READER. Former Assemblyman and Register of Deeds, was born in Stockbridge township, Calumet County, May 16, 1864, son of John Reader. He moved with his parents to Menominee, where the family stayed for one year. August 20, 1882, he moved to Ackley township (now Peck township) where
he settled on a farm. Here he held several respons- ible town offices, including the Chairmanship of Peck township for seven years. In 1900 he was elected Register of Deeds of Langlade County. Then he sold his farm and moved into Antigo. He served with credit as Register of Deeds from January, 1901, to 1909, when he was elected a member of the Assembly. Mr. Reader framed the bill making Langlade a separ- ate Assembly district and Marathon and Langlade Counties a Senatorial district in 1911. Mr. Reader purchased the Market Square Hotel in 1913 from the Langlade Bank and has been its proprietor since.
WILLIAM READER
Pioneer Langlade County Citizen, former Register of Deeds, former Assemblyman, and now proprietor of the Market Square Hotel, the reconstructed Springbrook House, Antigo's first hotel.
This hotel is the reconstructed Springbrook House, pioneer Antigo "stopping place of '79". Mr. Reader was married June 11, 1892, at Wrightstown, Outagamie County, to Mary McCabe. Three sons, John, George and Merritt, and one daughter, Irene, were born to this union. All three sons are veterans of the World War. Mr. Reader is a member of the Catholic For- esters and the American Hotel Association. He is an upright business man, a fearless advocate for those things that tend to benefit the community, and is high- ly regarded by scores of friends throughout the county.
PERRY McINTOSH. Born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, May 13, 1895, son of Charles and Viola McIntosh. Came to Antigo in 1915. Married Mary Poinkowski September 8, 1919, to which union two children have been born, a boy and a girl. Employed as brakeman with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. Noted wrestler of middle west. Has engaged in wrestling bouts with such able men as John Meyers, Louis Tal- aber, Wjonne Kattoonin, Witt, Sanders, Alex Kazaan, Sam Chapman, British champion, Van Worden of Can- ada, Kid Sperenio of Illinois, Bob Langford of Virginia. Total matches engaged in is 156 with between six to eight that were lost. His first match was in 1913 with Alex Kazaan, whom he defeated.
Mr. McIntosh is a member of Antigo Council No. 1002 K. of C., and of Antigo Lodge 662 B. P. O. E. In wrestling he was trained under George and Fred Belle, who was once world champion, having defeated Frank Gotch.
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WILL C. BRAWLEY. The editor of a widely read, interesting and substantial newspaper always plays a leading role in the advancement of a community. Will C. Brawley, the genial editor of the Antigo Her- ald and General Manager of the Langlade Printing Company enjoys that prestige in Antigo and vicinity. Mr. Brawley, a veteran journalist, has been engaged
Ashland Daily News. Mr. Brawley was also a staff writer on the original Chicago Herald, established by James W. Scott, and for a time was political writer on the old LaCrosse Chronicle and the Oconto Enter- prise ..
In 1919, with William F. Kasson, he purchased the Antigo Herold, German language publication, and
WILL C. BRAWLEY
Editor of the Antigo Herald, and prominent Wisconsin Democrat, who has been a member or Secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee for twenty-seven years. Mr. Brawley was chosen as a delegate to four Democratic National Conventions.
in publicity work for forty years. His first venture in journalism was the launching of The Yellow River Lumberman at Necedah. The publication was later
transferred to Mauston, Wisconsin. He later sold the Mauston Sun, the mechanical department of which was transferred to Pierre, S. D.
With Jeremiah C. Murphy he then established the
changed it to the present English language publica- tion, The Antigo Herald. The editorials from The Herald are frequently copied by leading state papers.
Through the late Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, Mr.
Brawley represented the Ways and Means Committee of the Democratic National Committee in the last Bryan campaign and in the interests of that Committee
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made a tour of the state of Iowa. He was for twenty years Secretary and a member of the Democratic State Central Committee and attended four National Conventions as a delegate.
J. C. LEWIS, a prominent pioneer, former President of the First National Bank and Chairman of the Board of Directors of that institution, with which he has been connected for many years, was born in Co- lumbia County, Wisconsin, on July 8, 1856, the son of H. O. and Elizabeth (Jones) Lewis, both of whom were natives of Wales. The Lewis' lived on a farm
J. C. LEWIS
Pioneer merchant, leading banker and a prominent citizen in all public activities was one of the leading figures in the fight to incorporate the city of Antigo. Mr. Lewis has held many important official positions in the city and county.
in Columbia County for some time before moving to Portage, Wisconsin, where the father took up work as a blacksmith and dealer in implements.
It was in Portage, Wisconsin, that J. C. Lewis gained the main parts of his education. At the age of twenty-two he had completed an apprenticeship to the tinsmith's trade, and going to Waupaca he worked at his trade there in the branch store of the man with whom he learned his work. Three and a half years he continued there and then went to Merrill, Wisconsin, as manager of a hardware store at that place. From Merrill he moved to Antigo and established himself in the hardware business, the J. C. Lewis Hardware Company being the foundation of the present Antigo Hardware. It was not long before the thriftiness and industriousness of Mr. Lewis began to assert themselves in the little village of Antigo. Mr. Lewis erected the fine brick building now occupied by the Antigo Hardware. In 1887 he built the structure now known as the Odd Fellows building, intersection of Fifth avenue and Clermont street. Mr. Lewis has been worthily connected with many of the leading financial and industrial enterprises that have had their inception in Antigo.
The public life of J. C. Lewis has been one of long and devoted service to Antigo and Langlade County. In 1887-88 he was County Treasurer and rendered valuable services in that position. He has served as Chairman of the County Board and as a member of the School Board. He also was an Alderman under the aldermanic system of government in Antigo, and was Secretary of the old Antigo Telephone Company organization.
Mr. Lewis was married in Waupaca, Wisconsin, to Miss G. Lord, the daughter of George L. Lord, and to this union five children were born: Bessie, J. Parrish, now a partner in the Grossman-Lewis Company, Mil- waukee, stock and bond company; Martha and Hugh Lewis. One child died in infancy.
J. C. Lewis, during his many years of residence in Antigo, has proven himself a dependable citizen whose energies and best efforts have been put forth unreservedly for the general welfare of the city. He is a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. The Lewis residence is on Clermont street, Antigo.
ADRIAN SCHILLEMAN. From the old world there has come to America thousands of thrifty and substantial people willing to become citizens of the United States and to do what they can to make this nation a haven for the oppressed of the war torn coun- tries across the sea. The parents of Adrian Schille- man, the subject of this sketch, were natives of Hol- land and came to this country before the birth of this subject. Adrian Schilleman was born in New York state in 1844. When a young man he moved with his parents westward soon settling in the state of Wiscon- sin at Cedar Grove, Sheboygan County. Here he was married in 1872 to Mary Serier, born in 1853. The Schilleman family consisted of ten children, two girls and eight boys: Edward, of Casper, Wyoming; Wil- liam, of Hollister; Anton, Lac du Flambeau; Jake, Wabeno; John, who died in October, 1916; Walter, of Mercer; Alvin, of Marshfield; Emma, now Mrs. V. Hill, of Waukesha; Nettie, now Mrs. Charles Loper, of Antigo; and Irving, of Antigo.
They moved to Langlade County from Gillette, Shawano County, in 1908. Mr. Schilleman owned four farms in Langlade County, two southeast of An- tigo and two west of Antigo. He now resides on his farm southeast of Antigo.
Irving Schilleman was born at Cecil, Shawano Coun- ty, Wisconsin, on March 8, 1896, the son of Mary and Adrian Schilleman. He attended the Hunter Grange and Heineman Country Schools. When a youth he began as an apprentice in the mechanical department of The Weekly News Item of Antigo in 1911 and has since been with the following printing establishments : Ironwood Times; Bessmer (Mich.) Herald; Shawano Journal; Casper (Wyo.) Daily Press and the Antigo Daily Journal, which he has been with for three years.
Irving Schilleman was married to Irma Foltz, of Antigo, in 1918. To this union one son, Marvin, has been born. Mr. Schilleman is a member of the Antigo Typographical Union. Irving Schilleman resides on Tenth avenue, Antigo.
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J. WERNER. A resident of Wisconsin since 1899, J. Werner has lived a career not crowded with varied experiences but marked, nevertheless, by ventures of extent and importance, characterized at all times by the strictest integrity and adherence to honorable busi- ness methods, and stamped with the approval of all with whom he has come in contact. Mr. Werner was born in Russia, on June 15, 1877, the son of Moses and Esther (Rosenberg) Werner. He received an elemen- tary and high school education following which he be- gan as a law clerk with one of the leading law firms of his community. It was his intention to become thoroughly acquainted with the law and eventually to become a lawyer, but unfortunately conditions in Rus- sia at that time placed too many technical as well as actual obstacles in his path.
When twenty-two years of age Mr. Werner settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he started in business selling ladies' ready-to-wear apparel. He has followed this field since and in September, 1916, he opened Wer- ner's Shop for Ladies at 728 Fifth avenue, Antigo, which he has since conducted with success.
Mr. Werner was married on October 20, 1907, to Rebecca Cohen, of Chicago, Illinois, and to this union one child, Millette Esther, now nine years of age, was born. The Werners reside in the Schneiter flat on Sec- ond avenue.
Fraternally J. Werner is a member of Charter Oak Lodge No. 150, Knights of Pythias.
H. B. KELLOGG. Belonging to a family that has made Langlade County its home since the days of the first pioneers in 1875 and members of which have been identified with the substantial growth of this section of the state since then is H. B. Kellogg, President of the T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Manufacturing Company, a pioneer Antigo institution. H. B. Kellogg was born in Rockton, Illinois, on July 4th, 1859, the son of Thomas David and Harriet (Buffum) Kellogg. His father was a native of Connecticut and Mrs. Kellogg was a native of New York state.
When but two years old Mr. Kellogg moved with his parents to Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, where his father was engaged in the operation of a first class flour mill. The Kellogg family moved from Ap- pleton to Stevensville, located in the same county and it was at that place and the Appleton High School where young Kellogg received his education.
In the year 1875 Thomas D. Kellogg moved to the territory in Oconto County, later to become New Coun- ty, and that year he rented a saw mill from Thomas M. Dobbs, who had erected the first mill in the county two years previously, 1873. Mr. Kellogg moved the mill to the "burnt section", near Langlade, and later to Lily, then called New. The old Kellogg place on the Military Road is still pointed out to passers-by at this day as the "Kellogg farm".
Horace B. Kellogg began as a teacher in the terri- tory that was to become Langlade County, he being one of the very first teachers in the first Langlade Coun- ty school, located on section 3, township 31, Range 14 East. He also taught at Gagen, his pupils being
James, Henry and John Gagen. Since then he has followed the lumber business, being initiated into that industry in the days of the pine conquests on the Wolf River. He logged on both the Wolf river and Pickerel Creek, being associated with his father, T. D. Kellogg, up to the time of the latter's death, in 1903. The Kelloggs moved to Antigo in March, 1883, and
H. B. KELLOGG
Who began lumber operations in the territory now com- prising Langlade County, with his father, the late T. D. Kellogg. T. D. Kellogg purchased Thomas M. Dobbs' sawmill in 1875.
the following winter T. D. Kellogg and his son pur- chasd the old Novotny Brothers mill, this being the first sawmill in Antigo. They operated a mill for many years on this site, selling in 1905 to J. H. Worden.
The T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Manufacturing Com- pany was organized with T. D. Kellogg as President in 1890 and he remained at the head of that firm until his death. H. B. Kellogg has since been President of the concern, which has offices at 619 Superior street, Antigo. Besides being at the head of a large lumber industry Mr. Kellogg is identified with the First Na- tional Bank of Antigo, and since July, 1922, has been President of that institution. He previously served as Vice President, being selected for that office in 1902. He has been a director of the bank since 1910. Mı. Kellogg has also served as a member of the Board of Education, as did his father, after whom the Kellogg (First Ward) is named. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic orders.
June 20, 1883, Mr. Kellogg was married to Mary Bauter at Appleton. Four children were born to this union, namely, Helen, who died in 1904, and who is buried beside her grandparents and her great-grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Kellogg, in the Kellogg family lot in the Antigo cemetery; Myrtie V., now Mrs. Ralph Krause, of Seattle, Washington; Thomas D., Superintendent of the Polar mills of the T. D. Kel- logg concern; and Horace B., Jr., who assists his father in the management of the Antigo office.
During the World War the Kelloggs proved them-
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selves stern patriots .. Both Thomas D .. and Horace, Jr., served in the U. S. Army and were honorably dis- charged in 1918 and 1919 respectively.
THOMAS D. KELLOGG. Born August 5, 1889, son of Horace B. and Mary Kellogg, and a grandson of T. D. Kellogg, pioneer Langlade County lumber- man. Attended the Antigo public schools, graduated from the Antigo High School in 1908, attended Law- rence College. Took charge of the Polar township mill and other business affairs of the T. D. Kellogg Lumber & Mfg. Co. in 1909. September 1, 1915, was married to Lettie Uhlman, of Willston, N. D. Thomas B. Kellogg is a veteran of the World War, being honorably discharged December 31, 1918. He is a member of the B. P. O. E. lodge.
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