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his duties were that of receiving drafted men and training them and assigning them for overseas duty. Two of his brothers, Drs. Clarence J. and Raymond L. Kenney of Milwaukee, were also in the service, the former with the rank of major, while Raymond L. was a captain and both were with the Thirty-second Division overseas.
After obtaining his discharge Mr. Kenney returned to Milwaukee and on the 1st of February, 1919, formed a partnership with William Kaumheimer, with whom he has since engaged in the practice of law, the firm enjoying an extensive clientage.
On the 20th of August, 1917, Mr. Kenney was married to Miss Frances Murphy of Milwaukee. Mr. Kenney is a member of the Knights of Columbus and professionally is connected with the Milwaukee Bar Association.
HUGO P. SIEKERT, M. D.
Dr. Hugo P. Siekert, a member of the medical profession who is specializing to a degree in the practice of surgery, was born in Germany, September 13, 1892, but was only seven months old when brought to the United States by his parents, Herman and Ottillie ( Rietz) Siekert, who settled in Milwaukee. The father was a brick and stone contractor and carried on business in this city for a number of years. Both he and his wife are deceased, Mrs. Seikert passing away about four years ago, while the father died about a year ago. In their family were two sons, the brother of Dr. Siekert being Alvin C. Siekert, who was born February 15, 1900.
Dr. Siekert, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, was reared in Milwaukee and in the acquirement of his education attended the South Division high school, from which he was graduated at the age of sixteen years. He afterward spent four years in Marquette University as a medical student and won his professional de- gree as a member of the class of 1916. Since that date he has been actively engaged in practice in Milwaukee, occupying the same offices throughout the period, save for the time spent in the New York Postgraduate School. He has been to the eastern metrop- olis for postgraduate work on various occasions and has at all times kept thoroughly informed concerning the latest scientific researches and discoveries in connection with the practice of medicine and surgery. He is now president of the Milwaukee Physi- cians Association and has the highest respect and regard of his colleagues and con- temporaries in the profession. He is chairman of the staff of the Hanover General Hospital and he belongs to the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Society and the American Medical Asso- ciation.
On the 17th of November, 1917, Dr. Siekert was married to Miss Elisa Kraus, a native of Milwaukee, and they have a daughter, Lorraine, born September 14, 1918. Dr. Siekert enjoys billiards, pool, bowling, tennis, fishing and hunting and was once Wisconsin champion in pocket pool. His interests are those of the alert, red-blooded young man possessed of energy, determination and ambition. He belongs to Phi Rho Sigma, an honorary medical fraternity of which he was president in 1914. He is a Knight Templar and Consistory Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine and he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias. A young man still under thirty years of age, he already enjoys a fine practice and is a popular citizen, his social qualities winning him warm friendships, while his professional skill and ability and his loyalty in mat- ters of citizenship have gained for him the confidence and high respect of all with whom he has been brought into contact.
WILLIAM MAGILL THOMPSON.
The automobile industry in Milwaukee, particularly in its sales department, has drawn to it many men of most progressive spirit and marked business capability and in this connection mention should be made of William Magill Thompson, who is the secretary and treasurer of the Wisconsin Oakland Company. He was born on his father's farm near Springdale, Dane county, Wisconsin, April 30, 1887, and is a son of Frank and Katherine ( Magill) Thompson. His grandfather in the paternal line was a native of Scotland but crossed the Atlantic to Canada, where he engaged in business as a brick and stone mason. In 1848 he removed to Dane county, Wisconsin, where he followed his trade but he established his four sons in the business of farming. His son, Frank Thompson, is now living at Madison, Wisconsin, at the advanced age of cighty-five years and for a considerable period has been retired from business. He was born in the province of Quebec, Canada, and in 1848 accompanied his parents to Wis- consin, their home being established in the Scotch settlement on the Sugar river in Dane county. Frank Thompson has ever been of that sterling Scotch type of upright, conservative and practical business men thoroughly reliable at all times and under
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every condition. He married Katherine Magill, who was born in Belfast, Ireland, a daughter of William Magill, who came to the United States in 1848 and settled in Detroit, where he spent his remaining days as a moulder. Ilis daughter, Mrs. Thomp- son, passed away in the year 1893.
William M. Thompson acquired a public school education in Dane county and also attended the Verona high school, while later he became a student in the Capital City Commercial College at Madison, Wisconsin, and thus qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. He started out in the business world as an employe of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, as a stenographer at the Madison branch of that corporation. There he remained for eighteen months, after which he became identified with the Hokanson Automobile Company as a stenographer and bookkeeper, being associated with the company until 1918. He left Madison as secretary and treasurer of the Hokanson Buick Company and on the 1st of November of that year he came to Milwaukee as manager, secretary and treasurer of the Wisconsin Oakland Company, in which capacity he has since served. His long experience in connection with automobile trade has made him well qualified to assume the duties and responsibilities that now devolve upon him. He is constantly alert to every opportunity for the upbuilding of the business and his efforts have been a vital force and element in its continued growth.
On the 5th of September, 1911, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Ella Marie Struck, a daughter of Hans J. Struck of Madison, who is a native of Germany and is now engaged in the coal and wood trade in the capital city. Mrs. Thompson was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, and by her marriage has become the mother of a daughter, Helen McMillan Thompson.
Mr. Thompson has never taken an active part in politics but has always voted with the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Fraternally he is a Mason, holding membership in Madison Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M .: Kenwood Chapter, R. A. M .; Ivanhoe Commandery, K. T .: and Tripoli Temple of the Mystic Shrine He is likewise a member of the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Madison Club. the Ozankee Country Club and the Association of Commerce-connections that indicate the nature of his interest and activities outside of business. His wife is a skilled pianist and singer but her musical powers are used only for the pleasure of her family and never in public. . Mr. Thompson enjoys hunting, fishing, golf and motoring and takes frequent motor trips. The farm boy of three decades ago is today a most progressive and successful business man of Milwaukee and his activities are constantly broadening in scope and importance until he occupies an enviable position in the business circles of Wisconsin's metropolis.
MAX BORNSTEIN, M. D.
Dr. Max Bornstein, who is devoting his entire attention to the practice of surgery in Milwaukee, was born in New York city, December 25, 1886. He attended the public schools, graduating from the West Side high school with the class of 1903. In 1904 he entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia and was graduated on the completion of the four years' course in 1908. He was then interne in the Philadelphia General Hospital for a year, after which he removed to Oakfield, Wisconsin, where he con- tinued in general practice for a few months. In 1909 he returned to Milwaukee, where he has since remained, save for the period of his service in the World war. He has been a member of the staff of Mount Sinai Hospital since opening his office in Milwaukee and is now on the surgical staff. He is likewise a member of the surgical staff of the Johnson Emergency Hospital and for the past ten years has devoted his attention alto- gether to surgical practice.
During the World war Dr. Bornstein was secretary of the reserve officers examining board for several months and in June, 1917, was called upon for active duty and ordered to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he remained for three months. He was next transferred to Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas, and was a member of the surgical staff there for a time, after which he was transferred to the medical department of Wash- ington University in St. Louis for postgraduate work in brain surgery, spending four months at that point. Later he was sent to Camp Grant at Rockford, Illinois, where he did special work on the chest. He was discharged in May, 1918, on account of the condition of his own health and, returning to Milwaukee, here resumed practice. He is a member of the Milwaukee Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Society and the American Society of Surgeons and through the proceedings of these bodies keeps informed con- cerning all that is being done in the profession of an advanced character. He is thoroughly informed concerning the latest scientific researches and investigations and employs the most modern methods in his practice.
On the 11th of September. 1912, Dr. Bornstein was married to Miss Mary Ann Carey and they have one child, Mary Ellen. born April 20, 1916, an interesting little daughter
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who has been nicknamed "Patsy." Dr. Bornstein is a Master Mason. He owns a beautiful modern two-story stucco home at the corner of Grant boulevard and Wright street, which he erected in 1920, and its hospitality is greatly enjoyed by a large circle of friends.
THOMAS CAMPBELL McMILLAN.
Thomas Campbell McMillan, vice president and treasurer of the Overland Wiscon- sin Company and thus closely associated with the automobile trade of Milwaukee, for the company has the agency for the Overland cars in this state and in northern Michi- gan, has steadily worked his way upward in the business world and his success is the direct outcome of perseverance and intelligently directed efforts. Born in Milwaukee on the 19th of December, 1878, he is a son of Thomas McMillan, of whom further men- tion is made in the sketches of John W. and William A. McMillan elsewhere in this work. His early education was acquired in the public schools of his native city and he started out in the business world as a clerk in the employ of the B. Uhrig & Sons Company, dealers in coal. He remained with that firm for four years and then be- came connected with the Western Transit Company as a clerk, also continuing with that house for an equal period. Later he made his way to the Indian Territory, now the state of Oklahoma, where he did newspaper work at McAlester for two years. His next removal took him to Dallas, Texas, where he was associated with the National Packing Company for two years, after which he returned to Milwaukee and became identified with the Wadhams Oil Company as purchasing agent. Three years were spent in that connectiou and he then resigned his position to assist in the organization of the business with which he is now identified. The original concern was established under the name of the George W. Browne Motor Company and in 1912 this was changed to the Overland Wisconsin Company, of which Mr. Browne is the president. with Mr. McMillan as the vice president and treasurer. They are distributors of the Willys-Overland cars in Wisconsin and in upper Michigan. The business has been steadily developed along progressive lines and the annual sales are now extensive. Thoroughness and determination have ever characterized Mr. McMillan in his business career and he has worked most diligently and persistently in the attainment of his present-day success.
On the 29th of October, 1913, Mr. McMillan was married to Miss Irma E. Rose of Chicago, in which city she was reared and educated. They have become parents of two children: Thomas Robert and Mary Jane. Mr. McMillan maintains an independent course in politics, voting for the man whom he thinks is the best candidate for the office sought. He is a Presbyterian in religious faith and he belongs to the Milwaukee Athletic Club and the Milwaukee Yacht Club. He is likewise the president of the Milwaukee Automotive Dealers' Association and was the first president of the Wis- consin Automotive Dealers' Association. He likewise belongs to the Association of Commerce and gives his cooperation and support to all measures and movements which are fostered by that organization and which tend to promote the welfare and progress of the city.
CHARLES F. DICKENS.
Charles F. Dickens, treasurer of The Layton Company, pork packers at Milwaukee, was born in this city, November 3, 1865. His father, George Dickens, was a native of Utica, New York, and became one of the pioneer settlers of Milwaukee, where he arrived ahout 1847. He was engaged in the packing business from 1863 until the time of his death, covering a period of forty-seven years, being associated with the firm of Layton & Company. In this undertaking he was a partner of John and Frederick Layton, who established the husiness under the style of J. & F. Layton in 1845, the partners being father and son. The business was incorporated in 1900 and this is one of the oldest packing concerns in the country. George Dickens remained an active factor in the successful conduct of the enterprise until his life's labors were ended in death. In early manhood he had wedded Sarah Dawson, a native of Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Their son, Charles F. Dickens, was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and when his education was completed he became identified with the packing business in 1883, entering the employ of Layton & Company. His association with the firm has continued since that date, or for a period of thirty-eight years. Step by step he has advanced as he had acquainted himself with the various phases of the business and in 1900 he was elected director and treasurer upon the incorporation of the company, although he had a financial interest
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in the business for some time before. The men at the head of the concern are far- sighted business men, substantial and energetic and through capable management and close application have built up an industry of gratifying proportions and one that re- turns to them an excellent annual income.
On the 12th of June, 1899, Mr. Dickens was united in marriage to Miss Flora Riddell, a daughter of A. T. Riddell, one of the old settlers of Milwaukee. They have one son, Riddell, who is associated with the Layton Company and who was a member of Battery A, of the One Hundred and Twentieth Field Artillery, Thirty-second Division, during the World war and went overseas. He was wounded at Chateau Thierry, the ever memorable battle in which the Americans turned the tide of war, driving the Germans back, a drive that was continued until they had crossed the Rhine. Riddell Dickens served as sergeant in his company.
With public interest of a beneficial nature Mr. Dickens has always been asso- ciated. Since 1900 he has been a trustee of the Layton Art Gallery. He helongs to the Milwaukee Association of Commerce and gives active aid and support to all those good plans of the organization for the city's benefit, the extension of its trade relations and the advancement of its civic standards. He belongs to the Milwaukee Athletic Club, to the Blue Mound Country Club and to the Old Settlers Club and is particularly well known among those of long residence in Milwaukee. His life has here been passed and those who have known him from his boyhood to the present are most earnest in attesting the splendid traits of his character and his worth as a business man and as a citizen.
LEE WELLS MILLARD.
Lee Wells Millard occupies a unique place in educational circles or rather has established a school unusual in its character but one of great worth in assisting those who have an impediment in their speech, for he is the president of the Northwestern School for Stammerers in Milwaukee. Mr. Millard was born May 5, 1876, on his father's farm at Montrose, Michigan. He is a son of George Millard and a grandson of George Millard, Sr., who was born in England and emigrated to this country with his family in middle life. The name of George Millard has appeared in six or seven successive generations of the family and the ancestral line can be traced back to the time of William the Conqueror. George Millard, father of Lee W. Millard, was born in England and was brought by his parents to the United States when a lad of thirteen years. The family resided in New York for a short time and then left the Empire state to become residents of Michigan. For three terms George Millard filled the position of county clerk in Genesee county and became a prominent farmer there. He also owned and operated a flour mill at Montrose, Michigan, and occupied a very enviable and creditable position in business circles. Fraternally he was connected with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, religiously with the Presbyterian church and politically with the republican party. He died in the year 1904, having for six years survived his wife, who passed away in 1898. Mrs. Millard bore the maiden name of Annie Pollard and she, too, was born in England, a daughter of George and Ann Pollard, who came to the United States bringing their little daughter Annie when she was nine years of age. They settled at Black Rock near Buffalo, New York, and Mrs. Millard met ber future husband in Buffalo, while he was employed in the rolling mills there. Her grandfather Pollard was a member of Queen Victoria's body guard.
Lee W. Millard was educated in the public schools of Montrose, Michigan, to the age of seventeen years and afterward attended the Clio high school, while still later he was a pupil in the high school at Owasso, Michigan, and at college at Ypsilanti, Michi- gan, taking a special course in physicolor, etc., fitting him for his present work. He next went to Corunna, Michigan, where he continued for a year, working in a shoe factory, after which he removed to Byron, Michigan, and resided for a year on a farm in that locality. Subsequently he spent six months in a wholesale grocery house in Detroit and then took up his abode in Vanderbilt, Michigan, where he remained for four years, employed as lumber dealer. It was in 1903 that he removed to Milwaukee and established the Northwestern School for Stammerers at No. 2449 Grand avenue. In 1914 the school was removed to 2316 Grand avenue, its present location. Mr. Millard suffered from an impediment in his speech until 1893 and was cured through his own efforts and the assistance of Dr. F. D. Millard, his brother. Mr. Millard established his school with two pupils and now has an enrollment of one hundred and fifty from all parts of the world. He had pupils reaching from six to sixteen years of age and has never failed to effect a cure, which takes from three to five weeks. The school has dormitories for nou-residents and the institution is one of great value to those who suffer from speech impediment.
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after reaching manhood. He was a sailor for many years, aud belonged to a family that had long followed the sea, but after his marriage he settled in Milwaukee and established a small foundry, which he operated until his death in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Millard have one child, Virginia, who is now a pupil in the Milwaukee West Side high school. Politically Mr. Millard is a republican and fully meets every duty and obligation of citizenship, but has never been an aspirant for political office. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church and he is prominent in Masonic circles, belonging to Henry L. Palmer Lodge, No. 301, A. F. & A. M .; Kilbourn Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M .; Kilbourn Council, No. 9, R. & S. M .; Wisconsin Commandery, No. 1, K. T .; Wisconsin Consistory, A. & A. S. R .; and Tripoli Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Mr. Millard is likewise treasurer of the United States Junior Naval Reserve and he belongs to the Association of Commerce, to the Millioke Club and to the Mystic Shrine Country Club. He greatly enjoys music and plays the violin. His wife also possesses much artistic and musical ability, while their social position is an enviable one.
ALBERT J. SCHOENECKER.
Albert J. Schoenecker, secretary and treasurer of the V. Schoenecker Boot & Shoe Company of Milwaukee, has been a lifelong resident of this city. He was here born on the 27th of May, 1873, his parents being Vincenz and Katharine ( Menger) Schoenecker. The father was born in Blomberg, Germany, on the 24th of June, 1837, his parents being Anton and Mary (Lorenzo) Schoenecker, who were likewise natives of that place, in which they spent their entire lives. The educational opportunities enjoyed by Vincenz Schoenecker were those offered by the public schools of his native city, which he at- tended to the age of fourteen years. He then went to a city not far from his home town and served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade. He was afterward em- ployed as a journeyman along that line and then he sought the opportunities of the new world, crossing the Atlantic in May, 1855, in company with his brothers, Andrew and John. The voyage was a long and tedious one as they did not reach Baltimore, Maryland, until the 7th of August of that year. From that point, where they landed, they made their way direct to Milwaukee and within a week after their arrival Vin- cenz and John Schoenecker had found employment with Henry Freeman, a shoe manu- facturer. The former continued to serve with Mr. Freeman until 1859 and afterward spent two years in the employ of Mr. Markett. From 1861 until 1870 he was connected with various shoe manufacturing houses in this city and in the latter year became foreman in the shoe factory of O. D. Bjorquist, there remaining for a decade, or until 1880, when he became connected with the F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company. He had been with that concern for nine years when he resigned his position to organize the V. Schoenecker Boot & Shoe Company, of which he remained the president to the time of his death. In 1890 this company built commodious quarters on Seventh street. Back of the success of the industry was the thorough knowledge and experience which Mr. Schoenecker had gained through the many years in which he was employed by others. On the 16th of May, 1857, Vincenz Schoenecker was married to Miss Louisa Schwander, and they became the parents of two children: Robert and Victoria. For his second wife he chose Margaret Schlegel and they had two children: Vincenz, Jr., and Mary. His third wife was Katharine Menger, and the four children of this mar- riage were: Albert J., Eleanore, Louisa and Francis.
Albert J. Schoenecker pursued his education in the public schools and in a business college of Milwaukee and when his textbooks were put aside he started out in the business world, becoming associated with the manufacture of boots and shoes in con- nection with his father. In fact he grew up in the business, starting in as assistant in the office, delivering shoes and doing all such tasks as were necessary. He has filled most all of the positions with the firm, advancing from one to another of greater im- portance until he was eventually made secretary and treasurer in 1895, since which time he has continued to act in this capacity. His thorough knowledge of the business, his capability and his energy are now valuable factors in the successful control of the undertaking.
On the 23d of May, 1899, Mr. Schoenecker was married to Miss Ernestine Schleyer, of Milwaukee, and they have become parents of three children: Carla, born in 1903; Edgar, in 1906; and Ruth, in 1910. Mr. Schoenecker was captain of all the Red Cross drives and Liberty Loan drives during the period of the World war. He is one of the veteran members of the Rusk Guard, having served for three years. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Ozankee Country Club, and the Travelers Protective Association. Great changes have been manifest in his career since he started out in early boyhood to sell the old Peck's Sun on the streets of this city and add further nickels and dimes to his financial resources by shining shoes. He had the ambition to make his own way and at spare times he used this method of providing an income. The same laudable
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