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1912, when he sold that business and retired from active life. His establishment throughout the period was located on Reed street.
Mr. Oswald also figured qnite prominently in connection with public affairs and served as supervisor of the fifth ward from 1880 until 1888. He was also a trustee of the Chronic Insane Asylum at Wauwatosa, being appointed to that position by the governor in 1903 and continuing in the office until a change was made, doing away with the trusteeship.
Mr. Oswald was married to Louise Kerler, a daughter of Louis and Wil- helmina Kerler, who were natives of Germany and came to the United States in early life, settling first at Hales Corners, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Oswald became the parents of two children: Ida and Paula, both at home. By a former marriage Mr. Oswald also had a daughter, who is now Mrs. Henry Boers of Mil- waukee. Mr. Oswald passed away December 6, 1918. His wife passed away April 28, 1918. He was a lifelong republican and did all in his power to pro- mote the growth and insure the success of the party. He was likewise well known in many social organizations. He belonged to the Friday Bowling Club, which was organized in 1870 and he had membership in Excelsior Lodge, No. 175, A. F. & A. M., having a lite membership in the organization. He also belonged to Armenia Lodge, 1. O. O. F., and to Walker Council. He was much interested in the different societies with which he became identified and his aid and coopera- tion were at all times given to promote their interests and secure their growth. He never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for in this country he found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization advanced steadily, while at the same time he found that social companionship which makes life worth living.
ARTHUR RICHARD BARRY.
Arthur Richard Barry is an attorney of Milwaukee whose legal learning, analyti- cal mind and readiness with which he grasps the points in an argument all combine to make him one of the able lawyers practicing at the Wisconsin bar. Earnest effort, close application and the exercise of his native talents have won him prestige in his chosen calling.
Mr. Barry was born in Fremont, Waupaca county, Wisconsin, March 17, 1877. a son of Michael and Jeannette ( Sumner) Barry, the former a native of Ireland, while the latter was born in the state of Michigan. They settled at Phillips, Wisconsin, in 1878 and the family has since been represented in this state. The father is still a practicing attorney of Phillips, where he has now resided for forty-three years. During two terms he filled the office of district attorney and has always been prom- inent in democratic politics. He has likewise been grand commander of the grand lodge of Masons for the state of Wisconsin, occupying the office from 1918 until 1920.
Arthur Richard Barry, after obtaining his education in the graded and high schools of Phillips, Wisconsin, being graduated therefrom with the class of 1893. entered the Wisconsin Academy at Madison and completed his studies in that in- stitution in 1895. He afterward became a law student in the University of Minne- sota and finished his course in that institution in 1900. He was then admitted to the Wisconsin bar and entered upon active practice in Phillips, where he remained until 1907. In the meantime he had been called to several local offices, serving as district attorney for two terms, from 1901 until 1905. In 1907 he came to Milwau- kee and was connected with the legal department of the Wisconsin Central Railway under Thomas H. Gill until 1909. From that time until 1919 he practiced as a mem- ber of the law firm of Gill & Barry and since the dissolution of this partnership he has continued in practice alone, concentrating his efforts and attention upon cor- poration law and interstate commerce practice. He represents the coal companies in the interstate business and is regarded as one of the well known corporation lawyers of Wisconsin. His practice has long been extensive and of an important character. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases and his success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this line. In addition to his practice he is president of the Industrial Traffic Corporation.
On the 6th of May, 1901, Mr. Barry was married to Miss May Monroe, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and they have become parents of three children: Michael R., Margaret Jeannette and Sidney H. The family residence is at 5945 Wells street in Wauwatosa.
During the World war period Mr. Barry was in Washington, D. C., in connection with rate matters before the shippers war board. He has long heen a pronounced republican, recognized as a leader in party ranks. He served as chairman of the
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republican central committee of Milwaukee county from 1918 until 1920 and has always taken active interest in guiding the destinies of the party. Ile is a Mason, having membership in the lodge and chapter, and he is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and with several leading clubs of Milwaukee, including the Wisconsin Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the City Club and the Washington Park Driving Club. Along strictly professional lines his membership connection is with the Milwaukee County Bar Association, of which he was president from 1917 until 1919, and the Wisconsin State Bar Association. The greatest characteristic of his mind is strength, his pre- dominant faculty is reason and the aim of his eloquence is to convince.
HERBERT C. DALLWIG, M. D.
Dr. Herbert C. Dallwig, physician and surgeon of Milwaukee, who is specializ- ing in internal medicine and radiology, has his offices in the Colby-Abbott building. He is a native son of this city and notwithstanding the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country he is steadily advancing to a com- mendable and enviable position in professional circles. His birth occurred Feb- ruary 10, 1891, his father being the late William E. Dallwig, founder of the W. E. Dallwig Seed Company at No. 34 Juneau avenue, Milwaukee, where a wholesale and retail business is now being carried on by his elder son, Curt J. Dallwig. The father was born in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, and the greater part of his mature life was spent in Milwaukee, where in 1880 he founded the seed business. This he steadily developed, placing it upon a substantial basis, and was identified there- with until his death, which occurred July 7, 1916. The mother, who is still living in Milwaukee, was in her maidenhood Miss Wilhelmina Schoembs. Their family numbered six children, two sons and four daughters, of whom five are living.
Dr. Dallwig of this review was graduated from the East Division high school, now the Riverside school, in 1910, winning valedictorian honors in his class, which numbered about one hundred members. He afterward pursued an academic course in the University of Wisconsin and was graduated there with the Bachelor of Science degree in 1914, while in 1915 the university conferred upon him the Master of Science degree. His medical studies were pursued in the Harvard Medical School and his professional degree was conferred upon him in 1917. For a year thereafter he was an interne in the Milwaukee County Hospital and then served for six months in the World war with the rank of first lieutenant, being on duty at the American University in Washington, D. C., studying new kinds of gases. He received his discharge in the capital city, December 23, 1918, after which he began practice in Milwaukee, where he has remained. He is on the staff of the Milwaukee County Dispensary. He belongs to the Milwaukee Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Dallwig belongs to the Sigma Xi, an honorary scientific fraternity, to the Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary college fraternity, to the Sigma Sigma, an honorary medical fraternity and to the Nu Sigma Nu, a medical fraternity. He has member- ship in the University Club and finds his most congenial companionship with those men to whom scientific attainment and the acquirement of knowledge is not in- compatible with the enjoyments and pleasures of life.
CAPTAIN AMOS P. FOSTER.
In the death of Captain Amos P. Foster, Milwaukee lost one of her best known citizens. Plain and unassuming in manner, his life record, nevertheless, contains many incidents more thrilling than any tale of fiction. He passed through various perilous experiences during his service in the Civil war and the remainder of his active life he was in the employ of the government in connection with the light- house service, the latter part of his life commanding the lightship Warrington.
Captain Foster was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1834, his parents being Jacob and Margaret (Hutton) Foster, both of whom were natives of New England, while the paternal grandfather was a native of England. In his youth Captain Foster was a pupil in the public schools of Brooklyn and afterward attended the North River Military Academy. Having passed the examination for admission to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, he continued his studies there for a brief time, but soon afterward entered upon active life as a sailor. In fact, as a boy he sailed on a ship in the China trade and advanced steadily through his loyalty, capability
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and efficiency until he was given command of the Horatio, a full-rigged ship, which sailed between New York and China.
With the outbreak of the Civil war, however, Captain Foster put aside all busi- ness and personal interests and enlisted in the United States navy. He also had two brothers who were shipmasters in the Liverpool and China trade and who served in the United States navy during the Civil war. Captain Foster became master and lieutenant commander of vessels and during his active service had command of the gunboats, Delaware and Commodore Perry.
He was twice wounded and was many times in most dangerous positions. On the 11th of October, 1861, he destroyed a rebel schooner, having on board guns for a Confederate battery, the schooner having sailed up the Potomac river and entered a creek emptying into that stream. Captain Foster volunteered for the service which he performed that very day and the official result was that Senator Cowan of Pennsylvania offered a resolution tendering a vote of thanks from congress to Captain Foster. The gun- boat, Commodore Perry, was the first to enter Richmond after the fall of that city and to the time of his death Captain Foster had in his possession the flag carried on that memorable day. Early in April, 1865, the Commodore Perry, under com- mand of Captain Foster, was lying in the James river about half a mile above the Dutch Gap canal. The lines surrounding Lee's army were being drawn tighter and closer and the final blow was about to he struck. Suddenly the sound of a heavy firing was heard from the direction of Richmond upon which Captain Foster at once went ashore in his gig and climbed to the top of the old crow's nest, the signal tower, from which he could have an excellent view for miles around. In ahout an hour he returned and in a few minutes the flagship signalled the Perry: "Get under way. Take the lead to Richmond. Be very careful of torpedoes." Anchor being weighed, the Perry was commanded to steam up the river. The trip was exceedingly perilous as it was necessary to remove the torpedoes placed as an obstruction to the progress of the vessels. Captain Foster's men removed fifty- one of the torpedoes and the fleet reached the city without mishap. During the struggle Captain Foster participated in some very thrilling engagements and had many marvelous escapes. These torpedoes being demolished, the rest of the fleet was enabled to proceed up the river with comparatively little danger. When the Perry reached Fort Darling she ran aground on the obstructions placed across the river. Orders were given the chief engineer to pay no attention to the engine bells, but to force the vessel forward and backward as hard as possible until she was worked off. While this was going on the United States Steamship Malvern, Admiral Porter's flagship, with President Lincoln on board, came up astern of the Perry. As it was impossible for the admiral's vessel to pass the Perry, owing to the nar- rowness of the river at that point, the President and admiral had to be conveyed to Richmond in the latter's barge. In attempting to force the harge through the narrow passage, that boat was caught close to the steamer's immense paddle wheel and the engineer not being aware of that fact, commenced turning the wheel over. The president and admiral and crew of the barge shouted and Captain Foster, remembering his instructions to his engineer, ran to the engine-room hatch and called to that officer to stop. The immense wheel was stopped none too soon, for had it made one more half turn it undoubtedly would have resulted in the injury to (if not the death of) the whole party. Then the admiral, rising up on his barge and in no very good humor, shouted, "Where is the captain of this vessel?" "Here I am, sir." replied Captain Foster, leaning over the ship's rail. "Well," said the admiral, indignantly, "when you back off her, don't you go to Richmond, but anchor down below and allow the other vessels to go up before you." Without a moment's hesitation Captain Foster, in his usual tone of voice, responded, "Aye, aye, sir," and in a moment more the harge and boat went on. By the aid of tugs, the Perry was dragged with a crash head first through the obstruction and continued on its journey up the James river, being actually the first ship bearing national colors to drop anchor before that city. A few hours later the Malvern dropped anchor near there and during the evening President Lincoln and Admiral Porter went on board of her. The greatest ordeal of the whole campaign was now before Cap- tain Foster as he was obliged to go on board the flagship and report to the admiral the presence of his vessel but it had to be done. Rowing over to the Malvern and entering the cabin Captain Foster found the President and admiral seated there. Saluting, the captain announced, "Admiral, I have the honor to report the arrival of the United States steamship. Commodore Perry, at Richmond." When the war was over Captain Foster resigned from the navy and his time was devoted to various mercantile interests until 1891, in which year he again entered the govern- ment employ, becoming captain of the lighthouse steamer, Dahlia, which was his first experience on fresh waters. From 1891 until 1895 he remained in the office of the lighthouse engineer and in the latter year was placed in command of the lighthouse boat, Warrington, in which capacity he continued until 1910, when he resigned his position in connection with the lighthouse service.
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On the 30th of June, 1878. Captain Foster was married to Miss Eliza McHugh, a daughter of John and Catherine ( Walsh) McHugh, who were natives of Ireland and came to the United States in 1825, settling in Michigan, where they spent their remaining days. Captain Foster had been previously married in 1856 to Miss Jacqueline Stevens, who passed away, August 14, 1876, leaving two daughters and a son: Mrs. Mary Blake, now living in Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Margaret D. Clark of Detroit, Michigan; and John R., a resident of Los Angeles, California.
Captain Foster was always a consistent member of the Roman Catholic church and his political support was ever given to the republican party, of which he re- mained a stalwart adherent, although never an office seeker. He figured promi- nently in the Wisconsin Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of which he was at one time senior vice commander and he also belonged to E. B. Wolcott post, G. A. R. He served as recorder of the Loyal Legion for several years. An interesting incident occurred at one of the meetings of the Legion when Captain Foster met Captain Robert D. Smith, C. S. A., who was a second sergeant of Company B, Second Tennessee Regiment during the Civil war. Captain Smith produced a shell which was used as a weight in a clock owned by his daughter, a shell which Captain Foster had fired from his boat at the boat on which Captain Smith was stationed.
Captain Foster departed this life, May 20, 1916, at the age of eighty-two years. His life was in many respects an interesting and eventful one, connecting him with various incidents which figure in American history. He commanded the respect and confidence of all and he was always a most entertaining companion because of his many reminiscences concerning his naval experiences on both fresh and salt waters.
BENJAMIN VINCENT DELA HUNT.
Benjamin Vincent Dela Hunt is prominent in the financial circles of Milwaukee as cashier of the Merchants & Manufacturers Bank, of which he is likewise a direc- tor. He is one of Milwaukee's native sons, his birth having occurred on the 9th of April, 1871. His father, Patrick Dela Hunt, passed away in 1910. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and came to this country, locating in Milwaukee, at the age of nineteen years. He engaged in the dry goods business and won a substantial success in that connection. His father was James Dela Hunt. Mrs. James Dela Hunt was before her marriage Miss Ellen Gray of Galena, Illinois, a daughter of Thomas Gray. Her father was a native of Canada and a mining engineer of prominence. The death of Mrs. James Dela Hunt occurred in 1911. An uncle of the subject of this review, John Dela Hunt, was a captain in the Union army during the Civil war and participated in most of the important engagements of that conflict.
In the acquirement of an education Benjamin Vincent Dela Hunt attended the public and parochial schools of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee high school and then entered the Milwaukee National Bank, now the First National Bank, as messenger. His advancement was rapid and he soon became assistant cashier, a position he retained for twenty years. During that time he won many patrons for the bank and his services were such as to win high commendation from that bank's offi- cials. In September, 1912, he resigned his position and became cashier and direc- tor of the Merchants & Manufacturers Bank, an institution of about six or seven years' standing. In addition to these duties he has other business interests and is president of the Badger Savings Building & Loan Association.
On the 15th of June, 1905, Benjamin V. Dela Hunt was united in marriage to Miss Julia Graves, a daughter of James Graves. Her father was born at Graves End. England, a town named in honor of the family, and coming to Milwaukee at an early day he won prominence as a manufacturer. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dela Hunt: Mary Graves Dela Hunt, a graduate of Holy Rosary School of Milwaukee; Benjamin V. Dela Hunt, Jr., attending the Holy Rosary School; Robert Graves Dela Hunt, and David Graves Dela Hunt, also stu- dents at the Holy Rosary School.
Fraternally Mr. Dela Hunt is identified with the Knights of Columbus and he is navigator in the fourth degree. He is likewise an Elk, belonging to Milwaukee Lodge. He is a member of the Milwaukee Athletic and Kiwanis Clubs and is active in the interests of the Association of Commerce. For recreation he turns to swim- ming and walking and also enjoys fishing and other outdoor sports. His wife is well known in the club and musical circles of Milwaukee and is an accomplished pianist, having received her training in the Sacred Heart Convent of Lake Forest, Illinois. Thoroughness is one of Mr. Dela Hunt's marked characteristics and there is no detail of the banking business with which he is not familiar. Those who
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know him, and he has many friends, esteem him highly as a man of genuine per- sonal worth, as a business man of ability and as a citizen who is ever loyal to the best interests of the community.
REV. LOUIS B. JURASINSKI.
Among the Polish priests who have officiated in Milwaukee and have greatly endeared themselves to their parishioners is the Rev. Louis B. Jurasinski, who is pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic church. He was born in 1875 in Klossowo, in the province of Posen, Poland, and is a son of Stephen and Joanna Jurasinski, who came to Milwaukee in 1880, when their son, Louis B., was but five years of age. He acquired his early education in the parochial schools here and afterward attended Marquette University, in which he completed his course in 1897. He also spent four years as a student in St. Francis Seminary and took holy orders on the 29th of March, 1903. He was then assigned to St. Casimir's church for a period of four months, after which he was transferred to SS. Cyril & Methodius parish, where he continued for four years as assistant. He then organized St. John Kanty parish and was instrumental in erecting all of the buildings and greatly promoting the church work. There he remained until September 1, 1915, when he was transferred to St. Stanislaus parish. He has purchased additional property and has thoroughly organized the work of the parish along many lines. This is one of the strong parishes of the city, the church having a membership of about one thousand families, while there are eight hundred and forty pupils in the school. The demands made upon Father Jurasinski, therefore, are very heavy but he meets all with a zeal and consecration to duty that has brought about good results in the strengthening of the parish and the extension of its work and influence.
CHARLES JOHN KALLMEYER.
Milwaukee numbers among her prominent citizens, Charles John Kallmeyer, superintendent of the Milwaukee district of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company with offices on the sixth floor of the Merchants & Manufacturers Bank building at 216 West Water street. He is alert, progressive and enterprising and overlooks no detail in regard to the business interests of the company with which he is asso- ciated, and thoroughness and diligence characterize all of his work.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 21st of July, 1864, a son of Herman and Adelaide (von Schulten) Kallmeyer, both deceased, the former passing away in January, 1918, and the latter in February, 1920. The father was born in Olden- burg, Germany, and came to this country when but nine years of age with his two brothers, his parents having died. He engaged in the shoe business in Cincinnati. achieving a substantial success, and there resided until his death, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen. He was a northern sympathizer during the Civil war and served throughout the period of that conflict in the Union army. The mother of our subject was also a native of Germany, having been born in Hanover, and she came to this country with her parents when eleven years of age. She was a descendant of an old and honored family, some of whom participated in the revolu- tion of 1848. Her father, J. H. von Schulten, was a friend of Carl Schurz, the German-American statesman, journalist and general who took part in the insurrec- tion in the Palatinate and Baden, on the repression of which he was arrested but escaped to Switzerland, though he lost the greater part of his property by con- fiscation. Mr. von Schulten was a wealthy and influential man.
Charles John Kallmeyer received his education in the public schools of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, until he was twelve years of age, at which time he entered a leather store as office boy and helper, a connection he maintained for over three years, paying strict attention to the duties assigned him. He next entered the employ of the Crane & Breed Manufacturing Company, making caskets, hearses, etc., and during the seventeen years of his connection with that company Mr. Kallmeyer won constant promotion, resigning in 1893 after serving as foreman of the hard- ware department for some time. In that year, however, he became associated with the Metropolitan Insurance Company as agent with headquarters first in Cincinnati and later in Findlay, Ohio, and other cities. His rise to the position of assistant chief was rapid, for he had been in the service of the company but eight months. For eleven months he had charge of the agency at Wichita, Kansas, as superin- tendent, and was then transferred to Sedalia, Missouri, where he remained for ten
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months. For thirteen months he was active in that connection in Chicago and in 1902 was transferred to Milwaukee, where he has remained ever since.
On the 8th of November, 1887, occurred the marriage of Mr. Kallmeyer and Miss Magdalena Koustmer, of Newport, Kentucky, a daughter of John Koustmer, a wealthy hardware dealer of that place. Her father was a native of Cincinnati but removed to Newport at an early day and there he was successfully identified with business for sixty-four years. In later life he removed to Milwaukee, where he passed away about 1916. Two daughters have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Kallmeyer: Mildred and Aline. Mildred is now the wife of Eldon Van Romain, a chemist of Milwaukee, and they have one daughter, Dorothy. Aline is the wife of Lawrence Donahue, a grain dealer of Chicago.
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