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Dr. Coffey has always resided in his native city and in the acquirement of his education was graduated from the arts and science department of the Marquette University, which in 1888 conferred upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree. He afterward entered the University of New York as a medical student and there won his professional degree in 1894. He spent one year as interne in St. Joseph's Hospital at Chicago and since 1895 has practiced medicine in Milwaukee, devoting his attention to general practice until 1903, since which time he has specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat. He studied abroad in 1913, doing postgraduate work in Vienna and Berlin. He belongs to the Milwau- Vol. III-23
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kee, the Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin State and the American Medical Asso- ciations and is now serving on the staff of Trinity Hospital in addition to caring for an extensive private practice. He is also a member of the staff of Marquette University in the department of eye, ear, nose and throat.
In 1907 Dr. Coffey was married to Miss Lillian Walsh, a native of Milwaukee. Dr. Coffey belongs to the Milwaukee Athletic Club, and to the Blue Mound Country Club and at one time he was president of the Milwaukee board of education. He is fond of the game of golf, is alert to the duties and obligations of citizenship and meets the responsibilities of his profession with a sense of conscientious obligation that leaves nothing to be desired.
REV. WILLIAM J. PICHERY.
Rev. William J. Pichery, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic church in Milwaukee, was born August 4, 1861, in New Lishon, Wisconsin. His parents, Henry and Mary ( Kuster) Pichery, were natives of Germany and- arrived in this state in 1854. The father, true to his adopted country, enlisted for service in defense of the Union during the Civil war, was wounded in battle and lost one of his limbs.
Rev. Father Pichery was educated in St. Peter's school at Beaver Dam, Wis- consin, and in Mount Calvary Seminary at Fond du Lac. lle afterward engaged in the drug business at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, but in 1881 entered St. Francis Semi- nary at Milwaukee in order to prepare for the priesthood and was ordained on the 24th of June, ' 1887. Having taken holy orders he was appointed assistant at St. George's Catholic church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later he became a teacher at Pio Nono, in St. Francis, Wisconsin. He afterward continued his labors in be- half of the church at Eagle, at Newberg, at Neosho and at Jefferson, Wisconsin, conducting successful pastorates at these various places and in 1913 he was as- signed to SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic church at Milwaukee, where he is still stationed. He is a man of consecrated purpose and of high ideals, who is bending every energy toward the development of his parish in its various lines of work.
FRANK EDWARD DELANEY.
Frank Edward Delaney, resident manager of the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, with offices in the Wells building of Milwaukee, was born in Albany, New York, on the 20th of July, 1870, one of fifteen children, a son of Peter H. and Eliza (Finn) Delaney of Albany, New York.
In 1888 Frank Edward Delaney went to New York city and became associated with his present firm as office clerk. In 1899 he was made manager of the com- pany's offices in Buffalo. In 1901 he was transferred to Milwaukee, where he has since remained as manager.
On the 1st of November, 1890, Mr. Delaney was united in marriage to Sarah Rush, a daughter of Michael Rush of Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Delaney have one son, William Francis, whose birth occurred in 1897. At the time of the World war the son enlisted in the Naval Aviation Corps. He is now associated with his father's company as special representative.
Frank E. Delaney is a communicant of St. Robert's parish of the Roman Cath- olic church and his social affiliations are with the Milwaukee Athletic and City Clubs. He has been successful in his business associations.
PATRICK HENRY McGOVERN, M. D.
Dr. Patrick Henry McGovern, physician and surgeon of Milwaukee and presi- dent of the Milwaukee County Medical Society, was born on a farm in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, near Elkhart Lake, on the 24th of April, 1862. He is a son of Lawrence and Ellen (Wren) McGovern. both of whom were natives of Ireland, whence they came to the United States in early life. Both have passed away.
Dr. McGovern was one of a family of seven children, of whom three are pro- fessional men in Milwaukee. He was named in honor of the great Patrick Henry, whose, stirring eloquence largely aroused the colonists to make the effort to achieve American independence. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the country schools. When twenty years of age he became a teacher and later attended the Madison high school. Ambitious to acquire an education he utilized every op-
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portunity in that connection and in 1888 was graduated from the academic depart- ment of the University of Wisconsin. Subsequently he became principal of the Chilton high school and continued in that position for three years. Thus he earned the money which enabled him to pursue his professional course. In 1891 he matriculated in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania and was there graduated with the M. D. degree as a member of the class of 1894. Since that time he has been practicing medicine in Milwaukee and in 1901 he pursued a postgraduate course in Johns Hopkins University. Throughout his professional career he has utilized every chance to improve his knowledge and promote his efficiency in connection with the restoration of health. He belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State Medical Association, the Milwaukee County Medical Society and the Milwaukee Medical Society and of the former is now the president. He has been a frequent contributor to medical literature and he is constantly watchful in order to promote his knowledge along the lines that will render his labors of the greatest efficiency and worth to his fellowmen. He finds keen pleasure in his profession and aside from this his greatest enjoyment per- haps comes from nature. He is a lover of the outdoors and is appreciative of nature in her various moods.
In 1896 Dr. MeGovern was united in marriage to Miss Abbie Margaret Roth- mann, who was born in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, and they have many friends who esteem them highly. Dr. McGovern is a Knight Templar and thirty- second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. In fact he has taken all of the degrees in Masonry save the honorary thirty-third and is a loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft, being in hearty sympathy with the broad humanitarian spirit that underlies the order.
REV. JOSEPUJ WILLIAM BERG.
Rev. Joseph William Berg, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church of Milwaukee, was born in Jefferson. Wisconsin, April 15, 1869, a son of F. J. and Margaret ( Jahn) Berg. The father was born in Westphalia, Germany, and came to America in his childhood days with his parents, who crossed the Atlantic in the early '40s. At the time of the Civil war, F. J. Berg responded to the country's call and joined the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, with which he served for two years, when he was hon- orably discharged because of physical disability. He was a cooper by trade and was a man of marked industry and of sterling worth. For twenty-five years he was secretary of St. John's parish at Jefferson and was most highly respected. His father had first settled in Milwaukee in pioneer times and took up land but lived for only a brief period after his emigration to the new world. The mother of Rev. Father Berg was born in Bavaria, Germany, and was brought to America by her parents when a year old. Her birthplace was near Wunsiedel. On coming to the United States the family settled on a farm in Jefferson county, Wisconsin.
Rev. Father Berg acquired his early education in the parochial schools of Jefferson and later attended St. Francis Seminary of Milwaukee. He was or- dained to the priesthood February 21, 1892, and was assigned to a chair in the seminary in September, 1891. He continued to engage in teaching until June 1. 1921, being teacher of Latin and Greek for twelve years, also teacher of philosophy for eighteen years, and at different periods teacher of German and English, pa- trology, sociology and biology. For twenty years he was prefect of studies. He is the author of a volume entitled A Noble Priest, which is a biography of Dr. Salz- mann, founder of St. Francis Seminary. He also wrote the Life and Passion of our Savior, in German, and the Life of Pope Pius X, in English. He likewise prepared a monograph on St. Albert the Great and is the author of still other inter- esting papers. He is now in charge of St. Joseph's parish and is doing an excellent work in the upbuilding of the church and the extension of its work among the people of his section of the city.
PERCY HENRIQUES EVANS.
Percy Henriques Evans, actuary of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, was born in San Diego, California, November 9, 1873. His father, James A. Evans. (1827-1887) a native of Dover. England, was a pioneer civil engineer in American railway building. From 1864 to 1869 he was a divi- sion engineer and superintendent of construction in the building of the first trans- continental railway, the Union Pacific. He did pioneer engineering work for the Texas & Pacific Railroad, the Denver & South Park and other western lines, de-
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voting the greater part of his life to railway building. In 1872, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was married to Jessie Hunt Henriques, a descendant of Edward Howell, Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, England, who was one of the founders of Southampion, Long Island, in 1639.
Percy H. Evans was educated in the public schools of Denver and the Univer- sity of Michigan. In April, 1889, he entered the service of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in the actuary's department. After a varied ex- perience including several years as an agent in San Francisco he was appointed assistant superintendent of agencies in 1902. In April, 1915, he was made asso- ciate actuary and in July, 1915, was elected the company's actuary.
On the 11th of November, 1897, in Alameda, California, Percy H. Evans was married to Miss Eugenia Hotchkiss (b. 1873, d.1922), a daughter of Eugene Hotch- kiss, now deceased, senior member of the firm of E. Hotchkiss & Son and a well known member of the Milwaukee Board of Trade.
Mr. Evans is a member of the executive committee of the Milwaukee Voters League; a thirty-second degree Mason; member of the Greek letter society Phi Kappa Psi, and of the Sons of the American Revolution. His club membership includes: The University, the Milwaukee Press, the Rotary, the Milwaukee Ath- letic and the City Clubs. He is a member of the American Institute of Actuaries, Actuarial Society of America; American Mathematical Society, American Statistical Association and other scientific societies.
JOHN DONALD WAITE.
Prominent among the energetic, farsighted and successful business men of Mil- waukee is John Donald Waite, president of the Milwaukee Screw Products Com- pany, whose executive ability, initiative spirit and well formulated plans have carried him into important business relations. He was born in Waukesha, this state, January 20, 1879, a son of John Austin and Martha (Cole) Waite. The father was born in England and came to this country with his parents in 1840 when he was about three years of age. They first located in Prairieville, Wisconsin, now Waukesha, and there he grew to manhood, later entering the wholesale and retail meat business, in which he achieved substantial success. He is now living in Mil- waukee retired. Mrs. Waite is a native of this state and was born on her father's farm three miles south of Waukesha. Her father, Abel J. Cole, was one of the first settlers of the county, having arrived there when Indians were numerous and the hunting of wild deer, antelope and other game was both a necessity and a pleasure. He was a native of New Hampshire.
In the acquirement of an education, John Donald Waite attended the public schools of Waukesha county and later enrolled as a student in the Armour Institute of Chicago. Ilis first position in the business world was with the Sioux City Pack- ing & Provision Company, now the Armour Company, of Sioux City, Iowa, where he remained for two years and then removed to Chicago. For the next four years he was associated with the S. & S. Packing Company as manager of the provision department and subsequently he resigned his position there to come to Milwaukee in connection with interests of the Armour Company. Ile was in their employ a year. after which he became traveling salesman for the Monarch Brass Company at Cleve- land and after a year on the road returned to Milwaukee and engaged in the auto- mobile business. For two years he was superintendent of the Petrel Motor Car Company and later received promotion to the office of general manager and was active in that connection until 1910. His next position was as manager of the works of the Stromberg Motor Devices Company at Chicago, and during his four years in that capacity he took a course at the Armour Institute. One year he was in the employ of the Wilson-Jones Loose Leaf Company in Chicago and was for five years Chicago manager for the New Britain Machine Company.
On the 1st of January, 1920, Mr. Waite located in Milwaukee and took over his present business, known as the Milwaukee Screw Products Company, of which he became president. The business had been founded and incorporated the preceding year. The company manufactures automatic screw machine parts, specializing in hardened and ground automobile parts, and they have an extensive trade through- out the United States. In addition to the Milwaukee office they maintain a branch at Detroit. The business has steadily grown, and, where at first it required the serv- ices of but three machines and three men, they now operate fifteen machines and furnish work to over forty employes.
Since age conferred upon Mr. Waite the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the republican party but takes no interest in party affairs. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church, and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Landmark Lodge, No. 422, F. & A. M., of Chicago. He is likewise
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an Elk, having membership in the lodge at Oak Park, Illinois. Mr. Waite is fond of all outdoor life and is an athlete and boxer of no little ability. He enjoys horseback riding and motoring. He is active in the interests of the Milwaukee Athletic Club and the Association of Commerce. As may be gathered from this review, the inter- ests of Mr. Waite have been wide and varied, and laudable ambition, has brought him success, proving what may be accomplished when determination and energy are constantly employed to overcome obstacles and difficulties and to meet competition.
REV. WILLIAM HABERSTOCK.
Rev. William Haberstock, pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic church of Milwaukee, was born February 4, 1856, in the city which is still his home. He is a son of Balthasar and Catherine ( Berg) Haberstock, who were natives of Nassau, Germany, whence they came to the new world. The mother arrived in Wisconsin in 1844, while the father crossed the Atlantic in 1847. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed the business for many years in this city.
Rev. William Haberstock obtained his early education in the Holy Trinity School and for one year was a student in the Jesuit School. In 1869 he became a student in St. Francis Seminary and afterward spent one year in St. John's Seminary, attending there in 1876. He was ordained to the priesthood at St. Francis in 1879 and was assigned to duty at Cross Plains as a substitute priest for four weeks. He acted as assistant at Campbellsport for six weeks and for two years was pastor of the Catholic church at Random Lake and at Odell, a mission of Random Lake. His next assignment was to Seymour, Lafayette county, where he remained for six years and during that period he also attended the parishes of Elk Grove and Kendalltown, Lafayette county. He next went to Marytown, Wis- consin, where he remained for two years and later was assigned to the church at Elm Grove, which he served for seventeen years. On the expiration of that period he was called to Milwaukee as pastor of Holy Trinity church, with which he is still identified. It was in this church that he was baptized and received his first communion and also attended the first school connected with the parish. He has greatly built up this parish during his incumbency as pastor, paying off a big indebtedness and otherwise advancing the work and influence of the church. His mother is still living in Milwaukee, hale and hearty at the age of eighty-six years. Among his parishioners are many who have known Rov. Father Haberstock from his boyhood and who enjoy the benefit of his spiritual guidance and teaching.
JOSEPH W. BRIGGS.
Joseph W. Briggs, manager of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany for central and southern Wisconsin, is Milwaukee's son by adoption. lle was born in Muscotah, Kansas, March 5, 1885, a son of Lewis Briggs, a prominent man of that state. The Briggs family is of Quaker origin and the grandfather, Joseph Briggs, was a well known member of the medical profession, having grad- uated from the La Porte Medical College with honors. The father was born in Coldwater, Michigan, in 1841, and upon growing to manhood engaged in the mer- cantile business and in operating a grain elevator, winning substantial success in both connections. He was a public-spirited man and in addition to holding various offices served in the Kansas legislature. His demise occurred in 1892. The wife of Mr. Briggs was before her marriage Miss Emma Gould, who was born in Batavia, New York, in 1841, a daughter of Zeno Gould, also a native of New York state. She passed away in 1905.
Joseph W. Briggs received his early education in the public schools of Atchi- son, Kansas, and after putting his textbooks aside was employed in advertising and editorial work on a trade journal. He continued in that connection for some time when he became a reporter and labor editor for the Milwaukee .Journal and was actively identified with that paper for a period of two years. Ile then be- came interested in the insurance business and associated with the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company as special agent, a position he maintained from 1912 to 1916. In the latter year he became manager of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a position he still holds, with offices in the Caswell block. Ilis dominant characteristics are pluck, energy and perseverance and he has steadily worked his way upward through the wise use of his opportunities, through his idefatigable energy and his sound judgment.
On the 7th of April, 1909, Mr. Briggs was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Ritchie, of Irish descent. Her father, Frank Ritchie, is residing in Indianapolis,
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Indiana, and is a native of Oxford, Ohio. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Briggs: Zeno, born February 16, 1910; and Mary Elizabeth.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Briggs has followed an independent course in politics, giving his support to the man he thinks most fitted for the office with- out regard to party politics. The religious faith of the family is indicated by their membership in the Westminster church and fraternally Mr. Briggs is an Elk, belonging to Milwaukee Lodge, No. 46. In the club circles of the city be is well known as a member of the Milwaukee Athletic, Press and City Clubs, and being always interested in the improvement and development of the com- munity, he is one of the leaders in the affairs of the Association of Commerce. He is likewise numbered among the Sons of the American Revolution, being eligible through an ancestor, Zacharia Gould of Topsfield. The family home is located at 595 Frederick street and Mr. Briggs thoroughly enjoys home lite and takes great pleasure in the society of his family and friends. His activity in business has not only contributed to his individual success but has also been an active factor in the development of the community in which he resides and he is accounted one of the representative citizens of Milwaukee.
LEBERECHT JULIUS KLUG.
Leberecht Julius Klug, secretary and treasurer of the King & Smith Company, conducting a general engineering and contracting business in the way of building bridges and buildings, is a man of recognized ability in his chosen field of labor. Thorough training, broad experience, laudable ambition and indefatigable energy have been the crowning points in the attainment of his present-day prominence and success. Mr. Klug was born in Milwaukee, January 9, 1876, and his entire life has been passed in this city. His father, Leberecht Klug, a native of Germany, was born February 21, 1839, while his mother, whose maiden name was Wilhelmina Blankenburg, was born in Germany, July 5, 1844. They came to the United States in 1867, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they have continued to reside to the present time.
The public school system of this city afforded L. J. Klug his educational oppor- tunities until he had completed a course in the East Side high school, after which he entered the University of Wisconsin and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science, having completed a course in civil engineering. He had a fellowship in civil engineering at the State University in 1900, and utilizing his opportunity, developed his skill and proficiency along this line. For nine months after completing his college course he was employed by the American Bridge Works of Chicago as bridge draftsman, after which he returned to Milwaukee and for a year was connected with the J. G. Wagner Company, builders of bridges and build- ings. He then returned to the American Bridge Works of Chicago, with which com- pany he was again associated for a year and a half, after which he came to Mil- wankee for the American Bridge Company, which he represented for a year and a half in designing and drafting bridges and buildings. He next entered the employ of the Worden-Allen Company of this city and remained with that corporation for two years, while later he spent three years as assistant engineer and chief draftsman with the Milwaukee Bridge Company. The following two years were passed as assistant city engineer of the city of Milwaukee, at the end of which time lie became superintendent of bridges and public buildings, being the first to hold that position, which he occupied for two years. Ambitious to engage in business for himself, he formed a partnership in 1912 with Fred W. Smith, under the firm style of King & Smith, and the partnership was at length merged into a corporation in 1917 and still exists under the style of the Klug & Smith Company, of which Mr. Klug is secretary and treasurer. They conduct a general engineering and contracting busi- ness along the line of bridges and buildings and the high measure of efficiency which they have developed has made their business one of large extent and propor- tions. They were the builders of the North Avenue viaduct and they also designed and built the new United States plant of the Seaman Body Corporation. They had the contract for the pump well, screen chamber and grit chamber, together with the buildings at the Jones Island sewerage plant, for the sewerage commission of Mil- waukee and during the war they designed and built the heat treating building for the United States government at the Allis-Chalmers plant in West Allis, which is the tallest one-story building in Milwaukee, being the height of the Wells building. They also built the new waterworks pumping station for the city of Kenosha. Mr. Klug also designed the Michigan Street bridge and the Oneida Street bascule bridge in Milwaukee. The latter is the largest single-leaf bascule bridge of the girder type in Wisconsin. The company likewise designed bascule bridges for the cities of Manitowoc and Shehoygan. Their work has been of a very important character and
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as bridge and building contractors and consulting engineers they are known not only throughout Milwaukee and the state but in many other sections of the country as well. Mr. Klug has made steady progress since starting out in the business world and his success has come as the result of his developed powers and increasing skill and efficiency.
On the 9th of January, 1902, Mr. Klug was married to Miss Hattie Druse, a daughter of John Druse of Milwaukee, who at one time was treasurer of Wauwatosa and is a native of Germany. They have become the parents of three children: Arleen, who is now a student in the University of Wisconsin; Bernice, attending the Washington high school; and Norton, who is a pupil in the grades of the public schools.
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