History of Milwaukee, city and county, Volume III, Part 65

Author: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949; Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), b. 1844
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 912

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his labors and sound business judgment constituted forceful elements in the attain- ment of further success. From time to time the original plant was enlarged and ill- creased until it became one of the most important manufacturing industries of the city. In 1893 the business was incorporated under the name of the John Rauschen- berger Company, of which William G. Rauschenberger was elected secretary, treasurer and general manager. Upon the death of his father in 1906 he became the president of the company and remained as general manager, filling the dual position until his own demise. Since his death the business has been continued and its present officers are: Louis Schultheis, president; Reinhold J. Rauschenberger, vice president; William Rauschenberger, treasurer; and J. H. Rauschenberger, secretary. William G. Rauschen- berger was a man of marked energy and perseverance and the sterling traits which he displayed in business as well as in other relations of life won him the high respect and warm regard of all who knew him. His commercial methods were at all times conservative and his course was marked by an unquestioned integrity and reliability.

The worth of Mr. Rauschenberger as a citizen and his personal popularity were attested by the fact that he was often called upon by his fellow citizens to fill numerous positions of trust and responsibility. He always affiliated with the republican party and was prominent in the conduct of municipal affairs from the time when he was first nominated and elected alderman in the tenth ward in 1880. He continued to fill that position for a term of three years and in 1882 he was nominated for register of deeds in Milwaukee county upon the republican ticket. On that occasion he was de- feated, which was the only time in his political career that he had that experience. In 1884 he was again elected a member of the board of aldermen for another three years' term and in 1886 he was appointed school commissioner, to which position he was reappointed in 1888, and in that year he was elected president of the Milwaukee school board. Once more in 1892 he was chosen to represent the tenth ward in the common council and was reelected in the spring of 1894. Upon the organization of the council in the latter year he was chosen president for the full term. An excellent parliamentarian, he governed the business of the various meetings with decision and tact and as a presiding officer gained the confidence and respect of those who elected him to preside over their deliberations. In the spring of 1896 he was nominated for mayor and elected by a large majority, filling the office for the two years' term and giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration as its chief executive. Following his retirement, although still taking great interest in politics and in the welfare of the community, he never again actively entered public life but devoted his attention to his business affairs.

On the 15th of July, 1882, Mr. Rauschenberger was united in marriage to Miss Ida Anger and they became the parents of three children, lda, Reinhold and Dora, but the last named died in infancy. Mr. Rauschenberger was at one time a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and held every official position therein. He also belonged to the North Side Turnverein, where for several terms he was speaker and trustee. His activities, however, were concentrated upon his business and as the result of his thorough understanding of every phase of cordage manufacturing, com- bined with his indefatigable energy and close application, he won a notable measure of success. There was nothing phenomenal in his career and his course should serve as an inspiration to others, showing what can be accomplished when there is oppor- tunity to work coupled with the laudable ambition to make the most of time and talents. He ever made the best of a situation and the simple weight of his character and ability carried him steadily to the front.

FRANCIS B. McMAHON, M. D.

Dr. F. B. McMahon was born on a farm in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, April S, 1887. When he was twelve years of age, his parents removed to Manitowoc, where he attended the grade school and the Manitowoc high school, graduating from the latter in 1904. He then attended the Milwaukee Normal School for two years and after graduation taught for one year at Oconomowoc. In 1908 he entered the University of Wisconsin as a sophomore and received his Bachelor of Science degree in the medical science course in 1911. In the fall of 1911 he entered as a junior in the Medical School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received bis Doctor of Medicine degree in June, 1913. The following six months were spent as an interne in the Germantown Hospital of Philadelphia. On February 1, 1914, he joined the staff of the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minnesota, having obtained a fellowship in surgery in that institution. This service extended over a period of three years. In recognition of his work, he was given the degree of Master of Science in Surgery by the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.

Dr. McMahon entered the World war as a lientenant of the Medical Corps, U. S. A., soon after the declaration of war against Germany. He went to France with the Base

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Hospital No. 22 in May, 1918, and served overseas for ten months. In February, 1919, he was promoted to the rank of captain. He received his discharge at Camp Grant, March 14, 1919.

When relieved of military duty, he returned to Milwaukee and has since devoted his attention to practice of surgery. He is a member of the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, and the Association of Residents and ex-Residents of the Mayo Clinic. He is much interested in the teaching of surgery, and is assistant clinical professor of surgery in the Marquette University School of Medicine. He has made several interest- ing and comprehensive contributions to the surgical literature. Dr. McMahon attends the St. John's Cathedral Catholic church. He is a member of the Milwaukee Country Club and the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He maintains deep interest in the activities of Eddie-Lyon Post, No. 5, of the American Legion.

FRANK W. ROSENBERG.

Frank W. Rosenberg, who passed away January 24, 1919, had made for him- self a position of prominence in connection with the manufacturing interests of Milwaukee as a builder of freight and passenger elevators. His life record indi- cates what can be accomplished by persistent and earnest effort and should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others. Mr. Rosenberg was born in Germany, November 21, 1857, his parents being William and Alvina ( Uecke) Rosenberg, who came to the new world in 1864, establishing their home in Wis- consin. They settled on a farm at White Fish Bay, where William Rosenberg devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits until a few years prior to his death, when he removed to Milwaukee and lived retired until called to his final rest in 1910.

Frank W. Rosenberg obtained his education in the Milwaukee public schools and afterward took up the trade of cabinetmaking, which he followed in early life. He was ever alert to any opportunity that pointed toward advancement and the attainment of success and he wisely used his time and talents until he gained a most creditable position in manufacturing circles. It was in September, 1905, that he and his sons established a business for the building of passenger and freight elevators, an enterprise which was developed into one of the large manufacturing plants of the city and which is still being conducted by the sons-William A., Arthur A., Frank H., Oscar A. and Edwin C. Rosenberg, who, like their father, are progressive and energetic business men.

On the 30th of October, 1880, Mr. Rosenberg was united in marriage to Miss Alvina Kieckhaefer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kieckhaefer, early and well known pioneer residents of Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg became the parents of nine children, of whom the youngest son, Herbert. is now deceased. The others are: Amanda, the wife of Charles Loose of Milwaukee; Elsie, at home; Erna, the wife of Edwin Rockrohr of Milwaukee; and the sons previously men- tioned as partners and successors of their father in business.

In his political views Mr. Rosenberg was a republican and gave stanch allegiance to the party, yet was never an office seeker. He was a consistent mem- ber of the Lutheran church and he belonged to the American Luther Association and also to the Old Settlers Club. He was but seven years of age when he came to Wisconsin and through the greater part of his life was a resident of Milwaukee, his well spent life gaining for him the esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. He passed away January 24, 1919, while his wife died April 30, 1920, leaving behind them many warm friends.

EDWIN HENES, JR., M. D.

Dr. Edwin Henes. Jr .. a physician practicing at No. 445 Milwaukee street in the city of Milwaukee, was born in New York city, January 28, 1885. His father, Edwin Henes, Sr., now a resident of Milwaukee, was formerly engaged for forty-two years in the brewing business in New York. He was born in Milwaukee in 1850 but went east when a lad of sixteen years and spent the principal part of his life in the eastern metropolis, being associated with the well known brewer, George Ehret.

Dr. Henes of this review was reared and educated in New York city, attending the public schools and afterward Columbia University, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907. He next attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and completed his course as an alumnus of 1910. He spent

FRANK W. ROSENBERG

F. ROSENBERG ELEVATOR COMPANY

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nearly two years as an interne in the German Hospital of New York city, gaining that broad and valuable experience which can never be as quickly acquired in any other way as in hospital practice. In 1912 he went abroad, spending a year in the University of Freiburg and the University of Berlin, and returning to New York, he there began private practice in 1913, remaining in the east until February, 1918, when he entered the World war as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps, being stationed at Base Hospital No. 16 in New York city. He was advanced to the rank of captain and made chief of the medical service at General Hospital No. 12 at Biltmore, North Carolina.

Upon being discharged Dr. Henes came to Milwaukee in 1919 and has since specialized in internal medicine. During his six years of practice in New York he served on the attending medical staff of the Lenox Hill Hospital and as chief of the medical clinic of the out-patient department and he also did much research work there. He is now attending physician to the Milwaukee County Hospital and consulting physician to the Milwaukee County Dispensary. He belongs to the Milwaukee Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the American Medical Association. the American Congress of Internal Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Physicans. Returning to the city in which the Henes family has long been known, his grandfather, Louis Henes, having come from Germany to the new world with Carl Schurz when he could no longer endure the monarchical rule of the old world, Dr. Henes has here maintained the splendid repu- tation of the family and enjoys in high measure the respect. confidence and goodwill of his fellow townsmen.

In 1912 Dr. Henes was married to Miss Irma L. Manegold, a daughter of Charles Manegold. She was born in Milwaukee and was educated in this country and in Europe. They have become the parents of two children: Virginia, eight years of age; and Edwin (III), who is a lad of five summers.

Dr. Henes is a member of the Columbia University Club, also of the Milwaukee University Club and of the Milwaukee City Club and is highly appreciative of the social amenities of life. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran church and he is interested in all those forces which make for uplift and for progress and which main- tain and promote high standards of living.

JOSEPH D. McCORD.

Joseph D. McCord, well known in engineering circles, is the president of the J. D. McCord Company and is also interested in other corporations having to do with the development of oil and gas. Starting out in the business world in a humble capacity he has steadily worked his way upward, and his persistency of purpose and undaunted energy, combined with the thoroughness with which he has mastered every phase of his chosen life work, have brought to him the gratifying degree of success which has crowned his labors.

Mr. Meford was born in Milwaukee, February 4, 1882, and is a son of James and Mary S. (Parker) McCord. His parents were natives of Scotland and of England, re- spectively, and came to the United States in early life, settling in Wisconsin. The father was connected with the engineering department of the E. P. Allis Company for many years and passed away on the 20th of February, 1896. His wife survived him for but a few months, her death occurring on the 28th of December of the same year.

Joseph D. McCord is indebted to the public school system of Milwaukee for the educational opportunity which he enjoys. In July, 1898, he started out in the business world along the line which has brought him to his present creditable position. He entered the employ of the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company, working in the shop for three years and in the drafting department for one year, thus gaining broad and valu- able experience along those lines. In 1902 he went to Chicago, where he was with the E. C. & R. M. Shanklin Engineers. He was next employed at the north works of the Illinois Steel Company of Chicago and was afterward with the Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis. Each change in his business connection marked a forward step and brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunity. He spent six months with the American Bridge Company of Minneapolis and with all these different concerns was identified with the engineering department. With his return to Milwaukee in November, 1904, he became connected with the Milwaukee Bridge Company in the drafting department and in 1908 was given charge of the drafting room, while in 1910 he won further promotion, being made contracting engineer with that firm. On the 20th of August, 1912, he established an office independently under his own name and in 1915 incorporated the business under the name of the J. D. McCord Company. They are sales engineers and do factory work, and through the decade which has elapsed since the business was established success has attended the enterprise and the patronage of the firm is now large and gratifying. Mr. McCord remains president

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of the company and its directing head and is also the secretary and treasurer of the Wisconsin Oil & Gas Company and a director of the Elbucan Oil Company.

On the 14th of September, 1909, Mr. McCord was married in Milwaukee to Miss Irma Porth, a daughter of Henry C. Porth and member of one of the old families of This city. They now have two sons: Henry Janies and Joseph D., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. McCord are members of the Christian Science church. He has a military record as a member of Captain Spence's Company of the Home Guards. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than party. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and the Elks and in the former has attained the Knights Templar degrec. The high principles which govern his life are manifest in the sterling traits of his character, and that he has been actuated by a laudable ambition in business is evidenced in his close application and the thoroughness with which he has mastered the scientific principles of engineering and every practical phase of the business.

HUBERT F. JERMAIN, M. D.

Dr. Hubert F. Jermain. a physician and surgeon engaged in general practice, with offices and residence at No. 983 Twelfth street in Milwaukee, was born on a farm near Mceme, in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, October 4, 1872. He is one of a family of seven sons and three daughters whose parents were George and Laura (Simon) Jer- main, the former a native of Switzerland. while the latter was born in Germany. Both are now deceased. The father came to the United States alone when a youth of four- teen years, while the mother was brought by her parents to the new world when a little maiden of six summers. Of their family, three sons and three daughters are yet living and two of the sons are Milwaukee physicians-Dr. Louis F. Jermain, who is dean of the Marquette Medical College and Dr. Hubert F. Jermain. The eldest living son is William Jermain, a locomotive engineer residing at Escanaba, Michigan. The three sisters-Mrs. Kate Orth, Mrs. Lena Glueckstein and Mrs. Ida Sell-are all residents of Milwaukee.

Dr. Jermain was reared upon the old home farm where his birth occurred and in his early youth attended the country schools, while later he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for four years. He regarded this, however, merely as an initial step toward other professional lahor, for his ambition was in another direction. He later became a student at St. Nazianz, Manitowoc county, where at intervals he re- ceived private instruction from priests in Latin. At a later date he took up the study of medicine, spending four years as a student in the Marquette Medical College of Mil- wankee, there remaining from 1897 until 1901, when he was graduated with the M. D. degree. He put his theoretical knowledge to the practical test by serving as an interne in St. Joseph's Hospital and since 1901, or for a period of twenty-one years, he has continuously practiced in Milwaukee. Thirteen years ago he settled at his present location at No. 983 Twelfth street, bere erecting a comfortable home and office com- Lined. His practice has grown steadily and is now of gratifying proportions. He is serving on the staff of St. Joseph's Hospital and for many years he specialized in ob- stetries but had to give up the plan of confining his attention to this line of practice because of the very arduous labor involved therein. He is now devoting his attention to general practice save obstetrics and his ability is demonstrated in the fact that con- stant demand is made upon his time and energy. He belongs to the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Asso- ciation and as the years have passed he has prospered, becoming one of the bankers of Milwaukee, holding the position of first vice president in the Liberty State Bank.

On the 6th of June, 1903, Dr. Jermain was united in marriage to Miss Mamie Hirt. a lady of German lineage, who was born in Michigan. They have one son, John Joseph Jermain, now sixteen years of age, a student in Marquette University high school. Dr. Jermain is of the Roman Catholic faith and he belongs to the Catholic Knights and to the Order of Foresters. He greatly enjoys outdoor life, finding much pleasure in roam- ing through the woods and over the hills, and has thus become thoroughly acquainted with nature in her various phases. This constitutes an even balance to his professional activity and has made his a well rounded character.

ALEXANDER E. MARTIN.

Along the lines of mechanical skill and ingenuity Alexander E. Martin has de- veloped his powers since starting out in the business world and is today at the head of the A. E. Martin Foundry & Machine Company, specializing in the building of air cooled cylinders for automobiles and motorcycles. One in search of a signal chapter may well pass his life record by but he who would learn of the value of unfaltering

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industry and firm purpose may well pause to read his life story. Upon those sub- stantial qualities he has builded his success, and industrial activity in this city finds in him a worthy representative.

Mr. Martin is a native of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Two Rivers, October 9, 1867, his parents being John and Lavina (Legett) Martin, who were natives of Scotland. The father came to the United States at an early day, settling in New Hampshire, and it was there that he met and married Lavina Legett. In the year 1849 they removed to Two Rivers and in 1868 became residents of Milwaukee, where Mr. Martin entered the employ of the Illinois Steel Company, formerly known as the Milwaukee Rolling Mill. He was there employed as an engineer to the time of his deatlı, which occurred in 1891, his widow surviving him for a decade and passing away in 1901. They reared a large family of eight sons and two daughters.

Alexander E. Martin, who was the third in order of birth, obtained a public school education in Milwaukee, for he was only a year old at the time the family home was established in this city. When his school days were over he hegan learning telegraphy with the Lake Shore & Western Railroad, now a part of the Chicago & Northwestern system and afterward held various positions at different places and also acted as agent for the company at St. Paul, Minnesota. He likewise spent two years in Montana with the Great Northern Railroad and while in the service of that corporation was the first night operator at Havre. Montana, then only a railroad camp which was situated at the end of the line that was being extended to Seattle, Washington. In 1895 be returned to Milwaukee, where he entered the grocery business, conducting his store for ten years. He then sold out and organized the Central Foundry Company, which name was changed in 1917 to the A. E. Martin Foundry & Machine Company, of which he is the president. The company specializes in air cooled cylinders for automobiles and motor- cycles and has developed a business of substantial proportions in this connection. In 1922 Mr. Martin organized the Mar Tan Motor Company, which manufactures motors for railroad speeders, agricultural implements and light cycle cars. Mr. Martin is also president of this company and is a director of the Mitchell Street Bank and vice president of the Wisconsin Liability Insurance Company. During the World war his factories were kept busy in the manufacture of plugs for gas tanks, which requires a special make of iron. This order was the highest issued by the government and was classed as AA 1. The company also manufactures cylinders for the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company, whose machine was used by the government. Mr. Martin has long since reached a point of efficiency and superior skill in connection with particular lines of machinery and this, combined with his executive power, bas enabled him to most wisely and profitably direct the business interests of which he is now the head.

In La Crosse, Wisconsin, in September, 1894, Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss Annie J. Williams, who died in November, 1916. Mr. Martin's interest always centered in his home, so that the loss of his wife was a great blow.

In politics Mr. Martin has always been a republican and is an active worker in party ranks. In 1898 and again in 1900 he was elected county supervisor from the twelfth ward, and from 1914 until 1918 he was a member of the state senate. He took active part in promoting constructive legislation, carefully considering all the ques- tions which came up for settlement and lending the weight of his aid and influence to every measure which he believed would be of benefit to the commonwealth. In the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he is a past grand. He is also a member of the Association of Commerce, interested in the efforts of that organization toward local progress and improvement, and at all times he manifests a helpful attitude toward everything that has to do with the material, social, political and moral progress of the community.

EMIL H. SUTTER, M. D.

Dr. Emil H. Sutter, physician and surgeon, devoting his attention to general practice in Milwaukee, was born on the 6th of April, 1893, on the south side of the city in the family home at the corner of Eighth and Mitchell streets. His parents, Herman and Marianna (Duttlinger) Sutter, are natives of Germany but came to the new world in early life and were married in this city, where they still make their home. The father is one of the pioneer marhle and granite dealers on the south side.

Dr. Sutter is the youngest in a family of two sons and four daughters, and his entire life has been passed in Milwaukee save for the period of one year spent in study in the Pio Nono College at St. Francis, Wisconsin. He was graduated from Marqnette Academy with the class of 1910 and afterward spent a year in study of the arts and sciences in Marquette University. He then matriculated in the Marquette Medical School, devoting three years to study there, while later he completed his medical course in the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery, being numbered among its alumni of 1915. For a year he was interne in St. Mary's Hospital at Green Bay,

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History of Milwaukee, city and county, Volume III, Part 65

Author: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949; Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), b. 1844 Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 912

Author: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949; Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), b. 1844
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 912