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ALBERT H. GUMZ.
Albert H. Gumz, manager for the Gumz interests in the R. Gumz & Company's packing plant of Milwaukee, belongs to a family that has long been closely and prominently identified with industrial and commercial development in this city. He was born on the south side of Milwaukee, November 16, 1865, and his entire life has here been passed. He is a son of Rudolph Gumz, a well known pioneer and for many years a most progressive business man, who was the founder of the packing industry now carried on under the name of R. Gumz & Company. The father, although retired from active business, still makes his home in Milwaukee and is a highly respected resident of the city.
No event of special importance occurred to vary the rontine of life for Albert H. Gumz in his boyhood days, his attention being largely given to the acquirement of a public school education. In early manhood he became associated with the retail meat trade, in which he engaged for an extended period, but for the past fifteen years he has been the manager of the Gumz interests in the Gumz packing plant. His previous ex- perience as a meat market man well qualified him for the work which he undertook as a manager, and he has contributed in substantial measure to the growth of the packing industry carried on under his father's name.
More than thirty years ago Albert H. Gumz was married to Miss Anna Kunz, who was born in Germany. Fraternally Mr. Gumz is a Royal Arch Mason and is a past master of his lodge. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and is a past chancellor in that order. He resides at No. 354 Thirteenth avenue in a good home of his own and is one of the thoroughgoing and representative business men of his section of the city.
NELLIE WENTWORTH CARGILL, M. D.
Dr. Nellie Wentworth Cargill, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, with offices at 240 Farwell avenue, has been identified with the profession in Milwaukee since 1896. She was born in Syracuse, New York, on the 22d of Jannary. 1863, and bore the maiden name of Nellie Elizabeth Wentworth, her parents being Edward Benning and Sarah Ann (Crandall) Wentworth, both of whom are now de- ceased. In the paternal line Dr. Cargill is a representative of the distinguished Went- worth family, which was founded by William Wentworth, who came from England prior to 1640 and settled at Exeter, New Hampshire. He was called Elder William Wentworth and became the progenitor of what is today one of the oldest and most
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numerous American families, many of its representatives having attained distinction and prominence. Dr. Cargill is also of Revolutionary stock, being a descendant of Josiah Winslow Wentworth, who served with the Continental army under General Washington.
Dr. Cargill accompanied her parents on their removal from Syracuse, New York, to Chicago when a maiden of fifteen years and was graduated from a high school of the latter city. She afterward determined to take up the practice of medicine and in 1893 completed a course in the medical department of the Northwestern University of Chicago, while following her graduation she served as an interne in the Woman's Hos- pital of that city. Later she did interne service in the Wesley Hospital of Chicago in 1895 and in the following year she came to Milwaukee, where she entered upon the private practice of medicine. She was physician to the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls from 1896 until 1905, or for a period of nine years. Her private practice has steadily grown in volume and importance and now makes heavy demand upon her time and energy. She belongs to the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and in her practice she makes a specialty of gynecology and gastro-intestinal diseases, in which branches she is most thorough, her broad knowledge making her a recognized authority in this field of labor. She is also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and its high basic principles find exemplification in her life.
W. E. FITZGERALD.
One of the attractive commercial establishments of South Milwaukee is the hard- ware store of W. E. Fitzgerald, who carries a large line of shelf and heavy hardware and whose progressive methods have won for him a liberal and growing patronage. Mr. Fitzgerald comes to Wisconsin frem Iowa, his birth having occurred at Waukon, in the neighboring state, on the 16th of February, 1884, his parents being William J. and Margaret (Donovan) Fitzgerald, who were natives of Wisconsin and of Illinois re- spectively. The father was a farmer, following that occupation for many years, but is now living retired in the home of his son, W. E. For a considerable period he served as a janitor in the South Milwaukee schools.
W. E. Fitzgerald obtained his education in the schools of his native city, but his opportunities in that direction were quite limited owing to the fact that he went to work as a clerk in a store when but a young lad. He followed that occupation from the age of fifteen years until 1906, when he established business on his own account,. finding it possible to do so as the result of his industry and perseverance, which had brought to hin the necessary capital. He was first associated with a corporation con- ducting business under the style of the Costigan-Fitzgerald Company. Later this was changed to the Kuhnke-Fitzgerald Company and in January, 1919, Mr. Fitzgerald purchased the interests of all the other stockholders but continued to conduct the business under the corporation name until May, 1920, when the corporation was dis- solved, and he has since conducted the business under his own name. He came to South Milwaukee in November, 1904, and has since been numbered among the valued and progressive business men of the city. His store is well equipped with an excellent assortment of general hardware and seeds and his trade is extensive and gratifying. The building which he occupies was built especially for the company and is a modern one-story brick structure.
On the 16th of June, 1908, Mr. Fitzgerald was married to Miss Iva Simon, of Waukon, Iowa, and they have the following daughters: Dolores; Helen; Kathleen and Geraldine, twins; and Dorothy. The family home is at No. 819 Madison avenue.
Mr. Fitzgerald was president of the Business Men's Association of South Milwaukee for a year and became one of the charter members on its organization. He is also a director in the Liberty Home Building Association. His religious faith is that of the Catholic church and he is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and of the Knights of Columbus. During the war period he was very active in the promotion of all the drives and devoted much time and effort to war activities, which were the sus- taining force behind the battle lines of Flanders and of France.
ARTHUR J. LUSTY.
Arthur J. Lusty, proprietor of the Stearns Sales Agency of Milwaukee, distributors of the Stearns-Knight cars, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 5, 1892. He is therefore a young man of about thirty years and already has attained a position in business circles that many a man of almost twice his years might well envy. Actuated by a progressive spirit, he has made steady advancement, and the wise use he has made
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of his opportunities has gained for him a most creditable place in connection with the automobile industry in southern Wisconsin.
His father, Louis Lusty, who died in 1912 at the age of fifty-five years, was born in Neenah, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, upon his father's farm, being a son of Ludwig Lusty, who was a native of Austria-Hungary and came to the United States in his boyhood with his parents, who located in this state. In pioneer times he engaged in farming, trapping and other pursuits incident to the settlement of the frontier, and he took part in some of the Indian wars of the northwest. He was a cooper by trade, and his son, Louis Lusty, became associated with him in the cooperage business in Neenah, where he spent the greater part of his life. He married Ellen Delaney, who was born at Ncenah and is a daughter of Patrick Delaney, a native of Ireland, who on coming to Wisconsin settled on a farm. Mrs. Lusty still survives her husband and now makes her home in Milwaukee.
Arthur J. Lusty was educated in the country schools and in the Spencerian Busi- ness College. He started to provide for his own support by working as an A. D. T. messenger, being employed in this way for a few years. He then went to the Mil- waukee Athletic Club as assistant physical instructor and occupied that position for eight years under Thomas J. Larkin. In 1919 he went into the automobile business in connection with Charles H. Baerwald and Robert Winslow, organizing the Stearns Sales Agency at Nos. 156 to 160 Farwell avenue. The business has enjoyed a profitable existence. They handle the Rolls-Royce and the Stearns-Knight cars for the state of Wisconsin, and the business is steadily increasing within the border of this common- wealth. Their agency at Milwaukee has placed many cars, and the business is enjoying a substantial growth.
On the 15th of April, 1913, Mr. Lusty was married to Miss Rowena E. Cottrill, a daughter of Ezra Cottrill, of Appleton, Wisconsin, who was born in Fond du Lac, this state, and was a carpenter contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Lusty now have one son, Arthur J., who was born January 16, 1915.
In politics Mr. Lusty has always maintained an independent course. In religious faith he is a Catholic, and he belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters and also to the Milwaukee Lodge of Elks. He likewise has membership in the Milwaukee Athletic Club, in the Association of Commerce and in the Wisconsin State Automobile Dealers Association. He served as a member of the secret service department during the World war, acting in this capacity throughout the entire period. He enjoys hunting and fishing, motoring and touring, finding his keenest pleasure perhaps in duck hunt- ing and enjoying all manly outdoor sports. He is likewise a lover of music, and his . wife has considerable skill as a pianist and player of string instruments, having re- ceived special instruction along these lines. As an expert swimmer, he was able to ยท do a splendid service in 1914 when he saved the lives of two men at Mckinley beach after one had gone down for the third time. He maintains a summer home-El Dorado -at Oconomowoc, where he has a five acre wooded tract.
ARTHUR L. McDONALD.
Arthur L. McDonald, general manager of the A. L. McDonald Company, fire in- surance adjusters for the insured, also secretary of the George H. McDonald Company, real estate and insurance, was born in Dubuque, Iowa, January 27, 1878, his parents being George H. and Elizabeth B. (Connick) McDonald, hoth of whom were natives of the Empire state. The father moved westward to Wisconsin in his boyhood days, going to school in Berlin and later engaging in business for several years, he then removed to Dubuque, Iowa, going into the wholesale dry goods business, and remained there several years. He next removed to Chicago and in 1905 came to Milwaukee, where he engaged in the real estate business, and is still actively engaged at the age of eighty- two years.
The son, Arthur L. McDonald, was educated in the public schools of La Grange and Chicago, Illinois, and was for several years connected with the National Bank of the Republic and the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago. He then came to Mil- waukee about 1907, going with his father in the real estate and insurance business, being made secretary of the George H. McDonald Company.
In 1910 Arthur L. McDonald started in the business of adjusting fire losses for the insured public. Realizing its opportunities and possibilities, he has met with every demand that has been made upon him in adjusting many of the largest and most compli- cated losses in Wisconsin and adjoining states. This fact is amply attested to by the many testimonials in his possession and by the many friends that he has made in the insured business world of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. His efficiency and energy bringing results which have been highly gratifying, Mr. McDonald merits the confidence of the insured public.
In 1904 Mr. McDonald was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Last of Chicago,
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Illinois, and their children, John Parker and Margaret Elizabeth, are now attending the public schools of Milwaukee. On October 21, 1916, Mr. McDonald married Miss Florence Bowers, daughter of Mrs. F. Fultman of Ottawa, Illinois.
Mr. McDonald's military record covers service with the United States navy during the Spanish-American war. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party since age has conferred upon him the right of franchise, and his religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. He is a member of the Association of Commerce and the Milwaukee Athletic Club and finds rest and recreation in motoring, hunting, fishing and his club. The interests and activities of his life are well balanced and the outstanding purposes of his career have ever been honorable, while the pro- gressive methods that he has pursued in his business have placed him in a commendable position in connection with the insurance interests in his adopted city and state.
MICHAEL JOSEPH HEFFRON.
Michael Joseph Heffron, postmaster of the city of Cudahy, was born in Clinton- ville, Wisconsin, July 2, 1886, and is a son of Michael and Anna ( Sullivan ) Heffron, both of whom were natives of Ireland. The father came to America in the '50s and settled at Clintonville, Wisconsin, where he engaged in railroading, being in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern road. In 1893 he removed to Cudahy and was employed by the Cudahy Brothers Company for a number of years. He afterward acted as janitor of the Washington school up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1906.
Ilis son, Michael J. Heffron, was educated in the Washington school and when his textbooks were put aside entered the employ of the Cudahy Brothers Company, there remaining until he received his appointment as postmaster on the Ist of June, 1915. This position he has since filled, covering a period of more than six years. This is a post office of the second class, and the rapidly increasing volume of business is bringing it very near to the limit of a post office of the first class. He is very systematic, thorough and energetic in discharging his duties and has surrounded himself with an able and efficient corps of assistants.
On the 14th of September, 1908, Mr. Heffron was united in marriage to Miss Eliza- beth Madeline Martin of Cudahy, and they have become parents of a son and three daughters: Bernice, May, Joseph and Monica. The family are communicants of St. Frederick's Catholic church. Mr. Heffron belongs to the Order of Foresters, in which organization he has filled most of the offices. He is also the secretary of the Cudahy Commercial Association. He took a helpful part in all of the war activities and was chairman of the local Red Cross committee. His entire life has been passed in this state, and his enterprise and energy have brought to him the success which he has enjoyed, while his course has been so guided and directed as to gain for him the respect and confidence of his fellowmen.
JESSE F. CORY.
Jesse F. Cory, superintendent of the Cudahy schools, was born in Palmyra, Jeffer- son county, Wisconsin, February 28, 1876, and is a son of Richard and Grace (Piper) Cory, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in Wisconsin. The father came to America with his parents in his youth and settled in Vermont, the family being identified with farming interests there. Later Richard Cory became a prospector and went to California in 1852 during the excitement following the gold discoveries on the Pacific coast. He engaged in prospecting for a number of years and on that mission went through Panama and South America. Finally, however, he re- turned and took up his abode in Wisconsin, where he purchased a farm in the vicinity of Palmyra, there remaining to the time of his death, his attention being given to the cultivation and improvement of the property.
Jesse F. Cory attended the common schools and also the high school at Palmyra, after which he became a student in the Normal School in Milwaukee and still later took university work in Chicago. He early entered upon the profession of teaching, being employed as teacher in district No. 12 in the town of Greenfield, Milwaukee county, from 1900 until 1902. He was then appointed by L. D. Harvey as county superintendent of schools of Milwaukee county and continued to occupy the position until 1907. During this period he held three annual school board conventions in Milwaukee county before tbe passage of the law to that effect and was one of the leaders in securing such a legislative enactment. He was also the originator of the Milwaukee County Agricul- tural School and at all times has held to the highest educational standards. laboring untiringly to secure their adoption. His efforts have indeed been far-reaching and Vol. III-47
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beneficial. He has closely studied not only the question of the schools but also many sociological and economic problems. He was the president of the Milwaukee County Rural & Suburban Life Association, which has now passed out of existence. In 1908 he came to Cudahy, where he has since been superintendent of schools, having charge of four schools, including a vocational school and a junior high school. There is an attendance of eleven hundred and twenty-four in the regular all day school and ahout three hundred and fifty in part time school. There are forty-five teachers under his direction, and the school is continued for a ten months' term. Mr. Cory is one of the oldest and best known educators in Milwaukee county, having devoted practically his entire time to professional work in this section of the state.
On the 28th of February, 1903, Mr. Cory was married to Miss Ada Meyrose, of Greenfield, Milwaukee county, a daughter of Peter Meyrose, who was supervisor of the town of Greenfield for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Cory are now parents of three children: Neil, Louise and Richard.
Mr. Cory has membership with the Loyal American Yeomen, also with the Knights of Pythias and with the Cudahy Commercial Club. He took part in all the war activi- ties and holds a certificate of service. His life has ever heen dominated by a spirit of progress and a desire to assist his fellowmen, and his labors have become an effec- tive force in the intellectual development of the community, while his influence has proven of worth in many lines of useful endeavor.
WILLIAM A. THARINGER.
Among the productive industries which feature prominently in the commercial circles of Milwaukee is that conducted by Tharinger Macaroni Company of which William A. Tharinger is president. This company has developed a large plant and is now selling its product on an extensive scale. Mr. Tharinger was born in Racine, Wis- consin, November 11, 1875, and is a son of Louis and Louise (Schrank) Tharinger, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Austria. The mother came to the new world in 1857, when a young girl, and Louis Tharinger crossed the Atlantic in 1868. He first settled in Racine but in 1917 removed to Milwaukee, where his death occurred in December of the following year.
William A. Tharinger attended the public and parochial schools of Racine and con- tinued his education with a two years' course in Marquette College, being a student in that institution in 1890 and 1891. When his textbooks were put aside he took up rail- road work as an employe of the Northwestern Railroad Company at Ashland, Wisconsin, in May, 1892. filling the position of shipping and billing clerk. There he remained until August, 1896, when he came to Milwaukee, where he has since made his home. Here he engaged in the grocery business with his brother, Charles H. Tharinger, at the corner of Twenty-fourth and State streets and was thus actively identified with mercantile interests until 1913. In 1901 his brother Charles withdrew from the business and John Tharinger purchased his interest. In August, 1912, the two brothers, William A. and John Tharinger, purchased the controlling interest in the macaroni factory of Lorenz Brothers Macaroni Company and in 1913 took over the old plant on Twelfth street. Here they continued business until 1915, when they erected their present plant, situated at Nos. 1466 to 1472 Holton street. The business was established during the Civil war period by Mr. Lorenz and was later carried on by his son until it was taken over by the Tharinger brothers. Their new plant is equipped with the best and most modern machinery to be secured and they turn out twenty thousand pounds of macaroni products daily. Their goods are packed under the White Pearl brand and their products include not only macaroni but egg noodles, spaghetti, soup rings, alphabets, vermicelli, cut spaghetti and tasty bends, all of which are known as White Pearl products. Their out- put is sold extensively in every state of the Union east of the Rocky Mountains. Their plant is situated near the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, so that they have a side track to the factory, thus greatly promoting their shipping facilities. The business has been thoroughly systematized and the highest standards have been maintained in the excellence of the product.
In 1908 Mr. Tharinger was united in marriage to Miss Carrie J. Neugebauer, a daughter of Robert Neugebauer, a native of Wausau, Wisconsin, and they now have two daughters, Louise Mary and Rita May, both students in the Holy Angels Academy.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church, and Mr. Tharinger belongs to the Knights of Columbus. His entire course has been marked by a steady progress that has brought substantial results in business and those who know him class him with the representative manufacturers of the city. Starting out in life without special advantages, he has worked his way steadily upward and his record should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others, showing what may be accom- plished when there is a will to dare and to do. His prosperity is also due in large part to the fact that he has never deviated from the high standards which he has set up in
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relation to the excellence of the product which he manufactures and the output of the Tharinger factory has received the endorsement of the best housewives throughout the country.
PAUL G. HANKWITZ, M. D.
Dr. Paul G. Hankwitz, who in the practice of his profession has gained both prominence and prosperity, now has his office and residence at No. 1204 Kinnickinnick avenue in Milwaukee. Born in Germany on the 16th of June, 1871, he is a son of Dr. Carl E. Hankwitz, formerly a physician of this city, where he practiced for many years or until his death, which occurred on the 6th of May, 1909. His wife, who prior to her marriage was Emma Keiling, died March 31, 1920, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years.
Dr. Paul G. Hankwitz was but six years of age when his parents came to the new world. the family home being established first in Waverly, Iowa, where they resided from 1877 until 1879 and then came to Wisconsin. After spending five years in Water- town, this state, the family arrived in Milwaukee in 1884 and here the parents passed away, hut three sons of the family are still living-Carl E., Fred A. and Paul G., all yet residents of this city.
Dr. Paul G. Hankwitz supplemented his early education by study in the Spencerian Business College of Milwaukee. He has made his own way in the world from the age of sixteen years, dependent entirely upon his own resources and deserving great credit for what he has accomplished. He worked as a bookkeeper and thus earned the money with which to pay his board and other expenses while attending the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1896. Since that date he has been a practicing physician on the south side of Milwaukee, maintain- ing his office throughout the entire period on Kinnickinnick avenue. He began practice within two blocks of his present residence and office and the attractive home which he occupies was built ahout twenty years ago. In addition to this he owns splendid property elsewhere, including a number of good dwellings that he has erected and which are rented, bringing to him a substantial annual income. His activities in the real estate field, however, have been hut a side issue to his real life work-the practice of medicine. He is serving on the staff of the Hanover General Hospital and he has long been accorded an extensive private practice, conscientiously and faithfully discharging his duties in connection therewith. He belongs to the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the Milwaukee Physicians Association, of which he is now the vice president.
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