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GEORGE SCHMIDT
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and also took a two years' course in agriculture at the Wisconsin University. He is now residing at home. George A., born at Arcadia, Wis., Dec. 7, 1896, graduated from the Arcadia high school and is now a student at the Wisconsin University. Louisa M. (first), born in Arcadia Township in 1898, was accidentally drowned at the age of 18 months while playing on the farm. Louisa M., the second of the name, was born in Arcadia Town- ship, May 30, 1903, and is now living at home and attending the Arcadia schools. Mr. Schmidt is a Republican in politics. In addition to his service as school superintendent, already mentioned, he served two terms as clerk of Cross Township, Buffalo County, was alderman for several terms at Alma, Wis., treasurer of Arcadia Township two terms, superintendent of assessment of Trempealeau County for six years, and is now serving his second term as district assessor of incomes. Aside from his personal farm- ing interests and public employment he is a stockholder in the Bank of Arcadia, the Western Wisconsin Telephone Company and the Farmers Co-operative Creamery at Arcadia. He and his family are Protestants, though not affiliated with any particular church.
Ellis G. Bigham, manager and secretary of the Farmers Co-operative Creamery of Arcadia, was born Nov. 11, 1878, in Arcadia Township, son of John and Grace (Gardner) Bigham, his parents being farmers in that township. He was educated in the graded school and high school of Arcadia Village, graduating from the latter in June, 1898. During the following winter he taught district school in the Smith district, Arcadia Township. In the fall of 1899 he began teaching in the Galesville school, having charge of the seventh and eighth grades and also taught for a while in the Galesville high school. The next summer, 1900, he went back to his father's farm and remained there for ten years. While living on the farm, in 1904, he was made manager and secretary of the Farmers Co-operative Creamery of Arcadia, but remained on the farm until the fall of 1913, when, with his family, he moved into the village, and has since given his undivided attention to the creamery. Under his management the business has steadily increased until in 1916 a new and larger plant became necessary, and accordingly a new building, with full modern equip- ment, was put up on a site adjoining the old one. Mr. Bigham is a stock- holder in the creamery and also in the Western Wisconsin Telephone Com- pany. He is one of the enterprising young business men of the village, and is a member of the village board, though he has held no other public offices. In politics he is independent. Mr. Bigham was married Oct. 18, 1902, to Alice, the daughter of George and Katherine Kindchy of Montana Township, Buffalo County, Wis., and he and his wife have three children: Katherine, born Nov. 10, 1903; Mona, born Feb. 28, 1907, and Margaret, born July 27, 1911. All the children were born on the Bigham farm and all are attending school. Mr. Bigham was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife in that of the German Evan- gelical church. In 1908 he joined the Masonic order, in which he has advanced as far as the Chapter, and in 1916 was junior deacon of the lodge. Since 1901 he has belonged to the Independent Orders of Foresters, and since 1906 to the Beavers.
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John Busby, a well known and successful farmer of Arcadia Town- ship, was born in Waukegan, Lake County, Ill., Sept. 27, 1857, son of Thomas and Mary (Knight) Busby. His parents were born and married in England and came to America in 1854, later settling on a farm one mile north of Arcadia Village, on the east side of Trempealeau River. They are now living retired at Wakefield, Neb., their unmarried daughter, Florence, keeping house for them. Thomas Busby was 89 years old Aug. 24, 1917, and his wife 80 years Jan. 1, 1917. John Busby was less than a year old when he accompanied his parents to Wisconsin. He was brought up on the home farm and remained with his father until he was 30 years old. At the age of 22 he bought a threshing outfit with which he threshed for the neighboring farmers every fall. In 1888 he bought a farm in Korpal Valley, six miles north of Arcadia and four south of Independence. It consisted of 120 acres and was partly improved, having a small house but no barn. That same year he was married to Gertrude Lewis, daughter of John D. and Charlotte (Maybury) Lewis of Lewis Valley, Arcadia Township, and they settled on the Korpal Valley farm, where they resided until 1903. Mr. Busby then traded his farm for the Lewis homestead of 240 acres, a well improved piece of property, with frame house, a full base- ment barn, 30 by 66 feet and 16 feet above basement. He has since built a granary, machine shed and garage building and has put every part of the property into excellent condition. One hundred and seventy-five acres of his land is under the plow. Mr. Busby carries on general farming and dairying, keeping 25 grade "Red Poll" cattle, all young cows. He has a full equipment of machinery, teams and everything necessary to carry on a modern farm. The land in this valley is extremely fertile and is among the best farming sections in the county. Mr. Busby is a stock- holder in the Glencoe Co-operative Creamery of Arcadia Village. In poli- tics he is independent, voting for the man rather than for the party. He has served for a number of years as treasurer and clerk of the school dis- trict. He and his wife have two children-Benjamin and Irene. Benjamin, born Feb. 2, 1890, who is unmarried and lives at home, was graduated from the district school and the Arcadia high school, and attended for one year the department of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin. Irene, born March 24, 1897, resides at home with her parents. Mr. Busby has had four sisters and six brothers: Emma, Thomas, Florence, Charles Andrew, Oliver, Mary, Lilly, Mark and William. Of these Emma, Andrew, Lilly and Mark are deceased.
Andrew Losinski, Sr., an early pioneer, was born in West Prussia, Poland, Nov. 13, 1832, and was there reared. He came to America in 1861 and found his way to Winona, where several of his countrymen had pre- ceded him. For a time he worked at what he could find to do in the vicinity of Rollingstone and St. Charles, in Winona County, and for one or two seasons was employed on steamboats on the Mississippi River. He also worked for Andrew Hamilton, proprietor of a lumber yard at Winona, being employed both in the lumber yard and about his residence. Mr. Hamilton had but one horse at that time, which he used both as a carriage horse and for delivering lumber, so that Mr. Losinski's work in looking
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after the stable was not arduous. In 1865 Andrew Losinski came to Dodge Township, Trempealeau County, and bought the Wright farm of 133 acres in section 19. Only two acres of the farm had been cleared, and there was neither house nor barn. One of the first things he did, therefore, was to erect a log house and a log barn and then he set to work to clear and improve the land. He resided there until 1899 and then moved to a farm of 180 acres situated a little east of the old home in the same section, which is the farm now owned by his son, Andrew, Jr. It was not until 1892, however, that he purchased the property. Here he resided until his death, July 29, 1911, when he was 78 years old. During his active years he improved the property, erecting a two-story brick house, with upright and wing, and a barn 24 by 84 by 14 feet. A man of sincere religious con- victions, Mr. Losinski helped to build the first Catholic church in Pine Creek and was for many years a trustee in that congregation. He and his wife were hard workers and in the early years endured many privations and hardships, but succeeded in acquiring a competency for their old age. For a number of years previous to his death the farm was operated by his son, Andrew, Jr. His wife is still living and resides with her son Andrew, enjoying remarkably good health for one of her years. She was born in West Prussia, Poland, in 1847, and came to America as a child about 1860. Andrew Losinski, Sr., and his wife had nine children: Stan- ley, born in Dodge Township in 1867; Lorenz, born in 1869, who died in 1883 as the result of blood poisoning from a gunshot wound; Phela, born in 1871, wife of Joseph Poehler, a farmer of Arcadia Township; Vincent, born in 1873 and now living on the old homestead; Andrew, Jr., proprietor of the homestead ; Frances, born in 1878, and now Mrs. Vincent Bambenek, living near Dodge Village ; Mary, born in 1880, now the wife of Tony Walski, a farmer of Trempeleau Township; Jacob, born in 1882, now a farmer of Arcadia Township, and Frank, born in 1885, who is proprietor of a gen- eral store at St. Philip, Mont., and also postmaster.
Andrew Losinski, Jr., who is engaged in farming in section 19, Dodge Township, was born on the place where he still lives, Sept. 7, 1875, son of Andrew and Anna (Rudink) Losinski. He was reared on the home farm, and under his father's instruction gained a good knowledge of agricul- tural methods. As his father grew old the management of the farm fell more and more into his hands until at last he had the entire man- agement of it. Three years before his father's death, or in 1908, he bought the property, since which time he has built a new barn and a silo of good capacity, besides a tool shed. His education was obtained in the district and parochial schools. Like his father before him he is a mem- ber of the Sacred Heart Catholic church at Pine Creek. In politics he is a Democrat.
Emil F. Rotering, county highway commissioner, is leaving a per- manent record of his work in the magnificent system of public roads which the county is developing under his able supervision. As a contractor he was the pioneer builder of macadamized roads in Buffalo and Trempealeau County, and he is thus familiar with the technical details of road building in all its departments. In his present position his experience, his diplomacy
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and his ability to inspire others with his enthusiasm are all finding their reflection in the work which he is accomplishing. Thoroughly democratic by nature, he is of genial and pleasant temperament, and being still a young man, and having already worthily achieved much of merit, his friends predict for him a brilliant future of wide influence. He was born in Glencoe Township. Buffalo County. Oct. 4, 1886, son of Henry and Mary Rotering. Henry Rotering was born in Germany, came to the United States in 1878. married Mary, a native of Buffalo County, this state. farmed in that county for a number of years, and later operated a livery business in Arcadia. Emil F. Rotering acquired a district school educa- tion. and also took a course in the Arcadia high school. He farmed at home until attaining his majority, and then became a rural mail carrier on Route 2, out of Arcadia. Wis. Five years later he associated himself with his father in the livery business. It was thus that he became inter- ested in the good roads movement, and in 1911, the State Road-Aid Law having been passed, he engaged in the road contracting business. In this capacity he built the first macadamized roads in Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties, and also did considerable road grading, receiving practically all the important contracts that were let under the State Aid Law while he was in business. So highly did his work in this capacity commend itself to the people of the county that in 1915 he was appointed to his present position as county commissioner of highways. Taking hold of his new work with a vim, he has followed a consistent plan of improvement, and in spite of the difficulties of road building in Trempealeau County, owing to the inequalities of the surface and the scarcity of good road material, he has evolved a splendid system and accomplished good results. After taking office he disposed of his livery and traded his road-building outfit for a fertile tract of 200 acres near Osseo, which he still owns and which he has fenced and improved in various ways. He also owns a pleasant home in Arcadia, and considerable other real estate, and his business holdings include stock in the Trempealeau Lime Products Company of Trempealeau, the Farmers & Merchants State Bank at Independence, and the Ettrick & Northern Railroad at Ettrick. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Columbus, the Woodmen of the World and the Red Men. Mr. Rotering is one of the most active and wideawake young men in the county, and he is always willing to give his time and influence in behalf of every movement which he believes to be for the best interests of the county and its people. He is an out-of-door man, an able motorist and an enthusiastic hunter. Mr. Rotering was married Dec. 30, 1913, to Isa Faulds, daughter of John and Margaret Faulds and five years postmistress of Arcadia. John Faulds was born in Baillieston, Scotland, and came to America with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Faulds, in 1847. They settled in Hazelton. Pa., and in the spring of 1855 came to Glencoe, Wis., they being one of the pioneer settlers of that place. He enlisted in Company F. Seventh West Virginia Cavalry, Nov. 4, 1864, and served to Aug. 1. 1865. when he received his honorable discharge. In 1871 he was married to Margaret Wright of Tollcross. Glasgow, Scotland, making their home on the farm in Glencoe until 1880, afterwards moving to Arcadia.
EMIL F. ROTERING
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where they resided until they died. Margaret Faulds died Jan. 15, 1907; John Faulds died Sept. 6, 1908.
John D. Lewis, the first permanent settler in Lewis Valley, Arcadia Township, and now one of the oldest and most esteemed residents in the township, was born at Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1828, son of Morgan and Lydia (Comstock) Lewis. The father was born in DeRuyter, a small village in Madison County, New York, June 29, 1805, and died in the same place July 1, 1855. His wife survived him over 40 years, dying at the home of her son, the subject of this sketch, in Arcadia Township, June 14, 1896, at the age of 90. She was buried in Arcadia Village. The Lewis family is of Welsh origin. John D. Lewis was brought up in his native state, where he learned the carpenter's trade. At the age of 23 years, Aug. 5, 1851, he married Charlotte Maybury. Three years later, in 1854, he set out for the great Northwest, reaching Winona, Minn., July 8, that year. Here he found work at his trade, and on September 5 was joined by his wife, his son Kossuth and daughter Inez. The family resided in Winona until Jan. 1, 1855, Mr. Lewis working as carpenter for Mr. Sowner, who was then postmaster of Winona. On the date last mentioned he moved with his family to Fountain City, Wis., where he continued to follow his trade. While residing here his little son Kossuth was accidentally drowned, July 8, 1857, which calamity came as a sudden shock and caused great grief in the family, but in October of the same year another son was born, and the name of his dead brother was bestowed on him. On the breaking out of the great Civil war, in April, 1861, Mr. Lewis enlisted promptly in the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, and obtained the rank of lieutenant in Com- pany H. Going south with the regiment, he remained in the service until Dec. 22, 1861, when he was discharged and returned home. March 29, 1865, he re-enlisted as captain, but this time served only one month, when the war ended with the surrender of General Lee. Early in 1866, a Mr. Davis, a surveyor and a friend of Mr. Lewis, told the latter of the value of the land in section 8, Arcadia Township, Trempealeau County, especially in what was then called Niffin Valley. He and his wife decided that this was a good opportunity for them to acquire a homestead, and accordingly, May 26, 1866, Mr. Lewis bought a piece of land in the valley and he and his family moved onto it. Lewis Niffin, who had been a resident there for awhile, had moved away, and the valley now took the name of Lewis Valley, which it bears to this day. Mr. Lewis was very poor when he began farming, and had many difficulties to struggle with. Provisions had to be brought overland from Fountain City, 22 miles away, and there was an immense amount of work to be done on the farm. Mr. Lewis hastily erected the most necessary buildings and began the cultivation of the land. His children were all young and could be of little assistance, so the burden of toil for the first few years fell upon himself and wife. As fast as he was able he increased his improvements on his property, in time erecting a frame house and barn and adding to the number of acres under cultivation, in the meanwhile practicing habits of strenuous industry and economy. Prosperity came gradually but surely. Occasionally there were hard times, as in the years of financial depression, but general conditions continued
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to improve ; other settlers came in, farm machinery was introduced more extensively, lightening the farmer's burdens and increasing the size of his crops ; better roads were constructed, and with the general rise of prices the value of Mr. Lewis's farm increased. His children grew up, the boys helping their father on the farm and the girls their mother in the work of the household, until some of them married and moved away. In the mean- while Mr. Lewis has become prominent in the community, and well known not only in his own neighborhood, but also throughout the county. Elected to the office of county clerk, he served in it efficiently for five years, and was also a member and chairman of the county board three terms. He was also a justice of the peace for many years, and for 25 years was school director, also serving for years as clerk of the district. In 1903 Mr. Lewis, then 75 years old, sold his farm to John Busby, a son-in-law, who has since operated it, and with whom, and his daughter, Mrs. Busby, he now resides. Although 89 years old, he retains his faculties in a remarkable degree, being quite active for one of his age, and is quietly enjoying his declining years. His wife died April 1, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis had a large family, of whom the following is a brief record: Kossuth (1), born in New York state, Feb. 4, 1852, died from drowning at Fountain City, Wis., July 8, 1857 ; Inez, born in New York state Aug. 7, 1853, who is now Mrs. John Burt of Myers Falls, Wash .; Charles, born in Winona, Minn., Dec. 24, 1854, who died in infancy; Kossuth (2), born at Fountain City, Oct. 4, 1857, who is now living in Topeka, Kans .; Blanche, born Dec. 1, 1860, who married Frank Ducker of Green Bay, Wis., and died in 1913; Gertrude, born at Fountain City, Jan. 1, 1863, who is now the wife of John Busby, owner of the Lewis homestead; Clive, born at Fountain City, Dec. 9, 1864, and now living at Beach, N. D .; Delos, born in Arcadia Township, Jan. 4, 1867, who resides at Glendive, Mont .; Adelbert A., born in Arcadia Township, June 28, 1869, who resides in Minneapolis, Minn .; Archie, born in Arcadia Township, who died at Fridley, Mont., in 1914, and Hugh, born in Arcadia Township, Oct. 6, 1876, who is now living in Korpal Valley, this township. Mr. Lewis, though reared a Baptist, has never united with any church. He is one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Trempealeau County and has attained his present position in life through honest indus- try, fulfilling his obligations to all men and doing whatever he could to advance the interests of the general community. His surviving children are also prosperous and respected.
Stephen Richmond was born in St. Lawrence County in the state of New York in the year 1848. His father, John Richmond, was an English- man, and his mother, Margaret Hoy, was of Irish nativity. He received his education in the common schools of his native village, Louisville, and in the Lawrence Academy and Potsdam State Normal school. After com- pleting his academic schooling he taught school for several years in the state of New York with marked success. About the year 1870 the "call of the West" reached him and bent his course toward the Badger state, and set- tling in Trempealeau County he became one of the pioneer schoolmasters. He was a strict disciplinarian, yet withal possessed of infinite kindness of heart-not that kind which finds its only expression in a sentimental
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demonstration, but rather of that character which looks to final results and the building up of better citizenship. The motto of his life, and the one that he sought to impress upon his pupils was, "Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may." For five years he was principal of the schools of Galesville, during which time he carefully instructed and became an important factor in moulding and forming the characters of many who today are among Galesville's best citizens, people who justly attribute much of their success and happiness to his untiring vigilance during those all but forgotten school days. In 1878 Mr. Richmond, feeling that he could be of greater use to his fellows in a new and untried field, moved to Arcadia, the village that was thenceforward to become his permanent home. Here for some years longer he pursued the noble profession of instructor, devot- ing all his moments of leisure to the study of the law, to such good pur- pose that in the following year he was duly admitted to practice that honor- able profession. At about the same time, recognizing his unusual talent and ability as an instructor and organizer of schools the people of Trem- pealeau County elected him to the office of County Superintendent of Schools, which office he honorably filled for some time. Mr. Richmond married Ida Merwin of Centerville in 1871, and seven children were born to them, two daughters who died in infancy and two daughters now liv- ing, Gertrude and Lulu, and three sons, Frank C., Ben F. and William M. The two sons, Frank C. and Ben F., following in the footsteps of the father, pursued the study of the law, were admitted to the bar and became mem- bers of the law firm of Richmond & Richmond. Frank C. Richmond is also a graduate physician. Ben Richmond enlisted in the Spanish-American war and died soon after being mustered out from disease contracted in the army. The unusual brilliancy of this son was the source of continual pride to the father, and the shock of his untimely death was almost more than the fond parents could endure. This crushing blow seemed to affect the health of the father and marked an apparent decline in his previous robust health. It shattered his great hopes for the future of the firm he had so carefully launched; but with his usual undaunted courage he buried his sorrow in his great heart and manfully took up the added burden. As a lawyer he was deeply. conscious of his duties to his client, making the sorrows and passions of his client his own so that all enemies of his client were his enemies during the time he was engaged. These cares and duties were with him both day and night. To have put them aside during his hours of rest and diversion would have been to him a grave wrong to his client-an unforgivable sin. Mr. Richmond was a man of true friends, men of worth and character, who were drawn to him by the depth and sincerity of his nature, who loved the man for what he was- a friend not in prosperity alone, but as well in the dark day of adversity. In the course of nature a well rounded life, rich in those achievements which distinguish one from his fellows, reached its close, Sept. 4, 1912; the dis- tinguished and respected citizen, the loved and loving father and husband, with every earthly obligation fulfilled, lay down to his last sleep. Mr. Richmond was deeply interested in historical matters, especially in the history of pioneer times in Western Wisconsin. It was his aspiration to
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prepare a History of Trempealeau County. He died before his task was completed, but he left behind many valuable manuscripts, which have been used as the base of much of the material in this present history.
Frank R. Paine, a prosperous business man of Arcadia Village, deal- ing in farm loans, was born at Cascade, Sheboygan County, Wis., Oct. 29, 1862, son of Rensselaer C. and Laura (Bigelow) Paine. The father was a native of Vermont, who came west and married Laura Bigelow at Cas- cade, Wis., in 1860. They settled near Winona, Minn., where in the spring of 1862 he was killed by a kick from a horse. After her husband's death Mrs. Paine returned to Cascade, and there the subject of this sketch was born in the following fall. In 1865 Mrs. Paine contracted a second mar- riage with H. T. Miller of Cascade, and she and her husband resided there until her son Frank was nine years old. Then, in 1871, the family moved to Sheboygan Falls, Wis. In the fall of 1874 they came to Arcadia, Trem- pealeau County, and here Mr. Miller bought a half interest in the flour mill of Broughton & Thomas, Mr. Broughton withdrawing from the firm, which then became Miller & Thomas. Soon after this Jacob R. Bear bought out the interest of Mr. Thomas, and the style of the firm was changed to Miller & Bear. In the meanwhile Frank R. Paine had grown to manhood. He had been educated in the common schools of Cascade, Sheboygan Falls and Arcadia, and at the age of 18 became clerk on a Mississippi River steamboat. Some time after the firm of Miller & Bear was formed, having now some means, he bought a half interest in the flour mill and was con- cerned in its operation until 1886 or 1887. In 1890 the entire property, including the mill dam, was destroyed by a great flood, but in the same year Mr. Paine organized a stock company and rebuilt the mill and prop- erty, managing it subsequently until 1910. Since then he has been engaged in selling farm loans. These have not been his entire activities, however, as in 1883, with Mr. Bear and his brother Fred he opened a general store at Durand, Wis. Mr. Bear died the same winter at Durand and Frank R. and Fred Paine continued the business up to 1886, when they sold out and Frank went to La Crosse, Wis., where he conducted a grocery store for about a year. In 1887 his health failed and for three years he was an invalid. May 22, 1885, Frank R. Paine married Kate A., daughter of Albert R. and Adeline Rathbone of Arcadia, the ceremony being presided over at the bride's home by Rev. T. G. Owen. Of this union two children have been born, Ina L., May 29, 1886, who is now Mrs. Ralph W. Danuser, her hus- band being a druggist in Arcadia, and Adeline, born Jan. 17, 1888, who died March 20, 1889. Mr. Paine is an independent in politics and has served as president of the village board of Arcadia two terms, having been a mem- ber of the board for a longer period. He is a member of the Masonic order, having belonged to the Blue Lodge at Arcadia since 1886, to the Chapter at Arcadia since 1887 and to the Eastern Star. He has belonged to the Modern Woodmen of America for many years, being a charter member of his lodge; also to the Independent Order of Foresters, of which lodge he is also a charter member, and to the Elk Lodge at La Crosse, of which he has been a member since 1904. Mr. Paine has a brother, Fred, who was born at Winona, Minn., in August, 1861, and who is now living in Arcadia ;
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