History of northern Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources; an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories; biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; views of county seats, etc., Part 163

Author: Western historical co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1052


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JACOB KOLTER, Wausau, was born in Rhein, Bavaria, Aug. 15, 1839, and came to America in 1855, arriving in New York, May 6, 1851, coming from there to Wausau, Aug. 27, 1857; two years later, he went to St. Louis, living there and in Belleville, Jacksonville, Winches- ter and Griggsville for two years. He returned to Wausau and was for a time employed as a cook. In 1862, he built and opened a bakery, which was burned down in 1869. He was in the drug business, and in 1869 built a music hall on the corner of Washington and Third streets. lIe is also engaged in farming and lumbering. Mr. K. was married in Wausau, Dec. 1, 1867, to Bertha Janke, who was born in Prussia. They have six children-Emma E., Augusta S., Bertha M., Rosa A., George R., and Jacob H.


CHARLES KRUEGER, cigars, came to Wisconsin, Nov. 4, 1867. staying in Milwaukee a short time. From there he came to Wausau, and began the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for six years. In August, 1874, he began in his present business, and has since followed it. He was appointed second lieutenant of the Germania Guard, Wis- consin National Guards, on June 3, 1879. He was promoted to first lieutenant, June 28, of the same year. He went to Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 1, 1871, stayed there a short time, from there to Milwaukee, and re- mained until June 8, 1874; followed his trade and obtained his military education. He was born in Immenhoff, Kreis Kamin, Prussia, Dec. 6, 1851. He was married in Wausau, Feb. 11, 1876, to Elizabeth Steltz. She was born in Milwaukee, April 6, 1859. They have four children- Matha A., Theodore W., Laura M. A., and Leo A. W.


WILLIAM LASELLE, contractor and builder, Wausau, was born in Oshkosh, Nov 26, 1846. He lived there at different times for twelve years, then went to Hancock, Waushara Co., for six years, then to Stevens Point, for one and one-half years, and attended school. From there he came to Wausau, and engaged in his present occupation.


JOHN E. LEAHY, Mayor of Wausau, now serving his third term, was born in Dover, N. H., Feb. 15, 1842. He, with his parents, settled near Waterloo, in 1849. During that time he attended the State Uni- versity, at Madison, for five years. When the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. E, 35th Regt., Wis. I. V., and was elected first lieutenant of the company. He was promoted to the captaincy of the same company be- fore the close of the war, and was mustered out, in Texas, in the Spring of 1866. He intended to remain in the South, and engage in the pro-


duction of cotton, but, after living there a short time, he came home on a visit, where he met an old friend, who was engaged in the Wisconsin pineries. He visited that region, and finally moved to Stevens Point the same Spring. The following Fall he came to Wausau, where he en- gaged in the lumber business, which he has followed since. He was married, in Wausau, Dec. 31, 1872, to Mary D. McCrossen. She was born in New Brunswick, at Linfield, April 18, 1849.


MICHAEL LEMERE, saloon, Wausau, was born in Montreal, Can- ada, Feb. 26, 1841. He settled on the Eau Claire River, three miles be low Wausau, in the Spring of 1858, and worked there six years in a saw mill. IIe came to Wausau, in October, 1864, and worked in the McIndoe & Steward's mill, in the capacity of mill-man. In 1870, he worked for B. G. Plumer, in the same capacity, for two years, when he met with an accident, breaking one of his limbs. He then built his present place of business. He was married, April 19, 1863, to Caroline Zastrow, who was born, in Germany, in 1844. They have five children -Frank, Louis, Alice, Clara and Michael, Jr.


HENRY J. LOHMAR, editor of the Wausau Wochenblatt, Wau- sau, was born in Hallerbach, Prussia, March 5, 1853, and came to Sauk City, Sauk Co., Wis., in 1855. He learned the printer's trade there, and, in 1872, came to Wausau, and, since 1873, has been connected with the Wochenblatt. He was married, at Sauk City, June 5, 1876, to Louise Clos, a native of that place. They have two children living, Ida and Armin. Mr. Lohmar is a member of the I. O. O. F.


WILLIAM H. McAULAY, contractor and builder, Wausau, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, June 15, 1843. He went to Stevens Point November, 1871, and lived there three years, following lumbering and building ; then he went on the line of the Wisconsin Central Railroad, and followed his business there for one year. Then went to the Black Hills, D. T. In 1878 he returned to Stevens Point, when he engaged in his present occupation, and remained there two and a half years ; then came to Wansau in the Spring of 1881. He was married, in Grand Rapids, May 20, 1872, to Helen E. Bremmer, who was born in Champlain Co., N. Y., in 1846. Mr. McAulay enlisted in the regular army, at Ban- gor, Me., in Co. A, which was on escort duty.


JULIAN ADELBERT McCROSSEN, Wausau, was born at Rural, town of Dayton, Waupaca Co., Wis., May 21, 1854. He has been in mercantile business with his father ever since his youth, and has, for the last four years, been a member of the firm of James McCrossen & Co. He was married, Aug. 11, 1879, to Carrie G. Woodward, daughter of George Woodward, a resident of Greenville, Wis. They have one son, Jay W., born in Wausau, July 10, 1880. Mr. McCrossen is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F.


JAMES McCROSSEN, merchant and lumberman, Wausau, was born in Carrolton, New Brunswick, Feb. 13, 1829; when he was four- teen years old, he went to Calais, Me., and was there until he came to Wisconsin in 1850, living in Oshkosh until 1852, when he removed to Rural, in the town of Dayton, Waupaca Co., where he was engaged in mercantile and flouring mill business until 1870, when he moved to Wan- sau, having commenced mercantile business here the previous year. He engaged in lumbering in 1877, and in the manufacture of lumber in 1880, purchasing a three-eighths interest in the Wausau Lumber Company, and is now president of the company. Mr. McCrossen was married at Rural, Waupaca Co., Wis., July 4, 1854, to Cornelia A. Jones, who was born in the town of Sherman, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. They have six children living-Julian Adelbert, Ellen, James M., Lizzie A., Charles A., and Henry G. Their daughter Kittie died Jan. 2, 1881, aged two years, five days and eight days.


J. M. McCROSSEN, Wausau, was born at Rural, town of Dayton, Waupaca Co,. Wis., Feb. 24, 1860, and was engaged in clerking in his father's store until he entered the Northwestern Business College in 1878, graduating from that institute Feb. 1, 1881. He became interested in the abstract business in the Fall of 1880, and when returned to Wausau, he engaged in the business in partnership with H. H. Grace, who had con- ducted it while Mr. McCrossen was in Madison, after the purchase of the abstracts. They deal in real estate, enter homesteads, pay taxes for non-residents, etc.


RANALD D. McDONALD, Wausau, was born in the Highlands of Scotland, Jan. 3, 1849, and came to America with his parents, Dun- can and Mary McDonald, who settled near Cornwall, Province of Onta- rio, when he was about five years old. Mr. McDonald lived in Canada until 1863, when he came to Wausau, Wis., and engaged in lumbering. He was pilot on the river, worked in the woods , lumbering for himself until 1876. In April, 1877, he went to the Pacific coast ; after spending about six months there he returned to Wausau. March 10, 1879, he commenced the liquor business, and in 1880 resumed lumbering on his own account, and cuts about 1, 700,000 feet of logs annually.


FINLAY McDONALD, of the firm of McDonald; Bros., proprie- tors of a saw-mill, Wausau, was born in Providence, Nova Scotia, April 14, 1846. He moved to Fond du Lac during the Winter of 1863, and at first worked at any thing he could find to do. In the Spring of 1867, himself and his brother Daniel began a jobbing business of putting in logs, which they followed three years. Then they engaged in the sash


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and door business at Green Bay, which they continued until 1872. They then moved to Oshkosh and went into logging on the Wolf River, and followed it until 1875. In that Winter, he went with his brother and Mr. James Simple on the line of the W. C. R. R., and built a saw-mill at Medford, Taylor Co., where they remained seven months. They then sold their interest and came to Wausau. Their saw-mill was erected in the Spring and Summer of 1881. The capacity of their mill is 50,000 in eleven hours. They employ sixty men.


DANIEL McDONALD, of the firm of McDonald Bros., owners of saw-mill, Wausau, was born in Nova Scotia, March 22, 1839, of Scottish parents. He located, with his brother, at Fond du Lac in 1863. He began working by the day in a shingle mill, owned by A. C. Merriman. He hired for $1 per day, but, on settling, his employer paid him $1.25 for his energy and attention to business. He was then given charge of a gang of men who were logging, and in the Spring took charge of the log drive. He then went into the shingle mill and worked for $50 per month and board, and remained during the Summer, and from there he went to the Bay Shore at Dykesville in the employ of Messrs. Spear & Hunter, and remained a short time, when their mill burned and he lost all he had previously earned. He then began logging in the Bay Settle- ment at New Franklin, where he remained one year. Then he again went to logging for T. R. Willard of Green Bay, where he remained one season ; afterward, went into the same business for himself, living in that vicinity until 1868. In the meantime, his brother Finley engaged in the sash and door business, in which they were both interested. From there, he, with his brother, went to logging on the Wolf River and re- mained until 1875. Then they went in company with Mr. J. Simple of Medford, on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, where they erected a saw- mill and began business; but they soon sold their interest to Mr. Simple. They then dealt in pine lands, in which they were very successful. Af- terward, they engaged in logging on the Wisconsin River, during the Winter of 1878-79, and have followed it since during the logging sea- sons. He was married, in Appleton, August, 1870, to Mary E. Whirry, who was born in Randolph in 1847. They have one daughter, Marian. Mrs. McDonald's mother was a sister of Hon. James Buchanan, former President of the United States.


JOSEPH Mc. MCEWAN, surveyor and land agent, Wausau, was born in Curlsville, Pa., April 27, 1833. He settled in Plattville, Grant Co., in 1851, for a short time, and in the Winter of 1852-3 was on Gov- ernment Survey. He also followed the lumber business and remained there until the Fall of 1855, when he moved to Milwaukee, where he re- mained until December, 1856, when he went to Chicago. In 1857, he went to Manitowoc and followed the lumber business until the Fall of 1861, at which time he enlisted in the 8th Wis. Battery and served until the Fall of 1865. He was mustered out in Milwaukee. He traveled in various portions of the South, and located at Napoleon, Ark., and en- gaged there in the lumber business. He returned to the North and spent the Winter of 1866-7 in St. Cloud, Minn., and came to Wausau the following Spring. Was married in the Spring of 1869 to Helen M. Slos- son. They have three children-Georgia, Clay and Wade.


GEORGE W. MAUSON, Wausau, son of Rufus P. and Catherine N. Mauson, was born in Wausau, Wis., Aug. 23, 1855, and has resided in that city ever since. He was employed in the bank of Silverthorn & Plumer, about one year, then in the store of Parchart & Mauson for two years, and since then has been with his father in the lumber business. He has been Under Sheriff since Jan. 1, 1881.


HON. LOUIS MARCHETTI, Wausau, was born in Vienna, Aus- tria, Jan. 21, 1846, and came to America in the Spring of 1867, locating in Wausau, Wis., where he has since resided. He was engaged in lum- bering until the Fall of 1869; then taught school until 1871 ; was book- keeper and clerk in mercantile establishments until 1874, when he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court, being re-elected in 1876. In the Spring of 1878, he was elected Municipal Judge, and re-elected in 1880. He was elected County Judge in the Spring of 1881, having been admit- ted to the Bar in the Spring of 1880. He was Alderman from 1877 to 1878. Mr. Marchetti was married in Wausau, July 7, 1872, to Emma Blisch, who was born in Austria. He is a member of the Catholic Church and of the I. O. O. F., having held various offices in the lodge.


K. SELFRED MARKSTRUM, sign and carriage painter, Wausau, first settled in Oshkosh, September, 1847 ; remained there a short time, then went to Wausau and began his present business in December, 1874. He was appointed United States Internal Revenue Collector for the Sixth District of Wisconsin, Third Division, July 1, 1881. He was born Feb. 18, 1854, in Stockholm, Sweden, and came to America, June 5, 1854. Mr. Markstrum is in company with his brother, G. H. Mark- strum, at Merrill, in the painting business.


HENRY MARTINI. grocer, Wausau, was born, March 26, 1846, in l Iundheim, Kreisbernkastel, Regirungsbezirk Trier, Prussia, and came to America in 1864. In the Spring of 1871, he removed to Wausau, where he was engaged clerking until 1876, when he went into business for him- self. In 1879, he was engaged in the store of John Ringle, but this ar- rangement terminated in June, 1881. He was married in Grand Rapids, June 19, 1870, to Barbara Paulus; who was born in Kupprick, Kreis


Saarbrucken, Regirungsbezirk Trier, Prussia, April 18, 1844. They have five children-Susanna Elizabeth, born June 30, 1871 ; John B., born May 8, 1873 ; Albert H., born Oct. 30, 1875 ; Angela E., born Feb. 3, 1878 ; and Carrie L., born April 28, 1880. Mr. Martini is a member of the I. O. O. F., and Sons of Hermann. His parents, John and Susanna Winkel Martini, are both living at Grand Rapids (June 1881).


JOHN MERCER, architect and builder, Wausau, was born at Mona Mills, Ontario, Canada, May 10, 1838. He settled in Waupaca, in the Spring of 1864; from there he went to Grand Rapids, where he built many buildings, both public and private, as well as nearly all of Port Edwards, about four miles below the latter place. He came to Wausau in August, 1872, and has been here since, having built some of the best buildings here. He was married in Canada, June 12, 1859, to Agnes Moore ; she was born in Lisbon Centre, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., March 2, 1839. They have three children-Alzina A., Nettie M., and Tommie.


JOHN MERKLEIN, Wausau. Came to America in June, 1852, and was in New York about a year, then in Chicago, thirteen years, engaged in the butcher business. In 1866, he came to Wausau, where he still con- tinues to reside. Mr. Merklein was born in Germany, April 11, 1829, and married in Chicago, October 11, 1855, to Caroline Meyer; who is also a native of Germany. They have six children living-William, George, John, Charles, Carolina, and Henry, and have lost two daughters and one son.


WILLIAM MERKLEIN, Wausau, was born in Chicago, July 14. 1856, and came to Wausau with his parents in 1866. He was engaged with his father in business, from his youth, until 1880, when he com- menced for himself. He was married in Wausau, Nov. 14, 1878, to Louise Ringle ; who was born in Herman, Dodge Co, Wis., and is a daughter of the late Hon, Bartholemew Ringle. They have two children, Paul and Amelia. Mr. Merklein is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Fire Company.


JOHN W. MILLER, Wausau, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Oct. 9, 1849, and came to America in 1865, locating at Milwaukee, Wis., in December of that year, a year later coming to Wausau, where he has been engaged in various kinds of work. He was in the insurance business five or six years, was Assessor one year, and is now holding the office of City Clerk, it being his fourth term. He was married in Wausau, in November, 1872, to Anna M. Lemcke ; who was born in Prussia. They have five children-Martha E., Richard C., Laura C., Paul, and Lucy. Mr. Miller is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Sons of Hermann.


HENRY MILLER, County Clerk, Wausau, was born in Hesse- Darmstadt, Feb. 19, 1849, and'came to America in June, 1868, locating at Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y., until September, 1872, when he came to Wisconsin. He was engaged in teaching school about three years. He was elected City Clerk in 1875 in 1876 and 1877, was also engaged in clerking, during that time. In the Fall of 1878, he was elected County Clerk and re-elected in 1880, without opposition, being the nominee of both parties. He was married at Friendship, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1872, to Helen A. Matthews, a native of that town. They have three children- Harry Lawrence, Leon Charles, and Nina Viola. Mr. Miller is a member of the A., F. & A. M., of the I. O. O. F., Sons of Hermann, and was vice- president of State Firemen's Association in 1879, and Foreman of the Fire Company from 1880 to 1881.


HERMAN MILLER, lumber and real estate, Wausau. Came to Stevens Point, April, 1856, and removed to Wausau in November of the same year. He clerked in a store until 1864. He was elected Register of Deeds, in the Fall of that year, and re-elected in 1866 and 1868. He was Chairman Supervisor in 1878, and is a member of Supervisors at present. He is also Chairman, County Poor Committee, and a Member of School Board. He was born in Prussia, Germany, Nov. 11, 1836. He was married, July 2, 1864, at Wausau, to Sarah J. Duffy ; who was born in Constableville, Lewis Co., N. Y., in March, 1844. They have six children -William H., Mary, Herman O., Sarah, Nellie and Mand.


D. W. C. MITCHELL, Wausau, was born in the town of Kings- ton, Washington Co., R. I., Nov. 13, 1822, and moved to Clinton County, N. Y., with his parents, when he was six years of age, and lived there until he came to Wausau, Wis., in January, 1855. He engaged in build- ing and running saw mills until 1869, when he commenced bridge building, constructing dams, piers, booms, and mills to some extent. He has also been engaged in lumbering. Mr. Mitchell was married in Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1845, to Martha Stanton, who was born in Plattsburgh, and died Jan. 20, 1868, leaving two children, Martha A. (now Mrs. Joseph McBride, of Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa), was born July 11, 1847; De Witt Clinton, born May 28, 1861, re- sides in Wausau, and is in partnership with his father in business.


FRED 11. MORMAN, Wausau, was born in Hanover, now Prussia, Aug. 8, 1834, and came with his parents to Wisconsin when he was about twelve years old. He lived near Milwaukee about a year, and then lived in Cedarburg until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Wausau. He was employed in operating saw mills for five or six years; then in teaming, stage driving and general work until 1861. lle was then engaged in clerking about ten years, when he commenced the hardware business, having a partner for a year and a half. Then


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went into the drug business, two years later adding groceries to his stock. Mr. Morman was married in Mosinee, Wis., July 14, 1863, to Lucy P. Blair, who was born in Galena, Jo Daviess Co., III., Dec. 21, 1844. They have five children living - Charles Blair, Florence Helen, Fred H., Mabel Cornelia, and Lucy Inez. They lost one son, Robert P., who died Jan. 5, 1881, aged about six months.


CHARLES H. MOSHER, lumberman, Wausau, was born in Ithaca, N. Y., March 4, 1841. He settled at Wausau in April, 1862, and remained there thirteen years, engaged in the lumber business. Then he went to Lanesboro, Minn., and started a lumber yard, remaining two years, when he sold his interest and returned to Wausau. In connection with lumber, he engaged in the mercantile trade, but had the misfortune to be burned out. He still deals in lumber. He is also a partner with Mr. George F. Bellis, in the large hotel now being erected on Third street, opposite the Court-house square. He was married in Tamnero, Ill., Dec. 2, 1870, to Gertrude A, Halsey, who was born in New York, July 17, 1849. They have four children-William K., Isabelle, Charles H. and Gertrude.


GUSTAVE MUELLER, of the firm of Mueller & Quandt, general merchandise, Wausau, first settled in Wausau Nov. 26, 1867, and was engaged in general work a short time. Then began clerking in a store, where he remained three years. Then entered upon his present busi- ness. He was married in Wausau, April 7, 1872, to Elizabeth Ringle. They have five children-Louisa, Ida, Otto, Caroline and Emma.


DONALD J. MURRAY, Wausau, was born near the city of Wick, Scotland, April 12, 1849, and came from Scotland to Wisconsin in 1867. He lived in Menominee, Mich., until 1874. when he came to Wausau, and became superintendent of the Wausau iron works, established in April, 1874. They manufacture all kinds of saw-mill machinery and builders' supplies, and employ about fifty men. For the last three years, Mr. Murray has conducted the business alone. They manufactured about $160,000 worth of goods in 1880, and ship their goods largely to the South. Mr. Murray was married in Dundas, Minn., May 24. 1871, to Ellen R. Van Alstine, who was born in Lower Canada. They have three children-Nellie J., Gertrude I. and Mollie.


FREDERICK NEU, furniture dealer, first came to Wisconsin in April, 1858, and worked in a saw-mill for a short time, then followed the carpenter trade for about eight years, and then began the furniture busi- ness in company with Nathan Oer, and continued with him for two years, until August, 1873, when he assumed the entire management. He was City Alderman for three or four years ; also Assessor in 1870. He was born in Prussia, Germany, at Tiefenbach by Wetslau, near River Rhine, Jan. 18, 1827. He was married in St. Clair, Schuylkill Co., Pa., July 15, 1856, to Ann Reinhard, who was born in Geor, Hersochdam, Baden, Germany, Aug. 31, 1833.


CHARLES W. NUTTER, civil engineer, Wausau, was born in Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 4, 1833. He settled in Wausau in the Fall of 1856, and has made civil engineering his principal business. He has occupied the position of County Surveyor for about ten years, and is at present City Engineer, which office he has held for the past four years, or since the first officer of that kind was elected. He was married in Wau- sau, Sept. 22, 1867, to Helen M. Coulthurst, who was born at Pine River, Marathon Co., Nov. 4, 1849. Mrs. Nutter was the first white child born at Pine River. They have four boys-Charles A., George E., John L. and Willie H.


JACOB PAFF, Wausau, was born in Prussia, Nov. 5, 1824, and came from Germany to Wisconsin, locating in Wausau, in the Fall of 1849. He was engaged in building houses and mills for seven years, and then dealt in general merchandise, on the corner where Deugel's store is now located. He owns the building where Mr. Deugel and Mr. Morman are, and is erecting a large double brick building, two stories in height, next to Morman's. Mr. Paff was in the mercantile business about six- teen years, then engaged in insurance and lumbering. In 1879, he dis- continued insurance business, but is still interested in lumbering. He was County Treasurer for two years, County Clerk two years, has been Mayor of the city one term, and member of the County Board several times. Mr. Paff was married in Wausau, Jan. 20, 1856, to Sophie Louise Doell, who was born in Prussia. They have five children-Ma- tilda, Charles, Jacob, Albert and Willie. They have lost three children -Libbie, Bertha and Sophie.


ROBERT E. PARCHER, Wausau, came to Wisconsin in the Spring of 1858, and lived in Plover until the next October, when he came to Wausau. He was employed as a clerk for Taylor & Ellis for one year and a half. Ellis retired about six months after Mr. Parcher entered the store. Mr. Parcher succeeded Thomas Taylor in the busi- ness, and continued till August. 1880, being alone until 1875. In July, 1876, George E. Fernald became a partner. Mr. Parcher has been inter- ested in lumbering ever since he came to Wausau; he is now in the lumber and real estate business. For five years was president of the Boom Company. He was one of the founders of the Wausau Lumber Company ; now engaged in shingle manufactory on Thorp River, ten miles above Wausau. The mill has a capacity of 50,000,000 shingles per year. The average number of men employed is eighteen. Mr.


Parcher is one of the directors of the Timber Belt Railroad Company. He was born in Troy, Vt .. Dec. 6, 1837, and reared in Morrisville, La- moille Co., Vt., living in Stowe, Vt., about one year before coming to Wisconsin. He was one of the Village Board and City Assessor one year. He was married in Wausau, June 12, 1865, to Mary H. Single, who was born in Wisconsin.


C. G. PASSALT, an enterprising restless river man, who has had a varied experience, who has run lumber, driven logs, broken almost un- breakable jams, and been a useful citizen generally. Born in New York State, Oct. 29. 1836; came as far as Cleveland when young; then to Milwaukee, attending school at both places. When of age, began to branch out for himself on a farm, on the railroad, in a machine shop, run a stationary engine ; went to rafting on the Wisconsin and on the Wolf Rivers. Enlisted in the army in 1861, with Captain Smith, after- ward went into the sheep-raising business. These enterprises carried him to many points in the Northwest, finally coming to Wausau, where there is plenty of room for his versatile abilities. He was married in July, 1871, and has several children.




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