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 33

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

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N. B. CHASE, lumberman and farmer, Depere P. O., was born in the year ISII, in Albany Co., N. Y., where he was reared and educated. At the age of twenty he went to Michigan, and followed the business of lumbering and farming. He remained there for a period of twenty years, building five saw mills, two of which were run by water and three by steam. In 1854, he came to Wisconsin and settled on his present farm of 200 acres, hnely located on the east bank of Fox River. Dur- ing his residence in Wisconsin he has built three saw mills-one at Wrightstown and two at Oconto. He is identified with the early settle- ment and growth of the State. He has been a member of the County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Chase is well known in Northern Wiscon- sin. He was married in 1839, to Miss Ann McClure. They had eight children-four sons and four daughters - five of whom are living, the others being buried in St. Clair Co., Mich.

G. B. COLE, Deputy Sheriff of Brown County, Depere, was born in Vermont, but was reared and educated in Wisconsin, having come here at the age of five years, in 1845. In the Spring of 1361 he en- listed in the 5th Missouri Mounted Rifles and remained in that service one year, at the end of which time the 5th disbanded ; he then enlisted in the Ist Missouri Mounted Rifles and remained with them for three years, after which he and about one-half of the Ist again enlisted as veterans and remained in it until the close of the war. After his return he devoted himself to the pursuit of farming which he followed until 1873, when he came to Depere and engaged with Mr. B. F. Smith in the lumbering business, with whom he has remained since. 1Ie has held the present county office for the last two terms and has also held the Marshalship of his town for the last two terms. His wife was Miss Mary Allard, of Vermont, They have one son, Frank, and two daughters, Rosa and Jennie.

FRANK CRABB, groceries and saloon, Depere. The business was established hy his father about sixteen years ago. In 1879 Frank touk charge of the business upon the death of his father. Mr. Crabb's parents were born in Belgium and came to this country about 1860. They are buried with the rest of the family in Depere cemetery. In 1878 Mr. Crabb married Miss Allie Vanderhyden. She was born in Oconto. They have one child, Katie.

REV. WM. DE KELVER, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church, De- pere, is a native of Belgium, from which country he came to America at eight years of age. He was educated at the college of St. Francis, Mil- waukee, where he completed his theological studies in 1871, and the same year was ordained priest at Green Bay and appointed to the church at Kilbourn City. He came to his present parish in 1876.

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M. FARRELL, proprietor livery stables, Depere. The stables are the oldest established in the place and in point of convenience and capacity are sufficiently ample for the extensive trade in this part of the State. Mr. Farrell has had large experience in the business and is able to accommodate the traveling public with acceptable accommodations.

JACOB FALCK, saloon and billiard hall, Depere, is a native of Washington County, where he was reared and educated. In the year 1864, Ang. I, Mr. Falck engaged in his present business, which he has carried on since. He was married to Miss Mary Meyer 1878. They have one child, Alina, living, and one buried in Depere cemetery.

FISK & MAILER, physicians. The members of this firm are M. H. Fisk and A. C. Mailer, and they have been associated in medical practice since 1878.

M. H. Fisk was born in Depere, May 28, 1843 ; pursued his literary studies at Hadley, Mass., and at Lawrence University, leaving the latter institution in his junior year to enter the United States service during the last year of the war. Returning home he resumed study for his profession, to which he had previously given some attention and grad- uated from the medical department of Michigan University in the Spring of 1866. Locating for practice in Depere he gave close atten- tion to his professional work for seven years and then entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, for a course of study in that institution, but was called home by family affliction before the close of his term. Since that time Dr. Fisk has given exclusive attention to his medical practice in which he has acquired an enviable reputation. Ile is a member both of the State and County medical associations, and presiding officer of the latter.

A. C. Mailer is also a native of Depere, born April 4, 1853. He received his literary training in the schools of his native town and in Lawrence University, then entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, and graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, class of 1878. Returning to Depere he became associated in practice with Dr. Fisk, in whose office he had previously pursued his studies.

JAMES H. HARP, proprietor of Commercial House, Depere. The house is new and is very conveniently located to the business cen ters of the twin cities of East and West Depere, and is in point of con- venience and comfort the best in the place and second to none in this part of the State. Being located on the banks of the beautiful Fox River, the tourist, pleasure seeker and traveler find it very available. Its genial landlord and landlady spare no pains in catering to their guests and supplying those on pleasure bent with ample means for en- joying the beautiful hunting nnd fishing grounds that abound in this locality. Mr. Harp has added a new feature to his already extensive enterprise and a free bus will always be in attendance upon the arrival and departure of the trains and boats. His motto is reasonable terms, good accommodations and the most respectful attention to his guests.

MRS. AUGUST HOCHGREVE, Bellevue Brewery, was Miss Caroline Kiel a native of Lippe Detmold, Germany, who came here with her parents in 1852, at the age of nine years, and settled in Mani- towoc County. In 1858 she was married to August Hochgreve a native of Hanover, Germany, who came here in 1853, at the age of twenty- four years. He engaged in the brewery business in 1857 in company with Mr. Rohr, but in 1865 they dissolved partnership and Mr. Hoch- greve managed the business exclusively until 1877 when he died ; he is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Brown Co. Mrs. Hochgreve has three sons and five daughters.

ROBERT JACKSON, Depere, is a native of Fifeshire, Scotland, where he was reared and educated. In the Spring of 1848 he came to this country at the age of twenty-two and settled in Kenosha, where he followed his trade of machinist and blacksmithing. In 1850 he went to Pensaukee where he continued his business. In 1852 he came to Depere and bought a shop and opened the blacksmithing business which he followed for fifteen years, after which he engaged in the furnace busi- ness and joined the company that built the second furnace in Depere ; he has since been connected in that business in Menominee and in the engineering of the Kirby, Carpenter & Co. mills there. In the Spring ot 1880 he went to Charlevoix, Mich., and built the furnace for Shery & Co. there. In the Spring of 1881 he engaged with C. Sprong & Co. to build a furnace in Florence, Marinette Co. at which he is at present en- gaged. He was married to Miss Elizabeth IIiggie, in Kenosha, 1849. She was born in his native shire. They have four sons.

H. R. JONES, banker, Depere. Was born in Iximia, Jefferson Co., Oct. 5, 1845, and removed with his parents to Oshkosh when but three years of age. Received his education in the schools of that city, and in 1869 entered the banking house of R. C. Russell, with whom he remained until 1872, when he removed to Green Bay, and was with the banking house of Henry Strong in that city until he came to Depere Sept. 1874, as cashier of the First National Bank, of Depere. When the First National surrendered its charter, and the Commercial Bank was organized, Mr. Jones became cashier of the new house, and so continued until the closing of its doors in 1878, when he opened the banking es- tablishment which he now conducts in his own name.

R. B. KELLOGG & CO., bankers. This bank was established in 1878, in the building formerly occupied by the Commercial Bank, and its aver- age deposits now reach from $85,000 to $90,000. The officers of the com- pany are R. B. Kellogg, Green Bay, president ; H. B. Baker, of Depere, cashier.

H. B. Baker is a native of Green Bay, and was with the National Bank of that city from 1868 to 1874 ; then with the Kellogg National Bank until his coming to Depere upon the establishment of the banking house here in 1878.

LEWIS LEININGER, meat market, Depere. Is a native of Washington County, born Jan. 3, 1848. At the age of eighteen he en- gaged at his business in Milwaukee, which he followed two and a half years there, the same length of time in Green Bay, then went to Lake Superior and followed it six years, after which he came to Depere and went into partnership with John Stecker, with whom he remained for three years, after which he started a business for himself which he has carried on since. He married Miss Henrietta Raisky, in Negaunah. She was born in Europe. They have three children-Henrietta, Mar- garet and the baby. They have buried two in Depere cemetery.

J. N. LANGWORTHY, wholesale and retail liquors and cigars, Depere. Was born in New York State, but was reared and educated in Michigan, having come to that State when he was but five years of age. At the age of fifteen he came to Manitowoc County, where he remained until the outbreak of the war. He then enlisted in Company A., Ist W. V. I. for three months' service, at the end of which time he returned and assisted in raising the 7th Battery of Artillery from Milwaukee, which he accompanied to the field, and remained with it until the expiration of the war. In 1865 he was commissioned lieutenant, having held non-com- missioned offices from his second enlistment. After his return from the war, he engaged in the lumbering business, having previously to the war had connection in that line. In 1868 he opened a general johbing busi- ness in liquors and cigars in Green Bay, where he remained until 1873, when he came to Depere. He married Miss Ophilia Cooper in 1868. She is a native of Wisconsin. They have two children, James N. and Elton C.

W. R. MATTHEWS, ice dealer, Depere. Is a native of Wisconsin, and was born in Green Bay, Nov. 6, 1849. At the age of fifteen he engaged in the mercantile business, with which vocation he has been identified since, a period of sixteen years. In 1876 he bought the entire ice busi- ness of Henry Water, which he also carries on. In May, 1875, he was married to Miss Edith Leroy, who was born in Massachusetts, Sept. 5, 1855. They have two children-Edith R. and Helen Stewart.

ANTHONY A. MENLENDYK, general merchandise. Is a native of Holland ; came to this country in 1854, and settled in Cleveland, and began the mercantile business there in 1859, which he conducted until 1865, when he came to Depere, where he has since remained. In 1868-9 he built the present commodious building, the upper part of which is used as the First National Hotel, being in point of location the best in the State. In 1859 he was married to Miss Theodora Terbeck, a native of Holland. They have nine children living and three dead. As an evidence of the energy of Mr. M., it may be stated that when he landed in this country he was in debt, and that in the short space of five years he was not only able to pay all demands upon him, but also able to establish himself in business, which he has successfully maintained since. Mr. M. has a branch store in Stephenson, Mich., as also an extensive charcoal kiln business.

P. R. PROCTOR, of the Depere News, was born at Belleville, Ont in 1847. His father was a native of Vermont and his mother came from Mohawk Dutch parentage. As a boy, Mr. Proctor enjoyed only such school privileges as were available through common methods, and when but little more than twelve years of age began the struggle with life. His first regular engagement was in his father's edge-tool factory, and he acquired proficiency in the art of finishing the wares. At about the age of nineteen he came to Wisconsin, where relatives resided, and undertook the task of learning the printer's trade, in the office of the Appleton Post, then conducted by Messrs. Pomeroy & Baker. The slow process of advancement in this new field displeased the lad, and in June, 1867, he entered the employ of J. N. Stone, at Neenah, who published the Island City Times. Here Proctor remained nearly two years and a half, when the paper changed owners. He then went to the western part of the State, and filled hrief engagements with Frank Cooper, of the Badger State Banner, and W. H. Farnham, of Sparta. In February, 1870, Mr Proctor began the publication of the City Times, at Appleton, with his old preceptor, Mr. Stone, as editor. The experi- ence acquired was valuable, and extended to daily as well as weekly publications. Finding the locality over supplied with newspapers. in 1871 he established the News, at Depere, and has since been concerned in its success. The paper has attained a substantial reputation among more than local circles as an exponent of Republicanism, and as an advocate of all that tends to advance the prosperity of Fox Valley. Mr. Proctor was married to Miss Alice A., daughter of Anson E., and Mary J. Cross, of Neenah, Oct. 7, 1872. A daughter was born to them Sept. 8, 1873, and two years later a son was born, who lived but fifteen months.

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JOHN SMITII, Notary Public, real estate, passage and insurance agent, over Jackson & Sons dry goods house. This business was estab- lished in 1873, and its real property transactions include lands in Minne- sota, Nebraska, Dakota and Michigan, as well as Wisconsin. Mr. Smith is a native of Holland, from which country he came to America twelve years since. Was early left entirely to his own resources, and after com- pleting his education and his compulsory service in the German army, emigrated. After coming to this country, he engaged in manual labor until he had acquired sufficient acquaintance with the language to trans- act business, when he opened his insurance office. In 1875 he was ap- pointed Notary Public, and now has the agency of all the principal lines of Eastern and Continental Railway travel, and the Ocean steamships, represents the best fire, accident and life insurance companies, and keeps a clerical force of two persons constantly employed, He is a member of the present Board of Trustees for the village of Depere.

T. STEWART, Postmaster, Depere. This office supplies mail mat- ter to a population of from 4,000 to 5,000 people, and the average num- ber of packages handled is about 4,000 per week. Mr. Stewart, who received his first appointment in 1871, and has since filled the office most acceptably, is a native of New Jersey, from which State he came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1836, settling in Brown County, and was engaged in farming until 1863 ; the old farm lying within the present corporate limits of West Depere. In that year, 1863, Mr. Stewart met with an accident which incapacitated him for farther farm labor, and he then engaged in mercantile business, after taking a course at Bryant's Business College, until 1868. From that time until his appointment as Postmaster, he was engaged in clerking. In addition to his duties as Postmaster, in which he is assisted by his wife, Mr. Stewart is engaged in insurance business, and represents some of the staunchest fire insur- ance companies in Great Britain.

A. G. WELLS, dealer in general merchandise. The business is the oldest existing established one in Depere, having been established by Mr. Dominicus Jordan, and carried on by him, and afterward by Mr. B. F. Smith, his son-in-law, until 1880. In that year, Mr. Wells, son-in-law of Mr. Smith, bought the entire interest of the business, and has con- ducted it since. Mr. Wells was born in Port Kent, Essex Co., N. Y. Attended school in Burlington, Vt., preparatory to entering a regular course of commercial schooling at the Goddard Seminary, Barril, Vt. In 1872, and just before graduating, he was induced to come West, and en- gaged with Mr. B. F. Smith in the mercantile business, with whom he remained until his purchase of the entire business.

JOSEPH WEISS, manufacturer of harness and horse furnishing goods, Depere. Is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where he was reared and educated. At the age of nineteen, and in 1852, he came to this country and worked at his business in Whitewater until 1862, when he enlisted in Company D., 28th Wis. V. I. ; remained until 1865, when he was mustered out and honorably discharged. After his war service he carried on business in Jefferson until 1870, when he came to Depere, where he has maintained a successful businesss since. Mr. Weiss was married to Miss Sophia Bender, in Whitewater, in 1859. She was born in Wurtemburg, Germany. They have seven children.

J. P. WETER, dentist, Depere. Was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., and came to this State at an early age, and engaged in the pursuit of farm- ing. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in Co. C, 22d Wis. V. I., and remained in the service about ten months, when he was sent home on a sick furlough, and was finally honorably discharged. After a convales- cence of two years, he turned his attention to the study of dentistry, and went to Elmira, N. Y., where after an apprenticeship of two years, and eighteen months collegiate study, he formed a partnership with his precep- tor and carried on the business about two years and a half. He then re- turned to Walworth County, where he practiced dentistry about four years. In the Spring of 1874, he came to Depere, where he has remained in the practice of his profession since. He holds the position of one of the Board of Village Trustees for West Depere.

R. WEYENBERG, millinery and fancy goods, books and stationery, sewing machines, toys and notions, Depere. Is a native of Holland, and came to this country in 1856, at the age of twenty years. At the age of twenty-three he commenced in the mercantile business in Appleton, but left it to open business in boots and shoes in Oconto, where he carried it on for three years. He then went to Green Bay, where he continued his business three years more. He then came to Depere and engaged with Mr. B. F. Smith in general merchandise, where he stopped for two years. Then he opened the present business, which he has conducted for the last twelve years. Mrs. Weyenberg is a native of Canada, and has car- ried on the millinery business for the last fifteen years.

H. 1. WHEELER, drugs, stationery, paints, oils, etc., etc., Depere, is a native of Massachusetts, but was rearcd and educated in this State. He began the mercantile business at the age of sixteen, with Marsh & Merrill of Depere, in 1862. In 1868 he became a partner in the busi- ness, now controlled by Merrill, and the firm conducted the business until 1870, when Mr. Wheeler purchesed the Drug interest and carried it on exclusively until 1877. Then Mr W. formed a co-partnership with Mr. Burnett in the grocery trade, and they carried on the joint business

until 1880, when they accepted the partnership of E. C. Merrill and added the dry goods interest and adopted the name of Depere Mercan- tile Co. In July, 1881, Mr. Wheeler, who had retired from the company, opened anew the business of drugs, etc., etc.

WINEGARD & CO., dealers in staple and fancy groceries, crock- ery, flour and feed, and grain, Depere. The firm consists of W. W. Winegard and Dwight Smith. Mr. Winegard is a native of Montgom- ery Co., N.Y. At the age of six years he moved with his people to Tis- kilwa, Bureau Co., Ill., where he was reared and educated. At the age of seventeen he went to Green Bay and commenced the pursuit of farming. He finally left it and went to Chicago where he engaged with the firm of Smith & Epps, with whom he remained four years, at the end of which time he bought out Mr. Epps, and the firm was continued under the firm name of Smith & Winegard, and remained in the firm for two years, after which he came to Depere and engaged in the grain business of Cargill & Van. He finally formed a partnership with a Mr. Mendenhall, and they bought the business of J. L. Titzclaff, which business he is now conducting. Dwight Smith is a native of New York State, Monroe Co., was educated in Wooster, Ohio, where he went with his people at the age of ten years. At the age of nineteen he engaged with the G. B. & M. R. R., in which employ he remained for five years. He then engaged with the I. M. R. R., in Missouri, for one year. He then en- gaged with the Nat. Furnace Co. of Depere, but at the end of one year with them he joined the firm which he now represents Nov. 1, 1880.

WEST DEPERE.

West Depere was incorporated as a village in March, 1870. It was platted years before by Dr. Louis Carabin, who died in Green Bay in 1864. West Depere is the manu- facturing point of Brown County.

Willard & Hurd's Steam Forge Works, West Depere. The grounds of this company lie between the tracks of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company and the river just west of the furnace. Business was established by the present proprietors in 1872, and consists in the manufacture of car and locomotive axles, stationary and marine engine forging. bolt and mill shafting, and all kinds of wrought iron and steel shapes. The works are of sufficient capacity to turn out a six ton shaft, and their product in a daily run of nine hours is about five tons of finished work. They operate two hammers. the head and die of the larger weigh- ing 2,000 pounds and having a fall of four feet ; the smaller weighing 1,700 pounds, with a fall of three feet. Their manufactory is 75x75 feet, and is the only one of the kind in this State or Minnesota. They fill orders all over the northern States, have furnished the ma- terial for six or seven mills at Puget Sound, and will soon be necessitated to increase their facilities for manufacturing. They employ a force of twenty-five operators, whose wages range from $2 to $7 for a daily run of nine hours. The members of the firm are John P. Willard and L. D. Hurd. John P. Willard is a native of New Hampshire; learned his trade as a steam forger at Dorchester, Mass., and with his brother Charles worked the hammer in the Bridgewater forge, which turned out the armor for the first monitor, 160 tons of armor plate for the "Old Roanoke," a duplicate order for twenty-three gun floats, and various other Govern- ment orders. In 1862 he came to Chicago, and engaged in business under the firm name of Pynchon, Willard & Co. In 1872 he sold his interest in that establishment and came to this city. L. D. Hurd is a native of New Hampshire. In 1868 he was appointed Paymaster in the United States navy, which position he resigned in 1872, and came to Depere to establish business as previously stated.

E. F. Bowles Wooden Ware Company. This joint stock company was incorporated Dec. 1, 1875, by E. E. Bowles, R. A. Mieswinkle and C. A. Willard, and is the outgrowth and successor of the business established in 1865 by E. E. Bowles and F. Holman, on the water-power at the east end of the bridge, and removed to its present loca- tion in 1872, at which time the foundations for the main manufactory were laid. The present officers of the com- pany are : E. E. Bowles, president ; Samuel W. Willard,

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vice-president ; and C. A. Willard, secretary and treasurer ; and its paid up capital is $60,000 The real property of this company consists of a tract of 160 acres of land, lying on the west side of Fox River, below the furnace grounds ; and upon it are the various shops and warehouses, all of which, with the exception of the main manufactory, have been built since the formation of the present stock com- pany. Their operations consist principally in the manu. facture of fish cooperage, butter tubs, lard pails and lum- ber, of which latter about 4,000,000 feet are produced an- nually. The yearly manufacture is about 1,000,000 pack- ages, ranging in capacity from one to twenty gallons each, and the force employed about 300 hands, 200 of whom are upon the premises. The manufacture of glucose kegs, a recent industry, is almost entirely the growth of the past eighteen months, yet the products for the year just closed has not fallen short of 300,000. Supplies of raw material, pine for fish kits, white oak for butter tubs, and basswood for glucose kegs, are principally drawn from the shores of Green Bay, for a distance of sixty miles above the mouth of Fox River. Kitts are manufactured exclusively for the Chicago market, which does a very extensive business in fish packing. These supplies are furnished by team and raft. The Winter's operations are conducted in four camps, which each turn out 20,000 feet daily, and require a force of fifteen men and four teams. The company have special box cars, of double the ordinary capacity, for shipment of manufactured products, which is exclusively by rail. The arrangement of shops, warehouses and finishing rooms are made with reference to the most economical distribution of labor and facility of shipment. Every precaution is taken against fire, and with the Soo feet of attached hose, the force pumps and hand engines, the premises are as fully secured against loss by fire as is practically possible. C. A Willard is a native of New York, and was engaged in merchandising at Cleveland, Ohio, for twenty-five years, prior to his coming to Depere in 1875.

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

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