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 71

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

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JAMES KEOGH, JR., Register of Deeds, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Ireland. . When a child he came to America with his parents, and went to Canada, where they remained till 1855, then came to Door County, and assisted his father on the farm and taught school till 1874, when he was elected to this office. He was County Superintendent of Schools during 1878-9; has been Justice of the Peace. He was a stu- dent ol the State Normal School at Oshkosh during 1871. He was mar- ried in 1873 to Miss Rose C. Simon, of Nasewaupee, Door Co. They have three daughters.

A. W. LAWRENCE, firm of A. W. Lawrence & Co., dealers in general merchandise, is a native of Maine. Came to Wisconsin and lo- cated at Sturgeon Bay in 1852 ; followed fishing for three years ; then engaged with Charnley Bros. & Co .; assisted in building a saw-mill, which they completed in July, 1856. He then superintended their busi- ness until 1878, when they organized a stock company, styled Sturgeon Bay Lumber Company, he becoming one of the stockholders and secre- tary of the company. The mill has a sawing capacity of about 70,000 feet a day, board measure. He also engaged in the mercantile business, in 1865, commencing with a small stock, and his business rapidly in- creased. Ile took in a partner some time after he first engaged in this business. The firm of A. W. Lawrence & Co., in 1880, built (and com-

pleted in December of the same year) a two story building and base- ment, 50x120 feet, with all the modern improvements. They occupy the entire lower story, doing a general mercantile business. All rooms in the building are heated by steam. They also have a branch store in Bay View, opposite the village of Sturgeon Bay. Mr. Lawrence has an improved farm of 170 acres in the village limits. His residence is lo- cated on a beautiful site, commanding a fine view.

M. E. LAWRENCE, meat market, Sturgeon Bay, was born in Stur- geon Bay, July 6, 1858 : attended the schools in his native town ; has as- sisted his father in his business since twelve years old, and has managed the business for four years. Engaged in business for himself, July, I879, and, by honest dealing and close attention to business, has built up the largest trade in his line in Sturgeon Bay. Married, April 21, 1880, to Miss Josie Coffeen, of Fond du Lac. They have one daughter, Minnie Estella.

WILLIAM B. LAWRENCE, farmer, Sec. 5, P. O. Sturgeon Bay, born in Northfield. N. H .. April 4, 1825. At the age of four years he went with his parents to Maine. In 1848, he removed to Janesville, Wis. In 1850, came to Door County, where he has since resided. He owns seventy-four acres of land where he now resides. He has carried on a meat market in Sturgeon Bay for the past twenty years ; has lately sold ont this business to his son. He has been Town Treasurer two years ; member of the Town Board two years. Married, in 1856, to Angusta Brooks. She was born in Maine. They have eight children-seven sons and one daughter.

JOHN LEATHEM, firm of Scofield & Co., general merchandise and manufacturers of lumher, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Canada ; came to Ohio in 1855 ; thence to Michigan. There he followed lumbering and farming till the Spring of 1861 ; then came to Green Bay ; after- wards removed to Fond du Lac. He remained there a short time, and returned to Brown County, following the lumber business. He run a mill in the town of Scott from 1863-68, and then sold his interest and bought an interest in the Red River Mill, in Kewaunee County. In 1869, he sold out his interest there and went to Racine, where he was en- gaged in the Inmber business till 1871. He then came to Door County. and built the Tornado Mill, which was destroyed by fire in the Fall of 1871. Nine persons perished in the flames. He at once rebuilt this mill, which he run three years, when it was again burned. In 1874 he came to Sturgeon Bay and rented the Ives Mill, continuing the manu- facture of lumber and shingles. He again rebuilt the Tornado Mill, and run it till 1875. In 1876, he built the Sturgeon Bay Mill. He had also been engaged in merchandising, occupying a store owned by O. E. Drentzer about three years. In 1879, their present store was built-27x 100 feet, with two stories. He held the office of Postmaster in Brussels, known as the Tornado P. O.

LOUIS LEIDIGER, firm of Leidiger Bros., Sturgeon Bay Brewery, born in Milwaukee Co., Wis., Dec. 6, 1854. At the age of thirteen years he commenced he commenced to work at brewing in Sheboygan County, and remained there two years; thence to Milwaukee till 1874. when he went to Omaha, Neb., for Brewer Bemis & Co., to superintend their brewing establishment ; remained there till 1876 ; thence to Sioux City, Iowa ; two years foreman in same business ; then returned to Milwau- kee, and remained till 1879, when he came to Sturgeon Bay, and (in company with his brother, Ernest) rented the Sturgeon Bay Brewery. Ernest was born in 1857; commenced to learn the machinist trade at the age of sixteen years, and followed it for six years. Their sales amount to about 800 barrels a year.

CHRIS. LEONHARDT County Treasurer, Sturgeon Bay, born Sept. 6, 1837, in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany ; came with his parents to Washington Co., Wis., in 1843 ; there he remained till 1864, when he came to Sturgeon Bay and opened a grocery and saloon ; also kept a hotel about seven years. He was one of the original incorporators of the village, and has been most of the time a member of the Village and Town Board. He was elected County Treasurer in the Fall of 1874. and is now serving on his third term. He has represented Door and Kewannee counties three terms in the Legislature.

FRANK LONG, Sturgeon Bay, was born in Prussia, Province of Hanover, Dec. 31, 1847 ; came to America with his parents in the Fall of 1853, and settled in Ft. Wayne, Ind., where he resided until the Spring of 1856, when he went to Green Bay, Wis. Removed to Stur- geon Bay in October, of that year, and has resided there since. Began the printing business in March, 1862, and worked in the office of the Door County Advocate that time, until he purchased the type and fixtures from Henry Harris, in April, 1875.

W. M. LORING, firm of Loring Bros., livery, Sturgeon Bay, born Feb. 23, 1836, in Maine. In 1851, came to Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Followed the lumber business three years ; in 1854, came to Nashotah. Wis., also followed lumbering till 1874. when he came to Manitowoc. There started a livery and sale stable. In the Fall of ISso, removed to Sturgeon Bay, and he, with his brother, opened this stable. Married, Sept. 14, 1859, to Miss Mary Leachner, of Canada. Ilave ten children. four sons and six daughters.

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A. MAC EACHAM, M. D., druggist, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Boston, Mass. At the age of sixteen years he was apprenticed to the drug business. At the expiration of his apprenticeship, he took up the study of medicine, continuing his studies from 1860 to 1867. He grad- uated at the Cincinnati Medical College in 1870. Then removed to Sturgeon Bay and commenced practice, which he continued till 1876, when he bought out the drug store of John McKenny, now of Green Bay, and has since devoted his time to that.

M. McDONALD, general salesman for Scofield & Co., Sturgeon Bay, born Aug. 27, 1849, in Southport, N. Y. The same year he came with his parents to Door County. After attending school he assisted his father in fishing and farming about four years. He then accepted a situation with W. P. & D. E. Raney, at Washington Island, as supercargo on board their schooner. Continued two years. He then was employed by Chas. D. Ambroush, now of California. Continued with him two years. In 1862, he returned to Door County ; taught school nine or ten terms. He then secured employment with F. B. Gardner as salesman. Remained there three years. His health having failed him, he was obliged to go south. After an absence of two years, he returned to Sturgeon Bay, and secured employment with A. W. Lawrence & Co., where he remained one year. He then accepted the appointment of U. S. Numerator for Door County. In 1875 he entered the employ of Scofield & Co., where he has since remained. He was U. S. Enumerator in 1880 for Sturgeon Bay. When in the employ of T. B. Gardner, of Gardner, Wis., he held the office of Postmaster.

L. R. McLACKNER, farmer, Sec. 16, P. O. Sturgeon Bay, a native of Montreal, Canada, born Jan. 9, 1824, removed to Clinton Co., N. Y., in 1842. Remained several years engaged in milling. Thence to Lock- port, and remained until 1853, when he came to Sturgeon Bay, and en- gaged in lumbering for Mr. D. S. Crandall, and assisted in building a saw-mill-what is now known as the "Spear mill." In 1855, he bought a farm of sixty acres, and has since added forty-five acres, since which time he has made many valuable improvements, and has always been engaged in the lumber business, and is also proprietor of a lime stone quarry. Mr. McLackner married, in 1862, Miss H. A. Doak, of Brown Co., Wis.

HENRY M. MCNALLY, firm of Allen & McNally, attorneys at law, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Fond du Lac Co., Wis. At about the age of two years, his parents removed to Kewaunee County, where he was brought up. He taught school there in all fourteen years. After- wards followed farming four years, also reading law. He attended the law school at Madison in '79 and '80, was admitted to the Bar April of that year. He then removed to Sturgeon Bay, and was admitted as a partner of this firm Dec. 15, 1880. When in Kewaunee County he held the office of Justice of the Peace three years.

CHARLES 1. MARTIN, editor and proprietor of the Weekly Ex- positor, Sturgeon Bay, born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., 1857. Came west to Illinois 1860, and went to Kentucky in '62, and lastly to Sturgeon Bay in Fall of 1864. Spent the years of 1874, '75 and '76 at the printing business in western Iowa, returning to Sturgeon Bay and assuming the proprietorship of the Expositor in May, 1877. In the Fall of 1880 and Winter of 1880-1, beside his usual office business, he wrote and pub- lished a history of Door County, giving biographies of 700 families of old settlers, and mention of 4,000 persons, which has been of aid in the preparation of this work.

C. A. MASSE, real estate, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Holland. Came to Chicago with his parents in 1840, and they engaged in farming in Cook County for three years, then removed to Green Bay. Mr. Masse taught school in Brown County, and has held many public offices. He was Chief Clerk of the Provost Marshal's office in Green Bay, during the draft of 1862 and 1863, and was also engaged in the mercantile business. In 1865 he removed to town of Union, Door Co., Wis., and opened a store. Burnt out in 1867, he engaged in farming for three years. lle was elected to the office of County Clerk in Fall of 1870, and came to Sturgeon Bay and engaged in his official duties. Was re- elected three successive terms. Then elected County Treasurer, and at the expiration of the term of Treasurer, he entered upon the duties of the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, he being elected to that position during the Winter of 1878-9. IJe represented Door County in the Assembly, and was President of the Village Board in 1877. Mr. Masse deals largely in real estate, is building a block of six stores on Cedar street, and owns a large quantity of other property in the village. His father has been Clerk of the Circuit Court of Brown County for the past twenty years.

HON. EDWARD S. MINOR, Sturgeon Bay, a native of Jefferson Co., N. V., born Dec. 13, 1839, received a common school education ; is by occupation a merchant. Came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1844, and settled in the town of Greenfield, Milwaukee Co. Afterward removed to the city of Milwaukee, and thence to Door County. Was enrolled on the twentieth day of December, 1861, in Company G, 2d Wis. C. Re-enlisted Jan. 13, 1864, promoted to second lieutenant Aug. I, 1865, and to first lieutenant Oct. 21, 1865. Participated in the battles of Newtonia, Mo., Oct. 4, 1862; Prairie Grove, Dec. 7, 1862 ; Van

Buren, Ark., Dec. 28, 1862 ; Hall's Plantation, Oct. 3, 1864; Wood- ville, Miss., Oct. 6, 1864 ; near Yazoo City, Dec. 1, 1864 ; Egypt Station, Miss., Dec. 26, 1864, and was also engaged in many raids and skir- mishes on the march through the States of Missouri, Arknasas, Ten- nessee and Texas. Was Assemblyman in 1878, and in 1880 was re- elected for 1881, receiving a majority of 272 votes over the Dem- ocratic and Greenback candidates. Mr. Minor has always been prom- inently identified with the Republican party.

FRED NELSEN, farmer, Sec. 9, P. O. Sturgeon Bay. Born No- vember, 1857, in Norway. In 1867, came to Chicago with his parents. There he attended school a short time. The family soon after removed to Sturgeon Bay, where he worked at various kinds of labor till the Spring of 1880, when he bought this farm, consisting of forty acres, and has since been improving it. Married, April 18, 1881, to Miss Petra Nelsen, of Sturgeon Bay.

GEORGE NELSON, County Clerk, Sturgeon Bay. A native of New York City, born in 1850. Came to Chicago with his parents in 1860, and remained there about four months, then removed to Sturgeon Bay, Wis. In 1869 he went to Appleton, Wis., and attended the Uni- versity for two or three years ; then engaged in teaching school for four years. He then accepted a position of book-keeper and clerk with Charles Fellows, in Kewaunee County, which he held for one year and a half. Then came to Sturgeon Bay and accepted a position of book- keeper with Scofield & Co. Was Justice of the Peace in Kewaunee County, and has been Notary Public for the past ten years. Elected County Clerk in Fall of 1880, his services as book-keeper being so highly appreciated by his employers, he still remains with them, and appointed a Deputy to attend to his official duty (County Clerkship). Mr. Nelson is also Village Clerk. Married in November, 1871, to Miss Mary Madden. Has three children, one son and two daughters.

CAPT. N. P. NELSON, farmer, Sec. 9, P. O. Sturgeon Bay. A na- tive of Norway, born Aug. 14, 1816. First came to America in 1842, returned to his native country and brought his family over in 1845, and located at Buffalo, N. Y., and followed sailing. Came to Sturgeon Bay in 1860, and bought a farm. He being captain and half owner of the brig " Ramsey Crook," he left the management of the farm to his son, and continued to sail the brig in the lumber trade for about four years, then sold out his interest in her. Mr. Nelson has sailed other vessels, and owned an interest in them. Married in Norway, in 1839. His wife died after coming to America (in 1848). Had one son, who died in the late War. Married again, in 1859, to Miss Olena Alm. Has one son and daughter.

JAMES F. PALMER, barber, Sturgeon Bay. A native of St. Jo- seph County, Ind., born March 4, 1855. Came with his parents to Michigan, and remained till 1868, when they removed to Waupaca, Waupaca Co., Wis. There he attended school. In the Spring of 1871, the family removed to Oshkosh, and in 1872 his father returned to Wau- paca, made some improvements on his farm, and sold out and located in Neenah. In 1875, Mr. Palmer commenced to learn the photograph busi- ness. After working a short time, his health became impaired, and he took a trip to Indiana, remaining there six months. Returned to to Neenah, and went into employ of M. C. Daniels, to learn the barber trade. Remained with him about eight months. In 1877, he removed to Ahnapee, and opened a barber shop. The climate not agreeing with him, he remained but five months, when he returned to Neenah and remained till Spring of 1878, when he removed to Sturgeon Bay and opened a barber shop, which business he has since been engaged in, ex- cept a short time he was under medical treatment in Neenah. Married, Dec. 31, 1876, to Miss E. J. Van Tassel, of Neenah, Wis. Has two sons.

HON. D. A. REED, attorney-at-law, Sturgeon Bay, was born in Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio, March 4, 1822. There he received a common school education and studied the profession of law. He removed to Michigan in 1849. located in Ottawa. He was elected County Judge, which office he held from 1850 to 1852. He came to Wisconsin in 1853, settled in Manitowoc ; became a resident of Door County in 1860; was Postmaster of the Assembly in 1857, and Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the same body in 1858. He has held the office of District Attorney of Door County twelve years; he represented Door, Oconto and Sha- wano counties in the Assembly in 1865 ; was Ist lieutenant in R. Q. M. of the 49th Regt. Wis. Vol., March 18, 1865 ; discharged, June I, 1865. He received 649 votes, against 531 for Moses Kilgore (Dem.). 441 votes for J. R. McDonald (Ind.), and 42 votes for E. T. Tillapaugh ( Farmers). He was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court, Jan. 13, 1874. Has held the office of Court Commissioner of Door County. In 1846 he assisted in raising the first Ohio regiment for the Mexican War.

11. N. REED, salesman for Scofield & Co., Sturgeon Bay, is a native of LeRoy, Mich., horn Dec. 28. 1849. Is a son of Hon. D. A. Reed. In 1851, his parents moved to Grand Haven, Mich., thence to Manito- woc, Wis., and came to Sturgeon Bay in 1860. Mr. Reed received a common school education ; attended the Business College at Green Bay during 1870 and until the Spring of 1871, when he commenced teaching school in Clay Banks, Door County. He taught till 1877. During this

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time he bought and managed a farm of eighty acres, of which thirty acres were improved. Sold his farm and removed to Sturgeon Bay in 1877. Engaged in the general merchandise business at Bay View, in company with Mr. Rice (firm name Rice & Reed), Mr. Rice went out of the business in 1878, and Mr. Reed sold his interest March, 1879. then taught school for a short time, and in December, 1880, went into employ of Scofield & Co. as salesman in general merchandise, which position he has occupied since. Married in January, 1875, Miss Christena Torsten. They have two children, a son and daughter.

WILLIAM REIIR, farmer and dealer in lime, Sec. 3, P. O. Stur- geon Bay. Born April 18, 1841, in Prussia. In 1865, came to Milwau- kee ; scaled lumber about three years. In 1868, went to Muskegon, and in 1870 removed to Pearson, M ch., following scaling there. In 1873, came to Sturgeon Bay ; scaled lumber for the Sturgeon Bay Lumber Co. three years. Since then he has followed farming. April, 1879, he com- menced making lime, and turns out about 1,500 barrels a season. Mar- ried in 1873 to Margaret Brost. She was born in Washington County, Wis. They have four children, two sons and two daughters.

F. X. SAILER, furniture dealer and undertaker, Sturgeon Bay, was born Feb. 14, 1837. Came to Baltimore, Md., in 1860, and remained there about eight years, working at cabinet-making ; in 1868, removed to Door County, Wis., and followed that business till 1878, when he lo- cated in the village of Sturgeon Bay, and opened a furniture store and undertaking, In the Fall of 1880 his entire stock of goods and building was destroyed by fire. Carrying but a small insurance, he met with quite a heavy loss. Notwithstanding this reverse of fortune, Mr. Sailer rebuilt and has established a prosperous business. Married Nov. 29, 1879, Miss Theresa Rauch, of Baltimore, Md. He has two sons by a former marriage.

HENRY SCHUYLER, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Pennsylvania. At the age of nineteen, he came to Lockport, N. Y., and worked at the millwright trade. In 1854, came to Sturgeon Bay, built a saw-mill for Daniel H. Burtis, of Rochester, N. Y., and for several years was en- gaged in repairing and building mills. He has held the office of County Surveyor six years, was the first Chairman of the County Board, has been Justice of the Peace the past fifteen years. Mrs. S. opened a millinery store in 1869, doing quite an extensive business, employing on an ave- rage six hands. He owns this store and other property in the village.

AMASA SHIAW, filer, with Sturgeon Bay Lumber Co., was born May 18, 1831, in Hampden, Penobscot Co., Me. In 1844 went to Catta- raugus County, N. Y. ; worked at lumbering one year, then came to Ju- neau County, Wis., followed lumbering till about 1865, when he removed to Menominee, Mich .; worked where he lived two years. In 1867. he removed to Green Bay, worked there in mills till 1876, when he came to Sturgeon Bay. Was employed as filer in Scofield & Co.'s mill till the Spring of 1881. Since then he has been in the employ of this company.

THOMAS H. SMITH, firm of Scofield & Co., manufacturers of lumber, and dealers in general merchandise, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Norwich, Conn. Came to Green Bay, Wis., in 1864; followed the ma- chinist trade; was also of the firm of Smith & Dailey, carrying on a grist-mill in Brown County, In the Winter of 1874-5, removed to Stur- geon Bay, and, in company with Mr. Leathem, built the mill they are now operating. This firm also owns a barge line, consisting of steam tugs and barges, plying between Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay and Chi- cago.

DR. J. H. SOPER, physician and surgeon, Sturgeon Bay, is a na- tive of Erie County, Pa .; came to Toledo, Ohio, in 1860. At the break- ing out of the war, he entered the service as commissary sergeant of Co. E, Western Engineer Brigade ; served to the end of the war, then returned to Toledo, and attended school three years. In 1868 he came to Ann Arbor, Mich .; studied medicine one year, then removed to Chi- cago, and attended the Bennett Medical College, graduating from this institution, March, 1876. He practiced one year in Chicago, then re- moved to Waukesha County, where he practiced two years. In 1879, came to Sturgeon Bay.

C. L. SORENSON, farmer and ship carpenter. P. O. Sturgeon Bay, Sec. 9, was born, May 18, 1847, in Norway. In 1867, came to Sturgeon Bay ; remained here a few months, and then removed to Chicago, and followed the carpenter's trade there. In 1873, he returned to Sturgeon Bay, and has since been employed with the Sturgeon Bay Lumber Com- pany, in the capacity of carpenter and millwright. He owns forty acres of land, where his family reside. Married in the Spring of 1871, to Helena Hansen. She was born in Norway. They have four daughters.

KNUD SORENSON, farmer, Sec. 9. P. O. Sturgeon Bay, is a na- tive of Norway, born Feb. 9. 1839. Came to America in 1861, and fol- lowed sailing out of Boston and New Vork for about four years. In 1865, he came to Sturgeon Bay, and followed sailing on the lake until 1879, when he bought 100 acres of farming land, and has since sold all but thirty-four and a half acres, where he now resides, engaged in farm- ing. Mr. Sorenson has made some valuable improvements. Married in 1869, to Miss Amelia Nelson, of Norway. Has one son.

GEORGE O. SPEAR, lumber manufacturer, Sturgeon Bay, is a na- tive of Maine. In 1857 he came to Green Bay, Wis .; the following year

removed to Missouri. In 1861, came to Peshtigo, and was employed by the Peshtigo Company in ship building ; continued till 1864. He built a mill at Red River, Wis., in 1865 ; run it about four months, when it was destroyed by fire, which was a loss of about $20,000. In 1866, came to Little Sturgeon, and there engaged in ship building till 1875, when he sold out to his brother. In 1877, he removed to Sturgeon Bay and bought the McMaster property, consisting of the mill he now works and about 2,000 acres of land. He also owns a line of two tugs and eight scows, known as the " Dummy Line," which is used in carrying lumber to Chicago.

ANTHONE THOMPSON, farmer, Sturgeon Bay, was born, Sept. 20, 1810, in Fahrsund, Norway. Aug. 5. 1848, came to Milwaukee, in 1850, went to Green Bay, and in the Fall of the same year, removed to Sturgeon Bay ; followed the lakes about six years. Before leaving his native country, he had followed the sea thirty years. He owns 105 acres of land, which he entered ; this land is located inside the village limits. He has held the office of Town Treasurer, and has been a member of the Town Board. His son, Eli A., who assists his father on this farm, is Town Treasurer, and has held this office many years. Mr. Thompson was married, in 1833, to Maren T. Olson, of Norway. She was born, March to, 1802. They have two children-Eli A. and Anna, now Mrs. Olsen. His son, Eli A., served in the late war; enlisted in the 15th Wis. I.

HERBERT J. THOMPSON, lumber, Sturgeon Bay, is a native of Ft. Ann, Washington Co., N.Y. In 1860, he came to Chicago, the following year removed to Pensaukee, Wis. ; was in the employ of F. B. Gardner, lumber manufacturer. having general charge of this business, where he remained till 1872, then came to Green Bay. In 1877, he removed to Sturgeon Bay, and has since been engaged in lumbering, jobbing, etc. When in Pensaukee, he held most of the town offices.

A. D. THORP, book-keeper for Sturgeon Bay Lumber Co., a native of New York, born April 15, 1844, came to Dodge Co., Wis., with his parents, when two years old. They engaged in farming, and re- mained there till 1859, when they removed to Monroe County, and he assisted his father on the farm till 1861. He then enlisted in 3d Wis. C., and served for two years; re-enlisted in 1863, in the 43d Wis. I., and served till the close of the war ; was ist sergeant during his service in the infantry ; went to Montana Territory after the close of the war, and remained there two years ; then returned to Tomah, Wis., and en- gaged in hotel business for two years; then removed to Egg Harbor, Door Co., and engaged in wood and lumber business ; elected Coun- ty Clerk in 1876, and removed to Sturgeon Bay and engaged in his offi- cial duties ; re-elected, and served his second term, then went into the employ of Sturgeon Bay Lumber Co., as book-keeper ; married in 1871, Miss Ellen A. Durkee, of Tomah, Wis .; has one son and two daughters.

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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