Memoirs of Milwaukee County : from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Milwaukee County, Volume II, Part 100

Author: Watrous, Jerome Anthony, 1840- ed
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Madison : Western Historical Association
Number of Pages: 1072

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John Foster McNary, D. O., M. D., 733 Racine street, Milwau- kee, is the second son of Rev. James Webster and Henrietta (Wil- liamson) McNary, elsewhere mentioned in the sketch of Dr. Wil- liam D. McNary. On the paternal side Dr. McNary is descended from Oliver McNary, an officer in the Revolution from Pennsyl- vania colony, and on the maternal side from William Hill, who served as corporal in the same struggle for independence. Dr. Mc- Nary was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1874. He attended the public schools in his boyhood and then entered the normal school at Osh- kosh, his father being pastor of the Presbyterian church at that place. Later he attended the high school at Ashland and subse- quently Carroll College, at Waukesha, and Lake Forest University. His first medical degree was obtained in the Milwaukee College of Osteopathy in 1900. After that, in connection with his osteopathic practice, he took up the study of medicine and surgery in the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, in Milwaukee, at which college he was graduated with first honors, as valedictorian of his class. The doctor is at present assistant in surgery to the president of that institution, and this, together with his experience as acting hospital steward during the Spanish-American war, has afforded him excellent opportunity for much practical medical training. Dr. McNary is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the Wisconsin State Osteopathic Association, of which he has twice been president. Among other associations of which he is a member are the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity, the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, and the order of Free and Accepted Masons. In politics he is a Republican, and in his religious faith a member of the Presbyterian church. In December, 1893, Dr. McNary was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Anderson, of Waukesha, Wis., daughter of J. K. and Rose A. (Shipman) Anderson, of Chicago, Ill. Two daughters and one son have been born to them. The oldest daughter died in infancy.

Charles H. Stoddard, M. D., No. 684 Summit avenue, Milwau- kee, is the son of Dr. Charles L. Stoddard, who was born in Buffalo, N. Y., May 12, 1836, of Scotch parentage. The father studied in

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the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, in which he received his degree of M. D., served as interne in several hos- pitals, was a resident for nearly two years of the Philadelphia hos- pital, and in 1859 and 1860 was demonstrator of anatomy. 1Ic came to Wisconsin in November, 1860, and had a large practice in East Troy, Walworth county, removing in 1872 to Whitewater. In 1877 the growth and prospects of La Crosse induced another change of residence, and he was one of the leading physicians of that thriving city until he retired from practice. He died in Cali- fornia in 1901. Dr. C. L. Stoddard was twice married. His first wife and the mother of Dr. C. H. Stoddard was Mentoria Hatch, born in New Hampshire in 1838. She came west with her husband and died in Walworth county in 1871, leaving her only child, Charles H., who was born in East Troy, May 7, 1869. By a subsequent marriage to Arabella Myrtle two children were born. The second wife survived her husband, dying in 1906. Dr. C. H. Stoddard ob- tained his early education in the public schools of La Crosse, at- tended the University of Wisconsin for three years, and then en- tered the medical department of the University of Illinois, in which he was graduated in 1892 with the degree of M. D. He spent one and one-half years as the house physician at the Michael Reese hos- pital of Chicago, and another year doing post-graduate work in Vienna and Strasburg. After spending two years in the practice of his profession in California, he returned to Wisconsin, locating in Milwaukee in 1897, and here he has since carried on a general practice. He was acting assistant surgeon in the Spanish-American war, stationed at Chickamauga, and is now the assistant surgeon of the First infantry, Wisconsin National Guard. He belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State, the Mil- waukee County, the Milwaukee, and the Brainard Medical socie- ties, and he is also a member of the medical fraternity, Alpha Mu Pi Omega, and the university fraternity, Psi Upsilon. He is a member of the medical staff of the Milwaukee county hospital, of the Blue Mound Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, the Children's Free Hospital, and the Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Stoddard belongs to the Re- publican party, but is not active in political affairs.

Philip Schmitt, M. D., with offices at No. 1206 Walnut street, Milwaukee, was born in that city on Nov. 27, 1860, the son of John Schmitt, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Dr. Schmitt was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and took private instruction in Greek and Latin. He took up the study of pharmacy and was engaged in that profession until 1880, when, de- termining to engage in the practice of medicine, he entered the Jef- ferson Medical College of Philadelphia, at which he was graduated in April, 1883, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Returning to Milwaukee, he entered the Milwaukee County Hospital and for three years served as an interne in that institution. When he sev- ered that connection he took up a private practice in Milwaukee, and has since been thus successfully occupied. Dr. Schmitt ranks high among the members of the medical fraternity, being identified

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with the state, county, and city medical societies, and he is also a member of the fraternal orders of Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arcanum, the United Order of Foresters, the Knights of the Mac- cabees, and the Sons of Veterans. In politics he supports the Re- publican party and entertains liberal views on religious matters. He was married in November, 1892, to Miss Delia Ehlert, of Mil- waukee.

Gustav Schmitt, M. D., No. 1206 Walnut street, Milwaukee, was born in the Ninth ward of that city on Nov. 2, 1862. His par- ents, John and Louise G. Schmitt, are mentioned more particularly elsewhere in this work. Gustav acquired his general education in the ward schools of the city, later taking the course in the city high school, and then entered business life as a lumber merchant, following that line for six years. Determining later to enter pro- fessional life, he became a student in the medical department of the University of Illinois. He was graduated at that institution in 1898 and entered immediately upon the active practice of his pro- fession, which he has followed successfully in the city for the past ten years. He has given particular attention to the study of the "White Plague," tuberculosis, and it was through his influence that the bill creating a state tuberculosis sanatorium was first introduced in the legislature, on Feb. 19, 1901. His persistency in following the matter up finally resulted in the bill becoming a law, and the establishment of the sanatorium at Wales, twenty-eight miles west of Milwaukee. The doctor is an advisory member of the Wis- consin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. He is also a member of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- culosis ; belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wiscon- sin State, the Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee Medical so- cieties. He has frequently prepared articles on tuberculosis, one of which was of sufficient import to be recognized by the Interna- tional Congress for the Prevention of Tuberculosis held at Naples, Italy, in 1900. It was the only American as well as the only Eng- lish article which was given a place in the proceedings of the con- gress. "A Brief of Necroscopy and Its Medico-Legal Relation," prepared by Dr. Schmitt, is a trustworthy manual of medical infor- mation on post-mortem examinations, practically adapted to the requirements of coroners and physicians and of important assist- ance to lawyers or medical experts in the detection of crime. Fra- ternally Dr. Schmitt is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is aligned with the Republican party and in religious matters is liberal in his views. On Aug. 6. 1889. occurred his mar- riage to Miss 'Laura Schroeder, a daughter of the late George Schroeder, of Milwaukee.

John Schmitt, deceased, is well remembered by the older citi- zens of Milwaukee, as a sturdy German citizen, who migrated to Milwaukee from the Fatherland in 1852, seeking a more liberal gov- ernment. He was a cooper by occupation and found employment as such. His wife, nee Louisa von Grabowsky, also a native of

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Germany, settled in Milwaukee in 1853, and they were married shortly afterward. The issue of this union was five children, four of whom-Ida, Philip, Gustav, and Lizetta-are still alive. Sketches of Drs. Philip and Gustav Schmitt, the sons, appear elsewhere in this volume. Being in sympathy with the Union cause, John Schmitt enlisted for military service as a volunteer on February 4. 1864, and became a member of Company L, Fourth Wisconsin cavalry. He was soon promoted to the rank of corporal, and later to that of sergeant. During the latter part of the winter and spring of 1864 this regiment was devoted to small expeditions in Missis- sippi and to picket duty. It took a prominent part in the battle of Camp Bisland, near Brashear City, in an engagement at Opelousas, in the assault on Port Hudson, and was in numerous other expedi- tions and skirmishes. John Schmitt received his honorable dis- charge from the service when, with his regiment, he was mustered out on July 10, 1865. He was a public-spirited man and did much for the growth and improvement of the city. As Lincoln's cause was his cause, he was a Republican in his political belief, yet owing to influences brought to bear upon him by Hon. Carl Schurz, he did not support Hon. James G. Blaine for the presidency. In every walk of life he was esteemed and respected, and his many admirable qualities won him a wide circle of friends to whom his passing was a distinct loss. Probably nowhere was that type of men who have done so much for the steady advancement of the city better exem- plified than in the life and character of John Schmitt. .

Charles Wesley Graham, M. D., is a practicing physician in the city of Milwaukee, where he has been located for the past twelve years, and the patronage which he receives is a fine tribute to his ability as a physician and his worth as a citizen. He was born at Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 19, 1869, the son of William Nixon and Ellen (Clark) Graham, the former of whom was born in Scotland and the latter in England. These worthy parents mi- grated to Canada in the early years of their wedded life and there spent the remainder of their days, following farming as an occupa- tion. Six sons and three daughters were born to them, and of these nine children six are now living. Dr. Graham received his early education in the public schools of Canada, and at the age of eighteen vears he removed to Michigan and graduated at the East Jordan high school in that state. He then studied under a private tutor for a period of five years, after which he began the study of medi- cine in the Rhinehart Hospital at Ashland, Wis., and he graduated at the Detroit Medical College on May 6, 1896. He immediately located in the city of Milwaukee, opening an office for the practice of his profession on Kinnickinnic avenue, and there he has since been engaged as an eminently successful practitioner. He also for one year served as an assistant instructor in the Milwaukee Medical College. On Sept. 26, 1908, the Wesley Hospital was established with Dr. Graham as superintendent, for the prevention, cure and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, throat, and chest. It is lo- cated at 1017 Kinnickinnic avenue, Milwaukee, and is designed es-

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pecially for the accommodation and treatment of out-of-town pa- tients, or those who have not the proper convenience to carry out the instructions of their physician at their city residences. It af- fords opportunity for those unacquainted in the city to receive proper care ; and besides, a cozy, homelike atmosphere, in which to enjoy their leisure moments during the interval of treatment, at most reasonable rates. A cordial invitation is extended to physi- cians, who may feel assured all patients referred will receive the best attention and that as soon as practicable they will be re-re- ferred for subsequent treatment. As the name implies, only cases affected with acute or chronic diseases of the ear, nose, throat, and chest, such as acute and chronic Rhinitis, nasal, post-nasal, pharyn- geal and laryngeal, and allied affections are treated. Dr. Graham was married on Dec. 8, 1896, the lady of his choice being Rose Caro- line Palmer, daughter of Charles and Mary (Benn) Palmer, the former of whom lives at Maybee, Mich., and the latter is deceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Graham there has been born one child, Wesley Palmer. Dr. Graham keeps in close touch with his professional as- sociates by a membership in the Milwaukee County and the Wis- consin State Medical associations. In politics he adheres to the platform expressions of the Republican party, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church.

Alphonse F. Kalkhoff, M. D., is a native of the city of Milwau- kee, where he ranks among the leading physicians, and where he served as a member of the Health Department during the years of 1879 and 1880. H was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 30, 1850, son of Dr. F. and Caroline (Nollop) Kalkhoff, the former of whom was a native of Germany and the latter of England. Dr. F. Kalkhoff was born in the Fatherland in 1807, and there grew to manhood, receiving his education in the excellent schools of that country and preparing himself for his life's vocation, the practice of medicine. In 1835 he migrated to America and settled in Fort Wayne, Ind., then a promising little village at the headwaters of the Maumee river, and there he practiced his profession for a period of years. In 1842 he continued his migration westward and located in Mil- waukee, where he opened the first drug store in the present state of Wisconsin and continued the practice of medicine for years. Dr. F. Kalkhoff continued to reside in Milwaukee until his death, that event occurring in 1873, when he was sixty-six years of age. His wife survived until 1904, dying at the age of seventy-eight. There were four children born to these parents, three of whom are now living. Dr. Alphonse F. Kalkhoff, whose name introduces this re- view, received his preparatory education in the German-English academy at Milwaukee, and then, deciding upon medicine as a pro- fession, he entered the Rush Medical College at Chicago, in which institution he graduated with the class of 1876. Immediately en- tering upon the practice of his profession at Milwaukee, he has there been since continuously engaged, with the exception of a short time which he spent in Toledo, Ohio. On June 18, 1864. Dr. A. F.

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Kalkhoff was mustered into the United States volunteer military service as a private in Company G of the One Hundred and Forty- second Illinois infantry, the term for which the regiment was organ- ized being 100 days. On June 21, 1864, it moved to Memphis, Tenn., via Cairo and the Mississippi river, arriving on the 24th, and two days later it moved to White's Station, eleven miles from Memphis on the Memphis & Charleston railroad, where it was on guard duty during its entire period of service. The regiment was mustered out of the service on Oct. 27, 1864, at Chicago. In 1866 Dr. Kalkhoff received an appointment as hospital steward in the regular army and served three years in Texas, during the cholera epidemic at Galveston, in 1866, and also the yellow fever epidemic at the same place in 1867, for which he was mentioned in general orders by the Department for meritorious and conspicuous services. He has been twice married, first to Miss Lena Zoehrlant, of Milwaukee, to which union there were born two children, Artie and George. The maiden name of his present wife was Miss Paula Lister, and to this marriage there have been born four children: Gladys, Kenneth, Elaine, and Glenway. Dr. Kalkhoff is independent in his political views, standing firmly, however, in the defense of men and meas- ures that meet his conscientious approval, but he has never partici- pated in or given approval to the machinations that are so com- monly considered a part of present day party loyalty. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order.

Dr. Harry J. Hoag, physician and surgeon, now engaged in successful general practice at Cudahy, Wis., is of mixed English and Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Hoag, was a native of Michigan and an honored veteran of the Civil war. Upon the outbreak of hostilities he enlisted in one of the Michigan regi- ments and served continuously until the close of the struggle, when he was honorably discharged. He afterward died at Rochester, Minn., and his wife, whose maiden name was Salinda Doty, also died near the same place. The maternal grandparents. Peter and Janet (McFarlay) Miller, were both natives of Glasgow. Scotland. and came to the United States about 1845, the former settling in New York state and the latter at Springfield, Mass. Their mar- riage took place at Springfield, and here our subject's mother. Ja- mima (Miller) Hoag, was born. Mr. and Mrs. Miller moved west into Ohio about 1865, and his death took place in that state on April 25, of the same year ; his widow is still living. Our subject's father, Edgar L. Hoag, was born in Adrian, Mich., and is a machinist by trade, living at Cudahy, Wis. Dr. Hoag is the younger of two sons, and was born in Milwaukee, May 22, 1882: his brother is named Edgar L., Jr. Dr. Hoag is a graduate of the South Mil- waukee high school, and later pursued the full medical course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, graduating there- in with the class of 1905. After the completion of his medical course he served for a year as house physician at the Milwaukee County Hospital, and then went into general practice. He was first located for seven months at Potter, Calumet county, Wis., and then

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moved to Cudahy, Wis., where he has actively practiced ever since. He is remarkably well versed in his profession, and his year spent in the Milwaukee County Hospital gave him the needed experience so much desired by young practitioners. Since locating in Cudahy he has met with flattering success and is kept busy all the time. He is recognized as a young man of talent, and one well fitted by education and experience to cope with any emergency that may arise in his exacting profession. His political views are of an in- dependent nature, and he casts his vote in accordance with the dic- tates of his conscience and best judgment, only striving to promote the best welfare of the community at large. He was formerly a member of the Calumet County Medical Society, and is a member of the Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity, and also of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America, the Milwaukee County Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

Jonas Cohen, the president of the Cohen Brothers Company, a leading wholesale furnishing-goods house of Milwaukee, was born in Germany on April 4, 1844. He received his educational advan- tages in his native land, and at the age of fourteen became appren- ticed to a business house in Berlin. Here he became instilled with the basic principles of success in commercial life, and at the age of seventeen became a traveling salesman for the firm. His territory included all of Germany, and although he made but two trips each year he was on the road eleven months of the time. In 1866, when but twenty-two years of age, he immigrated to the United States, coming direct to Milwaukee, where his brother, Marcus, had locat- ed some years before. For a year he devoted his time to the study of the customs and language of his adopted country, and in 1867 he engaged in the wholesale fancy-goods business under the firm name of Wertheimer & Cohen. When he had put this busines on a paying basis he disposed of his interest and became identified with his present business. This was in 1870, when the firm was known as Strass, Cohen & Company. Four years later the firm became Cohen Brothers & Company, a name which it retained until 1890, when, after the death of Marcus Cohen, the name was changed to Cohen Brothers Company. The firm continues under that name, and the business is as flourishing and prosperous to-day as it ever was. In 1900 it became necessary, because of the increasing trade, to en- large their quarters, and the present splendid block at 258-264 Broadway was erected. Mr. Cohen is interested in other business enterprises besides the above-mentioned, all of which have been fi- nancial successes, and which bear tribute to his capacity as a busi- ness man, his foresight, and his honesty. On Sept. 24, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia Scheftels, daughter of Henry and Barbara Scheftels, of Milwaukee. Two children are the result of this union. Sanford, who is treasurer of the Cohen Brothers Com- pany, married Miss Julia Newburgh, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and has two children, Jonas, Jr., and Edith Catherine. The daughter, Edith Cohen, is the wife of Oscar J. Greenwald, who is a member of the firm of Gimbel Brothers. Mr. Cohen is domestic in his tastes and

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hias one of the most beautiful homes in the city. He is prominently identified with the Deutscher Club and the Milwaukee Athletic Club.

W. C. Wendel, D. D. S., a leading dentist of Milwaukee, was born at Boltonville, Wis., June 5, 1854, being the son of William and Margaret (Kraetsch) Wendel, both born in Germany. The father came to Wisconsin in 1849 and the mother in 1846, locating in Boltonville, where the father, being a man with a fine education, became a teacher for a few years. Tiring of the teacher's calling and also being of a mechanical turn of mind, he directed his talents and attention to the milling business, and formed the partnership of Duncan, Wendel & Company, Boltonville Mills, taking charge at different times of saw-mills and grist-mills. He also took an active part in Democratic politics, and, on account of his superior educa- tion, was chosen supervisor of the town, chairman of the town board, clerk and justice of the peace, which last named position he filled with credit for many years. He was always very active in educational matters on account of his scholastic attainments. His married life was blessed with eight children, of whom six are living -four sons and two daughters. He died on Sept. 6, 1867, at Han- cock, Mich., where he had been conducting a provision business, and his loving wife, seventy-seven years old, is living at Bol- tonville. Our subject acquired his mental growth and acu- men in the public schools of Boltonville, and later prosecuted his higher studies under private tutelage; then he graduated with highest honors in his class from the Dental Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, since which time he has been actively practicing his profession in the Goldsmith Build- ing, Milwaukee, where he occupies the front rank, and for four years has had charge of operative dentistry for the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons of Milwaukee. On Sept. 3, 1885, he married Miss Harriet E. Forest, of Philadelphia, Pa., who was a daughter of James (deceased) and Ellen (McConnel) Forest, both of Philadel- phia, where the widowed mother still lives. Their union is blessed with one son, Harry Forest, a graduate of the Wauwatosa high school and now a student in the classical department of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. He is a fine speciman of a young man, devot- ed to his studies and to physical culture. In a recent contest, where the best representatives of the art entered the lists as competitors for the championship of the state of Pennsylvania for fencing, Harry Forest Wendel was triumphantly crowned the victor and he wears the coveted honor with becoming modesty. Our sub- ject, while never seeking preferment in a political way, is a Repub- lican. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the National Dental Association, of the Wisconsin State Dental As- sociation, by which he was honored with the presidency for two years; of the Southern Dental Society, and of the Odontological Society of Milwaukee. He has been through all the chairs of the Knights of Pythias lodge, which shows his winning ways and popularity; he is a Thirty-second degree Mason, a member of

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Wauwatosa Lodge, No. 267, F. & A. M .; of Kilbourn Chapter, No. I, R. A. M .; of Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, Knights-Templar ; of Wisconsin Consistory and of Tripoli Shrine. He is thoroughly equipped for the duties of his profession by experience and careful study, and he is at once recognized as a skillful and excellent den- tist, enjoying a large and lucrative practice.

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Memoirs of Milwaukee County : from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Milwaukee County, Volume II, Part 100

Author: Watrous, Jerome Anthony, 1840- ed Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Madison : Western Historical Association Number of Pages: 1072

Author: Watrous, Jerome Anthony, 1840- ed
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Madison : Western Historical Association
Number of Pages: 1072