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Edward, rose from private in the First Wisconsin, to colonel of the Twenty-second Wisconsin; afterward was captain in the reg- ular army, and was there brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel for gallant conduct during the war. The other, Wilkins, enlisted in the First Michigan infantry, was promoted to the rank of cap- tain. participated in all the battles of Mcclellan's Peninsular cam- paign, and died from wounds received in the second battle of Manassas. Mr. Bloodgood was united in marriage to Josephine, daughter of Joseph S. Colt, of Milwaukee, on June 1, 1859. Mrs. Bloodgood died in 1893. Their family consists of three daughters and three sons. The latter are Francis, Jr., and Wheeler Peckham, law partners of their father, and Dr. Joseph C., of Johns Hopkins University, of Baltimore, Md. At this writing Mr. Bloodgood is eighty-one years of age, is supposed to be, save one, the oldest liv- ing native of Wisconsin, and the oldest here resident. Among Mr. Bloodgood's earlier recollections are the details of the British re- treat from Concord and of the battle of Bunker Hill related to him by an eye witness. At the time of Mr. Bloodgood's birth Wis- consin was a part of Michigan territory, organized as Brown county, and there was not a highway within its limits; all com- munications by land being along the Indian trails.
Rev. John A. Riedl is the popular chaplain of the St. Aemil- ianus Orphan Asylum, St. Francis, Milwaukee county, Wis., and the fruition of his efforts has been the perceptible advancement of the cause to which he unselfishly devotes both energy and talent. He was born on May 13, 1878, and is the son of Luke A. and Anas- tasia (Hirsch) Riedl, both of whom were born in Austria, the former on Oct. 13, 1848, and the latter on April 5, 1852. The father learned the trade of silk weaving in early life, but later en- gaged in the grocery business in Milwaukee, which occupation he followed during the remainder of his active career. He retired from active participation in business affairs some months before his demise, which occurred on April 24, 1908. The maternal an- cestors were prominent citizens of Austria and were among the first families of the locality in which they resided. To Mr. and Mrs. Luke A. Riedl there were born five children: Luke H., who is engaged as an insurance broker in Milwaukee; Julia C .; John A., who is the immediate subject of this review ; Joseph C., who is bookkeeper in the Wisconsin National Bank in Milwaukee, and Teresa J. John A. Riedl received his early education in St. Michael's parochial school in Milwaukee, and later attended suc- cessively Marquette College, St. Lawrence College at Mt. Cal- vary, Wis., St. Francis Seminary, and St. John's University at Col- legeville, Minn., in which last-named institution he was graduated with the class of 1901. He was ordained as priest on June II of the same year, and soon thereafter was appointed chaplain of the House of the Good Shepherd and continued to fill that position to the eminent satisfaction of all until he received his appointment to his present position. Sept. 26, 1908. Father Riedl is diocesan director of the "Society for the Propagation of the Faith," and
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also is the treasurer of the "Indigent Clergy Fund" of the Arch- diocese. He is also a student in the college of law of Marquette University.
Alfred William Gray, M. D., deceased, one of the pioneer phy- sicians of Milwaukee, was born at Sherburne, N. Y., April 15, 1802, the son of John and Diantha ( Burritt) Gray. The father was born in Canaan, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1769. Dr. Gray was fourth in descent from John Gray, born in Beverly, Mass., May 17, 1707, who moved to Lebanon, Conn., in 1728, and was a member of Captain Williams' company at Fort Massachusetts, at Pittsfield, Berkshire county, in 1755. He was also third in descent from John Gray, who was born in Lebanon, Conn., on Dec. 13, 1739, and moved to Canaan, N. Y., in 1768, was a member of the committee of public safety for King's district in 1777, and participated in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. Through his mother, who was a daughter of Rev. Black- leach Burritt, he was descended from the Colonial Governor Welles, of Connecticut. Dr. Gray received his preliminary schol- astic training in the public schools of Chenango county, New York, and after studying under the old preceptor system for four years he passed the examination submitted by the Chenango County Medical Society and received the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine. He first started the practice of his profession in Sacket's Harbor, N. Y., but later removed to Jamestown and still later te Buffalo, N. Y. By appointment of Governor De Witt Clinton he served for a time as surgeon in the New York state militia. He was a skillful surgeon and was said to have performed the second successful operation for ovarian tumor in the United States. In 1856 he removed to Milwaukee and was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession until the time of his demise, which oc- curred on Jan. 8, 1873. Dr. Gray was of pronounced religious con- victions of the old type and a loyal member of the Presbyterian church. For two years he occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in Jamestown and frequently supplied the pulpit of the old First Presbyterian church of Milwaukee. In 1823 he was united in marriage to Miss Valeria Elizabeth Dodd, of Elizabeth, N. J., and the issue of this union was nine children, namely: Deborrah, born 1825, died at the age of five; John, born 1827, died at the age of six months; Mary E., now deceased, who became the wife of Danford M. Crosby, born July 18, 1830; Jane A., who became Mrs. James Foote, born in July, 1831, died in October, 1862; Frances, who became the wife of Rev. Henry G. Blinn, born Dec. 8, 1833, living in New York city; Valeria, now deceased, born June 21, 1836, became the wife of Rev. Thomas Sherrard; Harriet (Mrs. D. W. Jackson), born March 31, 1838, died Sept. 10, 1873; Alfred, born in December, 1840, died in July, 1844, and Nathaniel A., born March 8, 1842, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume.
Nathaniel A. Gray, M. D., 694 Summit avenue, Milwaukee, was born at Portland, N. Y., on March 8, 1842, and is the son of the late Dr. Alfred W. Gray, of whom more particular mention is made in another sketch. He came to Milwaukee with his parents in 1856, and
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after completing his scholastic work in the schools of this city ma- triculated at the New York Homeopathic College, at which he gradu- ated in 1867, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The same year he returned to Milwaukee and has been actively and successfully en- gaged in his practice here ever since. Between the years 1876 and 1882 he served as secretary for the trustees for the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, Wis., and between 1882 and 1888 filled a similar position for the board of trustees of the Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane. Dr. Gray is a Republican in politics, but has never sought public preferment for himself. In religious matters he is affiliated with Immanuel Presbyterian church. Socially, profession- ally, and fraternally, he is prominently identified with the Milwaukee Club, the Masonic order, of which he has taken the rites of the Thirty- second degree, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the State Med- ical Society of Wisconsin, the American Medical Association, the Wis- consin Historical Society, the Old Settlers' Club, and the Wisconsin Archeological Society. On Feb. 28, 1866, was solemnized Dr. Gray's marriage to Miss Letitia J. Dunn, a daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Jones) Dunn, of New Lisbon, Wis. The issue of this union was four children, namely: Mrs. Chandler R. Gilman, of Milwaukee, born April 23, 1867; Nathaniel, died in infancy ; Dr. Alfred William Gray, of Milwaukee, born Sept. 26, 1873; and Dr. Walter Kempster Gray, of Cotter, Ark., born Nov. 28, 1878.
Alfred William Gray, M. D., who is associated in the practice of medicine with his father, Dr. N. A. Gray, of Milwaukee, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume, was born in Milwaukee on Sept. 26, 1873. After completing the prescribed work in the public schools of Milwaukee he matriculated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and in 1895 was granted the degree of Bachelor of Arts by the regents of that institution. Four years later he received his professional degree at Columbia University of New York city and has ever since been actively engaged in his profession in partnership with his father. He is a member of the staffs of the Milwaukee County Hospital. the Johnston Emergency Hospital, and the Milwaukee In- fants' Home and Hospital. In 1905 he served as first vice-president of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, and since 1901 has been the incumbent of the office of secretary of the Milwaukee County Medical 'Society. Dr. Gray is a Republican in politics, but has never been an aspirant for public office. Professionally he is affiliated with the Mil- waukce Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, and the American Medical Asso- ciation : fraternally with the Chi Psi college and the Alpha Mu Pi Omega medical fraternities ; and socially with the University and the Town clubs of Milwaukee. On Sept. 5, 1906, Dr. Gray was united in marriage to Miss Ada Pratt Ferry, the daughter of Watson J. and Mary ( Russell ) Ferry, of Kansas City, Mo. They have no children.
Arthur Tenney Holbrook, M. D., of Kenwood boulevard, Mil- waukee, was born at Waukesha, Wis., on July 12, 1870, the son of Arthur and Josephine (Tenney) Holbrook, the former of whom was born in Madrid, N. Y .. in 1842, and the latter in New Haven, N. Y.,
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in 1846. A sketch of the father appears elsewhere in this work. On the paternal side some members of the Holbrook, Hazelton, and Bar- tholomew families were participants in the Colonial and Revolution- ary wars and the War of 1812, and among the mother's ancestors members of the Place and Heath families also fought in the two con- flicts with England. After graduation at one of the Milwaukee high schools, Dr. Holbrook matriculated at Harvard University and was there graduated in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. In 1895 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Rush Medical College of Chicago. From that year until 1897, he was house sur- geon at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, and during the same period was an instructor in the institution at which he obtained his professional training. With the exception of the year 1902, which he spent in study at Vienna, Austria, he has been continuously engaged in his practice in Milwaukee since 1897. Since 1898 he has been attending surgeon at the Johnston Emergency Hospital and local sur- geon for the same length of time for the Wisconsin Central Railway Company. He officiates in a like capacity for the Chicago & Milwau- kee Electric Railway, having been appointed to the last-named posi- tion during the past year (1908). In 1906 he was chosen one of the trustees of the Johnston Emergency Hospital, and in the same vear was made attending surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, a position he still holds. Between 1898 and 1903 he served as assistant surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant in the First Regiment, Wisconsin National Guard. Dr. Holbrook is a Republican, and is a member of Plymouth Congregational church of Milwaukee. Fraternally, socially, and professionally, he is identified with the national, state, county, and city medical societies, the Chi Psi and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities, the Sons of the American Revolution, the inheritance class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Milwaukee Club, and the Milwaukee Country Club, and he is the present incumbent of the office of presi- dent of the University Club. On July 29, 1903, Dr. Holbrook was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Matson Andrews, a daughter of Alfred Hinsdale and Ella Cornelia (Matson) Andrews, of Chicago. To this union have been born two sons, Arthur Andrews and Her- bert Tenney, their respective birthdays being Feb. 19, 1906, and July 9, 1908.
John S. Brennan is recognized as one of the leading men of affairs of the city of Milwaukee, where he holds the position of presi- dent of The Brennan Company, manufacturers of dress specialties, and treasurer of the A. J. Lindermann & Hoverson Company, manufac- turers and engineers. Mr. Brennan was born in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1868, the son of James and Olivia (Meyer) Brennan, the former of whom was a native of Manchester, England, born in 1840, and the latter was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1842. The maternal grandfather was Judge Seraphim Meyer, born in Canton, Ohio, where he officiated as judge of the courts for several years. He was colonel of an Ohio regiment in the Civil war, was captured and for several months endured the suffering and privation of a southern military prison. He spent the last years of his life at Vera Cruz, Cal., and
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died at that place in 1899, at the advanced age of eighty-five years, his wife, whose maiden name was Schuchart, passing away in 1888. Gen. Ed. S. Meyer, a son of Judge Meyer, now living retired in Cleveland, Ohio, was also a soldier in the Civil war, and was severely wounded, and captured. Another son, Turen Meyer, is a prominent attorney-at- law in Canton, Ohio. James Brennan, the father of the subject of this review, located in Canton, Ohio, soon after his migration to America, and later removed to Akron, Ohio, where he was the superintendent of a gas company. He afterward became a citizen of Pennsylvania and died in Franklin, that state, May 8, 1891. He and his wife became the parents of seven children, six of whom are living, and the widow has been a resident of the city of Milwaukee since 1893. John S. Brennan received his education in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio, and the high school of Oil City, Pa., and after leaving school took up the study of heating and ventilating engineering. He followed that vocation in various places until 1893, in which year he came to Milwaukee, where he has since resided, and soon became prominently identified with the industrial affairs of the city. The two concerns with which he is associated in an official capacity are reckoned among the important industrial establishments of the Cream City, the A. J. Lin- dermann & Hoverson Company employing about 800 people, while the Brennan Company, located at 115 Wisconsin street, also gives employ- ment to a large number. Mr. Brennan was married on April 26, 1903. to Miss May Durr, who was born in Milwaukee in 1873, daughter of Emil Durr, who is mentioned on another page of this work in the sketch of his son, Dr. W. E. Durr. To this union there have been born two children, Adelaide and John Emil. Mr. Brennan gives an unswerving allegiance to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party, but his extensive business affairs demand his attention and he has never sought or accepted public office. His religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church, and fraternally he is a member of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers.
Arthur D. Bowyer, D. D. S., a prominent young dentist of the Cream City, was born in Mason, Warren county, Ohio, on Sept. 22, 1875, a son of William D. Bowyer, who was born in Mason, on Feb. 14, 1834, and Mary Jane (Rhoades) Bowyer, born in Warren county on Nov. 20, 1836. The paternal grandfather, Levi Bowyer, was a pioneer of Warren county and was one of the most prosperous farmers of the vicinity. His widow passed away a few years ago at the hale old age of ninety-four years and eleven months. The par- ents still reside, and the father was born on, the farm which the grand- father first cultivated. The maternal grandparents, Samuel and Pru- dence (Cretors) Rhoades, formerly lived in Lebanon county, but later removed to Warren county, and subsequently died at Arlington Heights, near Cincinnati, Ohio. These grandparents celebrated before their deaths the sixty-fourth anniversary of their marriage, at which all of their eight children were present. Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bowyer, Dr. Bowyer's parents, were married on Sept. 23, 1858, and had a family of eight children, of whom six survive. Dr. Bowyer was the seventh in order of birth of the children born to his parents. His
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early educational advantages were received in the public schools of Mason, and later he graduated at the high school there. He then went to Cincinnati, where, in 1899, he was graduated at the Cincin- nati College of Dentistry with the degree of Doctor of Dental Sur- gery. He first started the practice of his profession at Jackson, Mich., and for two and a half years was most successfully engaged. Desiring a larger field in which to labor, he came to Milwaukee in 1902, and located at 147-149 Lincoln avenue, where he has since practiced. His thorough knowledge of his profession, his courteous manner, and skillful handling of patients has brought him a large practice, which has increased each year since he started in practice. Dr. Bowyer is absolutely independent of party ties in political relations, believing that the best standard of government is obtained by the judicious exer- cise of the right of franchise rather than by the dictation of political leaders. In religious matters he is identified with the Methodist Epis- copal church, and while attending college he became a member of the Phi Alpha Chi dental fraternity, which is the only fraternal relation he has. On June 30, 1903. Dr. Bowyer was united in marriage to Miss Daisy M. Tyler, a daughter of Dana L. and Elizabeth ( Whitlock) Tyler. Mr. Tyler was for many years one of the prominent merchants of West Chester. Ohio, and accumulated a sufficient competence to allow him to retire and enjoy a well-earned respite from the duties of a busy life.
Ferdinand W. Foellings, of Hales Corners, is a native of Wis- consin, born in the town of Muskego, Waukesha county, Aug. 24, 1865. the son of Henry and Johanna (Voellings) Foellings, who were born in Germany in 1820 and 1829, respectively. They were among the early settlers who braved the dangers of the frontier and endured the hardships incident to building a home in the forests of the new ter- ritory of Wisconsin. Henry Foellings, the father, emigrated to the United States from the Fatherland in 1846, and upon his arrival took up land, cleared it, and engaged in farming. He had 234 acres and was considered one of the prosperous farmers of that day. He was affiliated with the Democratic party and a member of the Catholic church, in which he had been reared. Mr. Foellings met Johanna Voellings, who, with her parents, Gerhardt and Henrietta Voellings. came to this country with the great tide of German immigrants who settled in Wisconsin, and located in the town of Franklin, on sixty acres of land in 1846. The young couple soon became engaged and were married. Mr. Foellings built a substantial home, and there, on the first homestead nine children were born and reared: Gerhardt. Elizabeth, Anton, Mary, Ferdinand, Annie, Henry, Fred, and Theresa (deceased). Henry Foellings was called on that long journey from which no traveler even returns on Feb. 9. 1901, but his widow is still living in the town of Franklin. Mr. Voellings lived until 1879, and was survived by his widow until 1895, when she was called to her last rest, after a life of devotion and loving care to her family. Ferdi- nand, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm and attended the parochial and district schools, and after finishing his scholastic training assisted his father on the farm and subsequently
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engaged in farming himself, continuing in that vocation until he was twenty-seven years of age. At that time he began to deal in stock and carried on an extensive and successful business in that line until 1901, when he became interested in the meat business, bought a hotel, sa- loon, and livery, which he has since conducted with most gratifying results. Mr. Foellings owns his place of thirteen acres, where he has a fine tavern, store, and barns, of which he is justly proud. He is a staunch Democrat and takes an active interest in politics. On June 16, 1891, Mr. Foellings was united in marriage with Susan, the daugh- ter of Peter and Mary (Marsh) Searing, of Racine county, where the father died in 1880. Mr. Searing was a native of Germany, born there in 1835, the son of John and Magdelina (Frey) Searing, who immigrated to the United States and located in the town of Franklin, Milwaukee county, in 1848. They established a home and lived there the rest of their days. John Searing died in 1878 and was survived by his widow until 1890. Peter Searing went to the town of Ray- mond, Racine county, Wisconsin, where he. met and married Mary Marsh, who came to that town with her parents, Bernard and Susan (Seman) Marsh, in 1853. Her parents lived there the remainder of their lives. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Foellings : Mary, born in December, 1892; Alexander, born in 1897; and Irene, who is now ten years old. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church.
John Graf is the well-known brewer of Weiss beer, at the corner of Seventeenth and Greenfield avenues, Milwaukee. He is of German parentage, son of Loranz and Elizabeth (Thuering) Graf, who came to the United States from Germany in 1846. They were natives of Bavaria, where Mr. Graf learned the business of silk-weaving. On April 6, 1846, they arrived in Milwaukee and have ever since made that city their home. Mr. and Mrs. Graf have seen the city change from an unpretentious one of small buildings, gathered together on the harbor, to the great city it is at present, and they have always been loyal to their first home in the West, confident of its brilliant future, which the years have already realized. Mr. Graf was first employed by Nicholas Engel, the sur- veyor, and later in other profitable undertakings. John Graf was born in Milwaukee in the dwelling at the northeast corner of Elev- enth and Chestnut streets, Feb. 27, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and early turned his atten- tion to brewing. His plant, which originally employed but four people, has now a list of sixty employes, and its product is valued at $120,000 per annum. It requires fourteen teams and wagons in constant use to transport the product to Mr. Graf's customers. Mr. Graf has constantly studied improved brewing methods and keeps himself informed on every new discovery that helps him to produce a pleasing and healthful beverage. He also manufactures various carbonated beverages and supplies them to a large number of con- sumers. His business has been establishd since 1873, and the plant has been in successful operation during all the years since. Mr. Graf was married in 1873 to Miss Annie Gliesburg, daughter of
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Henry Gliesburg, of Ozaukee county. Mr. Gliesburg was a pioneer of that district, where he settled in 1848. He was born in Saxony, Germany. Six children have gladdened the home of Mr. Graf: Edward G .; Mollie, who is Mrs. Herman Heinen ; Annie; Amanda, wife of Albert Pellman; Clara, wife of Clifford Loew, and John, Jr. Mr. Graf belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the E. S. O. S. Club, the Knights of Pythias, the South Side Turners, and the Calumet Club. He is independent in political views, voting for the candidate who seems to him best fitted for the office.
Wenzell Strachota, president of Strachota & Sons Company, 687 Walker street, has been a successful mason contractor in Mil- waukee for twenty-five years, during which time he has erected many important buildings there and elsewhere. He was born on Dec. 30. 1847, near Bischof, Teinitz. Kreis Pilsen, Bohemia, and there attended German schools. He served an apprenticeship of two years with a mason in Bohemia and came to America in 1866. Milwaukee was his first location in the United States, and he com- pleted his apprenticeship as a mason with John Bentley. For fif- teen years Mr. Strachota worked for Mr. Bentley, being his fore- man eight years, and while thus employed he superintended the erection of the State Insane Asylum at Traverse City, Mich., upon which he was engaged two years. In 1883 Mr. Strachota embarked in business with Thomas Bentley, under the firm name of Bentley & Strachota. This partnership continued three years, during which period the firm erected many substantial edifices. They carried out various contracts for the Lake Shore Railroad, now a part of the Chicago & Northwestern system, and erected buildings for the rail- road company at Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Wausau, Antigo, Ash- land and other places. At Ashland it was necessary to hew a clear- ing in the forest in order to erect the round-house upon which they were engaged. From 1887 to 1905, when he took two of his sons into his business, Mr. Strachota was alone, and he was considered one of the most reliable contractors in the city of Milwaukee. He obtained the contracts for the building of the Boston Store on Grand avenue, the Kroeger Department Store, the American Malt- ing Company's plant on South Water street, the Hanson Com- pany's malthouse at Bay View, the power-house of the Pabst Brew- ing Company, the bottling plant for the Jung Brewing Company, the wholesale grocery building of the Hoffman Company on East Water street, Sacred Heart Sanitarium and Convent on Twenty- second avenue, the Diamond Match building at Oshkosh, in which Mr. Strachota's sons, George and Frank, are interested, and many others. In 1869, Mr. Strachota was married to Miss Dorothy Nei- nar, daughter of Adam Neinar, of Milwaukee. Four of their chil- dren are living : George, Frank, Anna and Sophia. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church and regular attendants upon its services. Mr. Strachota is a Forester and a member of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin. He is a staunch Democrat and represents the Eighth ward in the city council, having served three
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