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 24

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

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Albert Edward Mieding, Ph. G., M. D., a practicing physician at Milwaukee, was born in that city on Jan. 2, 1865, son of Rudolph and Emilie (Jahns) Mieding, both of whom were born in Germany. The maternal grandparents migrated from the Fatherland and settled in Milwaukee in 1851, and there spent the remainder of their lives. The father of the subject of this review was a phar- macist and chemist by occupation, receiving his education in those lines in the old country, and in 1861 he came to America and settled in Milwaukee, where he followed his profession until his death in 1887. His widow still resides in Milwaukee, and of the seven chil- dren born to these parents six are now living. Dr. Mieding re- ceived his carly education in the public and parochial schools of

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the city of Milwaukee and then took a preparatory course at the Markham academy. In due time he entered the University of Wis- consin and graduated at that institution with the class of 1887, re- ceiving the degree of Ph. G. When the Milwaukee Medical Col- lege was established he was offered and accepted the chair of Pro- fessor of Chemistry and Pharmacy and officiated in that capacity continuously until 1905, when he resigned to devote a greater part of his time to the study of medicine. He graduated in 1906 at the same college in which he had served so long as instructor, and he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, meeting with very flattering success from the beginning. He was married on June 16, 1891, to Miss Hermina Arzbacher, of West Bend, Wis. Dr. Mieding is a Republican in his political views, but is rather independent in exercising his right of franchise, and in re- ligious matters he affiliates with the Lutheran church. Profession- ally he has membership in the Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin State, and the American Medical associations, and in other ways he keeps in touch with the advanced thought of his profession.

Frank R. Farrell, M. D., a practicing physician in the city of Milwaukee, was born on Nov. 30, 1870, in Dodge county, Wis., son of John and Catharine (Carroll) Farrell, both of whom were born in Ireland. These parents migrated to America in 1869 and settled in Dodge county, where they lived for some time and then took up their residence in Milwaukee. The father was employed by the Illinois Steel Co., in the capacity of superintendent. He was an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, believing that the principles advocated by that organization were the best suited to the general weal. He died in Milwaukee in 1900, his widow died July 15. 1908, and of the eleven children born to this couple eight are living. Dr. Farrell received his primary education in the pub- lic schools of Dodge county, completing a course in the high school at Mayville, and then prepared himself for the general business re- lations of life by taking a course in the Spencerian Business Col- lege at Milwaukee. Deciding upon the practice of medicine as his life's vocation, after due preparation he entered the Milwaukee Medical College of Marquette University, from which institution he graduated with the class of 1905, and he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession at Milwaukee, meeting with un- qualified success from the beginning. Dr. Farrell is independent in his political views, giving his support to men and measures that meet his approval, regardless of the party name, and his religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church. Fraternally he has membership in the Knights of Columbus.

'Lambert J. Hargarten, M. D., a practicing physician of Mil- waukee, was born in Germany on Nov. 3. 1872, son of Hubert and Anna Mary (Hoffmann) Hargarten, both of whom were also na- tives of the Fatherland. The father taught several years in Ger- many. The mother died in Germany in 1886, and two years later the bereaved father came with his children to America, settling in the. State of Iowa, and there he lived retired until his death in

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1892. To himself and wife there were born four children, of whom the following mention is given: Nicholas is engaged in the life in- surance business in the city of Milwaukee; Lambert J. is he to whom this sketch is more particularly dedicated; William Fred- erick is a druggist by occupation and resides in Canada, and Mary is the wife of Frank Ernzen, of Chicago. Dr. Hargarten received his primary education in the excellent public schools of his native country, and after coming to America took a course in the Wood- bine Normal School, in Iowa, after which he followed the occupa- tion of teaching for several years. While thus engaged he de- cided upon the practice of medicine as his life's profession, and after due preparation he entered the College of Physicians and Sur- geons at Milwaukee and graduated in that popular institution with the class of 1904. He then commenced the practice in Milwaukee, where he has since resided and where he enjoys an enviable prac- tice. He was married on Aug. 17, 1897, to Miss Antonia Flusche, of Iowa, and his wife was the first white child born in Shelby county, that state. Her parents were Dr. Carl J. and Clara (Feld- mann) Flusche, and the last named was a daughter of a prominent physician in Germany. To Dr. and Mrs. Hargarten there have been born four children: Clara, Eleanor, Leo and Anton Francis. The doctor is independent in his political views, his religious affilia- tions are with the Roman Catholic church, and professionally he has membership in the Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin State, and the American Medical associations. He is also a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters.

Oscar E. Lademan, M. D., has been engaged in the active prac- tice of medicine in the city of Milwaukee during the past four years, and in addition to his attendance upon a large and representative practice he contributes to the advancement of the profession by serving as instructor in clinical medicine at the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons in Milwaukee, and also as editor of the Medical Fortnightly, a publication which is valued highly by the general practitioner. Dr. Lademan was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Oct. 28, 1876, and in that city was reared and educated. His early training was received in the common and high schools of the city of St. Louis, and after due preparation he entered the medical department of Washington University, in which institution he graduated with the class of 1897, and then served two years as an assistant in the Milwaukee County Hospital. He then took post- graduate courses at Berlin, Germany, and Vienna, Austria. spend- ing four years thus engaged in Europe. In 1904 he opened an of- fice for the active practice of his profession, in which he has since been engaged, and in addition to the collateral duties mentiond in the opening sentence of this review, he is a member of the con- sultation staff of the Milwaukee county hospital and also of that of the Blue Mound sanitarium. In politics Dr. Lademan gives an unswerving allegiance to the men and measures put forward by the Republican party, and his religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church. Among the professional organizations of

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which he is a member may be mentioned the St. Louis Medical Association, the Milwaukee Medical Society, and the Wisconsin State and the American Medical associations. He is also a mem- ber of the American Association of Medical Editors.

Charles R. Kossat, M. D., is engaged in the active practice of medicine in the city of Milwaukee, and in addition to his duties in that particular line he conducts one of the leading drug establish- ments, being one of the oldest druggists, as regards years of serv- ice, on the south side of the city. He was born at Brandenburg, Germany, on Feb. 20, 1867, the only child of Frederick and Hen- rietta ( Rathey) Kossat, both of whom were also born in Germany, the former in 1830 and the latter in 1843. The paternal grand- parents were Martin and Johanna ( Heuberger) Kossatt, natives of Germany, where they spent their lives, the former being born in 1797 and living to the advanced age of eighty-nine years. The ma- ternal grandparents were Michael and Caroline (Hohmuth) Rath- ey, both natives of Germany, the former being born in 1805 and liv- ing to the age of sixty-nine years, and the latter died at eighty-six. The parents of the subject of this review migrated to America in 1872 and established their home in Milwaukee on April I, of that year. The father engaged in the merchant tailoring and clothing business and successfully followed that occupa-

tion for a number of years. He died in 1901 and his widow is still a resident of the city of Milwau-

kee. Dr. Kossat

received his preliminary education in the common and high schools of the city of Milwaukee, having been but five years old when his parents left the Fatherland and located in America. He also took a course in Latin under a private tutor, thus rendering himself more efficient as a drug clerk, in which oc- cupation he engaged when but fourteen years old. In 1881 he en- tered the employ of Rudolph Wiese, was afterward with Charles Aneke, and in 1888 he engaged independently in the drug business. which he has profitably followed during all the intervening years up to the present time. His predilection being for medicine, and although his business demanded a great deal of his attention, he matriculated at the Milwaukee Medical College and graduated in that institution with the class of 1900, since which time he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession. He was married in 1901 to Miss Olga, daughter of Herman and Matilda (Schoene- mann) Roloff, who have been residents of Milwaukee since 1868. To this union there has been born one daughter, Olivia. Dr. Kossatt is independent in his political views, although he takes an intelligent interest in public affairs, but his franchise is not controlled a

by blind allegience to any party organization. Fraternally he is a member of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America and the Germania Society, and he is also the medical examiner for the German Military Society, the oldest organization of its kind in the West.

Maurice L. Henderson, M. D., a practicing physician in the city of Milwaukee, was born at Moscow, Muscatine county, Iowa, on Oct. 28. 1879, son of Charles and Mary (Moriarity) Henderson,

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both of whom are also natives of the Hawkeye State. The Hen- derson family have been identified with Iowa since pioneer days, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this review locating there as one of the early settlers, and there he lived out his allotted time and died. The father followed farming as an occupation during his active career, but is now living retired, enjoying a well-earned respite from a life of toil. In his political views he is an unswerv- ing Democrat, and his loyalty to that organization and his worth as a citizen have been recognized by election at different times to various local official positions. He and his faithful helpmate have become the parents of six children, all of whom are now living. . Dr. Henderson received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native state, completing a course at the Wilton high school, after which he entered the Wilton College, where he grad- uated with the class of 1898. Then deciding upon the practice of medicine as his life's vocation, he entered the medical department of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and graduated in that in- stitution in 1902. He immediately located in the city of Milwaukee for the practice of his profession and has since been so engaged, meeting with unequivocal success from the very outset of his career. He is decidedly independent in his political views, pre- ferring to exercise his right of franchise in accordance with his judgment after due investigation, rather than to follow the abitrary dictations of party leaders. Professionally he has membership in the Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin State, and the Milwaukee Medical associations, and he is also a member of the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, Sons of St. George, the Mystic Circle and the Benevolent and Protectice Order of Elks.

Ralph Elmergreen, M. D., is a prominent physician in the city of Milwaukee, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession for a number of years, giving especial attention to surgery, and in this branch of the profession he has won consider- able renown. He was born in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, on June 17, 1870, son of August and Frieda (Dargel) Elmergreen, both of whom were natives of Emperor William's present domain. The parents migrated from Germany to America about 1848 and located near Manitowoc, Wis., where the father followed teaching for a time, after which he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He later turned his attention to agriculture and followed farming for a num- ber of years, but is now living retired in the city of Manitowoc. The mother died on Dec. 17. 1902, and the twelve children born to these parents are all living. Dr. Elmergreen received his early education in the public schools of Manitowoc, afterward attended the state normal at Oshkosh, and later took a course in the Uni- versity of Iowa. Deciding upon medicine as his life's profession he matriculated at the Baltimore Medical College and graduated from that institution with the class of 1892. He then went to Europe and did post-graduate work at Vienna, Austria, and Heidel- berg. Germany, after which he returned to his native America, fully and fitly prepared for his professional practice. He first located at

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Kewaskum, Wis., where he remained about four years, engaged in active practice, and then removed to Milwaukee, where he has since resided, enjoying from the beginning a very lucrative and de- sirable practice. He was married on June 7, 1893, to Miss Clara Rosenheimer, who was born at Schleisingerville, Wis., daughter of Moritz and Lena (Weimer) Rosenheimer, who now reside in Kewaskum, Wis. To Dr. and Mrs. Elmergreen there have been born three children: Ethel, Hazel, and Margery. In politics the doctor is a Republican, his religious affiliations are with the Meth- odist Episcopal church, and professionally he is a member of the Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin State, and the American Medical associations, and he is also a member of the United States Life and Pension Examiners' Association. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order.

Philander H. Harris, M. D., a practicing physician of Milwau- kee, was born at Rio, Columbia county, Wisconsin, on May 26, 1854, son of John and Mary (Cray) Harris, the former of whom was a native of the state of Massachusetts and the latter of north- ern Ireland. The father was born in the Old Bay State in 1812, and there grew to manhood. Some time in the forties he migrated to the then far west, stopping first in the village of Milwaukee, but later went to Rio, Columbia county, Wisconsin, where he en- tered a tract of government land, upon which he erected a log house and began life in the true pioneer style. He continued actively engaged in farming until 1881 and then took a respite, liv- ing in well-earned retirement until his death, in December, 190.4. He was a Republican in his political views and a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife died in 1877, and of the six children born to these parents all are now living. Dr. Har- ris received his preliminary education in the public schools of Rio, graduating in the high school at that place, and then learned the business of telegraphing, at which he worked for a short time. He then became an employe in the Milwaukee County Hospital, where he remained four years, and during that time took a course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, in which institu- tion he graduated on Feb. 21, 1887. He immediately located in Milwaukee for the practice of his profession and has since been so engaged, meeting with very gratifying success from the very be- ginning of his career as a physician. He is married to Miss Helen Richter, a native of Utica, N. Y. Dr. Harris gives his political support to the Republican party, and fraternally he is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Knights of Pythias.

Dr. Reinhardt W. Boerner, one of the able and popular younger members of the medical fraternity in Milwaukee, living at 2320 Fond du Lac street, was born at Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1874, the son of George and Marie (Engelfried) Boerner. He is descended from pure German stock. his mother being a native of Germany. though his father was born in the city of Milwaukee. His paternal grandfather, Reinhardt Boerner, is one of the respected and pioneer residents of the Cream City. He was born in Germany, but emi-

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grated from the Fatherland to the United States near the middle of the last century, and first came to Milwaukee in 1848. From Mil- waukee he went to Little Rock, Ark., and soon after moved to Buf- falo, N. Y., where he made his home for a number of years. He then moved again to Milwaukee, and has here been an efficient and honored member of the city's police force for about a quarter of a century. He reared a family of four children, all of whom are still living. Dr. Boerner received an excellent education in the Milwau- kee public schools, and after graduating from the high school, be- gan the study of medicine, graduating from the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1896 with the degree of M. D. He at once entered upon the active practice of his profession in Mil- waukee, where he has since met with success. His technical skill in his profession, combined with a rare aptitude for his calling and plenty of push and energy, have won him rapid advancement. His reputation as a physician of skill and learning is well established, and he has been called upon to serve the public in an important and responsible official capacity. He has filled the position of county physician with marked success and ability for six years, and has thereby grown materially in the estimation of the general pub- lic. He is also now serving as the physician for the Milwaukee House of Correction, a position to which he was appointed in No- vember, 1905, for a term of three years. Politically Dr. Boerner is allied with the Republican party, and he has always taken a keen and intelligent interest in public affairs, though he is in no sense a mere partisan. He was married on May 12, 1897, to Miss Emma, daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Thuering) Graf. His wife was born and reared in Milwaukee, and her parents are among the oldest and most respected German-American citizens of the city. Mr. Graf, who is now 83 years of age, while his venerable wife is 81 years old, settled in Milwaukee when it was a mere village, in 1845, and for many years followed the vocation of a surveyor. The aged couple still occupy their old home on Twelfth street, where they first settled on coming to Milwaukee. They have reared a family of eight children, of whom seven still survive. Dr. and Mrs. Boerner are the parents of one charming little daughter, Gladys Marie, who was born on Dec. 30, 1899. The doctor is a man of wide acquaintance and takes great pleasure in his many fraternal and professional associations. He is genial and hearty in manner, and of unfailing courtesy toward his fellow men. He belongs to the Milwaukee Medical Society. in whose business and deliberations he takes an active part. He is also a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, Germania, Royal League, Foresters and the Fritz Reuter Gilde, etc. He is still a young man in the very prime of life, and everything thus far in his career justifies the prediction that he will attain to high distinction in his chosen field of labor.

Anton D. Beier, M. D., is one of the younger members of the medical fraternity of Milwaukee, having been engaged in actual practice only about three years, but he has already acquired a rep- resentative practice and has established a reputation as a success-

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ful physician. He was born at Greenville, Outagamie county, Wis- consin, on July 17, 1880, the son of Wenzel and Appolonia ( Loch- man) Beier, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in Green Bay, Wis. Anton Bier, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this review, and a native of Germany, migrated to America with his family and settled in Greenville, Wis., in 1851. Later he removed to Appleton, where he died at the age of fifty- nine years, after a life devoted to the basic industry of agriculture, and his wife, whose maiden name was Anna Schmeller, died in Ap- pleton at an advanced age in 1906. The maternal grandfather was August Lochman, a native of Holland, who migrated to America and settled in Green Bay at an early date, he and his wife, Sophia Lochman, both dying at that place. The parents of Dr. Beier now live in Appleton, Wis., the father being in practical retirement after a busy career devoted to farming and carpentering. To these parents were born two sons and two daughters, all living, and both of the sons are physicians, A. L. Beier being engaged in the practice of that profession at Chippewa Falls Hospital for the Feeble Minded. Dr. Anton D. Beier received his preliminary edu- cation in the parochial and high schools at Appleton, Wis., and after taking a course at the Green Bay Business College he worked as a stenographer for about eighteen months. In 1900 he came to Milwaukee and soon thereafter matriculated as a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in which institution he grad- uated in 1905, and has since been engaged in general practice. He was married on May 18, 1905, to Miss Mary, daughter of John and Margaret Wendler, of Milwaukee, and to this union there has been born two children, Raymond and Margaret. Dr. Beier is inde- pendent in his political views, a Roman Catholic in his church af- filiations, and fraternally he is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters.

Johannes Hermann Welcker, M. D., is a prominent member of the medical fraternity of Milwaukee, and in addition to his gen- eral practice he devotes a great deal of attention to the manufac- ture of vaccine virus, the excellent quality of which is recognized by the profession in general. Dr. Welcker was born in Germany on June 17, 1819, son of Hermann and Minna ( Patzsohke ) Welcker, both of whom were also natives of the Fatherland, the father hay- ing been born on Oct. 15, 1822, and the mother on Dec. 25, of the same year. The subject of this review is indebted for his primary education to the excellent schools of his native land, and in early manhood he demonstrated his loyalty to the country of his birth by serving as a valiant soldier in the German army during the Franco-Prussian war. After the close of that conflict, which re- sulted in such a decided victory for the Teutonic warriors, Dr. Welcker continued his preparation for his future career, and en- tering the university at Leipsic, he graduated in that institution in 1877. He then began his independent career as a physician and practiced that profession in his native country until 1894, when he migrated to America. In the same year he located at Milwaukee,

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where he has since resided, and he carries on a very successful practice, although since 1895 his main business has been the manu- facture of vaccine virus, as stated in the introduction of this re- view. He also conducts a hay-fever resort at Fish Creek, in Door county, Wisconsin, where hundreds of sufferers annually find re- lief from their annoying ailment. Dr. Welcker was married on April 4, 1880, to Henrietta, daughter of Albert and Matilda (Meyer) Weinstein, both natives of Germany, the father having been a practicing physician in Africa, where he died in 1865. To Dr. and Mrs. Welcker there has been born one daughter, Matilda, who died at the age of twenty years. Dr. Welcker is a Republican in his political views.

George H. Fellman, M. D., is a prominent physician of the city of Milwaukee, where, in addition to his regular practice he is the attending obstetrican at the House of Mercy, a member of the staff of the Maternity Hospital, attending physician at the dispens- ary of Milwaukee Medical College, where he is also professor of diseases of children, and he is also a member of the staff at the Milwaukee County Hospital. Dr. Fellman was born in Wilming- ton, Del., on March 3, 1872, son of Rev. Jacob and Mary (Snyder) Fellman, the former of whom is a native of Germany and the latter was born at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The father emigrated from his native country to Canada in 1855, and after five years' residence in the last named place he went to Rochester, N. Y., where he completed a course in the German department of the Rochester Theological Seminary. Since 1865 until the present date he has been actively engaged in the ministry. On the maternal side Dr. Fellman traces his ancestry to Switzerland, his great-great- grandfather having migrated from that progressive little republic to America and settled in Pennsylvania, where the great-grand- father of the subject of this review was born. The last named an- cestor moved from Pennsylvania to Waterloo county, Ontario, where he took up a section of land and became a pioneer of that locality. Menno Snyder, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Waterloo county and there lived out his allotted time. Dr. Fellman received his preliminary education in the public and high schools of Berlin, Ontario. In 1893 he matriculated at the Rush Medical College in Chicago, and graduated from that insti- tution with the class of 1897. He then went to Jersey City, N. J., and after passing an examination conducted by the state board of medical examiners of New Jersey, he opened an office and practiced his profession there until December, 1898. On Jan. 7, 1899, he lo- cated in the city of Milwaukee, where he has been continuous- ly engaged in practice since, besides performing the exacting duties enumerated in the outset of this biographical review. Dr. Fellman was married on Nov. 28. 1901, to Miss Flora Hilton, daughter of Thomas A. and Della (Stotts) Hilton, of Coldwater, Mich., and to this union there have been born two daughters, Eunice Hilton and Gertrude Elizabeth. On the paternal side Mrs. Fellman traces her descent to England, where her father was born, and the earliest

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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 24

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