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Valentine Leo Schramka, one of the well-known and popular undertakers and funeral directors of the Cream City, was born in Germany on Feb. 4, 1873, the son of Peter and Justine (Frank) Schramka. His parents both died in Germany, where Valentine was given the benefit of scholastic training in the public schools. In 1886, when only thirteen years of age, he came to the United States to make his fortune, and located in Milwaukee. Before leaving the Father- land, he had attended school long enough to realize the benefit of a good education, and after coming to America continued to pursue his studies and learn the English language in the night schools of Mil- waukee. He entered the employ of an undertaker and studied under- taking at the Champaign and other schools; he received several diplomas as a result of diligent study and good work, and in 1892 branched out in business for himself, locating at 351 Brady street. Mr. Schramka's business has grown very rapidly since Sept. 17, 1892. and finding it necessary to increase his facilities, he has opened a second establishment at No. 9 Clark street, which has a livery in con- nection, and where he has built up a prosperous business. He was united in marriage in 1898 with Mary, the daughter of Felix and Kate Zynda, who were among the pioneer Polish settlers of Milwaukee. Mr. Schramka has two children, Idzi and John. He is a member of the Polish Catholic church and owns seats in four congregations. He is also a well-known member of St. Joseph's Society, the Society of the Holy Heart of Jesus and Mary, St. Michael's Society, Knights of St. Casimir, Knights of St. Wladyslaus, a member of St. Mary's
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Society, of St. Peter's and St. Paul's societies and of the Wisconsin State Undertakers' Association. Mr. Schramka is a Republican in politics.
Dr. Charles Chester Wentworth, deceased, late of 195 Farwell avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., was one of the most prominent and success- ful dental practitioners who ever came to the city. He was born on a farm in the town of Lake, on Feb. 27, 1851, the son of one of the prosperous and substantial farmers of that locality. His father, George H. Wentworth, was a native of Kentucky, born at Lexington in that state on Sept. 9, 1815. He left home when only fifteen years of age and went to Mineral Point, Wis., which was then the center of an important lead mining industry, as it is today. Young Went- worth worked there in the lead mines for about three years, and then went to Chicago, Ill., where he remained for another year. He next came to Milwaukee (this was in the year 1835), and here entered from the Government 160 acres of public land in the town of Lake, adjoining the city of Milwaukee on the South. He subsequently added to his holdings by purchase, whereby he increased the size of his farin to a half section of land. In the year 1891 he sold his farm and moved into the city, leading the life of a retired farmer until his death, which took place on Dec. 22, 1901, at the ripe old age of eighty-six. His wife, Sylvia E. (Packard) Wentworth, was born in Bennington, Vt., July 22, 1817, and came west to Wisconsin at a very early day, when her father also located on Government lands in the town of Lake, Mil-
waukee county. She was united in marriage to Mr. Wentworth Aug. 29, 1836, and their union was blessed with seven children: Harrison H., deceased; Julia J., wife of Orlando Ellsworth, both deceased ; Rinaldo R., a ranchman living at St. James, Mo .; Emma E., widow of Mathew H. Thompson, for many years a prominent manufacturer and commission merchant of Milwaukee; George G., a ranchman liv- ing in Wausau, Wis .; Charles Chester, deceased, the subject of this sketch; and Lilla, who died in infancy. Mrs. Wentworth's death oc- curred on Feb. 16, 1880. Dr. Wentworth received his early education in the public schools of Lake township and the Milwaukee high school, and later graduated at Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis. He then pursued an extended course in dentistry, and at the age of twenty- nine located for the practice of his profession at St. Joseph, Mich. He practiced in that city for the space of two years, and at Darlington, Wis., for a period of eight years. In 1889 he came to the city of Mil- waukee, establishing his offices on the South Side, where he was speedily in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative practice. About ten years later he established his offices in the Mack Block, where his business grew to very large proportions, and he was rated the most successful and skillful dentist in the city. His reputation as an excel- lent dentist was by no means confined to the city of Milwaukee, but he numbered among his patients many prominent people over the state. He was a man of charming personality, popular with his professional associates, of most courteous address, and possessed a host of warm friends. In politics he was allied with the Republican party, but never sought public preferment on his own behalf. He was an attendant of
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Emmanuel Presbyterian church of Milwaukee, and one of the most zealous and liberal supporters thereof. The doctor's home life was typical of all that is best in the cultured American family circle. He was united in marriage on Feb. 27, 1878, to Miss Anna, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Gower) Llewellyn, and two daughters were the fruit of this union : Daisy, the wife of Ray Palmer, of Milwaukee ; and Bessie, who makes her home with her widowed mother. Mrs. Went- worth is of Welsh descent, both her parents being natives of Wales. They immigrated to the United States in 1863, locating in Chicago for several years, and finally coming to Milwaukee in the year 1870. Her father was a prosperous retired merchant at the time of his death, which took place March 4, 1896, when he was seventy-four years of age ; his wife survived him some five years longer, when she also passed away at the advanced age of seventy-seven, on May 15, 1901. Dr. Wentworth was a member of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee, and he also belonged to Excelsior Lodge, No. 175, F. & A. M. He was also one of the board of dental examiners for six years. He died at his home, No. 195 Farwell avenue, Milwaukee, on Feb. 18, 1908.
Mathew H. Thompson, deceased, late of Milwaukee, was one of the Cream City's most popular and successful business men, and his long residence there, extending over more than half a century has caused his name to be associated in a most intimate way with the city's growth and development. He was born in the town of Thomp- sonville, Conn., July 12, 1835, and was descended from fine old New England stock. His father, Henry Thompson, was born at Warehouse Point, Conn., and as a young man, owned and conducted, in con- nection with his brother, Orrin, a large carpet mill at Thompson- ville, Conn. The old mill is still in operation to-day under the man- agement of the Hartford Carpet Co., of Hartford, Conn. He came west to Milwaukee about the year 1845, engaged in the business of loaning money, both on his own behalf, and as the representative of eastern capitalists. Some time before his death, he returned to his old home in Thompsonville, Conn., and his death took place there in 1871. For some years prior to his death he had lived in retirement. His wife was a Miss Candace Phelps, a native of Poquonock, a village of Windsor township, Hartford county, some eleven miles north of Hartford. Mathew H. attended the public schools of his native village and also in New York state, and later spent some time at a private school. He was a mere lad in his teens when he first came to Milwaukee in 1854. Here he embarked in the business of buying and selling wool, and also did a general commission business, and dealt largely in manufacturers' supplies. . His business affairs prospered and he was busied in active commercial pursuits up to the time of his death, which took place in Milwaukee, March 31. 1902, in the sixty-seventh year of his life. He was a most genial and affable man, extremely fond of all kinds of amusements and games. His jolly, good-natured temperament rendered him the most approachable of men, and his friends were legion. It is the consensus of opinion among those who knew him best that he left not an enemy behind. His political affiliations were with the Republican party, and he rep-
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resented the Fourth ward of the city on the county board of super- visors for a number of years. He was a sincere Christian gentleman, and a member of the Universalist church, to which he rendered a generous support in all its beneficent labors. He was married on March 1, 1871, to Miss Emma, daughter of George H. and Sylvia E. (Packard) Wentworth, the Wentworth family being numbered among the oldest and most respected settlers of Lake township in Millwaukee county. (For an account of the genealogy of Mrs. Thompson the reader is referred to the sketch of Dr. Charles Chester Wentworth, her brother.) Mr. and Mrs. Thompson had no children, and the latter now resides at No. 227, Wisconsin street, Milwaukee. Mr. Thompson was an active member of the Masonic Order, and was also a member of the Calumet Club. Despite the years which have already elapsed since the death of Mr. Thompson he is still held in affectionate remembrance, not only by his immediate family, but by the many inti- mate friends and associates with whom he was always a prime favorite.
Edward Benjamin Johnson, deceased, for many years a popular business man of Milwaukee, was born on a farm in the town of Wauwatosa, Milwaukee county, Dec. 4, 1861. His parents, Benjamin and Mary Johnson, were both natives of England, and came with their children to the United States about the year 1855. They came direct to Wauwatosa, Wis., where the elder Mr. Johnson was a prosperous farmer up to the time of his death about 1881. Our sub- ject's mother is still living at an advanced age, and makes her home in Milwaukee with one of her daughters. Edward B. was the eighth child in a large family of twelve children. He was educated in the public schools of Wauwatosa, and later attended the University of Chicago. Upon leaving the university he was engaged for a time in the profession of school teaching, and had charge of the schools at Cedarburg, Wis. He abandoned this calling and came to Milwaukee, where he was employed in the office of the Dickson Tea Co., of Mil- waukee; later going into the office of the Milwaukee Shops, and in 1893 he became identified with the firm of Roundy, Peckham, Dexter & Co. He remained with this well-known house until his death, which took place in Milwaukee on Jan. 29, 1903. He was extremely conscientious and faithful in the performance of the responsible duties with which he was entrusted, and always maintained the complete respect and confidence of his business associates and employers. He was a firm believer in the principles of the Prohibition party, with which he was long identified, though he never sought any political preferment on his own behalf, but was content to aid the cause of prohibition by voice and precept in his capacity as a clean-living pri- vate citizen. His faith as a Christian was strong and enduring, and he was an earnest member of the Baptist denomination. He attended the Baptist Tabernacle, southwest corner of Seventeenth and Wells streets, in which he was one of the most faithful and devoted workers, serving as one of the trustees of his church, and as a teacher in its Sunday school. He was essentially a home-loving man, and found his chief solace and comfort within the domestic circle, and in his
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church activities. He believed that a man's place, when away from business, was with his wife and children, and he was, therefore, allied with none of the fraternal societies, clubs and associations. He con- tracted a most congenial marriage on June 7, 1894, with Miss Jennie B., daughter of Archibald and Rachael ( Wylie ) Campbell, of Milwau- kee. Two sons, Alfred C. and Edwin L., were the fruit of this union, and Mrs. Johnson and her two boys now make their home with her parents at 184 Fifteenth street. Both parents of Mrs. Johnson were born in Scotland, and came to the United States and Milwaukee in the vear 1855. Mr. Campbell is a carpenter by trade and his skillful handicraft is evidenced in the buildings along the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.
Lucius H. Averill, deceased, who for eighteen years before his death was the superintendent of the milling department of the E. P. Allis Company, was born Sept. 17, 1826, in Shelburne, Vt. His father, Robert Averill, was a farmer by vocation and earned a sufficient competence in that work to enable him to retire some years before his demise, which occurred after he had passed the four score mark. The mother died in 1834, leaving beside her husband a family of seven children. Lucius H. Averill, the second in order of birth of the chil- dren born to his parents, received his educational advantages in the public schools of Shelburne, Vt. For some years after the completion of his studies he was employed on his father's farm, but desiring a larger field for his activities he left home and learned the trade of ship carpenter. In 1856 he came to Milwaukee to serve as a foreman of one of the gangs building the first government piers, under the direc- tion of Mr. Whitney. When that work was completed Mr. Averill was so taken with Milwaukee that he determined to locate here and left the employ of Mr. Whitney to enter that of the Filer & Stowell Company. He remained with that concern in a responsible position for a period of seventeen years, and when he severed his connection it was to accept a more lucrative office with the E. P. Allis Company as superintendent of the milling department. For eighteen consecu- tive years he filled the position with honor to himself and credit to the company, and then he retired to enjoy a well-earned respite from the activities of a busy life. On Jan. 3, 1893, Mr. Averill crossed the great divide after a life devoted to the interests of his fellowmen, unselfish, kindly and upright. His death was a distinct loss to the whole community. In politics he was allied with the Democratic party, but while he was influential in its councils and staunch in his adherence to its principles, his was not the nature to seek public office. The Grand Avenue Methodist Episcopal church sustained in the death of Mr. Averill, a severe loss, as he was a loyal and earnest member of and worker in the church. Fraternally he was prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. On Nov. 27, 1852, Mr. Averill was united in marriage to Miss Cornelia Ellen Aubery, a daughter of Albert and Almyra (Blish) Aubery, of Burlington, Vt. Mr. Aubery was a native of Essex, Vt., and his wife a native of Burlington. The father was a carpenter by vocation, who went to California during the gold excite-
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ment of 1849 and died there a year later. The mother passed away in the east. Both she and her husband were communicants of the Unitarian church. To Mr. and Mrs. Averill were born six children : Robert, deceased; Alice, deceased; Nellie, at home; Edward F., em- ployed in the offices of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway; Katherine and Harriet, at home.
Thomas M. Claflin, deceased, for many years a prominent busi- ness man of Milwaukee and proprietor of the Model Laundry, was a native of the state of Wisconsin, born at Farmington, Washington county, Nov. 22, 1850. His parents, Orson H. and Parmelia (Smith) Claflin, were natives of Ohio and Vermont, respectively. His father fol- lowed the vocation of a millwright, and was also a prosperous farmer. He spent a larger part of his life in the state of Ohio, where he owned a large farm near the town of Berea. Thomas M. was an only child, and attended the common schools and high school of his native place, and later took a course in the business college at Fond du Lac, Wis. As soon as his school days were over, he was employed for some years as a dry goods clerk, moving to Milwaukee about the year 1876. There he was first employed in the store of Wheeler, White & Van Pelt, and then was associated with the well-known firm of T. A. Chapman Co. for some eight years. At the end of this period he embarked in business on his own account, and conducted a general store for about five years at Boltonville, Washington county, Wis. He then returned to Milwaukee, where he held an interest in the Nord- berg Manufacturing Co., manufacturing engineers, for a period of six years. He finally purchased the Model Laundry, which he conducted in a highly successful manner up to the time of his death, May 13, 1905. The laundry is still being operated by his widow, who is president and treasurer of the company. Mr. Claflin was a lifelong adherent of the Republican party, though he never aspired to public office. He was for many years a zealous member of the First Baptist church, and actively supported his church in its many beneficent works. He was essentially a home-loving man, and found his chief enjoyment and comfort within the family circle, being a most devoted husband and father. Absorbed as he always was in his business affairs, his family life and his church, he was not particularly attracted by outside fraternal and club associations, though he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was most happily married on Nov. 29. 1889, to Miss Fannie E., daughter of Timothy and Atta (Shepard) Cuddeback, of Farmington, Wis. His wife proved a most congenial and efficient helpmate, and their home life was an exceedingly happy one. Their three childrn : Ray T., Donald MI .. and Paul C .. all reside at home, 897 Cambridge avenue, with their widowed mother. Mrs. Claflin's father was a native of New York state, and her mother of Massachusetts. Mr. Cuddeback was a pros- perous farmer, who came west and located at Farmington, Wis., in 1865. His death occurred in 1886, and that of his wife in 1877.
Henry August Weidenbacher, of 492 Cass street, Milwaukee, was born in the city of Milwaukee on Aug. 27, 1882, of German parent- age. His paternal grandfather, George Weidenbacher, came to the
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United States at an carly day, and enlisted as a volunteer during the Civil war, though it did not fall to his lot to participate in any of the active fighting of the war. Our subject's parents are Paul and Anna Maria ( Mohr) Weidenbacher, the former of whom is a native of Low- ell, Wis., and the latter was born at Germersheim, a fortified town of Bavaria, located on the river Rhine, March 21. 1854. His father formerly resided in Minneapolis, Minn., where he was one of the city's volunteer firemen, and is now living in Milwaukee, being a carriage trimmer by trade. Henry A. attended the Seventh District school of Milwaukee, and afterwards learned the trade of a practical electrician. For the past six years he has been employed as an expert electrician by theatrical houses. On Aug. 29, 1905, he enlisted as a private in Company F. First regiment Wisconsin National Guard, and has now completed nearly three years of service. He was promoted to the grade of artificer in April, 1907, and to that of corporal on March 19, 1908. His political views are of an independent character and he is allied with none of the well-known political organizations. He is a member of Plymouth Congregational church, Rev. Judson Titsworth, pastor, and belongs to the Fraternal Mystic Circle, Juneau Ruling, No. 1875. Mr. Weidenbacher was united in marriage May 23, 1904, to Miss Elsa, daughter of Hans Gustav and Rebecca (Bemiller) von Stockhausen, of 492 Cass street, Milwaukee. Two little daughters are the fruit of this union, Jeanette Emma, born March 29. 1905. and Dorothy W., born June 30, 1907. Mrs. Weidenbacher's father was for many years a popular and well-known druggist of the city, who died in 1892. His widow is now a resident at the old home, 492 Cass street, and Mr. and Mrs. Weidenbacher are at present resid- ing with her. For a fuller account of Mrs. Weidenbacher's antece- dents, see sketch of Hans Gustav von Stockhausen elsewhere in this work.
William George Taylor, deceased. identified with the building material business of Milwaukee for many years, and one of the city's prosperous and substantial business men, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 31. 1840. He was of Irish extraction, his parents John and Rebecca (Baird) Taylor, having both been natives of the Emerald Isle. His father came to the United States in early life and estab- lished himself in business as a soap manufacturer at Cincinnati, where both he and his wife died. Our subject was the third child of a family of four children, and obtained his education in the public schools of Cincinnati. He was barely of age when the Civil war broke out, and moved by the patriotic ardor of those stirring days, he hastened to volunteer his services to the nation in its hour of peril. He served during the war as a member of the "Guthrie Greys," a famous infantry organization of Cincinnati, Ohio. Soon after the close of the war he came to Milwaukee, where he was employed in a furniture store for some time. When the firm with which he was associated finally dissolved, Mr. Taylor embarked in the building material business on his own account. By the exercise of good judg- ment and industry he built up a thriving trade and continued in this line of business up to the time of his death, May 6, 1900; the business
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is still in active operation under the excellent management of his son, Henry, who succeeded liis father. Mr. Taylor was a quiet man of extremely domestic tastes and of irreproachable private life, and was, withal, a most devoted husband and father. He was allied with the Republican party in politics, but never took an active part in political campaigns, and never sought public preferment on his own behalf. He was a faithful attendant at St. Paul's Episcopal church, and was a member of the Masonic Order. His marriage occurred soon after he first came to Milwaukee, on Jan. 2, 1867. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Elizabeth Seaman, is a daughter of Alonzo D. and Mary (Armstrong) Seaman, of Milwaukee. She is of mixed English and Irish extraction, her father being a native of England, and her mother of Ireland. They came to Milwaukee Nov. 6, 1846, and are numbered among the prominent pioneer residents of the city. Her father is engaged in the furniture business, both as a manufacturer and a retailer, and has contributed in many ways to the material upbuilding of the city. Mr. Taylor is survived by his wife and their six children, as follows: Alonzo C., a banker at Emmett, Washing- ton ; Henry, already mentioned as the successor in his father's busi- ness ; Catherine E., wife of B. L. Worden, of Milwaukee, president of the Worden-Allen Co .: William T., president and manager of the Taylor-Farnham Fuel Co., of Milwaukee; Mary R., wife of Alexander Candee, of Milwaukee, and Stuart A., engaged in the lumber business at Emmett, Washington.
Robert Russell Lee Freeman, one of the younger generation of attorneys in Milwaukee, was born at Philadelphia, Pa., on May 14, 1876. He is a son of De Witt Mason Freeman, a native of Memphis, Tenn., and his wife, Earlena Letitia (Atkinson) Freeman, who was born in Philadelphia. Mr. Freeman received his preparatory educa- tion in Fishburne's Military School, of Waynesboro, Va., and St. John's Military School, of Manlius, N. Y. He then matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania, and when he had completed the letters and science course in that institution with the degree of bachelor of arts he studied law in the law department of the University of Iowa. When the regents of that institution granted him the degree of bachelor of laws he came to Milwaukee and started the practice of his chosen profession. He has devoted himself to corporation and insurance law, and has come to be known among the legal fraternity in Milwaukee as an authority on those two phases of law. He is a Democrat in his political affiliations, but has never become a candi- date for public office of any nature. In religious matters he is a com- municant of the Church of England. Socially and fraternally Mr. Freeman is identified with the University Club, the Town Club, the "Broilers", the Jefferson Club, the Maryland Club, the "Barristers", the City Democracy and several other organizations. On April 22, 1908, Mr. Freeman was united in marriage to Miss Marion Hageman Osborne, of Milwaukee, a daughter of William H. and Ada (Good- richi) Osborne.
William Frazier Adams, a practicing attorney in the city of Milwaukee, was born at Rochester, Racine county, Wis., on Oct. 10,
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1877, son of Henry R. and Lillian ( Frazier) Adams, the former of whom was born in the state of New York in 1847, and the latter at Mukwonago, Waukesha county, Wis., in 1852. The paternal grand- parents emigrated from England to the United States in 1840 and the grandfather became a very successful business man, owning exten- sive landed and other interests at Rochester, Wis. On the maternal side the subject of this review is of Scotch extraction. The earliest Ameri- can ancestor came over from Scotland during the Revolutionary war with British troops, and afterward married a Connecticut girl and settled in New York. The name originally was McNair, but subse- quently was changed to Frazier. Henry R. Adams, the father of our subject, enlisted at the early age of sixteen years as a private in Com- pany D, of the Thirty-ninth Wisconsin infantry for service in the Civil war. The regiment left the state on June 13, 1864, and reached Memphis, Tenn., on the 17th, being assigned to Colonel Buttrick's brigade. Mr. Adams participated in a brush which the regiment had with Forrest's cavalry near the Hernando road, when the latter, 5,000 strong, broke through the picket line and entered Memphis. The remainder of the service was on guard and picket duty until the time of service expired, and the regiment was mustered out at Milwau- kee on Sept. 22, 1864. Mr. Adams then returned to his home in Racine county and conducted a hardware store for several years. Afterward he removed to Mukwonago, Waukesha county, upon a farm, where he now resides. William Frazier Adams, whose name introduces this review, received his early education in the public schools of Mukwonago, Waukesha county, where his parents then resided, and he afterward took a course in Carroll College at Wau- kesha, where he graduated with the class of 1896. Then entering the University of Wisconsin he took a thorough course in that institution and graduated in 1900 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He early became interested in political affairs, identifying himself with the Republican party. In the campaign of 1900 he entered actively into the congressional contest in the Fifth'Wisconsin district and worked for the election of Hon. Samuel S. Barney. Two years later he was engaged in the campaign in the Ninth Wisconsin district, laboring earnestly for the election of Hon. Edward S. Minor. In the Fifty- seventh Congress he was appointed as page in the House of Repre- sentatives and was later promoted to messenger on the floor of the House, in which capacity he served until June, 1903. While thuis engaged he entered the law department of the Columbian University ( since 1904 known as the George Washington University) at Wash- ington, D. C., and graduated there in 1903 with the degree of Bache- lor of Laws. He then returned to Wisconsin, was admitted to the bar on examination, and in December, 1903, began the practice of his profession in Milwaukee with the firm of Fiebing & Killilea. He remained so connected until July. 1906, when he entered the office of Miller, Mack & Fairchild, and he is still associated with that firm, engaged in the general practice of his profession. Although young in years, Mr. Adams has already won recognition as a public speaker of a high order. In fact, during his college days it was apparent
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