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Andrew Kunny, assistant pastor of St. Joseph's church, Milwau- kee, is one of a family of nine brothers-eight of whom are living-and one sister who died at the age of one year. The parents, Nicholas and Margaret ( Kandal) Kunny, the former of whom died on Feb. 23, 1908,
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at Fredonia, Wis., aged seventy-four years, were natives of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. The father came to Illinois in 1853 and thence to Wisconsin in 1861, but the mother came directly to Wisconsin about 1849. She came to this country at the age of seven years with her par- ents and is the daughter of one of the first settlers of Ozaukee county. After their marriage Nicholas Kunny and wife settled on a farm in Fredonia, Wis., where by thrift and frugality they succeeded in mak- ing a prosperous living. The oldest son, and also Nicholas and Mathew, are in California; John B. is now on the home farm; Chris- topher is in Oklahoma; Charles was graduated at the University of Wisconsin in 1905 and is now practicing law in Port Washington, Wis .; Peter, who died at Los Angeles, Cal., June 14, 1908, and is buried in Holy Cross cemetery, Holy Cross, Wis., was the superintendent of the schools of Ozaukee county for two terms (1896-1900) ; and the young- est, Bartholomew, is preparing himself for the medical profession. Four of the sons have been engaged as teachers in the public schools. Andrew, the subject of this sketch, was born at Fredonia, Ozaukee county, Wis., Jan. 9, 1877. After acquiring his elementary education in the public and parochial schools of his native town, he prepared himself for his chosen life work by entering, on Nov. 14, 1895, the Seminary of St. Francis. He was ordained June 18, 1905, and read his first mass on June 29, following, in the church of Holy Cross, town of Belgium, Ozaukee county. Shortly afterward he was appointed assistant pastor of St. Joseph's church and has since filled the position, bringing to his work enthusiastic devotion and the careful preparation of years.
Hans Gustav von Stockhausen, deceased, who was promi- nently identified with the drug business in Milwaukee for many years, was born at Cassel, capital of the province of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, on June 5, 1841, the son of Baron Hans Adolph and Emma von Stock- hausen. The mother was born on Sept. 28, 1806, at Cassel, and died on May 18, 1863, at Steinbach. The subject of this review was the young- est member of a family of six children, and was the only member of his family who came to America. One of his sisters is still living in Germany. His father, who held the rank of captain of the body guard in the German army, was an extensive land holder and was employed in managing his own estates. He was born Oct. 27, 1797, in Meinberg, Braunschweig, and died on May 18, 1855, at Wuel- mersen. Our subject was educated at a private school, and later received an excellent military education at the military academy in Cassel. He served for a number of years in the German army, where he rose to the rank of captain before coming to this country. He arrived in the United States in the year 1867, coming directly to Mil- waukee, Wis., and was associated with Charles H. von Baum- bach as a druggist up to the time of his death, which took place on March 2, 1892, in the fifty-second year of his life. Politically Captain von Stockhausen was affiliated with the Democratic party, though he never took an active part in politics and never sought public pre- ferment on his own behalf. He was a faithful member of the Epis- copal church, and belonged to the fraternal order of the Sons of Her- mann, Milwaukee. He was most happily married on March 14,
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1878, to Miss Rebecca Bemiller, who was born Dec. 11, 1856, at Cham- bersburg, Pa., the daughter of Charles and Christina (Russ) Bemiller, both of whom were born in Germany, the father on April 26, 1815, and the mother on July 29, 1821. . Three children were born to Hans Gustav von Stockhausen and wife: Emma, who lives at the home, 492 Cass street, with her widowed mother; Elsie, the wife of Henry Weidenbacher, of Milwaukee; and Otto, an engi- neer, who also lives at home, and is a sergeant in Company F, First Wisconsin National Guard. Mrs. von Stockhausen's parents emi- grated from Germany and came to Milwaukee in the year 1866. Her father was a draughtsman and surveyor by profession and served the city of Milwaukee in many important capacities. He was city sur- veyor and laid out Kilbourn Park, and also planned the city water system. He retired from active business pursuits some time before his death, which took place June 20, 1888, at the age of seventy-three years. His widow survived him some years longer, and died Sept. 9, 1900, at the age of seventy-nine years.
Leo Reitman, a rising young attorney of Milwaukee, was born in that city Feb. 16, 1881, a son of Philip and Julia (Loeb) Reit- man, who are natives of Bingen-on-the-Rhine and West Preuss, respectively, the former born in 1854 and the latter in 1856. The paternal grandparents migrated to America in the early sixties and settled in New York city where the grandfather engaged in mer- cantile business. The maternal grandparents settled in Milwaukee soon after their arrival in America, and the grandfather was engaged in the meat business. The father of the subject of this review came to Milwaukee in early manhood and there married. For the past few years he has been engaged in the real estate businss, but prior to his entrance into that field of endeavor he was a clothing merchant. The oldest of his four sons, Arthur Reitman, M. D., graduated at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons in Milwaukee, and he is now engaged in the practice of his profession in his native city, officiating also as an instructor in his professional alma mater. Leo Reitman, the second oldest son, whose name introduces this review, received his preliminary education in the public schools of Milwaukee, taking a high school course at the South Side high school, after which he entered the law department of the University of Wisconsin, at which institution he graduated in 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. While in the high school and also in the university he took great interest in oratory and debating, winning the first prize for oratory in the South Side high school in 1901. He was a member of the debating teams of that school in 1900 and 1901, which won over both the East Side and West Side high schools of Milwaukee. He is a deep lover of music, being an expert vio- linist and a member of several musical societies, as well as a follower of athletics, having been a member of the track, basket ball and foot ball teams at his various schools. After receiving his degrec in law he entered the law office of George Sylvester in Milwauke and remained there one year, since which time he has been associated with the firm
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of Rubin & Zabel, besides conducting an independent law practice that is fast assuming gratifying proportions. Mr. Reitman is a Republican in his political views, his religious affiliations are with the Jewish church, and he has a membership in the Lincoln Club, the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Maccabees, the Milwaukee Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Bar Association and the Harmony Musical Club. He formerly belonged to the Musician's Union of Madison, and the University of Wisconsin orchestra; also to the Singing Society, Madison Choral Union. He is now connected with an amateur orchestra, known as the Harmony Musical Club, in which he plays the first violin.
Archibald D. Campbell, chief carpenter of the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul Railroad shops in Milwaukee, is one of the men who came West when this section of the country was entering upon an era of growth and development that can hardly be paralleled in the history of this great nation. At that period, when Milwaukee was beginning its existence, there came thither from all parts of the world, men poor but honest, with sturdy independence and a determi- nation to succeed, who have achieved results entitling them to a page in the history of the city which they have helped to make. Among those who aided in the advancement of Milwaukee is Archibald D. Campbell, the subject of this brief sketch. He was born in Scot- land on June 4, 1836, the son of William and Jane ( Binnie) Campbell, both of whom were born and reared in the same country. Archibald was given the benefit of an elementary education in the public schools of his native country and after leaving school learned the carpenter's trade in Glasgow. He lived in Scotland for several years, but after his mother's death came to America with his father and located in Milwaukee. The elder Campbell was also a carpenter and worked at his trade until his death in 1876. Archibald worked as a carpenter after coming to this country, and then obtained a position in the shops of the Jefferson & Indianapolis railroad, where he was employed several years. In 1888 he accepted a position as carpenter in the shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. Like so many of his race, Mr. Campbell was an expert workman, paid strict atten- tion to business and was rapidly advanced to chief carpenter of the shops in Milwaukee, which position he has continued to hold for the past thirty years. To-day he is one of the oldest and most valued of the road's employees. In 1865, Mr. Campbell was united in mar- riage with Miss Rochial Wylie, who has borne him four children : John J., Jane B., Mary R. and William A.
Edward Dougherty, deceased, who was one of the well-known and popular citizens of Milwaukee, was a native of Wisconsin, born at Muskego Center, Waukesha county, Wis., June 8, 1846. His parents were Edward and Mary (Morgan) Dougherty, both natives of Ire- land. The elder Dougherty emigrated from Ireland about 1840, and soon after landing in the United States bought a farm at Muskego, where he reared his seven children: William, Charles, Mary, Sarah, Peter, Edward and Ellen, all of whom were made welcome on the hospitable old farm. Mr. Dougherty never gave up active life, and
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was still managing his business when he was called to his last rest on Dec. 13, 1876, after an unselfish life, devoted to his family and the in- terests of his fellow men. Edward attended the public schools of Muskego until he was grown, when he left home and went into north- ern Michigan and engaged in the lumbering business, but returned to Wisconsin and worked as a carpenter in Milwaukee. Subsequently he became a member of the city police force and was promoted to rounds- man. During his twenty-five years of service for the city he gained the friendship and respect of all who knew him by his kind heart and good judgment. He was compelled to resign from the force because of ill health, and on April 11, 1906, crossed the great divide, after a life devoted to his fellow men, unselfish, kindly and upright. On Jan. 10, 1875, Mr. Dougherty married Miss Margaret Sullivan, the daughter of Bartholomew and Mary (Carey) Sullivan, of Muskego, Wis. Seven children blessed this union: Nellie, at home: William, a plumber on National avenue; Francis, the wife of George Fitzpatrick, a railroad inspector ; Alice, deceased ; Edward, deceased ; Margaret, at home ; and George, who is associated with his brother in a plumbing establish- ment on National avenue. Mrs. Dougherty's parents were born in Ire- land and emigrated to America and settled about 1840, at Muskego, Wis., where the father conducted a farm for a few years, but with the prospects of a happy and eventful life before him was summoned by the grim time-keeper, death, leaving a family of five children and his wife, who survived her beloved husband but a few years. Both were devout Catholics and died in the faith. During his life Mr. Dougherty was closely connected with the Democratic party and was one of its strong supporters. With his family he was a member of St. Patrick's Cath- olic church and there was no place his loss was more keenly felt than in the congregation where he had been a hard worker.
Frederick William Friese, commercial editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel, is a native of Germany, born at Sophienthal, near Berlin, Prussia, Dec. 23, 1837. His father, William Friese, was born at New Langsow, Prussia, May 30, 1805, and his mother, Maria (Franke) Friese, was a native of Sophienthal, Prussia, born there on March 28, 1813. His parents immigrated to the United States and came to Mil- waukee in the summer of 1843, and after a brief stay went west, locat- ing in what was then an unbroken wilderness, which became the town- ship of Lebanon, Dodge county, Territory of Wisconsin. Frederick was only six years of age when he came to Wisconsin and when old enough attended the district school and afterward continued his studies at Watertown, six miles distant. In 1853 he came to Milwaukee and entered the office of the Free Democrat, a newspaper published by S. M. Booth, and learned the printing business. After learning his trade he secured a position as mail clerk, but gave that up to accept a more congenial occupation as commercial reporter and continued in that vocation until 1864, when he enlisted in Company A. Thirty-ninth Wisconsin infantry, known as the Milwaukee light infantry. In April, 1864, with two other members of the light infantry, he opened a re- cruiting office for the organization of a company, and on June 2, was promoted to third sergeant. This regiment was organized at Camp
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Washburn, Milwaukee, in May and June, for the 100-days' service and left the state on June 13. It reached Memphis on the 17th and was assigned to the Third brigade. It had a brush with Forrest's cavalry near the Hernando road, the enemy five thousand strong, breaking through the picket line and entering Memphis. The Thirty-ninth was engaged in detachments, in guard and picket duty, the entire summer, until its return of service expired, and it was mustered out at Mil- waukee on Sept. 22, 1864. In 1860, in company with George Godfrey, Mr. Friese entered upon the publication of a daily market report of the Chamber of Commerce, and with the exception of the time he was in the army continued this journal until 1886. At that time Mr. Godfrey died and the management and publication devolved upon Mr. Friese. On Jan. 1, 1865, he became commercial editor of the Milwau- kee Sentinel, and in February, 1873, also assumed the duties of musical critic. For over forty-three years Mr. Friese has been faithful to his post of duty at the Sentinel office and is one of the veteran members of the newspaper fraternity of the Cream City. Kindly, upright and just he has won a high place in the esteem of all the newspaper men by his warm heart and sound judgment. He always takes interest in political matters but has never been personally ambitious to hold office. He is a Republican and ever ready to defend the policies of the party. Mr. Friese is one of the members of the E. B. Wolcott Post, G. A. R., and with his family belongs to the Episcopal church. On June 26, 1860, he married Mary Elizabeth, the daughter of Nathaniel and Eliza- beth Wheatley, residents of Wheeling, Va. Three children came to bless this union : Augutus W., born April 30, 1861 ; Ada, born Aug. 26, 1863; and Emma, born Feb. 9, 1866, and died Feb. 6, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Friese are among the oldest residents of Milwaukee and dis- pense a gracious hospitality to their many friends at their beautiful home, 591 Lake Drive.
Fred Doepke, vice-president and superintendent of the Wrought Washer Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, is recognized as one of the leaders in the manufactured iron industry of the Cream City. He is a native of Wisconsin, born at Kenosha on March 28, 1862, the son of John and Emilia Doepke, who were born and reared in the Fatherland. His father immigrated to America when he was a young man and settled in Kenosha, where he engaged in the fishing industry. When twenty years of age he came to Milwaukee and found employ- ment with G. D. Noryis & Company, for whom he worked twenty years. Fred was reared in Milwaukee, where he continued to reside and was sent to the German-Lutheran Academy at Scott and Grove streets. He engaged in the grocery business for two years after leav- ing school, but he did not care to become a storekeeper and worked at the Cream City Iron Works to learn the machinist's trade. Subse- quently he worked as a journeyman machinist for several years and was employed in one of the largest bolt shops in the east. Mr. Doepke learned every branch of the business and twenty years ago came to Milwaukee and almost immediately went into partnership with A. J. Reed, who had been manufacturing for some years. The company was reorganized and assumed its present name, Mr. Doepke becoming
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vice-president. The company is one of the substantial manufacturing concerns of the city, due to the untiring efforts and excellent manage- ment of its members. Mr. Doepke has varied business interests and is a director of the Merchants' & Manufacturers' Bank and president of several mining companies. Being one of the oldest residents of the city Mr. Doepke is a member of the Old Settlers' Club; he is a popular member of the Merchants' & Manufacturers' Association, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, and he is a thirty-second degree Mason. In 1892 Mr. Doepke was united in marriage with Miss Anna Disch, the daughter of Myron and Elizabeth Disch, of Milwaukee. Two children have been born to this union, Ralph and Fred, Jr.
John Brewster Jenkins, deceased, was born in West Topsham, Orange county, Vt., April 17, 1829, the son of William and Anna (Brew- ster) Jenkins. The father, being a farmer, never came West, but he and his wife died in Vermont. A maternal ancestor of our subject, Wil- liam Brewster, came to America in the Mayflower. There were six children in the family, of whom our subject was the second, viz : Thom- as, John B., Carrie, Mason B., William, and Charles, and of these Thomas and Mason B. served their country in the Civil war. Our subject received his schooling in the public schools of Orange county, Vt., starting to work on his father's farm at an early age, but tiring of the monotony of farm life, he resolved to seek his fortune in the great West, and we soon find him again working as a farm hand near Story- town, Wis., from which place he went to Evansville, Wis., where he learned the mason's trade, which he followed during life, both here and in Milwaukee, of which latter city he became a resident in 1887. He retired from work about six years before his death, which took place on Dec. 23, 1905, aged 74 years. On Nov. 12, 1848, he married Miss Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Salome (Bowen) Layton, of Newberry, Vt., and to their union were born six children: Annette, wife of E. L. Cassels'; Eleanor, deceased; Ida May, deceased; Laura, wife of W. H. Morrison, of Kansas; George W., and Harriet, wife of F. W. Dickens, assistant secretary of the Milwaukee Fidelity Trust Co. Mr. Jenkins was a member of Hanover street Congregational church, and was politically a Republican. He was modest in his tastes, quiet and unobtrusive in his bearing, and an affectionate parent and a faithful friend.
Erwin Plein Nemmers, a practicing attorney in the city of Mil- waukee, was born at Kenosha, Wis., on Jan. 14, 1879. He is one of two children of Michael L. and Barbara R. (Plein) Nemmers, the former of whom is a native of St. Donatus, Iowa, and the latter of St. Joseph, Minn. His paternal grandparents, Michael and Anna (Ewen) Nemmers, migrated to this country from the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and settled in Iowa. His maternal grandparents, Adam and Anna (Wetle) Plein, migrated to this country from Rhenish Prussia, and settled in Minnesota. He received his education at St. Francis' Parochial School (Milwaukee), Marquette College, and Georgetown University. He has received the following degrees, in course : that of A. B., from Marquette College in 1898; and those of A. M., Ph. D., LL.B. and LL.M., from Georgetown University, in
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1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902, respectively. In October, 1902, he began the practice of his profession at Milwaukee, where he has been follow- ing his profession ever since. In religion, he is a Roman Catholic and in politics, a Democrat. He is a member of the alumni association of Marquette and Georgetown universities, of the Milwaukee and Wis- consin bar associations, of the Jefferson Club (Milwaukee), of the Merchants' & Manufacturers' Association (Milwaukee), and of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. His father, one of the early grad- uates of the Catholic Normal School at St. Francis, Wis., has been fol- lowing his profession of Catholic organist since 1875, and is a popular composer of Catholic church music. His sister, Adalina Plein Nemmers, a graduate of Holy Angels Academy ( Milwaukee) and the Wisconsin College of Music, is now continuing her musical studies at Vienna, Austria, under the guidance of Maestro Theodor Leschetizky.
Louis Nuesse, the secretary of the Rockwell Manufacturing Company, was born in Milwaukee, on April 6, 1867, a son of Gustav and Christine (Freihube) Nuesse, both parents being natives of Germany. The father, who was born in Hanover, Germany, came to Milwaukee in 1848, and was for many years traveling representative of the old crockery firm of Mueller & Schickel, on East Water street. He died in January, 1900. The mother came to this country with her par- ents in 1852 and died in January, 1905. Louis Nuesse, the subject of this review, was reared in the Protestant faith, receiving his education in St. John's parochial school, which was supported by the members of "the old brown church," corner of Fourth and Prairie streets. Leav- ing school before he was quite thirteen years of age, he entered the employ of a wholesale millinery concern as errand boy. He was later with the Cornillie Bros. Co., corner of Washington and Barclay streets, and in 1887 entered the employ of the then Sanger, Rockwell & Co., which later was made a stock company and for many years has been known as the Rockwell Manufacturing Company. Several years after this he was made a director in the company, and on the death of H. H. Rockwell was elected to the office of secretary, which position he now holds. Mr. Nuesse is a member of the Merchants' & Manufacturers' Association, also of the Athletic Club. On May 4, 1899, he was united in marriage to Miss Ida Werner, daughter of Valentine and Emily (Klug) Werner, early German arrivals in Milwaukee. Mr. Nuesse's wife died Feb. 15, 1907, as did also his daughter. Three boys, Louis, Jr., Elmer, and Arthur, survive with the father.
Herbert P. Bradley, of Wauwatosa, is a native of New York state, having been born in Oswego on March 29, 1863. His parents were Frederick C. and Maria J. (Parker) Bradley, natives of England, who were there married and came to America in 1860, settling first in Prince Edward's Island, and coming from that place to New York. The family removed to Milwaukee in 1870, and here the children were reared and educated. One son, older than Herbert P., Harry E. Brad- ley, is a leading physician of Milwaukee, and was surgeon major dur- ing the Spanish-American war. After leaving the public schools Her- bert attended the academy, and later took a course in the Spencerian Business College of Milwaukee, and was employed as clerk in the E.
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P. Allis works for eight years. Coming to Wauwatosa he engaged in the real estate business for about two years, and since 1894 has been town clerk, now serving his eighth term, and is also health officer of Wauwatosa. In politics he is a Republican, and in his religious faith a member of the Episcopal church. In February, 1885, Mr. Bradley was married to Miss Marian S. Dillingham, daughter of Dr. A. W. and Charlotte H. (Stewart) Dillingham, of Milwaukee, and they have two children: Edith M. and Helen C.
William von Baumbach, born July 9, 1835, at Kircheim, Prussia, came to America with his parents in 1849, and locating in Cleveland, Ohio, lived there for seven years. The father, Louis von Baumbach, was born in Kircheim, Prussia, in 1799. His mother, nee Minna von Schenk, was born in Buchenau, Prussia. Of the family of eight chil- dren-six boys and two girls-all except Clothilda, the youngest, were born in Prussia, the last-born being a native of Elyria. Ohio. They are in the order of birth : Ernst, Moritz, William, Frederick, Lillian, Charles, Reinhardt, and Clothilda. Previous to coming to Milwaukee, William had been employed as clerk in stores in Elyria and in Cleve- land, but in 1856, in company with two older brothers, he came to Milwaukee and started for himself in the nursery business. He was very successful in his business operations, and in 1898 retired from the cares of commercial life and built a beautiful home in Wauwatosa, where he expects to pass his declining years. He was united in mar- riage in 1868 to Miss Susan Brooks, daughter of Sheldon and Salome (Ware) Brooks, who was born in Canton, N. Y., in 1843. The father was a native of Highgate, Vt., and the mother of Broom, Canada. Mrs. von Baumbach was one of a family of nine children-four sons and five daughters-as follows: Achsa, Clinton, Ellen, Susan, Olive, Mer- rab, Lemuel, Gilbert and Goodloe. To Mr. and Mrs. von Baumbach one daughter, Lillian, has been born, and she is the wife of Edwin Coulthard. Mr. von Baumbach is a supporter of the Republican party.
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