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waukee. Dr. and Mrs. Kratzsch have two children, Althea and Camilla.
Nelson W. Reynolds, M. D., No. 1019 Second street, Milwau- kee, was born in Theinsville, Ozaukee county, Wis., of Canadian par- ents. The latter, both natives of Quebec, were John and Margaret (Neilson) Reynolds, and came to Thiensville about 1865. The father was a farmer, and died in Lincoln, Neb., in 1902. His widow and the three children born to them are all living. Dr. Reynolds was educated in the public schools of Thiensville, Ozaukee county, and at the Osh- kosh Normal School. After having graduated at this institution he taught school for a time in Nebraska, to which state the family moved in 1892. Returning to Wisconsin, he took a course of study in the Milwaukee Medical College, receiving his dgree of M D, in 1898, and he began the practice of his profession in Lone Rock, Wis., where he remained over five years. Then coming to Milwaukee, he established himself in the city, and although his residence in the city is comparatively short, he has built up a fine practice and is a member of the staff of Trinity Hospital. In politics he is a Republican, but not active along those lines. On Feb. 29, 1904, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Lillian Day, daughter of Charles W. and Juliet (Chase) Day, of Depere, Wis., the former of whom died in February, 1906. To this marriage one son, John, has been born.
Henry Blank, M. D., a prominent physician of Wisconsin's me- tropolis, was born in Grafton, Ozaukee county, Wis., on Jan. 4, 1861, and is the son of George and Catherine ( Reitman) Blank, of Hanover, Germany. The father was a veteran of the war between Germany and Denmark in 1848 and was in three battles. Immediately afterward he immigrated to the United States, and the home of the family was for six years in New York state. In 1854 they removed to Wisconsin and settled in Grafton, where both of the parents, natives of Hanover, Germany, died, the mother, Catherine (Reitman) Blank, in 1865, and the father, George Blank, in 1884. Of their family of five chil- dren, three are living. Henry was educated in the public schools of Ozaukee, from 1877 to 1899 was a student at the Whitewater Normal School, and for the four succeeding years was a teacher at Bartlett's Station, Ozaukee county. While still engaged in that profession he began his study of medicine, and later entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, in which he was graduated in 1885, beginning immediately to practice in Jackson, Washington county. He remained there nine- teen years and then moved to Milwaukee, where he has since con- tinued the practice of his profession. He was one of the founders of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Milwaukee, and in 1897 was elected professor of orthopedic surgery. He is also on the staff of St. Joseph's Hospital, and was, from 1893 until 1898, United States pension-examining surgeon. The following medical associations claim his membership: Washington County Medical Society, which he served as president; Brainard Medical Society of Milwaukee; Wisconsin State Medical Society : American Medical Association. Other orders to which he belongs are the Free Masons and Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a Democrat, and was president of the jury
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commission for years; was clerk of the village of Jackson, a member of the school board, and was district delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1896. His religious faith is represented by membership in the Lutheran church. In May, 1885, he was married to Miss Anna B. Haunser, of Mequon, Ozaukee county, Wis., the daughter of Henry and Barbara (Sperber) Haunser. The parents were natives of Germany-the father, born in Saxony, served in the Saxon army, and the mother was born in Bavaria-and they were among the early settlers of Ozaukee county, coming about 1840; both are now deceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Blank eight children have been born. Following are their names and birth years: Catherine, 1886; Anna, 1887; William H., 1889, died in 1894; Rosa, 1891; Althea, 1895, died the same year; Zenta, 1896; Henry, 1898; Paula, 1902.
Wallace William Runkel, M. D., 349 Third street, was born in New Lisbon, Juneau county, Wis., March 1, 1872, and is the son of John Louis and Laura (Stein) Runkel, the former born in Germany and the latter in Pennsylvania. The father came to Wisconsin about 1847 with his parents; he is a minister of the Evangelical church, and has served as such for forty years. His wife, now deceased, came west with her parents. Rev. John L. and Mrs. Runkel were the parents of eight children, of whom seven are living. Dr. Runkel obtained his education in the public schools, and was graduated from the high school. Upon deciding to enter the medical profession he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Milwaukee, in which he was graduated in 1898, and has since been in active practice, gaining an honorable position among his colleagues. He is a member of the Evangelical church, and in politics is a supporter of political principles and policies as they are set forth by the Republican party.
Allen L. Herron, M. D., 514 West Twenty-fourth street, Mil- waukee, was born in Jonesville, Texas, April 17, 1865, and is the son of Rederick and Vina Herron. His collegiate education was acquired at Southland College, Helena, Ark., in which he was graduated with the degree of B. S. Later he entered the medical department of a university at Washington, D. C., in which he was graduated on April 13, 1892, beginning his practice as a medical examiner in the govern- ment pension bureau. Later he practiced for a year in Illinois, coming to Milwaukee in 1896, where he has since continued his profession, and has become recognized as a skillful and successful practitioner. He belongs to the Milwaukee County and Wisconsin State Medical societies and to the American Medical Association. Fraternal organ- izations which claim his allegiance are the orders of Free Masons and Odd Fellows. In politics he follows the fortunes of the Repub- lican party, but like the majority of those of his profession has little leisure to devote to practical politics ; in religious faith he is a Metho- dist. In 1894 he was united in marriage to Miss Ida B. Wood, of Washington, D. C., and to this union three children : Juanita, Richard, and Lucille, have been born.
John C. Zartzin, M. D., 213 Nineteenth street, Milwaukee, was born in New York city, May 20, 1879. His parents, Bernard and Sarah Zartzin, were both born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and
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came to the United States in 1876, locating in New York city. In 1886 they removed to Milwaukee, where the father died on April 6, 1904, and where his widow still resides. Dr. Zartzin was but seven years of age at the time that the family settled in Milwaukee, and all of his early school life was connected with the educational institu- tions of the city. After graduating at the high school he entered the Milwaukee Medical College, in which he received his degree of M. D., in 1903. Since that time he has taken post-graduate work in both Chicago and Philadelphia, and has followed the practice of his pro- fession in Milwaukee. He is the senior instructor in medicine in the medical department of Marquette University-formerly the Milwaukee College of Medicine-and is a member of the city, county, state and national medical associations. Although a young man, he has won a creditable place in his profession, and has before him the prospect of an exceptionally useful and prosperous career.
Henry Fehr, M. D., 502 Park Place, Milwaukee, is of Swiss parentage. His father, Jacob Fehr, born in 1823, came to this country in 1852. He grew to manhood in the city, and learning the trade of a blacksmith, spent a long life within its precincts, passing away in 1903, at the ripe age of eighty years. The mother, born in 1830, came later to this country, and the marriage occurred in Milwaukee. She died twenty years before her husband, her death occurring in 1883, when she was fifty-three years old. Dr. Fehr, born on Sept. 7, 1873, was reared in Milwaukee and educated in the city schools, then spending three years as a student in the University of Wisconsin, and later was graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1898, with the degree of M. D. He began the practice of his pro- fession in South Dakota, where he remained about five years, return- ing to Milwaukee in 1904, where both his reputation as a skillful young physician and the financial returns for his work are constantly increasing. In connection with his medical college work, he had the invaluable experience of a year and a half as interne of the Augus- tina Hospital, Chicago, and is a member of the medical associations of the city, county and the state. He also maintains his connection with the college fraternity, Phi Rho Sigma. In politics he is a sup- porter of the Democratic party, and in religion is liberal in his views.
William F. Hilger, M. D., 1408 Vliet street, Milwaukee, was born in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha county, but of German parent- age. His paternal grandparents, Peter and Mary Hilger, were among the pioneer settlers of Waukesha county, taking up government land in the forest wilderness and clearing it. They both died in their home in Waukesha county. The maternal grandparents, Servetus and Clara Ulman, were among the pioneers of Milwaukee county, settling at Granville. Dr. Hilger's parents, William and Clara (Ulman) Hilger, were both born in Germany and came to this country with their respec- tive families, the former in 1830. The father was a farmer of Wau- kesha county, and a large land-owner, and the original homestead is still in possession of the family. They had a family of five sons and five daughters, of whom four sons and four daughters are now living. The father died in 1897, but his widow is still living. William F., born
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in Menomonee Falls, July 17, 1873, attended the local schools for his early education, and later the high school of Waukesha and the Normal School of St. Cloud, Minn., then entering the Northern Indiana School of Pharmacy, at Valparaiso, in which he was graduated in 1899. Deciding then to enter the medical profession, he matric- ulated at the Milwaukee Medical College, in which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1903. He began the practice of his pro- fession in that city, and has since continued it there with excellent success, and with large prospects of future usefulness and prosperity. On Feb. 10, 1903, Dr. Hilger was married to Miss Catherine Lauer, daughter of Peter and Catherine ( Wolf) Lauer, of Milwaukee. The mother is deceased, but the father is still living and resides in the city. To the union two children were born, namely : Mary and Cath- erine. In politics Dr. Hilger is a Democrat, and in religion belongs to the Roman Catholic church. Professionally he belongs to the Wisconsin State, the Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee Medical societies, and he is also a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. An interesting item of family history is the fact that the maternal great-grandfather of Dr. Hilger was a soldier in the Napoleonic wars, and served under the great military leader.
Frederick W. Dodel, M. D., 1531 Vliet street, is a native of Switzerland, born on Feb. 19, 1850, and is the son of John Jacob and Catherine (Kraeher) Dodel, who lived and died in their native land. Dr. Dodel was educated in the public and normal schools and the University of Zurich, and came to the United States in 1875, landing in Philadelphia. He continued the profession of teaching altogether for twenty years, in Bridgeton, N. J., at the West Jersey Academy, and later, after coming west, in Thiensville, Ozaukee county, where he remained four years, and lastly in Milwaukee from 1889 to 1893. Deciding to enter the medical profession he began his studies in the Milwaukee College of Physicians and Surgeons, in which he gradu- ated in 1897; he has since that time practiced in Milwaukee. He is a member of the Germania Mutual Sick and Mortuary Benefit Society, be- sides being one of the examining physicians of the same. He was twice elected president of the "Union of Free Thought Societies of Amer- ica," and resigned Nov. 27, 1897. Dr. Dodel has published a number of works, among them being English translations of "Moses or Dar- win, a School Problem for all Friends of Truth and Progress," and Prof. E. Haeckel's "Theses of Monism." He is the author of "A Contribution to the Question of Reform of the Principalship System in City Schools," and "Requiescat, a Collection of Funeral Orations"; furthermore, he is a diligent contributor to the free-thought periodicals of America. In politics he is independent, resting rather upon his matured judgment of men and measures, than upon any party tag attached to them. In 1880, he was married to Miss Adelia Blaese, daughter of Gerhard and Mary ( Thomas) Blaese, of Thiensville, Wis., the former of whom is now deceased. Three children were born to this union: Mary, now Mrs. Schueppert, of Milwaukee; Julia H., and Arnold W., the last-named a marine subaltern on the "Georgia." Mrs. Dodel died in 1893.
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Henry C. Werner, M. D., 422 Eleventh avenue, Milwaukee, is a. native of Fond du Lac, Wis., and was born on May 12, 1874. His parents, Henry and Minnie (Glasow) Werner, came to the United States from Germany in the early fifties and located in Washington county, Wis., and in 1867 moved to Fond du Lac, where they now live, retired from active life. Of their family of nine children, seven are now living. Henry C. attended the city schools of Fond du Lac and the German-English Academy of the same place, and later studied pharmacy, being admitted to practice as a licensed pharmacist. De- ciding to study medicine, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Milwaukee, in which he was graduated in May, 1905, and has since been in active practice in Milwaukee. He belongs to the county, state, and national medical associations, and to the Evangelical , church. In politics he is a Republican and is actively interested in. the issues and movements of the party. Although he entered a field already occupied by many of the leading practitioners of the north- west, yet in his brief experience he has already demonstrated his ability as a successful physician, and has before him excellent oppor- tunities for a successful professional career.
William Frederick Reich, M. D., Ph. G., No. 420 Eleventh avenue, Milwaukee, is of German descent. His paternal grandfather, John G. Reich, a highly-educated and well-to-do man, came to this country in 1855 and settled in Calumet county, where he followed his profession of veterinary surgeon for fifty years. He was a Repub- lican in politics and a prominent and active force in the community in which he lived. His death occurred in 1904, at the age of ninety- two. His son, Charles, father of Dr. Reich of this sketch, also fol- lowed the vocation of veterinary surgeon, combining it with that of agriculture. He was born in Germany, coming to this country with his parents when thirteen years old, and married a native of the same land, Miss Annie Radelt, making his home in Calumet county, where he and his wife still reside. Dr. Reich attended the public schools of Chilton, Wis., and later became a student in the Chilton high school, graduating in 1889. Later he studied pharmacy in Chicago, graduat- ing and practicing as a registered pharmacist at Chilton and afterward at Shawano, and he passed the examination as registered pharmacist of Illinois and clerked a short time in Chicago. Taking up the further study of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Uni- versity of Illinois, he obtained his degree of M. D. in April, 1899, and has since been in the active practice of his profession in Milwaukee, being a member of the county and state medical societies. He is the medical examiner for the Aid Association of Lutherans, of Appleton, WVis., and for the Otillian Verein, of Milwaukee, and has been con- nected with several other associations. He is a member of Bethany Presbyterian church, of Milwaukee, in which he is an elder, a trustee, and the treasurer. In politics he is aligned with the Republican party. On Nov. 30, 1905, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Aline Johnson, of Milwaukee, daughter of E. A. Luther, of Kingston, Ill., a prominent merchant of that city. To the union a daughter, Pauline Elizabeth, has been born.
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Simon M. Mollinger, a promising young physician of Milwau- kee, with office at 461 Eleventh avenue, was born on Feb. 10, 1882. His paternal grandparents, Michael and Elizabeth (Erdman) Mollinger, were of German birth, and came to Milwaukee in the early days. They kept a hotel-long known as the "Lake House"-for many years. After retiring from active life they still maintained their home in the city, where the father died in 1886; his widow is still living. The parents of the doctor, John and Marie ( Baumgartner ) Mollinger, are both natives of Wisconsin, the former born in Milwaukee in 1855 and the latter in Mayville in 1858. The father is a railroad man, and they reside in Milwaukee. Of their two children, Dr. Mollinger is the elder, and the younger, August, is deceased. The former acquired his general education partly in the public and partly in the parochial schools, and was graduated at the Milwaukee high school. Subse- quently he entered the medical department of Northwestern Univer- sity, Chicago, in which he was graduated in 1904, and has since been in the practice of his profession in Milwaukee, and is the medical examiner for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the same; the orders of Railway Conductors, Locomo- tive Engineers and Woodmen of the World. In politics he is a sup- porter of the Republican party, and in religious faith a Roman Catholic, as are also his parents.
Ernst Jacob Panetti, M. D., 547 Eleventh avenue, Milwaukee, is the grandson of Dr. Jacob Isabius Panetti, a native of Ivrea, north- ern Italy, who was a surgeon in the Napoleonic wars and participated in the war with Russia in 1812. Later he settled in Germany and died near Langensenn. The parents of Ernst J. of this sketch, were Jacob Philip and Frederika (Wimmer) Panetti, both natives of Bavaria, Germany. The father studied medicine at Wurzburg, Ba- varia, and in 1854 immigrated to Baltimore, Md., and in 1868 removed to Wisconsin, locating in Beaver Dam, where he followed his profes- sion for nine years, and then finally settled in Hustisford. Dodge county, which was his residence until his death, May 29, 1897, his wife passing away the following year. Of their family of six chil- dren, five are living. Dr. E. J. Panetti, the third generation following the same profession, was born at Baltimore, Md., Nov. 26, 1865, obtained his early education in the public schools and by private tuition, and began his medical studies under the direction of his father, later entering the Milwaukee Medical College, in which he was grad- uated in 1901, and he has been in the active practice of his profession in Milwaukee since that time. In politics he is independent, and in religious views is liberal. On Jan. 29, 1888, he was married to Miss Bertha Gauger (daughter of Ferdinand Gauger) who was born in Germany, but came to this country in 1869 when a child, and with her parents settled in Milwaukee. To this union has been born one son, Harold Ferdinand. Dr. Panetti belongs to the county, state, and national medical associations, to the college fraternity, Alpha Kappa Kappa, and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Alexander J. Heller, M. D., No. 417 Mitchell street, is the son of Joseph and Palaga (Pawinski) Heller, both natives of Posen, Ger-
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many. The former came to the United States in 1866, locating in Milwaukee on Oct. 31, of that year, and there he began his business life as a merchant in the dry goods and grocery line, continuing in this business until his death, Dec. 18, 1887. He married in Milwau- kee, his wife having come to the city in 1868, at the age of fourteen, as a member of her father's family. After the death of her husband she continued the business, and is still a resident of the city. All of the four children born into the family are living. Alexander J., born in Milwaukee, Feb. 21, 1878, obtained his elementary education in the public and parochial schools of the city, and his higher education at Marquette College, entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Milwaukee for his technical and professional training. He was graduated at the last-named institution on May II, 1901, and imme- diately began the practice of his profession in his native city. He is a member of the Milwaukee County and Wisconsin State Medical socie- ties. On Nov. 4, 1901, he was married to Miss Mary Bartkowiak, daughter of Peter and Josephine (Pisczek) Bartkowiak, of Milwau- kee, and to the union two children, Witold and Thadeus, have been born.
George H. Belding, M. D., 839 First avenue, Milwaukee, is a grandson of Henry K. Belding, a native of Vermont, who was among the pioneers of Wisconsin. He was a farmer by vocation, but com- bined that occupation with that of keeping a hotel, or inn, as was fre- quently the case in the early days when the country was sparsely settled. He lived at Black Earth, Dane county, until 1858, when he followed the tide of emigration at that time flowing toward Minne- sota, and spent his last days in that state. Albert H. Belding, father of Dr. Belding, was born in Wisconsin, but accompanied his family to Minnesota. He participated in the Civil war, and afterward located at Caledonia, Minn., where he was a teacher for some time and sub- sequently a leading merchant of that place, where he now resides, and where George H. of this sketch was born on July 15, 1863. The latter attended the public schools of Caledonia, and later the Normal School at Winona, Minn., following the profession of teaching for a time. Subsequently he entered the dental college of the University of Iowa, in which he was graduated in 1891, and after following that profession for a time at Calmar, Iowa, concluded to pursue the study of medicine further, and for that purpose became a student in the Mil- waukee Medical College, in which he received the degree of M. D. in 1903. Since that time he has pursued the practice of medicine in the city. He is a member of the dental organizations of Iowa, Northern Iowa, and Wisconsin, and was lecturer in the dental department of the Milwaukee Medical College, occupying the chairs of oral surgery and prosthetic dentistry. In politics he is independent, and in religious faith a member of the Presbyterian church. In 1890 he was united in marriage to Miss Alice M. Potter, whose death occurred in July, 1899. Of their three children : Irene, Ione, and Daisy, none survive. On Oct. 14, 1903, Dr. Belding was married to Miss Helen M. Field, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., and they have one child. Alice Frances.
Hubert Spencer Steenberg, M. D., 497 Mitchell street, Milwau- kee, is a native of the Badger State, having been born in Fond du
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Lac, Dec. 26, 1876. His parents, Orrin C. and Harriet (Green) Steenberg, the former a native of Ithaca, N. Y., and the latter of Litchfield, Conn., came to Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1861, and there the father was engaged in educational work, being superintendent and principal of the city schools several years, and later was engaged in the sash, door, and blind business as manufacturer. He was a promi- nent man in the city, and served as president of the Business Men's Association and also of the public library board. He died in Fond du Lac in 1894, and his widow still resides in that city. Of the three children born to them, the daughter is deceased, and Frederick G., the other son, is engaged in the same business as his father, being a manufacturer of sash, doors, etc., under the firm name of O. C. Steen- berg & Company. Hubert S., a pupil in the city schools while acquir- ing his fundamental education, later attended the St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, and subsequently Ripon College, and he obtained his medical education at the Milwaukee Medical College, in which he was graduated in 1902, and in which institution he is now instructor in therapeutics. Since graduation he has followed his profession in Milwaukee. Between the time of finishing his collegiate course and that of taking up the study of medicine, the Spanish-American war occurred, and Dr. Steenberg enlisted as sergeant in the Second Wis- consin infantry, in 1898, serving until the close of the war. In politics he is a Republican and he is a member of the Congregational church, belonging also to a number of professional, patriotic and fra- ternal organizations, including the county, state, and national associations, and the Brainard Medical Society. He was married on April 28, 1898, to Miss Louise Huntington, daughter of Judge Howard Huntington, of Green Bay, Wis., who is now deceased. Their four children are David, Gerald, Harriet, and Clarice.
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