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 54

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

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Philip Angus Fox, M. D., was born in the house that he now oc- cupies on Jackson street, Milwaukee, on April 2, 1879. His father was Dr. William Fox, born in Oregon, Dane county, Wis., educated at the University of Wisconsin and graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1870, with the degree of M. D. In 1879 he came to Mil- waukee and practiced his profession in that city until his death, April 12, 1897. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church, and in politics a Democrat. Professionally he was one of the most widely known and successful physicians of the state, and a distinguished mem- ber of a family that has probably contributed a larger number to the profession than any other in the state. His wife, Narcissa (McDill) Fox, was born in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1850, was educated at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin and Lawrence University, and was graduated at the latter in 1868, receiving the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from her alma mater. She was married to Dr. Fox, Jan. 18, 1877. seven children, five boys and two girls, being born to the union. Of the former, one has entered the regular army and two-of whom the sub- ject of this sketch is one-are in the medical profession. Mrs. Fox is still a resident of Milwaukee. The children in the order of their ages are as follows: George Alexander, Philip Angus, William Ed- ward, Narcissa ( Mrs. Bigelow), Jennett, Mark Hubert, and John Mc- Dill. Dr. Philip Fox was graduated at the Milwaukee high school in 1896 and then became a student in the University of Wisconsin for two years. His professional training was acquired at Rush Medical Col- lege, in which he was graduated in 1901. The two years following he spent in Manila, in the Philippines, and in 1903 went to Germany, where he continued his medical studies, returning to Milwaukee in 1904, and there he has since enjoyed a successful practice. From 1896 to 1898 he served as hospital steward of the First Wisconsin regiment of National Guards. While in the Philippines he became a member of

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the Manila Medical Society and still retains the connection ; he is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In re- ligion he is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and in political matters a supporter of the Republican party. He was married on May 20, 1908, to Kate A. Burloch, of New York city.

Charles Martin Scanlan, lawyer and author, Milwaukee, born in New York city, May 10, 1854, came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1859, and has been a resident of this state ever since. He is the son of John and Hanora (Green) Scanlan, the former of whom was born in Sligo, Ireland, Sept. 16, 1812, and the latter at Dromahaire, Coun- ty Leitrim, Ireland, June 8, 1813. His father was a millwright in the old country, and after his marriage came to the United States in 1848. locating in New York city, where he was a contractor and builder. When the parents of Charles M. moved to Wisconsin they located on a farm at Mt. Hope, Grant county, where they lived to a ripe old age: the father died on June 5, 1906, and the mother on March 13, 1906. This venerable couple was survived by six sons, namely: John J. Scanlan, a lawyer at Fennimore, Wis .; Francis M., a lawyer, living on the old homestead at Mt. Hope, Wis. ; Charles M., the subject of this sketch ; Thomas C., a contractor at Highland, Wis .; Judge Patrick W., of Salem, S. D., formerly judge of the county court, but now engaged in the active practice of the law ; and Dr. Peter L., of Prairie du Chien, Wis. A daughter and son died in infancy, and another daughter, Anna C. Scanlan, author of the historical novel, "Dervorgilla, or the Downfall of Ireland", and of an unpublished volume of poems, died on June 18, 1894, aged 27 years. Charles M. first attended a district school, later Patch Grove Academy, Grant county, Wis., and then the Platteville State Normal School, where he finished in 1878. Then he began to read law with Hon. W. E. Carter, of Platteville, and completed his course in the law department of the University of Wisconsin, in which he was graduated in 1881 with the degree of LL. B. He began the practice of his profession in the city of Boscobel, Wis., in the office of John D. Wilson, where he remained until the spring of 1883, when he located at Janesville, Wis., and practiced alone until the spring of 1886, when he received an appointment under Cleveland's first administration in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury. While there he had supervision of the contracts and accounts for the District of Columbia during the first year; then with several others he was detailed to ad- just the second and third classes of "Alabama Claims", amounting to some $3,500,000. On completion of that work he was detailed on the accounts of the government with United States officers until the fall of 1888, when he resigned and went to Europe for several months. Upon his return from abroad he was appointed by General Black on the Board of Legal Review in the United Sates pension office. At the close of Cleveland's administration he resigned and came to Milwau- kee, opened a law office, and has been engaged alone in active practice ever since. During his experience as an attorney Mr. Scanlan has been engaged in a number of important cases, among which may be men- tioned the following: State vs. Cummins et al., State vs. Lee, Barber vs. United States, and Carey vs. United States, and he is now engaged

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in an important trade-mark case, involving important questions of in- ternational law. In addition to his law practice Mr. Scanlan has written extensively on various subjects, and is the author of the fol- lowing works: "Law of Hotels", published in 1890; "Scanlan's Rules of Order", for societies, conventions, public meetings, and legislative bodies, first edition in 1906 and second edition in 1907, the first edi- tion of which was exhausted within a year, and 1,300 copies of the second edition have been sold ; and the "Clergymen's Hand-Book of Law," which is now being published by Benziger Bros. of New York. Also he has in manuscript a work entitled "Law of Fraternities". In 1895 he completed and published his sister's novel "Dervorgilla; or the Downfall of Ireland." Mr. Scanlan has always affiliated with the Democratic party in politics, and is prominent in its councils; in re- ligion he is a Catholic. Among the numerous fraternal and literary societies to which he belongs may be mentioned the Knights of Colum- bus, in which order he has been Grand Knight of Milwaukee Coun- cil; the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, in which he has been president of the Gesu Branch; the Liberal Club; the Cardinal Gibbons Reading Circle, and numerous other literary societies. He has a decided literary bent, and is very active in all that pertains to the literary life of the city.

William Alfred Jackson was born in the city of Janesville, Wis., Nov. 19, 1867. He is the son of Alfred Augustus Jackson, who is a native of Oneida county, N. Y. His mother was Anna E. (Dyer) Jackson, who was born in Madison county, N. Y., and was the daugh- ter of Burton Harvey Dyer and Rebecca W. (Johnson) Dyer; she died on Nov. 28, 1867. His paternal and maternal ancestors were of Puri- tan stock. William A. Jackson was educated in the public schools of Janesville and in the University of Wisconsin. He was graduated in the law department of the University in 1891. Immediately after his graduation he entered the law office of the firm of Jackson & Jackson, composed of his father and his brother, Frank Dyer Jackson. In 1892 the latter retired and William A. took his place as a member of the firm, where he remained until February, 1905, when he removed to Milwaukee and became associated with Messrs. Cary, Upham & Black, attorneys. For ten years prior to his removal to Milwaukee, he was the district attorney of Rock county. He was elected to that office for five consecutive terms and declined another nomination. During the period that he held the office of district attorney there was a large amount of criminal business in the county. His faithfulness in the performance of his official duties, and the careful and pru- dent management of the business of the county, were recog- mized by the residents thereof, by his election to the office for five terms. He has been an enthusiastic and active Republican since he became a voter, and for a large portion of that period was a mem- ber and an officer of the Republican county committee. He is a mem- ber of the Psi Upsilon college fraternity, and also belongs to the F. & A. M., B. P. O. E., and I. O. O. F. On Nov. 24, 1897, he married Mary Emeline Stevens, daughter of Maj. Fenton F. Stevens, a veteran of the Civil war, and Mary (McKey) Stevens, of Janesville, Wis.

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Mrs. Jackson was a graduate of Kemper Hall, Kenosha. She died on April 21, 1903. Since his removal to Milwaukee, William A. has con- tinued to be identified with the firm of Cary, Upham & Black. He is a member of the Athletic, Country, and University clubs, and is a director of the latter.

Albert H. Blatchley, a member of the firm of Blatchley & Gil- bertson, attorneys, is of English and French descent. His paternal great- grandfather, in company with three brothers, came to the United States at an early date, and the ancestor of the family under consideration settled in New York, as did also another brother, the other two seek- ing the settlements in Ohio and the further west. On the maternal side the family was of French-Huguenot blood, going to England in 1625, on account of religious persecution. After two generations had lived in England, Mrs. Blatchley's grandfather came to the United States. Mr. Blatchley's parents were Ashhel and Frances E. (Green- leaf) Blatchley, the former, born in the Susquehanna Valley, N. Y., died in 1903, and the latter, born in Kingston, Green Lake county, in Wisconsin, died in 1896. The father came to Wisconsin in the forties with his family and settled in Kingston, where he followed the vocation of farming, spending the rest of his life at that place. He was probably the most widely known man in the coun- ty, was for many years a member of the board of supervisors, a mem- ber of the school board, and greatly interested in educational matters, and whatever pertained to the advancement of the community to which he belonged. Albert H., born in Kingston, May 29, 1866, obtained his early education at the public school, later became a student at the University of Wisconsin, and was graduated in the college of law with the degree of LL. B., in 1895. He began his practice in Baraboo, forming a partnership under the name of Blatchley & Smith, and re- maining there for two years. Coming to Milwaukee, in 1897, he formed a partnership with the late W. C. Williams, which continued until the death of Mr. Williams the following March, and he then formed a partnership with W. E. Burke, under the name of Blatchley & Burke, which continued for three years. Following this he was a member of the firm of Blatchley & Riley for a year, then practiced alone until he formed the present business connection. While the firm does general legal work it gives special attention to matters con- nected with corporations, and Mr. Blatchley has been connected with some important litigation. His practice of law really began some three years before he was admitted to the bar. In 1892 James H. Davidson, now member of Congress from the Eighth district, was practicing in Princeton, Green Lake county, in company with his brother-in-law, R. W. Wilde, a young graduate of the law department of the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Davidson, wishing to remove to Oshkosh, ar- ranged with Mr. Blatchley, with whom he had been associated in some work, to go to Princeton and go in partnership withMr. Wilde, which he did, remaining two years, and then entered the law department of the state university, taking the full two years' course in one year. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1889 was appointed postmaster at Kingston, Wis., which position he resigned when he entered upon the

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study of law. While a resident of Kingston he was a member of the Congressional committee for four years, but since that time has taken no active part in political movements. He is a member of several fraternal organizations, including the Free Masons, Columbian Knights and Independent Order of Foresters; belongs also to the bar associa- tions of the city and state. Mr. Blatchley has been twice married, and by the first union has one son, Robert O., now a student in the high school of the city. On June 6, 1906, he was married to Mrs. Etta M. Hoar, daughter of John N. and Lottie (Smith) Foster, of Shell Lake, Wis.

William Edward Black, a member of the legal firm of Cary, Upham & Black, one of the leading firms of the Northwest, was born in Richland county, Wis., May 23, 1867, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The American progenitors of the family came to this country about four generations ago, and the father, James A. Black, who was born in Virginia, is still living. He settled in Richland county in 1850 and engaged in farming and milling. The mother's maiden name was Mary Woodward, and their marriage occurred in Richland county. William E. attended the public schools for the acquirement of his elementary education, and was a student at the high schools of Richland Center and Sextonville, being graduated at the latter in 1884. He then entered the University of Wisconsin, was graduated in 1888 with the degree of B. L., and in the college of law in 1890 with that of LL. B. He immediately began the practice of his profession in Richland Cent- ter, in company with his uncle, O. F. Black, and there he remained two years. Coming to Milwaukee on May 17, 1892, he entered the office of Wells, Brigham & Upham, which association continued until the death of Mr. Brigham in 1897. At that time the partnership of Fish, Cary, Upham & Black was formed, which also held until broken by a death, that of Mr. Fish in 1900, since which time the other three members have constituted the firm. It carries on a very large legal busi- ness, there being employd in the office twenty-one persons, a number of them lawyers of ability and repute, beside the three members of the firm. It handles much important litigation, and many large finan- cial interests are committed to its care. Messrs. Cary and Black are individually attorneys for the estate of Daniel Wells, Jr., one of the largest estates ever probated in Wisconsin. In politics Mr. Black is an independent Democrat, but takes no active part in political move- ments. Socially as well as professionally he is prominent in the city and belongs to a number of organizations of a social nature, among them being the Milwaukee Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, and the University Club, and he also maintains his connection with the college fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. On June 22, 1897, Mr. Black was united in marriage to Miss Julia Saveland, daughter of Capt. Zach and Gun- nel J. (Brady) Saveland, of Milwaukee. Captain Saveland, whose death occurred about 1887, was a lake captain and one of the most prominent and widely known of his craft that ever sailed out of the port of Milwaukee.

Rev. William Keller Frick, D. D., pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Milwaukee, is a native of Lancas-

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ter, Pa., born Feb. 1, 1850. His parents were both natives of the same state, and of German and Lutheran antecedents. His father, William Frick, was born in Northumberland, Aug. 31, 1791, and died on Jan. 21, 1863. His mother, Barbara (Keller) Frick, was a native of Lan- caster county, March 2, 1809, and Nov. 16, 1869, marking the begin- ning and end of her life. The first ancestor in America came from Palatinate, Germany, in 1732, and settled in Philadelphia, most of the family remaining for several generations in that state. The father of Rev. William K. Frick was a justice of the peace for over thirty years, being noted for his just decisions, and was returned to office irrespect- ive of the political parties in power. He enlisted in the War of 1812, but saw no active service. The mother's people also came to America before the Revolution. A cousin, Col. William Frick, participated in the Civil war, and saved Lancaster county from invasion by the Con- federates by burning the bridge at Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa., which there crossed the Susquehanna river. William K. was educated at the public schools of Lancaster, and was graduated in the high school of that city in 1865, then entering the Muhlenberg (Lutheran) College, at Allentown, Pa., in which he was graduated in 1870, with the degree of A. B. His training for the work of the ministry was ac- quired at the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran church in Philadelphia. He finished his course in 1873 and was the same year ordained by the "Ministerium of Pennsylvania", the oldest Lutheran synod in America. He was the first pastor of the St. Paul English Lutheran church in Philadelphia, remaining ten years, and then was appointed to a professorship in Gustavus Adolphus College, in St. Peter's, Minn., remaining there for six years. After spending some time in missionary work in the West he came to Milwaukee in Septem- ber, 1889, and founded the first English Lutheran church in Wiscon- sin, of which he is still pastor and from which have sprung several other churches. The Church of the Redeemer has now above 500 com- municants, and has exerted a wide influence among the people of the Lutheran denomination. Rev. Dr. Flick is the English recording sec- retary of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran church of North America, now serving his fifth term, and biennially publishes the reports of the Council, which makes a volume of 300 pages. He has also written "The Life of Henry Melchior Muhlenburg, Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America", and is a contributor to "The Lutheran", a weekly publication, and other periodicals. He was one of the founders and served as both president and secretary of the Evange- lical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest, and is the only one of the founders now connected with it. He was also one of the founders of the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, is secretary of its board of trustees, and was for six years, from 1893 to 1899, a professor in the institution. On Oct. 7, 1873, he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa F. Klump, daughter of Lewis and Mary (Schmidt) Klump, of Allentown, Pa. Their oldest son, William Gerald, married Miss Anna Carlson, and has three children: Harold, Warren, and Lilian. Lil- ian Louise married Sherwood G. Oxborrow, and has one child, Sher- wood Frick. Norman Keller, an alumnus of Beloit College, is a pro-

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fessor in Wagner College, Rochester, N. Y. He is married to Miss Edith I. Johnson. Raymond Lewis, the youngest, resides with his parents.

Henry Kampschroer, rector of St. Michael's Catholic church, Milwaukee, is the son of John and Elizabeth ( Soppe) Kampschroer, na- tives of Westphalia, Germany, and now both deceased, the former dy- ing in 1881 and the latter in 1868. They never came to this country but it is the home of five of their children. Beside the subject of this sketch there are John, a merchant residing in La Crosse; Bernard, a farmer in Hewitt; and two sisters who live in Marshfield, Wis. Rev. Henry Kampschroer was born on Dec. 28, 1843, in Westphalia, Ger- many, acquired his early education in the parish and common schools of his native land, and took his classical degree in the college at Munster, metropolis of Westphalia, in 1862. Subsequently he entered the theo- logical college in the city of Munster, in which he was graduated in theology and philosophy, in 1864. Two years later he came to the United States and entered the Seminary of St. Francis, remaining un- til Jan. 29, 1868, when he was ordained to the priesthood, celebrating his first mass on Feb. 2, following, at St. Joseph's church. He was as- sistant pastor of that church for about six months, and was then ap- pointed pastor of St. Patrick's church at Eau Claire, for eight months, and then rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral at La Crosse for nine years. In May, 1872, he was appointed to the church at Prairie du Chien, but in September, 1873, was returned to St. Joseph's in La Crosse, being in charge there until 1877. For the following year he acted as secretary to Bishop Heiss, of La Crosse, and in 1878 became the professor of philosophy and master of discipline at St. Francis Seminary, Milwau- kee. After two years he was sent back to La Crosse as administrator of the diocese, the see being vacant on account of the transfer of Bishop Heiss to Milwaukee. The years 1881-82 he spent abroad, vis- iting the countries of Europe, and on his return was appointed rector of St. Henry's church in Watertown, remaining there from Septen- ber, 1882, until Aug. 20, 1902, when he was transferred to the position which he now holds. He occasionally lectures in the seminary, if oc- casion demands, but it is not a part of his regular work. He has written some articles on practical theology and other allied subjects, but the press of other duties in his large parish leaves little leisure for intellectual pursuits. The parish was organized in 1883 by Father Philip Vogt, assistant of St. Joseph's church, and the first rector was Rev William Neu. The present church, built in 1892, is a fine stone building with a seating capacity of 1,200. The families in the parish number between 1, 100 and 1,200, and the schools include 1.196 pupils, who are under the instruction of twenty-two teachers, all except one male teacher being sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee. Beside the church edifice the society owns a frame parish house, two school build- ings, one of solid brick and one of brick veneer. The church buildings cost $125,000 at the time of erection, but could not be replaced for less than $165,000. The parish is in a prosperous condition, both spiritually and financially. There is some debt on the property, but it is being met as necessary. The whole value of the church property approxi- mates $200,000.

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Edward W. Frost is an attorney of Milwaukee, and his ancestry in one line goes back to Richard Warren, who came over in the May- flower. On the paternal side his ancestors settled in what is now known as Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1650, coming from Binsted, Hampshire, England. His forebears of three successive generations fought in the three wars: the French and Indian war, the Revolution and the War of 1812-all being officers. His parents, who are still liv- ing, are Simeon T. and Phoebe (Wheeler) Frost, the former born in New York state, April 14, 1831, and the latter in the same state, June 5, 1836. They never came west. His father graduated at Yale in 1857 and is a teacher. Born at Southington, Conn., May 28, 1859, Edward W. obtained his university education at Harvard and was graduated in 1884 with the degree of A. B., subsequently studying law at the Harvard Law School and in the office of Gen. Benjamin H. Bristow, of New York, being admitted to the New York bar in 1886. Removing to Milwaukee in 1887, he has practiced law since that time in this city, a member of the firm of Frost & Frost, in which he is the senior partner. In politics Mr. Frost is a Republican, not a poli- tician, however, in the usual sense of that term, but is interested in all movements tending toward a betterment of general conditions and the improvement of industrial situations. He was appointed by Gov- ernor Davidson, one of the Wisconsin members of the commission for the Uniform Divorce Law Congress in 1905-6, was also a member for Wisconsin of the general council of the American Bar Association, 1907-8, is the secretary of the International Juvenile Court Society, and a member of the National Child Labor Committee. He is deeply interested in the last named movement, has devoted much time and attention to it, and has appeared much before legislatures, drafted bills, and worked in other ways for the furtherance of these two ob- jects which are so vitally connected with the welfare of children and of the general public as well. He belongs to the city, state, and na- tional bar associations, and is a member of the University Club and the Harvard Club of Milwaukee, and of the Plymouth Congregational church. On Oct. 19, 1886, he was united in marriage to Miss Ida C. Canfield, daughter of John and Helen (Beach) Canfield, of Man- istee, Mich.

Lewis Morris Ogden was born in Milwaukee, Jan. 1, 1863, and is descended from a family of lawyers. His grandfather, David B. Ogden, was a prominent lawyer of New York city for many years and was for a short time surrogate of the city. He died in the middle of the last century. The father of Lewis M. was born in New York city, came to Milwaukee in 1845, was a prominent member of the bar for many years, and had charge, either as attorney of record or counsel, of important litigation which formed the foundation for much of the unwritten law of the state. He died in Milwaukee in 1882. and his wife, who was Jane W. Johnson, survived him but six years. Lewis M. Ogden received his early education in the grammar depart- ment of Racine College and Markham Academy of Milwaukee, and studied law in his father's office, managing, at the same time, the ab- stract business. He was admitted to the bar in May, 1884, when he

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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 54

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