The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 126

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
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such eredit to himself and satisfaction to his friends that he was returned a third time to that body ; fail - ing health while in the Legislature compelled him to quit the practice of law, and seek some outdoor employment ; in 1872, he built the Chicago & Rock River Railroad from Shabbona, De Kalb Co., to Sterling, Whiteside Co., Ill .; in 1874, he organized the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railway Co., of which ;he has since been President. Such is a brief sketch of the career of one who has through life been actively engaged in public enterprises of various kinds. '

ISAAC KLOCK (deceased), was the son of John and Nancy Klock, of Montgomery Co., N. Y .; born in 1812; he was educated in the district schools of his native county, and after he grew to manhood chose his father's avocation-that of an honest farmer ; in 1839, he removed to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., whence, in 1855, he immigrated to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., and settled on a farm of 100 acres, three miles southeast of the city of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming till about 1873, when he traded his farm for the old Soper grist-mill and 8 acres of land, this being the first mill built in the neighborhood and the second one in the county ; he continued as proprietor of this mill till his death, June 9, 1876. He mar- ried Miss Laranay N., daughter of John and Nancy Nellis, of Montgomery Co., N. Y .; they have nine- teen children, as follows: ' John I., Ira (deceasedl), Delos, Nancy (now Mrs. C. Raymond, of Appleton, lowa ), Robert ( deceased ), Christian, August (deceased ), George, Joseph, Elizabeth (deceased), Lucinda ( Mrs. John E. Parks ), Zilpha (late Mrs. George T. Hamilton, deceased ), Amy ( Mrs. C. E. Baldwin), Arvilla (Mrs. William E. Hughes, of Chicago, Ill.) and Purley P., of Fond du Lac, who is now proprie- tor of the mill in his father's stead, and who was married to Miss Allie S., daughter of William E. and Elizabeth Davis, of Fond du Lac, May 13, 1879 ; there were four other children, who died in infancy. Mr. Klock was a member of the Masonic Fraternity for a number of years before his death, and he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church.

G. A. KNAPP, Treasurer of the Fond du Lac Savings Bank, came to Fond du Lac in 1868, and engaged in the hardware business with Farnsworth & Knapp, first as bookkeeper ; he continued in the hardware business until 1874, and has been Treasurer of the Savings Bank since Jan. 1, 1878.

W. A. KNAPP, Secretary and Treasurer of the Fond du Lac Harrow Company ; he was born in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 30, 1821 ; removed to Green Bay, Wis., in 1837 ; resided there eleven years, then went to Oshkosh, where he remained until he came to Fond du Lac in 1866; while at Green Bay he was in the hardware business with his brother; after 1841, he was a partner with him ; at Oshkosh he was engaged in general merchandising for about three years ; for a number of years he carried on steamboat business, and for a period of eight years prior to coming to Fond du Lac, he was engaged in farming : after coming here he was extensively engaged in the hardware trade until 1874; after- ward, for two years, in insurance and real-estate business ; since then he has given his entire attention to his manufacturing interests. March 26, 1845, he married Lucinda A. Gilbert, at Green Bay; she was born in Cortland Co., N. Y. ; they have had six children ; the living are Clarence A., Gaines A., Frank A. and Minnie A .; they have lost two daughters, Anah A., born Oct. 20, 1850, died in Fond du Lac, Nov. 8, 1871-at the time of her death she was the wife of C. W. Powers; Katie A., was born Jan. 16, 1857, and died Jan. 8, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp are members of the Congregational Church.

G. A. KRETLOW, Chief of Police, was born in Prussia Aug. 23, 1843, and came to Mil- waukee in 1856, where be resided until coming to Fond du Lac in 1866; from 1866 to 1873, Mr. K. was engaged in the manufacture of tobacco ; in 1874, was chosen Chief of Police, and has occupied that position continuously since. He was married to Pauline Quandt May 22, 1866 ; they have five children- Martha, Carl E., Albert Q., Paul G. and Alma. He is a member of the A .. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., Turner Society, and German-English Academy.

F. KRUMME, druggist and apothecary; was born at Calbe, on the river Saale, Prussia, Oct. 7, 1831 ; came to Freeport, INI., Dec. 25, 1854, where he resided until coming to Fond du Lac in 1866; in 1861, recruited Co. C., and was commissioned Captain of it in December. 1861 ; promoted to Brevet Major July 18, 1866; he resigned, on account of disability caused by typhoid fever, in April, 1862, after partie- ipating in the battles of Fort Donelson and Pittsburg Landing ; Mr. K. has followed the drug business since 1846. He married at Freeport, Ill., in 1858, Sophie Huellhorst, who died Dec. 4, 1863, leaving one child, Sophie, born Nov. 26, 1863. June 9, 1864, he was married to Theresa Wolff, who was born at Schoeneburg, Alsace, Aug. 14, 1844; they have two children-Simon A., born April 10, 1865, at Free- port, and Frederick Otto, born Sept. 7, 1876, at Fond du Lac. Mr. K. is an Odd Fellow and Mason, Druid, and member of the German-English Academy.

GUSTAV KUENNE, watchmaker, jeweler, engraver and practical optician ; born in Prussia in 1825 ; came to America in 1849 ; first located in Milwaukee, where he resided two years; he then spent about nine months traveling in different States in this country, afterward was a resident of Chicago

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for six years ; came to Fond du Lac May 6, 1856 ; engaged in present business ever since he came here. He was married at Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 17, 1858, to Louisa Preusser; she was born in Prussia; they have one child, Lena; Mr. Kuenne learned the manufacturing jeweler's trade in Europe, and the trade of watchmaker in Milwaukee and Chicago.

H. P. KUICKS, of the firm of Kuicks & Hannigan, grocers, was born in the city of Fond du Lac in 1851 ; was edueated in the public schools ; began telegraphing with the N .- W. R. R. in 1867; from 1869 to 1872, he worked as machinist for Heiner, when he changed to the machine-shops of the N .- W. R. R .; in May, 1878, he became a partner in the present firm. He married Miss Bettie Launstein, daughter of P. Lauustein, of Fond du Lac, Oct. 4, 1878. They are members of the Lutheran Church.

JACOB KUNZE, manufacturer, corner of Division and Sophia streets; is a native of Prussia ; was born Aug. 14, 1828; in his native country he acquired a liberal education, and, in about 1847, emi- grated to America and engaged to learn the carriage and wagon making trade at West Menden, Monroe Co., N. Y. In 1856, he married, in Rochester, N. Y., Catharine Fee; immediately after they were mar- ried, they came to Fond du Lac; they have had four children, only one of whom is living-John J. Mr. Kunze established his present business about twelve years ago, and manufactures carriages, buggies, spring and lumber wagons ; he is a skilled mechanic, and employs the best workmen, therefore turns out a supe- rior class of work, which is widely known for durability and neatness; he possesses every facility for attending to general repairing, and for supplying all who require anything in his line.

HOWARD MALCOM KUTCHIN, journalist; was born in Philadelphia, Penn., Nov. 4, 1842, where his father, the late Rev. T. T. Kutchin, was a clergyman ; the family came to Wisconsin in 1853, and soon after arriving in the State, settled at Fond du Lac; Mr. Kutchin never was given a college instruction, but acquired a good education in the common schools which he attended ; at the age of 19, he entered a printing office at Ripon, with a view to becoming a journalist, and from that time until 1866, was connected in an editorial capacity with newspapers in Peoria, Ill., St. Louis, Mo., Cairo, Ills., Memphis, Tenn., and St. Joseph, Mo .; from the latter city he removed to Fort Atkinson, Wis., where he purchased the Herald, which he conducted until 1871 ; in that year, Mr. Kutchin went to California and aided in founding a daily paper at San Diego, intending to make that State his home ; but concluding not to do so, returned to Wiscousin in September, 1871, and purchased an interest in the Fond du Lac Com- monwealth (daily and weekly ), with which he has since been connected as part or sole editor and proprietor. Mr. Kutchin has taken an active part in politics, as a Republican. both local and general ; served as Chair- man of the Republican County Committee in 1878 and 1879; was appointed State's Prison Director in 1878, for a term of six years; was a prominent candidate for Postmaster of Fond du Lac, in 1877, but was defeated in spite of exceptionally strong petitions and recommendations, and was appointed by Presi- dent Hayes, in 1879. Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third Wisconsin District, which office he brought from Oshkosh to Fond du Lac. Mr. Kutchin is identified with the principal secret societies, and for two years was Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Wisconsin. To Mr. Kutchin and his paper is given the credit, and justly, of scouring the election of Matthew H. Carpenter as U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, for the term beginning March 4, 1879. He was married to Elsie, daughter of John Iry- ing, one of the earliest settlers of Ripon ; they have two children-a daughter and a son.

P. J. LADD, baggage-master and collector for North-Western Railway at Fond du Lac ; was born in Ontario, Canada West, Dec. 11, 1846; emigrated to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled at Neenah, Winnebago Co., where he received a common-school education ; in the spring of 1865, he began braking ou the Illinois Central Railroad. whence, in the fall of the same year, he changed to the North- Western road, where he continued as brakeman for two years, when he was appointed baggage-master on the road, in which position he remained till the fall of 1868, when he was assigned to the position of baggage-master and collector for the road at Fond du Lac. Dec. 11, 1867, he married Miss Jane A. Stewart, daughter of William J. Stewart, of Fond du Lae ; they have three children-Willie, Eddie and Carrie. Mr. and Mrs. Ladd are members of the Congregational Church. Mr. Ladd has been a Mason since 1868.

PROF. JAMES S. LAKE, teacher of music and piano-tuner ; was born at Reading, Penn., Jan. 9, 1853, where he resided until 7 years old, when his parents moved to Chicago; Prof. L. studied music under Theo. Gramman, a German Professor of Music, in New York, about five years, and studied also with his sister, Julia C. Lake ; since he was 18 years of age, Prof. Lake has been engaged in teaching music and tuning pianos in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and since November, 1877, in Fond du Lac.

LEON LALLIER, florist and market gardener, on Fourth street ; is one of two surviving sous of a family of five ; he was born in France in 1834, and learned the gardener's trade there with his father, who had learned it from his father before him: in 1852, the family came to America, and settled here in

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Fond du Lac, where they continued the business of florist and gardener ; three years after, the family was afflicted with the typhoid fever, and Leon lost his only sister and two brothers within twenty days after the first was taken siek ; in 1858, bis only surviving brother removed to Kansas, leaving him and his father as the only members of the family here. In 1860, he married Miss Julia C. Pierron, daughter of J. C. Pierron, of Fond du Lac, she being a native of Syracuse, N. Y. ; they have seven children-Frank E., Louis, Lovina, Leon, Charlotte, Charles and Hester.

D. C. LANG was born at Albany, N. Y., July 8, 1852, and eame to Sheboygan Falls, Wis., in 1855 ; Springvale in 1857, and Fond du Lac in 1874; he purchased the Fond du Lac Trunk Factory of A. Payne that year, and managed the business alone until 1875, when his brother became a partner under the firm name of D. C. & J. H. Lang; the factory gives employment to eighteen men, and the sales, which are in several of the surrounding States, amount to $25,000 per annumn. Mr. Lang was married to Miss Kittie Pogue, at Fond du Lac, Aug. 23, 1877.

JOHN H. LANG was born at Albany, N. Y., June 16, 1850, and came with his father, Win. Lang, to Sheboygan Falls, Wis., in 1855, and to Fond du Lac Co., town of Springvale, in 1857 ; there he remained until 1873 ; he became a partner with his brother in the firm of D. C. & J. H. Lang as trunk manufacturers at Fond du Lac, in March, 1875. He was married to Miss Ida B Lee, of Fond du Lac, Dee. 17, 1876.

LEANDER LANDERMAN, farmer ; is a son of Augustin and Mary Landerman, born in Montreal Co., Canada, in 1825; at the age of 20 he entered upon an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade with his father, continuing with him four years ; he then went, in 1846, to a place near Troy, N. Y., and for two years was engaged in an ax factory; in 1848, he came to Fond du Lac, and began work at the earpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed for a number of years ; he was employed by the North-Western Railway Company to assist in building depots, ete., ete., and while finishing the woodshed at Fond du Lac, he was knocked off the scaffolding while an engine was passing, and it ran over his arm, crushing it so badly that it had to be amputated; he was then appointed night-watch at the depot, which position he held for seven years ; in 1848, he began dealing in real estate, and has been at it more or less since that time ; he now owns 180 acres in Sec. S, town of Fond du Lac; probable value, $75 per acre. He married Miss Orellie, daughter of Lewis and Felicity Muller, of Fond du Lac, in 1848, by whom he has six children, as follows : Helaire, Martha, Henry, Pacific, Orellie ( now Mrs. Jos. Balargeon, of Fond du Lae) and Rose. Mr. L. and family are members of St. Louis' Catholic Church.

FRANZ LAUENSTEIN, wholesale liquor dealer ; was born at Brunswick, Germany, May 25, 1830 ; eame direct to Fond du Lac in May, 1850 ; for two years conducted Henry Rahte, Sr.'s, dis- tillery ; worked two years at cabinet-maker's trade, and, in 1855, began the wholesale liquor business, which he has followed ever since. He was married at Fond du Lac, in 1852, to Lissetta Bergen, a native of Hanover ; they have five children living-Frank H., Betty, Rosa, Frances and Johanna ; three children are deceased. Mr. L. was one of the organizers of the German-English Academy, and is now its President ; is a Turner, and a member of the Odd Fellows' Lodge, and a Director of the German American Savings Bank.

HIRAM K. LAUGHLIN, of the firm of Laughlin & Carey, dry-goods merchants; is a native of Hopkinton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he was born in 1818, and lived till 1845, when he became connected with the Treasury Department at Washington, and remained till 1849, going in under James K. Polk and coming out under Taylor's Administration. In 1848, he married Mrs. Carey, of Fond du Lac, and, in 1849, he moved from Washington to Fond du Lac, and became engaged in the dry- goods trade, which he has since followed ; they have only one son-William T., who is now the book- keeper for the firm. Mr. Laughlin and family are members of the Episcopal Church.

JOHN LEIKAUF. proprietor of meat market on Main street ; was born in New York City in 1846 ; at the age of 15, he began to learn the butcher trade, which he followed in his native city till 1807, when he came to Fond du Lac and continued the same business, working for other parties till the spring of 1879 ; he then became proprietor of his present market. In IS71, he married Miss Lacorda S. Wright, daughter of Joseph Wright, of Calumet, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; they have one daughter- Maggie. Mr. L. and wife are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

S. G. LELAND, Clerk of the Court ; born in Holliston, Mass., in 1843 ; moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1853 ; resided there until July, 1869, when he eame to Wiscousin, and located at Beaver Dan, where he remained until October, 1870; at that time he came to Fond du Lac, and engaged in business as a merchant, dealing in boots and shoes, having carried on same business in Brooklyn and Beaver Dam prior to coming here ; continued in trade about one year after locating in this city ; then, for seven years, was employed in the County Register's office, five years of the time being Deputy Register ; in the fall

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of 1878, he was elected to the position which he now occupies. Mr. Leland was married, at East Bridge- water, Mass., Nov. 20, 1867, to Jennette C. Harlow, a native of Massachusetts; they have four children -Gilbert H., Harry H., Arthur Little and Alice Maud.

JOSEPH F. LENZ, of the firm of Lenz & Ehlers ; was born in Austria Jan. 10, 1841 ; came directly to Fond du Lac in 1856, where he has since resided, working at the wagon-maker's trade, which he began learning in Europe. Mr. Lenz has been engaged in business for himself since 1873. He was married at Fond du Lac, Jan. 24, 1861, to Fredericka A. Eichmeyer, born in Holstein, Germany ; they have three children-Joseph H., Rudolph and Louis. He has been one of the managers of the German-English Academy during thirteen years.

SAMUEL LEVEL, dealer in wood ; was born in Ohio, but lived at Buffalo, N. Y., and vicinity, until coming to Fond du Lac May 8, 1858, where he has since resided ; he engaged in lumber- ing several years; five years engineer for Stevely & Bartlett, but during the last eight years has been dealing in wood, stock and ice. Mr. L. is a bachelor, and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

A. H. LEWIS, of the firm of O. F. Lewis & Bro .; from Essex Co., N. Y., where he was born, came to Fond du Lac Co. in 1847, and settled with his father in the town of Springvale; he enlisted Feb. 22, 1864, in the 4th W. V. C., and was mustered out as Sergeant of Co. B, at Brownsville, Tex., May, 28, 1866, after which he went to Minnesota and engaged in farming for two years ; in April, 1874, com- meaced business with his brother at Fond du Lac, as dealers in agricultural implements, pumps, etc. He was married at Fond du Lac, Dec. 15, 1874, to Martha F. Barber, a native of Vermont,

R. M. LEWIS, station agent; is a native of Madison Co., N. Y .; born in 1820; came to Chicago, Ill., in 1851, and engaged in the manufacture of saleratus till spring of 1854, when he came to Fond du Lac, and engaged in the lumber business till 1869 ; he was next interested in the grain trade; in 1867, he was appointed Postmaster at Fond du Lac, by President Johnson, which position he held for two years ; was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly in fall of 1872; in February, 1876, he was appointed station agent of the N .- W. R. R. He married Miss Helen Williams, daughter of Imri Will- iams, of Madison Co., N. Y., in 1844; they have four children-Mary, now Mrs. E. L. Patrick, of Kansas ('ity, Mo .; Ella, now Mrs. K. M. Adams, of Fond du Lac; Addie, now Mrs. H. B. Dodd, of Water- town, Wis .; Carrie, now Mrs. Lebrick, of Racine, Wis. Wife and family are members of the Congrega- tional Church.

ORIN F. LEWIS, dealer in agricultural implements; was born in Hague, Warren Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1832; came to Rosendale in September, 1847, and engaged in farming, which he has since carried on in addition to other business ; during five years, in addition to dealing in pumps and all kinds of farm machinery, as a member of the firm of O. F. Lewis & Brother, he has been a traveling salesman of the Fountain City Wheel & Seeder Co. He was married, Dec. 31, 1856, to Mary A. Murray, a native of Prince Edward's Island ; they have five children-George A., Carrie A., Charles E., Arthur M. and Bertie O. While living in Rosendale-he now lives just east of the city of Fond du Lae-Mr. Lewis was Supervisor, and held other town offices. Mr. L.'s mother, Betsy Lewis, died in Rosendale Feb. 23, 1857 ; his father, Matthew I., is now a resident of Springvale.

L. R. LEWIS, marble dealer ; was born in Wethersfield, Windsor Co., Vt., June 6, 1831, and moved with his parents to Maryland in 1833, where they resided until 1840, and then moved to Clinton Co., N. Y .; from there, in 1850, they came to Eden, Fond du Lac Co., and settled upon See. 16; Mr. Lewis engaged in farming, speculating, dealing in wood, and story-telling in Eden, until 1866, when he moved to Fond du Lac, and engaged in the marble business. He was married in October, 1853, at Tay- cheedah, to Miss Delilah, daughter of Stafford Potter; they have two children living-George W. and Cora E. In Eden, Mr. L. was Town Clerk and Supervisor, and has been Alderman, Supervisor and member of the Board of Education in Fond du Lac; his father, Stephen Lewis, died in Eden in 1871 ; his mother, Thankful Lewis, is living in Nebraska. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.

R. LIEBERMANN, wool merchant, and dealer in grain, seeds, hides, furs, pelts, etc .; born in Austria Aug. 28, 1852; came to America with his parents when he was a child of about 5 years of age ; they were located in Milwaukee for two years, then removed to Sheboygan ; from there the subject of this sketch returned to Milwaukee, and graduated from the German and English Academy, and also from Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, and for two years was in a tannery in Milwaukee, then he went to Manitowoc, where he was employed for about two years as a dry-goods salesman ; in 1870, he came to Fond du Lac, and was associated with L. Rosenberg in the clothing business for several years, a portion of the time dealing in wool, grain, hides, etc .; he was with Mr. Rosenberg until the fall of 1878, since then alone ; Mr. Liebermann is one of the live young business men of this city, enterprising and publie spirited. He is a son of M. Liebermann, who was engaged in dry-goods business about 1868.

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EDWARD C. LITTLE (deceased), was a native of Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., where he was born April 10, 1811 ; being the son of a farmer, he spent his boyhood and youth, except while attending district school, by which he received rather a limited education, in agricultural pursuits ; in 1848, he began the business of a hardware merchant in New York City, which he continued with his brother till 1863; disposing of his interest there at that time, he came to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., bought a farm of 160 acres in Secs. 33 and 34, town of Fond du Lac, where he followed farming till his death, which ocenrred Oct. 30, 1870. He was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Smith, of Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1846 ; they have four sons and one daughter-Edward S., Charles S., John A., Joseph B. and Isabella F., now Mrs. Theodore Van Cleef, of Jersey City, N. J. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church of Fond du Lac; formerly members of the Collegiate Church of New York City, one of the oldest churches of that city ; its 250th anniversary was celebrated in 1878.

JOHN W. LOCKIN, printer and publisher, was born in Sauk Co., Wis., June 6, 1852; came to Fond du Lac Co. in October, 1864 ; began the printer's trade at Brandon April 13, 1869; had charge of the Ripon Free Press for some time ; worked a few months in the old Star office at Milwau- kee and came to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided, in August, 1872; in April, 1878, he purchased the Globe office, and, in August, 1879, purchased the Champion steam outfit and merged the two offices into one ; in company with. Edward Beeson, he began the publication of the Wisconsin Farmer in Sep- tember, 1879. Mr. L. was married at Fond du Lac, June 12, 1878, to Jennie S., daughter of the late John Keyes; they have'one child-Florence Edna.

ROBERT LONGSTAFF, retired ; was born in County Durham, England, Nov. 11, 1804; came to New York City, where he worked at the carpenter's trade a few months; in September, 1844, he moved to Rochester, where he worked at wagon-making less than a year; returned to New York City for a few months and then came to Fond du Lac Co., which has since been his home ; Mr. L. worked at the carpenter's trade one winter in Fond du Lac, and then bought a farm, on which he lived five years, and which he afterward rented. He was married in England, in December, 1831, to Dianah Atkinson, a native of County Durham ; they have had eight children, of whom three are living-Jane, Robert B. and Anna ; the five deceased were Thomas, who died in England ; William, who died in Kansas, aged 26 years ; Alice, who died in Eden, aged 19 years ; Mary, who died in Fond du Lac, aged 23 years; and Tarah, who died also in Fond du Lac, aged 7 years. Although in his 76th year, Mr. Longstaff is in good health and works every day about his place.

MOTHER MARY AGNES LUBY, Sister Superior of St. Joseph's Convent and Orphan Asylum, is a daughter of Patrick and Mary Luby ; born in Cashel. County Tipperary, Ireland, Aug. 28, 1846 ; at the age of 4 years, she entered the Convent of the " Presentation Nuns," of her native city, and remained there till she reached her 16th year, spending the first part of her time at study, the latter part at teaching ; in October, 1870, she, with two other Sisters, came to America and entered the Con- vent of Merey, at Sterling, Ill., in November following ; remaining there about two weeks, they, with the Community, removed to Janesville, Wis., where, March 11, 1873, she was appointed Sister Superior of the Community by the Rev. Father Doyle; in January, 1876, the convent was removed to and estab- lished at Fond du Lae, under her care, who, as Superior, has carefully managed and guarded its interests as one whose life-work and life are consecrated to a work of charity toward the poor, the sick and the orphan children of the church; and many will be the thankful hearts, which, in future years, will beat with almost reverential pulsations when fond recollection brings to memory the many blessings they have received from her benevolent hands.

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The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 126

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company Number of Pages: 1082

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 1082