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REV. JOHN H. BROCKMANN, Pastor of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Watertown and vicinity ; born in Hanover Feb. 8, 1833; educated in Europe; ordained to the Christian inistry in Germany in 1861; came to America in 1862; he preached at Ahnapee, Wis., four years, terward two years at Mosel, Sheboygan Co. ; in 1868, he went to Fort Atkinson, where he remained ntil he came to Watertown, in January, 1875. Mr. Brockmann married Sophia Scheele Oct. 3, 1862; he was born in Germany. They have three children-Johanna, Theodore and Paul.
F. P. BROOK, groceries, fruits and confectioner ; was born in Veldenz, near the river Moselle, russia, June 22, 1835, and came to Wisconsin in the summer of 1850; located in the town of Water- wn, on a farm that his father purchased from Mr. McCready ; he then came to Watertown and learned e barber's trade ; he remained at his trade for five years, and, in 1857, started a fruit and confectionery, hich he carried on for about cighteen years; in 1866, he started the Red Front Store, adjoining the ank of Watertown, which he carried on in connection with his other store. For about two and a half ars, Mr. Brook quit business, for a rest, and then started the store he now occupies and in which he is ing a successful and profitable business ; he was elected School Commissioner and resigned on account ' his business ; in 1877, was elected as Supervisor and again in 1879, which position he now holds. He arried, Dec. 31, 1857, Christiana Esslinger, of Buffalo, N. Y. He has five children-Amanda, Edward, mma, Charles and Ida.
WILLIAM BUCHHEIT, grain-dealer ; born in Bavaria, Aug. 15, 1827; came to America 1851; landed at New York City April 8, 1851 ; came to Milwaukee in May of the same year ; came Watertown and located in August, 1852; engaged in the liquor business for a number of years ; carried a rectifying establishment and did a large wholesale business after doing a retail business for some ars ; he also built and carried on a brewery for awhile ; in 1860, he commenced business as a commis- on and produce merchant ; in 1865, he commenced buying grain and is now one of the largest and most osperous grain-dealers in the West. July 30, 1857, he was married in Watertown, to Helena Weis, a tive of Prussia ; they have ten children living-Anna, Helena, Mena, Amelia, Josephina, William, Jr., lexander, Henry, Gustav and Albert.
CHARLES BUNTROCK, house, sign, carriage and ornamental painter ; born in Watertown ov. 10, 1848 ; he is a son of David F. Buntrock, who came to this county in the summer of 1848, and is w a resident of Shields Township, Dodge Co .; although he was first located on a farm in Watertown Town- ip; Charles was engaged in farming until he was 18 years of age, then he commenced to learn his trade painter and has worked at it ever since. Feb. 11, 1877, he was married in Watertown to Amelia M. onn ; she was born in Prussia Dec. 13, 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Buntrock are members of St. John's utheran Church.
R. H. BURKE, druggist, agent for rubber and paints, and dealer in toilet articles, perfumeries, ines, liquors, cigars, etc., corner of Main and Washington streets, prescriptions carefully compounded; Mr. urke was born in Canada West May 15, 1854; in 1863, he came with his parents to Emmett Township, odge Co., Wis., where he was engaged as a farmer until he commenced the study of medicine at Rush edical College, where he has attended two courses of lectures ; he graduated from the College of the cred Heart in 1876. His father, Richard Burke, died in town of Emmett in 1874.
JOSEPH BURSINGER, brewer, was born in Baden, Germany, Feb. 17, 1822, and came Wisconsin in July, 1853, and located in Milwaukee, where he engaged in brewing beer and cooperage ; om Milwaukee he went to Waukesha Co., and farmed for one year ; then he came to Watertown and com- enced the brewing of beer, which he has continued up to the present time. He married, in November, $49, Mary Voppiller, of Sigmeringen, Prussia ; he has two children living-Ferdinand and Ellanora. Mr. d Mrs. Bursinger are members of St. Henry's Catholic Church.
CHARLES CECH, proprietor of tannery, dealer in leather, shoe-findings, hides, pelts, etc .; rn in Bohemia Feb. 29, 1844; landed in New York City Sept. 28, 1856; came to Watertown the same ar ; engaged in present business most of the time since, except two years in the saloon business and a year two that he was employed as a traveling agent ; commenced present business for himself April 1, 1873. ały IS, 1871, he was married to Carric Derksen (daughter of Theodore V. Derksen, then a resident of ortage City, Wis., now a citizen of Watertown) ; she was born in Germany ; they have four children- tura, Toni, Alma and Hugo. Mr. Cech has been a member of the Turner Society for sixteen years; is also a member of the Sons of Hermann and of Pioneer Fire Company, No. 1.
WENZEL CECH, proprietor of saloon ; horn in Bohemia May 2, 1845 ; came to Watertown 1856. He was married here, July 18, 1868, to Creszenz Gebhardt ; she was born in Germany; they .ve four children living-Charles, Amelia and Emily (twins), and Clara ; lost one daughter-Francisca. r. C. is a member of the Sons of Hermann and Turner Socicties. He is a son of Jacob Cech, one of
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the early tanners here, and who is now a resident of Chicago. Mr. C. commenced business near t C. & N. W. Railway depot in 1870; he has been doing business in his present location seven years.
WILLIAM H. CLARK, Cashier of the Bank of Watertown ; came to Milwaukee in 185 and to Watertown in 1854; organized the bank that year and has been connected with it ever sine Mr. Clark organized the gas company here, in connection with A. L. Pritchard, and conducted the wor for several years ; he has been in the banking business continuously since August 4, 1854-over a quart of a century. Mr. C. is a native of Chemung Co., N. Y.
DR. JAMES CODY was born in St. John, Newfoundland, Ang. 22, 1820 ; came Wisconsin in 1816, locating in Watertown: he studied medicine with Hall Kittridge, of Chelinsfor Mass. ; he completed his medical course, and received his diploma in March, 1844, at Harvard University he then came to Watertown, and, since 1816, has been in the practice of his profession ; he was Superi ten dent of Schools of Watertown for two terms; was appointed by Gov. Barstow as Surgeon of t Wisconsin State Artillery ; about 1863. was Examiner of Pensions for the United States Governmer Dr. Cody married, Nov. 12. 1848, Adeline Rogan, of New York; he has two children-Adeline a William Gordon. Mrs. Cody died Aug. 12, 1872. Dr. Cody is a member of St. Bernard's Catho Church.
LUTHER A. COLE, Watertown, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in We Charleston, Orleans Co., Vt., Nov. 1, 1812; his father, Ebenezer Cole, was the fourth settler in th town ; at the age of 22, he started West, and landed at Detroit in 1834; the following June he to passage in the schooner Supply. a little craft of' but fifty feet keel, for Green Bay and Grand Riv The passage to Green Bay occupied twelve days; after remaining there two days they started for Gra River, which they reached the fourth day, making sixteen days' sailing from Detroit. IIe remained Grand River, and in its vicinity, for about eleven months, being employed most of the time at buildi saw-mills and log houses. Ile then resolved upon visiting Wisconsin, and, taking passage at Gra Haven, at the mouth of Grand River, in the schooner White Pigeon, in company with Philander Baldw and Elisha MI. Osborn, reached Chicago after a sail of about twenty-four hours. Two or three da afterward they started on foot for Milwaukee, following Indian trails most of the way, and finding on t route but an occasional settler. They arrived at Milwaukee on the 10th day of May, 1836. There worked at the carpenter and joiner business until December, when, taking his blanket and provisions up his shoulder, he started for Johnson's Rapids (now Watertown) passing over the road which had be cut out by Mr. Johnson a few week's previously, arriving on the evening of Dec. 27, 1836. Ama Ilyland accompanied him. A few months before, Mr. Cole had, through the agency of a friend, ma two claims at the Rapids, one covering the farm now owned by John W. Cole, and the other the far now owned by heirs of Benj. A. Morey. About the same time, he also made a claim three miles sou of Prairieville. In January following, he purchased, at Milwaukee, three barrels of flour, and three pork. He paid $20 a barrel for the flour, and $40 a barrel for the pork. Building a cabin, in co pany with Mr. Hyland, and his brother, John W., they commenced keeping what they called " bachelo distress," which they continued for nearly four years. In the season of 1837, Mr. Cole worked on t saw-mill and dam of Charles F. II. Goodhue & Son, at Watertown. From that time, until the fall 1839, he was occupied mainly at lumbering and farming. In November of the latter-named year, company with Mr. Hyland, John A. Chadwick, David Griffith, William P. Owen, William Stanton, J Brice Hall, John Dimick. he started for Arkansas, for the purpose of spending the winter in choppi steamboat wood. They floated down Rock River in skiffs, and were eight days reaching the Mississip They remained in Arkansas until the following spring, each making a clever-sized " pile," when th returned to Watertown. The same season, Mr. Cole, in company with Mr. Hyland, Mr. Stanton, Edmu S. Bailey and his brother, John W., purchased 400 acres of land on what is known as Ilyland Prairie, Dodge Co. There was then no inhabitant in the town of Fairfield, in which that prairie is situated. T only thing in the shape of a road, at that time leading north from Watertown, was an Indian trail. IS.I1, he and his brother. John W., erected the building on the corner of Main and Second streets (n occupied by August Fuermann as a saloon and restaurant), and opened the first store in Watertown. 'f next year, Mr. Bailey and Mr. Cole purchased of Seeley Kidder 750 acres of land on the east side of t river, at Watertown, including the present site of the village, as also the mill and water-power. They w to pay 1,000,000 feet of lumber, to be delivered at Beloit within seven years. They associated with the the next year Linus R. Cady and his brother, Ebenezer W., and in three years and a half from the date the purchase, made the last payment; since which time the general business of Mr. Cole has been milli Selling out his interest in the mills at Watertown, in 1854, he carried on the " Rough and Ready Mil one mile east of Watertown, up to 1865. In 1866, he went to Nebraska with Mr. Lyons, and built a si
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and grist mill forty miles above Omaha, on the Missouri River. In 1867, he also built a mill on Platte River, ten miles south of Denver. In 1869, he sold out his interest in milling, having been engaged in it for twenty-eight years of his life, since which time, having retired from active business, he has resided at Watertown. Mr. Cole married Miss Mary Jane Brackett (daughter of Jerry C. and Uranah Brackett, of Vermont) Aug. 29, 1842, at Charleston, Orleans Co., Vt .; they have four children, two living-Guy L. and Uranah B. (now wife of F. L. Clark, of Watertown ), and two deceased-Guy G. and Martha.
JOHN W. COLE, Watertown; is the third son of Ebenezer Cole, and brother of Luther A. Cole, whose biography precedes this one, and was born the 28th day of December, 1814, in Charleston, Orleans Co., Vt. ; until the age of 22, he worked upon the farm of his parents, and with his father at his trade of earpenter and joiner. In the fall of 1836, he started West, and first came to Milwaukee, where he remained until January, 1837, cutting timber ou the Milwaukee River, when he moved to Watertown, making the trip with ox-teams, carrying flour and pork, and with his brother, Luther A., and five others, kept what was called the " bachelor's distress " for four years. He engaged with his brother in the gen- eral merchandise business, having built the first store in Watertown. Having dissolved partnership with his brother, Mr. Cole built a store on the north corner of Second and Main streets, and carried on a gen- eral merchandise business for about fifteen years, part of this time being also engaged in the manufacture of saleratus and potash. In 1854, he built the block of stores on the sontheast corner of Second and Main streets, since which time Mr. Cole has lived retired from active business in Watertown. For two years he held, in Osage Co., while living there, the office of County Commissioner. In 1855, he held the office of Mayor of Watertown, and has also been Supervisor of Jefferson Co. He married Miss Eliza C. Fisk (daughter of James L. and Laura Fisk, of the State of New York ) Nov. 19, 1844; they had three chil- dren, one living-Oscar A., aad two deeeased-one named Johnnie, the other dying in infancy.
REV. P. J. COLOVIN, Pastor of St. Bernard's Catholic Church, at Watertown ; was born in London, Canada West, July 4, 1842, and came to Wisconsin in 1872, locating at Watertown. He received his literary education at St. Hyacinth College and at St. Laurent College, after which he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at St. Laurent and Notre Dame for ten years, and was Superior of St. Laurent for one year. In August, 1871, he was sent to Notre Dame as Professor of Dogma. In 1872 to 1874, was Assistant Pastor of St. Bernard's Church, then returned to Notre Dame as President of the College until 1877, when he returned to Watertown and took charge of St. Bernard's Church, as Pastor.
L. H. CORDES, proprietor of billiard and beer saloon; born in Watertown July 29, 1852; engaged in present business in February, 1879. Mr. Cordes is a son of Joachim C. Cordes, who came to Watertown in 1847.
JOACHIM C. CORDES, dealer in agricultural implements; born in Germany ; came to New York City in 1846; lived there until 1847, then came to Watertown, engaged in farming fourteen years, then came to this city, and was engaged in mercantile business until 1869; afterward in saloon bus- iness, and now dealing in farm implements. Mr. Cordes was one of the first musicians of this place ; con- ducted a string band for several years. He has been Township Assessor and Supervisor. He was married in Watertown, Sept. 14, 1850, to Minnie Hoaffer ; she was born in Germany; they have eight children -Louis H., Minnie. Frances, Martha, Ida, Emma, Anna and Ernst August.
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, Deputy Sheriff; was born in Hollowell, Steuben Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1842. He is a son of Patrick Cunningham, who came with his family to Milford, Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1846. Patrick Cunningham was engaged in farming until he retired from active life, in 1865. He died Aug. 17, 1879, his wife, Nancy, died Nov. 4, 1848. The subject of this sketch was engaged in farming pursuits until he enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. D, 3d W. V. C. Nov. 25, 1862, he was wounded at Cincinnati, Ark. ; seven months afterward, he was appointed Hospital Steward, and served in that capacity until he was mustered out at St. Louis June 19, 1865; he then returned to Jefferson Co. He was married at Richwood, Dodge Co., Oct. 9, 1865, to Mary Woods. Mr. Cunningham was in the employ of the American Express Company, at this point, for nine years (he was transfer elerk for that company for a period of four years and a half ). He carried on city express business for two years. Appointed City Marshal in 1876. Ile was for a year and a half with S. E. Randall, dealer in agricultural implements. Jan. 6, 1879, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, which position he now holds.
N. C. DANIELS, Superintendent of the C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co.'s Rail-mill, Machine and Black- smith Shops ; born in Windsor Co., Vt., Oct. 3, 1825; came to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1855, having been for eight or nine years prior to this time a resident of Massachusetts. While he resided in Dodge Co., he was elected to fill various town offices in Lowell. In 1861, he became connected with the railway company, and has been in the employ of this company ever since. In 1868, he came to Watertown to reside. In January, 1848, he was united in marriage to Mary C. Joselyn ; they have three children living-Helen
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M. (now Mrs. J. W. Laflin of Oshkosh, Wis.), Emma F. (now Mrs. O. M. Burhaus of Essex, Page Co., Iowa), and Anna MI ; their youngest daughter, Jessie Benton Daniels, died Sept. 4, 1879, aged 18 years 1 month and 19 days.
HENRY DAUB, proprietor of the Excelsior Beer Hall and Restaurant, and sole agent for the sale of Fred Miller's Milwaukee lager beer. Mr. Daub was born July 28, 1848, in Hamm, a city in the Province of Westphalia ; he attended the University until 1862, and then engaged in the business of telegraph operator for railway company ; worked at that business until May 1, 1869 (seven years); at that time, being called on to serve in the army. he decided to emigrate to America, which he did, arriving at Watertown June 3, 1869 ; for six months, he was employed as book-keeper in the Empire Brewery, owned by his unele, A. Fuermann ; afterward he was engaged as book-keeper and clerk in the boot and shoe establishment of Ilenry Bertram; remained in that position for four years ; after leaving the retail boot and shoe business, he entered the employ of the wholesale boot and shoe house of Shay & Pearson, of Chicago, and continued with this firm as traveling salesman through Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, for nearly two years ; afterward, for one year and a half, he was with the Janesville Shoe Manufacturing Company in the capacity of traveling agent ; after the failure of the last-named company, in 1877, Mr. Daub discontinued traveling and engaged in present business for himself. IFe is a member of Washington Lodge, I. O. O. F., Guttenberg Lodge, 13. O. D. H. S., and of the Concordia Musical Society. Oet. 27, 1872, he married Amalie Bertram; daughter of Henry Bertram ; she was born in Watertown Oct 26, 1852; they have two children-Louise, aged 4 years, and Mary, three years of age.
JOHN DEITJEN, grocer; born in Bremen, Germany, June 18, 1846 ; eame to America and located in New York City ; employed as a clerk in grocery store until 1865, when he entered the United States Navy and continued in that service until 1868, when he came to Watertown. He was married here, Oct. 24, 1871, to Amelia Frederick ; she was born in Germany Sept. 19, 1851 ; they have four children. Hermann, born Oct. 31, 1872; Bernard, April 7, 1874; Clara, Oct. 5, 1875, and Emma, Aug. 3, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. D. are members of the Baptist Church.
JOHN B. DENNINGER, Principal of the Lutheran School ; born in Berlin, Prussia, Jan. 18, 1846; came to America in 1862; located in Addison, Washington Co., Wis., and resided there about five years, then came to Watertown and entered the Northwestern University. where he remained as a student about three years ; he taught two winters in Addison, one year in Lomira and Teresa, in Dodge Co .; in October, 1869, went to Oshkosh ; remained there until 1873; Jan. 1. 1874, he went to Milwaukee ; was engaged in teaching there one year and nine months; in September, 1875, he came to Watertown. Mr. D. married Emma Lindenstruth in Oshkosh, her native place, April 23, 1872; they have two children- Paul G. B. ånd Otto J. M.
WILLIAM E. DERVIN. painter and paper-hanger; was born in New York State in 1849 : moved to Pennsylvania when quite young, where he remained eight years; he then moved to and located in the town of Clyman, Dodge Co., Wis., and lived there till the year 1860, when he moved to Water- town and began clerking in a grocery store for his brother; in 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, of the 16th United States Infantry ; he was wounded in the right limb at the battle of Stone River, near Murphys- boro; on account of the wound he was discharged at Louisville, Ky., May 6, 1863 ; he returned to Water- town in 1863, and, in 1864, he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he learned the painter's trade and remained till September, 1868, when he again returned to Watertown, and, most of the time since, has been employed as painter for the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. He married Miss Mary Dillon, of St. Louis, Feb. 10, 1867, by whom he has four children-Alice, born in January, 1868; William T., Oet. 5, 1869 ; Eugene, March 4, 1871, and Arthur, Feb. 1, 1879. Mr. Dervin and family are members of St. Bernard's Church ; he has been Marshal of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society during the years 1878 and 1879.
CONRAD DIPPEL, Sixth Ward, Dodge Co; born in Saxony Nov. 2, 1831 ; came to America in 1849; located on Staten Island ; there and in New York City he learned the trade of plasterer and stone and brick mason ; resided on Staten Island, New York City and New Jersey until 1855, except a few months spent in Indiana and St. Louis in 1852 and 1853; in May, 1854, he married Louise Hoerger ; she died in Cottage Grove, Dane Co., Wis., in October, 1861 ; by this marriage he had three children, two of whom are now living-Louis and Caroline ; one son, John, died when only about 6 months old. Mr. Dippel's present wife was Mrs. Wilhelmina Niemann ; they were married in April, 1862; she had one daughter hy a former marriage-Augusta (now Mrs. Wendtland of Watertown). Mr. Dippel came to Watertown in 1855 ; lived here until March, 1861, then he removed to Cottage Grove, Dane Co., where he resided until April, 1862, then returned to Watertown; he served one year and one month in Co. I, 37th Wis. V. I .; was wounded and lost right arm, near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864; discharged and pensioned in December, 1864; since that time he has lived in Watertown. He was educated at the
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Polytechnic Institute of Dresden, Saxony. For six years, he taught in the Sixth Ward Public School of Watertown ; he is a member of the German Reformed Church ; he is Secretary and Treasurer of the Bible Society, and is a member of the Northeastern Wisconsin Bee-Keeper's Association. Mr. D. is a bee-keeper of considerable prominence, being a producer to quite an extent.
JACOB DITSCHLER, proprietor of saloon ; born in Germany June 21, 1845 ; came to New Orleans with his father in 1847; remained there eight months; then they came to Cincinnati, Ohio ; lived there six years; then resided in Hamilton, Ohio, two years; returned to Cincinnati and remained one year, then went to Peoria, where he resided until 1856, then came to Milwaukee; lived there eleven years, except three years spent in the army; came to Watertown in 1867 ; remained here six monthis, then went to Beaver Dam, where he stayed one year, when he returned to Milwaukee and spent two years more, and then finally returned to Watertown ; engaged in cigar-making until the fall of 1878, when he engaged in saloon business. Oet. 8, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, Ist Wisconsin Mounted Infantry ; he served as Corporal ; was in all engagements his regiment participated in ; served three years. He was married, May 26. 1870, to Augusta Schmidt ; she was born in Prussia; they have four children-Anton, Clara, Edward and Ferdinand. Mr. D. is a member of the Corcordia Musical Society, also of the Harugari.
H. B. DODD, representing the express and telegraph companies ; was born in Toledo, Ohio, in October, 1849 ; when 9 years of age, he removed to Indianapolis, where he resided seven years ; going thence to Canada ; remaining there two years and removing to Kalamazoo, Mich., residing there one year, when he again removed and established himself at Fond du Lac; whence, after four years' residence, he again moved to Watertown, reaching his present home in the spring of 1872; he has been in the employ of the American Express Company thirteen years. On the 29th of May, 1872, he was married to Adelaide O. Lewis, of Fond du Lac, a native of New York State, by whom he has one child-Carrie Olive, born Dec. 23, 1874.
S. M. EATON, manufacturer of mineral waters ; born near Kingston, Canada, Dec. 26, 1832. His father, Almon R. Eaton, came with his family to Whitewater, Wis., in 1842; after two years' residence there, he removed to the town of Hebron, Jefferson Co., where he now resides. S. M. Eaton came to Watertown in 1868, having been located at Fond du Lac for two years prior to that date, engaged in the manufacture of soda and mineral waters since 1866. April 1, 1855, he married Eleanor J. Green, daughter of Joseph Green (deceased), of Hebron; she was born in Saratoga, N. Y., July 28. 1832; they have four children-Frank M., Edward O .. Clarence C. and Ella 1.
GUSTAV EBERLE, druggist ; born in Greenland Nov. 4, 1826 ; he is a son of a missionary who was in that northern country for over forty years. Gustav was educated in Germany and came from there to America in 1850; resided in the East until 1853, when he came to Watertown, arriving here May 11 ; he was engaged in carrying on a soap and candle manufactory here until 1873 ; he then engaged in the drug business with his son, Hermann T., who is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Mr. Gustav Eberle was married, Dec. 23, 1851, to Mary Kaltenbrunnen; she was born in Germany ; they have five children living-Hermann T., Emily, Eugene, Bertha and Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Eberle are members of the Moravian Church.
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