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MICHAEL QUIGLEY, undertaker; born in County Donegal, Ireland, Sept. 29, 1822; came to Watertown in July, 1848 ; engaged in furniture manufacturing for about twenty-six years ; sinee then in the business of undertaker. Mr. Quigley has been Alderman, City Treasurer, etc. His present wife was Mary Clifford ; they were married in Watertown April 14, 1855; they have eight children-
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Ann, John, Mary, Michael, Jr .. Catherine, Charles, Winnifred and Frank ; they have lost two sons and one daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Quigley are members of the Catholic Church.
EDWARD RACEK, general store; was born in Polna, Bohemia, Oct. 11, 1847 ; came to Wisconsin ahout 1853, locating in Watertown, where he served an apprenticeship as clerk with R. & H. S. Howell & Co., general store ; he received his commercial education at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, both at Milwaukee and Toronto, Canada ; at the early age of 19, he was appointed Teller of the Wisconsin National Bank, in which position he continued for three years. In 1866, in connection with his brother, under the name of Racek Bros., he entered the general produce commission business, which he carried on for two and a half years. In 1871. he bought a half-interest in the general store of Jesse Moulton, and remained in partnership one year and then bought out the other half-interest and conducted the business on his own account for one year ; he then admitted his head salesman, Mr. Jones, into part- nership under the firm of Racek & Jones, and they are now doing business on Main street, with the most pleasing and profitable success. He married, Sept. 29, 1876. Gertrude W. Gallup, daughter of Henry Gallup, of Watertown. He has two children living-Helen Gertrude and Edward Henry. Mrs. Racek is a member of the Episcopal Church.
S. E. RANDALL, dealer in agricultural implements ; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., March 10, 1834; on the 1st of June following he came to Watertown with his parents. His father, Benjamin Randall, deceased, was a farmer in Jefferson Co. two years, when he removed to Lebanon, Dodge Co., where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for twenty-five years, the subject of this sketch now owuing the family homestead ; he was a farmer until 21 years of age, though at the age of 19 years he became attached to the manufacturing implement business of F. H. Manny, of Rockford, with whom he remained nine years, afterward representing other reaper and mower firms until thirteen years ago, when he opened a general agricultural depot at Watertown, at which point he represents D. S. Morgan & Co., for the east half of Wisconsin, in the sale of their goods, making the Triumph Reaper and Seymour Mower specialties. In November, 1866, he married Martha A., the daughter of Abraham Kern, one of the early settlers of Ashippun, Dodge Co., this State ; she was born in South Bend, Ind .; they have one child-Mable C., born April 10, 1869.
JOHN REICHARDT, Deputy City Marshal; born in Germany Jan. 15, 1837; came to America in 1853 ; located in New York two years; he then came to Fond du Lac, where he was engaged in elerking until 1869, when he came to Watertown ; since he came here he has been Marshal, is now Deputy ; also doing business as auctioneer ; started the Hook and Ladder Co .; he is a member of the Fire Department, Turner Society, I. O. O. F., etc. He was married in Fond du Lae in October, 1856, to Leo- puoltena Lopper : she was born in Germany; they have seven children-Lena, Willie, Anna, Emma, John, Tilda and Louis ; lost a pair of twins, they died at the age of 6 months.
JOHN RICHARDS, deceased ; born in Hinsdale, Berkshire Co., Mass., April 13. 1806 ; he studied law with Edward F. Ensign, at Sheffield, and was admitted to the bar in Lenox, Mass., March 2, 1837; graduated from Williams College, and taught for a time in the Academy at South Egremont; on the day of Martin Van Buren's inauguration as President, Mr. Richards started for the West and was among the pioneers of Jefferson Co. He was the first District Attorney for the county, appointed by Gov. Dodge; afterward held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, Mayor, etc. He was married, in Albany, N. Y., to Eliza Forbes, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Mr. Wickoff, in the Dutch Reformed Church ; Mrs. Richards was born in North Brookfield, Mass., April 3, 1816, daughter of Moses Forbes, proprietor of the old stage line between Hartford and Albany. Mr. Richards died in Fond du Lac in Feb- ruary, 1874; his widow and five children are living; the children are Anna M., now Mrs. George W. Thomas, of Beaver Dam ; Moses F., of Nunda, III .; Alice M., now Mrs. Louis Cass Green, of Watertown; William Henry, residing at home with his mother in this city, and Charles D., Indian Agent at Fort Peck, M. T. Those who have died are as follows: Harriet Eliza, died June 9, 1854, aged 11 years ; Frances Emma., died Mareh 7, 1853, aged 2 years, and Irene, died September 19, 1856, at the age of 3 years.
SIMON JOHN RICHTER, teacher in Lutheran School ; born in the village of Mengels- dorf, near Goerlitz, in the Province of Silesia, Nov. 5, 1850; came to America with his father in January, 1854; located in Houston, Texas, remaining there six months ; then they went to Pittsburgh, Penn., where his father died ; S. J. Richter remained in Pittsburgh until 1870; attended the parochial school, also the Franklin Public School in that city ; then he was a student at the Normal School at Addison, Ill .; for two years he taught at Sheboygan Falls, since then in Watertown; he was a member of the Young Men's Lyceum for several years. Sept. 9, 1876, he was married, at Beaver Dam, to Miss Ida Nimmer ; she was horn in Wusterhausen, Prussia ; they have one child-Flora Helena Maria, born Jan. 14, 1879.
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GEORGE P. RINEHART, stone and brick mason ; was born in Pennsylvania Sept. 9, 1840; eame to Watertown in November, 1849. Married Miss Catherine Seanlon in June, 1861, who died on the 3d of November, 1873, leaving three children-John Thomas, William Henry and George William. Was married to Miss Ellen Carigan, on the 25th of November, 1874, with whom he now lives and by whom he had one ehild-Terresa Maude, born July, 1876, and died July, 1877. Mr. Rinehart was elected Alderman in the spring of 1877, but resigned the office soon after the election. He has been a resident of Watertown for thirty years.
WILLIAM LOUIS ROEBER, boot and shoe maker; born in Hanover, Germany, Oct. 4, 1814 ; came to America in 1845 ; spent seven months in Buffalo, N. Y., then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained only three months ; from Cleveland, he went to St. Mary's, Wis., and spent three months ; from there he came to Milwaukee, Wis., where he remained until June, 1847, when he came to Watertown ; learned the shoemaker's trade when 15 years of age, and he has always worked at that trade since. April 17, 1849, he was married, in Watertown, to Doris Stolle ; she was born in Hanover Feb. 2, 1823, and died May 8, 1875; they have had six children-Marie Louise, born May 19, 1852; Fred- erick W. J., Dec. 19, 1853 ; Ifenry C. F., Aug. 7, 1855 ; Sophie H. M., Aug. 13, 1861 ; Frederick H., Sept. 4, 1863, and Lena. Mr. R. is a member of I. O. O. F. and Workmen's Societies.
JAMES ROGAN, farmer ; born in County Down, Ireland, Ang. 12, 1801, and came to Wis- consin in the fall of 1835, loeating in Green Bay. Mr. Rogan was engaged in the distillery business in Zanesville, Ohio ; he then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and bought a grocery and provision store, which he continued until he was burnt out, when he bought a lake vessel, the Grampus, which he ran from Buffalo to other points on the lakes ; on March 2, 1837, he moved, with his family, to Watertown, Wis., and made his elaim in Sec. 4, Town 9, Range 15 east; in 1848-49, he was appointed lighthouse-keeper at Milwau- kee; he was also one of the committee that named the county and town where he lived. He married, May 16, 1829, Sarah Duffy, of Ireland ; he has one child living-Sarah Jane, now Mrs. Tenney. Mr. and Mrs. Rogan are members of St. Bernard's Catholic Church.
PATRICK ROGAN, farmer ; born in County Down, Ireland, Sept. 26, 1808 ; eame to Mon- treal, Canada, in 1823; lived two years there, then removed to Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he resided until 1837. when he came to Watertown, arriving here May 15 of that year; made a elaim to a fractional quarter-seetion, Sec. 11; was engaged in farming where the eity now stands, on west side of the river ; the spring he came here, he planted potatoes where the College of the Sacred Heart is now located ; never, sinee he came here, has he entirely relinquished his farming interests ; six or seven years after he came here, he erected a saw-mill where George B. Lewis' factory is now located ; carried on the mill until 1858, in connection with his other business of contracting, building, farming, etc. ; he has invested largely of his means in the building improvements of the west side of this eity ; he has also invested, to a great extent, in plank-roads, railroads and other enterprises likely to benefit Watertown, being among the most publie- spirited of its citizens ; he was a member of the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention ; he has been four times a member of the State Legislature; he organized the school system here in 1855, having secured the passage of the aet providing therefor; he was Postmaster of this city for eight years ; first appointed by President Tyler, re-appointed in 1845, by President Polk ; he was one of the original corporators of the Watertown Gas Co., also a director of plank-road and railroad companies ; he has held nearly all eity and town offices within the gift of the people ; he never attended school but three months ; he acquired some book knowledge while he was employed as errand boy in the office of a Notary Publie in Montreal ; experience has been his teacher, and it would be difficult to find better-informed men than Mr. Rogan is at the present time. He was married, in Chicago, Jan. 17, 1846, to Rose Crangle ; she was born in County of Down, Ireland ; they have six children-Robert Emmett, Charles Eugene, Edwin B., Louis P., Rose and Ellen E. ; lost one daughter, who died at the age of 6 years. Mr. and Mrs. Rogan are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. R.'s father, Peter Rogan, died at Rochester, N. Y., three years after he came to America with his family.
WILLIAM H. ROHR, merchant tailor and elothier; was born in Prussia Oet. 1, 1842, and came to Wisconsin the middle of June, 1853, loeating in Watertown ; he then went to Beloit and attended the college there for three years ; in 1859, was teacher in the publie school at Beloit for three years ; in 1862, and for three years after, was elerk with Fisher & Rohr, merchant tailors and elothiers ; in 1865, he took his father's place in the firm; in October, 1876, Mr. Fisher died, and, from that date, he earried on the business on his own account. Mr. Rohr was School Commissioner of Watertown for two years and Superintendent of Schools for three years; in 1876, he was Alderman of the First Ward, and was Chairman of the Board of Street Commissioners; he was appointed City Treasurer, to fill a vacancy, which he held for three months, the term of office then expiring; in 1873, he was a member of
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the Board of Supervisors, of which body he was Chairman three years. He married, June 7, 1863 Sophia Bertram, of Hanover, who died Dee. 19, 1878 ; he has four children-Amalie, Isabella, Gustavu and Max.
WILLIAM A. AND JOHN H. SCHLUETER, cigar manufacturers. William A Schlueter was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1849; came to Watertown with his parents when quite young learned his trade under Mr. Eugene Wiggenhorn, of Watertown. Married Miss Louisa Glaser in 1872 has two children-Willie, aged 6 years, and Henrietta, aged 4. Mr. Schlueter is a member of the Turne Society, of Watertown. John H. Schlueter, the junior member of the firm of Schlueter & Bro., was born i Watertown in 1854; learned his trade with Mr. Miller. Married Miss Amelia Krensky, of Clyman, Wis in 1875; has one child dead and one living whose name is John. He and wife are members of the Luth eran Church and are members of the Harmonia Society also. John H. has been a member of the firm c Schlueter & Bro. since the origin of such firm, in July, 1879, but has worked at his trade eleven years His brother, William, has worked at it about sixteen years. They now do business on Main street, betwee Eighth and Ninth streets.
CHRISTIAN SCHMUTZLER, carpenter and builder ; was born in Saxony in 1830 where he lived on a farm with his father till 1851, when he came to Watertown, Wis., learned the carpente trade and has since followed it. Married Miss Caroline Zeas the same year he reached Watertown ; ha five children-Edward, Minna. Ferdinand, Emma and Eleda. All are members of the Presbyterian Church Mr. Schmutzler has belonged to the Odd Fellows Fraternity for about fifteen years.
PHILIPP SCHMIDT, manufacturer of toilet and laundry soaps. He was born in Prussia i 1832; came to Watertown in January, 1855 ; for one year, he worked in the confectionery business here afterward in same business two years at Mayville, Dodge Co .; in the liquor business at Hastings, Minn two years ; then, until 1861, he did fresco-painting in Memphis, Tenn. In 1861, he returned to Water town and engaged in the manufacture of soaps; he has now one of the best manufactories in the West and is making thirty different varieties of laundry and toilet soaps. Mr. Smith is a member of the Con cordia Musical Society, Sons of Hermann ; has served as member of the School Board, ete. He was mar ried at Oconomowoc, May 22, 1862, to Augusta Krueger; she was born in Germany ; they have fou children-Willie, Hugo, Minnie and Emma.
JOHN P. SCHOENHOLS, hardware merehant ; born in Germany Feb. 2, 1825; came t America in 1846, and resided in New York until 1859, when he came to Milwaukee; engaged in rectify ing business there until he came to Watertown in 1877. Hle was married in New York to Mary Gilde meister. April 21, 1853; she was born in Prussia ; they have seven children living-Lena, Johanna, Mag dalena, Martha, Lydia, Emelia and Maria ; they have lost one daughter and four sons. Mr. S. is a mem ber of St. John's Lutheran Church.
CHRISTOPH SCHROEDER, retired undertaker ; born in Vorbrnek Walsrode, Hanover Feb. 18, 1817 ; came to America in 1844; located in Cleveland, Ohio, for about one year and a half ; the he came to Watertown ; for a number of years, he worked at the carpenter and joiner business; then h was engaged in business as undertaker for twenty-five years; three years ago, he retired from tha business. Mr. Schroeder laid out and started Oak llill Cemetery, and now has charge of it. H deserves great eredit for the judgment displayed in the location and arrangement of this cemetery He has one of the best-constructed family vaults in the country, in which rest the remains of hi children, of his mother, Mary Schroeder, and Mary Arntz, his wife's mother. In 1843, Mr. S. mai ried Mary Arntz; she was born in Altenboetzen, Hanover. Dee. 15, 1820; they have seven cbildre: living-Teresa (now Mrs. John K -- , of Fond du Lae), Henry, Mena (now Mrs. Frederick Wil kopsky ), Sophia (now Mrs. Hermann Rapp), Mary, Ernst and Lena.
ANTON SCHUMACHER, City Treasurer and manufacturer of and dealer in boots an shoes ; born in Vinesbeek, Westphalia, Prussia, Dec. 9, 1833; came to Watertown May 12, 1855 worked at his trade of shoemaker over nine years for Henry Bertram. In August, 1864, he com menced business for himself on Third street; Aug. 20, 1877, his store was destroyed by fire ; not withstanding his misfortune, he immediately resumed business on the same street, and is doing thriving trade. Mr. Schumacher is one of the leading citizens of Watertowr. In April, 1878, h was first elected City Treasurer; in April, 1879, he was re-elected by a majority of 870-the larges majority ever given to a candidate for Treasurer. Such testimony is the best manifestation of th confidence reposed in Mr. Schumacher by his fellow-citizens. He was married in Watertown, Now 23, 1863, to Franees Korherr, niece of Joseph Bursinger, of this city; she was born in the Duke dom of Baden, Germany : they have five children-Joseph Anton, born Nov. 4, 1464 ; Ferdinand R. July 24, 1866; Mary, Oct. 2, 1870; Caroline, Dee. 24, 1872, and Anna, Dec. 31, 1877; lost tw
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children-Mary Elizabeth, died Aug. 1, 1870, aged 2 years; Rosa, died Oet. 30, 1875; she was only 2 days old. Mr. and Mrs S. are members of the German Catholic Church. Mr. S. was See- retary of the Church nine years, and he was for five or six years Secretary of St. Henry's Society. He is a member of the Concordia Musical Society ; was Secretary of that Society one year.
JOSEPH SCHUBERT, M. D. (deceased) ; was born at Neustadt, Germany, in 1820; came to Watertown Sept. 9, 1847 ; engaged in the drug business immediately after his location, his being the first store in the place doing an exclusive drug trade; the Doctor practiced medicine a few years in connection with his other business; he continued in the drug business until the time of his death, which was June 6, 1870. He was married in Germany June 7, 1846, to Kathinka Erb; she was born at Fulda, in Germany, May 22, 1822; the children are Josephine (now Mrs. Louis Kehr), born Dec. 11, 1849, and Max J., Nov. 17, 1851 ; lost one daughter-Pauline ; she was born Aug. 29, 1853, died Aug. 19, 1854. Mrs. K. Schubert and her sou carry on the business established by Joseph Schubert in 1847, the firm name being K. Sehubert & Son.
MAX J. SCHUBERT, of the firm of K. Schubert & Son, druggists; was born in Water- town Nov. 17, 1831. He was married at Juneau, Dodge Co., Wis., May 20, 1877, to Ella Mertz ; she was born in Juneau March 30, 1859 ; they have one child-Ilma, born Sept. 6, 1878. Mr. Schubert is Treasurer of the Turner Society.
C. W. SCHULTZ, merchant and proprietor of saloon ; born in Germany Dec. 25, 1825 ; came to Watertown June 15, 1846 ; engaged in manufacturing wagons until 1858 ; engaged in saloon and mer- cantile business ever since. Mr. S. was Supervisor of the First Ward in 1875-76. In December, 1846, he married Caroline Ehl ; she was born in Germany ; they have six children-Caroline, Albert, Charles, Emma, Hattie and Matilda. Mr. Schultz has been prominently identified with the Fire Department, the military organizations and the various other interests of this city.
A. G. SCHWANKE, teacher in the German Evangelical Lutheran School ; born in Prussia Jan. 29, 1847 ; came to America in 1863; located at Newton, Marquette Co., Wis .; engaged in farming until 1868; Mr S. received his elementary education in Europe, and, in 1870, he graduated from the Addison Lutheran Seminary in Illinois ; he then taught school in Winnebago Co., Wis., for three years and a half; afterward, taught in Washington Co. one year and a half; came to Watertown in 1874, and has taught in the school he is now connected with ever since he came here. Oct. 6, 1872, he married Mary Otto ; she was born at New London, Wis., Feb. 11, 1853; they have two children-Clara, born Aug. 25, 1873, and Louis, June 18, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Schwanke are members of the Lutheran Church.
H. P. SEIBEL, proprietor of saloon ; born in Prussia Aug. 17, 1826; came to Watertown in 1853; remained here two years, then went on his farm in Waterloo Township; after a residence of a year and a half there, be returned to Watertown and engaged in grocery and saloon business; afterward, dis- continued the grocery business and has since conducted the saloon ; Mr. Seibel first located at Philadel- phia when he came to America ; resided there two years and a half, then came to Wisconsin. He married Lizette Wegeman Dec. 6, 1853, in Milwaukee ; she was born in Prussia ; they have five children-Emil, Laura (now Mrs. Hermann Straus), Ida Bertha and Max.
AUGUST SEIFFERT, contractor and builder; was born in the Kingdom of Prussia Oet. 24, 1840; in 1869, be emigrated to America and settled in Chicago, where he was engaged as a eon- tractor and builder, prominently identified with the erection of some of the elegant structures to be seen in that city ; after a residence of eight years in the Garden City, he removed to Watertown, where he has been extensively engaged in building, ete., having been the contractor for the erection of Turner Hall and other structures, and being at the present time City Surveyor and Engineer. April 29, 1866, he was married to Wilhelmina Puthar, also a native of Prussia, the ceremony being performed in Germany, by whom he has had three children-Anna, Lizzie and Richard.
C. B. SKINNER, lawyer ; was born in Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1828, and came to Wisconsin March 15, 1855, locating in Watertown; while in Adams he prepared for college, and, in 1847, went to Ilamilton College, at Clinton, N. Y., graduating there in 1849; he then entered the Albany Law School, at Albany, and was a member of the first class; he then went to Cape Vincent, N. Y., and practiced law two years and a half; from Cape Vincent he went to Watertown, Wis., in 1855, and has practiced law since that time. In Cape Vincent he held the offices of Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace ; Mr. Skinner has held the following offices in Watertown : In 1857, he was Superintendent of Schools for one term; was Alderman of the First Ward one term, and also Mayor of Watertown one term ; in Dee. 20, 1870, he was appointed United States Commissioner for the Western District of Wis- consin. He married, in November, 1856, Frances M. Lee, of Cape Vincent, N. Y .; he has four children
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-Idaline M., Lee B., Charles A. and Laura M. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner are members of the Congrega- tional Church at Watertown.
JONAS H. SLEEPER, agent C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co., and grain-dealer ; born in Bristol, Grafton Co., N. HI .; lived in that State until 1857 ; he then went to Washington, D. C., where he eon- dneted a hotel for one year ; afterward one year in Leavenworth, Kan., when he returned to Washington. where he carried on the hotel business again for one year ; in 1860, he came to Watertown and has been eon- neeted with the St. Paul Railway ever sinee; he was also for a year and a half a member of the firm of F. Miller & Co., proprietors of flonring-mills here; from 1862 to 1873. he was also engaged in the lum- ber business ; for the last ten or fifteen years, he has been dealing in grain to some extent. Sept. 3, 1863, he married S. Annie Hamlin ; she was born in Middletown, Vt. She is a member of the Congregational Church:
GEORGE W. SLOAN; born in Farmington, this county, Jan. 24, 1850; graduated from the Michigan University at Ann Arbor in 1873; since he was 17 years of age, Mr. Sloan has been prominently identified with the educational interests of the State, particularly with the schools of Jeffer- son and Dodge Cos .; he taught in the public schools of these counties during the winter terms for six years prior to entering college; since then, he was for nearly two years Principal of the Juneau Graded School; one year Principal at Milford, and taught one term at Waterloo; in connection with his other school work, and during vacations for the last ten years, Mr. Sloan has given much attention to penman- ship classes ; he read law in the office of Enos & Hall, of Watertown, and was admitted to the bar in 1875; he is a son of Patrick and Ann ( Killoy , Sloan, who located on See. 1, in Farmington, in 1846; they removed to See. 22, Watertown Township, in 1853, and still reside there.
GEORGE A. SNERE, marble dealer, associated with Joseph Walter; born in Watertown April 24, 1856 ; worked at present bu-iness for five years; in partnership with Mr. Walter since Jan. 1, 1879.
A. SOLLIDAY. dentist ; born in Lehigh Co., Penn., Feb. 13, 1842; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1868, loeating at Watertown ; he practiced on his own account in 1867. in Circleville, Ohio, under the firm name of Solliday & Moore; this he continued for one year, when he moved to Watertown and opened parlors over the Bank of Watertown ; remained for three years, then moved to his present location on the south side of Main street between First and Second, where he has been doing a highly successful business. In the spring of 1879, he was elected School Commissioner of the Third Ward. lte enlisted, in the fall of' 1862, in the 114th Ohio V. I. as Principal Musician, and was after leader of the division band attached to Gen. Lawler's headquarters, and also of the post band at Galveston, Tex. He married, Oct. 28, 1869, Elizabeth A. Van Ness, of Watertown ; he has one child-A. Fayette. Mrs. Solliday is a member of the Episcopal Church.
FERDINAND SPEER. butcher; born in Germany Aug. 2, 1822; came to Watertown in September. 1847; he spent about two months in Milwaukee prior to coming here; Mr. Speer is the pio- neer butcher of this place; he has carried on the business ever since he came here. Ile was married, in Watertown, in December, 1847, to Catharine Ullrich ; she was born in Germany in December, 1825; they have seven children-Amelia, Bertha, Eliza, Panlina, Emma, Lanra and Emil; lost one daughter, who died at the age of 8 months.
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