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CASPER BOLLER, of the firm of Boller & Kuoni, merchants, Sauk City; was born in Zurich Switzerland, Aug. 29, 1829; came to Wisconsin in 1855, loeating in Sauk City. He has been twiee married ; his first wife was Barbara Myer ; his second wife, Julia Rost ; both arc deceased. Hc is the senior member of the firm, Boller & Kuoni, and is an energetie and capable business manager, fully enjoying the confidence of all with whom he is acquainted.
N. H. BRIGGS, Prairie du Sae; was born in 1818, in Haneoek, Berkshire Co., Mass. ; he married in his native county, Miss Margaret A. North; they came to Wisconsin in 1849.
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settling in Troy, Walworth Co., where they remained until 1854, when they removed to the town of West- field, Sauk Co., there remaining until 1876, in which year they went to Reedsburg and were engaged in the hotel business until 1878, then came to Prairie du Sac, where himself and son O. E. Briggs have since kept the Briggs House-the leading hotel of the place. Mr. Briggs was the first Justice of the Pcace elected in the town of Westfield ; he was also elected the first Town School Superintendent, and was Town Treasurer several terms ; he was sent as a delegate from the town of Westfield to Republican County Convention twenty-two consecutive 'times ; his oldest son O. E., is engaged in the hotel business with him ; he was born in Hancock, Mass., and during the war of the rebellion, served in Co. E, 49th W. V. I. Second son, W. P., lives at Reedsburg. Third son, George N., lives in St. Peter, Minn. Mr. Briggs is a Republican in politics, having always acted with that party.
THOMAS J. BRYANT, farmer, Secs. 27 and 28; was born in Turner, Androscoggin Co., Me., June 10, 1840, where he remained the most of the time until 1861, when he went to Canada and was engaged in lumbering until about 1865, in which year he came to the town of Prairie du Sac. Wis., and engaged in farming, which he has successfully continued ever since. He married, in Quebec District, Can- ada, Miss Eliza Parker ; they have four children-Ella M., William E., Gracie E. and Herbert A. Mr. Bryant owns 200 acres of well-improved land, and is an energetic and enterprising citizen.
J. J. BURO, dealer in wines, liquors and cigars, Sauk City ; was born in Tlukawy, Ritseheu- waldi, Province Posen, Germany, June 28, 1851. In 1869, he came to this county, locating in Sauk City, which has been his home since. He married in Sauk City, Miss Lissette Wehner ; she was born in Madison, Wis., June 19, 1856 ; they have three children-Julius, Eda and Gustav. Mr. Buro and wife are mem- bers of the Lutheran Church. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W ; in politics, hc acts with the Republican party ; he has been in business in Sauk City for several years, and has been very successful.
JOHN COMMANS, dealer in wines, liquors and cigars, Sauk City ; was born in Prussia Jan. 28, 1828 ; in his native country he was a soldier in active service four years; he came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled on a farm in the town of Prairic du Sac, Sauk Co .; in 1874, he moved to Sauk City and engaged in business. He married in Prussia Miss Johanna Hecg ; they have had four children, only one of whom (Fred) is living. Mr. Commans has been Assessor for the town of Prairie du Sac four years, and has held various school offices.
ROBERT CUNRADI, druggist, Sauk City ; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 14, 1818 ; acquired his knowledge of the drug trade by working ten years in one of the principal drug stores in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany ; four years prior to his coming to this country, he was general agent for a paper manufacturing company, and had for his territory Germany and Italy ; in 1849, he came to tlie United States from Munich, Germany, and located in Sauk City, Wis., the same ycar; in 1851, he went to St. Louis, Mo., and there had charge of a drug store until 1853, then returned to Sauk City, and, in company with Edmund Rendtorff, engaged in the mercantile business, wherein they continued and had an extensive trade for more than twenty years, at the end of which time, Mr. Rendtorrff retired from the business ; Mr. Cunradi is now engaged in the drug and grocery trade ; he carries a large stock, and has a first-class trade. He married in Sauk City Miss Mena Baumgarth ; they have scven children-August, Robert, Charles, Edward, Herman, Eliza and Emma. Mr. Cunradi has filled various offices, and is a prominent citizen of Sauk Co. He is Secretary of the Free-Thinking Society, Sauk Co.
JULIUS DALLMANN, farmer ; P. O. Prairie du Sac ; was born in Germany in 1843. He married, in his native country. Fredrica Kleinsmith; they came to Wisconsin in 1868, and lived in Sauk City until 1872 ; then moved on a farm in Prairie du Sac, where they have since lived ; they have seven children-Bertha, Charlic, Ida, Lilly, Emma, Adda and Adolph. Mr. Dallmann served in the army in his native country two years. He is a successful farmer.
JAIRUS DODD, retired, Prairie du Sac ; was born in Bloomfield, N. J., in 1811. He mar- ried in his native town Emelinc Baldwin; they came to Wisconsin in 1863, locating in the town of Sum- ter, Sauk Co., where they lived three years, then moved to Prairie du Sac, which has been their home since ; their children are Matilda, wife of Aaron Magee, Baraboo; Charlotte, wife of Jesse Mather, Sum- ter ; Emma L., wife of Edward Farr, Prairie du Sac; Edward B., married and lives in Minnesota ; Julia F., wife of A. Baldwin, Prairie du Sac ; Charles B., lives in Newark, N. J. He served in a N. J. V. I. regiment during the war. Mr. Dodd and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
REV. HERMAN GROSSE, Pastor of Catholic Church, Sauk City; was born in Saxony. Germany, in 1842; was educated in the College at Heiligenstadt, the universities at Munich and Vienna, Austria, and at Westphalia, being ordained at the latter city, June 16, 1865. In 1866. he came
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to this country, and was again ordained in Milwaukee, Wis., in June of that year, and immediately after- ward went to Missouri and had pastoral charge of a church at Kansas City for five years; thence to St. Mary's, Monroe Co., Wis., and was Pastor of the church at that place about seven years ; then com- ing to Sauk City, and having charge of the congregation there since.
JOSEPH I. HELLER, dealer in general merchandise, Sauk City ; was born in Baden, Ger- many, July 29, 1816; in early life he learned the tinsmith trade, and was in business on his own account in his native country eight years. He married his wife in Germany ; her name was Aplouia Fuerst ; they came to this country in 1850, locating in Sauk City, Wis., which has been their home since; they have three children-Julia, wife of John C. Rendtorff, a merchant in Black Hawk, this county ; Othelia, wife of Julius Wissenborn, of Sauk City; and Eugene K. Mr. Heller has been in business in Sauk City since 1851, and by elose application to details and fair dealing, he has built up a large and flourishing trade ; he keeps a large stock of general merchandise, and in his store can be found everything usually kept in a first-class general store.
PHILIP HOEFER, manufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, and proprietor of planing and saw mills, Sauk City ; is a native of Naestaeden, Kries Nassau, Germany ; he came to Wisconsin in 1854, locating in Sauk Co., where he resided until during the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted at Baraboo, in Co. A,6th W. V. I. ; served nearly two ycars ; was wounded severely at Gainesville, and was honorably discharged. In 1867, he went to Minnesota, and was engaged in the mercantile business three years ; in 1870, he engaged in the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds, moldings, etc., in Sauk City, doing a large and lucrative business since. He married, in Blue Earth, Minn., Miss Caroline Teske; they have six children-Caroline, Frank, Philip, Edward, Alfred and Samuel. Mr. Hoefer has been Clerk of the Sauk City High School five years, and is Justice of the Peace, President of the Sauk City Board of Trustees, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and was Town Assessor three terms, and is connected with various societies. In politics, Mr. Hoefer acts with the Republican party.
O. B. HUBBARD, P. O. Prairie du Sac. This gentleman, a pioneer settler of Sauk Co., is a native of Burkc, Caledonia Co., Vt. ; was born July 25, 1827, where he remained most of the time until 1843 ; then went to Essex Co., N. Y., and, in 1845, came to Wisconsin, locating in Sauk Prairie ; there- fore, is one of the oldest settlers now in the southern portion of Sauk Co. He has been three times mar- ried ; his first wife was Miss E. Foster, a native of New York ; she died in Excelsior, this county. His second wife was Cathrine M. Howard ; she was born in Burlington, Vt., and died in Freedom, this county His present wife was Eliza J. Ladd, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. ; by the first marriage there are no children; by the second marriage there are two children-William A. and Granville H .; by the present marriage the children are Julia E. and Maude. He owns nearly 300 acres of land; his home farm is well located, a short distance from Prairie du Sac, and is finely improved ; he is a member of the Old Settlers' Associa- tion of Sauk Co. In politics, he is a Republican.
A. F. JONAS, M. D., Sauk City ; born in Arlington, Columbia Co., Wis. ; when he was 1 year old, his parents removed to Madison, where he enjoyed the advantages of obtaining a thorough education, and afterward entered the Bennett College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery, where he graduated in the class of 1877, since that time having followed the practice of his profession in Sauk City ; he has a large practice, and has the entire confidence of the community at large. He is a member of the Eclectic Society ; is also a member of the A. O. U. W., for which he is examining physician.
ANDREW KAHN, manufacturer, Sauk City ; was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, June 15, 1838; in 1858, he came to Milwaukce, Wis., where he remained until 1860, in which year he came to Sauk City ; in December, 1861, he established his wagon and blacksmith shop, and in 1875 added to it his machine works, and in 1879 started a foundry ; he does a large business in manufacturing and repairing ; his shops are the most extensive of any in the southern portion of Sauk Co. He married, in Sauk City, Sophia, daughter of George and Sophia Froly, pioneer settlers of Wisconsin ; she was born Oct. 21, 1843, in the town of Roxbury, Dane Co., Wis., and was the first white child born in that town; their children are Augusta, William, Selma, Andrew, Henry, Emma, Edward and Gustav. Mr. Kahn and wife are members of the Lutheran Church ; in politics, he is a Republican.
SAMUEL KLEINER, present Chairman of the Prairie du Sac Town Board of Supervisors ; is a native of Lenzburg, Switzerland ; was born Feb. 21, 1830; he came to the United States and settled in Sauk Co., Wis., in 1855. He has been Chairman and member of the Board of Supervisors several terms, and takes an active part in the advance of the religious, educational and other interests of his town ; besides serving on the Board of Supervisors, he has been clected to various other offices of public trust. He owns a well-improved farm of 200 acres in the vicinity of Sauk City. He married in his
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native country Miss Mary Suter ; they have eleven children. Politically, Mr. Kleiner is an earnest and consistent supporter of the Republican party.
GUSTAV KRAUSE, dealer in and manufacturer of harness, saddles, collars, bridles, ete., Sauk City ; was born in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 3, 1845 ; in 1853, he came with his parents, Ernest and Louise Krause, to Prairie du Sac, Wis., where they now reside, in affluent circumstances ; Mr. Krause fol- lowed harness making four years in Chicago, Ill., and in all has followed that business about sixteen years. He married in Sauk City Miss Adelinc Brecht; she was born in Ohio; they have three children- Louise, Otto and Annie. In polities, Mr. K. is a Republican.
C. KUONI, of the firm of Boller & Kuoni, dealers in general merchandise, Sauk City ; was born in Switzerladn, Feb. 23, 1842; eame to Wisconsin in 1860, and, in 1861, enlisted in Co. D, 9th W. V. I., serving three years and six months; was severely wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., losing a leg thereby ; was honorably discharged as Orderly Sergeant, at Madison, Wis. He was appointed Postmaster in 1866, a position he still fills to the general satisfaction of all. He married, in Sauk City, Miss Dora Boller; they have five children-Julius, Elizzic, Paulina, Richard and Emma. The firm of Boller & Kuoni carry a large stoek of general mcrehandise, and are doing a large and luerative business.
WILLIAM LENZ, proprietor of the Sauk City Brewery ; was born in Baden, Germany, in 1825; in 1848, he came to this country and located in Milwaukee, Wis., where he residcd until 1850 ; after that he went to several places in the United States ; has been engaged in brewing in Sauk City sinee 1868. He married, in Milwaukee, Miss Elizabeth Hamm; they have nine children-Mary (wife, of Osear Staddleman, Mazomanie, Wis.), Emil (in Milwaukee), Adolph, Gustav, Louise, Willie, George, Lena and Johana, at home.
MARTIN LODDE, of the firm of M. Lodde & Son, proprietors of the Sauk City Flouring- Mills : was born in Westfalen, Greven, Prussia, Nov. 8. 1819; in his native country he learned the machinist and millwright trade; he came to the United States, and worked at his trade in various places in New York until 1848, when he came to Milwaukee, Wis .; followed his business there until 1850, then came to Sauk City, which has been his home sinee ; he has ereeted numerous mills in this portion of Wis- eonsin. He married. in Milwaukee Co., Wis., Miss Christiana Zeeh ; they have seven children-Henry, the oldest son, is a partner in the mill; George, the second oldest son, is proprietor of a meat market in Baraboo ; Anna, the oldest daughter, is the wife of Carl Hedausen, M. D., in Appleton, Wis .; Mary, Christina, Katie, Amelia. Mr. Lodde was twelve years a member of the Town. Board of Supervisors and six years Chairman of that body. The Sauk City Mills have four run of buhrs, and the flour made in them is widely known for its superior quality.
AUGUST F. MARQUARDT, proprietor of paint-shop, Sauk City; was born in' Kries Obornik, Germany, Nov. 3, 1840 ; in 1854, he came to this country, and has been a resident of Wisconsin the most of the time since. During the war of the rebellion, he enlisted, at Portage, Wis .. in Co. E, 2d W. V. C., served four years, and was honorably discharged at Madison, Wis. He married, in Sauk City, Miss Mary Bohnsaek; they have five children-Ella, William, Julius, August and Robert. Mr. Marquardt has been engaged in painting in Sauk City a number of years, and does a good business. In polities, he is a Republican.
F. MEYER, proprietor of the United States Hotel, Sauk City ; was born in Nordenbek, Ger- many, June 20, 1833 ; he served in the army of his native country ; was engaged in hotel-keeping sev- eral years in Nordenbek, and is still owner of the Meyers Hotel in that eity; he came to this country in 1866, and located in Sauk City, Wis., where he has been engaged in the hotel business the most of the time sinee. He married, in Sauk City, Othelia Boller; they have one ehild, Eda. Mr. Meyer has' in connection with his hotel a billiard-room and livery-stable; his hotel is the leading one of Sauk City.
E. C. MOORE, a leading merchant, Prairie du Sae ; was born in Orange, N. J., June 3, 1835 ; he came to Prairie du Sae, Wis., in 1850, and since that time has been prominently identified with the various interests of the village, and has for several years past been a leader in her mercantile interests. His first wife was Cathrine M. Bell, a native of Ohio; she died in Prairie du Sae ; the children by this marriage are Martin C. and Frank W .; the former married Aliee Kelsey-he is engaged in the store with his father ; Frank W. is deceased. Mr. Moore married his present wife, Elizabeth E. Egberton, in West Bloomfield, N. J .; the children by this marriage are Annie E. and George D.
C. ALBERT MORSBACH, Marshal of Sauk City ; was born in 1829 in Prussia ; he eame with his parents, John J. and Hennerietta Morsbach, to the United States in 1848; lived in Milwaukee, Wis., until 1849, then came to Sauk City ; afterward moved to Spring Green, where his mother died, and
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from which place his father moved to Iowa, where he now resides; Albert lived in Spring Green about eleven years, then returned to Sauk City, where he has made his home sinee. He married, in Iowa Co., Wis., Miss Marretta McCuteheon. In politics, Mr. Morsbach is a Republican. He has been a continual resident of Sauk Co. sinee 1849, with the exception of about one year he spent, in Iowa. Besides being City Marshal, he has filled the office of Constable several years. Served in Co. K., 26th Regt. W. V. I. ; was wounded at Chancellorsvillle and afterward transferred to the 23d Reg. Vet. Reserve Corps, where he was till elose of the war.
DAVID MYERS, proprietor of wagon and general repair shop, Prairie du Sac; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1823; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and has been a resident of Prairie du Sac since. He married Esther, a daughter of J. Hatch, a pioneer settler of Sauk Co .; she was born in Ohio; they have six children-Cornelius, Hattie J., Mary, Elihu, John and Frank. Mr. Myers has been engaged in blacksmithing in Prairie du Sae for a number of years, and has a leading trade.
CONRAD MYER, proprietor of meat market, Sauk City ; was born in Baden, Germany, in 1830 ; he came to this country in 1854 and settled in Sauk City, Wis., which has been his home most of the time sinee. He married, in the town of Troy, Sauk Co., Wis., Mena Kreuker; they have five children-John, Fred, Mary, Annie and Herman. In his native country, Mr. Myer served in the Ger- man army. He has been engaged in keeping meat market sinee 1874. In polities, he is a Republican.
CHARLES NAFFZ, dealer in general merchandise, Sauk City ; was born in Wuerzberg, on the Main, Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 8, 1825; in early life he received a liberal education in his native eity, and, prior to his coming to this country, was engaged in the banking business several years ; in 1848, he came to the United States, locating in what is now the town of Merrimack, Sauk Co., Wis., where he took an active parr in organizing the first sehools, and was the first Town Clerk, and the first Justice of the Peace elected ; the latter office he filled from 1854 until 1863, and the former three years ; he has also filled various other local offices ; in 1863, he came to Sauk City and engaged in general merchandising, and has a large and constantly increasing trade. He married, in Sauk City, Roselia Bosch ; she came to Wisconsin in 1849; they have eight children-Henry, the oldest son, is in the mercantile business in Madison, Wis .; Charles H., second oldest, is a druggist in Madison, Wis .; Victor H., third oldest, is a salesman for a wholesale firm of Chicago;' Edwin M. S., Gustavus, Thekla, Ella and Eugenia, the younger of the children, are at home. Mr. Naffz is agent of Bremen and Hamburg steamers; American Steamship Co., Philadelphia and Liverpool ; Red Star Steamship Line, Philadelphia and Antwerpen ; also, fire and life insurance agent, Notary Public, and agent for the sale of German railroad tickets to any principal German seaport, and railroad tickets from New York and Philadelphia to Mazomanie via Pennsylvania Central and Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroads.
C. H. NOLD, photographer and confectioner, Prairie du Sae; was born in the town of Troy, Sauk Co., Wis., March 14, 1859; his parents were pioneer settlers of that town ; he engaged in his pres- ent business in Prairie du Sac in 1877 ; he is a young man of enterprise and energy, and has a large and constantly increasing trade.
C. OBRECHT, a prominent business man of Sauk City sinee 1857 ; was born in Jennins, Can- ton Graubueten, Switzerland, July 9, 1830; at the age of 14, he went to Poland and learned confec- tionery in the city of Rezeschow, and in 1849 returned to his native country; and thenee to the United States in the same year, locating in Sauk City, where he has resided sinee, with the exception of four years he was engaged in the confectionery business in St. Louis, Mo; in 1857, he engaged in the mercantile business in Sauk City, and most successfully continued in it for over twenty years ; in 1858, he established himself in the lumber business, earried it on in connection with his merchandising, and is now the largest and most successful lumber merchant on the Wisconsin River. He married, in Sauk City, Miss Caroline Hitzeneimeir ; she was born in Mengernhausen, Germany, Nov. 16, 1835, and came with her parents to Sauk City, Wis., in 1844. In politics, Mr. Obrecht is a Republican. By industry and enterprise he has accumulated a large property, having real estate and other interests in various.eities in the Northwest.
F. A. OERTEL, manufacturer of carriages and wagons, Prairie du Sae ; was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1827; in 1849, he came to this country, settling in Wisconsin the same year ; he has been engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons in Prairie du Sae for a number of years, and has a large trade. He married, in Prairie du Sac, Miss C. Wilson ; they have one child, Mary J. Mr. Oertel has been elected to various local offices, and is a citizen of enterprise and energy. He was four years in Los Angeles, Cal. (from 1866 until 1870), and a portion of the years 1874 and 1875.
GEORGE OWENS, Prairie du Sae; was born in Gloucester, England ; came to the United States in 1841, first settling in Whitewater, Wis., where he lived until 1843, when he came to Prairie du
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Sac, which has been his home sinee. He married, in Prairie du Sac, Mrs. Mary Crossman. Mr. Owens owned and ran the first threshing machine in Sauk or Dane Cos .; he brought it to this county in 1843, and it was the only machine in the county until 1845 ; in 1846, he made the first lumber wagon in Prairie du Sac. Mr. Owen was a member of the Town Board eight years, six years of that time being Chairman
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J. C. PRY, dealer in all kinds of agricultural implements and farm machinery, Prairie du Sae ; was born in Washington Co., Penn., July 14, 1839, and resided there until the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted in Washington, Penn., in Co. A, 100th Penn. V. I., better known as the Roundhead Regiment, to serve three years. He participated in a number of engagements; was severely wounded at South Mountain, Md. After his discharge from the service, he returned to his native county, and came from there to Prairie du Sae, Wis., in 1865 ; engaged in dealing in agricultural implements, and has successfully continucd in that business sinee. He married, in Prairie du Sae, Miss Minnie Aiken ; they have two children-Lizzie B. and Maude E. Mr. Pry is Special Treasury Agent. In politics, he is a Re- publican.
HON. J. B. QUIMBY, Sauk City ; he was born in Ireland May 16, 1823; in early life, he received an academie education, and resided in Morristown, Vt .; from 1828 until 1850; in the latter year, he came to Wiseonsin, and has been a resident of Sauk Co. since 1851. April 22, 1856, he married Miss Sarah Leland, daughter of the Hon. Cyrus Leland ; she was born in Peoria, Ill., in 1837 ; they have eight. children. Mr. Quimby is a lawyer by profession ; he was District Attorney of Sank Co. from 1852 until 1856; County Judge two. terms (eight years), and was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 1871, and re- elected in 1873 ..
P. JOSEPH SCHADDE, photographer and dealer in notions and faney goods, Sauk City ; he was born in Krefeld, Germany, Sept. 20, 1838 ; he learned photography in his native city, and was in business there, on his own account, for several years. He first came to the United States in 1864, remaining a short time in Boston, and then returned to Germany, remaining there until 1867, when he again eame to this country, and 'in May, 1878, located in Sauk City, Wis., establishing himself in the photograph business ; in +1877, he added to his business a large stock of notions and faney goods ; he is doing a large business, and has the confidence of the community. He married, in Sauk City, Emma A. Brawn ; they have had three children-Alvin J., Herman T. and Hugo ; the latter is deceased ; he died in 1879. Mr. Schadde is a member of the Masonie fraternity, and A. O. U. W., in which he has filled various offices.
CHARLES SCHLUNGBAUM, manufacturer of and dealer in harness, saddles and collars, bridles, whips, etc., Sauk City ; he was born in Sauk County, Wis., June 7, 1853; his father, Ferdinand Schlungbaum. who is also the manufacturer of harness and supplies in Sauk City, was a pioneer business man of the city. Charles Schlungbaum, the subjcet of this notice, married, in Sauk City, Anna Boller, daughter of Casper Boller, now a leading merchant of that eity ; they have one child, a daughter, Alma. Mr. S. has had thirteen years' experience in the harness trade, and is doing a large business. In polities, he is a Republican.
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