S. SICKLE, cigar manufacturer, Platteville; was born in Treves, Germany, Oct. 18, 1818; came to America in 1852 and lived two years in Buffalo, N. Y., and eighteen years in Detroit, Mich., most of the time in the mercantile and tobacco business; came to Platteville in 1873, and has been in his present business since that time; he is also in the wholesale and retail tobacco trade in company with his son, Max, firm S. Sickle & Son. Mr. Sickle was married, in Detroit, Mich., in 1854, to Mrs. Frederica Murcus, daughter of M. Rosenbaum; she was a native of Sternberg, Germany. Max Sickle was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1860, and has been in partnership with his father in the tobacco business since May, 1880; he has been Secretary of the Fire Department of Platteville since April 26, 1880, and was Secretary of the engine company about four years.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.