Bios transcribed by Kay R. & History by Jan Cortez
Biographies
Page 1145 - T. B. FAIRCHILD, mechanic, working in machinery department of PARSONS & GOODFELLOW's carriage works. He was born in Chenango Co., at Bainbridge, N.Y., Aug. 13, 1821. He settled in Marquette, Green Lake Co., in 1857; he lived there until June 1, 1879, and followed the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds. Mr. F. came to Oshkosh in June, 1879, and moved his family in September of the same year. He was married in Guilford, Chenango Co., N.Y., Aug. 4, 1847, to Miss Laura A. HUMPHREY, who was born in Greene Co., N.Y. They have two children living - Georgiana T. (now married to Edward ARMES, and living in Guilford, Chenango Co., N.Y.) and Mary L. (now married to Mr. E. S. KNIGHT, and living in Hebron, Thayer Co., Neb.); Luella A., deceased; Margaret E., deceased.
Page 1145 - Andrew FELKER, deceased, was born in Ontario Co., N.Y. In 1844, he removed to McHenry Co., Ill.; in 1846, he came to Wisconsin and selected a location on Sec. 35, in the town of Omro, and removed his family to that place in 1847. He died there in 1849; then his family returned to New York. His widow, Maria PIXLEY, returned to Wisconsin in 1860 and resided in Oshkosh until her death in July, 1881. She was a native of Columbia Co., N.Y. Four children survive her - Charles W., residing at Oshkosh; William B., residing at Oshkosh; Mary, now Mrs. Dr. McMENNAMY, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Henry, of Nashua, Wis.
Page 1145 - Charles E. FELKER, lawyer, was born in Penn Yan, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1834; came to McHenry Co., Ill., in 1844; came to Wisconsin in 1847, and lived in the town of Omro, Winnebago Co., until 1849. He then went to Hudson, N.Y. where he attended school and commenced the study of law, which he resumed in the office of Judge Erwin WHEELER, and was admitted to the bar in 1858; engaged in practice at Omro until 1864. During the late war of the rebellion, he served one year in the 48th W.V.I., being Captain of Co. A. He came to Oshkosh March 1, 1866. His father, Andrew FELKER, came to Wisconsin and located on Sec. 35, in the town of Omro, in 1846, and removed his family there in 1847. Charles W. FELKER was married at Omro, Wis., in January, 1862, to Sarah C. DOUTY, a native of Maine. They have five children - Lillian, Fred, Carl, Mollie and Sadie. Mr. F. was Postmaster in 1866 and 1868; he has been Alderman, School Commissioner, School Superintendent, etc.
Page 1145 - Earl P. FINCH, lawyer, was born in the town of Jay, Essex Co., N.Y., October 27, 1828. He was employed in the nail factory and iron works of J. & J. ROGERS, at Au Sable Forks, N.Y., for three years prior to his removal to Neenah, Wis., in 1849. He was employed by John and Harvey KIMBERLY as a clerk at Neenah, and was Deputy Postmaster there. In 1851, he entered the preparatory department of Beloit College; spent one year there; then entered Middlebury College, in Vermont, where he remained until the beginning of the last term of junior year. He then went to Union College, and graduated from that institution in 1856. In 1857, he was appointed Entry Clerk of land office of United States Register for this district. In 1859, he came to Oshkosh, and entered the office of Judge Edwin WHEELER, where he continued the study of law, which he had commenced while in the land office. In 1860, he was admitted to the bar, since which time he had practiced in Oshkosh. He is a member of A., F. & A.M., and K. of H. He was married, at Menasha, Wis., to Anna E., daughter of Judge John A. BRYAN. They have seven children living - Herbert G., Earl P., Edgar Bryan, Fannie E., Mary, George C. and Julia. Lost one child, which died in infancy.
Page 1145 - E. M. FLYNN, filer for PAINE; was born in Waterford, Ireland, March 27, 1849; came to United States in 1861, and located in Baraboo, Wis.; worked in stave factory for a time, and was with Baraboo Manufacturing Company about four years; from there he went to Neenah, Wis., where he engaged as filer with John HUNGERFORD about six years; moved to Oshkosh in 1873, and has been engaged as filer with a number of firms. He was married, in Portage City, Wis., Sept. 9, 1871, to Miss Mary DRINKWATER, of Stark Co. They have four children - Ephraim, John, Edmund, Mabel.
Page 1145 - J. H. FOLSOM, filer for J. H. WEED; was born in Penobscot Co. Maine, Oct. 15, 1837. His parents, James and Deborah (ADAMS) FOLSOM, were originally from New Hampshire; came to Wisconsin in 1862, and, after stopping about one month in Ripon, settled in Oshkosh, and engaged with BEACH Bros., went to Chippewa Falls in 1872, remaining about three years; then returned to Oshkosh, and engaged with BEACH & CONLEE, remaining with them about five years. He then engaged with J. H. WEED. Married, in Ripon, Wis., Aug. 30, 1862, to Eliza A. KNOFSKER, of Vinland, Winnebago Co. They have one child - Cora.
Page 1145 - Frank G. FOOTE, of the firm FOOTE Bros. & Co., proprietors of flouring-mill; was born at Eureka, Wis., March 21, 1854; lived there until 1876, then came to Oshkosh. He is a member of the K. of P.
Argalus I. FOOTE was born at Danesboro, Berkshire Co., Mass., March 23, 1817; lived there until he came to Eureka, Wis. in the fall of 1849; engaged in farming and lumbering until he came to Oshkosh in 1876. He was engaged in flouring-mill business here until 1877, then sold out. He was married at New Haven, Conn., in March, 1848 to Adelia M. GREGORY, a native of Chester, Conn. They have three children - Andrew D., William A. and Frank G.
Page 1145 - Carleton FOSTER, lumber manufacturer, was born in Essex Co., N.Y., August, 1826; son of Auran and Chloe FOSTER, natives of New York. Carleton passed his early life in farming, receiving a common school education in Essex and Clinton Counties; at the age of twenty-one he commenced at the business of mill-wrighting at Keesville, N.Y.; during the next ten years he was actively engaged in this business, and he built mills at a great many points in New York State and in Canada, the firm by whom he was employed doing the largest business in that section. In 1855 he left his native State and settled in Oshkosh, Wis.; here he engaged in the same business, and until 1859 carried on some extensive operations; in the spring of that year he bought Ira GRIFFIN's saw-mill, located at the foot of Nebraska street, and his connection with the lumber trade dates from that time. Commencing the manufacture of lumber, he cut 2,000,000 feet that year, and maintained this average until 1865, when he formed a copartnership with J.V. JONES, his present partner. The business at once increased, and the product of the mill was 4,000,000 feet. In the fall of 1872 the firm of FOSTER & JONES tore down the old GRIFFIN mill and built the present CONLEE Bros.' mill; this increased the capacity to 6,000,000 feet. In 1876 they sold this to BEACH & CONLEE; in 1866 they purchased of P. Z. WILSON his sash, door and blind factory, which they enlarged, Mr. JONES having direct supervision of it; in 1870 this mill burned, and they immediately commenced the erection of their present mill; from 1876 to 1879 they manufactured no lumber, but in the latter year they bought the SHELDON mill, and re-built it to produce 50,000 feet per day. In the past ten years the business of manufacturing sash, doors and blinds has grown to enormous proportions, and the firm of FOSTER & JONES ranks among the largest manufacturing concerns in Oshkosh. Their factory contains all the best and latest improved machinery and every facility for the manufacture of their product at the lowest possible cost. In November last this firm introduced gas into their immense workshops and all their buildings are lighted with it. This firm shipped the first car-load of sash, doors and blinds billed from this town. Mr. FOSTER is one of the liberal, progressive men of Oshkosh, and foremost in enterprise that will enable the city to maintain its prestige. In 1861 he was elected Alderman from the Third Ward, and re-elected to the same position in 1863, serving four years continuously; in 1865 he was elected Mayor of the city of Oshkosh, and re-elected in 1866. While filling his second term he vetoed the "Bill of extras on bridge contracts," which saved the city over $3,000. In the fall of 1872 he was elected to the Legislature as Assemblyman from the Third District, running against Nelson BECKWITH, whom he defeated by 400 majority; in 1873 he received a marked compliment from his fellow townsmen by being nominated and indorsed (sic) by both parties, and he ran without an opponent. While in the Legislature he served as Chairman of the Lumber and Manufacturers Committee, and on other committees; during his second term his party was in the minority, but he enjoyed the confidence of his colleagues and was called to the chair to preside over Committee of the Whole. While always a liberal and conservative Republican, he has, since 1875, taken no part in politics. In 1854, he was married to Sybil STORRS at Keesville, N.Y.
Page 1146 - John S. FRAKER, shingle manufacturer, was born in the town of Edinburg, Saratoga Co., N.Y., Feb. 10, 1836; came to Oshkosh in December, 1857; engaged in mercantile business until 1869, when he engaged in present business. He was married at Oshkosh, June 5, 1862, to Carrie R., daughter of Thomas T. REEVE; she was born at Goshen, Orange Co., N.Y. They have one child - Mary R. Mr. FRAKER is a member of A., F. & A.M.
Page 1146 - H. P. FREDERICKSON, general blacksmithing and horseshoeing a specialty. He learned his trade in Denmark. He was born in Denmark Sept. 25, 1853; emigrated to America in June, 1871, and settled in Manistee, Mich., and followed his trade a short time; then to Ft. Wayne, Ind.; worked a short time and in various place some time; also in Chicago fifteen months, and finally located in Oshkosh, Wis., where he is doing a fair business.
Page 1146 - O. F. FREEMAN, engineer, was born in Washtenaw Co., Mich., in 1840. In 1864, engaged in milling in Flint, Mich., firm of FLANDERS & FREEMAN; sold out about two years later, and for some ten years off and on was engaged in livery business; went again into milling firm - FREEMAN Bros., and sold out in 1877; then moved to Greenville, Montcalm Co.; opened livery, and also bought a saw-mill; burnt out same year. Mr. FREEMAN then went to Bangor, Mich., and built and started chemical works for H. M. PEIRCE & Co., of New York; continued in charge for about one year, when he moved to Wisconsin; located in Oshkosh, in 1880. For about one year, was with the Wisconsin Manufacturing Company; then took present position. He was married in Bangor, Mich., March 16, 1879, to Miss Melinda CROWNER, of Bangor. They have one child - Alda L.
Page 1146 - James FREEMAN, lawyer, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 19, 1828; read law there with Mr. STARKWEATHER, and was admitted to Supreme Court of Ohio, in 1850, and to Illinois Supreme Court at Ottawa, in 1851; engaged in the practice of law in Chicago and Waukegan up to 1854, when he removed to Oshkosh, Wis., and formed a partnership with L. P. CRARY. In September, 1862, he raised a company of volunteers in Oshkosh, which he mustered into the United States service as Co. D, 32d Reg. Wis. Vol., and of which he was Captain; served until June 12, 1865. then returned to Oshkosh and engaged in practice of his profession. He was married in Oshkosh in 1856 - to Miss Emily A. GRANGER. They have six children - Shepherd, Netta, Emma E., Sarah G., Charles N., Margaret. Mr. F. is a member of the Methodist Church and of the A., F. & A.M. Lodge, and chapter; has held office of City Attorney three years.
Pages 1146 & 1147 - Hon. George GARY, County Judge; second son of Eli B. and Frances O. GARY; was born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., March 16, 1824. When he was five years old, his parents removed to Clintonville, in Clinton Co., and afterward to Keeseville, Essex Co. His father was a carpenter and builder, and also engaged somewhat in lumbering at various points, which caused frequent changes of location, and therefore a considerable part of his boyhood was spent in the woods among the mountains and trout streams, and remote from any regular schools. When two years old, his eyes were attacked with a violent inflammatory disease, from which they have never recovered entirely, which during his life has seriously impaired his sight, and which during his boyhood and youth rendered any steady application to any occupation impossible. His early education was therefore only such as could be acquired by very irregular attendance at the common schools, and three terms at an academy in Keeseville. In the spring of 1845, when twenty-one years of age, acting upon the suggestion of physicians that a sea voyage might benefit his eyes, he shipped before the mast on board a Nantucket whaler bound around Cape Horn. After various adventures, which included a residence of seven months at Callao, in Peru, he returned home in the fall of 1847, with eyes and health somewhat improved. He was engaged teaching school winters, and in various temporary employments until the spring of 1850, when (after a surgical operation by which his eyes were further improved), he came to Wisconsin. In June, 1850, he landed in the then village of Oshkosh, without any trade, profession, capital or business experience. Two years before, he had declined a proposition from Hon. George A. Simmons, of Keeseville, one of the leading lawyers of Northern New York, to enter his office as a student, because it was believed the condition of his eyes would not permit the necessary application to books. After a short employment as a clerk in a general store in Oshkosh, he took charge of the forwarding and commission house of W. A. KNAPP & Co. from the fall of 1850, until the spring of 1854, when he became cashier and book-keeper for the steamboat line of FITZGERALD & MOORE, which then included all steamers on Lake Winnebago and the Wolf and Fox Rivers. He had participated as a Whig stump-speaker in the Presidential campaign of 1852. In the spring of 1853, he was an unwilling and unsuccessful candidate of the opposition to the Democratic party for City Clerk at the first election in the young city of Oshkosh. In the fall of 1853, he was nominated and elected a member of the Assembly for the First District, comprising the city of Oshkosh and the south half of Winnebago Co. During the session of the Legislature the ensuing winter, a breaking up of political parties in consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska agitation in Congress, laid the foundation for the organization of the Republican party in Wisconsin; and the next fall he was nominated without opposition and re-elected to the Assembly of 1855. Of this body, he was elected speaker pro tem (which was then a permanent office for the session), and served as the presiding officer at various periods during the session. In the spring of 1855, he became connected with Hon. Horace RUBLEE in the publication of the State Journal at Madison, but retired the following spring and engaged as clerk and book-keeper in the forwarding and transportation business at Green Bay. The business being ruined by a low stage of water, and suspension of navigation on the Lower Fox River, in the fall of the same year he returned to Oshkosh, and engaged in the forwarding and commission business in partnership with M.E. TREMBLE, now of Suamico. In the fall of 1857, he was elected without opposition to fill a vacancy in the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago Co., caused by the death of the Clerk. To this office he was re-elected in 1858, and having declined a re-nomination in 1860, returned from it in Jan. 1, 1861. In 1859, he had purchased the Oshkosh Democrat, which under his control was devoted especially to sustaining the national and conservative view of the then much agitated question of State Rights. In December, 1860, he sold this paper to the proprietors of the Northwestern with which it was consolidated. During and preceeding his term as Clerk of the court, he has devoted considerable time to reading law, and on the 17th of April, 1861, was admitted to the bar at the age of thirty-seven. In 1862, on the passage of the Internal Revenue Act, through the friendship and influence of Senator T. O. HOWE, he was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for the old Fifth District of Wisconsin, comprising thirteen counties. Physical debility following a severe attack of diphtheria, and the duties of editor of the Northwestern, of which he had become proprietor with B. F. DAVIS, induced him to resign the office of Assessor a few days before the assassination of President Lincoln in the spring of 1865. In the summer of the same year, he sold his interest in the Northwestern to C. G. FINNEY, and in company with G. W. BURNELL, Esq. (now District Attorney), engaged exclusively in the practice of law. In the fall of 1866, he was elected State Senator for Winnebago Co. On the passage of the bankruptcy act in 1867, he was appointed Register in Bankruptcy, the acceptance of which required his resignation as Senator after serving one session. This position he resigned in 1869, to take the office of County Judge of Winnebago Co., which he has held since Jan. 1, 1870. The court over which he presides, besides the general probate jurisdiction, has an extensive civil jurisdiction under a special statute. Judge GARY is the author of "GARY's Probate Law," a work published in 1879, which has been well received and spoken of by the bar in this State and elsewhere, and is the only standard work on the subject, as adapted to the Northwestern States. Judge GARY is [an] able writer and a clear-headed thinker, and possesses the confidence of the people to a remarkable extent. He was married Aug. 24, 1854, to Georgiana ENERY, then a resident of Berlin, Wis., but who was born near Frederickton, in the Province of New Brunswick; they have two children living - Mary Frances and Paul; lost two children - George H., died September, 1877, aged twenty-one years; Ann Eliza, May, 1862, at the age of five years.
Page 1147 - James GILLINGHAM, firm of GILLINGHAM & Son, manufacturers lumbering and logging tools, sleighs, boat and mill blacksmiths. Mr. G. was born in England, Dec. 14, 1832. He emigrated to America at the age of twenty-one years, in 1852, and settled in Rochester, N.Y., and followed his trade about two years. Went to Oshkosh in 1854, and worked at his trade until 1869, then began business for himself. He was married in Oshkosh June 30, 1855, to Miss Louisa CLARK, who was born in Jefferson Co., N.Y., June 7, 1834. They have three children - Thomas E., assisting and in company with his father; Ida May, and Alma Alice, at home. They employ from six to ten men the year round, and do a fine business.
Page 1147 - John GLATZ, proprietor Union Brewery, erected in 1873; capacity 3,500 barrels per year; employs eight men. The first brewery Mr. GLATZ bought was burned in December, 1872. He was born in Germany Sept. 24, 1829; emigrated to America in 1853, and located first at Cincinnati, Ohio; lived there about three years, following brewing business; he learned his trade in Germany; he then went to Philadelphia, Pa., and was five or six months at work brewing; then he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and was foreman in South Side Brewery about twelve and a half years; then he went to Oshkosh and bought the brewery, since burned; he built a new Union Brewery in 1873. He was married in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1861, to Miss Louisa ELSER; she was born in Germany, July 12, 1842. They have three children - J. William, born May 25, 1862; Emma L., born Feb. 20, 1867; Pauline R., born Jan. 21, 1879.
Page 1147 - Joseph B. GOE, firm GOE Bros. & BASLER, dealers in general line hardware, stoves and tinware, also make a specialty in tin roofing; established in 1878; employs five men; trade amounts to $25,000 per annum. He was born in Clarion Co., Penn., March 6, 1842; he lived there until spring of 1861, and enlisted in Co. E, 111th Penn. V.I.; engaged in battles Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862; all through the retreat from Cedar Mountain, to Bull Run, and was in second fight there; then at South Mountain and Antietam, Gettysburg; then followed through to the sea under Gen. SHERMAN; he was wounded at Atlanta; he was taken to the hospital, and was mustered out at Washington, D.C., 1865. He then came to Oshkosh, Wis., and engaged in lumbering about four years; then went to Michigan, was in the same business there two years; then returned to Oshkosh, and clerked in a hardware store three years. He was married June 16, 1874. After clerking in the hardware store, he went to Deadwood, Dakota, and followed mining about fifteen months; sold out and returned to Oshkosh, and formed a copartnership with Mr. J. F. BASLER, under the firm name of BASLER & COE; dealt in stoves and tinware about two years. Then the present firm was established. His wife's maiden name was Minnie HUTCHISON; she was born in Waukegan, Ill. They have one son, Harold H. GOE, who was born Aug. 13, 1880.
Page 1147 - Thomas Reed GOE, firm GOE Brothers & BASSLER, dealers in a general line hardware, etc., tin roofing a specialty, 41 Main street. Mr. G. was born in Armstrong Co., Penn., June 10, 1828; left Pennsylvania in 1851 and went to California, where he engaged in mining, mercantile and various pursuits for twelve years. He returned in 1863 to Pennsylvania to his father's James GOE, who then lived in Meadville. Penn. He remained in Pennsylvania the following summer, and, in fall, 1863, came to Oshkosh, Wis., and first engaged in lumbering under the firm name of H. W. McCOY & Co. They bought a saw-mill same fall on south side, and operated it until 1875; sold same but still continued under the firm name of KELLOGG, RUMERY & Co., who owned a large tract of pine land, and did an extensive business in logging, etc., continued until the spring 1881. Mr. G. engaged as one of the firm in store in March, 1881. Was married in Oshkosh, Feb. 22, 1865, to Miss Abbie J. McKOY, who was born in Nashua, N.Y. They have four children - Arthur B., Walter R., Gertrude M., Phebe C. Mr. G. lives in Algoma Township, on Sec. 16, west of city limits, and has 13 good acres in a fine location, all improved.
Page 1147 - Thomas E. GOODFELLOW, carriage manufacturer, was born at Winchester, Va., Oct. 24, 1853. His parents moved to Hannibal, Mo., while he was yet an infant. After residing there a short time, they located at Burlington, Iowa. Mr. G. was married at Hannibal, Mo., Jan. 21, 1880, to Bessie O. MILTON, a native of that place. They have one child - Richard Milton. Mr. GOODFELLOW is a member of A., F. & A.M., K. of P., A.O.U.W., and T. of H. His father, Rev. Miles GOODFELLOW, died at Arlington Heights, Ill, Jan. 1, 1872.
Pages 1147 & 1148 - Robert GRAHAM, now State Superintendent of Public Instruction; late of the Faculty of the State Normal School at Oshkosh, he was born in Washington Co., N.Y., 1831. Without his being a candidate for this office, he was nominated, and ran on all the tickets, and was elected by an overwhelming majority. Mr. G. had not used the slightest endeavor for a nomination, it being given him by eminent and numerous friends, who well knew his unusual qualifications and abilities for such a position. He graduated with honor from the State Normal School at Albany, N.Y. His life since has been given, with great industry and success, to educational work. He came to Kenosha, Wis., 1861, and remained up to 1871; enlisted in 1864 in 39th W.V.I.; was Captain of Co. C. He served with much distinction. For some years he was Superintendent of Schools in Kenosha Co. He was then employed by the Regents of Normal Schools as the agent of that board for conducting Educational Institutes in the State of Wisconsin. In 1871, took the chair of English Language as one of the Faculty of State Normal School of Oshkosh, which he leaves for his present honorable position. In all positions he has shown his superior ability and tact as an educator. Whatever he enters upon, it is with the whole heart, indomitable energy and industry; consequently his efforts are followed with eminent success. Mr. GRAHAM brings to the discharge of the duties of Superintendent, ability, integrity and practical experience in teaching that will render his administration of the affairs of the office easy to himself and profitable to the educational interests of the State. Strong adherence to the right is a chief characteristic of Mr. G. He married Miss Mary MAXWELL, of Washington, N.Y., in 1851. She is a woman of most happy and cheerful disposition, and of sterling qualities of character. They have one child - William. He graduated from the Normal School at Oshkosh, and later from Oberlin, Ohio. Now he is studying law with Prof. CARPENTER, in Madison, Wis. He has been, and is, a diligent student, and a general favorite.
Page 1148 - E. F. GRAVES, lumberman; was born in Massachusetts, 1835. In 1857, he came to Wisconsin, and shortly after engaged in his present industry, which he has successfully prosecuted for the last twenty-two years, on the Wolf River. In 1879, he was married to Miss Angelina GREENLAW, who was born in Maine, 1846. They have one son - Francis Russell.
Page 1148 - G. C. GRIFFITH, shingle manufacturer, was born in the town of Steuben, Oneida Co., N.Y., June 27, 1828. When he was quite young his parents removed with their family to Fairview, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., where he lived most of the time until he came to Oshkosh in 1856. For about six years after coming here he was engaged in the business of contractor and builder, and then for twelve years manufactured sash, doors and blinds. He was married in Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., Dec. 25, 1856, to Sarah J. TAYLOR, who was born in Franklinville, N.Y. They have two children - Willis Terry and Jennie Annie. Mr. GRIFFITH is a member of the I.O.O.F.
Page 1148 - Willis Terry GRIFFITH, son of G. C. and Sarah J. GRIFFITH, was born in Oshkosh, Aug. 17, 1859. He is now employed in his father's mill, but expects to enter the Wisconsin University at Madison. He read law in the office of FINCH & BARBER for about three years, and expects to follow the profession of law. He is a member of the K. of P.
Page 1148 - Thomas Duncan GRIMMER - Clerk of the Circuit Court, was born in St. Stephen, in the Province of New Brunswick, March 27, 1828; came to Wisconsin in July, 1851; engaged in lumbering until 1868. Since then he has dealt with quite extensively in pine lands. For several years he was a Treasurer and one of the Trustees of the Northern Hospital for the Insane. In 1872, he represented his district as Assemblyman, and he has been Clerk of the Circuit Court for the last five years. Mr. GRIMMER was married in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis., Dec. 21, 1857, to Miss Frances C. COOK, a native of Shrewsbury, Vt.
Page 1148 - B. C. GUDDEN, physician and surgeon, was born in the town of Black Wolf, Winnebago Co., Wis., Jan. 11, 1857. He graduated from Rush Medical College in the spring of 1879. For two years he was House Physician and Surgeon at the Cook Co. Hospital. He is now associated in practice with Dr. Christian LINDE, who came to Oshkosh in 1842.
Page 1148 - H. C. GUSTAVUS & Co., flour-mills (firm composed of H. C. GUSTAVUS and Casper SMITH), commenced business in 1876. They employ fifteen men and turn out 125 barrels of flour daily.
H. C. GUSTAVUS, of the firm GUSTAVUS & Co., flour-mills, was born in Brandenburg, Prussia, Sept. 11, 1846; came to the United States with his parents in 1851; located in Winnebago Co., Wis., and followed farming up to 1867, when he moved to Neenah and engaged in the manufacture of flour, the firm being GUSTAVUS & SON. In 1876 he came to Oshkosh and formed the present firm. He was married in Neenah, Oct. 14, 1868, to Miss Eliza SCHMIDT. They have two children - Henry and Louisa. Mr. GUSTAVUS is a member of the I.O.O.F. and of the Turnverein and Sharpshooters.
Page 1148 - Richard HACKETT, general blacksmith, was born in Ireland, July 12, 1835. Emigrated to America with his parents when he was two years of age, and settled in Syracuse, N.Y. He lived at home until 1864; then came to Oshkosh, and was foreman of the N. W. R.R. blacksmith shops for sixteen years; then began business for himself in May 1880; he employs four men and does a large business; was married in Syracuse N.Y., May 12, 1857 to Miss M. A. MALOY, who was born in the latter city; they have four sons and three daughters - Mary C., Thomas H., Walter F., Richard H., Annie E., Alice L. and Edward M.
Page 1148 - Orange H. HARRIS, real estate and loan broker, was born in Parishville, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., Aug. 7, 1812; he was reared in Jefferson Co., N.Y.; he was engaged in mercantile business at SACKETT's Harbor for some time; afterward, for six years, he published SACKETT's Harbor Observer; during four years of this period he was also Postmaster; in 1855, he removed to Burlington, Iowa, where he was editor of the Iowa Farmer, and for awhile associate editor of the Burlington Hawkeye. In 1857 published the Plattsmouth (Neb.) Republican; after that was engaged in mercantile and auction business in Burlington for nearly five years; after a residence of five and a half years, he removed to Chicago, where he carried on produce and commission business for about one year; then for three years, he was employed as traveling salesman, handling druggists� sundries; during this period he visited all the cities and towns of any importance in the Northwestern States. In 1866, he came to Oshkosh, and had editorial charge of the Weekly North-Western for a short time. In 1867, he commenced his present business, and for a year published HARRIS's Real Estate Bulletin and Trades Journal. He was Alderman in 1870 and 1871. Mr. HARRIS was married in March, 1870, to his present wife, Mary H. KILMER, a native of Washington Co., N.Y.
Page 1148 - W. D. HARSHAW, Sheriff, was born in Argyle, Washington Co., N.Y., Sept. 5, 1831. Lived there until he came to Oconomowoc, Wis., Oct. 26, 1849. Came to Oshkosh in 1856. In 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, 5th W.V.I.; continued in service until his regiment was mustered out. He was first elected Sheriff in 1876, and again elected in 1880. Mr. HARSHAW was married in Saxeville, Waushara Co., Wis., to Lydia A., ALLEN; they have five children - Mary R., Jennie M., Annie, Henry A. and William G. Mr. H. is a member of A., F. & A.M. and G.A.R.
Page 1148 - Henry B. HARSHAW, lawyer and Postmaster, was born in Argyle, Washington Co., N.Y., in 1842; lived in Erie Co., N.Y. from 1844, to June, 1851; came to Oshkosh in October, 1854. He enlisted April 18, 1861, in Co. E, 2nd W.V.I. He was in all battles of his command prior to May 8, 1864, when he was wounded at Spotsylvania and lost his left arm; June 30, 1864, he was mustered out of service; he returned to Oshkosh and, in the fall of 1864, he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court; held that position by re-election until Jan. 1, when he was appointed Postmaster. He was married in Oshkosh, Dec. 21, 1864, to Georgia M., daughter of Darwin E. and Betsey M. WRIGHT FINNEY, early settlers of Oshkosh.
Page 1148 - Joseph HARTEL, sawyer for O. D. PECK; was born in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 27, 1827; engaged in saw mills in Germany; came to the United States in 1861, and located in Oshkosh, Wis.; engaged in saw-mills and continued in them in different positions; has been sawing about thirteen years, He was married in Oshkosh, in 1861, to Kraust AEIGAN, of Oshkosh. They have three children - Phillip, Joseph and Augusta. Mr. HARTEL is a member of the German Catholic Church.
Pages 1148 & 1149 � D. G. HATCH, yard foreman for O. D. PECK; was born in Oconomowoc, Wis., July 31, 1850; moved to Green Bay about 1872, and engaged in the freight business about seven years, then came to Oshkosh and engaged with O. D. PECK; he drove team at first; has occupied his present position since August, 1881. He was married in Oconomowoc, Oct. 5, 1871, to Alice YOUNG, of Oconomowoc. They have one child - George.
Page 1149 - Samuel M. HAY, hardware merchant and President of the First National Bank; came to Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis., August 1, 1845. In 1846, he visited Oshkosh and was greatly pleased with the natural scenery of the region; the presence of Indians made it particularly attractive to him, and in October, 1848, he located here, engaging in mercantile business, being now the oldest merchant who has been continuously in business here. He has been prominently identified with the various public enterprises of Oshkosh.
Page 1149 - Robert W. HAYTER, sawyer for PAINE; was born in Oneida Co., N.Y., May 16, 1843. His parents moved to Michigan in 1844, and they engaged in farming, and in 1850, they removed to Wisconsin and located in Oshkosh. Mr. HAYTER commenced working in the mills at an early age; has been with his present employer since 1869, engaged in setting and sawing. He was married in Oshkosh, in 1862, to Lucy HILL, who died in 1877, leaving two children - John and Viola. He was married to his present wife in November, 1880; she was a Miss Orvie Della NEWTON, of Oshkosh, a native of Wisconsin.
Page 1149 - F. HEREMANN, dealer in general line, groceries, provisions, crockery, liquors, etc., 88 Main street; was born in Germany, Nov. 9, 1827; emigrated to America in 1850, and settled in Milwaukee; lived there three years, engaged as carpenter and joiner, then went to Oshkosh and worked at his trade, and in 1862 went in to his present business. He was married in Oshkosh, Wis., in 1854, to Miss Sydoma SUHL, who was born in Germany. They have three children - Rudolph A., Bertha and Clara.
Page 1149 - T. HERZOG, foreman for HUMES; was born in Oshkosh Oct. 28, 1859. His parents, Michael and Frederica (MACHINA) HERZOG, having moved there from Germany the previous year. The subject of this sketch got his schooling in Oshkosh, and as a boy, entered the lumber mills; has been engaged in general departments; was seven years with the firm of WILLIAMSON & Co.
Page 1149 - William HILL, merchant; was born at Niagara Falls, Canada, Nov. 11, 1820; came to Oshkosh in December, 1855, since which time (except during the year 1871) he has been engaged in mercantile business; six months prior to locating here, he had acquired an interest in the business. R. L. BIGGER was associated with him as partner until 1871. In 1872, the present firm of Wm. HILL & Co. was organized, J. M.S. MAY and A. F. BAEHR, being his partners. Mr. HILL was married at Niagara Falls, Canada, to Elizabeth BROOK, a native of that place. They have five children - William R., Edgar J., Alice C., Lizzie and Mary.
Page 1149 - Thomas HINDS, engineer. Mr. HINDS was born in Staffordshire, England, in1841; was working as a machinist and engineer in England some thirteen years previous to coming to the United States in 1873; located in Oshkosh, Wis., in 1873, at first engaged in farming. He was married in England, in 1873, to Miss Sarah BATES. They have one child - Flora May.
Page 1149 - HOBART & HOLMES, livery and sale stables, corner Wagoo and Shonaon streets. The firm consists of J. S. HOLMES and A. O. HOBART. Mr. HOLMES, the practical man, was born in Paris, Maine, 1834, and came to Wisconsin in 1858; settled in Oshkosh, where he has successfully prosecuted the present business since. In the meantime paying attention to the introduction and handling of trotting stock here. In 1859, he was married to Miss Thirza FAIR, who was born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1837. They have a family of two sons - Arthur S. and E. Austin, and two daughters - Jessie F. and Helen P.
Page 1149 - Rev. F. R. HAFF, Rector Trinity Episcopal Church; born in December, 1821, city of New York; graduated at Union College in 1843; came to Chicago a year. In 1847, graduated in Nashotah Seminary, Wisconsin, then took charge of the missions among the Oneida Indians at Green Bay; he continued there six years. His labors were successful. Was Rector in St. Paul's, La Porte, Ind. a year; in Berlin, Iowa, five years; in 1859, came to Oshkosh and took charge of his present church. He resigned in 1870; went to Kansas City and took charge of a new parish, now Grace Church; at Manitowoc temporarily. A new church in Green Bay, St. James, was organized about then, and Mr. HAFF was its Rector. In 1875, his former church, Trinity, extended a unanimous and urgent call to him. He accepted it. Mr. HAFF is very earnest in all his work, and has made his church one of the leading ones here. Married Lucretia R. BOYINGTON, of Green Bay, in 1848. Miss BOYINGTON was born in St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. They have three children - Franklin B., Emma Cornelia, Nettie Jane. Mr. HAFF is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Knights Templar, and of the Masons.
Page 1149 - T. J. HOFFMAN, mechanic in THOMPSON & HAYWARD's Carriage Works. Mr. HOFFMAN was born at Rome Center, Mich., Aug. 11, 1848; he lived there until he was nineteen years of age, he then went to St. Louis, Mo.; there he attended school about six years; he also worked in car shops there, and remained there about six years in all; from there he went to Hannibal, Mo. He worked at his trade eighteen months, then he went to Oshkosh; he worked at cabinet-work about three years and a half, then engaged in THOMPSON & HAYWARD's Carriage Works, April, 1881. He was married in Adrian, Mich., May 15, 1875, to Miss Lizzie HOFFMAN; she was born in Ida, Mich., January, 1847.
Page 1149 - J. R. HOLLAND, yard foreman, RADFORD Bros., was born in Winnebago Co., Wis., Sept. 3, 1856. His parents, William and Sophia (ABRAMS) HOLLAND, came to Winnebago County in 1855, and to Oshkosh in 1859. The subject of this sketch attended common schools, and also the Oshkosh Business College, and afterward kept books for McMILLEN and others. He has been yard foreman for several firms; was with PAINE six years, Hy SHERRY two years, and after this with his present employers. He was married in Oshkosh Sept. 24, 1879, to Miss Sarah HOWARD, of Oshkosh. Miss HOWARD was born in Racine. Mr. HOLLAND is a member of K. of P.
Page 1149 - S. W. HOLLISTER, lumberman, established in 1846, employs one hundred men in logging season and gets out from eight to twelve million feet logs during the season. Mr. HOLLISTER was born in Racine Co., Wis., Aug. 17, 1845. His parents moved to Oshkosh, Wis., in 1845. His father built the second hotel erected in city of Oshkosh, called the Winnebago Hotel. At a suitable age, Mr. S. W. HOLLISTER attended the city schools and began business for himself; at twenty years of age, first connected himself with the lumber business, and since followed the same. He was married in Kewaunee Co., Wis., Nov. 7, 1868, to Miss Katie G. SMITH; she was born in Germany. They have two children - Asa R. and Sarah W.
Page 1149 - F. W. HOUGHTON, lawyer, was born in the town of Ogden, Monroe Co., N.Y., Dec. 2, 1849. Came to Brown Co., Wis., in 1866; resided there until 1870, he then entered Lawrence University, at Appleton; remained there until he graduated in 1876, afterward was Principal of a school at Wausau for four years. He read law in the office of CARPENTER & SMITH, Milwaukee, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. In May, 1880, he commenced practice in Oshkosh. Mr. HOUGHTON was married in Weyauwega, Wis., Sept. 29, 1877 to Mary J. BALCH, also a graduate of Lawrence University, and a class-mate of his in that institution; she was born at Weyauwega. They have two children - Laura Madge and Mary Ruth.
Page 1149 - John H. HUGHEY, foreman for B., Brothers, was born in Plattsburg, N.Y., Aug. 8, 1848; was engaged in the Vermont Central Railroad firing four years and as engineer two years; came to Wisconsin in 1865 and located in Oshkosh; was engineering some four or five years, and since then in sash, door, and blind business; was foreman for CONLEE Brothers four years; has been in employ of RADFORD Brothers since 1880. Mr. HUGHEY was married in Oshkosh November, 1872, to Miss Lizzie MONAHAN, of Oshkosh. They have two children - Saide and Maggie. Mr. HUGHEY is a member of the Oshkosh Rifles.
Page 1150 - Jesse Y. HULL, of the firm of J. G. HULL & Co. (Boston 99 cent Store), 55 Main street, dealers in a general line of fancy goods and other articles generally found in a 99 cent store. He was born in Butte des Morts, Wis., Oct. 28, 1857; lived with his parents until 1875, and was about eighteen years when he began life for himself, and first engaged as clerk in a dry goods store, which he followed until Jan. 1, 1879, at which time he assumed the duties of Deputy County Treasurer, being appointed at that time. He served two years, after which he was engaged in the dry goods trade until he began in his present place of business.
Page 1150 - John W. HUME, lawyer, was born in Rock Co., Wis., April 12, 1852; received his preliminary schooling in Janesville, and entered Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., in 1869; graduated in 1874; then located in Oshkosh, where his parents had moved in 1866, and read law with JACKSON & HALSEY; was admitted to the bar in 1876; to the Supreme Court in January, 1879, and to the United States Circuit Court in 1880. He was married in Oshkosh Oct. 29, 1879, to Miss Nettie SCOTT, of Oshkosh. They have one child, John Scott. Mrs. HUME is a daughter of Col. J. W. SCOTT, who was killed at Chancellorsville.
Page 1150 - William HUME, manufacturer of sash, doors and blinds; was born in Roxburyshire, Scotland, Nov. 1, 1816; came to America with his parents, John and Isabella (BROWN) HUME, when he was seventeen years of age; settled in New Lisbon, Otsego Co., N.Y., that was his home until June, 1847, when he came to Rock Prairie, in Rock Co., Wis., where he resided seven years; afterward lived in Milton for a year; then at Janesville until he came to Oshkosh in 1868. When he first came to Wisconsin, he worked at his trade of carpenter and builder most of the time; while at Janesville, he was engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, and for seven years after coming to Oshkosh, he carried on the same business; for five years he was in the lumber shipping business here; in the spring of 1880, he resumed his present job. Mr. HUME was married in the town of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N.Y., to Rebecca, daughter of Robert AIRIS. She was born in Roxburyshire, Scotland; they have four children - Alice, now Mrs. John HICKS, Belle, John W. and Robert G.
Page 1150 - Henry B. JACKSON, lawyer, was born in Naperville, Du Page Co., Ill., July 24, 1837; read law in Elgin, Ill.; came to Oshkosh in April, 1859; has been constantly engaged in practice here since. He held the office of City Attorney two terms and was twice District Attorney, He was for one year in the army during the late war of the rebellion, most of the time on Gen. SHERMAN's staff; he was Second Lieutenant of Co. E, 2d W.V.I. He was a student at Hiram College while James A. GARFIELD was an instructor at that institution. Mr. JACKSON was married at Oshkosh in May, 1862, to Miss Annette HARWOOD, a native of Rushville, N.Y. They have four children - Jessie C., Lulu, Isadore and Heman HARWOOD.
Page 1150 - Andrew JOHNSON, mechanic in running-gear department of PARSONS & GOODFELLOW's Carriage Works. Mr. JOHNSON was born in Sweden, November, 1838. He emigrated to America in 1863, and lived in New York three months; then went to Chicago, Ill. He enlisted in 1864, in the Engineers Corp, and served fourteen months and was mustered out in Nashville, Tenn., in 1865. He returned to Chicago and erected a dwelling-house of his own and worked at the carpenter and joiner trade and carriage work. He made a fine carriage for Gen. THOMAS, of Chattanooga, Tenn., during his service in the army. He has worked in Chicago for different parties about fifteen years, and when the above carriage works were moved from Chicago to Oshkosh, he went with them. He has invented, and has a patent for, one of the most useful mechanic's planes in use; also a patent spokeshave. He was married in Chicago in 1870, to Miss Temperance WILCOX, who was born near Georgian Bay, Canada West. They have two children - Alice E. and Willie A.
Page 1150 - Andrew M. JOHNSON, filer for O. D. PECK, was born in Province of New Brunswick. His parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth (BRISLEY) JOHNSON, moved to Maine when he was a few days old, and from there they moved to Wisconsin, in 1849, locating in Oshkosh. The subject of our sketch engaged in carpentering work and lumbering; has been filing for about four years; with O.D. PECK since 1881. He was married in Oshkosh in 1861, to Sarah CHASE, of Oshkosh, formerly of N. B. She died in 1876, leaving three children - William, Sarah and Lucy.
Page 1150 - Edwin R. JOHNSTON, sawyer Diamond Match Co., born in Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Aug. 3, 1850; came to Wisconsin in 1858, and located in Oshkosh; has been engaged in several different shingle-mills; was shingle and stave sawing about four years, and has run a drag-saw, his present occupation, about eleven years. He was married in Stockbridge, Calumet Co., July 24, 1872, to Miss Ella ELDRIDGE, of that county, a native of New York State. They have two children - Gracie and Jessie. Mr. JOHNSTON has belonged to the Volunteer Fire Department about ten years, six of which he was foreman.
Pages 1150 & 1151 - Hon, James V. JONES, lumberman. The subject of this sketch, a native of Williamstown, Oswego Co., N.Y., was born Oct. 29, 1827, and is the son of John and Florilla JONES. His father was a farmer, and James V., the youngest of five children, passed his boyhood in working on a farm, and received only a very limited education. Reaching manhood, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, and worked in this way four years, when he was married to Miss Mary A. DUNCAN, at Geddes, Onondaga Co., N.Y., a native of County Kent, England. In 1855, he moved to Wisconsin, and located at Oshkosh, which has since been his home. He came here without means, but with qualities of heart and good traits of character, and these he directed to build up an honorable career. Ambitious, energetic, industrious, he persevered. For a time he worked by the day, and was forced to practice the severest economy. After a few years he engaged in business on his own account as a contractor and builder, and continued so for several years. In 1865, he formed a co-partnership with Hon. Carlton FOSTER, for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of lumber. In this co-partnership was combined vigor, enterprise and executive force, and rapidly the firm took the lead in the manufacture of lumber. In the fall of 1872, they built the mill now occupied by CONLEE Bros. This increased their business, and the product reached 6,000,000 feet of cut lumber per annum. In 1876, they sold this mill to the firm of BEACH & CONLEE. In 1866, they had purchased a small sash, door and blind factory from P. Z. WILSON, and soon added and enlarged it, but in 1870, it was burned. They then erected the present sash, door and blind factory, and gradually added to its capacity, and are ranked among the largest manufacturers in this section. This firm was the pioneer firm in the wholesale manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, having shipped the first car-load, and also having shipped their manufacture by boat down the Mississippi River at an early day. Mr. JONES took a prominent part in politics, and was first elected an Alderman, and afterward elected Mayor, and the only Mayor who filled the office three terms, twice re-elected. At the time of the Chicago fire, Mr. JONES was Mayor of this city, and he telegraphed to the management of the Northwestern R.R. Co. if they would furnish transportation free, the good citizens of Oshkosh would furnish a car-load of food for the sufferers. They replied in the affirmative, and through Mr. JONES' efforts the car was filled, and was the first donation of food received by the authorities of Chicago from Wisconsin. In 1877, he was elected to the Legislature, and served with credit to himself and his constituents. In 1878, the Republicans of the Sixth District nominated a candidate for Congress who was ineligible. His name was taken from the ticket, and Mr. JONES received the unanimous count of the convention. It was but twenty days before election, and no time for an active canvass, but Mr. JONES' popularity secured for him 11,000 cotes, but falling short of an election. In the Order of Odd Fellows Mr. JONES is one of the leading and most active members. He was a charter member of Winnebago Lodge of Oshkosh, No. 120; has filled every office in this jurisdiction; also Past Grand Master and Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States. Mr. JONES is one of the best representatives of the self-made men of this country, and in his own person exemplifies the possibilities of well directed efforts, combined with strict integrity. He is public spirited, liberal, and a leader in all public enterprises that will promote the interests of the city.
Page 1151 - John R. JONES, of the firm WILLIAMSON, LIBBEY & Co., manufacturers of sash, door and blinds; came to Oshkosh in December, 1857; employed for a few months in sash, door and blind factory; then worked at trade of carpenter and builder for two years; then went to the Southern States, where he remained until the war broke out, when he returned to his native State, New York; remained there two years; and, after another year's residence at Oshkosh, he went to Chicago, and was there two years, since which time he has been a permanent resident of Oshkosh. For the last seven years, he has had a partnership interest in the sash, door and blind factory. He was married at Racine, Wis., May, 1866, to Mary A. DAVIS, a native of Madison Co., N.Y. They have five children - Edward V., Robert R., Bessie R., Susie M. and John W. Mr. JONES is a member of the I.O.O.D, A.O.U.W. and K. of H.
Page 1151 - Charles O. JOSSLYN, of the firm LANE & JOSSLYN, Tremont House; was born in Penobscot Co., Maine, April 11, 1845, his parents being Thomas S. and Sarah (CHAPMAN) JOSSLYN. About 1864, he took a position as hotel clerk in East Corinth, Me., and remained about three years. After a short time in Dexter, he then went to Bangor, and engaged as clerk in dry goods store. Three years later, he went into business for himself, selling dry goods in Ellsworth Me., the firm being LYON & JOSSLYN; sold out in two years, and went to Boston, engaging as traveling salesman, a business he followed five years. In 1876, he came to Oshkosh, and engaged in the dry goods business, the firm being JOSSLYN Bros. In March, 1881, formed a partnership with Mr. LANE, and took the Tremont House. Mr. J. is a member of the A., F. & A.M. Lodge and Chapter of Maine, and Oshkosh Commandery, No. 11.
Page 1151 - E. C. KELLOGG, lumberman and logger; came to Oshkosh, Wis., in fall 1855; employs from 100 to 150 men during the logging season, and 85 to 110 horses and oxen, and gets out from 4,500,000 to 6,000,000 feet annually. The firm name is KELLOGG & RUMERY. Mr. K. was born in New Haven. Vt., Jan. 20, 1817. He went to Massachusetts with his parents at the age of fives years, where he engaged in lumbering until he was thirty-eight years of age, being about twenty-two years of age, when he began business for himself. He came to Oshkosh in the fall of 1855, and the following winter he began the lumbering business, which he has been engaged in, excepting two years, owing to the hard times of 1857-58, and, no means of transportation, he was obliged to suspend operations, but since then he has been actively engaged. He was married, in Shutesbury, Mass., June, 1839, to Miss Maria S. STETSON, who was born in the latter place Oct. 14, 1828. They have four children - George E., Clara M., Olive C. and Nanie S.
Page 1151 - Dr. Walter KEMPSTER, Superintendent of Northern Hospital for the Insane; was born in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N.Y., May 25, 1841; attended common graded and high schools in Onondaga Co.; then spent about five years traveling with a tutor in the United States and Europe; returned to New York State about 1857, and then entered upon the study of his profession at the Long Island Medical College, from which he graduated June 30, 1864. He went into the civil war as private, in Co. H., of the 12th New York Infantry; became Hospital Steward of the 10th New York Cavalry; was detached and placed on duty at the United States General Hospital at Patterson Park, Baltimore, Md.; made First Lieutenant of Co. D, in 10th New York Cavalry; participated in various battles of the Potomac, including that of Gettysburg; and, in 1864-65, served as Acting Assistant Surgeon of the United States Army; was in the service in all from 1861 to 1864, with the exception of six months, during which he absented himself to take his degree in medicine. In 1866, he was the Assistant Superintendent of the New York Asylum for Idiots, at Syracuse, N.Y., from 1867 to 1873, Assistant Physician of the New York State Insane Asylum, and, from 1873 to present time, Superintendent of the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, Wis. He was married, in Baltimore, Jan. 1, 1863, to Miss Mirriem P. BAYNES, eldest daughter of Thomas BAYNES, of Baltimore. They have three children living - Sarah W., Agnes, Mary. For a number of years, Dr. KEMPSTER has been engaged in the study of the microscopic pathology of the brain, on which subject he has written several papers, beside taking a large number of photo-micrographs of brain tissue, normal and abnormal, a work in which he was the first in this country to engage. He delivered a lecture in the fall of 1881 before the Chicago Biological Society. His most notable case in surgery is that of the incision of three inches of the tibia, with recovery, reported in the American Journal of Medical Science. His literary contributions to medicine consist of articles in the American Journal of Insane, of which he was for five years associate editor; in the transactions of the International Medical Congress of 1876, and also in the transactions of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, and the reports of Northern Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane. He is a member of the Winnebago County Medical Society, of which he has been President; of Wisconsin State Medical Society, of which he has been Vice President; of New York State Medical Society; of American Medical Association, of which he has been Chairman of the section on Physiological Medical Jurisprudence and Chemistry; of the Association of Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane; of the United States Association for the Advancement of Sanitary Science, and of the Wisconsin State Historical Society.
Page 1151 - James KENNEDY, dealer in a general line of groceries, staple and fancy goods, 147 Main street, settled in Oshkosh, Wis., in 1858, and began the grocery business the same year, in company with E. W. VIALL, and continued in company until 1872; sold out and engaged in the manufacturing of boots and shoes, which he continued until the fire of 1875, when he was burned out. He began his present business in the fall of 1875. He was born in Ireland, May 14, 1833; emigrated to America in 1849. He was married in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1858, to Miss Ellen ANDREWS; she was born in Huron Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1838. They have four children - Charles A., Ella K., Bell and Jane A. Charles A. assists his father in store. They do about $100,000 business per annum. Mr. K. was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1869.
Page 1151 - KENNEY Bros., hat and bonnet bleachers and shapers; firm composed of Daniel and John T. KENNY, commenced business in 1878; run by steam and have complete apparatus for doing all kinds of work. Daniel KENNY (firm KENNY Bros.) was born in Elmira, N.Y., in 1854; came to Oshkosh, Wis., with his parents in 1856; he went to Chicago and learned his trade, remaining six years, and then returned to Oshkosh. Mr. K. is a member of St. Peter's temperance society.
Page 1151 - Ira KEZERTREE, dentist, office in BECKWITH Block, established in 1853. He was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, June 4, 1825, and lived there until 1845, and learned dentistry; also studied medicine. He settled in Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, and followed his profession until 1853, when he moved to Oshkosh and established as above noted, being the oldest established dentist in the city. He has also a good run of custom. (sic) He was married in Bergen, Genesee Co., N.Y., May 12, 1850, to Miss Esther L. WARD, who was born in the latter place, Feb. 22, 1826. They have two children - Irena A. and Lyman W. Irene A. was married to Mr. Albert EVANS, Aug. 18, 1881; he is Principal of First Ward School; and Lyman W. is clerking in a grocery and fruit store.
Page 1152 - Frederick KING, of the firm KING & ENGLEBRIGHT, proprietors of saloon and billiard tables in west end of Tremont House. Mr. K. was born in Switzerland, July 1, 1855. He emigrated to America in 1864, and settled in Oshkosh, Wis.; attended the public and select schools about two years, then he worked in a stave factory about one year; then he engaged as clerk in a cigar store two and a half years, after which, he clerked for another firm, doing the same business two and a half years. March 11, 1879, he engaged as clerk in a liquor store until Dec. 3, 1880. He engaged in the liquor business until 15th of March, 1881, on Main street, and followed the same until June 1, 1881, when he went in company with Mr. William ENGLEBRIGHT in rear of Tremont House. He was married in Oshkosh, Wis., May, 1879, to Miss Mary H. GORMAN; she was born in Cherryfield, Me., May 20, 1859. They lost one daughter - Anna KING.
Page 1152 - John LAABS, logger and lumberman, located in 1864, and began lumbering in 1872; usually employs thirty men and gets out 2,000,000 feet, which he markets generally in Oshkosh, Wis. Mr. L. was born in Germany, Jan. 10, 1840; emigrated to America in 1856, and settled in Fond du Lac, Wis., and farmed on shares until 1864, then moved to Oshkosh and engaged in the flouring mill business until 1872, since which time he has been in the lumber business. He was married in Oshkosh, February, 1865, to Miss Matilda WESSENBERG; she was born in Germany. They have three living children, named, William J., Lydia, Daniel (deceased) and Elsie (living).
