Untitled From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 582-583 FREDRICH KROG, the well-known proprietor of the creamery in Platteville, Grant county, is a man who thoroughly understands his business.

Mr. KROG was born June 4, 1856, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany, and is a son of John and Christine KROG, the former of whom died when our subject was but seven years of age. He was educated in the public schools of his native land, and in 1873 he came with his mother to the United States, locating at Chicago, Ill. For four years he worked on a farm in the vicinity of the city, and there learned the business which he now follows. He advanced to the position of manager, and later became the owner of two or three creameries near Elgin, Ill., from which he realized fair profits. Afterward, he was joined by his father-in-law, Charles F. SCHULTZ, and together they carried on the business about five years, when Mr. KROG sold out his interest. In 1894 he came to Platteville and became half-owner in the Platteville Cheese & Produce Association, which is officered as follows: President, Thomas DYER, of Chicago; secretary, J. C. KACKLE; treasurer, Fredrich KROG, who is also manager of the company's business in Grant county. Before locating in Platteville Mr. KROG was interested in the creamery business at Ontarioville, Ill. At present he is connected with seventeen different creameries in Wisconsin, the office for all these companies being at Platteville, under the general supervision of our subject. He is secretary-treasurer of the Belmont Creamery Co., of Belmont, Wisconsin.

The marriage of Mr. KROG took place in 1880, to Miss Sophie SCHULTZ, daughter of Charles F. SCHULTZ, a native of Germany, now residing in Bartlett, Cook Co., Ill. Mrs. KROG was born and educated in Illinois. This union has been blessed with seven children: Edwin, who was born July 1, 1881, (at the same hour that President Garfield was assassinated), is at present bookkeeper for the firm of which his father is a member; Amelia, born in 1883, is a student in the Platteville high school; Bernhardt was born July 20, 1885; Alfred, Nov. 1, 1887; Lucy, in 1893; Walter, in February, 1897; and Gertrude, in February, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. KROG are members of the Lutheran Church. In politics Mr. KROG has always been a Republican, and in his fraternal relations is a member of the American Order of Woodmen and the Equitable Fraternity Union of Neenah, Wisconsin.

Mr. KROG, although he started life in his adopted country a poor young man, has, by his keen observation of the details of the business in which he is engaged, his industrious habits, energy and perseverance, in the pursuit of one main end or object, succeeded in acquiring a fortune, and stands among the respected and honored men of the community, with a name that bears not a blemish.



This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck