E-Book
7 Tage kostenlos im Abo
E-Book
12,99 €

Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 2 E-Book

Josiah Seymour Currey

0,0

Erhalten Sie Zugang zu diesem und mehr als 300000 Büchern ab EUR 5,99 monatlich.

Herausgeber: Jazzybee Verlag
Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
Sprache: Englisch

Beschreibung

Jerome A. Watrous, the author of the first volume, and Josiah Seymour Currey, the compiler of the biographical volumes two through five, present a thrilling narrative and in-depth-biographies of an eventful past of a county, the rapid growing of a fantastic city on the lakeshore, and the lives of hundreds of people that were so important for the history of Milwaukee town and country. The whole five books contain thousands of pages of valuable information and are essential for everyone interested in the history the most populous and densely populated county in Wisconsin. This is volume two out of five, containing a wealth of biographies of important people.

Details

Sie lesen das E-Book in den Legimi-Apps auf:

Android

iOS

von Legimi
zertifizierten E-Readern

Kindle™-E-Readern
(für ausgewählte Pakete)

Seitenzahl: 874

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Das E-Book (TTS) können Sie hören im Abo „Legimi Premium” in Legimi-Apps auf:

Android

iOS

Bewertungen

0,0

Rezensionen(0 Rezensionen)

Ähnliche

Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 4

Josiah Seymour Currey

Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 5

Josiah Seymour Currey

Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 3

Josiah Seymour Currey

Chicago: Its History and its Builders, Volume 1

Josiah Seymour Currey

Chicago: Its History and its Builders, Volume 3

Josiah Seymour Currey

Chicago: Its History and its Builders, Volume 2

Josiah Seymour Currey

Chicago: Its History and its Builders, Volume 4

Josiah Seymour Currey

Chicago: Its History and its Builders, Volume 5

Josiah Seymour Currey

Garantiert erfolgreich lernen

Christian Grüning

Wenn plötzlich die Angst kommt

Roger Baker

Schieb das Schaf

Helmut Lange

Hunde würden länger leben, wenn ...

Illegale Kriege – Wie die NATO-Länder die UNO sabotieren

Dr. Daniele Ganser

Leseprobe

Memoirs of Milwaukee County

Volume 2: Biographical

JOSIAH S. CURREY

Memoirs of Milwaukee County 2, J. S. Currey

Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck

86450 Altenmünster, Loschberg 9

Deutschland

Printed by Bookwire, Voltastraße 1, 60486 Frankfurt/M.

ISBN: 9783849661069

www.jazzybee-verlag.de

[email protected]

ALLIS, EDWARD P.

Edward P. Allis, for many years an outstanding figure in connection with the development of Milwaukee, became prominently known throughout the country as an iron manufacturer. The extent and importance of his business activities brought him to a place of leadership in this field of labor. He was resourceful, alert to every opportunity and possessed notable energy and determination, so that he ultimately arrived at his objective and the results achieved were of benefit to city and state at large as well as to his individual fortunes. He felt, too, that political questions are a matter of personal concern to every loyal American citizen and therefore he stood staunchly by the political organization with which he was allied. It is doubtful if he ever weighed an act of his life in the scale of policy, for his gauge was ever that of right and justice. Mr. Allis was born in Cazenovia, New York, May 12, 1824, and was of English lineage, the ancestral line being traced back to William Allis, who was born between 1613 and 1616, probably in Essex or London, England. William Allis came to America in 1630 with Winthrop's fleet, as a passenger on the Mayflower, which was then making its third voyage to the new world. They landed at Charlestown Harbor, Boston (then called Trimountain), on the 1st of July, 1630. William Allis was a surveyor and before 1634 laid out the town of Mount Wollaston, afterward Braintree, comprising fifty square miles. During that year, by order of the general court, it was annexed to Boston. To induce settlement in the town large grants of land were made and William Allis received twelve acres on February 24, 1640. On the 13th of May of that year Mount Wollaston was incorporated as the town of Braintree and with Dorchester, Dunham, Hingham, Natasket and Roxbury was incorporated to form the city of Boston. On that date William Allis was made a freeman. To him and his wife Mary, whom he wedded in 1641, there were born eight children. William Allis was prominently connected with public affairs and lived in Braintree until 1663, when he removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut. There the town of Hadley was established and the home of William Allis was on the west side of the main street in the center of the settlement. The present meeting house, town hall and Congregational parsonage stand on the lot which was assigned to William Allis. That part of Hadley afterward became the town of Hatfield and there William Allis held the offices of deacon, justice of the peace and selectman and was often on advisory committees. He took part in the battle of Great Falls against the Indians, serving as a captain there, and with him in the engagement were three of his sons, one of whom, William Allis, Jr., was killed. About two years later his wife Mary met death when there was an Indian massacre at Hatfield and his granddaughter, Abigail Allis, was captured by the red men. On the 25th of June, 1678, William Allis wedded Mary, daughter of John Bronson and widow of John Graves of Hatfield, and on the 6th of September of the same year William Allis passed away. Representing the second generation of the direct ancestors of Edward P. Allis of Milwaukee was John Allis, son of William, who was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, March 5, 1642, and died in Hatfield in January, 1691. He was married December 14, 1669, to Mary, daughter of Thomas Meekins and widow of Nathaniel Clark. John Allis resided in Hatfield, near his father's home, was a millwright and carpenter of note and prominent in public affairs of the community. He built many churches and was erecting the first corn mill at Mill River when he died. He served in King Philip's war and was in the fight at Great Falls on May 19, 1676, while afterward he became a captain in the militia. It was his daughter Abigail who was captured by the Indians at the time of the massacre and it was not until eight months later that she and other captives were returned to their homes. Ichabod Allis, son of John Allis, was born in Hatfield, July 10, 1675, and became a farmer and builder, spending his entire life in his native city, his death there occurring July 9, 1747. In 1698 he wedded Mary, daughter of Samuel Belden, Jr., who was born August 27, 1679, and died September 9, 1724. Ichabod Allis was married again November 25, 1726, his second marriage being with Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Waite and widow of John Belden. By his first wife. Mary, he had eight children, the youngest being Elisha Allis, who was born in Hatfield, December 3. 1716, and there died in 1784. In the meantime, however, he had resided at different periods in Whately, Massachusetts, and Somers, Connecticut. Both he and his wife possessed large landed interests and their marriage agreement is a most quaint and unique document. He first married Anna, daughter of Sergeant John and Sarah (Williams) Marsh of Hadley, on the 20th of December, 1744. His second wife, Sarah, was a daughter of Samuel Reade of Burlington and widow of Thomas Cutler. Her death occurred March 25, 1807. By his first marriage he had seven children, the fourth being Josiah Allis, who was born about 1754, in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and died in Whately, Massachusetts, April 17, 1794. Like his father, he was a wealthy farmer and was prominent in church and town affairs, holding various town offices and acting as representative to the general court in 1787-8 and as a delegate to the convention to revise the federal constitution in 1788. He served as a colonel in the militia. He was married March 1, 1774, to Anna, daughter of Elisha and Lucy (Stearns) Hubbard of Hatfield. Their family numbered eleven children. Jere Allis, the seventh in order of birth, was born July 25, 1786, in Whately, Massachusetts, and was a hatter and furrier by trade. At an early date he removed to Prattsburg, New York, and afterward to Cazenovia, that state, while later he became a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but passed away in Franklin, New York, April 19, 1885, when almost ninety-nine years of age. He retained his physical and mental faculties to a remarkable degree and it was said of him that "his memory remained clear and acute and his temper exceedingly sweet and sunny." He was married October 1, 1814, to Mary, daughter of Deacon Salmon and Lydia (Amsden) White of Whately, Massachusetts, who was born June 3, 1793, and died February 2, 1877. This worthy couple were the parents of Edward Phelps Allis, Milwaukee's distinguished and honored manufacturer. In the acquirement of his education Edward P. Allis attended the academies of Cazenovia and of Geneva, New York, before entering Union College at Schenectady, New York, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1845. Immediately afterward Mr. Allis started out independently in the business world. He came to Milwaukee in 1846 and for a short time read law with the intention of entering upon a legal career but did not find this congenial and wisely changed his plans, turning his attention to commercial life. He became a dealer in leather in 1846 and was one of the builders of the large tanneries at Two Rivers, Wisconsin, now owned and operated by the Wisconsin Leather Company. He remained the active head of the business until 1857, when he sold his interest to his partners and for three years de voted his attention to business activities that seemed to indicate no marked change nor advance in his career, but when the opportunity came for advancement he eagerly seized it. For a time he was associated with John P. McGregor, under the firm style of Allis & McGregor, in the conduct of a private banking business, dealing also in coin and exchange. In that undertaking, however, he did not feel the keen joy which every man should find in the successful accomplishment of his business purposes and he therefore withdrew from banking circles to become a factor in the manufacturing interests of Milwaukee. In connection with C. D. Nash and John P. McGregor, he purchased the Reliance Works formerly owned by Decker & Seville, a business which at that time was in a state of decline. Mr. Allis attacked its problems with zeal and enthusiasm and saw the opportunities for constant growth and development in that field. Before the close of the first year he had purchased the interest of his partners and from that time forward directed the operation of the works through all the stages of rapid development and growth. One writing of his activity at the time said: "The extent of the business is already beyond the managing capacity of most men, yet it does not appear to have reached the limits of his administrative powers. They seem to be measured rather by the work he finds to do than by his ability to perform By his labors in building up the iron manufactures of the city he has put his indelible stamp upon it for all time to come, and ranks among the foremost masters and workers in iron in the country." in the genealogy of the Allis family appears the following concerning the business career of E. P. Allis: "From a moderate beginning Mr. Allis enlarged and ex tended the original Reliance Works until the buildings covered three city blocks, and he was the life and moving spirit of the immense industrial establishment he created. Starting with a business of thirty-two thousand dollars a year, with twenty employees and a payroll of thirteen thousand dollars, the enterprise broadened under his management into a business of three million dollars a year, with between twelve hundred and fifteen hundred employees and a payroll of over seven hundred thousand dollars. Those iron works were the first in the country to make roller mills for the making of flour by the roller process, and were also prominent in the manufacture of steam engines, sawmill machinery, mining machinery and heavy pumping machinery. Their products were sent to all parts of the world, including Cuba. Mexico, South America, Europe, Japan, Australia and Sandwich Islands. The turning point in the life of the old Reliance Works came in 1869. when the city of Milwaukee voted to erect and install its own waterworks and advertised for piping and machinery. Bids came in for piping from all over the country and nobody dreamed of Mr. Allis bidding on the work, as his foundry was not equipped for the making of pipe, but when the bids were opened it was found that he had secured the contract. Of course the first thing to be done was to build a pipe shop, and in four months from the date of signing the contract the shop was completed and the first casting made, and from that time on the goods were made and delivered as fast as human skill could turn them out. He also secured the contract for the pumps and engines, and the machinery which he made and installed for the city of Milwaukee is an everlasting monument to his memory. That work brought an immense amount of engine work to the company, causing extended enlargements and improvements in the property, and the business was given such an impetus that very soon the Reliance Works of E. P. Allis became the largest machine shop in the west. For nearly thirty years he gave to the great work of his life all that could be given by tireless industry, unflagging energy and persevering determination. Besides the Reliance Works he owned and operated the large Bay State Works in Milwaukee, a foundry on Bay street, and rented and operated another foundry in the same city." From a biography of Mr. Allis, which appeared in the proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, we quote the following: "Mr. Allis was not an engineer, not an inventor, not a mechanic, but he had in full measure that rare talent for bringing together the work of the engineer, the inventor, the mechanic, that it might come to full fruition, and the world at large be a gainer thereby. From the day he took charge of the small, struggling, bankrupt pioneer shop, until the day of his death, he was the life, the moving spirit of the immense industrial establishment he had created. For nearly thirty years he gave to the great work of his life all that could be given of tireless industry, unflagging energy, and persevering determination." The character of the man could largely be estimated in his treatment of his employees. The fourth floor of the central building of the immense plant which he created was used as a dining and reading room and hall for the social and literary meetings of the employees, and he frequently met with them and spoke to them upon questions of public concern or of interest to them as factors in the great business establishment which he built up. When death called him there were more than a thousand of his employees who assembled together to pay their last tribute of respect to him, passing quietly by his bier to look upon his face for the last time. The Allis Mutual Aid Society, an organization formed of his employees, passed the following resolutions: "Whereas, Death has taken from us our much loved and respected employer, to whom we have been in the years that have passed so deeply indebted, not only for the work he has done in our behalf, but much more than this for the kindly personal interest he has always taken in all that has concerned our well-being and prosperity: and Whereas, As his employees, bound to him by so many ties of mutual sympathy and common interest in the building up of the great business which has been his life work and which remains his most fitting monument, we are desirous of paying our tribute to his memory; therefore be it Resolved, That by the death of Edward P. Allis, we have lost not only a kind, conscientious and liberal employer, but also a personal friend, endeared to us by his winning manners and by so many instances of thoughtful kindness and dis interested generosity, ever ready to meet with us on the broad plane of a common manhood. Resolved, That we have ever found him in his dealings with us, to have been honorable and upright, sympathizing with us in our desires and ambitions for advancement; and always willing to consider our interests in preference to his own, holding both subject to the welfare of the shops, which have been our common pride. Resolved, That such of our number as are members of the Allis Mutual Aid Society, cannot express too strongly our appreciation of the spirit of humanity which prompted him to found it and to contribute so generously to its support. Resolved, That we extend to his sorrowing family our most heartfelt sympathy in this the hour of their bereavement; and that we pledge to them the same loyal service it would have been our greatest pleasure to render to him had he been spared to continue his work with us." On the 12th of September, 1848, Mr. Allis was married to Miss Margaret Marie Watson of Geneva, New York, who was born September 28, 1828, a daughter of William W. Watson. She survived her husband for about twenty years and was eighty-one years of age when she passed away December 20, 1909. They became the parents of twelve children, the sons becoming active associates of their father in business as they attained sufficient age to take up the responsibilities of life. Further mention is made elsewhere in this work of three of the sons: William Watson, Charles and Louis. Mrs. Allis was a charter member of the Woman's Club of Wisconsin and an earnest worker for the erection of the Athenaeum, the first woman's clubhouse in the United States. She assisted in establishing the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls and the Wisconsin Training School for Nurses and was one of the organizers of the Unitarian church in Milwaukee, which she earnestly supported to the time of her death. On the 1st of April, 1909, as a memorial of her husband, she gave to the Wisconsin University Settlement Association the settlement house and grounds on First avenue. On her eightieth birthday she gave the settlement twenty acres of ground for their summer camp on Lake Beulah. Her philanthropies were many. She was a woman of broad sympathy, culture and refinement. She used the means at her command to relieve suffering wherever she found it and she took a keen personal interest in every movement for the betterment of the city. She was one of the earnest supporters of the Associated Charities, yet, notwithstanding the time and energy which she gave to social and public interests, she was always a devoted mother. Coming to Milwaukee with her husband as a bride, she found time to devote to music and the study of art, in which she was always a connoisseur. The costly and beautiful paintings that made the Allis home a veritable gallery of art were of her selection and in her home she dispensed a most generous and charming hospitality. Mr. and Mrs. Allis took the deepest interest in their children and it is said that it would be difficult to find a home in which the educational standards of an entire family were so high. Mr. Allis felt the keenest interest in all of his wife's activities. He was a man of much culture and possessed an appreciation and love for the finer things of life in an eminent degree. He was actively interested in the association for the advancement of Milwaukee and in July, 1883, he became a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and manifested an intense interest in its affairs. While Mr. Allis gave the major part of his time and attention to the interests and duties of business and of home, he also found opportunity for public service and at no time neglected any duty of citizenship. He was a stanch advocate of all republican principles until 1877, when, differing from the party upon its financial policy, he publicly withdrew from active affiliation therewith and accepted the nomination of the greenback party for governor of Wisconsin. Up to the time the nominating convention was held on the 4th of July, 1877, the greenback party had no state organization worthy of the name, although there were many advocates of the party principles throughout Wisconsin. Mr. Allis at once resolutely set to work to perfect an organization and promote the interests which he championed. He coordinated seemingly diverse elements into a unified and harmonious whole and conducted one of the most brilliant political campaigns known in the annals of the state. He made a thorough canvass throughout Wisconsin, winning hundreds of adherents to the hitherto unpopular doctrines by his persuasive speech and the magnetic and irresistible force of his earnest conviction. After four months of effort in behalf of his party, a vote of twenty-six thousand two hundred and sixteen gave the party a sufficient number of representatives in the general assembly to control the activities of that body and placed the hitherto dominant republican party in a numerical minority in the state. The political activity of Mr. Allis arose from his earnest belief in the cause which he championed. He had no desire for office as a reward for party fealty nor was he ambitious to occupy positions of political honor and prominence. No one ever questioned the integrity of his position and no one ever challenged his right to rank with the most eminent and progressive citizens of the state. His business activity was a most valuable asset in the growth of Milwaukee and the extension of Wisconsin's commercial connections and his name is honored and his memory revered wherever he was known. One who knew Mr. Allis intimately for many years, said of him: "The panegyrist of Edward P. Allis, no matter how eloquently he speaks, can never express the deeper feeling of silent and true appreciation of those with whom he was intimately acquainted. His success in business would have marked him a prominent man in any community. His retiring modesty, his fine culture and broad learning, would have given him high social standing anywhere, but when to these qualities, great in themselves in him, were added the higher principles of benevolence, fraternity and human feeling, which prompted him to conceive and carry out his plans for the benefit of his workingmen, we see in every phase of his being the true man. His name will live in the future a powerful example for employers to follow, and will do more to harmonize capital and labor in our city than statutes or boards of arbitration." To which another adds: "Modest yet bold, tender yet strong, mild yet firm, unusually successful, in still greater measure useful, he was above all men I know beloved by the people. The world is better for his having lived." The editorial which appeared in the Milwaukee Sentinel at the time of his death said: "Mr. Allis was something more than an ordinary business man. He was college-bred, and a man of cultivated and refined tastes. His pleasures, outside of his business, were found largely in books and pictures. Within a few years past, he had been a liberal patron of art, and in his home are many choice paintings by the best modern European masters. In his relations as a citizen and neighbor, and as an employer of men, Mr. Allis was fortunate. He was kindly and genial, and made few or no enemies. While never a robust man, his health was usually good, and he seemed to have the promise of many more years of activity and usefulness. By his death Milwaukee loses one of its most enterprising and valued citizens. The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community will be extended to his deeply bereaved family." Edward P. Allis was laid to rest in Forest Home cemetery with the quiet and simplicity that marked his entire life. Many organizations to which he belonged passed suitable resolutions of respect and the president of the Merchants Association, with which he was long associated, said on this occasion: "The names of the older members of the Merchants Association are fast being transferred from the roll call to the roll of honor. The name now in sorrow to be added to that cherished and revered list is the name of our late highly esteemed friend and associate, Edward P. Allis. He was a man endowed by nature to govern and to lead. Acuteness to foresee, readiness and wisdom to contrive, vigor and decision to act, were the characteristics of this great industrial leader of our city. Although his life, work was largely restricted to this locality, his fame is national, and those who know and appreciate his worth are to be found in every quarter of the globe. His busy and useful life should prove a powerful incentive to the grand army of youth who aspire to walk also in the path of honor and attain the goal of success. Edward P. Allis executed with fidelity all trusts reposed in him. His phenomenal executive ability in numerous and large transactions for the advancement of public and private interests have made his name an honor and a credit to our city. His modest bearing and many estimable traits of character — preeminently his loyalty and devotion to Milwaukee — made him an exemplary citizen. Tireless in the pursuits of business, this earnest and sympathetic man, amid the engrossing cares of a busy life, cherished the beautiful in nature and in art. He was a man of culture, a patron of art, a kind and considerate employer, a true and genial friend, a wise and devoted husband and father, a Christian gentleman. He championed the cause of the weak, and with willing hand gave bountifully to rear and maintain the temples of education, of religion, and of art. Silence and shadow stand now forever between our associate and ourselves, but we lay this day upon the altar of our friendship the choicest tribute we can bring — the tribute of cherished and honored memory. Better than chiseled stone to perpetuate his name and fame, are the words he uttered when among us: 'It has always been my rule of life to speak of my fellowmen charitably, or not at all.' "

ALLIS, LOUIS.

Louis Allis, who is the active representative of the Allis family in connection with the great industrial enterprise established and developed by his father, Edward P. Allis, was born in Milwaukee, December 30, 1866. While the family has been represented on this side of the Atlantic since the earliest period in the colonization of Massachusetts, there are many references to the Allis family in the old Doomsday book of England. The family had many representatives in London until the great plague of 1665, at which time it was nearly exterminated. More extended reference is made to the ancestral line in the historical sketch of Edward P. Allis, from the arrival of the American progenitor, William Allis. down to the present time.

At an early age Louis Allis displayed keen interest in manufacturing, a considerable part of his childhood having been spent in his father's shops, where he was a great favorite with the men. He was educated at Markham Academy in Milwaukee and in the Pennsylvania Military College, winning the Civil Engineer degree in June, 1888. Following his graduation he entered the employ of the Edward P. Allis Company in the capacity of storeroom clerk. His advancement in the business world since that time has been continuous, but the attainment of wealth has never been the sole end and aim of his life. Other interests have been outstanding features in his career, making his record one which might well serve as an example to employers throughout the country. About 1889 he was responsible for the installation of first aid and hospital facilities at the Edward P. Allis Company, and from this nucleus in connection with the then established Allis Mutual Aid Society, developed one of the first complete welfare organizations of any consequence in this country. His advance to receiving clerk and purchasing agent was rapid, and although he nominally retained that title, he expanded his activities until he was virtually general manager. He left the employ of the Edward P. Allis Company, due to illness, in July, 1901. From then until March, 1906, Mr. Allis was interested in the control of eighty thousand acres of timber land and various mining properties.

In 1903 Mr. Allis was elected president of the Mechanical Appliance Company, his manufacturing and executive talent making it natural that he should get back Into the manufacturing business. There was another and more important motive which actuated Mr. Allis in assuming the presidency, and that was a broad and sympathetic comprehension of and a desire to aid in the improvement of conditions surrounding employees. Those who have been closely associated with him have good reason to remember numerous instances in which, through advice and in a much more substantial manner, he has enabled them to improve their condition and character. Under his guidance the Mechanical Appliance Company has grown from a comparatively small and Insignificant beginning to a position of very considerable importance in the electrical industry. His policy has been one of consistent integrity as regards the quality of apparatus, and under his encouragement a very considerable amount of specialized development has taken place, which has resulted in placing the Mechanical Appliance Company in a unique position among the American electrical manufacturers. Under his guidance the condition of the company has shown a steady improvement to the point that today it has become a real institution. Mr. Allis is or has been a director and president of the Cazenovia Land Company, Battery Light & Power Company, the Edward P. Allis Company, Elizabeth Mining Company and the Mechanical Appliance Company; director, vice president and treasurer of the Milwaukee Boiler Company; director and general manager of the Gogebic Lumber Company; director and treasurer of the Geneva Land &Mining Company; director and vice president of the Central Improvement Company; general manager of the Horseshoe Mining Company, all of Milwaukee; and director of the National Wrapping Machine Company, now of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Mr. Allis has been married twice. On the 17th of September, 1890, he wedded Carol Yates and on the 1st of May, 1911, Louise Hegen became his wife. The son of his first marriage is Edward Phelps (III) and of the second . marriage there are three sons: Louis, Jr., John Watson and William White. Louis Allis, Jr., was born April 14, 1916. Edward Phelps Allis (III) was born August 1, 1892, was graduated from Harvard University at Cambridge. Massachusetts, in 1915 and had previously completed a preparatory course at Milton School in Milton, Massachusetts. Since his college days he has been identified with the manufacturing interests of Milwaukee in connection with his father and bids fair, like his father and grandfather, to become a notable figure in the industrial and financial circles of the city. At the age of five he was playing a notable game of golf and as the years passed he won championships in state and college contests. His father, Louis Allis, has largely found his recreation on the links and is a prominent figure in club circles, having membership in the Milwaukee Club, Milwaukee Country Club, University Club, Blue Mound Country Club, Milwaukee Athletic (Hub, Town Club of Milwaukee, Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Association of Commerce and the Electrical Association of Milwaukee, all of Milwaukee; the Electric Power Club, Electrical Manufacturers Club; the Travelers Club of Paris, France; and the Société de la Boulie, Golf de Paris, near Versailles. Mr. Allis is also particularly interested in the American Constitutional League of Wisconsin and in the hospitals of the city, which largely claim his active cooperation along philanthropic lines. He resembles his illustrious father in his notable powers of organization, his ability to foresee and foretell coming events and conditions and to plan accordingly.

ALLIS, WILLIAM WATSON.

William Watson Allis was a man of most scholarly attainments and patriotic devotion to community, commonwealth and country. Milwaukee profited largely by his efforts in many directions and mostly along those cultural lines which lift the individual above the merely sordid things of life. He was a native son of Milwaukee, born November 14, 1849, and his entire life was passed in this city, where from early youth to the time of his demise he commanded and enjoyed the respect and confidence of all. He was the eldest son of Edward Phelps Allis, one of Milwaukee's honored pioneer business men and manufacturers, and he carried to still larger fields the business instituted and directed by his father. His public school education was supplemented by study in Markham's Academy and in Little Blue Academy at Farmington, Maine. For a time he was also a student in Franklin, New York, under his uncle, Henry Callahan. He then entered into business with his father, and after assuming the duties of a salesman for a short time he was promoted to sales manager of the flour mill department of his father's institution. After the death of his father William W. Allis became president of The Edward P. Allis Company, due to his alertness in matters pertaining 10 sales and finance, and after The Edward P. Allis Company sold its interests to the present Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Mr. Allis was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, which position he resigned in a short time on account of his health.

On the 14th of November, 1877, Mr. Allis was married to Miss Mary Simmons Phillips, a daughter of George A. and Mary (Nazro) Phillips, who were natives of Boston and came to Milwaukee soon after the close of the Civil war. They cast in their lot with the pioneer residents of the city and long occupied a position of social prominence here. Mr. Phillips, too, was a dominant figure in business circles. He was associated with a Mr. Stone in the hardware trade under the firm style of Stone & Phillips, recognized as leading merchants of the city.

Mr. Allis was distinctly a home man and found his greatest enjoyment at his own fireside with his family. During the summer and autumn months they spent their time at their beautiful summer home, Alden Wood, on the banks of Nemahbin lake, in one of the most picturesque spots in all Wisconsin. Upon the grounds are found nearly all varieties of timber native to this section of the country. Mr. and Mrs. Allis were members of the Unitarian church and the former was a lifelong republican, giving unfaltering allegiance to the party and its principles. He passed away October 10, 1918, but many years will have been added to the cycle of the centuries ere his name ceases to be a household word among the many friends who knew, loved and honored him. He was a man of most kindly disposition and refined taste. He found the greatest enjoyment in literature and in his home at No. 526 Marshall street he had a splendid library, containing one of the finest collections of rare editions and autographed copies of books in the country, including one which bears the autograph of Queen Victoria. He read most widely and along many lines. He contributed most generously to all patriotic calls and there was no good work done in the name of charity or religion that sought his aid in vain. There was no resident of Milwaukee who took a more intense and kindly interest in educational problems and in all the questions relative to the school system of the city. Nor was he unappreciative of the social amenities of life. On the contrary, anything that pertained to his fellowmen was of interest to him. He belonged to the Milwaukee Club, the Town Club, the Milwaukee Country Club and the Athletic Club. Because of the natural refinement of his nature he shunned anything gross or common and sought out those things which add to the beauty and to the cultural values of life. Association with him meant expansion and elevation.

ALLIS, CHARLES.

When death called Charles Allis he was serving as chairman of the Milwaukee County Council of Defense, giving practically his entire time and effort to the cause of his country, having been the one man upon whom diverse factions would unite as an acceptable leader in this crisis of world history. A son of one of Milwaukee's honored pioneer business men and manufacturers, he carried to still larger fields the business instituted and directed by his father. He became a forceful factor Jn connection with the successful management of various corporations and financial interests of Milwaukee and the middle west and was equally well known as a patron of art and as a leader in the social life of the city.

A native of Milwaukee, Charles Allis spent his entire life in this city, where he was born May 4, 1853, his parents being Edward Phelps and Margaret M. (Watson) Allis. He was one of a family of eleven children and acquired his early education in the public schools, while later he attended Markham's Academy and subsequently the Little Blue Academy at Farmington, Maine. In the meantime his father had become one of the prominent iron manufacturers of the upper Mississippi valley and Charles Allis became secretary and treasurer of the Edward P. Allis Company following his father's death. In 1901 the business was reorganized as the Allis-Chalmers Company, of which Charles Allis became the first president. He likewise extended the scope of his interests by becoming vice president and one of the directors of the Milwaukee Trust Company, with which he remained until it was merged into the First Savings & Trust Company. He was likewise a director of the First National Bank and a trustee and member of the finance committee of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. He aided in organizing the Chicago Belting Company, of which he became the president.

In October. 1877, Mr. Allis was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Esther Ball, a daughter of Edward Hyde and Sarah E. (Cobb) Ball. Extensive mention of her father is made in the review below. From the time of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Allis made their home in Milwaukee, residing for many years at No. 400 Royal Place, where Mr. Allis erected a fireproof residence for protection of his valuable art collections. Aside from his home and his business there was no other interest which claimed so much of his time and attention as art and he had membership in a number of the leading art societies of the country. He became one of the organizers of the Milwaukee Art Society, which elected him its first president, and he was also a trustee of the Layton Art Gallery and a member of the American Numismatic Society and of the Circle of Friends of the Medallion as well as of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York. He was likewise vice president of the Bureau of Municipal Research of Milwaukee and belonged to the State Historical Society. His home contained a notable and valuable collection of rare pictures, bronzes, porcelains and rugs, which he gathered in his travels in all parts of the world. He was well known in club circles in New York and Chicago as well as in Milwaukee, having membership in the Union and Whitehall Clubs of New York, the Chicago Club, the Chicago Athletic Association, the Milwaukee Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club and the Town, Country and Fox Point Golf Clubs of Milwaukee. When he passed away on the 22nd of July, 1918, one of the local papers said: 'The death of Mr. Allis is a great loss not only to the County Council of Defense but to all Milwaukee, said Willits Pollock, secretary of that body. When the council was reorganized recently Mr. Allis was the only man upon whom all the elements could agree as the head. Everyone had the utmost confidence and faith in him, in his judgment and wisdom and absolute fairness. He took up the office of chairman of the council really at the risk of his life and against his doctor's advice, although it is not felt that his death was caused by overwork. His physician urged him to drop all work and attend to the care of his health. This he refused to do. 'I should hate myself all the rest of my life', he said, 'if I were to refuse this call of duty to our country.' "

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, in a memoir prepared following the death of Mr. Allis, said: 'The executive committee has learned with great sorrow of the sudden death on Monday, July 22nd, 1918, of its valued member, Mr. Charles Allis. Mr. Allis has served continuously as a member of the board of trustees of this company since 1892, and a member of its finance committee since July, 1908, and has freely given his time and counsel to its interests. We record here our appreciation of his service. His long and useful career in business matters in this city, his zeal in the interest of this company and attention to the performance of his duties, and his uniform modesty and courtesy form the framework of his outer life, while his strength of character, his unswerving integrity in purpose and action, his patriotic feeling, his devotion to good works for mankind and his sense of duty to every trust submitted to his care, portray a friend and associate whose memory we cherish and whose loss we mourn."

An excellent characterization of Mr. Allis was written by Judge James G. Jenkins, as follows: "He was an able business man, careful and prudent, a public-spirited citizen, willing to devote his time for the public good, upright and honest in all his dealings. He led a life without reproach. It is seldom that the community loses a man who has so quietly and unostentatiously performed every duty that devolved upon him, seeking neither praise nor public recognition. He was deserving of the highest regard of the public."

The mayor of the city expressed appreciation for the life and work of Charles Allis as follows: "The city of Milwaukee not to speak of the County Council of Defense, suffers a great loss in the untimely death of Charles Allis. He was a bighearted, broad-minded, public-spirited citizen. His sense of Justice and duty knew no bounds. He accepted the chairmanship of the County Council of Defense with the knowledge that he was Jeopardizing his own life, for no other reason than he knew his services were needed and desired by all. In short, Charley Allis loved his fellowmen."

BALL, EDWARD HYDE.

On the pages of the pioneer history of Wisconsin appears the name of Edward Hyde Ball, who came to the state in the period of its early development. He was born May 29, 1825, in Ogden, Monroe county, New York, where his parents, Joseph and Esther Ball, had settled, removing to the Empire state from Lee, Berkshire county. Massachusetts. In his youthful days Edward Hyde Ball acquired a good public school education and also attended a select school for one year. He received his initial business training in the store of Church & Ball at Spencerport, New York, then one of the largest mercantile establishments in the western part of that state. After seven years' connection with that firm, during which period he had gained comprehensive knowledge of business methods, he removed to the west with the thought of engaging in business on his own account.

It was in 1846 that Mr. Ball took up his abode in East Troy, Walworth county, Wisconsin, where he opened a store, and for sixteen years was busy in the conduct of that enterprise. He was located in the midst of a frontier district where settlers were few and where their finances depended upon the growth of crops. It was necessary to extend credit to many, but he carefully watched all points of his business and so directed his affairs that he soon won a substantial measure of success as the years passed on. He enjoyed an unassailable reputation for straightforward dealing and reliability and as the years progressed he secured for himself a comfortable competence. He also built up a most enviable reputation as a citizen and his advice and counsel were sought in many connections having to do with public welfare. In 1862 he disposed of his mercantile interests in that town and removed to Milwaukee, where he broadened the scope of his activity by becoming connected with a wholesale grocery house as a member of the firm of Dutcher, Ball & Goodrich. This association was maintained until 1869 when Mr. Dutcher withdrew, the business being then carried on by the firm of Ball & Goodrich until the death of Mr. Ball, which occurred in Milwaukee, September 7, 1878. His business career in Milwaukee was characterized by the success which had hitherto attended him and was marked by unswerving honesty and uprightness, which made him a model worthy of lasting remembrance and emulation.

On the 26th of August, 1847, Mr. Ball was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Cobb, a daughter of Dr. John Cobb, of Ogden, Monroe county, New York, and they became the parents of four daughters and a son. Mrs. Ball passed away March 30, 1897.

When but eleven years of age Mr. Ball became a member of the Plymouth Presbyterian church and later was one of the organizers of the Immanuel Presbyterian church, of which he was made an elder, and ho also took an active part in the Sunday school, teaching the young men's Bible class. No more fitting tribute to his memory can be paid than by quoting from the Rev. G. P. Nichols, pastor and friend of Mr. Ball, who on the occasion of his funeral said: "A thoroughly good, wholly useful, truly admirable man of God has ascended to his crown. There are few who live from beginning to end who will yield so much pure wheat, so little worthless chaff. I never heard him utter a foolish word. I never saw him do a selfish act. His integrity was without a flaw, his honor without a spot. He had a strong conscience himself, without anything of intolerance or imperiousness towards others. The young men of Milwaukee sustain irreparable loss today. They lose a model to imitate, a friend to sympathize, a counsellor to guide and encourage. His memory remains to cherish, his spirit remains to animate, his image remains to comfort, his work remains to be taken up and carried forward."

HOFFMANN, JOHN.

From obscurity to prominence is the phrase that sums up the life record of John Hoffmann, who for many years was at the head of one of the largest wholesale grocery houses of Wisconsin. During many years he concentrated his efforts and attention upon the development of his trade, until his business was one of extensive and gratifying proportions and, moreover, he had made for himself an honored name in the commercial circles of the state. While he quietly pursued the even tenor of his ways, building up a business by progressive methods, close application and honorable competition, there is much of inspirational value in his life record, proving as it does what may be accomplished by personal labor intelligently directed. Mr. Hoffmann was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, December 4, 1839, and was a youth of seventeen years when in 1857 he crossed the Atlantic to the United States, making his way at once to Milwaukee, with the hope of finding employment in a grocery house of this city, having previously served an apprenticeship to the business in his native land. He did not win the coveted position here, however, and was forced to accept any employment that would yield him an honest living, eventually gaining a position in a butcher shop. He had to learn the trade and while thus engaged saved a little money from his meager wages. The hope of finding better opportunities further west led him to remove to St. Louis, but he did not see a favorable opening there and proceeded down the Mississippi to New Orleans, establishing a small shop in the old St. Mary's market, where he soon gained a profitable trade.

When Mr. Hoffmann saw the war cloud gathering and recognized the imminent danger of hostilities between the north and the south, he sold his business in New Orleans and returned to Milwaukee. This time the city seemed more hospitable from a business standpoint and he opened a butcher shop at 500 East Water street. His trade steadily grew and a little later he purchased the comer of East Water and Market streets, now the site of the city hall. In 1875 he broadened the scope of his activities by entering into partnership with Jacob Wellauer and establishing a wholesale grocery business, which was conducted under a partnership relation until 1898, when Mr. Hoffmann became sole owner thereof. He carried on the business in that way until 1904, when a corporation was formed and the name of John Hoffmann & Sons Company was adopted. Since the death of the father the business has been carried on by the sons, the present officers being: Willibald Hoffmann, president; Emil O. Hoffmann, vice president; H. J. Hoffmann, vice president; Walter Hoffmann, treasurer; Edward W. Hoffmann, secretary. The sons have followed in the footsteps of the father, becoming most progressive, alert and energetic business men and the wholesale grocery house remains one of the foremost commercial interests of the city. After engaging in the business for a brief period the father began the manufacture of sausage in a wholesale way and was one of the first western manufacturers to make such a shipment in large quantities to New York and other eastern markets.

On the 7th of July, 1861, Mr. Hoffmann married Suzanne Schweitzer, who survived him only a few months. Their seven children are the five sons already mentioned and two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Schmidt and Mrs. George Salentine. All are residents of Milwaukee. As the years passed John Hoffmann become more and more firmly established in the business circles of the city as a prosperous merchant and in the regard of his fellow townsmen as a progressive and highly esteemed citizen. He had reached the age of seventy-nine years when death called him in 1919, at which time one of the local papers characterized him as ''an ideal citizen and a good man." Rev. S. T. Smythe, president of St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, said at the funeral services: "I am not here to pronounce words of eulogy. John Hoffmann needs none such. Writ deep in the hearts and memories of us who knew and loved him is the record of his worth. I am not here because John Hoffmann was a great man. I know of no man, I never shall know a man, who cared so little for what the world calls greatness. His life was lived above the petty ambition of notoriety. We are not here because our friend was a charitable man. He was all that, but few I fancy, knew of his charities. I fancy that many a one, a lowly man, some humble woman, some man once down and out — on his feet again — may read of his death notice through unbidden tears.

"We are not taking leave of a boon companion. This man loved the hearth, the quiet of his home, the companionship of her who had been sweetheart in his earliest years and was sweetheart still as the years gathered. This man loved children. We are not here because in a day of loose living and looser morals this man was a pattern and type of what a husband and father should, be. We are not here because in a day of civic unrighteousness, of graft, of greed, this man rendered unto Caesar the things that of a right belong to Caesar. We are not gathered here to do honor to a successful business man, though he was superlatively that, a man of rare integrity in his dealings with other men.

"We have not come today because John Hoffmann was a religious man. I, who was his friend, knew little of his inmost thoughts concerning those great mysteries which are collocated under that word 'religion. As I think of his life free from cant and hypocrisy, I say to you that this man's life began where ours so often ends, in service to his fellows. Maybe his religion was not yours, perhaps not mine, but we shall wander far afield ere we find a better one. No, you are not gathered with me here today because of any one of these things, nor of all of them. We are about to bear away to the quiet of God's acre the mortal remains of a good man. Yea, a good man. Need we say more?"

FULLER, OLIVER CLYDE.

During a residence of thirty-one years in Milwaukee, Oliver Clyde Fuller has come to occupy a central place on the stage of financial activity in the city. Honored and respected by all, his prominence is due not alone to the success he has achieved but also to the straightforward business policy which he has ever followed. In the line of an orderly progression he has reached the presidency of the First Wisconsin group of financial institutions, which includes the First Wisconsin National Bank, the First Wisconsin Trust Company and the First Wisconsin Company.

His birth occurred at Clarkesville, Georgia, on the 13th of September, 1860, his parents being Henry A. and Martha Caroline (Wyly) Fuller. He numbers among his ancestors some of the oldest and most honorable names in the south. On the maternal side he is descended from General John Sevier of Revolutionary war fame, who was the first governor of Tennessee. Mr. Fuller's father was a well-known merchant of Atlanta, Georgia, being the head of one of the largest wholesale grocery firms in that city.

Mr. Fuller attended public and private schools in Atlanta and afterward completed his education in the University of Georgia as a member of the class of 1880. He then accepted a clerkship in the wholesale grocery house of Fuller & Oglesby, of which his father was the senior partner, and was admitted to the firm in 1883. when the style was changed to H. A. Fuller & Son. A few years later the father retired from business and the son, Oliver C. Fuller, concentrated his attention upon the investment banking business, becoming a member of the firm of Jones & Fuller, investment bankers, with which he was identified from 1886 until 1889. Seeking a larger field, he then removed temporarily to the city of New York, where he resided until 1891, when he came to Milwaukee. Two years later he organized the firm of Oliver C. Fuller & Company, investment bankers and dealers in high-class bonds. It was not long before the new firm had gained a large clientele. In 1903 Mr. Fuller organized the Wisconsin Trust Company, taking over the business of Oliver C. Fuller & Company. He became the president of the Trust Company and on the 1st of July, 1919, was elected to the presidency of the First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee, an organization resulting from the consolidation of the First National Bank and the Wisconsin National Bank. In August, 1919, he was elected president of the First Wisconsin Trust Company, a consolidation of the First Trust Company and the Wisconsin Trust Company, and on the 1st of January, 1920, he organized and was elected president of the First Wisconsin Company, dealers in investment securities, the latter corporation being closely affiliated with the former. The nature and importance of his interests establishes him in a position of leadership among the financiers of his adopted city, where for almost a third of a century his name and place have been an honored one. In 1906 he was elected a member of the executive committee of the trust company section of the American Bankers Association and in 1908 was made chairman of that committee and a member of the council. In 1909 he was elected vice president and in 1910 was elected to the presidency of the trust company section of the American Bankers Association.

The scope and the importance of Mr. Fuller's business interests outside of the field of banking is indicated in the fact that he is a director of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, the Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Company, the Wisconsin Telephone Company, the Baltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company, the Wisconsin Securities Company and the Milwaukee Auditorium and is a trustee of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

On the 25th of May, 1881, Mr. Fuller was married to Miss Kate Fitzhugh Caswell of Atlanta, Georgia, and they have become parents of two sons and four daughters. Mr. Fuller belongs to various social organizations, including the Milwaukee Club, the Milwaukee Country Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club and the Town Club. He is also a member of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he was formerly president, and of the Society of Colonial Wars. He and his family occupy an attractive country residence, "Riverdale," at North Milwaukee, while their city home is at No. 585 Marshall street. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Paul's Episcopal church. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, but political activity has had little place in his life, his efforts and attention being concentrated upon the careful management and development of his business and financial interests.

KAREL, HON. JOHN COLONEL.

Hon. John Colonel Karel, Judge of the second division of the probate court of Milwaukee county, came to this state from Nebraska, having reversed the usual order of immigration westward. He was born in the city of Schuyler, Colfax county, Nebraska, February 28, 1873, his parents being John and Elizabeth Karel, the former born in Briza, Bohemia, in 1851, while the latter is a native of Calumet, Wisconsin, born in 1852. Coming to the new world he settled in Wisconsin and became a prominent factor in democratic circles in this state and was called to fill various city and county offices. In 1884 he was a candidate on the party ticket for the position of insurance commissioner, but met defeat with the others on the ticket. In 1888 he received presidential appointment to the office of consul at Prague, Bohemia, and six years later was appointed by President Cleveland consul general at St. Petersburg. While he was traveling in Europe with his wife in 1883 she passed away and her remains were interred in a cemetery in the city of Prague. The family numbered two sons and a daughter: Albert Karel, who is a banker at Kewanee, Wisconsin; Flora, who is now engaged in teaching; and Judge Karel, of this review.

In his youthful days Judge Karel attended the public schools of Kewanee, Wisconsin, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and later he supplemented his studies in educational institutions of Prague, Bohemia, while eventually he matriculated in the State University at Madison, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Letters degrees, in recognition of work completed in that institution. He entered upon the practice of his profession in Milwaukee and had gained a large and distinctively representative clientage, when on the 1st of June, 1907, he assumed the office of Judge of the second division of the probate court, which had been created by the legislature of that year and to which he was elected on a non-partisan ticket. Previous to taking up the work of the profession he had been a purser on Lake Michigan boats and had also been employed in the bank of Kasper & Karel of Chicago. He had likewise done newspaper work on various publications and all of his previous experiences have been of benefit to him in the discharge of his professional duties.

On the 11th of June, 1901, Judge Karel was married to Miss Josephine A. Henssler, daughter of Louis and Bertha Henssler of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and they have one child, Gladys Josephine, born March 28, 1905. The parents are members of the Roman Catholic church and he belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, to the Bohemian Athletic Club, the Jefferson Club, of which he was president for two terms; the Milwaukee Press Club, the Bohemian American Club, the University Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Canoe Club, the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Fin de Siècle Club and the Illinois Athletic Club of Chicago. He is also identified with the Bohemian Slavonian Brotherhood and the Equitable Fraternal Union and is now state president of the latter organization. He has ever given unfaltering support to the democratic party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and was elected on Its ticket from the ninth Milwaukee district to the general assembly, in which he served during the sessions of 1901 and 1903. In the latter year he was made register of probate of Milwaukee county and continued in that office until elected probate judge. He is an expert linguist, having a comprehensive knowledge of the English, German, Bohemian and Polish languages and he has traveled extensively through all the continents of the globe. His lectures relating to his travels have received high commendation from the press and from the general public, and he is also known as a lecturer on legal subjects before the Milwaukee Law School. He has taken the initiative in all movements having for their object the betterment of the Bohemian element in this country and has represented various Bohemian societies, with which he is affiliated, in public movements of varied characters.