Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 4 E-Book

Josiah Seymour Currey

• Herausgeber: Jazzybee Verlag
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

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 four out of five, containing a wealth of biographies of important people.

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Memoirs of Milwaukee County

Volume 4: Biographical

JOSIAH S. CURREY

Memoirs of Milwaukee County 4, J. S. Currey

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CONTENTS:

ACKERMANN, WILLIAM, M. D.1

ADLER, DAVID.1

ADLER, EMANUEL D.1

ALEXANDER, VICTOR WILLIAM.1

ARNOLD, ELMER L.1

BACON, EDWARD PAYSON.1

BALLMAN, CHRISTIAN J.1

BARRY, ARTHUR RICHARD.1

BEINERT, WALTER J.1

BENDFELT, WALTER H.1

BERCKER, FRANK HENRY.1

BERG, REV. JOSEPH WILLIAM.1

BERGWALL, EDWARD ANTON.1

BERNARD, REV. SEBASTIAN.1

BLACKWELL, THE REV. EDWARD J.1

BLATZ, ALBERT, JR.1

BLATZ, VALENTIN, Jr.1

BLIEDUNG, WILLIAM CARL.1

BLOEDEL, HERMAN HENRY.1

BLYTH, THOMAS LEIGHTON.1

BOHMRICH, LOUIS G.1

BOLLOW, GEORGE W.1

BORCHERT, OTTO.1

BORGES, ARTHUR F.1

BORGES, WILLIAM F.1

BORGWARDT, FRED C.1

BOW, ORRIN W.1

BOYD, LLOYD TILGHMAN.1

BRACHMAN, OSCAR.1

BRADLEY, HARRY E., M. D.1

BRAMAN, PERCY.1

BRAUN, PETER J.1

BRIGGS, JOSEPH W.1

BROWN, ROBERT CURTIS, M. D.1

BROWN, VICTOR L.1

BRUENING, HANS.1

BRUNE, FREDERICK.1

BRUNLIEB, FRED. W.1

BUCKLEY, REV. JOHN.1

BURNHAM, GEORGE E.1

CALLAWAY, EDWARD.1

CAMPBELL, JAMES W.1

CANNON, BERNARD.1

CARLSON, WALTER C.1

CASPER, STEPHEN J.1

CAWKER, COLONEL E. HARRISON.1

CELICHOWSKI, REV. BRONISLAW F.1

CLARENBACH, ERNST.1

COERPER, ROLAND F.1

COFFEY, CHARLES J., M. D.1

CONRAD, JOSEPH B.1

CONRAD, WILLIAM.1

CRAMER, STEPHEN S.1

DALLWIG, HERBERT C., M. D.1

DAMMANN, THEODORE.1

DELA HUNT, BENJAMIN VINCENT.1

DELANEY, FRANK EDWARD.1

DEMPSEY, GEORGE P., M. D.1

DOEPKE, FRED.1

DONAHUE, PATRICK P.1

DOOLEY, WILLIAM MICHAEL.1

DROUGHT, JAMES T.1

DUNLAP, WALTER FREDERICK.1

EBERLE, WILLIAM J.1

EIFF, CHARLES H.1

EIRING, HILMAR.1

ELKINTON, FRANCIS M.1

ENZINGER, GEORGE.1

ERNST, THEO.1

ESSER, THEODORE P.1

EVANS, PERCY HENRIQUES.1

FARNHAM, CHARLES R., M. D.1

FASS, FRED C.1

FAWCETT, FRANK L.1

FIGVED, JOHN E. N.1

FINA, VALENTINE.1

FINK, HENRY.1

FITZSIMMONS, THOMAS A.1

FONS, HON. LOUIS A.1

FORSYTH, JOHN.1

FOSTER, CAPTAIN AMOS P.1

FOX, PHILIP ANGUS, M. D.1

FOX, WILLIAM E., M. D.1

FRANKE, HON. CHARLES.1

FREULER, JOHN R.1

FREY, AUGUST.1

FRIEDLANDER, ALEXANDER J.1

FRIEND, EUGENE ALBERT.1

GAENSLEN, FREDERICK J., M. D.1

GASPER, JOHN J.1

GILLETT, CHARLES.1

GILMORE, JACKSON G.1

GOES, EDWARD F.1

GOETSCH, ARTHUR JOHN.1

GOOD, ALBERT W.1

GORDON, JOHN S., M. D.1

GOTTSCHALK, JOHN BLACK.1

GRAETTINGER, REV. MICHAEL J.1

GRAF, JOHN, SR.1

GRANT, ALEXANDER CHARLES.1

GRAW, PAUL.1

GRIDLEY, LEANDER LLEWELLYN.1

GRUNDMANN, HERBERT FRED.1

GUNDERSEN, CLARENCE ALBERT.1

GUTHRIE, HUGH WILSON.1

HABERSTOCK, REV. WILLIAM.1

HALSEY, WILLIAM HOWARD, M. D.1

HARDER, FRANK J.1

HASE, FRANK FREDERICK.1

HERDEGEN, SIMEON.1

HERMAN, JACOB.1

HERZBERG, SIDNEY JAMES.1

HEWITT, DAN JOHN.1

HIPKE, GUSTAV A., M. D.1

HITZ, HENRY B., M. D.1

HOFFMANN, BALTHASAR, JR.1

HOKANSON, EMIL.1

HOLLENBECK, NORMAN W., M. D.1

HOLT, CHARLES W.1

HOYER, EDWARD P.1

ILSLEY, JAMES KEELER.1

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL INSTITUTE OF MILWAUKEE.1

JACKSON, CHARLES HAYS.1

JACOBSON, SAMUEL BERNHARD.1

JANKE, EARL CHARLES.1

JOHNSON, GUSTAVE.1

JUDD, HENRY EVERETT.1

JURASINSKI, REV. LOUIS B..1

KAILING, ALEXANDER M.1

KALLMEYER, CHARLES JOHN.1

KANE, H. V.1

KASH, SARKIS H., M. D.1

KAUMHEIMER, WILLIAM.1

KEATS, WILLIS E.1

KENNEDY, WILLIAM R., M. D.1

KIECKHEFER, AUGUST.1

KIELPINSKI, REV. RUDOLF A.1

KISSLING, ARTHUR CHARLES, M. D.1

KLAU, GUSTAV W.1

KLEIN, NATHAN W.1

KLODE, FRANK C.1

KLUG, LEBERECHT JULIUS.1

KOEFFLER, HUGO.1

KOENEKE, FREDERICK WILLIAM.1

KOLINSKI, PETER C.1

KORTHALS, FREDERICK J., M. D.1

KOZOUREK, JOSEPH JOHN.1

KREITER, CONRAD.1

KRUECK, FRED W.1

KRUSE, ERNST.1

KRUSZKA, REV. WACLAW.1

KUDER, PAUL MONTEITH.1

KUEHN, LOUIS.1

LADISH, HERMAN W.1

LANDAUER, ADOLPH.1

LAUENSTEIN, HENRY.1

LAUN, ALFRED A.1

LE NOIR, EUGENE FRANCIS.1

LEENHOUTS. CORNELIUS.1

LOCHER, JOHN LORENZ.1

LOEFFLER, OSCAR.1

MacLEAN, NORMAN LORNE.1

MALNEKOFF, JOSEPH.1

MANEGOLD, AUGUST F.1

MANN, FRANK JOSEPH.1

MARTIN, ALBERT P.1

MARTIN, CHARLES A.1

MARTIN, GEORGE E.1

MARTIN, GEORGE JR.1

MARTIN, WILLIAM A.1

MAYER, FREDERICK.1

MAYER, GEORGE FREDERICK.1

McCLYMONT, JAMES JOSEPH.1

McGOVERN, JOHN J., M. D.1

McGOVERN, PATRICK HENRY, M. D.1

McKANE, JAMES P.1

McKEY, DOUGLAS FRANCIS.1

McMAHON, JOSEPH P., M. D.1

McMAHON, OMAR T.1

McMAHON, STEPHEN J.1

McMILLAN, JOHN WALTER.1

McMILLAN, THOMAS. 1

McMILLAN, WILLIAM... 1

MEADOWS, FRANK HOLDEN.1

MEREDITH, JOHN THOMAS.1

MESSINGER, CHARLES RAYMOND.1

MEUSER, NICHOLAS.1

MEYER, FRANK JOSEPH.1

MIELENZ, ALBERT ERNST.1

MOMSEN, DR. RICHARD PAUL.1

MORTIMER, HARRY BANKS.1

MORTON, GEORGE E.1

MOSS, JOHN H.1

MUENZNER, RICHARD J., M. D.1

MUNSCHE, RICHARD CHARLES.1

MUNSON, JOKUM JOHN.1

MUSEBECK, GEORGE ERNEST.1

NEUMEISTER, ED W.1

NOBLE, JOSEPH E.1

NUNNEMACHER, ROBERT.1

NUNNEMACHER, RUDOLPH.1

O'KEEFE, REV. J. W.1

OLSON, OLE ANDREW.1

ORTGIESEN, CHARLES D.1

ORTH, PHILIP.1

OSBORNE, WILLIAM H.1

OSWALD, ANDREW... 1

OWENS, C. COLUMBUS.1

PAKIZ, REV. MARK.1

PALMER, BENJAMIN F., M. D.1

PALMER, J. FREDERICK.1

PARK, WILLIAM H.1

PARTRIDGE, JOHN CLARENCE.1

PASCH, FRANK F.1

PEACOCK, FRANK JOSEPH.1

PEARSE, CARROLL G.1

PENDOCK, CHARLES WILLIAM.1

PERRY, CHARLES BENNETT.1

PERRY, WILLIAM WATSON.1

PETERSEN, ARNO HUBERT.1

PETRIE, AUGUST J.1

PFEIL, OTTO FRANK.1

PICHERY, REV. WILLIAM J.1

PIERRON, LOUIS N.1

PIERRON, LOUIS.1

POHLMAN, ARTHUR EARL.1

POLOMSKY, REV. PETER.1

POPPENDIECK, JOHN JR.1

PRATT, JULIUS HOWARD, PH. D.1

PRONOLD, REV. I.1

RADEMACHER, HERMAN J.1

RAMSTHAL, FRANK GEORGE.1

RATHMANN, OTTO.1

RICE, CLARENCE JAMES.1

RICHARDS, HARRY BURR.1

ROHDE, CHARLES F.1

ROSENBERG, ABRAHAM P.1

ROTTEL, HERMAN W.1

ROVE, OLAF I.1

ROWE, WILFORD FERDINAND.1

RUETH, HERBERT JOSEPH.1

RUMPH, CHARLES L., M. D.1

RUSSELL, HOWARD W.1

RYAN, EDWARD R., M. D.1

SALICK, REV. AUGUST B.1

SAUER, ADOLPH F.1

SCANLAN, ISABEL V.1

SCHAUM, JOHN W.1

SCHAUS, WILLIAM J. E.1

SCHECKER, LOUIS F.1

SCHEUER, JOSEPH F.1

SCHILLING, THEODORE D.1

SCHMIDT, HERBERT ADOLPH, D. C.1

SCHMIDT, WILLIAM HENRY, Jr.1

SCHMIDTBAUER, JOHN C.1

SCHMITT, CHRIESANT M.1

SCHNETZKY, HUGO W.1

SCHOENECKER, VINCENZ J.1

SCHRANCK, HENRY CHARLES.1

SCHWEISTHAL, JOHN WILLIAM.1

SEEBOTH, MICHAEL.1

SEEFELD, HENRY F.1

SEELMAN, GEORGE.1

SEELMAN, JOHN J. M. D.1

SEYBOLD, EDWARD F.1

SEYMER, LEWIS AUGUST, M. D.1

SMITH, A. J.1

SMITH, FRANK ARTHUR GUSHING.1

SMITH, JESSE ALFRED.1

SMITH, LEO G.1

SOERGEL, JOHN G.1

SPENCER, FRED CHARLES.1

SPEWACHEK, FRANK.1

SPRINGOB, AUGUST.1

ST. JOSAPHAT'S CHURCH.1

STAMM, VICTOR MANFRED.1

STEHLING, CHARLES H.1

STEIN, MATTHIAS.1

STEMPER, REV. HENRY T.1

STENZ, BERT ADAM.1

STIMSON, FRANK FOLLETTE.1

STRANDT, GUSTAV E.1

STREICH, ELTON F.1

STROH, GEORGE.1

STUTZER, REV. PIUS, O. M.1

SULLIVAN, EDWARD MICHAEL, M. D. C.1

SULLIVAN, HENRY.1

SZCZERBINSKI, ANTHONY.1

THE CORDES FAMILY.1

THE DESMOND FAMILY.1

THOMAS, EMMET E.1

THOMAS, JAMES STANLEY, M. D.1

THOMPSON, EARL N., M. D.1

THOMPSON, FRANK OLIN.1

TOMPKINS, WALTER HALL.. 1

TOWELL, HENRY.1

TRAVIS, FRANK BARTLETT.1

TREDUPP, WALTER O.1

UIHLEIN, HENRY.1

UIHLEIN, HERMAN ALFRED.1

VAN PIETERSOM, ANTHONY.1

VAN VALKENBURG, HERMON LEACH.1

VILTER, EMIL.1

VILTER, WILLIAM O.1

VOLKMAN, JOHN' AND HENRY C.1

WAETJEN GEORGE L.1

WAGNER, EDWARD R.1

WAITE, JOHN DONALD.1

WAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA.1

WATTS, GEORGE.1

WEHR, HENRY.1

WEHR, WILLIAM E.1

WEISS, DAVID WILLIAM.1

WELLS, MACKEY.1

WENKER, RAYMOND JOSEPH, D. D. S., M. D.1

WENZEL, EARL G.1

WERBA, ARTHUR M.1

WETMORE, CHARLES PECK.1

WILLIAMS, OSCAR WILLIS, D. O.1

WILLIAMS, ROBERT NOWELL.1

WINDFELDER, E. W.1

WING, WILLIAM A.1

WITTIG, JOHN A.1

WOLF, HERMAN F.1

WOLFE, WILLIAM M.1

YAFFE, AARON, M. D.1

YAHR, EUGENE F.1

YUNDT, MICHAEL.1

YUNKER, CHARLES HENRY.1

ZAHN, HERBERT G.1

ZAWODNY, CAPTAIN JOSEPH B.1

ZEDLER, HUGO.1

ZEDLER, RUDOLPH.1

ZIMMERMAN, BENJAMIN DAVID.1

ZINKE, RICHARD HERMAN.1

ZWIERZCHOWSKI, S. J..1

BACON, EDWARD PAYSON.

From the period of pioneer development to the era of later progress and prosperity Edward Payson Bacon was connected with the history of Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin. He was a contributing factor to the material growth and substantial improvement of the city in many ways and looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities of the future in his cooperation with public affairs. Mr. Bacon was born in Reading, Schuyler county, New York, May 16, 1834, being the eldest son of Joseph F. and Matilda (Cowles) Bacon. In both the paternal and maternal lines he came of New England lineage, his ancestors having lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut for many generations. His grandfather in the Bacon line was a fife major in the Revolutionary war. On the distaff side he is a descendant of John Cowles, who migrated to Massachusetts from England about 1635.

Edward P. Bacon was a lad of four years at the time the family home was established in Geneva, New York, where he pursued a public school education, and in vacation periods worked along different lines in order to contribute to his support. He displayed special aptitude in his studies and was ambitious to acquire a college education but the financial resources of the family made it impossible. When a lad of thirteen he secured a position as errand boy in a store, and his faithfulness, industry and loyalty soon won him promotion. After two years he carried out the cherished wish of pursuing a more advanced education by entering an academy at Brockport, New York. In May, 1851, he became a clerk in the freight office of the New York & Erie Railroad at Hornellsville, New York, and was in the employ of that company for four years, during which time he was located successively at Corning, Elmira and New York city.

In the service of the railroad he won various promotions until he became chief clerk in the general freight office, having charge of the accounts with agents over the entire road. In 1855 when the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad, now known as the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, was completed into Chicago, he accepted o position that placed him in charge of the freight office of the road in that city. He believed that greater advancement could be secured in railroad service in the west than in the east, and time justified this belief. The following year he was appointed freight agent of the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad at Milwaukee, which was the first line built west of Lake Michigan and north of Chicago. When the line was extended to Prairie du Chien, in 1857, Mr. Bacon was placed in charge of the entire freight department and remained with the road for nearly ten years, serving as auditor, as general freight agent and general ticket agent. To him was assigned the task of organizing the various departments and systematizing the work in connection therewith, after which he turned the completed work over to others in order to take up still further tasks of organization. To Mr. Bacon was due the credit of inventing the present coupon ticket case in general use all over the country.

In 1865 Mr. Bacon entered into partnership relations with Lyman Everingham, freight agent at Milwaukee for the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad, to carry on a grain commission business under the firm name of Bacon & Everingham. The new enterprise prospered but on account of the strenuous labors which Mr. Bacon assumed his health became impaired and he devoted the year 1874 to travel, withdrawing from the partnership. He afterward became interested in a wholesale grocery concern under the name of Bacon, Goodrich & Company, but three years later formed a partnership with Oren E. Britt and M. P. Aiken and again engaged in the grain trade under the name of E. P. Bacon & Company. The firm was dissolved in 1877 and Mr. Bacon continued the business alone until 1890, when he admitted George H. D. Johnson and George W. Powers, two of his former employees, to a partnership, and their business became one of the largest of its kind in the upper Mississippi valley.

In 1865 Mr. Bacon became a member of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, in the work of which he took a most active and helpful part, doing everything in his power to advance the commercial interests and the civic development of the city. In 1883 he was one of the leaders in a contest that was waged by the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce to secure better rates from the railroads having terminals both in Milwaukee and Chicago, the result being the establishment of more favorable freight rates, which were of great importance to the business interests of the city. For ten years he served on the directorate of the Chamber of Commerce, six years as a director, two years as vice president and two years as president. He was instrumental in having the Chamber of Commerce scales installed throughout the city. He represented the Chamber at various commercial conventions and was chosen to represent Milwaukee as a member of the National Board of Trade, being elected vice president of that organization for five consecutive years from 1884 to 1889. He was one of the committee from the National Board of Trade to urge the passage of the interstate commerce act at the time that the bill was pending before congress. On various occasions he was sent as a delegate to appear before different congressional committees to oppose the adoption of free silver and to advocate various measures affecting the commercial interests of the country.

In 1892 at the time of the great Milwaukee fire Mr. Bacon was the first to call a meeting of the citizens for the relief of the sufferers and his efforts brought comfort into many households. In addition to all of his other public service he was keenly interested in the question of the regulation of railroad rates, both state and national, and nothing better illustrates his tenacity of purpose than the campaigns he waged for the abolition of rebates and the passage of the inter-state commerce law of 1906, which enlarged the powers of the inter-state commerce commission. The labors of Mr. Bacon and others resulted in the passage of the Elkins bill in 1903, which made the giving or receiving of rebates a criminal offense.

As chairman of the executive committee of the inter-state law convention, which was an organization made up of nearly three hundred Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce and leading commercial bodies of the country, Mr. Bacon gave practically four or five years of his life. Never conscious of defeat, facing disheartening opposition from the railroads with their money and legal talent arrayed against him, he kept to his task — a disinterested public service. Mr. Bacon's standing in the commercial world, masterful grasp of transportation subjects, and his absolute fairness commanded respect and consideration from members of congress as well as shippers and carriers throughout the country.

Twice under President McKinley's administration the bill to enlarge the powers of the inter-state commerce commission failed of passing. Mr. Bacon liked to recount how President Roosevelt struck his fist on the table at the end of a conference with him, and said: "Mr. Bacon, I am with you!" In his message to congress, President Roosevelt strongly recommended the enactment of the desired legislation, and on June 29, 1906, after a struggle of nearly seven years, the bill, known as the Hepburn bill, was passed — one of the most far-reaching acts of legislation of recent years, giving to the inter-state commerce commission power to determine a reasonable rate to be substituted for one found to be unreasonable after full hearing, to go into immediate effect, and to continue until reversed by the courts. To Mr. Bacon more than to any man, was due the passage of the bill.

On the 18th of May, 1858, Mr. Bacon was married to Miss Emma Rogers Hobbs, of Paterson, New Jersey. They had four children, of whom the eldest and the youngest, both daughters, passed away. The others were: Lillian, the wife of Rollin B. Mallory of Milwaukee; and Frank Rogers, who became a prominent business man of this city. Mrs. Bacon died in 1892, and in 1895 Mr. Bacon married Mrs. Ella (Dey) Baird of Pelham Manor, New York, daughter of John H. Dey, for many years associate editor of the New York Evangelist.

Mr. Bacon long manifested a most helpful interest in religious work. Soon after becoming a resident of Milwaukee in 1856 he united with the Plymouth Congregational church, of which he was a devoted member for sixteen years. He then transferred his membership to Immanuel Presbyterian church, with which he was actively identified for the rest of his life. He took active and helpful part in organizing the Young Men's Christian Association in 1857, and helped to place the society upon a substantial financial basis, serving as vice president and acting as president of the organization.

He served for many years as a trustee of Beloit College and established a fund for assisting young men to secure a college education, or training for the ministry, never forgetting his own desire along that line in his youth. He was constantly reaching out a helping hand to aid fellow travelers on life's journey, especially those who were anxious to aid themselves. He obtained a substantial measure of success, but this was never the end and aim of his existence. He never lightly regarded his duties to the individual nor to society at large, and his love of country was manifest in his earnest efforts to promote general progress and advancement. Mr. Bacon rounded out his character of an honorable man and public-spirited citizen with the choicer qualities of mind and spirit. He possessed a keen appreciation of the beautiful in nature and in art. Courteous in all his dealings, he was nevertheless reserved; the finer, more sensitive side of his nature was known only to friends and those closely related to him. They alone fully realized the unselfishness, generosity and nobility of his nature. He stood as a splendid type of American manhood and chivalry, one of the great builders of the empire of the middle west, and his service was at all times a blessing and a benefit to mankind.

GORDON, JOHN S., M. D.

Dr. John S. Gordon, oculist and aurist, whose practice also includes the treatment of diseases of the nose and throat as well as of the eye and ear, has gained an enviable reputation in Milwaukee, where his ability has found recognition in the ready endorsement of the public. Born in Berlin, Wisconsin, April 18, 1888, he is a son of John Gordon, a merchant, who was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, born in 1861, while his death occurred in Milwaukee in 1918. In early manhood he married Mrs. Agnes J. (Hark, a widow residing in Milwaukee. She was born in Chicago in 1858.

Dr. Gordon was largely reared in Waupaca, Wisconsin, pursuing his early education there until graduated from the high school with the class of 1907. In the fall of that year he entered the University of Wisconsin, where he pursued an academic course for one year, while later he won his professional degree upon graduation from the medical department of the University of Illinois in 1912. For one year he served as interne in the Milwaukee Hospital and since 1913 he has concentrated his efforts and attention upon diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, specializing as a partner of Dr. Henry B. Hitz and Dr. Gilbert E. Seaman. The firm enjoys a very extensive practice of a notable character and their professional services have been highly satisfactory to their patients.

On the 12th of November, 1913, Dr. Gordon was united in marriage to Miss Ida N. Perry, who was born in Evanston, Illinois, and is a graduate of Lawrence College. Prior to her marriage she engaged in teaching. She has become the mother of one son, John S., Jr., now in his sixth year.

Dr. Gordon is a republican in his political views and always keeps well informed on the vital questions and issues of the day. Fraternally he is a Master Mason, loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. He belongs also to the Wisconsin Club and to the Milwaukee University Club, while in the field of his profession he is well-known through his membership in the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Milwaukee Oto-Ophthalmic Society and the Tri-State Medical Society. He is thoroughly informed concerning the latest researches and discoveries of the profession and his practice is at all times thoroughly scientific in character and of the utmost worth in the results attained.

KOZOUREK, JOSEPH JOHN.

Through a period of more than eighteen years Joseph John Kozourek has been connected with the C. W. Fischer Furniture Company, of which he is now the treasurer, his identification with the business as a member of the company dating from 1914. Intelligently directed industry has been the basis of his steady rise in the business world until step by step he has reached a place of prominence in commercial circles. Milwaukee numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred on the 17th of October, 1878. His father, Matthias Kozourek, was a native of Posen, Austria, and of Bohemian ancestry. Coming to America in 1872, he resided for a time in New York and then came to Milwaukee, where he engaged in business as a box-maker. He was a young married man of about twenty-one years when he came to the United States, his wife being Eva (Wagner) Kozourek, who was also born in Austria, in which country they were married. Mr. Kozourek departed this life in April, 1910. His widow makes her home in Milwaukee.

Joseph J. Kozourek was educated in the parochial schools, attending St. Wenceslaus North school on Scott street, and afterward the public schools of the eighth ward, while later he was a student in the Spencerian Business College. He started out to provide for his own support by working in the south side branch of the Schlitz Brewing Company for a year or more, as checking clerk. He then entered the St. Paul shops at West Milwaukee, occupying a position in the storekeeper's office and in the time department for four years, winning advancement to the position of weighmaster. In July, 1903, he entered the employ of the C. W. Fischer Furniture Company as a bookkeeper and from time to time has gained promotion, purchasing an interest in the business in 1914 and steadily advancing until he became treasurer and director in 1917. As the financial man of the company he has been active in directing its affairs and promoting its success and is now classed with the prominent and representative merchants of the city.

On the 16th of June, 1903, Mr. Kozourek was married to Miss Antoinette Koubeck, a (laughter of Anton Koubeck, a cabinetmaker of Milwaukee, who has been connected with the St. Paul shops for twenty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Kozourek are the parents of four children: Alice, who is attending the South Side high school; Dorothy, in St. Matthew's parochial school; Gertrude, attending the same school; and Loretta.

In politics Mr. Kozourek is a republican but has never been an active party worker. He and his family are of the Catholic faith, identified with St. Matthew's parish. Fraternally he is an Elk, belonging to the Milwaukee lodge, and he is also a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, of which he has served as secretary. He is fond of bowling and has won second place in the city contest. He was a member of the Fischer team in the Commercial League which won the championship in 1920. He also greatly enjoys fishing and every phase of outdoor life, especially touring in a motor car. The daughter Alice bids fair to become a vocalist of superior ability and is now studying under Madame Kavel. She is likewise proficient as a pianist. The family home is at No. 463 American avenue, a property which Mr. Kozourek purchased in 1910 and which they have since occupied.

ADLER, DAVID.

The name of Adler has long been associated with commercial activity in Milwaukee and has ever been a synonym of enterprise, integrity and progressiveness. For more than fifty years David Adler was active in the control of one of the leading mercantile houses of the city and his life illustrated clearly what could be accomplished through individual effort and indefatigable energy intelligently directed. He richly merited the proud American title of a self-made man, rising from an obscure beginning to the head of one of the largest clothing manufacturing establishments in the northwest. A native of Austria, he was born in Neustadt, province of Bohemia, October 9, 1821, his parents being Isaac and Bertha Adler. They were small traders in Neustadt, where the father lived for fifty-eight years.

David Adler acquired his education in the schools of his native city and afterward served a three years' apprenticeship to the baker's trade. Later he spent a year in travel in Europe for the purpose of observing the different methods of conducting the bakery business and then returned to Neustadt, where he resided again for two years ere coming to the new world. Attracted by the opportunities offered in America and hoping to greatly improve his fortunes by sojourning in this land, he made the long voyage to New York, where he arrived on the 15th of August, 1846. He at once began work in connection with the bakery business and two years later established a business of his own in New York, meeting with success and carrying on the undertaking for three years. In 1851, with a belief in the coming greatness of the west, he disposed of his interests in the eastern metropolis and removed to Milwaukee, bringing with him a cash capital of twelve hundred dollars. Here he established a small retail clothing store on East Water street and this constituted the nucleus of the present mammoth business which is synonymous with commercial activity in Milwaukee and which is now carried on under the style of the David Adler & Sons Company. In 1857 he broadened the scope of his activities to include the wholesale clothing trade and admitted his nephew, Jacob Adler, to a partnership under the firm name of D. & J. Adler. Jacob Adler. who retired at the end of two years, was succeeded by Solomon Adler, brother of David Adler. In 1870 Solomon Adler was succeeded by the eldest son and the son-in-law of David Adler. H. M. Mendel, the firm name becoming Adler, Mendel & Company. Eight years later Mr. Mendel retired and the firm style of David Adler & Sons was assumed, the business later being incorporated as the David Adler & Sons Company. The three sons, Isaac, Emanuel and Samuel, have long been identified with the firm. The father continued as president of the company to the time of his demise and his progressive methods left their impress upon the steady growth and development of the house. He closely studied the desires of his patrons, kept a stock that displayed the latest goods to be found in the clothing markets of the country, while the trustworthiness of his business methods featured strongly as a factor in his continually developing success. In recent years the company has employed as many as nine hundred hands in the manufacture of clothing. Their annual sales have for some time aggregated one million five hundred thousand dollars, their trade extending throughout the entire northwest to the Pacific coast. In 1889 the seven-story brick store building was erected by the company at the southwest corner of East Water and Huron streets, replacing an old building in which they had been housed for many years. As the years passed Mr. Adler became interested in other business projects and was one of the organizers of the Wisconsin National Bank, of which he was a director from its inception. He was also one of the founders and vice president of the National Straw Works.

Mr. Adler was married in 1848 to Miss Fannie Newbouer of New York city, and they became the parents of seven sons and three daughters. In religious belief he held to the faith of his fathers and was noted for his intense loyalty and devotion to the teachings of the Jewish religion. For a number of years he was president of the Congregation of Temple Emanu-El. He was for twenty-five years identified with the Jewish Orphan Asylum at Cleveland, Ohio, and filled the office of vice president of that association for fifteen years. Later he was unanimously elected its president. He was constantly extending a helping hand to those who needed assistance and was widely known for his charity. For thirty years he filled the position of grand treasurer of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Wisconsin, an office he resigned only a year or two prior to his death because of advancing years. Twice he represented the grand encampment and once the grand lodge in the sovereign grand lodge of America. He was a generous contributor toward the building of the Odd Fellows' home at Green Bay and for many years he was one of the directors of the Wisconsin Odd Fellows' Mutual Life Insurance Company. He likewise belonged to the Old Settlers Club of Milwaukee, of which he became vice president. He passed away January 23, 1905, at the venerable age of eighty-four years, and for fifty-three years he had been a resident of Milwaukee, closely associated throughout the entire period with its commercial interests and at all times active in support of those matters of citizenship which feature in public upbuilding and prosperity.

WERBA, ARTHUR M.

Arthur M. Werba, attorney at law of Milwaukee and now one of the officers in Arthur Kroepfel Post No. 1 of the American Legion, was born in this city September 8, 1893, his parents being Henry and Ludmilla Werba, both of whom are natives of Bohemia. They came to Milwaukee about 1885, and the father is now well-known in real estate circles and also in connection with a foreign exchange, banking and steamship agency business. He is one of the most prominent of the Bohemian residents of this city.

Arthur M. Werba was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee, attending the East Division high school until graduated with the class of 1911. He afterward became a student in the Milwaukee Normal School and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, in which he completed his course in February, 1917, the Bachelor of Laws degree being at that time conferred upon him. He was admitted to the bar the same year and has since followed his profession.

In September, 1917, Mr. Werba enlisted in the Eighty-fifth Division for service in the World war and completed his service at the Second Army Headquarters. He went overseas with the Eighty-fifth Division and was transferred to the Second Army Military Police, remaining in France for one year. He was just back of the front lines on regular prescribed military police work and was a non-commissioned officer, serving as corporal. He was mustered out at Camp Grant, near Rockford, Illinois, in August, 1919, and returning to Milwaukee, resumed the practice of law. He is a member of Sergeant Arthur Kroepfel Post No. 1, which was the first post organized in Wisconsin, and Mr. Werba has been its secretary from the beginning. The post now has about eight hundred members, being the second largest post in the state. Aside from his connection with the American Legion, Mr. Werba is identified with the Loyal Order of Moose and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. He is particularly active, however, in the work of the Legion and is in hearty sympathy with the high purposes of the order in maintaining the most advanced standards of American citizenship with the same thoroughness and patriotic spirit that prompted service on foreign soil in the great World war.

BORGWARDT, FRED C.

Fred C. Borgwardt is engaged in the undertaking business in Milwaukee, associated with his brother, George F. Borgwardt. Both are natives of this city, the former born July 5, 1886, and the latter on the 3rd of March, 1883. They are sons of Fred J. Borgwardt, who was born in Germany, November 11, 1858, his parents being Fred and Sophia (Holtzmann) Borgwardt. In the year 1867 Fred and Sophia Borgwardt came to the United States with their family, settling in Milwaukee, where they continued to reside until called to their final rest. The former died November 11, 1906, at the age of seventy-seven years. The son, Fred J. Borgwardt, was but nine years of age when the family home was established in this city. Here he acquired his education in the Lutheran parochial schools and in early life he learned the cabinetmaking trade, following this in connection with the furniture business until he established himself in the undertaking and furniture business in 1884. In 1897 he disposed of his furniture business. From that time until his demise he continued as one of the leading undertakers of the city and in 1902 he admitted his son, George F., to a partnership, under the firm style of F. Borgwardt & Son. At his death he was succeeded by his two sons, who still successfully continue in the business. Fred J. Borgwardt was a stalwart supporter of the republican party but did not seek nor desire office as a reward for party fealty. Both he and his wife were earnest and consistent members of the Lutheran church and gave generously to its support and to all good work done in the name of charity or religion. Mr. Borkwardt belonged to the Wisconsin State Funeral Directors' Association. On the 2nd of May, 1880, he was united in marriage to Miss Frederica Niemann, daughter of Christian and Sophia (Lembke) Niemann of Milwaukee, both of whom were natives of Germany. They became parents of six children: Clara, the wife of Reinholdt Raedisch: George F.; Fred C; Elsie; Ervin; and Rose, who died at the age of four years. The father of these children passed away on the 26th of October, 1909.

The two sons who are new in partnership were reared and educated in Milwaukee and learned the business under the direction of their father, who was one of the pioneer business men on National avenue. At his death they took over the business which he had established and have continued it to the present time. They are both enterprising and progressive business men, studying at all times the most scientific methods of their business, and their success has come as the result of close application, thoroughness and enterprise.

Both the brothers are married. George F. married Miss Ella Pick and they have two children, Irma and George, Jr. Fred C. Borgwardt was united in marriage to Miss May Dinnauer of Milwaukee, and they have one son, Frederick. George F. Borgwardt is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights of Pythias, while Fred C. Borgwardt belongs to the Knights of Pythias, also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the G. U. G. G. Germanias. He has a wide acquaintance in the city in which his life has been passed. Both brothers are well-known here and enjoy the respect and confidence of all, not only those whom they have met in a business way but those with whom they have social relations. They represent a family that has been connected with Milwaukee for more than a half century and they have each, for more than a third of a century, been witnesses of the growth and progress that has marked the history of this city.

SEELMAN, JOHN J. M. D.

Dr. John J. Seelman. physician and surgeon of Milwaukee and now president of the Milwaukee County Medical Society, was born in Port Washington, Wisconsin, November 12, 1877, and is a son of George Seelman, manufacturer, who is president of the George Seelman & Sons Company of Milwaukee and is mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Dr. Seelman was six years of age when brought to this city, where he has since made his home. Determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work he prepared for his chosen calling in the Milwaukee Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1901. He has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Milwaukee for a period of more than two decades and has maintained his office in the Iron block for the past five years, having a well-equipped suite of rooms for offices and laboratories. He makes a specialty of laboratory diagnosis, having one of the largest and best equipped laboratories not only in the west but in the entire United States, and he has attained to a position of distinction in this field of scientific service. He belongs to the Wisconsin State Medical Society, to the Tri-State Medical Association and to the American Medical Association.

On the 20th of June, 1905, Dr. Seelman was united in marriage to Miss Marguerite Reynolds, who was born in Milwaukee and represents one of the old families of the city. Her paternal grandfather was one of the first to establish a home at Greenfield. Dr. and Mrs. Seelman have two daughters: Margaret and Eleanor, aged respectively fifteen and twelve years. Fraternally the doctor is connected with the Knights of Pythias and with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is a past chancellor in the former organization.

ADLER, EMANUEL D.

Occupying a prominent place on the stage of mercantile activity in Milwaukee is Emanuel D. Adler, the treasurer of the wholesale clothing firm of David Adler & Sons. He was born in this city in 1854, two years after his parents, David and Fannie (Newbouerl Adler, arrived in Milwaukee. Both were natives of Austria and after residing for a few years in New York they came to Milwaukee. Extended mention of David Adler is made on another page of this work.

The son, Emanuel D. Adler, is indebted to the public school system for his early educational opportunities. He afterward attended the German-English Academy, also the Milwaukee Academy and the Spencerian Business College. When seventeen years of age he became an active assistant of his father in the clothing trade and through the intervening period has been identified with the firm. When the business was reorganized he and his two brothers were admitted to a partnership under the firm style of David Adler & Sons and following the death of the father, Emanuel D. Adler became treasurer of the company and has since acted in that capacity, while Isaac D. Adler is president and general manager; S. D. and B. P. Adler, vice presidents; and Henry M. Obendorfer, secretary and credit man. The continued growth of the business led to a removal to their present location at Buffalo street and Broadway, where more than double their previous floor space was secured. They do not manufacture goods at this location but use the entire space for store rooms and offices, while their seven manufactories are scattered in various parts of the city. Their trade extends throughout the United States and the house is represented by traveling salesmen in New England, in the Mississippi valley, in the south and in the northwest. Their business has constantly expanded in its scope and today the goods of the Adler bouse are found in almost every section of the country. Those in the service of E. D. Adler regard him more in the light of a friend than as an employer. He never refuses a salesman an interview and it is a well-known fact that no worthy applicant seeks his aid in vain, for he possesses the spirit of true democracy and is ever willing to extend a helping hand.

On the 3rd of May, 1888, Emanuel D. Adler was joined in wedlock to Miss Clara H. Schloss of Detroit, Michigan, and they have become parents of four children: Frederic Emanuel, Helen Theresa, Frances Elsie and Carol Janet.

Mr. Adler gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has held the office of public debt commissioner for five years. He is generally found among the leading spirits in any plan or project instituted to promote the welfare of Milwaukee, withholding his active aid and cooperation from no movement for the city's advancement. He is prominently identified with all charitable organizations and is now serving as vice president of Mount Sinai Hospital. His name is on the membership rolls of the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Wisconsin Club, and the Oconomowoc Country Club and he is popular in the social circles in which he moves. His business affairs, however, have made him most widely known and aside from his connection with the wholesale clothing trade he is one of the trustees of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and vice president of the National Straw Works.

MEADOWS, FRANK HOLDEN.

Milwaukee has enjoyed a notable period of growth and development in connection with its manufacturing interests during the last quarter of a century or more, previous to which time its manufacturing was largely confined to its brewing and tanning interests. Many important industries, however, have sprung up which have made the city one of marvelous growth in the past twenty-five years. Contributing to this growth is the Meadows Heating Company, of which Frank Holden Meadows is the secretary and manager. He was born in East Troy, Wisconsin, September 6, 1877, and comes of English ancestry, his grandfather having been William Meadows, who was born in England. The father, George Meadows, now living retired in East Troy, Wisconsin, was born in the Empire state and came to Wisconsin with his parents about 1855. There he conducted a hardware store for some time. He married Elizabeth Holden, a daughter of John Holden, a native of England, in which country Mrs. Meadows was also born. Her father was a great traveler and crossed the ocean twelve times. Mrs. Meadows passed away in the year 1910.

Frank H. Meadows obtained his early education in the public schools of East Troy, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, while eventually he became a student in Beloit College at Beloit, Wisconsin, where he was graduated in 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He afterward spent a year in the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland, where he pursued a medical course, at the end of which time he returned to Milwaukee and entered the employ of the Lindemann & Hoverson Company as office assistant in the heating department. There he remained for ten years, during which time he won various promotions until he became assistant manager of the department. In 1911 he bought out that department of the business at No. 497 East Water street and incorporated it under the name of the Meadows Heating Company. In 1916 he removed to his present location, where a substantial business has since been carried on. They are heating contractors and engineers and their patronage comes from all parts of the state.

On the 24th of May, 1911, Mr. Meadows was married to Miss Bertha Parker of Indianapolis, Indiana, a daughter of Justus B. Parker, advertising manager for the American Thresherman. Mrs. Meadows passed away May 17, 1914, leaving a little daughter, Betty Jane, who is now a student in the East Troy school.

In politics Mr. Meadows may be termed an independent republican, for while he usually supports the men and measures of the republican party he does not consider himself bound to any particular leadership, exercising freedom of thought and opinion in the use of his franchise. In religious faith he is a Congregationalist and fraternally he is connected with the Elks and the Eagles. He also belongs to the Sigma Chi, a fraternity of Beloit College, and he has membership in the Association of Commerce. Along business lines he is identified with the Heating and Piping Contractors Association in its local, state and national branches and he is now a member of the board of directors of the national organization. He is fond of motoring and touring, enjoys outdoor sports and is a public spirited citizen, who during the war took an active and helpful part in all drives. The major part of his life has been spent in the middle west and in his business career he has always exemplified that spirit of progress and determination which have characterized the upbuilding and development of this section of the country.

STRANDT, GUSTAV E.

Gustav E. Strandt, president and general manager of the Milwaukee Dairy & Supply Company, is thus identified with an industry which has been one of the chief factors in bringing Milwaukee into commercial prominence and milking it known through the world as the Cream city. Mr. Strandt claims Wisconsin as his native state, for his birth occurred in the town of Cedarburg, December 9, 1875, his parents being Ernst and Wilhelmina (Detman) Strandt, both of whom were natives of Germany, They came to the new world in childhood and the Strandt family settled on a farm near Cedarburg, in which locality Ernst Strandt for many years carried on agricultural pursuits.

Gustav E. Strandt pursued his education in parochial schools but his opportunities in that direction were very limited. He was reared on the home farm and the urge of necessity prompted him early to take his place as a factor in the work of the fields, assisting in the early spring planting and in the cultivation of the fields until crops were gathered in the late autumn, having little time to attend school. When he was twelve years of age he began working in the Cedarburg Woolen Mill for thirty-two cents per day, his day's work covering ten hours. He was there employed for about two years, after which he obtained a position in the Cedarburg Planing Mill, receiving a little better salary there. He worked there for two years and at the age of sixteen he left the parental roof with a cash capital of sixty-five cents. Already he had had considerable experience in the business world and had developed self-reliance and industry far beyond that attributed to most lads of his years. Making his way to Milwaukee he paid fifty cents of his precious capital for his railroad fare and had in his possession but fifteen cents when he reached his destination. His financial condition rendered it imperative that he obtain immediate employment and he started out to seek work. He soon secured a job with the Rockwell Planing Mill at five dollars per week and at a later period he entered the employ of the Cream City Planing Mill. In the meantime he was experimenting with patents and when but eighteen years of age had displayed much skill and ingenuity in that connection. It was at that time that he organized the Cedarburg Milk Company and for fifteen years was engaged in the business. During this entire period he continued his experimenting on dairy machinery and has produced many styles of dairy machines, which he did not put upon the market, however, for lack of funds. He patented what is known as the Milwaukee sanitary bottle filler and capper, which has become known all over the world and was the first rotary milk bottle filler and capper invented. Many firms have attempted to imitate this but such a course is an infringement on Mr. Strandt's rights. Mr. Strandt had no path of roses before him. He encountered obstacles and difficulties which would have discouraged many a man of less resolute spirit but perseverance, courage and determination enabled him to continue on his way. He labored night and day to get his patent completed, selling his home for funds and borrowing money from his friends but in the end he has won the victory and is now enjoying the success of his inventions. Today the company of which he is the head has a large factory with modern buildings and is doing an excellent business, while its goods are sent to all parts of America, also to England, Japan, China, Canada, Australia, South America, Panama and other lands. Mr. Strandt has given his entire time to his business, having little leisure for social activities.

On the 10th of December, 1898, Mr. Strandt was united in marriage to Miss Dora Nero, a native of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and they are rearing four adopted children, which is indicative of the kindly spirit and benevolent purpose which has actuated their lives. These children are: Norval, eleven years of age; Harold, who is nine; Hertha Strandt, aged six; and Dorothy Strandt, aged four. Mr. Strandt is a member of the Bethany Lutheran church and is serving on the church board. His entire career has been actuated by devotion to high ideals and to a notable sense of duty and what he has accomplished is the direct result of capability, guided by intelligence and by the highest principles of integrity and honor.

FREY, AUGUST.

August Frey, president of the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company of Milwaukee, has held to the highest standards in workmanship and in the matter of service rendered to the public. His ability in this field is pronounced and the business, of which he is one of the proprietors, is now one of gratifying proportions.

Mr. Frey is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. He was born July 22, 1884, of the marriage of Theodore Frey and Marie Kraft, both of whom were natives of Germany. Theodore Frey came to the United States in young manhood and was employed as a salesman in the east, residing in New York for a time before removing to St. Louis. There he made his home until 1889, when he took up his abode permanently in Milwaukee, residing here to the time of his death in 1910.

August Frey pursued his education in the Milwaukee public schools and was graduated from the German-English Academy. He then went to work as a salesman for an engraving company, with which he remained for three or four years and later he opened an art studio in the Pereles building, in which he continued for about a year. In 1900 he became associated with C. T. Fairbanks and opened an art studio in the Sentinel building. After about a year they put in an engraving plant and incorporated their interests under the name of the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company. Mr. Fairbanks retired from the business in 1911 and since that date Mr. Frey has been the president. The company conducts an art and engraving business, doing work of various kinds and displaying at all times high artistic skill. Their patronage largely comes from Milwaukee and near-by towns and their business is one of very gratifying proportions.

On the 7th of December, 1905, Mr. Frey was married to Miss Ella Welky, a daughter of Anton Welky of Milwaukee, who was a native of Bohemia. Mr. Frey maintains an independent course in politics, voting for men and measures rather than party and never seeking nor desiring office. He belongs to the Milwaukee lodge of Elks, also to the Milwaukee Athletic Club and to the Association of Commerce, being in hearty sympathy with all of the plans and purposes of that organization for the upbuilding of the city and the advancement of high municipal standards. He hunts and fishes, being fond of all manly outdoor sports but the demands of his business leave him comparatively little leisure time. He is ever seeking legitimate methods whereby to develop his business and enhance the worth of his work and today the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company is recognized as a leading concern in connection with the engraving business in this state.

GILMORE, JACKSON G.

For only a brief period has Jackson Gardner Gilmore been identified with the business interests of Milwaukee but already he has become established as a progressive and enterprising man and substantial citizen through his connection with the Nokol Company of Wisconsin, of which he is the founder and president. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, September 15, 1890, and represents one of the old families of that state. His paternal grandfather, Judge William J. Gilmore, was a justice of the supreme court of Ohio. He was born at Gilmore Mills, in Rockbridge county, Virginia, and it was in the '50s that he accompanied his parents on their removal to the Buckeye state, where for many years he made his home, winning prominence as an able lawyer and jurist. His son, Clement R. Gilmore, was born in Eaton, Ohio, and was educated in Wooster University, completing his course by graduation with the class of 1882. He then studied law with his father and afterward entered upon active practice in Columbus, while subsequently he removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he served for several terms as prosecuting attorney. He was also treasurer of the Ohio Bar Association from 1900 until his death, which occurred in April, 1919. His long continuance in this office indicates most clearly the esteem and honor accorded him by his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession. He married Ellen Porter Gardner, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of George W. Gardner, of the grain firm of Clark, Gardner & Rockefeller. Mr. Gardner has also figured very prominently in public life, serving as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. He is widely known as a yachtsman and was the original promoter of yacht racing on the Great Lakes. He controlled business interests of great extent and importance, becoming a director of many banks and steamship companies subsequent to his partnership with John D. Rockefeller.

Jackson Gardner Gilmore obtained his early education in the schools of Eaton, Ohio, and later studied in the Steele high school in Dayton, from which he was graduated in 1908. He next matriculated in the Ohio State University, where he won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. During his college days he became a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was also a member of the junior and senior honorary societies — the Bucket and Dipper and the Sphinx. He was president of the Varsity O Association. When his textbooks were put aside he went into the shops of the United Engineering & Foundry Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he spent nearly a year as a working student. He afterward became a working student with the Oxweld Acetyline Company, the Linde Air Products Company and the Union Carbide Company. His next position was that of assistant to the vice president of the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Company of Chicago. In 1915 he established business on his own account at Columbus, Ohio, representing the Stewart-Warner Company, the Willard Storage Battery Company and the Westinghouse Electric Company as district representative. He sold that business in 1917 and became district sales manager of the Carbo-Hydrogen Company of Chicago, with which he remained until 1920, when he removed to Milwaukee and organized and incorporated the Nokol Company of Wisconsin. He has since been the president and his territory covers Wisconsin and upper Michigan. He handles the Nokol, a device for automatic oil heating, the only one of the kind that is on the fire underwriters' list of approved appliances. It is manufactured by the Steam Corporation of Chicago. Already Mr. Gilmore has gained many patrons and his thoroughly satisfied customers are an advertisement for the business which is steadily growing.

On the 27th of June, 1913, Mr. Gilmore was married to Miss Harriett Crimmins of New York, a daughter of John D. Crimmins, a teacher and later a successful miner of Alaska, who was born in Maine, in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have become parents of two sons: Clement R., born January 30, 1915; and William Hastings, born February 16, 1920. Mr. Gilmore has usually been an advocate of democratic principles but has never sought nor desired office for himself. He has membership in the Congregational church and he belongs to the University Club and the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He has always enjoyed aquatic sport and he still, follows baseball and occasionally plays a game, enjoying all manly outdoor sports. He is a lover of music and art and thus the interests of his life are varied, keeping him in touch with the trend of the world progress along many lines. He has never held to any false ideas concerning the methods of success but by legitimate efforts carefully directed has won a creditable place which he now occupies in the business circles of his adopted city. His training has been thorough and comprehensive in some of the largest establishments in his line in the country and unfaltering industry has constituted the ladder on which he has climbed.

JANKE, EARL CHARLES.

Earl Charles Janke, with a tendency to discount his own accomplishments, is nevertheless recognized as a resourceful and capable business man, one who through his own efforts has worked his way steadily upward until he stands today as the president and treasurer of the Janke Shoe Company, one of the important manufacturing interests of the city. His entire life has here been passed, and his record is as an open book which all may read. Diligence and determination have been numbered among his sterling characteristics from early boyhood, and his persistency of purpose and intelligently guided efforts have been the potent forces in the attainment of his present day prosperity

Mr. Janke was born on the 9th of May, 1875, a son of August and Emilie (Gruenwald) Janke, both of whom were natives of Germany, in which country they were reared and married. They came to the United States in 1874, and the mother passed away in this city in 1912.

Earl C. Janke obtained his early education in the public schools and when still quite young began earning his living as a shoe cutter for the firm of F. T. Neubert & Company, with whom he remained for four years. On the dissolution of that firm he joined Mr. Neubert in a new business enterprise and continued with him for two years as a shoe cutter. He next became identified with the V. Schoenecker Boot & Shoe Company, for whom he worked for seven years, after which he spent a year in the employ of Bradley & Metcalf. This was followed by two years' connection with the Rich Shoe Company, and later he was identified with the Mayer Boot & Shoe Company for a similar period. Removing to Chicago, he there entered the employ of R. P. Smith, with whom he continued for a few months, and then established business on his own account in that city, making burial shoes. At the end of six months he moved his plant to Milwaukee and in 1911 extended the scope of his business to include the manufacture of a general line of shoes. In 1915 he incorporated his business under the name of the Lange & Janke Shoe Manufacturing Company. In 1918 Mr. Lange withdrew and the name was then changed to the Janke Shoe Company. They engaged in the manufacture of nailed and Goodyear welt shoes for men and boys. The output has increased from about five pair of burial shoes per day until it is now many hundred pairs of men's and boys' shoes. Their market covers the United States. They specialize in high grade work shoes and the hunting boot, which are used by the miners, hunters, lumbermen and railroad employees. They are also putting out a high grade line of men's dress shoes, and the business is growing rapidly. Their course demonstrates the fact that quality pays, and they have ever put forth earnest effort to please their customers, thus building up a business of very substantial and gratifying proportions.

On the 23rd of September, 1896, Mr. Janke was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Wrege, of Milwaukee, and they have become parents of a daughter, Mabel, who is now the wife of Fred W. Moritz, vice president of the Janke Shoe Company. Mr. Moritz was born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 9th of May, 1897, and is a son of Charles Moritz, now a resident of Milwaukee, where he is engaged in the stove business. He was born in Port Washington, Wisconsin, and was a son of Jacob Moritz, who came to the United States with Joseph Schlitz. Jacob Moritz founded the first brewery in Port Washington and one of the first in the state of Wisconsin. The family has therefore been connected with the history of the commonwealth since pioneer times. Fred W. Moritz has been actively engaged in the shoe manufacturing business with his father-in-law for about three years and is a progressive and energetic young business man. He married Mabel Janke August 24, 1921, and they reside at No. 823 Forty-fourth street. Mr. Moritz is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

Mr. Janke is also identified with the Knights of Pythias, having membership in Columbia Lodge. He likewise belongs to Milwaukee Lodge, No. 46, B. P. O. E., and to Aurora Lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he is past noble grand. He has membership in the Association of Commerce, and the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his action are further indicated in his connection with the Methodist church. In politics he is an independent republican, voting according to the dictates of his judgment rather than of party ties. He is a devotee of our national game of baseball and is fond of motoring and fishing. His wife possesses an artistic and literary nature, and the daughter, Mrs. Moritz, is a pianist of considerable skill. The family is well-known in Milwaukee, the members occupying an enviable position in social circles.

MORTIMER, HARRY BANKS.

A representative business man of Milwaukee is Harry Banks Mortimer, vice president of the American Electric Motors, Incorporated. He was born in Milwaukee, on the 24th of January, 1895, a son of Arthur and Rosalind (Kohlman) Mortimer, both natives of this city. The grandfather, Charles Mortimer, was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to the United States with his wife and family in 1850. The Mortimer family were prominent in England for many hundreds of years. Charles Mortimer was a veteran of the Civil war, having served throughout that conflict in the Union army. Mrs. Mortimer was a daughter of Anton Kohlman, a native of Berlin, Germany, who came to the United States about the year 1840. He was for many years captain of a ship plying between New York and Bremen.