HENRY HEAP
From the Manitowoc Pilot, 22 April 1875:
Probate office, Manitowoc, April 19th, A.D. 1875
In the matter of the Proof and Probate of the last Will and
testament of Henry Heap deceased, late of the County of Manitowoc.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, purporting to be the last
Will and Testament of Henry Heap deceased, late of the County of
Manitowoc, has been filed in this office; and whereas application
has been made by Luke Wilde of Manitowoc praying that the same
be proven and admitted to Probate according to the laws of this
State:
Therefore it is ordered that said application be heard before me
at the Probate office in the city of Manitowoc in said County,
on the 17th day of May A.D. 1875 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
(rest of notice is publishing rules)
T.G. Olmsted, County Judge
CHARLES F. HECKER
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 528
Retired, Manitowoc, born Nov. 26, 1819 in Prussia. In 1848, he came to
this county, engaged in farming till about 1865; he then removed to the
city and opened a general store, which he continued about two years;
since then he has been engaged in real estate. In 1874, he built the
two-story and basement brick store now occupied by T. C. Buerstatte,
druggist. Mr. Hecker has held various local offices. He was married in
1848, to Charlotte Hecker; she is a native of Prussia. They have two
daughters, Miss Charlotte, now engaged in teaching school, and Miss
Augusta, engaged in music teaching. She first took a course of studies
with Prof. Buling, of Manitowoc, and later, two courses with Prof.
Luneng, of Milwaukee.
CHARLES HEIN
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.370-371.
Those travelers whose duties call them to Reedsville, Wisconsin, will
generally find themselves directed to the hotel of Charles Hein, one of
the most popular establishments in this part of Manitowoc county, where
every comfort is provided for guests and the conveniences of which are
modern in every respect. Mr. Hein was born December 27, 1864, in Manitowoc
Rapids, Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, a son of William and Elizabeth
(Kugler) Hein, natives of Germany, who were married in Wisconsin. After
their marriage they settled in Manitowoc Rapids, where Mr. Hein, who was a
millwright by trade, worked in the saw and grist mills until his death in
1897, at the age of sixty-nine years, his widow surviving him until 1902
and dying at the age of sixty-four. Both are buried in the Lutheran
cemetery in the town of Liberty.
Charles Hein was the fifth of a family of twelve children, and at the age
of twenty-one years he commenced working for wages at the trade of cooper,
continuing in that occupation until 1897, and then engaged in the hotel
business, in which he has continued to the present time. The service and
cuisine at Mr. Hein’s hostelry are excellent, and the host and hostess do
everything in their power to make their guests feel at home.
In 1892 Mr. Hein was married to Miss Bertha Boelk, daughter of Daniel and
Louisa Boelk, natives of Germany who were married in Wisconsin, and both
are now living in the town of Maple Grove. Mrs. Hein died in 1898, aged
twenty-seven years, and is buried in the Lutheran cemetery at Reedsville.
Three children were born to this union, two of whom died in infancy, while
Elmer is unmarried and lives at home. In 1902 Mr. Hein was married again
to Miss Ida Boettcher, the fifth of the six children of William and Amelia
Boettcher, natives of Germany who were married in Wisconsin and are now
living in Reedsville. Mrs. Hein was born January 13, 1876. One child has
been born to this union, Edna, who is attending school.
In addition to his hotel, Mr. Hein is the owner of some valuable city
property, he is a prominent democrat, has served nine years as clerk of
the village of Reedsville and is now serving in his second term as deputy
county sheriff. He and Mrs. Hein are members of the German Lutheran church
of Reedsville.
EDWARD HEIN
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.178-179.
Edward Hein, whose energies have always been devoted to agricultural
pursuits, is one of the capable farmers of Manitowoc Rapids township. He
was born in Rapids, this county, on the 26th of August, 1866, and is a son
of William and Elizabeth (Couglar) Hein, whose family numbered twelve. The
parents were both natives of Germany, and there the father, whose birth
occurred in 1831, was reared and educated and learned the miller’s and
millwright’s trades. He continued to follow these in his native land until
he had attained the age of twenty-two years, when he determined to become
a citizen of the United States. He emigrated to America in 1853, settling
in Manitowoc Rapids township, where he and his wife thereafter made their
home. In 188o he purchased the farm on which our subject now resides. This
contained a sawmill that Mr. Hein operated in connection with general
farming until his death in 1898.
Edward Hein was educated in the district schools of this township, and
after he had acquired such knowledge as was deemed essential to enable him
to assume the heavier responsibilities of life he laid aside his text-books
and gave his entire attention to the work of the farm and the operation of
the mill. He was still quite young when he was assigned duties about the
fields and mill, his responsibilities increasing as his strength developed
with the passing years. When he was twenty-two he left home and went to
Minnesota and Dakota, where he farmed for seven years. At the expiration of
that period he returned to this county, and upon the death of his mother in
1902, he bought the old home farm and here he has ever since resided.
On the 2d of January, 1901, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hein and
Miss Frances Hastreiter, a daughter of Frank and Victoria Hastreiter. She
was born in Bohemia and was reared in the faith of the Roman Catholic
church. During tbe period of his residence on the old farm, Mr. Hein has
effected extensive changes, having erected several new buildings, and
improved and remodeled some of the old ones, and he has also added to his
equipment. He takes great pride in his property, which is endeared to him
by boyhood associations and on which he has expended the best of his
endeavors.
EMILIE HEINRICH
1938 newspaper clipping:
Maple Grove Pioneer To Be 86 Years Old; Recalls Early Days in This County.
The woman who walked barefooted the snow-covered wilderness for 22 miles
from the town of Maple Grove to Appleton on the first of February in 1868
because she could not decide to accept a proposal of marriage, will be 86
years old on Thursday, September 1st.
She is Mrs. Emilie Heinrich, and she will celebrate her birthday at the
town of Maple Grove farm which has been her home since she went as a bride
to live on it, for she did accept the proposal, although it was only after
her husband-to-be went to Appleton to change her mind.
Details of her life the first few years after she came to America Mrs.
Heinrich tells from dim recollections and from stories her parents told
her, for she was only a little more than two years old when her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schilling, brought her here from West Prussia. The
family spent the summer in Illinois after they arrived in America, and
then headed north. When they got to Wisconsin they lived temporarily in
a makeshift lean-to until Mr. Schilling and his brother-in-law, who had
emigrated with the Schilling family, could construct a cabin out of logs
a half a mile from the home where Mrs. Heinrich still lives. There were
no nails, and the walls were held together with pegs. A door for which
there was no lock and a hole in the roof to let out the smoke were the
only sources of light and air. For five years the family was without a
stove or lamp. The fireplace served as both. Split basswood was used
to construct a rude table and bedstead and a few chairs. In lieu of lime,
a mixture of red clay and gravel, with some pig bristles thrown in as an
adhesive, was used to close the apertures between the logs.
"Father bought 80 acres at two dollars an acre"' Mrs. Heinrich said.
"After we got our homestead settled, father began to make shingles to
take to Manitowoc to exchange for food and clothing. It took four days
to make the trip, with a steer to pull the load."
Mrs. Heinrich thinks the world is going "soft."
"Today it would kill a cow to be driven to Manitowoc, much less to pull
something to Manitowoc!"
Grass and leaves were the only food the farm animals had to eat. A neighbor
gave Mrs. Heinrich's mother a pan of barley to roast for coffee, but Mrs.
Schilling carefully put it aside and used it for planting the next spring.
Bread was the family's chief sustenance. The dough was placed on a stone
that had been pre-heated in the fireplace. A kettle was placed over the dough,
and a fire built around the kettle to bake the bread. This method the
Schillings used until Mrs. Schilling's brother built a large stone oven
outdoors. In it 12 loaves could be baked at once.
Meat was on the family board only when a wild animal was killed, or when
a wild animal killed one of the farm herd. The children harvested nuts
each autumn and Mrs. Heinrich recalls wishing for storms so that the nuts
would be shaken from the trees.
The community's first cemetery was on Mrs. Heinrich's father's land, and
the first man buried in it was a certain Mr. Falkenstein who was killed
under a falling tree.
"Cleared" land in the days when Mrs. Heinrich was a girl was land on which
trees were cut, but the stumps stood because there was no dynamite to blast
them. Mrs. Heinrich recalls helping with the plowing, which was done with
difficulty between the stumps.
Mrs. Heinrich's 7-year-old brother went to the woods one day, she recalls,
to join his father and uncle at wood cutting. A large black animal came
through the woods, and the child, unafraid, approached it and played with
it for a few minutes. Then the animal, a black bear, went its way and a
short time later the squeals of a pig told the cutters that the bear had
killed one of the farm animals. Night noises around the cabin were punctuated
by the cry of wolves.
It was through wilderness like this that Emilie walked to Appleton when she
was not yet 16 years old. Her sister was married and living there, and she
determined to seek household employment there, after young Jacob Heinrich had
asked her father for her hand in marriage. Her sister persuaded her that she
was striking a bad bargain by choosing employment over marriage, and finally
Emilie was won. The wedding party assembled at the Heinrich home a few days
later and had to wait a whole day before a justice could get to the home to
perform the marriage. There was no clergyman available at that time, although
the Schillings were devout members of the Evangelical faith.
Ten children were born to the Heinrichs and Mrs. Heinrich never had the
ministrations of a physician at childbirth.
"The neighbor women just helped each other when a child came," she said in
matter-of-fact fashion.
Not having a doctor, however, was a serious thing when, for instance, a man
broke an arm, as her father did when he was preparing flax one summer. The
arm was set as best a neighbor could set it, but it never knit, and it was a
useless member thereafter.
Seven of Mrs. Heinrich's children are living. They are Christian, Charles and
Arthur of the town of Maple Grove (Arthur on the homestead farm), Jacob J. of
Appleton, Mrs. Herman Freitag of Wayside, Mrs. Ben Nohr of Lark and Mrs.
Clarence Peters of Breckenridge, Minn.
Hardships she suffered in youth have made a sturdy old age for Mrs. Heinrich.
She reads a great deal, although she had only a very short formal education,
and even now does not use glasses. Fine fancywork occupies much of her time,
and her flower garden is her price. She assists her daughter-in-law with the
work around the house and does much of the garden work. Last spring she went
with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heinrich to the Dakotas on a pleasure trip and she
stood the long ride as well as if it were a daily habit with her.
It will be "open house" Thursday for the friends whom Mrs. Heinrich has made
over 86 years.
EMILIE HEINRICH
RUDOLPH HEINS
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.629-630.
Rudolph Heins, a leading merchant of Kiel, and one of the progressive
business men of Manitowoc county, was born in this city, November 9, 1869,
being a son of Carl and Dorothy (Jensen) Heins. Carl Gottlieb Heins was
born at Itzehoe, Germany, and came to the United States when twenty years
old. He had been educated in Germany and later on was employed in a grocery
store and learned the process of sugar refining. After arriving in this
country, he located at New Holstein, where he bought a small tract of land
which he cleared. Seeing a suitable opening in the mercantile line, he
bought ground at Sheboygan, put up a small general store, and often walked
to his shop in the morning. Later on, he formed a partnership with Rudolph
Puchner, but selling his interest, opened the first general store in Kiel.
This he conducted until his death, June 27, 1908. He was a man who inspired
absolute confidence, and his associates often took his advice in the
settlement of disputes. From the time of its organization, until his death,
he acted as president of the State Bank of Kiel. He was the first president
of the village and was reelected several times. With the exception of
several years, he served as justice of the peace during all of his
residence in Kiel, was village clerk and held offices of lesser importance.
One of the organizers of the Kiel Woodenware Company, he was its treasurer
for many years, and few measures of importance were carried out without his
sanction. Fraternally, he was an Odd Fellow. His wife was a native of
Germany, and they were married at New Holstein, Wisconsin. Seven children
survive: Helen, the wife of Dr. A. R. Wittman, of Merrill, Wisconsin;
Minnie, at home; Carl; Pauline, now Mrs. Jacob B. Laun of Kiel; Rudolph;
Clara, now Mrs. Albert W. Dassler of Kiel; and Arthur, of Tigerton, a
hardware merchant. One son, William, died when five years old.
Rudolph Heins attended the public schools of Kiel and the Oakwood Normal
School, and being thus well prepared, he entered a general store in western
Iowa as a clerk. After two years there, he returned to Kiel to go into his
father’s store as a partner, and when the latter died, Mr. Heins succeeded
to the sole managment. The business founded by the elder Mr. Heins is being
conducted according to the standards raised by the old pioneer merchant,
combined with natural changes necessitated by the progress of the times.
On August 14, 1894, he was married to Anna Dassler, daughter of Herman and
Minnie Dassler. Mr. Dassler is a carpenter and contractor of Manitowoc. Two
children have been born of this marriage, Margarete and Richard, both
students. He belongs the the Equitable Fraternal Union and the Kiel Band
Association.
Lehrer means instructor
Photo from Zur Erinnerung An Das Funfzigjahrige Jubilaum
(First German Evangelical)Manitowoc, Wisconsin 1855-1905
Jubilee date was 7 Februar 1905, book is in the Manitowoc Library.
WILL HELWIG
this picture sent in by family researcher, see contributors page.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Helwig
HEINRICH HEMPSCHEMEYER
From the Manitowoc Pilot, 22 April 1875:
In Probate - Manitowoc County Court
In the matter of the estate of Heinrich Hempschemeyer deceased.
On reading and filing the petitions of Mary Koepsel of Newton,
Manitowoc county, representing among other things that Heinrich
Hempschemeyer late of the town of Newton, Manitowoc county,
Wisconsin, on the 8th day of February A.D. 1875, at said town
and county, died intestate, leaving goods, chattels, and estate
within this State, Wisconsin and that the said petitioner is
daughter of said deceased, and praying that administration of
said estate be to her granted, it is ordered that said petitioner
be heard before the Judge of this Court on Monday, the 26th day
of April A.D. 1875 at 10 o'clock A.M. at my office in said
county.
(rest of notice is publishing rules)
T.G. Olmsted, County Judge
WILLIAM H. HEMSCHEMEYER
Soldiers’ And Citizens’ Album
Biographical Record
Grand Army Of The Republic
1888
Pages 589-590:
WILLIAM H. HEMSCHEMEYER, a resident at Manitowoc, Wis., and a member of G.A.R. Post
No. 18, was born May 19, 1833, in Hanover, Germany. When he was 14 years old he
came to America with his parents, C. H. and Sophia (Rickmann) Hemschemeyer, and they
located on a farm in Manitowoc county, Wis., where he assisted his father until he
was 19 years old, with the exception of winter seasons, when he attended school.
In 1852 he engaged in business, in which he operated until the second call of the
President for troops in the first year of the civil war. August 21, 1862, he
enlisted in Company F, 26th Wisconsin Infantry, at Manitowoc for three years. He
passed through the several non-commissioned grades and was commissioned 1st
Lieutenant of Company I of the same command, April 13, 1864. Oct. 19th of the same
year he was promoted to the Captaincy of Company I and was mustered out as such.
He was in the first regiment raised for Sigel’s command in Wisconsin and left the
State for Washington, October 6th. He was in the movements to Gainesville, and
afterwards to Falmouth, and did not miss the “Mud Campaign” at a later date. He was
in the disastrous battle of Chancellorsville, fought afterwards at Gettysburg, and
went with the command to join the troops in the West and was in the action at
Wauhatchie on the Tennessee. He fought at Mission Ridge and went thence to Knoxville
and back to Lookout, and in May was in the reconnoissance and skirmishing at Buzzard
Roost. He was in the fight at Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, in the movements at
Kenesaw Mountain and in the fight at Peach Tree Creek, in the siege of Atlanta and
started with Sherman in November for the march to the sea and traveled through
Georgia 34 days, engaged in the varied operation which marked the progress of the
triumphal march. He was in the fight at Averysboro in March and was under fire at
Bentonville, three days later, going thence to Goldsboro and Raleigh, where the
command delayed until the surrender of General Johnston, when he again took up the
line of march and journeyed for weary days through heat and dust to Washington,
where he was a participant in the Grand Review. The regiment left Washington June
13th and reached Milwaukee on the 17th, where it was welcomed by the German citizens,
and was soon after paid off and discharged.
After his return home Mr. Hemschemeyer was engaged in the sale of groceries and
afterward in the management of a hotel in which he was occupied 10 years. In 1886
he opened a hotel at Silver Lake, four miles from Manitowoc, at a point which is
rapidly becoming noted and popular as a summer resort.
He was married August 20, 1856, to Wilhelmina Storch at New Bremen, Ohio. They have
three children, a son and two daughters, all of whom are deceased. Mr. Hemschemeyr
has officiated as City Clerk of Manitowoc and as Register of Deeds of the county. He
has acted in the capacity of Justice of the Peace and Deputy Revenue collector and
served his District in the State Assembly in 1879 and 1880. He is a citizen of
recognized ability and is esteemed and respected for the quality of his service in
every public capacity.
(sent in by researcher/see contributors page/Soldiers’ And Citizens’ Album)
JOSEPH HEMPTON
From the "History of the Great Lakes" vol. 2 by J.B. Mansfield 1899
Joseph Hempton, an ardent member of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
and well known to the fraternity in Duluth, Minn., was born in Manitowoc, Wis.,
December 4, 1854. His parents, William and Margaret (Dunham) Hempton, were natives
of Toronto, Ontario, and Vermont, respectively, and as early as 1832 both came west
and located in Manitowoc, where they met and were married.
Joseph Hempton received his primary education in the schools of his native place,
and in the spring of 1882 began his marine career as fireman on the tug Bob Nobles,
on Sturgeon bay. Toward the close of the season she was destroyed by fire, the crew
reaching shore in a small boat, and they walked to Menominee, where they were
treated as kindly as shipwrecked sailors usually are. The next season Mr. Hempton
shipped as fireman in the tug Ben Drake, and during that winter he applied for an
engineer's license, after obtaining which he ran the Drake two seasons. In 1884 he
engineered the tug Nelson, and then ran a stationary engine for some time. In 1889
Mr. Hempton again took up his marine life, entering the employ of Capt. J.H. Dunham,
of Chicago, as engineer of the tug A. Miller. The following spring he shipped as
second engineer in the steamer Mary Mills, plying between Chicago and Menominee in
the lumber trade, and his next boat was the Eugene Hart, plying on Saginaw bay, of
which he was also second engineer. In the spring of 1892 he was appointed chief
engineer of the Nelson, running her until October, when he laid his boat up and
entered the employ of Whiteside, Torgelson & Shaw, as engineer of their flouring-mill,
operating a Corliss engine. In 1894 he went to Menominee, where he was appointed
chief engineer of the side-wheel steamer M. M. Chester, plying in the fruit trade.
It was in 1896 that he came to Duluth, Minn., where he entered the employ of Capt.
B. B. Inman as engineer of the tug Joseph Dudley, transferring the next season to
the tug A. C. Adams. In the spring of 1898 Mr. Hempton was given the position of
chief engineer on the tug Hattie Lloyd, operated by the Independent Ferry Company,
between Duluth and West Superior. He makes his home in Duluth.
W.H. HEMSCHEMEYER
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 528
Justice of the Peace, Manitowoc. Was born May 19, 1833 in Hanover, Germany.
In 1848, he came with his parents to Manitowoc County, and until the age of
nineteen he attended school and assisted on their farm; he then engaged in
mercantile pursuits till 1862, when he entered the army of the rebellion.
He held commissions both as lieutenant and captain, remaining in the
service till July, 1865; he participated in the battles of Fredricksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and in 1863, their corps was transferred to
the Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the battle of Lookout
Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Sherman's march to the sea, and others; he
returned to Manitowoc and again engaged in mercantile pursuits till 1877.
He has held the offices of City Clerk, Register of Deeds, and has been a
member of the Assembly for the Third District, for 1879 and 1880; he was
also a delegate in 1880, to the Republican National Convention at Chicago,
from the Fifth Congressional District.
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SOLDIERS’ AND CITIZENS’ ALBUM
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
1888
Pages 589-590:
WILLIAM H. HEMSCHEMEYER, a resident at Manitowoc, Wis., and a member of G.A.R.
Post No. 18, was born May 19, 1833, in Hanover, Germany. When he was 14 years
old he came to America with his parents, C. H. and Sophia (Rickmann) Hemschemeyer,
and they located on a farm in Manitowoc county, Wis., where he assisted his father
until he was 19 years old, with the exception of winter seasons, when he attended
school. In 1852 he engaged in business, in which he operated until the second
call of the President for troops in the first year of the civil war. August 21,
1862, he enlisted in Company F, 26th Wisconsin Infantry, at Manitowoc for three
years. He passed through the several non-commissioned grades and was commissioned
1st Lieutenant of Company I of the same command, April 13, 1864. Oct. 19th of the
same year he was promoted to the Captaincy of Company I and was mustered out as
such. He was in the first regiment raised for Sigel’s command in Wisconsin and
left the State for Washington, October 6th. He was in the movements to Gainesville,
and afterwards to Falmouth, and did not miss the “Mud Campaign” at a later date.
He was in the disastrous battle of Chancellorsville, fought afterwards at Gettysburg,
and went with the command to join the troops in the West and was in the action at
Wauhatchie on the Tennessee. He fought at Mission Ridge and went thence to Knoxville
and back to Lookout, and in May was in the reconnoissance and skirmishing at Buzzard
Roost. He was in the fight at Resaca, Pumpkin Vine Creek, in the movements at
Kenesaw Mountain and in the fight at Peach Tree Creek, in the siege of Atlanta and
started with Sherman in November for the march to the sea and traveled through
Georgia 34 days, engaged in the varied operation which marked the progress of the
triumphal march. He was in the fight at Averysboro in March and was under fire at
Bentonville, three days later, going thence to Goldsboro and Raleigh, where the
command delayed until the surrender of General Johnston, when he again took up the
line of march and journeyed for weary days through heat and dust to Washington,
where he was a participant in the Grand Review. The regiment left Washington
June 13th and reached Milwaukee on the 17th, where it was welcomed by the German
citizens, and was soon after paid off and discharged.
After his return home Mr. Hemschemeyer was engaged in the sale of groceries and
afterward in the management of a hotel in which he was occupied 10 years. In
1886 he opened a hotel at Silver Lake, four miles from Manitowoc, at a point which
is rapidly becoming noted and popular as a summer resort.
He was married August 20, 1856, to Wilhelmina Storch at New Bremen, Ohio. They
have three children, a son and two daughters, all of whom are deceased. Mr.
Hemschemeyr has officiated as City Clerk of Manitowoc and as Register of Deeds
of the county. He has acted in the capacity of Justice of the Peace and Deputy
Revenue collector and served his District in the State Assembly in 1879 and 1880.
He is a citizen of recognized ability and is esteemed and respected for the
quality of his service in every public capacity.
PATRICK HENNESSEY
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.297-298.
Patrick Hennessey, who resides on forty acres of valuable land on section
19, and also owns another tract of forty acres on section 30, Franklin
township, is one of the progressive agriculturists of Manitowoc county,
and a public-spirited citizen who is held in high esteem by his fellow
townsmen. He was born on his present farm, June 27, 1862, and is a son of
John and Margaret (Long) Hennessey, natives of Ireland, who were married
in Wisconsin and settled on the farm on which Patrick Hennessey now
resides. They came here during the late '50s, being one of the early
families of Franklin township, and John Hennessey at once erected a log
cabin which was the family home while the first clearing was being done on
the farm. His first team, purchased after a period of self-sacrificing
economy, was an ox team, but as time went on and he became better situated
financially he bought stock and implements and erected various substantial
buildings for the housing of his animals, grain and equipments, and erected
a better home for his family. He died here August 15, 1895, aged
seventy-five years, his wife having passed away about 1876, when fifty-five
years old, and both are buried in St. Patrick’s cemetery. Mr. Hennessey was
a democrat in politics, taking an active interest in public affairs, and
served as a member of the school board for a number of years, although he
never aspired to public preferment.
Patrick Hennessey was the third of his parents’ four children, and he has
always remained on the home farm. He now has sixty-nine acres under
cultivation, all fenced with barbed and woven wire, and he carries on
general farming, marketing dairy products and some hay. He milks thirteen
cows, and breeds to Percheron horses. His good farm buildings include a
frame barn, thirty-six by seventy feet, built in 1885, and a two-story
frame residence, built in 1901. The water supply comes from drilled wells.
On January 30, 1892, Mr. Hennessey was married to Miss Mary Sheehy, who
was born July 24, 1859, the third of a family of twelve children born to
John and Mary (Munhall) Sheehy, natives of Ireland who were married in
Wisconsin. After marriage, Mr. Sheehy purchased eighty acres of wild land
in Franklin township, where he cut logs and built a cabin, experiencing the
usual hardships and privations of the pioneer and eventually becoming a
prominent citizen and successful agriculturist. His death occurred on this
farm in 1890, when he was seventy-two years of age, his wife surviving him
only two months and pass away when fifty-six years of age, both being
buried in St. Patrick’s cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Hennessey have had five
children, of whom two, Margaret and Michael, are deceased, while those
living are Julia, John and Patrick, Jr. In political matters Mr. Hennessey
is a democrat and he has been superintendent of roads for six years. He
and his family are members of St. Patrick’s Catholic church of Franklin
township.
FRANK F. HENNING
"Album of Genealogy and Biography, 1897"
President of the German-American Hospital, of Chicago, has been connected
with business interests and philanthropic institutions in that city for a
third of a century. He was born May 3, 1840, in the city of Gransee,
Germany, and is the eldest son of Frederick and Henriette (Kanow) Henning.
The family is of Swiss descent, the ancestors having left Switzerland about
1780, on account of religious persecutions.
Frederick Henning and his wife were natives of the same part of Germany as
their son, Frank F. He was by trade a harness-maker, but later cultivated
a farm and, about 1848, decided to emigrate to America, but as his father
objected, he went into the country and bought a farm, which he conducted
until he came to the United States. In 1855, the parents, with six children,
sailed from Bremen on the sailing ship 'Othien,' and five weeks later
landed at New York. They came to Chicago, and after remaining a week, removed
to Port Washington, Wisconsin.
They finally settled about six miles from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where
Frederick Henning bought one hundred sixty acres of timber land, which he
cleared, and cultivated several years, He is now living retired in Manitowoc.
Of his ten children six were born in the Fatherland and four in Wisconsin.
Only five of these are now living, namely: Frank F., the eldest; Paulina,
now Mrs. Schroeder; Henrietta, wife of George Bodmer, of Chicago; Emma and
Matilda. The mother died in 1893, aged eighty-four years, and the father has
reached the age of eighty-six years.
Frank F. Henning was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common
schools of his native city. In 1859 he left home with only one dollar in his
pocket to make his own way in the world. He worked at loading a cargo on a
vessel at Manitowoc and unloading it at Chicago, to pay his passage to the
latter city. From there he walked to Morris, Illinois, a distance of sixty
miles, where he found employment on a farm at eight dollars a month. Here
he attended school during the winter of 1859-1860. July 28, 1861, he
enlisted at Aurora, for three years, in the Union Army, and was mustered
September 12th of that year, in the Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
Company D. His regiment was assigned to the Western Division, and saw hard
service in Missouri and Arkansas, and he participated in all the engagements
where his regiment acted. Mr. Henning's first engagement was at Pea Ridge,
and he was wounded at the battle of Stone River in the foot, head and right
hip. He was taken, more dead than alive, to the field hospital, and after the
wounds were dressed, he was sent to the hospital at Nashville. From here he
was sent to Cincinnati, and was discharged in July, 1863, for disability.
Upon his discharge he returned to his home in Wisconsin, where he remained
until the early spring of 1864, and since that time has been a resident of
the city of Chicago. He found employment with Lohn & Koenig, for a time, in
gluing chairs; then as salesman and bookkeeper, and in 1867 he bought a
quarter interest in the business, the firm then becoming Koenig, Henning &
Gamer. Their business was located at Nos. 48 and 50 Fifth Avenue, where the
fire of 1871 wiped them out, and left them with a debt of twenty-five
thousand dollars, which was the amount of insurance they carried, but they
were able to obtain only six thousand dollars therefrom.
Immediately after the fire the firm built a furniture factory, and in a year
and a-half paid their liabilities. Mr. Henning remained a member of this
firm until the spring of 1881. About 1878 a German Young Men's Christian
Association was organized, of which Mr. Henning became president; its members
visited hospitals, jails and poorhouses. Being of a sympathetic nature, Mr.
Henning became interested in the sufferings of humanity and their alleviation,
and decided to devote the remainder of his life to philanthropic work. He
had acquired a comfortable competence, and when he retired from manufacturing,
in December, 1883, he secured the incorporation of the German Hospital, and
in 1884 it was opened in a building owned by Mr. Henning. Most of the funds
for the foundation of this institution were raised by Mr. Henning, who was
its president. It was located at No. 242 Lincoln Avenue, where he donated
two years' rent. The present site of this hospital was purchased in 1886,
Mr. Henning advancing three thousand dollars for the first payment, and a
year later nine thousand dollars for building purposes. Its generous
benefactor was president until 1896, when he resigned and withdrew, on
account of differences of opinion among some of the directors and physicians.
The hospital had accumulated property worth sixty thousand dollars, with an
endowment fund of twenty-one thousand dollars, and for thirteen years Mr.
Henning had devoted his time and energy to it, with no compensation in money.
In 1886 he organized a deaconess' society for the purpose of procuring trained
nurses, and failing to get enough in this way, they branched out and erected
a large building for a nurses' training school, which is now used as the
German-American Hospital. Nurses have received two years' training when they
graduate from this institution, and about fifty nurses have been graduated.
Thus this institution is not only a hospital, but a training school for nurses.
The noble founder cared not for honor or glory to himself in this good work,
but found his compensation in the lives made happier and better, and the
benefit of his fellow-creatures from the results of his time and study.
In 1893 Mr. Henning was one of the prime movers in organizing the Bethesda
Industrial Home, at Morton Grove, Cook County, Illinois, for the aged, infirm
and helpless. In 1894, a printing office was established at the home to assist
in defraying the expenses. This has proved a success, and there are now two
monthy papers issued from it. Mr. Henning has ever since been connected with
its management. Though he is a firm supporter of Republican principles, he
could never be induced to accept office for himself.
He has been twice married. June 28, 1866, he wedded Miss Dorothy Gamus, a
native of Hanover, Germany, and they had six children, of whom three are living,
namely: Frank, Arthur, and Oswald. The mother died in 1881. February 28,
1883, he was united in marriage with Miss Emily Buerstatte, daughter of Henry
and Maria (Meister) Buerstatte. She was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. They
have three children, Meta, Laura, and Walter. Mr. Henning has a wide circle
of friends and acquaintances, and is known for his good works in all parts of
the great metropolis. His example is worthy of study and emulation, and he is
honored and admired by all. He has been connected with the Chicago Avenue
Church (Moody's) a number of years.
FREDERICK HENNING
From the Manitowoc Pilot, March 10, 1870:
IN PROBATE - Manitowoc County court
In the matter of the estate of Frederick Henning,
deceased. On reading and filing the petition of John
Frederick Henning, of Manitowoc in said county,
representing among other things that Frederick Henning,
late of said county, on the 9th day of April A.D. 1868,
near Waukegan, Ill., died intestate, leaving no goods,
or chattels and no estate within this state, and that
the said petitioner is father of said deceased, and
praying thatadministration be to him granted, it is
ordered that said petition be heard before the judge
of this court on Friday the 25th day of March A.D.
1870, at 10 o'clock a.m., at my office in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given to the
heirs of said deceased, and to all persons interested,
by publishing a copy of this order for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in The
Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper printed and
published at Manitowoc in said county.
W.W. Waldo, County Judge Manitowoc, March 3d, 1870
GEORGE HENSCHEL
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.594-594.
George Henschel is engaged in blacksmithing at Kiel and the shop which he
now owns and conducts was the first establishment of the kind in the town.
He was born in Russell township, Sheboygan county, December 4, 1877. His
father, Louis Henschel, a native of Germany, came to America with his
parents in his boyhood days, the family home being established in Russell
township at a period when the work of development and improvement had
scarcely been begun there. The grandfather followed the occupation of
farming throughout his entire life and Louis Henschel was reared to that
pursuit. He worked on the old homestead in his youth and early manhood and
later he took up farming on his own account, clearing a tract of land in
the midst of the forest and there developing his fields. For a half century
he has lived upon the place which is still his home but he is now retired
from business cares at the age of seventy-seven years. He married Louisa
Buchman who died in 1911 when sixty-six years of age. Unto them were born
ten children: Louis, now living in Holstein, Wisconsin; Philip, a resident
of Russell township; Charles, whose home is in Hansonville, Wisconsin;
George, of this review; Adam, living near Milwaukee; Jacob, of Kiel; John,
a farmer of Hubert, Wisconsin; Ida, the wife of Robert Mattes, of Kiel;
Bertha, the wife of Jacob Rockless, of Milwaukee; and Emma, the wife of
John Rockless, of Kiel.
George Henschel was a pupil in the public schools near his father’s farm
and later took up the business of cheese making. He afterward turned his
attention to blacksmithing which he followed for three years in the employ
of Charles Weiskopf of Kiel, after which he went to Adell, Wisconsin, and
also spent some time in Plymouth, working at his trade. In the year 1900 he
bought a smithy at Hansonville and conducted it until 1906 when he sold out
and made a prospecting trip to the western coast. There he lived for one
year after which he returned to Kiel and purchased the Gus Wimmer
blacksmith shop, not only the oldest establishment of this kind in Kiel but
also in this section of the state. It was the first industry opened in the
town and has been conducted continuously since.
Mr. Henschel was married in 1902 to Miss Katie Spranger, who was born in
Ryan township, Sheboygan county, in 1882, a daughter of August and Sophia
(Schuelen) Spranger, who are now living at Kokomo, Indiana, where her
father carries on farming.
Mr. Henschel was reared in the Reformed church and holds membership in the
congregation of that denomination at Kiel. He is also connected with the
Modern Woodmen of America there. He is interested in various measures
relating to public progress and improvement and his cooperation can be
counted upon to further projects for the general good, yet his time and
attention are chiefly concentrated upon his business affairs.
EISEBINS HENSEL
From the Manitowoc Pilot, March 10, 1870:
IN PROBATE - Manitowoc County court.
In the matter of the estate of Eisebins Hensel,
deceased. On reading and filing the petition of
Charles Eigledinger, of said county, representing
among other things that Eisebins Hensel, late of
said county, on the 20th day of February, A.D.
1870, at said county, died intestate, leaving
goods, chattels and estate within this state, and
that the said petitioner is next of kin of said
deceased, and praying that administration of said
estate be to him granted, it is ordered that said
petition be heard before judge of this court, on
Monday, the 21st day of March A.D. 1870, at 10
o'clock A.M., at my office in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given to
the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publishing a copy of this order
for three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing, in The Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly
newspaper published at Manitowoc in said county.
W.W. Waldo, County Judge Manitowoc, Feb. 24th, 1870
REV. PAUL E. HERB
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.605-606.
Rev. Paul E. Herb, pastor of St. Michael’s congregation of the Catholic
church at Whitelaw, Wisconsin, was born May 3, 1880, at South Osborne,
Outagamie county, Wisconsin, and is a son of Daniel and Thecla (Saenger)
Herb, natives of Baden, Germany, who were married in Wisconsin and today
reside in Appleton. Father Herb was the ninth of a family of ten children,
and received his preliminary education in the district schools of South
Osborne, later attending St. Joseph’s school in Appleton and taking the
classic and philosophical courses at St. Lawrence University, Mount
Calvary, Fond du Lac county, and theology at the University of Innsbruck,
Tyrol, Austria, where he was ordained August 26, 1903. Father Herb’s first
appointment was as assistant at St. Mary’s church, Oshkosh, and in January,
1905, he received his present appointment.
St. Michael’s church was organized in 1872, the first church building being
erected in 1873, and Father Adler, of Manitowoc Rapids, blessed it and
attended it as a mission until 1876, when Rev. Godfrey Nolver took charge
of Rapids, with this church as a mission. In 1881 Rev. John Rhode of Clarks
Mills took charge of this, still as a mission, and during the same year
built a parochial school. In 1882 he moved here and became the first
resident pastor. Being transferred in 1896 to Hilbert, he was succeeded by
Rev. Joseph Hemmer, the latter having charge until November, 1897, when he
in turn was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Mack, who in 1903 built a new
schoolhouse at a cost of four thousand dollars. This school has today
ninety pupils, taught by two sisters from St. Francis, Wisconsin. In
January, 1905, Rev. Herb took charge of the congregation, which consists
of one hundred and two families, all of whom are German but six, and since
that time the new church, which cost in round numbers twenty-six thousand
dollars, has been built. Father Herb is a learned and zealous priest and
is, as well, an excellent business man, being able to so conduct affairs
that his parish is always confident of financial prosperity. He is honored
and revered by his people, and is highly esteemed by those outside of his
religion as well.
JOE HERIAN
Joe Herian and Mary Barta of Two Creeks were united in holy
bonds of matrimony Tuesday, Feb. 7, '88. A reception was given
at the residence of the brides' parents, which was attended by
a goodly crowd. The groom is the brother of Jno. Herian our
popular saddler.
Two Rivers Manitowoc County Chronicle, Tuesday, February 14, 1888:
CHARLES F. HERZOG
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.402-403.
The business interests of Manitowoc have a worthy and successful
representative in Charles F. Herzog, who is well known in this city from
his connection with the livery business. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin,
September 19, 1865, his parents being William A. and Mary E. (Cornwall)
Herzog, the father a native of Germany and the mother of the state of New
York. In 1867 the father settled at Nashotah, and a short time afterward
removed to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the livery business,
with which he was connected until the time of his death. He passed away
November 29, 1902, at the age of sixty-seven, and his wife died in June,
1910. In their family were six children, of whom the subject of this sketch
was the third in order of birth.
Charles F. Herzog received a common-school education and on starting out
in life for himself, entered the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad, where he remained for eight years, a part of which time he served
in the capacity of conductor. Subsequently he took up the transfer
business, which he followed until his fathers death, when he took charge
of the livery business, in which he remained until 1907. In that year he
established the livery barn with which he is now connected.
On the 24th of October, 1886, Mr. Herzog married Miss Mary Porten, a
daughter of Peter and Catherine (Gordenberger) Porten, both of whom were
natives of Germany, the father being a farmer in this county. To Mr. and
Mrs. Herzog has been born one child, Esta C., who is married and has one
son, Charles H. Her husband is now associated in the livery business with
Mr. Herzog. Fraternally Mr. Herzog is a member of the Royal League, the
Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mr. Herzog is very
successful in the livery business and an investigation of his life's
history, both in business and social relations, brings forth many sterling
characteristics that are worthy of emulation and of commendation.
MARIA CHRISTINE HESS
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.386-389.
Maria Christine Hess, who resides at No. 920 South Twelfth street, is a
native resident of Manitowoc. She was a daughter of Herman and Maria
Christine Spoentgen and was born at the old family homestead which was
located on the site of her present home. In 1863 the parents came from
Germany to America, making their way to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where the
father was engaged for some time in the whipsaw contracting business. In
later life he worked at various other trades that helped him to obtain an
honest living for his family. He was a thrifty, energetic man and was
highly honored by all who knew him. He reared a family of five sons and
five daughters, all of whom are today industrious citizens of his adopted
country. They are as follows: Henry, a retail boot and shoe merchant of
Manitowoc; Catherine, now Mrs. James Damey, of Chicago; Elizabeth, who is
the wife of Henry Hess, of Bluff City, Kansas; Wilhelmine, who was
educated in Manitowoc and makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Maria C.
Hess; Herman, of Manitowoc, who is a traveling salesman; Ernest Mathew, a
salesman of Chicago; John Frederick, who is employed as a clerk by his
brother Henry; George P., a lithographer for the Chicago Tribune; Helen
Anne, who married Albert Guito Meier, a professor in the Central high
school at St. Paul, Minnesota; and Maria Christine Hess.
The last named was reared in this city and received her education in the
public schools here. She remained at home with her parents until she was
twenty-one years of age, when she went to Chicago. There she met Phillip
John Hess, whom she wedded August 15, 1894. Mr. Hess was a moulder by
trade and was employed in that city. Three years after their marriage, or
in 1897, Mr. Hess passed away, leaving Mrs. Hess of this review with one
daughter, Helen Elsa, who is now a student in the high school of this
city. Mrs. Hess, ever true to her husband’s memory, has not married again,
has reared her daughter through her own efforts and is now giving her an
education.
Mrs. Hess has been very capable in her business management and owns the
beautiful home in which she resides and, in association with her sister
Wilhelmine, has other real estate in this city. In the business
partnership of these sisters there exists a splendid harmony that is
worthy of the highest commendation. Mrs. Hess, having resided in this
city, for many years, is well known here and is highly honored by all her
acquaintances.
CHARLES K. HESSEL
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.29-30.
Charles K. Hessel, whose able management of a fine tract of farming land
stamps him as one of the skilled agriculturists of Rapids, Wisconsin, was
born February 20, 1872, on the old Hessel family homestead in the town of
Kossuth, Manitowoc county, and belongs to one of this section’s old and
honored families. John Hessel, grandfather of our subject, was a native of
Germany, and came to the United States with his wife, Mary, and a child who
was named after her mother. Settling in the town of Kossuth, Mr. Hessel
took up a tract of wild land and built a log cabin, which was the family
home for several years, and here he met an accidental death while hunting.
His widow was left with three children, and hired a hand to complete the
clearing of the farm, and while this was done one of the children,
Margaret, was killed by a falling tree. Later Mrs. Hessel was married to
John Crumick. Jacob Hessel, the father, was born in the little log cabin on
the homestead, and as a youth was engaged in helping to clear the land. He
continued to assist his stepfather until his mother’s death, at which time
he took charge of the Kossuth property, and he is now living retired in a
comfortable cottage which he himself built, his son, Robert, now being the
manager of the property. Jacob Hessel married Caroline Kiel, who was born
in the town of Kossuth, daughter of Charles Kiel, and four sons and two
daughters were born to this union.
Charles K. Hessel received a district-school education, and his youth was
spent much the same as that of other farmers’ sons of his day. In 1901 he
decided to engage in farming on his own account and invested his savings in
his present property, the development of which has occupied his time and
attention ever since. He ranks high as an agriculturist, and although he
has never engaged actively in politics, he is well informed in matters of
a public nature and takes a keen interest in affairs that pertain to his
community. Mr. Hessel was married in October, 1898, to Miss Emma Seidel,
who was born in the town of Kossuth, a daughter of Michael Seidel, and two
children have been born to this union: Marie, who was born November 7,
1901; and Loretta, born March 20, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Hessel are consistent
members of the Catholic church in Manitowoc.
LOUIS HEYROTH
From the Two Rivers Reporter, Saturday, March 28, 1914:
OLD TIMERS - (photo with article)
The oldest old settler in this vicinity is Mrs. Louis Heyroth age 93.
Last week Friday with the assistance of many friends and relatives
she celebrated her birthday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Winkelmiller with whom she has made her home for the past four years.
She was born Sophia Magdalena Bohlman, born in Marianrode, Hanover,
Germany, and came with a brother to Sheboygan County in 1853. There
she resided a year when she was married to Mr. Louis Heyroth.
Mrs. Heyroth is an unusually rational and well preserved woman for one
so old. She is still in possession of all her faculties. Her hearing
is very good. Her sight is quite good and in fact she never has worn
spectacles although she has read much and today she occasionally
threads a needle and does some sewing. Her appetite is good and her
hair has not yet turned grey. She is gifted with a well preserved
memory and recalls songs that were sung in the fatherland when
she was but a girl
She remembers well the One Hundred Year Rosebush that never failed
to blossom every year at Hilesheim where she frequently visited in
girlhood days. Her grandson Ferdinand saw this rosebush still
flourishing when he visited this locality a few years ago.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Heyroth made their home on their
farm consisting of eighty acres near Mishicot. Here they lived from
1854 to 1903 and here were born to them two sons Louis and Ferdinand
and their daughter Mrs. Richard Winkelmiller. After conducting a
store for a few years at Mishicot Mr. Heyroth retired to live on
the farm with his son for a few years before he and his wife went
to live with the son at Manitowoc where Mr. Heyroth died six years
ago.
Grandma Heyroth is a kind and sympathetic old lady who delights
to talk of incidents and events of former days. Her mind is clear
and her general condition indicates that she will live for some
years notwithstanding her four score and thirteen already reached.
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From the Two Rivers Reporter, Friday, March 24, 1916:
THE OLDEST INHABITANT - (photo with article)
Mrs. Louise Heyroth one of our "old timers" was greeted by many
friends on Monday it being her 95th birthday anniversary.
Up to a few months ago she was up and around and in possession
of all her faculties but now she is confined to her bed most of
the time. She is possessed of a remarkable memory and takes a
lively interest in affairs. She resides with her daughter Mrs.
Winkelmiller.
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From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 541
Louis Heyroth, farmer, Sec. 32, P. O. Mishicott, was born June 10, 1824
in Prussia;in 1848 came to Sheboygan; in 1849 came to Milwaukee; thence
to Racine County, where he worked on a farm; in 1850, came to Two Rivers;
worked for H. H. Smith about six months. In 1851, removed to Mishicott
and rented forty acres of land; he afterward bought other forty acres;
he then engaged in hauling lumber for the Wisconsin Leather Company, and
since 1852 he has been engaged in farming. Owns 180 acres of land,
about eighty acres of which is improved. In 1872, he opened a store in
Mishicott, which business he sold out to his son, in 1879. Married, in
1855, to Sophia Bohlman, of Hanover. They have three children, two
sons and one daughter.
Heyroth Farm Home, Saxonburg, Wisconsin (T. of Mishicott)
Photo compliments of Gary Omernick
