DANIEL HICKEY From the Manitowoc Pilot JANUARY 6, 1870
Left us - Our fast and faithful typo, Daniel Hickey, has left us to
seek a more active and healthy occupation than "type sticking." Dan
is a good and industrious worker at the "art preservative," and we
will here record of him, that at one time not many months ago, when
the breathing of The Pilot was short and feeble and uncertain of
continuance, Dan, almost alone, stood by the ship, and paddled her
through the storm. The best wishes of The Pilot go with Dan and a
welcome back.
THOMAS HIGGINS
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.112-114.
Thomas Higgins, president and general manager of the Manitowoc & Northern
Traction Company, owning the car lines in and between the cities of
Manitowoc and Two Rivers, and vice president of the National Bank of
Manitowoc undertook the building of the above roads in the year 1900, and
started running cars May 1, 1902. Soon after that time he became a resident
of Manitowoc, coming here from Neenah, Wisconsin, where he had lived for
the past twenty-five years, and during his residence there, had been
closely identified with the progress of that city, as the following
clippings taken from the Neenah newspapers at the time of his departure
from that city will show.
"The Times is very sorry to record the unwelcome news that our old and
esteemed citizen, Mr. Thomas Higgins, has leased a residence in Manitowoc
and is removing his family to that city. The many friends of Mr. Higgins
and his highly estimable wife will join us in our regret. Mr. Higgins came
to Neenah over twenty-eight years ago, and inaugurated the local gas and
electric light plant. He has held the office of mayor and is a man of
independent thought and action, and has many friends accordingly. Mrs.
Higgins will be missed from Neenah society circles, where she was known
not only for her social virtues but for a heart warm, generous and
impulsive for others’ welfare." -Neenah Daily Times (Democrat), October 23,
1902.
"Neenah loses, by the removal of the Hon. Thomas Higgins to Manitowoc, one
of its most valued families. Mr. Higgins has been, for a long term of
years, closely identified with the progress of this city, and has helped
forward all enterprises of value. He has served the city as mayor, and has
by appointment rendered valuable assistance in making the Neenah library
the finely classified institution it is. Interested always in the conduct
of large enterprises, Mr. Higgins has managed to find time to study public
questions, and is a man of broad information and sound and careful
judgment concerning the big questions that are stirring the world's heart
to common fellowship at the present time. And when it comes to farming and
stock—raising-—well, Mr. Higgins knows how. He is just the sort of citizen
that any city may be proud to find on its poll list. And the family is just
as desirable. Mrs. Higgins is a woman of rare home grace, and most charming
habit. The rule of her life binds her to kin, but her active interest in
all things draws her into useful society and make her a most useful woman.
The daughters, like their father and mother, are helpful and true, and just
the sort to make society better. The only distress The News wishes the
family is that they may not like Manitowoc better than Neenah, and that
they will return to their beautiful home on Church street within a year.
—The Neenah Daily News (Republican). October 24, 1902.
Mr. Higgins is of Irish extraction, his father Thomas Higgins Sr., having
been a farmer in County Roscommon, Ireland, who emigrated to America in
1849, just after the birth of the subject of this sketch, settling in
Monmouth county, New Jersey, near the 0ld Monmouth battleground. In 1863,
the Higgins family left New Jersey for the west, purchasing a farm of
three hundred and twenty acres near Sterling, Illinois, where Thomas
Higgins remained, assisting on the farm until his maturity. The old home
is still well known as the Higgins homestead, its owner Thomas Higgins,
Sr., having died in 1895, but the farm still remains in the family, being
owned and occupied at this time by one of his children.
Mr. Higgins received his education in Dutch Lane school, near Freehold,
New Jersey, and in the county school of his Illinois home, and later took
a course in a Chicago business college.
At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Higgins with his brother H. C. Higgins,
engaged in railroad contracting, and at that early age was entering into
very important contracts with such railroad companies as the Baltimore &
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In 1877, the Higgins brothers
built gas works at Dixon, Illinois, near their old home which they sold
later, and in 1878 built gas works at Waterloo, Iowa, and Neenah and
Menasha, Wisconsin. Mr. Higgins then took up his residence in Neenah and
on November 6, 1879, was married to Mary Gaffney, daughter of Philip
Gaffney, a merchant of that city, and continued his residence in Neenah
until his removal to Manitowoc. During this time Mr. Higgins and his
brother built gas works, electric light plants and street railways in
many cities of this and other states, including the gas, electric light
works and street railway in Marinette, Wisconsin, and the street and
interurban railway in and between Manitowoc and Two Rivers.
Mr. Higgins is a republican in politics, and has often been honored by
his party, and has been urged on several occasions to stand for the
nomination for representative in congress, but has always declined. The
Oshkosh Times in commenting on Mr. Higgins’ administration as mayor of
Neenah said: "A man who succeeds and wins public approbation in the office
of mayor must be a man of parts. Thomas Higgins, mayor of the city of
Neenah, fills the above bill and therefore it is with sincere pleasure
that The Times gives to the public of northern Wisconsin his characteristic
likeness. Mr. Higgins has never been a candidate for office until he ran
for mayor of Neenah, but though his adminisration has been attended with
unusual perplexities, he has proved the right man in the right place and
his management of affairs has been highly businesslike. To the many
difficulties and controversies which have arisen, Mr. Higgins has brought
that sagacity and good judgment that has marked his own private business
affairs and the results have been profitable and satisfactory."
ELIZABETH HILL
From the Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, August 21, 1884:
Died - Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1884, at her home in Antigo, Elizabeth,
wife of Homer Hill.
Elizabeth Kiernan was born in Ballduffy County, Langford, Ireland,
Sept. 10, 1838. Deceased came to America in 1849. Resided in Manitowoc,
Wisconsin from 1858 to 1883, since which time she had been a resident
of this city. (Antigo/my note) Deceased leaves a husband and eight
children, three of whom are married. - Antigo forward
SOCRATES HILL
Socrates Hill was the father of Emily Hill Pritchard. It appears the dates
in the right picture are incorrect. He was buried in Evergreen cem. #44.
According to info in applications for the DAR, his first wife was Sarah Paine
who died in 1855 and also is in Evergreen.
KARL HILLEBRAND
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.463-464.
Karl Hillebrand, whose well directed efforts in former years made it
possible for him, in 1911, to lay aside active pursuits, is now making his
home in St. Nazianz, where he is enjoying a well earned rest. Like a large
per cent of the inhabitants of his section of the county he is of German
nativity, his birth occurring in Westphalen, Germany, on the 8th of April,
1860. His parents, Ignatz and Christina (Grohne) Hillebrand, were born in
the fatherland, and after the death of the mother in 1867 the father
brought his two children, Karl, our subject, and his sister, to America,
landing on this side of the Atlantic in 1868. He made his way at once to
Washington county, Wisconsin, where he maintained his home for several
years, after which he came to St. Nazianz and was here employed as warden
at the convent until his death, which occurred when he was about sixty
years of age.
In the country schools Karl Hillebrand acquired his education and at the
age of thirteen years began earning a little money of his own by driving
oxen. Later he learned the shoemaker’s trade, which he followed for two
years in his home community, after which he went to Washington county,
Wisconsin, where for a similar period he followed farming, earning in one
year one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The succeeding year was spent in
Fond du Lac in the pursuit of his trade, and in 1886 he went to Nebraska,
where he engaged in the shoe making business for three and a half years.
On returning to Wisconsin, he located permanently at St. Nazianz, and
throughout the intervening period has been variously engaged, devoting his
time to the occupation of farming, employment in the lumber camps or to
the work of his trade. He erected his present residence and also his
workshop, and remained in active pursuits until 1911, when he withdrew
from business, spending his days in honorable retirement.
Mr. Hillebrand was married to Miss Margaretha Schnitler, who was born in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on the 6th of March, 1868, a daughter of Johann and
Regina (Lubelei) Schnitler, both now deceased. Her father had followed
farming as a life work. Mr. and Mrs. Hillebrand have become the parents of
ten children, as follows: Carl, who was born on the 8th of February, 1886,
and is now deceased; Johann, born in 1888, a resident of Spring Valley,
Wisconsin; Joseph, born in 1890, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Peter, whose
birth occurred in 1892 and who is a painter of St. Nazianz; Regina, born
in 1894; Carl, in 1896; Edmund, in 1898 and William, in 1901, all attending
school; and Irena and Harry born respectively in 1902 and 1905. The
parents hold membership in St. Gregory's Catholic church, and Mrs.
Hillebrand belongs to the ladies society of the church. Mr. Hillebrand's
fraternal relations are with the Catholic Knights if St. Nazianz. His
life has been one of continuous activity, characterized by close
application, untiring perseverance and well directed effort, and that
success has come to him in substantial measure is indicated by the fact
that, although he is still in the prime of life, he is able to rest from
further labor and enjoy in well earned rest fruits of his former toil.
The following picture and family tree chart was sent in by a descendant.
To contact, the e-mail address is on the contributor page.
HENRY HINRICHS
From the Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, July 17, 1884:
Everybody will do well to buy his Paris Green at Henry Hinrichs'
Drug Store; - he keeps the best quality.
From the Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, September 13, 1888:
Henry Hinrichs continues to lead his swimming corps to the river
near the ravine railroad bridge. He pronounces the water "superfine"
notwithstanding the lateness of the season.
AUGUST HIRSCHFELD
From the Manitowoc Pilot, March 10, 1870:
PROBATE OFFICE, February 21st A.D. 1870
In the matter of the proof and probate of the last will
and testament of August Hirshfeld, deceased, late of the
County of Manitowoc.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, purporting to be the
last will and testament of August Hirshfeld, deceased,
late of the County of Manitowoc, has been filed in this
office, and wheras application has been made by Christina
Hirshfeld, praying that the same be proven and admitted
to probate according to the law of this state.
Therefore, it is ordered that said application be heard
before me at the probate office in the village of Manitowoc
in said county, on the 14th day of March, A.D. 1870, at 10
o'clock A.M.
And it is further ordered, that notice shall be given to
all persons interested in said will, of the time and place
of said hearing, by publcation in the Manitowoc Pilot, a
newspaper printed in said county for three successive
weeks, once each week, prior to the time of such hearing.
By the court. W.W. Waldo, County Judge
B. HITCHCOCK
From the Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, July 20, 1871:
Mr. B. Hitchcock, from Waukegan, Ill., was in town yesterday.
All old settlers have a pleasant remembrance of Mr. Hitchcock,
while building our bridge across the river, some thirteen
years since, on contract with this (then village) city. He is
hale and hearty, and as good natured as ever, which is another
proof that a well spent life conduces to a happy and ripe ole
age.
DR. H.M. HITTNER
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 541
Dr. H.M. Hittner, physician and surgeon, Mishicott, was born April 28, 1838,
in Bavaria; came to Rochester, N. Y., in 1849, with his parents. In 1858
came to Cincinnati, Ohio; there commenced the study of medicine. After
taking his first course, he went South and served in the Confederate army
two years; then returned to Cincinnati and completed his studies, and
graduated at the Ohio Medical College in 1865; he then was appointed
assistant surgeon of the West End Military Hospital. Held this position
till the end of the war. He then continued his practice in Cincinnati
till 1876; then came to Milwaukee, where he practiced about eighteen
months; then removed to Kiel; practiced there till the spring of 1880,
when he removed to Mishicott. Married, in 1862, to Margaret Doherty, of
New Orleans. They have seven children, three sons and four daughters.
JAMES A. HODGES
Manitowoc Pilot, April 17, 1868
JAMES A. HODGES, Clerk of the Sea Bird. Was born in Taunton, Mass.,
and was 40 years of age. He came to Wisconsin in 1849, and was
employed as warehouse clerk by Messrs. Kellog and Strong, at
Milwaukee, with whom he remained until the spring of 1857, when, in
company with Mr. Peter Johnston, he came to Manitowoc, and the two,
for the six years following, carried on a general receiving and
forwarding business on the North Pier, under the well known firm
name of Johnston & Hodges. In 1862, Mr. Hodges withdrew from the
firm to join the army and enrolled himself as private in Company
K, Twenty-first Regiment, of which he was soon made the First
Sergeant. He served with his regiment at Perryville and in other
actions, and at Stone River was captured by the enemy and confined
in Libby Prison. Upon being released, his health was so much
impaired that he was transferred to the Invalid Corps, and was
selected by General Sweet, Commandant of Camp Douglas, as his
Private Secretary, in which capacity he served until the expiration
of his term of service. In July, 1866, he was appointed Clerk of the
new steamer Orion, and remained on her until the close of the season
of 1867. This spring Mr. Goodrich transferred the Orion to the East
Shore Route, and placed the Sea Bird on this. At the request of Mr.
Hodges, who wished to be with his family, to whom he was much
attached, as often as possible, Mr. Thombs, clerk of the Sea Bird,
changed positions with him. Of unquestioned business capacity and
experience, his place will be hard to fill by his employer. Frank,
genial and warm-hearted socially, and generous to a fault, no one
could make his acquaintance without becoming his fast friend
forever after. He was one of the very few men who have no enemies,
and will be sincerely mourned by all who knew him. He leaves a
wife and four children, the eldest 13 years of age, who reside in
the Second Ward.
FREDERICK HOEFNER
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.567-568.
One of the most enterprising and successful young farmers of Manitowoc
Rapids township is Frederick Hoefner, who represents the third generation
of his family to have been identified with the agricultural development of
Manitowoc county. The first representative of this family to locate in the
United States was the paternal grandfather of our subject, Frederick
Hoefner, who was born and reared in Hanover, Germany. He continued to
reside in his native land until 1847 when he emigrated to the United
States, locating in Milwaukee, which at that time was little more than a
village. Almost immediately thereafter he enlisted in the army and went to
the front in the conflict with Mexico, continuing in the service until the
close of hostilities. When mustered out he returned to Wisconsin, locating
in Manitowoc county, where he entered some government land. This was
covered with a heavy growth of timber and he immediately set about clearing
a tract and erected thereon a one—room log cabin, in which he lived while
engaged in clearing the remainder of his land and placing it under
cultivation. In 1853, he married Mary Dumke, who was also born and reared
in Germany, and they passed the entire period of their domestic life on
their farm. The grandmother died on the homestead where she had lived for
over forty years in 1898, but the grandfather survived until 1907. They
were the parents of four children, one of whom, their son Frederick, whose
birth occurred on the 19th of April, 1854, is the father of our subject.
He was reared on his father’s farm, where he also received his agricultural
training, obtaining his education in the district schools of the vicinity.
After attaining his manhood he took over the operation of his father’s
place, which he purchased in 1883 and has ever since made it his home. As
he is a very industrious man of more than average business ability he has
met with excellent success in both his farming and stock—raising, and now
owns one of the best improved and equipped properties in the township. He
has retired from the active work of the fields, but continues to live on
his homestead, which is endeared to him by the association of a lifetime.
He was married in 1883 to Miss Dora Nichols, and to them were born five
children, of whom the eldest is Frederick, whose birth occurred on the old
farm in Newton township on the 4th of May, 1884. The father is one of the
prominent men of his community and he takes an active interest in all
political affairs, but he has never been an office seeker, although for
six years he served as a clerk of school district No. 1.
Frederick Hoefner was reared amid the scenes familiar to the childhood and
youth of his father, obtaining his early education in district school No.
1. While he was mastering the fundamentals of English learning he was also
laying the foundation for a future agricultural career by assisting his
father with the work of the fields and the care of the stock. Having
decided that he would adopt farming for his life vocation he later entered
the agricultural department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
After the completion of his course he returned to this county well
qualified to begin working for himself, having received an excellent
theoretical and practical training in every branch of agriculture. At the
age of twenty-four years, in 1908, he purchased the old Comer farm in
Manitowoc Rapids township, where he located immediately following his
marriage. He has made extensive improvements on the place, including the
erection of a fine modern residence and barns and outbuildings, and he has
also installed thereon various conveniences consistent with the spirit of
progress that characterizes his undertakings. During the three and a half
years of his ownership, he has not only done much to enhance the comfort
and appearance of the property but he has added greatly to its value by
bringing the land into a high state of productivity. His fields are
carefully tilled and annually yield abundant harvests that amply reward
him for his labor, while everything about his farm is thriving in a most
gratifying manner. He keeps a good grade of stock that he is breeding up
to a still higher standard, manifesting here as in every other department
of his business clear judgment and capable management.
The 2d of May, 1908, was the marriage day of Mr. Hoefner and Miss Minnie
Prehn, who was born and reared in Newton township, her parents being Erdman
and Ida Prehn, who are now residents of Manitowoc Rapids township. One
child has been born of this union, Lester, whose birth occurred on the 5th
of February, 1909. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoefner attend the German Lutheran
church in the faith of which they were reared.
Frederick Hoefner is one of the young agriculturists of this township,
whose future gives every assurance of being highly successful, as he
possesses the qualities that invariably lead to prosperity in any
undertaking; unceasing energy and determination of purpose.
(The following does not indicate which generation of Frederick Hoefner the
picture represents - Shari Milks)
Frederick Hoefner Mrs. Frederick Hoefner
HENRY C. HOEFNER
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.448-453.
Henry C. Hoefner, who is one of the progressive and successful
agriculturists of Manitowoc county, was born on the farm where he now
resides, April 19, 1854. His father, Frederick Hoefner, was a native of
Germany, born in 1820, and came to the United States in 1848, settling in
Wisconsin. In 1853 he wedded Miss Maria Dunker, who was a native of Germany
and came to this country with her father, who remained here only a short
time. At the beginning of the Mexican war Frederick Hoefner enlisted and
served for a time during this conflict. Subsequently he came to Manitowoc
county, where he settled near the town of Newton and worked for a couple
of years as a farm hand. Having a soldier’s right, he then took up a tract
of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which was covered with heavy
timber, and there he built a log cabin and cleared and developed his land.
Later his son erected a new house, in which he lived at the time of his
death, in 1907, being then eighty-seven years of age. He was for three
years trustee of the German Lutheran church at Newton. His wife passed away
in 1908, at the age of seventy-one. In her family were four children,
Henry, Anna, William and Mary.
Henry C. Hoefner was born in the first log cabin that his father built on
his farm. He received his education in the district schools of the
neighborhood and grew to manhood on his fathers farm, where he has
continued to reside. He was about forty years of age when he purchased the
old homestead and has since operated the same. He has made many
improvements on it, has erected a beautiful modern residence and now has
all the land under a high state of cultivation, carrying on scientific
farming.
In 1883 Mr. Hoefner wedded Miss Dora Nickels, who was born in the town of
Manitowoc and was a daughter of Carl Nickels, a native of Germany. In their
family were five children, Frederick, Arthur, Herbert, Erna and Elsie. Mr.
Hoefner gives much time to the cause of education and has served as clerk
of his school district. He is also interested in the Silver Creek Telephone
Company and has served as the treasurer of the company. Both he and Mrs.
Hoefner are earnest and faithful members of the German Lutheran church, of
which he has been trustee for three years. He is highly esteemed in the
community where he has spent his entire life and no man is more worthy of
the respect of his business associates than he whose name introduces this
review.
HENRY HOEFNER
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.339-340.
Henry Hoefner is numbered among the native residents of Manitowoc county,
where he engages in agricultural pursuits on his farm, which is situated
near Newton. He was born April 25, 1868, the son of Henry Hoefner, Sr.,
who was born in Germany in 1831 and came to America at an early date with
his wife, Dora (Horstmann) Hoefner. The parents settled in Manitowoc
county, where they purchased forty acres of school land and erected a log
cabin, in which the subject of this sketch was born. After six years they
purchased another farm of eighty acres near Newton and resided on the same
for about twenty-three years. In 1877 he bought the farm on which Henry
Hoefner, of this review, now lives. Henry Hoefner, Sr., erected the present
excellent house and barn and resided on this farm until his death. He
passed away in 1904, at the age of seventy-three, and his wife yet lives
on the home place, at the age of seventy-six. In their family were seven
children, Henry, Mary, Sophia, Annie, Charley, Ernst and Lena.
Henry Hoefner, Jr., received his education in the neighborhood district
school and grew to manhood on his father’s farm, where he has passed all
his time, with the exception of eight months which he spent on a farm near
Minneapolis, returning from there on account of his father’s ill health and
then taking charge of the home farm. He at first rented a part of the
homestead and later bought the other part and subsequently purchased it
all.
On the 8th of June, 1894, Mr. Hoefner wedded Miss Annie Bramybrauch, who
was born in Newton and was the daughter of John Bramybrauch. To Mr. and
Mrs. Hoefner have been born seven children, Dora, Hilda, Edmond, Carl,
Waldo, Hetha and Norbert. Mr. Hoefner is greatly interested in educational
advancement in his community and has served as school director for three
years. Both he and his wife belong to the German Lutheran church at Newton.
He has given his undivided time to farming and throughout his residence in
his native county has done his full share in the work of agricultural
development, and has always borne an unassailable reputation as a
progressive and enterprising citizen.
FRANK HOFFMANN
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.313-314.
Frank Hoffmann, one of the enterprising and up—to—date business men of
Manitowuc, Wisconsin, dealing in real estate, loans and insurance, was born
in Centerville township, Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, February 12, 1876, a
son of Peter and Elizabeth (Schill) Hoffmann and a grandson of Peter
Hoffmann, who brought his family to the United States in 1855 and settled
in Meeme township, Manitowoc county, where he took up wild land and spent
the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits. Peter Hoffmann, the
father of Frank, was reared to the life of an agriculturist, but when still
a young man turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, founding a store
at St. Wendel, where he was engaged in business for thirty years, but he
has now disposed of this enterprise and is engaged in the grain elevator
and lumber business at Cleveland, Wisconsin. Mrs. Hoffmann died in January,
1887, and he was married a second time. Six children were born to the first
union, namely: Mrs. Katherine Wagner of Cleveland; Mrs. Mary Schoengarth,
of Montana; Peter, Jr., residing at Sheboygan; Mrs. Magdalena Nennig, of
Cleveland; Frank; and John, a resident of Cleveland.
Frank Hoffmann received his early education in the parochial schools, and
became deputy register of deeds under Julius Linstead. He also attended the
First Ward high school at Manitowoc and then entered the State University
at Madison, from which he graduated with the class of 1900, with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts, and he at this time joined Mr. Linstead in the
real-estate, loan and insurance business, in which he has continued to the
present time.
In November, 1903, Mr. Hoffmann was married to Amanda Christensen, of
Manitowoc, a daughter of Mathias Christensen, one of the early settlers of
this county, and two children have been born to this union. Mr. and Mrs.
Hoffmann are members of the Catholic church, and he holds membership in
the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Knights of Columbus and the Elks.
SIMON HOLLENSTEINER
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.424-425.
Simon Hollensteiner, the oldest merchant now living in Kiel, is a man of
more than ordinary local importance. He was born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany,
March 2, 1844, a son of Frank and Margarete Hollensteiner, who were also
born in Germany, where the father was a flour miller. After the death of
the father the widow and her son Simon came to the United States in 1855,
and located in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, where the latter obtained work
on a farm. For the first eighteen months he received one dollar a month for
his services, but he was not discouraged and by the time he was sixteen
years old, he was receiving thirteen dollars per month as a sawyer in a
sawmill. He continued at this kind of work until he was nineteen years old,
when he accepted employment in a grist mill in Sheboygan Falls for one
year. He and his brother then built a grist mill at Millhome, completing
it in 1863, and in 1865 built a general store about which grew up the
village which Simon Hollensteiner named and of which he was the leading
spirit for nine years. At the expiration of this period he and his brother
Frank went to Dundee where they conducted a mill. Later they sold the mill
and going to Rhine, built a general store which they conducted for twelve
years. In 1888 he left there to come to Kiel where he embarked in a general
mercantile business, his establishment being known all over this part of
the county. The Hollensteiner store is the best business house in the city,
and is constructed of brick in dimensions fifty feet by one hundred and
twenty feet, two stories in height. Mr. Hollensteiner also owns an elevator
with a capacity of ten thousand bushels of grain, and a warehouse of
equal size.
In 1865 Mr. Hollensteiner was married to Miss Katherine Arnold, who was
born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States in 1848 at
the age of two years. Three children have been born of this marriage:
Edwin, clerk and cashier of a manufacturing plant at Milwaukee; Alvin,
salesman of the Kiel Woodenware Company; and Laura, now Mrs. Hugo Smith,
of Champaign, Illinois. The family are members of the German Reformed
church.
For many years Mr. Hollensteiner has been prominent in political affairs
and served as supervisor of Schleswig township one term, town clerk of
Rhine, and was the second president of the village of Kiel. The present
substantial city hall and fire department were built the first year after
the incorporation of the city of Kiel, and Mr. Hollensteiner organized and
carried through to successful completion the measure which secured their
erection. The influence he has had in shaping the destinies of the several
localities in which he has lived, has been strong and always wielded for
ultimate good.
IGNATZ HOLMANN
Ignatz Holmann
This is part of a large photo of men who belonged to the B.& M.I.U. No. 12 of Manitowoc.
It can be found at the I-43 Antique Mall at Manitowoc
B & M I U = Bricklayers and Masons’ International Union of America
B&MIU was a successor to the Bricklayers International Union of the United States
of North America, founded in 1865. In 1910 the B&MIU became interested in
organizing plasterers and the union’s title then became the Bricklayers, Mason,
and Plasterers’ International Union of America.
FRANK HONEY
From the Lakeshore Times Newspaper, Jan. 8, 1884 edition:
Married; at the residence of the bride's parents
in Manitowoc, on January 1, 1884, by Rev. H. Stone Richardson, Frank
Honey and Stella Smart, both of Manitowoc.
The groom is one of Gibson's most prominent young men, and has
recently removed to this city to engage in the farm machinery business.
The bride, a daughter of our popular County Judge, has numerous friends
in this county, and throughout the State, whose well wishes will be
cordially extended to her in her new sphere of life.
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from Manitowoc Tribune
July 14, 1892
MR. and MRS. FRANK HONY, formerly of Manitowoc, now of Oshkosh,
and Mrs. Dr. Oviatt of Oshkosh are spending a few days with Mrs. Smart.
WILLIAM HONEY
DIED:
HONEY.---On Saturday July 14, 1877, in the town of Gibson, Manitowoc
county, after a long sickness, Mr. WM. B. D. HONEY, in the 74th year of
his age.
Mr. Honey was one of the oldest settlers in Manitowoc county and was widely
known all over the county. (His stone is no longer in the cemetery.)
Manitowoc Co. Tribune, July 19, 1877
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William Honey
taken from "Early Days In Two Rivers, Wisconsin" by Arthur Lohman
FERDINAND HORN
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.38-39.
Probably there is no better example to be found of what perseverance, hard
work and enterprise will do for a man than is offered by the career of
Ferdinand Horn, a successful agriculturist of the town of Rapids. Mr. Horn
was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1833, and at the age of fifteen years came
to the United States, where his parents, Godfried and Caroline Horn,
followed him in 1854. On landing in New York, Mr. Horn had not a cent of
money, but made his way to Philadelphia, where he had a stepsister, and
remained at her home for three weeks. He then secured employment in New
Jersey, where he remained for a month before starting for the west, with
eight dollars, intending to go to the home of his brother Frederick, who
had come here during the previous year, settling in Washington county,
Wisconsin. When he reached Detroit he again found himself penniless, and
for a few weeks worked in that city, finally managing to reach his
brother’s house. For several years he worked with his brother, most of his
time being spent in making shingles. When he had saved two hundred and
fifty dollars he purchased a tract of forty acres of timberland, which he
began to clear, although he was not much more than seventeen years of age.
This tract, located in Washington county, he managed to put in fairly good
shape, working out among the farmers who could afford to pay for hired
help in order to get his provisions, meanwhile living in a little log house
of his own construction. In two or three years he sold his land for six
hundred and twenty-five dollars and went to Calumet county, where he
purchased a farm of ninety-five acres, with no improvements. After living
there a few days he realized that there were not farms near enough to his
for him to be able to secure provisions without much trouble, so he
returned to Washington county and for some time rented a farm. As soon as
he could he disposed of his Calumet county farm and bought another in
Washington county, erecting a log cabin and clearing about one-half of the
land. Upon this property he resided for six or seven years. In 1863 he
moved to Manitowoc county, and went into partnership with his brother
William, in Manitowoc, where they conducted a general store for two years,
at the end of which time Ferdinand Horn embarked in the horse business,
going to Indiana and Ohio and returning to Manitowoc county with horses,
and in this way built up the largest trade of its kind in the county. After
continuing in that business for five years he went to Door county, where
he was compelled to take cord wood in exchange for his animals, the
farmers not being able to pay him money, and in order to ship his wood to
Chicago he had to build his own pier, as the owners of the only pier at
that place charged him enormously for its use. He also built a store
building and became very successful, but the great fire of 1871 destroyed
his property completely, the loss being about $25,000, half of which fell
to his brother, he being a partner. Starting again, Mr. Horn found that
his timber was damaged by fire to such an extent as to make it unsaleable,
and he gave up his business and returned to tbe city of Manitowoc. For a
short time he was engaged in trading and speculating, and in 1874 he
became the owner of his present farm, which at that time was in very poor
shape. Working hard and faithfully, he made numerous improvements on the
place, and it is now one of the best properties in the town of Rapids. Mr.
Horn has been a successful farmer, and his prosperity has been attained
solely through his own efforts. He makes his operations pay, and is
engaged in farming along scientific lines.
In 1858, while living on his Washington county farm, Mr. Horn was married
to Mary Fulwiler, who was born in Ohio, whence her parents had come as
emigrants from Holland. Five children have been born to this union: Albert,
Mrs. Julia Seistedt, Mrs. Elizabeth Erickson, Alice and Walter. Both Mr.
Horn and his wife are faithful members of the Lutheran church.
Here are pictures of a coin put out by W.H. Horn.
LOUIS HORSTMAN
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.414-417.
Louis Horstman, who owns and operates two hundred and twenty-four acres of
land on section 10, Liberty township, is a native of Manitowoc county, his
birth having occurred on the place where he now resides on the 27th of
July, 1860. His parents were John and Wilhelmina Horstman, natives of
Germany, whence they emigrated in their youth to the United States. They
were married in Louisville, Kentucky, and there passed the first years of
their domestic life, coming to this county about 1855. When they came here
they purchased one hundred and sixty acres of government land in Liberty
township, and Mr. Horstman immediately had five acres of this cleared and
a log cabin erected thereon at a cost of about fifty dollars. He and his
family then began life in their new home amid the primitive conditions that
yet prevailed in this section, which at that time was but sparsely settled.
Their farm seemed to be little more than a small clearing in a dense wood,
while the most of the roads they used were only blazed trails. Here the
father devoted his entire time and attention to the further improvement and
cultivation of his land until his death in 1879. He was long survived by
the mother, who passed away in 1890, and was laid to rest in the Lutheran
cemetery at Liberty by the side of her husband. Mr. Horstman was one of the
enterprising and public—spirited men in the township and always took an
active interest in all local governmental affairs, having served for three
years as supervisor.
Louis Horstman is the fourth in order of birth of the six children born
unto his parents. His entire life has been passed on the farm where he now
lives, while he is indebted to the district schools in the vicinity for
his education. In common with other pioneer lads reared on the farm, from
his early childhood he assisted with the cultivation of the fields and the
care of the stock, and thus while engaged in the mastery of the
fundamentals of English learning he was also fitting himself for his life
vocation. He early laid aside his textbooks and gave his entire attention
to the work of the farm, the greater part of the responsibility connected
with its operation devolving upon him after the death of the father. Only
a portion of Mr. Horstman's present holding was embraced in the old
homestead, the remainder having been purchased by him after he began
farming for himself. One hundred and sixty of his two hundred and
twenty-four acres, all of which is surrounded by a barbed wire fence, are
under high cultivation, and this he devotes to such cereals as are best
adapted to the soil, annually reaping abundant harvests. He also raises
hay and clover seed to a considerable extent, which he markets as well as
his dairy products. In connection with general farming he raises stock and
is now milking fifteen cows. During the long period of his residence here
Mr. Horstman has effected many improvements, including the erection, in
1890, of a fine basement barn, one hundred and thirty by forty feet. Five
years later he built a two-story frame residence, a very comfortable and
pleasant farm house, and in 1899 he remodeled his barn. This is a large,
roomy structure equipped with patent stanchions and provides ample shelter
for his stock. The only building now standing on the place that was erected
during the lifetime of his father is a small frame residence. Good success
has attended the efforts of Mr. Horstman, who in addition to his fine farm
has acquired a handsome competence and is a stockholder in the Newton Fire
Insurance Company and also in two telephone companies, the Valders &
Jarpen, and the Newton & Liberty. He is also a stockholder and director in
the Valders State Bank.
In 1890, Mr. Horstman was united in marriage to Miss Anna Vetter, who was
born and reared in this township, her birth having occurred on the 6th of
March, 1863. She is a daughter of Jacob and Wilhelmina Vetter, who were
born and reared in Germany but were married in Wisconsin, and subsequently
settled on a farm in this township. Here they passed the remainder of their
lives and were laid to rest in the Lutheran cemetery. They were the
parents of nine children, Mrs. Horstman being the sixth in order of birth.
Mr. and Mrs. Horstman have had nine children, five of whom died in
childhood. Those living are, Elsa, Louis, Anita and Harvey, all of whom
are at home.
The family are members of the Lutheran church of Liberty, and in politics
Mr. Horstman is a republican. He has served his township in various
official capacities, having been a supervisor for six years while he has
been on the school board for twelve. Mr. Horstman is a man who has made
good use of his time, opportunities and advantages and by reason of his
diligence and economy has become numbered among the prosperous citizens of
his community, where he is held in high regard, always having manifested
those qualities that inspire confidence and respect in his fellow townsmen.
Louis Horstman
ALBERT L. HOUGEN
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.39-40.
Albert L. Hougen, who is engaged in practice before the Manitowoc county
bar, has been a resident of this county all of his life, and was born in
Liberty township, in 1873, a son of Torger K. and Annie (Berge) Hougen,
natives of Norway. Torger K. Hougen came to the United States in 1852, and
bought eighty acres of land in Liberty township, where he continued to
reside until his retirement, at which time he possessed two hundred and
sixty acres of finely cultivated farming property. He was married in
Manitowoc county to Annie Berge, and they both are living in Manitowoc,
and are devout members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Hougen is a republican
in politics, and has been actively engaged in furthering the cause of
education. Mr. and Mrs. Hougen had the following children: Marion, who
married H. E. Thompson of Kaukauna; Knute, of Wausau, Wisconsin; 0. T., a
physician, living in Grand Rapids; Gulick, a traveling salesman of
Minnesota; Nels, a farmer of Manitowoc county; Emma, who married Otis
Marken, a farmer of Manitowoc county; Edward, a physician, of Pittsville,
Wisconsin; Albert L.; Martin, residing at North Yakima, Washington; and
Evelyn, who married Charles Brady, an attorney who is in partnership with
Mr. Hougen. Another child died in infancy.
Albert L. Hougen attended the common schools of Liberty township, and then
entered St. Olaf College, at Northfield, Minnesota, from which he was
graduated in 1895. He subsequently entered the law department of the
Wisconsin University at Madison, and was graduated in 1897, at which time
he immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in Manitowoc.
He was elected district attorney for three terms, and for four years served
as city attorney, and during all the years of his public life showed
himself an able lawyer. He is now in possession of a large and lucrative
practice and stands high in the esteem of the members of his profession in
Manitowoc county.
In political matters he is a republican, and his fraternal connection is
with the lodge and chapter of Masons, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias.
On August 5, 1902, Mr. Hougen was married to Emma Engeseth, of Dane county,
Wisconsin, daughter of Eric Engeseth, and three daughters have been born
to this union: Evelyn, Ruth and Alice.
CHARLES HOYER
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 528
Charles Hoyer, merchant tailor, Manitowoc. Was born Dec. 24, 1829, in Austria.
In 1853 he emigrated to America, locating in Milwaukee, in which city he
opened a mechant tailor store, remaining in that business until 1865, when
he removed to Manitowoc and continued his business. He carries one of the
largest and finest stocks in this city. In 1855, he married Miss Wilhelmena
Lutzer, of Prussia. They have three sons and two daughters.
CHARLES HOYER (News article)
Manitowoc Tribune
November 12, 1874, Vol. 21 No. 30, Page 5 Column 4
Terrible Accident. A Young Man has his Foot Crushed by the Cars.
Charles Hoyer, a young man residing in this city had his right foot
terribly mangled yesterday forenoon. As the 11.10 mixed train was
leaving for the south, young Hoyer and a companion jumped upon the
platform of the passenger coach and then attempted to step from the
coach to the platform of the caboose. He evidently made a misstep,
and fell to the track, where his foot getting under the wheel, it was
crushed to such an extent that a portion of it, at least, will have
to be amputated. The train, which had not yet got under full headway,
was immediately stopped, and the unfortunate youth carried to the
residence of Mr. Chas. Dobbert, near the scene of the disaster. Drs.
Easton and Coakley were summoned, and the sufferer removed to the
residence of his father on South Eight street. Portions of the foot
were mashed to a perfect jelly, and the skin having been torn from the
entire top of it, presented a sickening sight. It is hoped that the
terrible experience of young Hoyer will be a warning to those who so
frequently risk their lives by jumping upon moving trains.
P.S. -- Since the above was in type the foot of young Hoyer has been
ampatated [sic], Doctors Easton and Coakley performing the operation.
JACOB HOYER
Husband: Jacob Hoyer
Father: John Hoyer
Mother: Eva Hoyer
Occu: Farmer
Res: Franklin, Manitowoc Co. Wisconsin
Birth: Ozaukee Co. Wisconsin
Wife: Minnie Klemma
Father: Chuttrau Klemma
Mother: Minnie Klemma
Birth: Germany
Date of Marriage: October 8, 1883
Place: Cato, Manitowoc Co.
Color: White
Type of Ceremony: Statute
Clergy: W. H. Nelson, J.P.
Witnesses: Henry Klemma, Barbar Hoyer
JOSEPH HOYER
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 528
Joseph Hoyer, boarding house and saloon, Manitowoc. Born March 19, 1832,
in Austria. In 1854 he went to Milwaukee; the following year he came to
this city and opened a boot and shoe store, employing three or four men;
he continued in this business until 1866, when he opened his present
business. He married, in 1857, Miss Katherine Bourkhardt, of Baden, by
whom he has four children, two boys and two girls.
MELANCTHON HOYT
From "A Century of Masonry 1856-1956" by Merle E. Hutchins, with permission.
Melancthon Hoyt was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut on February 13, 1809,
the sixth and youngest child of Melancthon and Betsy (Taylor) Hoyt. He
prepared for college at the Norwalk Academy, entered Yale College with the
class of 1826 and graduated from Yale College in 1830. He continued his
studies at the General Theological Seminary, New York City from 1831 to 1834.
His later letters to Bishop Kemper, the Episcopal Missionary Bishop of
Wisconsin, which letters have been preserved in the Kemper Papers in the
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, indicate that he had to withdraw
from the Seminary for a while and teach school in order to earn money to
pay his debts and finish his theological training.
Shortly after graduation from Yale or during the period of his theological
training prior to 1833, he married Ann Eliza Tarrington of New York and at
least eight children blessed the union, five sons and three daughters, the
first of whom was born in New York City in 1833 and the remainder at different
places of his sojourning.
Rev. Hoyt was ordained an Episcopal Deacon at Bridgeport, Conn. by Rt.
Rev. T.C. Brownell, Bishop of Connecticut, on October 14, 1834 and Priest
on August 23, 1835 while serving as a missionary in Connecticut. He then
served as a missionary in Indiana at Indianapolis from 1835 to 1836 and at
Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1836 to 1838. He then spent a year at Meriden,
Connecticut where he was Rector of St. Andrews Church. In 1840, he went to
Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he organized St. Marks Church and did missionary
work in surrounding towns. From June 1841 to October 1844, he was in Ionia,
Michigan. On April 1, 1845, he was appointed a missionary to Green Bay,
Wisconsin and after a few months removed to Fox Lake or Watertown, Wisconsin.
On June 1, 1846, he located at Watertown, Wisconsin which he made the center
of his missionary work in the adjacent territory until he settled in Manitowoc,
Wisconsin on December 23, 1854, when he became the fourth rector of St. James
Episcopal Church, the oldest religious organization in the county. As early
as 1845, he held religious services in Manitowoc County. One of the first
private schools in Manitowoc was established in connection with the Episcopal
Church and was erected in 1856 by Rev. Hoyt and was taught by him.
Information is not available as to where Melancthon Hoyt received light in
Masonry although it has been believed that this occurred during his college
days in the east or shortly thereafter. Grand Lodge records in Michigan show
no Masonic activity on his part while he resided in that state. The earliest
facts yet located in regard to his Masonic attachments have reference to
Watertown, Wisconsin where he showed his Masonic interests by acting as Proxy
for the Worshipful Master of Tuscan Lodge, U.D. of Watertown, later Tuscan
Lodge No. 35, at the Grand Lodge Communication of 1852. At this communication,
he acted as Grand Chaplain in place of the Grand Chaplain appointed at the
previous Grand Communication and was appointed and installed Grand Chaplain
the following year. At this communication, he was listed as Worshipful and Rev.
Whether this means that he was a Past Master of some lodge has not been
determined. Neither has his actual connection with or as a member of Tuscan
Lodge since the Charter and records of this lodge were surrendered a few
years later and have not yet been located in the Grand Lodge vaults. However,
according to the Constitution adopted the previous year, he would have to be
a member of that lodge to serve as proxy for the Worshipful Master.
In 1853, when Watertown Masonic Lodge No. 49 received its Charter, Rev. Hoyt
was appointed Chaplain of this lodge. He was also designated as Scribe of
Watertown or Howell Chapter No. 11, R.A.M. when this Chapter was granted a
Dispensation in 1853.
Removing his residence from Watertown to Manitowoc on December 23, 1854, Rev.
Hoyt was one of the leaders in the founding of Manitowoc Masonic Lodge No.
65, F.& A.M. which was granted a Dispensation on February 19, 1856 and of
Manitowoc Chapter No. 16, R.A.M. which was granted a Dispensation on February
4, 1857. He served well as the first Worshipful Master of Manitowoc Lodge and
the first High Priest of Manitowoc Chapter. During 1857 and 1858, he served
the Grand Chapter of Wisconsin as Grand Chaplain and thus concluded his
services to Masonry in Wisconsin.
On May 29, 1858, Rev. Hoyt submitted his resignation to the St. James Church
because of dire necessity, having used up his private funds. The resignation
was accepted but he was asked to supply the pulpit until a new Rector could
be obtained. On July 1, 1859, he left the Manitowoc Parish, after making a
deep impression on the public, religious and fraternal life of Manitowoc.
He moved to Sioux City, Iowa where he built the first Episcopal Church in
that city. In 1860, he first visited the Dakota Territory and in 1862 he
located at Yankton and in that year organized St. John's Lodge of Yankton,
South Dakota, serving as its first Worshipful Master. The 1863 Proceedings
of the Grand Lodge of Iowa contains the information that "On December 5,
1862, a Dispensation was granted to Melancthon Hoyt and the requisite
number of brethren, for a lodge at Yankton, Dakota Territory" and that "On
June 3, 1863, a Charter was granted to St. John's Lodge by the Grand Lodge
of Iowa."
He founded the Christ Church of Yankton in the spring of 1863 and in 1887
went to Watertown, South Dakota, where he founded and built a church. His
last labors were at the church founded by him at Scotland, South Dakota,
where he died on January 2, 1888, full of years, of honors and of Christian
genius.
Rev. Melancthon Hoyt appeared to be a man with a restless spirit. A faithful
missionary who was happiest when he was pioneering, for his record shows that
he always left a settled community soon after he got his church well
established and moved on to a new region where his particular genius enabled
him to establish new missions and build them into parishes.
Regarded as the father of the Episcopal Church in Dakota, he left a record
to his church and the Masonic fraternity that is exceeded by few men. His
picture hangs in the state capitol building at Pierre, S.D. as one of the
pioneer citizens of the state and in the Masonic Temple at Yankton, S.D.
as its first Worshipful Master and founder of the lodge, as well as in the
lobby of the Masonic Temple at Manitowoc, Wisconsin in memory of his great
service to the Masonic fraternity of this city. It may be truly said that
Rev. Melancthon Hoyt laid the foundations of our lodge deep and strong in
keeping with the character of this exemplary craftsman.
Melancthon Hoyt
HENRY H. HUHN
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.41-4.
That Wisconsin has nearly one-half of the cheese factories in the United
States is due to the fact that this large industry has been in the hands of
capable business men, of high standing in their communities and experienced
in their work. One of the leading cheese manufacturers of Manitowoc county
is Henry H. Huhn of Manitowoc Rapids, who was born November 9, 1866, on the
old Huhn family homestead in the town of Center, Manitowoc county, a son of
Ferdinand and Henrietta (Schultz) Huhn. Godfried Huhn, grandfather of Henry
H., came to the United States from Saxony, Germany, in 1848, and settled in
the town of Center, where he took up eighty acres of land, and continued to
cultivate that during the remainder of his life, his death occurring in
1871, his wife having died some years previous to that time. He was buried
in the cemetery located two miles west of Cleveland. Ferdinand Huhn, now a
retired citizen of Cleveland, was fourteen years of age when he came to the
United States with his father, and at the time of the latter’s death
succeeded to the ownership of the home property. He retired in 1908, and is
now living quietly, being seventy-eight years of age. He and his wife have
had nine children, of whom eight are now living.
Henry H. Huhn received a district-school education, and worked on the home
farm until nineteen years of age, at which time he located in Branch and
began to work in the cheese factory of Charles Bahr. After six or eight
months there and employment in other places for various periods, Mr. Huhn
in 1896 bought the factory in Branch where he first worked, conducting it
for six years and then selling it to buy a factory at Valders. Five years
later he moved to Manitowoc, and for five months worked at the county
asylum, and in 1911 he bought his present factory in Branch. He has a well
established business, and is ranked among the leading citizens of
Manitowoc Rapids.
On August 27, 1895, Mr. Huhn married Ida Luebke, who was born in 1868
in the city of Manitowoc, and they have four children: Neva, born July 20,
1897; Constance, born February 6, 1901; Iva, born August 23, 1906; and
Erna, born April 28, 1910.
