MANITOWOC COUNTY PERSONAL SKETCHES

OTTO SEASTEDT

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin",
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.88-89.

Otto Seastedt, who is the owner of a well improved and valuable property in
Manitowoc Rapids township, in the cultivation of which he has been 
successfully engaged for the past fifteen years, is one of the progressive 
agriculturists and enterprising business men of that community. He is a 
native of Sweden, his birth having occurred on October 15, 1854, and one of
the eight children born to Carl and Augusta Seastedt, who passed their 
entire lives in the old country.
The first fourteen years in the life of Otto Seastedt were passed in the 
land of his birth, but he early developed a longing to come to America, and
his parents giving their consent he crossed the Atlantic in 1868 to join 
relatives in Galesburg, Illinois. It was necessary for him to earn his own 
livelihood and very soon thereafter he obtained employment on a farm near 
that city, where he remained for six years. He was an energetic, ambitious 
youth, who desired to make as much as possible of his life and every 
opportunity it afforded. With this purpose in mind he made arrangements 
with his employer to attend school during the winter months, and thus he 
supplemented the meager education he had acquired in the old country. He 
has always been a keen observer and a broad reader and today he is 
exceptionally well informed on all current topics, and is able to converse 
intelligently on every subject of vital interest. In 1880, he left the farm
and came to Door county, Wisconsin. Having decided to withdraw from 
agricultural pursuits entirely, he then sought and obtained employment in a
general mercantile establishment. This proved to be a most excellent 
training school and he intelligently applied himself to the mastery of 
every detail of the business, continuing to be connected with the same 
company for six years. At the expiration of that time he felt that the 
broadening influence of travel would prove helpful in promoting his 
development so he went to California. It was both a pleasure and business 
trip combined, and he decided to remain should he succeed in finding a 
location to his liking. No especially advantageous location presented 
itself, however, and he retraced his steps toward the east, finally 
settling in Oceana county, Michigan. He again engaged in commercial 
activities and for ten years thereafter was the head clerk in a general 
mercantile store there. The close confinement and long hours, however, 
proved most taxing on his vitality and owing to the state of his health he 
was forced to engage in something that would enable him to live out of 
doors the greater part the time. Farming evidently was the one occupation 
to offer this advantage and as he was familiar with this vocation, he 
returned to Manitowoc county in 1896 and purchased the place, where he now 
resides. His endeavors have been culminative and the undertaking, under the
intelligent and capable direction of Mr. Seastedt has been in every sense 
successful. He is thoroughly practical in	his ideas and at the same time 
progressive in his methods, and in the cultivation of his fields he adopts 
the processes followed by the modern agriculturists, that farming is a 
science and that its success depends upon adhering to a definite system.
On the 30th of October, 1893, Mr. Seastedt was united in marriage to Miss 
Julia Horn, a daughter of Ferdinand Horn, one of the pioneer settlers of 
Manitowoc county. With the exception of the first three years of her 
married life, Mrs. Seastedt, who is a native of Washington county, has 
always resided in this state. One child has been born to them, Elsie, whose
birth occurred in Michigan on September 13, 1894. She attended the district
schools in the acquirement of an education, and later pursued a commercial 
course in the business college at Manitowoc. She has been given the 
additional advantages of a musical training covering a period of about ten 
years, including one term in the conservatory at Appleton, this state, but 
at the present time she is at home.
The family hold membership in the Lutheran church, and in politics, Mr. 
Seastedt is a republican and, although he takes an active interest in all 
township affairs and has served for six years as a school director, he has 
never sought official honors. He stands high in the esteem of his neighbors
and during the fifteen years of his residence here both he and his wife 
have won many friends and are popular in the social life of the community.



CARL H. SEEGER, D. D. S.
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin",
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.173.

Prominent among the dental practitioners of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, may be 
mentioned Dr. Carl H. Seeger, a well known and highly esteemed citizen, 
who has been engaged in active practice in this city for more than a 
quarter of a century. He was born in Manitowoc county, and is a son of 
Louis F. and Caroline (Endress) Seeger, early settlers of this county. The 
father was a resident of the city of Manitowoc at the time of his death, in
1906, and the mother also passed away here, in 1901.
Carl H. Seeger was one of a family of eight children, three of whom are 
now deceased. His early education was secured in the public schools of 
Manitowoc, after leaving which he entered the Ohio College of Dental 
Surgery. From which institution he was graduated with the degree of 
D. D. S., in 1884. He immediately entered upon the practice of his 
profession in Manitowoc, and here he has since continued to be engaged. 
He has a well-appointed suite of offices, which are shared by his sister, 
Minnie C. Seeger, D. D. S., who has been engaged in practice with him 
almost from the start of their careers.
Dr. Seeger was married March 26, 1894, to Miss Julia Pankratz, of 
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and they have had one daughter. Dr. Seeger belongs 
to the various dental societies, is a close student and careful surgeon, 
and has his offices fitted with the latest and most highly improved 
instruments and appliances known to the profession. Fraternally he is 
connected with the order of Elks.


FRED SEEGER

From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western 
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 533

Fred Seeger, meat market, Manitowoc, was born Nov. 15, 1832, in Wurtemburg, 
Germany. In 1846, he emigrated to this county and located in Buffalo, N. Y., 
remaining in that city until 1853, when he came to Manitowoc and opened a 
meat market, which he has since continued. His is the oldest meat market in 
Manitowoc. He has been a member of the Fire Department for twenty-four years, 
and occupied the position of Chief of the organization for eight years. He 
is a member of the Masonic Order, Sons of Herman, and also of the Freier 
Saengerbund since its organization, and the Turner's Society. He married 
in 1856, Miss Mena Sommer, by whom he has six children, three sons and 
three daughters. 



WILLIAM E. SEIBEL
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin",
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.167-168.

William E. Seibel, proprietor of the leading clothing and men’s furnishing 
goods store in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and one of the city’s self-made 
business men, has conducted his present establishment for the past ten 
years, and is now located at the corner of Eighth and Franklin streets. Mr.
Seibel was born in Manitowoc county, June 27, 1868, and is a son of Castor 
and Anna Maria (Wickert) Seibel, natives of Germany. Mr. Seibel’s parents 
came to Manitowoc as young people and were married here in 1853, shortly 
after which Mr. Seibel purchased a tract of wild farming land in Kossuth 
township, which he developed into a well cultivated property, and there 
resided until 1871. During the next five years he resided in Green Bay, 
and at the end of that period moved to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where he is 
now living retired, his wife having died in 1907. Both were connected with 
the Catholic church. They had a family of nine children, as follows: Katie, 
who married Michael Wimmer, of Milwaukee; Joseph, who is a resident of 
Marinette, Wisconsin; John, a resident of Two Rivers, who is in the employ 
of his brother, William E.; Jacob, who met his death by drowning, while on 
a hunting expedition in Minnesota; Peter, who is engaged in the clothing 
business in Rhinelander, Wisconsin; Frank, who lives at Algoma, Wisconsin; 
William E., the subject of this sketch; Mary, who lives at home with her 
father; and Anton, living in Rhinelander. All of these children were born 
in Manitowoc county with the exception of the last named, Anton, whose 
birth occurred in Green Bay.
William E. Seibel received his education in the schools of Green Bay and 
Two Rivers, and as a young man he became a clerk in the store of Mann 
Brothers, at Two Rivers. After spending one year in this employment, he 
went to Milwaukee and for fifteen years worked as a clerk in that city, 
later owning a store there for a short time. In October, 1901, Mr. Seibel 
came to Manitowoc, where he purchased the stock and fixtures of Stumpf & 
Langhoff, of Milwaukee, situated on the north side. He continued there 
until September, 1909, when he moved to his present location, at the corner
of Eighth and Franklin streets. When Mr. Seibel first took charge of this 
business it was not on a paying basis and was in a decidedly run-down 
condition, but his energy, enterprise and progressive ideas and methods 
soon started it paying dividends, and he now has the leading store of its 
kind in the city. He carries a full line of men’s high grade clothing and 
furnishing goods, and occupies a store one hundred by forty-eight feet with
basement.
On October 14, 1896, Mr. Seibel was married to Miss Emily Berger, a 
daughter of Gottlieb Berger, one of the early hotel proprietors of Two 
Rivers. One child has been born to this union: Wilma, who is in her early 
childhood. Mr. Seibel is a popular member of the Elks and the Moose.



LIZZIE SEIDL


Rose Ast     Lizzie Seidl



CHRIST SELK

From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western 
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 541

General merchandise, Mishicott. Born May 31, 1847, in Holstein, Germany. 
Came to Manitowoc County in 1859, with his mother. In about 1865, Mr. 
A. E. Selk opened a general store, his son was taken in as clerk, and 
at the age of twenty-one, he was admitted as a partner. His father died 
in 1878, since then he has owned and conducted the business. Married, in 
1871, to Mary Kohnke, of Paterson, N. J. They have three children, two 
sons and one daughter. 


ANTON SELSEMEIER

From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western 
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 533

Saloon, Manitowoc. He was born Feb. 16, 1826, in Prussia. In 1852, he came 
to Sheboygan, where he resided for five or six years. He then moved to 
Fond du Lac County, remaining there two years; from thence he moved to 
Calumet County, remaining there two years. About 1862, he again moved to 
Newton, Manitowoc County, enlisting in 1864 in Company A, 45th Wis. I., 
serving until the termination of the war. He then returned to Newton, 
and engaged in farming until about 1872, when he removed to Manitowoc 
and opened his present business. In 1854, he married Miss Clara Zettler, 
a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, by whom he has seven children, three sons 
and four daughters. 


HERMAN SENGBUSCH 


The Sengbusch family home of Herman and Emma Sengbusch, town of Two Rivers 
neighbors of Albert & Caroline (Stueck) Franz.




OTTO H. SENGLAUB
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin",
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.73-74.

Otto H. Senglaub, a well known resident of Manitowoc, was born in Sheboygan
county, Wisconsin, December 19, 1874, and is a son of Louis C. and Victoria
(Stoll) Senglaub. Mrs. Senglaub was a daughter of Frederick Stoll, who 
brought the family to Manitowoc county during the early ‘50s, locating at 
Rockville, Wisconsin, where he carried on farming and also had the first 
saw and grist mills in that part of the county. Ludwig Senglaub, the 
paternal grandfather of Otto H., brought his family to Sheboygan county at 
an early day, from Germany, and there spent the remainder of his life. 
Louis C. Senglaub, after his marriage, moved to Louis Corners, Manitowoc 
county, where he had a store and hotel, and later removed to a farm near 
Kiel, where he was engaged in farming for two years, and in 1889 came to 
Manitowoc. He was prominent in public affairs, serving from 1889 to 1895 
as county clerk, He and his wife were the parents of six children, namely: 
Otto H.; Victor, who is deceased; Agnes and Helena, who reside with their 
parents; Rudolph, who is engaged in construction work; and Viola, who is 
living at home.
Otto H. Senglaub had the advantages of a common-school education. Engaging 
in business he became interested in the brewing industry of Manitowoc 
county and was elected to the office of secretary of the Schreihart Brewing
Company, one of the most important in these parts, which annually produces 
as much as thirty thousand barrels.
On March 15, 1899, Mr. Senglaub was united in marriage with Miss Margaret 
Meyer, of Manitowoc, a daughter of Henry and Trena (Goss) Meyer, pioneer 
settlers of Manitowoc county. Mr. and Mrs. Senglaub were the parents of 
five children, the first of whom died in infancy, while those surviving are
Raymond, Arthur, Milton and Lyell. Mr. Senglaub’s connections with 
fraternal and social organizations consist of his membership with Manitowoc
Lodge, No. 194, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he now serves 
as secretary; the local aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles; and the 
Musicians’ Union, the Marine Band and the Concordia Singing Society.



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.