MANITOWOC COUNTY PERSONAL SKETCHES

PATRICK EAGAN

  From the Manitowoc Pilot, February 10, 1870:
  IN PROBATE - Manitowoc County Court. In the matter of the estate 
  of Patrick Eagan, deceased. To all whom it may concern:
  Letters of administration on said estate having been issued to 
  Catharine Eagan on the 31st day of May A.D. 1869, and six
  months from and after said day being allowed and limited for
  creditors to present their claims for examination and
  allowance. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned will,
  on the first Monday of each month, for six months from the
  date hereof, at the Probate office in the village of Manitowoc,
  in said county, receive, examine and adjust all claims and 
  demands of all persons against said deceased.
  November 24, 1869  Geo. W. Barker, County Judge
  Geo. N. Woodin, Att'y for Plaintiff.


DR. D.J. EASTON

  From the Manitowoc Pilot, March 18, 1880:
              DOCTOR EASTON
We had barely space to notice the death of Dr. Easton last week. The
following sketch of his life was written by a friend.
David Jefferson Easton, the oldest medical practitioner of Manitowoc
Co. departed this life the 11th of March 1880 aged 55 years. He was
a native of New York was born in New Haven Oswego county August the
12th 1822.
He was a son of Nathaniel P. and Anna Cross Easton.
His father served in the revolutionary war and died only a few years
hence. His mother died when he was only a boy of seven years old and
from that time on until he died he fought the battle of life alone
which he did with unflagging industry and perserverance. Having a 
strong love, almost a passion for books and study, at the age of 19
years he commenced teaching school, he followed that profession until
he began the study of medicine with the celebrated Dr. J.L. Perry of
Saratoga Springs; attended lectures at the Albany Medical College and
a course of lectures at the Homoepathic Medical College in Philadelphia
where he graduated and received his diploma in 1852. Then located at
Saratoga Springs where he practiced his profession 9 years. From there
Dr. Easton moved to the west and established himself at Manitowoc in
1858. He was the first city physician Manitowoc ever had. He leaves
a wife and two daughters to mourn his loss. The funeral took place
on Saturday afternoon at 2:30, under the management of the Odd
Fellows and Masons, Dr. Easton having been a member of both orders.


OTIS W. EATON

From "A Century of Masonry 1856-1956" by Merle E. Hutchins (with permission)

This founder of the lodge was a railroad employee and he served the lodge
as Senior Warden for the year 1856, both during dispensation and after the
granting of the Charter. He became a member of Manitowoc Chapter No. 16 in
1857. He must have left Manitowoc shortly after this time as his name is
not listed in the Manitowoc Directory of 1868 and in 1862 his membership
was terminated.

AUGUST EBERHARD

(The following sent in by family researcher/see contributors page)
[English translation from published collection of Manitowoc POST articles]
The experiences of our pioneers, how they penetrated the wilderness, what 
toils they had to suffer, how they made the land into a garden by iron 
diligence and tenacious perseverance; such tales are always interesting.  
The Eberhardt family is one of the best known and most widely connected in
Manitowoc County.  They originated in Hagenburg in the principality of 
Schaumburg-Lippe.  The oldest daughter, Dorothea, was the first member of 
the family to emigrate to America in 1847.  The widow of the late Heinrich
Thiele, she is still living today and is in her 82nd year.  In the 
following year came Heinrich, who is widely known in the county and who 
visited the old home (Germany) several years ago.  In 1852 came the 
parents with four sons; Carl, Wilhelm, August, and Ernst.  The father, 
Carl Eberhardt, died in 1868, and the mother, Sophie, in 1894; the latter 
reached the great age of 93.  The son, Carl, died several years after his 
arrival.  Wilhelm lives in Minnesota, and August and Ernst live in this 
county.  The oldest son, Friedrich, came five years later and lived in the
city for years.
August came here as a 14 year old boy.  The parents made their home with 
him after he reached manhood.  A short while ago, the POST requested him 
to describe the immigration of his family.  He answered the request in the
friendliest series which he submits to be published, which we accept with 
thanks and present here:
[FEBRUARY 28, 1907]   "On the 15th of August, 1852, my parents and four 
brothers emigrated to America.  We boarded the ship on August 18th.  It 
was small, two-masted, and was named MARIE, Captain Ottoof.  Captain and 
sailors were all Low German from the region near Bremen.  We arrived in 
New York on September 23rd.  There we stayed three days.  Then we went by 
train to Dunkirk (NY), from there went by boat to Detroit, then again by 
train to Chicago.  Chicago, at that time, was still not very large.  We 
went again by boat from Chicago to Milwaukee, where we stayed two days, 
and then we came again by boat to Manitowoc, where we arrived October 3rd;
it was Sunday.
We landed at the south pier, and there was our now deceased fellow citizen,
Dusold, and he took us along to his hotel.  We had our first breakfast in 
Manitowoc with him, and I can still exactly remember, it consisted of 
potatoes in their jackets, fried bacon, and coffee.  We then went to 
Schuette's Store and asked Father Schuette whether he perhaps knew where 
my brother-in-law Thiele lives.  The Thieles were already here in this 
country for five years, at first living in Cedarburg, moving hither in the
spring.  
They had written to us that we should ask Schuette, who would give us 
information.  Yes, said Father Schuette, they have bought from us, but I 
don't know just where they live.  He sent for the druggist, Leubner, and 
Leubner's son was our guide and went with us by foot, naturally.  Father 
Schuette told him he should go three miles west and three miles south, 
then we would come to Teitgen's.  There we found the little schoolhouse, a
building about 18 x 22 feet in size.  Now there were divine services in it
and, while they sang, we sat down on a log and waited until the people 
came out; then we asked whether or not somebody would know where Thieles 
lived.  
Old Kieselhorst told us Thieles had lived with them for three weeks until 
they had made their house ready.  So we went with Kieselhorst, Roepken, 
and Barchenbruch west along a road where only a wagon could come through. 
When we arrived at Kieselhorst's farm, we met Ernst Pleuss, Kieselhorst's 
brother-in-law, who worked at Kieselhorst's then.  He had prepared a 
beautiful noon meal and it tasted good to us.  At that time, Kieselhorst 
already had a beautiful farm.  
We still had to go another mile south then, again barely a footpath, until
we arrived at Thiele's.  Kieselhorst accompanied us; then there was great 
joy as we saw brother-in-law and sister again.  My sister said, "Boys, 
here you can contribute something more to America."  They had only a small
log house, 18 x 24 feet, and there our family numbered six, and the 
Thieles, four people, so it was rather small for the large family.  
We boys slept above, under the roof, where a hole had been cut in the 
gable in the south side of the house and over which we hung a big German 
sack; so then we climbed up the ladder in the evening and crept into our 
bed.  Since it was now winter, snowing and storming, about two inches of 
snow lay on our bed in the morning, but we were still healthy.  Again, the
second evening after our arrival, as it began to get dark, the wolves 
began to howl nearby in the woods.  Oh, we thought, those seem to be very 
peculiar neighbors that we have.  Now we were in the middle of the 
wilderness." 
[MARCH 07, 1907]  "My parents still had $100 left.  So we bought a cow for
$24, an oven, and some tools, and that was all our money.  We made 
shingles through the winter.  My brother-in-law Thiele and I had sawed the
boards and my father had split the shingles; my other brother and my 
sister had cut the shingles and my mother had packed them.  We carried the
wood from which we made the shingles.  We received $2 per 1000 for the 
shingles in Manitowoc.  Kieselhorst and Griebling had transported the 
shingles to Manitowoc for us for $0.50 per 1000.  Mr Baensch's father also
had bought some from us because he had a beautiful store then.  I also 
remember Mr Baensch's grandparents well; if I am correct, his grandfather 
died in 1854.  Cholera was in Manitowoc in that same year; Richter, who 
had his office building east of Shove's Bank, also died then.  
The autumn of 1853, there were very many wild pigeons and, where winter 
wheat had been sown, the pigeons came and picked it up.  I had to pass by 
Kieselhorst, who had also sown an area in wheat; the pigeons flocked there,
but we didn't like that.  If I threw a stick at them, they came back, just
as many.  I spoke to Kieselhorst about it, that he should load his double 
barreled shotgun, and I wanted to shoot them.  But he didn't really trust
 me and said I could do myself harm.  I told him, though, I had been 
shooting since I was eight.  Finally he gave it to me; I hit no pigeons 
with the first shot, because I had never shot a gun in my life.  Well, I 
thought, the next time you have to aim much better. Right; then I hit one.
There was always roasted pigeon at Kieselhorst's.  Ernst Schlueter, who 
also worked at Kieselhorst's, had once hit 16 with one shot.  The pigeons 
flew in such great flocks and so dense that one could scarcely see through
to the sun.  
I started to chop fire wood at Kieselhorst's and, naturally, I wanted to 
learn to chop right and left handed.  On this one attempt, I chopped 
myself proficiently in the foot, so that blood flowed.  I hobbled to the 
house and Kieselhorst, who was also a half-doctor, had to bind my foot; 
but I had to give up my services for a long time.  
In the winter we chopped down three or four maple trees every morning.  
Our cow ate the buds off during the day, and, now and then in the morning,
five or six deer were nearby and also ate them.  But, unfortunately, we 
had no gun and, therefore, we could not have them.  My brother and I had 
to fetch six to nine bundles of straw in the morning from Griebling's.  It
was a mile to carry it and it cost us $0.01 per bundle.  One could still 
buy land in our neighborhood for $1.25 an acre with very beautiful woods 
on it.  Pine, usually 60 feet high without knots, sound, clear material.  
But it was all burnt because people had to have clearings.  We had chopped
down about 15 acres every winter in 1858 and 1859, and then the brush was 
burnt in June, and the large logs were gathered with oxen and rolled to 
the house and set on fire, if there was a good wind.  Then we had to roll 
the outside logs into the middle of the fire when the center had burnt.  
So we had to wear wooden shoes, the leather shoes would burn as well.  
Carl Wernecke, who has been dead a long time, was our town treasurer in 
1853.  The town of Newton and the town of Liberty were one town at that 
time.  Our taxes were $2.80 for 80 acres.  The school was in bad order 
then.  The wife of our neighbor was the teacher.  Her husband carried the 
child to her at the school every morning, because she had only recently 
given birth.  She had a cradle in the school, and rocked her child and 
taught us children.  
I must say also that I had to go to school with Pastor Goldammer the first
winter, and was confirmed with Wilhelm Hemschemeier, Wilhelm Kraemer, 
Wilhelm Stuemge, Ferdinand Pautz, and Ludwig Groelle in the spring.  
Pastor Goldammer had founded the Lutheran congregation in Manitowoc also, 
and he was a brother-in-law of Herman Loke, if I am correct.  He was a 
good, busy man.
Well, here, with this for now, I will close. Your friend, August Eberhardt."
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WEDDED A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY

Aug Eberhardt and His Bride of 1860, Observe Anniversary

LOCAL DELEGATES ATTEND MEETING
Backward over fifty years to the day in 1860 when as youth and maiden they
plighted their troth and received the benediction as man and wife, Mr and 
Mrs August Eberhardt, among the best known and most highly respected 
pioneers of the county, wandered in thought today, the occasion of their 
golden wedding anniversary, and, surrounded by their children, 
grandchildren and other relatives, with many friends assembled at the 
pleasant home on Michigan Avenue, they received congratulations and the 
day was made a memorable one.  The celebration is an informal one, more in
nature of a family reunion, and is joyous to hosts and guests.
No plans had been made by Mr and Mrs Eberhardt for formal celebration of 
their golden wedding, but the children of the couple had planned a family 
reunion and gathering of relatives as a surprise, and gathered at the home
early in the day to assist in commemorating the anniversary in fitting 
manner.  A family dinner and a day of joyous sociability, in which the 
bride and groom of half a century were as young as the youngest, marked 
the passing of the day, and this evening there will be another gathering 
of friends at the home.  Though advanced in years, Mr and Mrs Eberhardt 
enjoy robust health, and they received their guests and made the welcome 
one long to be remembered for its sincerity and cordiality.
Mr Eberhardt and his wife, who was Amalia Mundt, were married in the town 
of Newton, which was the home of the two families, November 28, 1860, the 
ceremony being performed by Rev Salzer, resident pastor of the German 
church.  Mr Eberhardt, who is a native of Germany, came to Manitowoc 
county in 1847, sixty-three years ago, thus being one of the oldest 
settlers of the county.  Mrs Eberhardt, with her parents, came to America 
from her native land, Germany, in 1852 and the friendship formed by the 
young couple, whose homes were in the same neighborhood, ripened into a 
stronger attachment that led to the altar in 1860.  The wedding was an 
event for that day.  The young couple dispensed with a honeymoon tour, in 
those days little known, and set about to make a home; and, in the fifty 
years of their union, they have witnessed marvelous changes in the county 
of their adoption, a recital of the incidents of the lives of the two 
making a most interesting story.
Mr and Mrs Eberhardt, after their marriage, settled on a farm in the town 
of Newton, where they made their home for twenty years, removing to Four 
Corners and residing on a farm there until Mr Eberhardt retired from 
active pursuits, his son Henry taking over the farm, the parents removing 
to this city, which has since been their home.  The couple were parents of
eight children, seven of whom survive and were present for the celebration
of the golden wedding, being Mrs Wm Sampe, Mrs Richard Rudolph, Mrs A 
Aastad, this city; Mrs Wm O'Hara, Washington D C; Henry, Charles, and 
William, all residents of the county and successful business men.  There 
are nine grand children who tendered felicitations to the couple on the 
occasion of the celebration, and a large number of other relatives were 
present, with many friends, to extend congratulations and well wishes for 
many years of life and prosperity.
During their long residence in the county Mr and Mrs Eberhardt have become
widely known and have surrounded themselves with a host of friends who 
esteem them for their sturdy qualities and staunch friendship.  Mr 
Eberhardt is one of the men who made a success of farming in the county 
and who aided in blazing the way to the present development of agriculture
in this section, winning for himself and bride a comfortable competency 
for their declining years. Mr Eberhardt, by frugality and good management,
made a success early in life and is the owner of some of the best farms in
the county; and even today, in his retirement, takes an interest in the 
industry and gives to his sons, who followed his footsteps, farming, the 
advice made valuable by years of experience and successful management.
Well wishes of many friends will be extended to Mr and Mrs Eberhardt in 
their happy celebration, and the wish will be unanimous that the worthy 
couple may live to celebrate the diamond wedding anniversary.  The HERALD 
joins in the wish and tenders its congratulations to the bride and groom 
of half a century ago.  [1910]


CHARLES EBERHARDT

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.227-228.

Charles Eberhardt, whose extensive stock-raising operations have made him 
one of the best known agriculturists of the town of Rapids, is a native of 
the town of Newton, and was born September 15, 1879, a son of August and 
Amalia (Mund) Eberhardt. His grandparents were Karl and Sophia Eberhardt, 
natives of Germany, who came to the United States in 1852, settling on 
wild land in Manitowoc county, where the grandfather died in 1868 and his 
wife in 1894, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. August Eberhardt 
was born in Germany and was fourteen years of age when he came to this 
country, being reared on the home farm in the town of Newton and taking 
charge of it at his father’s death. He continued to operate there until 
1882, when he purchased a farm in the town of Rapids, which his son, Henry,
is now operating. He retired in 1897 and now lives in the city of 
Manitowoc. He was married November 28, 1860, to Miss Amalia Mund, also a 
native of Germany, and they had ten children, of whom seven still survive.
Charles Eberhardt received his education at the Four Corners district 
school and the Manitowoc high school, and worked on his father’s farm until
he was eighteen years of age. He then spent six months as a clerk in a 
Chicago grocery store, but returned to Manitowoc county and went into the 
stock-raising business with his brother August, renting a farm in the town 
of Manitowoc for six years. At this time his brother’s health failed and 
he was compelled to retire from the business, which Mr. Eberhardt conducted
alone on the rented land until 1909 when he purchased his brother’s farm 
in the town of Rapids, and here he has continued operations to the present 
time. He has a finely cutivated property and carries on an extensive 
stock-raising business, disposing of his meat in the city markets.
On January 4, 1905, Mr. Eberhardt was united in marriage with Miss Clara 
Kurth, who was born in Manitowoc, daughter of Frederick and Minnie Kurth, 
natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Eberhardt are members of the Lutheran 
church.


HENRY EBERHARDT

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.166-167.

The Eberhardt family is one of the best known families of Manitowoc county,
and a worthy representative of it is found in Henry Eberhardt, who is 
engaged in operating the oldest farm in the town of Rapids. Mr. Eberhardt 
was born in the town of Newton, February 16, 1870, and is a son of August 
and Amalia (Mund) Eberhardt. His grandparents, Karl and Sophia Eberhardt, 
came to the United States in 1852 and settled in the town of Newton, 
Manitowoc county, where they purchased wild land, the grandfather erecting 
a log cabin in which the family lived for some years. Here his death 
occurred in 1868, his widow surviving him until 1894, having attained the 
remarkable age of ninety-three years. August Eberhardt was born in Germany,
and was fourteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to the United
States. Reared to farming, he worked the home property in the town of 
Newton until 1882, when he purchased the land which his son Henry is now 
cultivating, the oldest farm in the town of Rapids, which was first 
improved in 1838 by Hiram McAlister. In 1897 Mr. Eberhardt retired from 
active life, and he is now living quietly in Manitowoc, enjoying the fruits
of his many years of well spent labor. On November 28, 1860, he was married
to Amalia Mund, who was born in Germany and came to the United States in 
1847, at the age of seven years, with her parents, Gottfried and Sophia 
Mund. Of the ten children born to this union, three boys and four girls 
still survive.
Henry Eberhardt secured his education in the public schools of the towns
of Newton and Rapids, and after leaving school devoted himself to the 
cultivation of his father’s farm, which has been his home to the present 
time. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and his operations 
have been very successful, his standing being high among the farmers of 
the town of Rapids.
In 1897 Mr. Eberhardt was married to Miss Christina Keil, daughter of 
Henry and Wilhelmina Keil, who came from Germany to the United States in 
1852 and settled in Manitowoc county. Mrs. Eberhardt is a consistent member
of the Reformed church. Politically a republican, Mr. Eberhardt has been 
active in the ranks of his party and he has served repeatedly as a member 
of the school board, a capacity in which his father also acted for a number
of years.


EDWARD EBERT, JR.

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.375-376.

Edward Ebert, Jr., whose fine farm of seventy-seven acres is situated on 
section 4, in the township of Cato, was born February 22, 1868, at 
Whitelaw, Wisconsin, and is a son of Edward and Annie (Maske) Ebert, 
natives of Germany. Mr. Ebert’s parents were married on the farm which is
now being operated by Edward Ebert, Jr., and later settled on an unbroken 
farm of eighty acres at Whitelaw, where the father erected a house and 
engaged in cultivating his land. There his wife died in 1885, at the age 
of forty-two years, and was buried in the Whitelaw cemetery, after which 
he continued to reside on the farm until 1899, at which time he went to 
live with his son, Jacob in the town of Franklin, where he passed away 
February 9, 1912.
Edward Ebert, Jr., who was the third born of a family of thirteen 
children, began working at the age of twenty years for the Chicago & 
Northwestern Railroad, with which he was connected for eight years, at 
the end of that time purchasing his present property. He has all of his 
property in a high state of cultivation, fenced with barbed and woven 
wire, and neatly graded and supplied with excellent farm buildings, 
including a basement barn, thirty-six feet by one hundred and twelve feet,
with cement floor, built in 1899, and a two-story frame house of twelve 
rooms, equipped with all modern conveniences, which was remodeled in 1905.
Water is secured from drilled wells. Mr. Ebert does general farming, 
marketing dairy products, hogs, cattle, hay and grain, and milks on an
average of ten cows, principally Durhams. He also raises Chester-White 
hogs and Percheron horses.
In 1894 Mr. Ebert was married to Miss Margaret Halloran, a daughter of 
Frank and Sarah (Hogan) Halloran, natives of Ireland, who were married in
Wisconsin and then settled in the town of Cato on an eighty-acre farm, 
which they cleared and developed. The father died in 1898, at the age of 
sixty-eight years, and his widow is now in her eighty-seventh year and 
makes her home with her son-in-law, our subject. Mrs. Ebert was the 
youngest of twelve children, and was born June 15, 1872, and died January
30, 1910, being buried in St. Patrick’s cemetery, at Maple Grove. Mr. and
Mrs. Ebert had three children: Sarah, a graduate of the Grimms school, 
who is now being given a musical education; and Joseph and Margaret, who 
are attending school. Mr. Ebert is a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic 
church, and belongs to the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, and the Modern
Woodmen of America. In political matters he is a democrat, and he has 
served eight years as superintendent of roads.


CAPT. HENRY G. EDWARDS

From the Manitowoc Pilot, February 29, 1872:
C.C. Barnes having thoroughly repaired and refitted the scow Blue Bell,
has sold the same to Capt. Henry G. Edwards for the sum of six thousand
dollars. Capt. Edwards intends to make the lumber trade a specialty this
season, as the scow carries one hundred and twenty thousand feet, and is
considered in every way a good substantial vessel. Capt. Edwards secured
a good bargain at the price paid for the scow.


J. W. EDWARDS

OLD SETTLERS.
J.L. Edwards of this city enjoys the distinction of being the earliest settler 
of Manitowoc, now a resident here. J. W. Edwards with his family, consisting of 
H.G. Edwards, of Charlevoix, D.W. Edwards, J.L. Edwards, Eliza, Phoebe and 
Gertrude, reached Manitowoc in the fall of 1835. At that time Conroe’s mill was 
built at Manitowoc Rapids and a gang of men were at work clearing land in the 
present site of the city. Edwards had purposed (sic) going to Chicago. A cousin 
of his had gone west and settled near Chicago. His name was Cook and the county 
now bears his name. He visited his old home in New Jersey and his glowing 
description of the west was sufficient to induce Edwards to decide upon immediate 
removal to the El Dorado. When he came to Buffalo he found that there was no means 
of reaching Chicago, as the place then was not of sufficient consequence to justify 
a boat’s running there. He took the old steamer Robert Fulton to Detroit and there 
learned that a schooner was to sail for Green Bay with supplies for the fort. He 
formed the acquaintance of the captain who allowed him to work his passage to Green 
Bay. Chicago all this time was the objective point, and as Green Bay was nearer 
Chicago than Detroit was, by the only means of communication then possible for long 
distances, the coming to Green Bay was performing a part of the projected trip. The 
schooner left Green Bay for Manitowoc with supplies for Conroe’s mill and Edwards 
thought this was another opportunity to shorten the distance to Chicago and so came 
along with his family.
The proprietors of the Rapids mill found it necessary to have scows to take their 
lumber down the river and into the bay where it was loaded on vessels. Edwards was 
a carpenter and took a contract to build two scows. Obtaining work here he abandoned 
his intention of going to Chicago and decided to make Manitowoc his home. He had 
had some knowledge of fishing and had an idea that the lake of Two Rivers was an 
excellent fishing ground. He built a fishing boat which he completed in 1836 and 
then walked to Green Bay where he purchased twine from which he made a seine. He set 
out with a man from the Rapids, his son Henry, then a lad of 13, and Perry Smith. 
They dropped their seine in the lake midway between here and Two Rivers and caught 
about 10 barrels of fine whitefish in the first haul. This was distributed among 
the people but the success determined Edwards to engage permanently in the business 
of fishing. He moved from the Rapids to the Little Manitowoc where he built a log 
hut and formed a partnership with a man from Detroit named John P. Clark. The 
fishing outfit was a good one for these days. A shanty was built between Two Rivers 
and the Point, and a schooner owned by Clark made monthly trips for the fish caught. 
Often 100 barrels of fish were caught in one haul. In 1841 Edwards built a hotel on 
the Green Bay road about half ways between Manitowoc and Green Bay, a short distance 
from the village of Coopers. The road to Green Bay was at that time mainly a trail 
and travel was wholly by foot or on horseback. He disposed of this hotel and came 
to Manitowoc. When the war broke out he enlisted and died in this city about 20 
years ago.
The Indians were quite numerous at that time but were peaceably inclined. They seemed 
to have the utmost confidence in the white people and their chief who bore the name 
of Mexico was a man of excellent judgment, clam, dispassionate and very conservative. 
One morning in 1836 Edwards with a companion went out hunting. They separated and 
Edwards while near where Luep’s house now stands heard a bullet whistle near him and 
at the same time heard the crack of a rifle. Two more shots followed and then Edwards 
set out to find the cause. He found an Indian loading his rifle who explained he was 
shooting at something in a tree. Edwards walked away and soon after another bullet 
whistled by him. Satisfied now that the Indian meant to shoot him he ran down to 
Luep’s Peninsula and again the Indian sent a bullet after him. He met his companion 
and they concealed themselves behind a tree. Soon the Indian was seen following Edwards 
trail on a run. When the Indian was quite close to their hiding place both men stepped 
out. Seeing two men the Indian dropped his gun and he was taken in custody and brought 
to the shanty of E.L. Abbott, Farnham and Howard, three men who were at work clearing 
up. The Indian would offer no explanation of his conduct. The matter was reported to 
the chief, Mexico, who was quite indignant. No one learned the fact of the Indian and 
he was never seen again in this section. It was learned later that a man named Hart 
had whipped this Indian, using a blacksnake whip. Hart bore a striking resemblance to 
Edwards and it is thought the Indian mistook him for the man on whom he waited to be 
revenged.
There was an Indian plantation near Kings Bride (sic), on the farm owned later by the 
Birdsalls. The Indians had cleared up a patch of land on which they raised corn. In 
the fall they camped near Two Rivers and fished. Indeed the bucks fished there 
throughout the season leaving the care of the plantation to the squaws. They camped 
about half a mile from where Edwards had his fish shanties. There were quite a number 
of French who had settled in the neighborhood of Two Rivers and one dealt in whiskey. 
One day the Indians got on a big spree. In the night some of them called at the fish 
shanty and asked the men to go up to the camp as one of the Indians was running amuck 
and was stabbing his wife and her brother. The fishermen thought it wise to remain at 
home but on the morning visited the camp and found that the Indian had stabbed and 
killed his wife and her brother. The murderer bore the name of Sewahquette. When he 
sobered up he realized that his life was forfeited and he begged sufficient money to 
buy a last drink. About 11 o’clock the following day the fisherman met an Indian on 
his way from Manitowoc to the camp at Two Rivers. He uttered a war-whoop when he met 
the men and informed them he had come to kill Sewahquette. When he came within sight 
of the camp he uttered another whoop. Mexico started to meet him and endeavored to 
wrest the gun from him. The men grappled and Mexico managed to discharge the gun when 
the muzzle was pointed upward. The gun was taken away from the Indian but he secretly 
gained possession of it. The murdered Indian and squaw were lying in a wigwam covered 
with a blanket. Sewahquette knowing that his life was in danger and seeking to conceal 
himself, or else, selecting the place of his execution, crept to the wigwam where the 
bodies were, placed himself between the two and covered his face with the blanket. 
Henry Edwards was standing near when he saw the Indian who had come from Manitowoc 
stealthily approach through the thicket having his gun with him; he entered the wigwam, 
removed the blanket from Sewahquette’s face and deliberately blew his brains out. The 
boy was horrified at the deed of which he was a witness. The Indian who shot the 
murderer then took five Indians with him and proceeded to the shanty of the Frenchman 
who sold the liquor. The man seeing them come grew alarmed and decamped, leaving his 
wife to face the danger. The Indian informed the woman that he intended no harm to her 
but he wanted all the liquor in the house. She refused to give him any, but a trap door 
was opened and the whiskey was found. It was taken to the camp. Mexico feared further 
difficulty when his band would be under the excitement of liquor and so gathered up 
every weapon and placed them in the keeping of the white men. But the pow-wow passed 
off quietly and the next day the three bodies were placed in a box and buried. The 
ceremony is described as both peculiar and interesting. The final act was the killing 
of a white dog on which the Indians feasted.
The people from the east who settled here had heard so much of the cruelty of Indians 
that at first they place but little confidence in them. Henry Edwards tells how terror 
stricken he was one night during the fall of 1835. The shanty had just one pane of 
glass for a window. He woke up during the night and saw an Indian peering in. He 
expected a massacre to take place directly. But the Indian went away. When he got to 
know the Indians better he frequently spent nights in their wigwams. They always 
treated their guests hospitably. Henry for a time purchased furs for a Green Bay fur 
company and in the pursuit of his business visited many Indian camps and became quite 
familiar with the Indians character of which he has a high appreciation.
Manitowoc Pilot, March 10, 1892  P.  2


JOSEPH F. EDWARDS

Joseph F. Edwards was born in Manitowoc City, Wisconsin, on November 4, 1858, 
being the son of John W. and Frances (Hunter) Edwards. The father was a 
carpenter and ship builder, born in Calais, Maine, in 1812, January 23, died 
on January 8, 1897 He participated in the Black Hawk and the Civil wars in the 
latter he was orderly sergeant of Company K, Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteers: 
He served under Generals Rosecrans and Thomas, and was in the battles of the 
Wilderness, Lookout Mountain and Vicksburg. The mother of our subject was born 
in Nova Scotia in 1822, and died on May 10, 1898. These people were pioneers 
to the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1833. At the age of thirteen Joseph 
started to sail on the lakes, and continued until he was twenty. He then came 
west to California and on September 28, 1878, he settled in Nez Perces County, 
in the vicinity of Genesee. For twenty years he farmed there, and in 1898 he 
came to Culdesac, locating the first store in a tent July 29, 1899. Prior to 
that time he had also been organizer for the W. of W. Soon he sold his interest 
to his partner, Mr. E. T. Brandon, and in November of the same year started a 
general merchandise store for himself. He continued that with the post office 
until June 1901, when he sold out and erected several buildings in the town. He 
recently completed Magnolia hall, the largest two-story structure in the town. 
Now Mr. Edwards is engaged in the real estate business. 
On March 4, 1889, Mr. Edwards married Miss Ada V. Nelson in Latah County. Mrs. 
Edwards is the daughter of T. F. and Mary F. (Greer) Nelson. The father, a 
Baptist minister in Idaho County, was born in North Carolina and was a 
Confederate soldier. He has represented Idaho and Latah counties in the 
legislature and at the time Heitfield was elected Mr. Nelson came within two 
votes of being United States senator. Mrs. Nelson was born in North Carolina 
as was also Mrs. Edwards, November 19, 1871. She has the following brothers 
and sisters: Thomas, Rosa Howton, Horace, Samuel, John and Gordon. Mr. Edwards 
has the following named brothers and sisters: Charles A., Margaret Spencer; 
George, Thomas and John all deceased. Mr. Edwards is a member of the W. of W., 
the I. 0.0. F., having passed all the chairs of the latter order, and past 
chancellor of the K. of P. He is also a member of the Rebekahs and the Women 
of Woodcraft, his wife being a member of these last named orders also. Mr. 
Edwards is an active and intelligent Republican. He is a committeeman of the 
Culdesac precinct. Mr. Edwards is always an advocate of good schools, and is 
a liberal contributor towards all institutions for the benefit of the community. 
He has assisted much in contributions toward the location of the new mill and 
other industries of the town. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Edwards, as follows: Mary Frances, Charles M., Everett W. and a baby which died 
in infancy. 


CAPTAIN M. L. EDWARDS

From the "History of the Great Lakes" vol. 2 by J.B. Mansfield 1899

  Captain M.L. Edwards, who is the son of Capt. Joseph and Amy Johnston 
Edwards, was born May 26, 1852, in Manitowoc, Wis. His father, who was a 
master and owner of lake vessels for many years, was born in Jersey City, 
N.J., in 1801, and his mother was a native of New York City, born in 1804. 
The grandparents were natives of New England.
  Captain Joseph Edwards built the first fishing boat, the first scow and 
the first tug ever constructed in Manitowoc and sailed them. He was also 
master of several other vessels. In 1861, during the war of the Rebellion, 
leaving home, wife and children, he enlisted in the Thirty-second Wis. Vol. 
Inf., and took an honorable part with his regiment in the battles around 
Vicksburg and Cold Springs, with Gen. Tecumseh Sherman, under whom he also 
participated in his march to the sea, joining in all of the battles of that 
famous campaign at Resaca, Big Shanty, Lookout Mountain, Kenesaw, Dallas, 
Atlanta and Savannah. He was also in the invasion of North and South 
Carolina, his last battle being at Bentonville, N.C. Among the trophies he 
secured was a drum captured from the enemy, which is held by the family as 
an heirloom. The sons of the family who were sailors and warriors were Capt. 
Henry Edwards, who sailed the schooner Citizen, the Convoy, Clipper City, 
Transit, C.L. Johnson (now the C.Y.M.Z.A.) and other vessels; his death 
occurred at Pine Lake, Wis. Capt. Daniel Edwards, who now owns and sails 
vessels at Santiago, Cal., was for a time in the employ of the Lake 
Navigation Company and he also sailed the schooners Belle, Fox, brig Coral, 
Black Hawk, and Rock Mountain; he enlisted in a Wisconsin battery of 
artillery and served with credit throughout the Civil war. Joseph, another 
captain, commanded among other vessels the schooner Sea Gem, Gertrude, Two 
Charlies, El Tempo and Driver, and the tugs Cyclone, Arctic and Gregory; 
he also took up arms for the Union, having enlisted in a Wisconsin calvary 
regiment; he has retired from active duty. Capt. Perry Edwards, the fourth 
son, enlisted in the Ninteenth Wis. Vol. Inf., and served until the close 
of the war, and it may be observed here that the mother had a son to 
represent her in each branch of the great army of the North, calvary, 
infantry and artillery; Perry was also a lake captain and sailed the 
schooners Blue Bell, Eclipse, Cuyahoga and Australia, the tug Arctic for the 
Goodrich line, and was in the steamer T.S. Faxton a short time.
  Capt. Milton L. Edwards, the fifth son in the family, was too young to go 
to war. He attended school at Manitowoc until 1864, when he shipped on the 
schooner Adele, trading to Green Bay, and he subsequently sailed in the Royal, 
Grace Greenwood, Monarch, King Sisters and Arnold, at the age of seventeen 
serving as master of the schooner C.L. Johnson alternately with his brother 
Henry.  In the spring of 1870 he was appointed to the command of the schooner 
Ben Moe, which he sailed three seasons, and he sailed his next boat, the 
Evaline, for two seasons.  In 1870 he purchased a half-interest in the scow 
Selma, sailing her until the fall of 1877, when he sold his interest and went 
to the Black Hills to seek for gold.  On his return to the lakes in the 
spring of 1878 he was appointed master of the schooner Ithaca, following 
with two seasons as master of the schooner Gen. Franz Sigel and two seasons 
on the Oliver Culver.  In 1883 he bought the schooner Cascade and sailed her 
two seasons.  He was then appointed master of the John Kelderhouse, holding 
that berth until 1887, when he was appointed keeper of the lightship Cascade, 
anchored off Chicago harbor, and after serving in that capacity two years he 
took her as master and sailed her successfully until 1895, when he sold her.  
For the following two years he was in the employ of the city of Chicago as 
keeper of the Lake View water works crib, and in 1897 he purchased the 
schooner West Side, which he has sailed up to this writing.  He has eight 
issues of master's papers.  Socially the Captain is a Royal Arch Mason of 
Corinthian Chapter and a Master Mason of Covenant Lodge, of Chicago.
  In 1878 Captain Edwards wedded Miss Minnie Stone, daughter of Capt. Richard 
and Elizabeth (Brooks) Stone, of Chicago, and the children born to this union 
are Addison K., Wilbur F., Harvey B., Mattie E., Irene A. and Erma L.  The 
family make their home at No. 675 Osgood street, Chicago, Illinois.


PERRY EDWARDS

Manitowoc Tribune, Vol. 17 No. 48, Thursday March 16, 1871, Page 1 Column 6 

Married. 
Edwards-Bashand.  At the residence of the bride's father, March 9, 1871, by 
G.A. Forrest, Justice of the Peace, Mr. P.H. Edwards to Miss Emily Bashand, both 
of this city.
Mr. Edwards is one of our most industrious and enterprising young men, and his 
practical business talents will insure him success in any congenial pursuit.  
We can say, too, from acquaintance, that the lady whom he has won and secured, 
is, in person, heart, and mind, a prize.  We most cordially congratulate you, 
Perry; thus having began well, go on; and may the promise of to-day be, in the 
future, more than realized.
*******
The first part of the above article is also in the Manitowoc Pilot,
March 18, 1871.


FRED W. EGGERS

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.185-186.

Fred W. Eggers, secretary and treasurer of the F. Eggers Veneer & Seating
Company since its organization in 1892, was born in this city on the 4th 
of December, 1867, his parents being Fred and Louisa Eggers.
Fred W. Eggers received his education in the public schools of Two Rivers 
but at the age of fourteen years left the high school to join his parents 
at Royalton, where he attended the country schools. Subsequently he was a 
student in the normal school of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from which institution 
he was graduated in 1884. As soon as he had completed his education he came
to Two Rivers and in partnership with his father started the industry of 
which he is secretary and treasurer. Although at first his father was the 
active member of the firm, much of the success of the F. Eggers Veneer & 
Seating Company is due to the energy and the practical advice of Fred W. 
Eggers.  He has given the greater part of his time and attention to this 
concern and because of his strict business integrity and his ability to 
deal with those working with him he is meeting a success which is both 
commendable and gratifying. The extensive operations which the firm are at 
present carrying on attest in some degree the ability of Mr. Eggers as a 
business man. He has, however, not confined his entire attention to this 
one undertaking. He is secretary of the Two Rivers Improvement Company, 
director of the Two Rivers Coal Company and secretary of the Bailey Baby 
Chair Company.
On the 8th of January, 1897, in Manitowoc, Mr. Eggers was married to Miss 
Agnes Doolan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Doolan, who are among the 
pioneer settlers of Manitowoc county. Mr. and Mrs. Eggers are the parents 
of three children: Helen, who is a student in the Two Rivers high school; 
Winifred, who is attending the public school; and Fred W., Jr., who is 
also attending public school. The family residence is at the corner of 
Jefferson and Second streets.
Mr. Eggers is not allied with any particular political party but always 
exercises his right of franchise in voting for such candidates as he thinks
are best qualified to serve the commonwealth in the offices they seek. He 
is a Royal Arch Mason and also holds membership in the Manitowoc Country 
Club. His social qualities and his honest, straightforward dealings 
throughout his entire business career insure him the respect of all who 
know him.


DR. JOSEPH EGGERS


1900 - Dr. Joseph Eggers at work


Dr. Joseph Eggers, Dentist



GUSTAV EGGERT

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.332-333.

An excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres pays tribute to the care 
and labor bestowed upon it by its owner, Gustav Eggert, who has resided 
upon this place since the spring of 1900. In addition to cultivating the 
soil, in the production of the cereals best adapted to climatic conditions 
here, he is also engaged quite extensively in the raising of Holstein-
Friesian cattle and Poland China hogs, both branches of his business 
proving profitable. Mr. Eggert is a native of Mishicot township, Manitowoc 
county, his natal day being January 27, 1870. He is one of nine children 
of Gustav and Sophia Eggert. The former was a native of Germany, born in 
1843, and with his parents, John and Sophia (Wendt) Eggert, he came to 
America in 1855. The family home was established in Mishicot township, 
Manitowoc county, John Eggert securing a tract of wild land from the 
government. In the midst of the forest he cleared and developed the farm, 
owning and operating eighty acres of land. Both he and his wife have long 
since passed away. Gustav Eggert, Sr., was a lad of only twelve years when 
he accompanied his parents to the new world, and in this county he had the 
usual experiences that fell to the lot of the farm lad in pioneer times. 
He remained with his parents throughout their entire lives and always 
followed the occupation to which he was reared. He married Sophia Krase, 
also a native of Germany, born in 1844. Their marriage was celebrated in 
the town of Two Creeks, June 3, 1866, and they began their domestic life 
upon a farm, Mr. Eggert continuing to till the soil and develop his 
property to the time of his death which occurred August 21, 1894. His wife 
had preceded him in death many years, passing away on February 27, 1879, 
and three of her nine children are also deceased.
Gustav Eggert, Jr., who was the third in order of birth, acquired a 
district-school education and afterward attended a business college at 
Rockford, Illinois. Later he was employed at farm labor in the vicinity of 
Rockford for seven years, but when twenty-one years of age he returned to 
Manitowoc county and began the cultivation of the home farm in 1894, 
following his father’s death. For four years he continued to live upon that
place and in the spring of 1900 came to his present home in Two Creeks 
township where he owns and cultivates one hundred and twenty acres of land 
upon which he has now resided for twelve years. He has brought his fields 
under a high state of cultivation and golden harvests annually reward his 
labors. He also derives a substantial income from the raising of 
Holstein-Friesian cattle and Poland China hogs. Moreover, he is a 
stockholder in the West Shore Telephone Company, of which he was one of the
organizers and his various lines of business have placed him with the 
substantial residents of his part of the county.
On the 19th of December, 1899, Mr. Eggert was married to Miss Flora 
Ihlenfeldt, a daughter of Charles and Hattie (White) Ihlenfeldt, the former
a native of Germany and the latter of the state of New York. The father 
came to America in 1852. making his way to Chicago and after four years 
settled on a farm near Kewanee, Illinois. In 1898 he came to Manitowoc 
county. Mrs. Eggert was born in Kewanee county and was married in Two 
Creeks township, Manitowoc county. Unto them have been born four children, 
of whom three are living Hattie Gladys, Floyd Herman and Chester Lea.
Mr. Eggert belongs to the order of the Moose at Two Rivers and is a member 
of the Congregational church. His political allegiance is given to the 
republican party and for seven years he served as town clerk and has also 
been justice of the peace. The greater part of his life has been passed in 
Manitowoc county where he is widely known and where he has so directed his 
labors as to win substantial success as the result of his industry and 
integrity.


RUDOLPH EGGERT


RUDOLPH AND AUGUSTA EGGERT


WILHELM EGGERT


WILHELM AND JOHANNA EGGERT



ANTON CLEMENT EMMER

Record of Birth: Vol. 14, Page 267, # 77-25637
Full Name of Child: Anton Clement Emmer
Color: White
Sex: Male
Other Issue: John, Christine
Father: John G. Emmer, Sr.
Father's Occupation: Laborer
Mother: Anna Hajeck
Date of Birth: June 27, 1905 at 9:15 A.M. (I think it should be 1906.)
Place of Birth: Town Of Cato, Manitowoc County
Father's Birthplace: Calumet County, Wisconsin
Mother's Birth Place: Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Physician or Midwife: Louis Falge, M.D.
Residence: Reedsville, Wisconsin
Date of Certificate: July 18, 1907
Health Official: C.A. Robley
Residence: Clarks Mills
Date of Registration: August 1, 1907


CHRISTINE EMMER

Record Of Birth: Vol. 14, Page 47, # 267-24336
Full Name of Child: Christine Emmer
Color: White
Sex: Female
Other Issue: John
Father: John Emmer
Father's Occupation: Laborer
Mother: Annie Hajek
Date of Birth: Monday, December 18, 1905 At 8:25 A.M.
Place of Birth: Town of Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Calumet County, Wisconsin    
Mother's Birthplace: Manitowoc County
Physician or Midwife: Louis Falge
Residence: Reedsville, Wisconsin
Date of Certificate: May 5, 1906
Health Official: P. H. Lyons
Residence: Clarks Mills, Wisconsin
Date of Registration: May 18, 1906


CLARENCE TONY EMMER  (I don't have him in any cemetery)

Record Of Death: Vol. 9, Page 196
Name: Clarence Tony Emmer
Residence: Cato, Manitowoc County
Sex: Male
Color: White
Date of Birth: June 29, 1907
Age: 9 Months, 29 Days
Single, Married: Infant
Date of Death: April 26, 1908
Father: John Emmer
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother: Anna Hayek
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Signed By: H. A. Ott, M.D., April 26, 1908, Reedsville, Wisconsin
Place of Burial: Reedsville, Wisconsin
Undertaker: Charles Neuhaln - Reedsville
Registrar: P.H. Lyons - April 27, 1908


ERNINE LOTTA EMMER

Record of Birth: Vol 19, Page 858
Full Name of Child: Ernine Lotta Emmer
Place of Birth: Cato, Manitowoc County
Sex: Female
Color: White
Legitimate: Yes
Date of Birth: June 26, 1911 at 4 A.M.
Father: Jno.  Emmer
Residence: Valders, Wisconsin
Color: White
Age: 31
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation
Mother: Hayeg
Residence: Valders
Color: White
Age: 26
Occupation: Housewife
No. of children to this mother: 5
No. of children to this mother now living: 4.
Physician or Midwife: T.  O'Brien
Residence: St. Nazians, Wisconsin
Filed: July 8, 1911
Registrar: C.A. Robley


JOHN EMMER

Marriage Record: Vol. 7, Page 296 # 244
Husband: John Emmer
  Father: Joseph Emmer
  Mother: Elizabeth Hein
  Occupation: Workingman
  Residence: Grimms
  Birthplace: Sherwood, Calumet County
Wife: Anna Hajek
  Father: John Hajek
  Mother: Carrie Watek
  Birthplace: Grimms
Date of Marriage: October 6, 1903
Place of Marriage: Reedsville, Manitowoc County
Color of Parties: White
Type of Ceremony: Cath. Church
Subscribing Witnesses: Anthony Emmer and Paul Gosz
Clergy or Other: Rev. Alois Merge, Reedsville


JOHN EMMER

Record of Birth: Vol. 13, Page 131, # 673-22446
Full Name of Child: John Emmer
Color: White
Sex: Male
Father: John Emmer
Father's Occupation: Laborer
Mother: Annie Hajek
Date of Birth: Monday, July 11, 1904 at 11:40 A.M.
Place of Birth: Town Of Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Name of Person Reporting: Louis Falge, M.D.
Residence: Reedsville, Wisconsin   
Date of Certificate: August 17, 1904
Health Official: P.H. Lyons
Residence: Clarks Mills, Wisconsin 
Date Of Registration: October 5, 1904


LAURA CARIE EMMER  (Amended by herself 5 Mar 1971 to read LAURETTE CAROLINE EMMER)

Record of Birth: Vol 17, Page 166
Full Name of Child: Laura Carie Emmer   
Sex: Female
Color or Race: White
Twin, Triplet or Other: Single Birth
Birth Order: 4th
Legitimate: Yes    
Date of Birth: March 6, 1907 at 5 P.M. (index at the courthouse lists her birth as 1909)
Father: John Emmer
Residence: Township Cato
Color or Race: White
Age: 28
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: Laborer
Mother: Anna Hayek
Residence: Township Cato
Color or Race: White
Age: 23
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: Housewife
Child's Birthplace: Manitowoc County, Township Cato
No. of Children to this Mother: 4    
Physician or Midwife: H.A. Ott, M.D.
Residence: Reedsville
Local Registrar: P.H. Lyons


LILLIAN FRANCIS EMMER

Record of Birth: Vol.21, Page 709
Name of Child: Lillian Francis Emmer
Birthplace: Cato, Manitowoc County
Sex: Female
Color: White
Legitimate: Yes
Date of Birth: June 24, 1913 at 10 A.M.
Father: John Emmer
Residence: Cato
Color: White
Age: 27 (Obviously a mistake)
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: Laborer
Mother: Annie Hayek
Residence: Cato
Color: White
Age: 27
Occupation: Housewife
No. of This Child: 7
No. of Children Living: 6
Physician or Midwife: T. O'Brien
Residence: St. Nazians
Filed: June 27, 1913
Registrar: C.A. Robley


VERNON JOSEPH EMMERS

Record of Birth: Vol. 23, Page 667
Name of Child: Vernon Joseph Emmers
Place of Birth: Cato, Manitowoc County
Sex: Male
Color: White
Twin, Triplet or Other: Single Birth
Legitimate: Yes
Date of Birth: October 2, 1915 at 11 P.M.
Father: John Emmers
Residence: Cato, Wisconsin
Color: White
Age: 35
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: Laborer
Mother: Anna Hayek
Residence: Cato, Wisconsin
Color: White
Age: 30
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: Housewife
No. of children: 7
No of children living: 6
Physician or Midwife: Thos. O'Brien
Residence: St. Nazians
Filed: October 7, 1915
Registrar: C. A. Robley


MARGARET ELIZABETH EMMERT

Birth Record: Vol. 28, Page 67
Name: Margaret Elizabeth Emmert
Birthplace: Cato, Manitowoc County
Sex: Male (sic)
Color: White
Single or Multiple: Single
Legitimate: Yes
Date of Birth: October 8, 1917
Father: John Emmert
  Residence: Valders
  Color: White
  Age: 37
  Birthplace: Valders
  Occupation: Laborer
Mother: Anna Hyok
  Residence: Valders
  Color: White
  Age: 32
  Birthplace: Wisconsin
  Occupation: Housewife
This Child's Birth Order: 8th
Physician or Midwife: Dr. Thos. O'Brien, M.D., St. Nazianz


JOHN D. ENGEL

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.615-616.

John D. Engel is one of the foremost citizens of Kiel, where he has been 
engaged in the livery business for about six years. He is a native of 
Wisconsin, his birth having occurred at New Holstein, Calumet county, on 
the 28th of November, 1870, and he is a son of Frederick and Maria (Edens) 
Engel. The father was born in Meldorf, Germany, in 1842, and the mother 
near that place in 1848. They were married in the fatherland and soon after
decided to emigrate to America, so in 1869 they took passage for the United
States, with Wisconsin as their destination. They located in Calumet 
county, in the vicinity of Kiel, where the father was employed for a time 
on the railroad then in course of construction in that vicinity. Later he 
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, acquiring a farm in the 
further cultivation and improvement of which he engaged for twenty-six 
years. As he was thrifty and industrious he met with a gratifying measure 
of success, acquiring a competence during that period that enabled him to 
withdraw from active work and he and the mother are now living retired in 
the vicinity of New Holstein, enjoying the ease and comfort earned through
the self-denial and toil of their youthful years. The family of Mr. and 
Mrs. Engel numbers seven of whom our subject is the eldest, the others 
being as follows: Mary, the wife of Edward Henning, of New Holstein; 
Minnie, who married Conrad Fleishman; Frederick, who is a resident of New 
Holstein; Lena, the widow of Herman Stecker, of New Holstein; Rudolph, who 
is living at home; and William, a tinsmith of Sauk City, Wisconsin.
The early years of John D. Engel were passed on the farm where he was born,
his education being pursued in the district schools of the vicinity. In 
common with the majority of farmer lads while still in his early childhood 
he began assisting with the work of the farm. After mastering the common 
branches he laid aside his schoolbooks and gave his entire time and 
attention to the work of the fields and care of the stock. Upon attaining 
the age of twenty years he left home and started out for himself, having 
decided upon a commercial career. He first went to Milwaukee, where he 
engaged in business for five years. At the end of that time he returned 
home and for two years thereafter engaged in farming. He was subsequently 
married and following this event removed to Kiel, where for eight years he 
was employed in the plant of the Kiel Milling Company. Being an ambitious 
young man, however, he was not satisfied to remain in the employ of others,
so he resigned his position and bought an interest in the livery business 
of H. J. Goeres. This establishment has ever since been successfully 
conducted under the firm name of Goeres & Engel, and is one of the thriving
and substantial business concerns of the town. Both members of the company 
are enterprising and progressive in their methods and as they are capable 
business men of high commercial integrity enjoy the confidence and good 
will of the entire community and are accorded an excellent patronage.
For his wife and helpmate Mr. Engel chose Miss Dora Arnold, their marriage
being celebrated in 1898. She was born at Schleswig, Wisconsin, on December
5, 1875, and is a daughter of Christoph and Lotta (Stark) Arnold, retired 
farming people of Schleswig. Mr. and Mrs. Engel are the parents of two 
children: Ruby, who was born on the 9th of October, 1900; and Edgar, whose 
birth occurred on September 3, 1909.	 
Both Mr. and Mrs. Engel are members of the Lutheran church, and fraternally
he is affiliated with Equitable Fraternal Union of Kiel, and he is also a 
member of Kiel Camp, No. 2838, M.W.A. He is a stanch republican in his 
political views, and he takes an active and helpful interest in all 
municipal affairs. For five years he served as treasurer of Kiel and he is 
now a member of the village board of trustees, to which office he was 
elected in 1911. Mr. Engel is one of the representative men of the town, 
and although he is much absorbed in his business he never permits his 
personal affairs to engross his attention to the exclusion of his 
recognition of his public duties in assisting in promoting the development 
of the village and its various activities.


OTTO H. ENGEL

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.501-502.

Otto H. Engel, secretary, treasurer and general manager of the J. G. 
Johnson Company, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, dealers in fuel, masonry supplies
and ice, was born in Manitowoc, June 14, 1881, and is a son of William and 
Caroline (Dill) Engel, who came to Manitowoc as early settlers, Mr. Engel 
engaging in carpentering and contracting, which he still follows.
Otto H. Engel is one of a family of five children, and after being 
graduated from high school he engaged in school teaching for four years in 
the town of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He then spent one year as bookkeeper in 
the freight offices, and in 1901 accepted the position as assistant 
bookkeeper with the firm with which he is now connected. The J. G. Johnson 
Company was incorporated in 1899, and from a comparatively small beginning 
has grown to be the largest concern of its kind in the city, occupying 
about two city blocks and having three large ice houses. About thirty men 
and twenty-five horses are necessary to handle this large retail business, 
and much of the credit for its success is due to the business ability of 
its enterprising and progressive young general manager.
The other officers of the firm are: Charles E. Spindler, president; and
Edward C. Spindler, vice president.
On June 21, 1904, Otto H. Engel was married to Elizabeth Wilke, who was 
born in Two Rivers township, Manitowoc county, and they have one son, 
Elmer, aged six years. Mr. and Mrs. Engel are faithful members of the 
Lutheran church, and his political views are those of the republican party.


PHILIPP ENGMANN

(from co. mar. record v.5 p.139 doc.220)
 
Phillip Engmann
b: Bellevue, Illinois
farmer, res. Marathon Co, Wisconsin
parents: Wendelin and Magdalena Engmann
m: 24 Sept. 1885, religious ceremony by Rev. P.H. Mutz, St. Nazianz, Wis.
        wit: Joseph Casper and Emma Schott
to: Rosina Schott
parents: Ferdinand Schott and Elizabeth Schott


MAGNUS ERICKSON

From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western 
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 535

Farmer, Sec. 21, Manitowoc Rapids Township. Owns 180 acres of land, 140 improved. 
He was born in Sweden, Dec. 29, 1839, and emigrated with his parents to America 
in 1850, and settled on his present farm. He lived there until Fall, 1858, he 
then went to California, followed teaming and lumbering until 1863, returned to 
his home and lived two years, and began the livery business in Manitowoc, which 
he continued about two years. His stable burned, causing him considerable loss. 
He then bought a hotel on Sec. 11, kept the same one year, sold it, moved on his 
farm, and has lived there since. He also began selling agricultural implements 
in 1875, and followed selling the same until Fall, 1880, in connection with 
farming. He was married in Manitowoc, Feb. 6, 1866, to Miss Sarah S. McAllister.
She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sept. 14, 1847. They have one daughter, 
Harriet V., born Sept. 12, 1878. 
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Magnus J. Ericksen
Source: "Portrait and Biographical Record Sheboygan County, WI - 
Published 1894 by Excelsior Publishing Co., Chicago" Pages 425 - 431

It was in 1850 that this gentleman, whose history we will proceed to 
trace, became a citizen of the beautiful State of Wisconsin, and since 
1883 he has been an honored citizen of Sheboygan County. He is a farmer 
and stock-raiser by occupation, who has been very successful in his 
business dealings and is one of the leading men of the community.
The birth of Magnus Ericksen occurred December 29, 1839, in Sweden, and 
in a family of nine children he is the third in order of birth. His parents 
were John and Sarah (Munsen) Ericksen, the former born August 2, 1812, and 
the latter in 1813.  The father is a farmer and has followed that calling 
all his life.  In 1850, he brought his family to America, and was for many 
years engaged in farming in Wisconsin, but in 1876 sold his property and 
bought a farm near Galesburg, Ill., where he still resides. His wife died 
in Wisconsin in 1873.
Our subject was a lad of ten years when he bade farewell to his native land 
and with his parents set sail for America, from Gefle, Sweden.  The voyage 
across the Atlantic was a long and tedious one of ten weeks and three days'
duration, heavy seas and inclement weather prevailing much of the time. 
After landing in New York City, the family immediately started for the West, 
by way of the Erie Canal and Great Lakes.  They landed in Milwaukee, thence 
going to Manitowoc, near which place the father purchased one hundred and 
sixty acres of land at $1.75 per acre.  On that farm the childhood of our 
subject was passed, and there he received a practical training, which has 
been of great benefit to him in later years.  His education was obtained in 
the common schools, but they were rather poorly conducted in those days. His 
early religious training was not overlooked, and ere he was ten years of age 
he had read the Bible through.
On beginning the battle of life on his own account, Mr. Ericksen had 
no capital, with the exception of a good constitution and the principles of 
honesty, industry and economy which his careful training had instilled.  He 
has hewed out his own fortune and has led an exemplary life.  In 1883, he 
became the owner of seventy acres of land, for which he paid $100 per acre. 
This property is located three miles west of the city limits of Sheboygan, 
and within one and a-half miles of Sheboygan Falls.  His home is a neat and 
comfortable residence, and the thrifty appearance of the surroundings and 
well-tilled fields is a credit to the careful and enterprising owner.  The 
homestead is now valued at from $150 to $175 per acre.
The first marriage of our subject was celebrated February 6, 1867, 
with Miss Sabina S. McCallister, a native of Michigan, who became the mother 
of one child, Vivian H.  The latter is a young lady of marked musical ability 
and is now pursuing her studies in the public schools of Sheboygan Falls. On 
the 21st of December, 1884, Mr. Ericksen was called upon to mourn the death of 
his wife, who was laid to rest in the cemetery of Sheboygan Falls. The present
wife of our subject, with whom he was joined in wedlock February 24, 1886, was 
formerly Mrs. Viola A. (Wade) Taylor.  She was born April 30, 1854, in this 
county, and is a lady of pleasing address and good education.
Mrs. Ericksen is the eldest child of Andrew Jackson and Eunice (Hunt) Wade. 
Their other daughter died at the age of seven years.  The father was a native 
of Pennsylvania, born March 27, 1825, and in the Keystone State he passed the
first eleven years of his life.  His parents were Sylvanus and Betsy (Oakley) 
Wade. In 1836, the family came to the West in a closed carriage, stopping first 
in Joliet, Ill.  They remained in Illinois until Andrew was a young man of
eighteen years, when they removed to Ft. Atkinson, Wis., and from there to 
Greenbush, Sheboygan County.  The name of Greenbush was given by Mr. Wade to 
that township.  Wisconsin was yet a Territory when they settled in this county 
in 1844. The first home which Mrs. Ericksen can remember was a log cabin, around 
which the wolves prowled at night. The father was a devoted member of the 
Free-will Baptist Church, to which his wife also belonged.  The latter was born 
in New York, September 5, 1846, and died on the anniversary of her birth in 1876.  
She was interred in Janesville, Wis.  The father died April 29, 1870, and a 
beautiful monument has been erected to his memory.  He was an old-line Whig and 
afterwards joined the ranks of the Republican party.  He was an honored soldier 
in the Civil War, being a member of Company B, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry, known 
in history as the famous "Eagle Regiment."  He enlisted in 1862, and on account 
of exposure and sickness was obliged to retire from the ranks, receiving an
honorable discharge.
In politics, Mr. Ericksen is a Republican and has upheld the principles of the 
party since casting his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln.  At that 
time he was in California, having gone to the Pacific Slope in 1858 to seek his 
fortune.  Instead of engaging in gold digging, he entered the lumber business, 
in which he there continued until 1863.  He was extremely successful in the West, 
and made his journey thither by way of the Isthmus of Panama.  He has never figured 
in official positions, giving his time to his farming interests.  He is a member of
the United Workmen of Manitowoc.  His estimable wife has always been active and 
industrious.  At the age of fourteen, she went to Minneapolis, where she learned the 
trade of a dress-maker, and subsequently spent nine years of her life in that 
employment.  Their hospitable home is ever open to their many friends, who hold them 
in the highest regard.  They have done their share in benevolent work and are known 
for their sterling worth and integrity.


OLE ERICKSON

OLE ERICKSON, township clerk of Lessor township, Shawano county, and 
who has held that office since 1890, was born in Norway, near Christiania, 
April 9, 1854, son of Erick and Ingeborg (Helgeson) Oleson. 
Erick Oleson, who was a tanner in Norway, embarked with his wife and 
family on the sailing vessel "Aerna" at Christiania, Norway, for America, 
landed at Quebec after a voyage of seven weeks, and came direct to Wisconsin, 
arriving in Manitowoc August 15, 1867. They located in Gibson, Manitowoc 
county, where the father bought a tract of forty acres, then in a primitive 
condition, on which he lived with his family seven years, meanwhile opening 
up the land and clearing it for a home. In 1874 he came to Lessor township, 
Shawano county, and purchasing eighty acres engaged in general farming, 
also speculating in land, and he has owned at one time as much as 640 acres, 
in different tracts. Mr. and Mrs. Oleson, both now sixty-four years of age, 
are still living on the homestead, which is now a fine farm, and their 
younger children are still living at home with them. Their children are eight 
in number—five boys and three girls — as follows: Ole, subject of this sketch; 
Helge, a farmer of Lessor township, and now township assessor, who married 
and had eleven children, eight of whom are yet living, three being dead; 
Christina, wife of Peter Jommen, of Maple Grove township, where he is a 
successful farmer (they had seven children—five living and two dead); Nels, 
owner of a forty-acre farm in Lessor township, married and had five children—
three living and two dead; Hans, living in Lessor, who had three children—two 
living and one dead (his wife died in 1894); Peter, unmarried, living with 
his father, and Caroline and Hannah, both at home. 
Ole Erickson, attended school but five months in his native land, and they had 
only four weeks schooling there each year; in this country he attended school
only eighteen days, so it will be seen that his education has been obtained 
elsewhere than in the school-room. He went to work in the lumber woods, and 
since he was fifteen years old has done a man's work. In 1872 he came to 
Lessor township, and here, in Section 1, bought a tract of eighty acres, which 
still forms a portion of his farm. It was wild and in a primitive condition, 
inhabited only by deer, bears, and howling wolves, and he did not commence to 
improve it until after his marriage, up to that time working out by the day 
On May 26, 1877, Mr. Erickson was united in marriage with Bertha Gilbert, who 
was born in Manitowoc county, Wis., July 9, 1858, and they have one son, Henry 
Edward, born April 5, 1878, and living at home with his parents. Hans and 
Mary (Paulson) Gilbert, parents of  Mrs. Erickson were both from Norway, 
sailing from Christiania about the year 1850, and landing at Quebec after a 
voyage of thirteen week, thence coming to Wisconsin and locating in Manitowoc 
county. They were married in America, and had a family of three children, as 
follows: One that died in infancy; Gabriel, a farmer in Pierce county, Wis., 
where he is a successful and prominent citizen, for ten years serving as clerk 
of his township (he has a wife and six children), and Bertha, Mrs. Erickson. 
Mr. Gilbert was one of the early settlers in Manitowoc cpunty, where he bought 
and opened up land and cleared a home, and there were but a few shanties in 
what is now Manitowoc city when he made a settlement. From Manitowoc county 
they moved to Pierce county, Wis., where Mr. Gilbert has since made his home. 
He is now sixty-five years of age; his wife, Mary, died in 1875, at the age of 
fifty-eight. 
When Mr. Erickson was married he located on the land where he now lives, and 
had a log house 16x24 feet, in which they lived until 1893, when a modern farm 
house was erected in its stead. The land was low, and very hard to clear and 
put into farming condition, and no roads had been cut at that time. Mr. Erickson 
had an ox-team, an axe and a grub hoe, those convenient tools of a pioneer; 
and commenced the work of clearing, with which he advanced as rapidly as possible, 
and today he is owner of 100 acres of land, of which seventy are cleared and 
under cultivation, a result which has been accomplished solely by hard work. 
Mr. Erickson engages in general agriculture. Politically he supports and always 
has supported the Republican party, and he has held office ever since he was 
twenty-one years old, at present serving as township clerk. For ten years he was 
township treasurer, chairman two years, supervisor one year, and he has been 
school treasurer fourteen years. In religious affiliation the family are members 
of the United Scandinavian Lutheran Church. 


HENRY ESCH

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.130.

Henry Esch, the oldest living merchant in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where he 
has been the proprietor of a mercantile establishment for fifty-six years, 
was born in Germany, June 13, 1830, and came to the United States in 1853,
with two cousins, Henry and Fred Esch. He first settled at Vincennes, 
Indiana, and was also engaged in business in Philadelphia and other cities 
for two years, but in 1855 came to Manitowoc and engaged in business at 
the corner of Ninth and Quay streets, and later removed to Ninth and Jay 
streets, his present location.
Although the oldest living merchant in Manitowoc, Mr. Esch is still in 
active service. He is remarkably preserved, is in full possession of all 
his faculties, and attends to his business duties regularly every day. His
long experience in the business world of Manitowoc has made him one of the 
best posted men on business conditions in the city, and his standing in 
the mercantile world and as a public-spirited citizen is high.
Mr. Esch was married to Miss Eliza Bierhaus. of Manitowoc county, and 
seven children have been born to this union: Fred, who died at the age of 
twenty-seven years; William, connected with the store of his father, who 
married Emily Paulus, and has four children; Henry, also in the business 
with his father, who married Emily Rehfeldt, and has four children; 
Charles, also interested in the business, and president of the German 
American Bank, who married Martha Knickrehm, and has two children; 
Gottfried, deceased; Henrietta, who married Edward Stuebi, of Boston, 
Massachusetts; Elizabeth, widow of Ernst Rusterholz, residing at home. 
Mr. Esch and his family are members of the German Reformed church. He and 
his sons vote independently in local matters, and in national affairs with 
the republican party.
                 ----------------
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western 
Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p. 527

General merchandise, Manitowoc, is a native of Prussia, born June, 1830, 
came to Vincennes, Ind., in 1853, there worked at the gunsmith trade three 
years; in 1856, came to Manitowoc, worked at his trade about two years; he 
then opened a small store, and by strict attention to business he has 
worked into a large and flourishing trade, occupying two large stores and 
giving employment to six clerks. He was married in 1854, to Elizabeth Bierhans, 
of Prussa. They have seven children, five sons and two daughters. 


CHARLES S. ESSLINGER

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.6-9.

During the long period of his residence in Manitowoc, Charles S. Esslinger 
was recognized as a prominent factor in the public life of the city and did
much toward shaping its policy and molding its destiny. He possessed 
splendid oratorical power and his deep thought and fluency of speech made 
him a most entertaining figure on the political rostrum. He figured 
prominently in that period which brought the republican party into 
existence and settled the momentous questions which arose concerning 
slavery and the Civil war.
His life record had its beginning November 1, 1809, in Amerbach, Bavaria, 
where his father, Charles Esslinger, carried on the carpenter’s trade. The 
son was given liberal educational privileges, completing his studies in the
German gymnasium, an institution of learning largely resembling the high 
school of this country. In early life he learned the trade of a jeweler and
watchmaker. He was twenty-seven years of age, when, on the 26th of June, 
1837, he left his native land for the new world, arriving in New York on 
the 7th of September, after a long, tedious, and sometimes stormy, voyage 
across the Atlantic. For two years he remained in the eastern metropolis 
and then continued on his westward way to Buffalo, New York, where he 
arrived in April, 1839.
In early life Mr. Esslinger was a stanch supporter of democratic principles
and while in Buffalo took an active and helpful part in advancing the 
growth and promoting the success of the democratic organization. He ever 
fearlessly espoused the cause in which he believed and on one occasion 
nearly lost his life in an altercation which arose over the raising of a 
flag pole. During the Polk campaign of 1844 he delivered addresses 
throughout the state in support of his candidate. When slavery became a 
predominant issue before the people Mr. Esslinger, in whose heart the love 
of freedom was strong, foreswore allegiance to the democrats and became a 
leading factor in the freesoil campaign of 1848.
On the 20th of May, 1850, Mr. Esslinger arrived in Manitowoc and at once 
became a leading factor in the city in business lines and as well in 
political activity. Manitowoc was then but a village and when it was 
incorporated as a city Mr. Esslinger was chosen one of its aldermen. He 
supported the free-soil party until 1854, when, during the Kansas-Nebraska 
struggles, he announced himself as an advocate of the republican party and 
with others perfected this organization in his county. He possessed a 
natural gift of oratory and was again and again chosen speaker on public 
occasions. It was not until the ‘80s that he retired permanently from the 
public platform and his hearers always listened to him attentively, 
knowing that he brought them sound and logical truths expressed in clear 
and entertaining style. In 1876 at the time of the grand centennial 
celebration in this city he had almost complete charge of affairs and he 
made the occasion one long to be pleasantly remembered. In 1861 he was 
appointed postmaster and continuously filled that position until 1885. He 
was the first man to sell a two cent stamp in this county. At all times 
the administration of the office was such as commended him to the approval 
and indorsement of the public. He was careful and systematic in his work 
and never neglected duty in the slightest degree. At one time he studied 
law and was admitted to the bar of Manitowoc county in 1858. Two years 
later he became associated with Judge Parrish in practice. Subsequently he 
was connected with Carl Roesser in the publication of a German paper and in
various ways was closely associated with the public life of the community. 
All through the presidential campaigns of i8~6, i86o and 1864 he delivered 
addresses in support of Fremont and of Lincoln and his logical, forceful 
utterances carried conviction to the minds of many of his hearers. He was 
elected president of the first republican organization of the county.
While residing in New York city, on the 26th of July, 1838, Mr. Esslinger 
was united in marriage to Miss Sofie Schlick, who died in 1898. They were 
the parents of eleven children, of whom five are living: Arthur, who is a 
resident of Danville, Illinois; Mrs. Charles Burmeister, whose home is in 
Terre Haute, Indiana; Mrs. Catherine Valentine, Mrs. H. B. Burger and Miss 
Anna Esslinger, all of Manitowoc. No history of the city or county would be
complete without reference to Charles S. Esslinger who, establishing his 
home here in pioneer times, left the impress of his individuality upon 
public thought and action.


Charles S. Esslinger

**********
(From the Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, July 19, 1888)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Esslinger will celebrate their golden wedding
July 26. They were married in New York fifty years ago. The old
gentleman is now 79 years of age, but his faculties are yet undimmed.
Mrs. Esslinger has reached her 69th year.
**********
"Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of
the United States" by United States Congress. Senate 
Published 1901 Page 96
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6, 1869. 
To the Senate of the United States: 
I nominate Charles Esslinger to be deputy postmaster
at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State of
Wisconsin, in place of Charles Esslinger. Term of
office expired March 11, l869. U. S. GRANT. 


CHARLES EDWARD ESTABROOK

From "Men of Progress Wisconsin."

Charles Edward Estabrook, lawyer and legislator, for some years past a resident 
of Milwaukee, was born in the town of Platteville, Grant county, Wis., October 
31st, 1847. His father, Edward Estabrook, was a native of Illinois, and was, by 
occupation, a farmer. He was one of the pioneer settlers of southwestern Wisconsin, 
having come into Grant county in 1836. He was elected to the assembly as a Whig 
in 1854, but moved into Iowa in 1868. C. E. Estabrook's mother, whose maiden name
was Margaret Mitchell, was born in Clinton county, N. Y., and died in Platteville, 
Wis., May 26th, 1863.
Young Estabrook received his early education in the common schools of his native 
town, was an apt scholar and a close student of whatever subject he took up, as 
indicated by the fact that when but fourteen years of age he won the prize for 
spelling in a competitive contest participated in by representatives from every 
district in his native town of Platteville. He afterward attended the Platteville 
Academy, but in 1864, when under seventeen years of age, he enlisted in Company B,
Forty-third Wisconsin volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war, 
being mustered out of service in July, 1865. Returning home, he completed his 
education by a course of study in the Platteville normal school. He then taught 
school in Platteville, Belmont and Manitowoc, in the last named place having charge 
of the First ward public school for the the year 1871-2. In the meantime he had been
giving some attention to the study of law, and, after the close of the school in 
Manitowoc, completed his law studies, was admitted to the bar and began practice 
there in January, 1874. He was city attorney of Manitowoc from April, 1874, until 
December, 1880, when he resigned that office upon being elected member of the 
assembly. He was also elected to the assembly in 1882 and in 1885. In 1886 he was 
elected attorney-general of the state, and re-elected in 1888, holding the office 
from January 3rd, 1887, to January 5th, 1891. During a portion of the time that he 
held the office of attorney-general he was a member of the faculty of the college 
of law in the state university, being professor of municipal corporations, juries 
and justice court procedure and sales. 
In June, 1893, he took up his residence in Milwaukee, and resumed the practice of 
his profession. As a legislator, Mr. Estabrook was alert, industrious and very 
efficient. He did not strive to see how great a number of bills he could prepare, 
introduce and have passed, but what bills the public welfare demanded, and how 
comprehensive and effective they could be made when enacted. He has a faculty for 
legislation, and some of the most useful laws on the statute book owe their origin 
to him. He is the author of the law providing for a state board of examiners for 
admission to the bar, which has resulted in greatly elevating the standard of 
admission, and shutting the doors to those who, knowing little or no law, were wont 
to rely upon personal favoritism or to a farcical examination to open the way for 
them to an honorable profession. This law has been copied into the statutes of 
Minnesota. Michigan and New York, an evidence of Mr. Estabrook's good judgment 
respecting what is needful in legislation and his ability in providing it. He also 
secured the enactment of a law authorizing the board of regents of the state 
university "to hold institutes for the instruction of citizens of this state in the 
various branches of agriculture;" and few measures have been more prolific of 
benefits to the farming communities throughout the state than this. These institutes 
have been held, from time to time, in most of the counties, and have resulted in a 
wide dissemination of the latest and most practical information concerning an 
industry which is second to none in which man can engage.
It was largely through Mr. Estabrook's efforts that suit was begun in the supreme 
court to test the validity of the act of 1893 reapportioning the state into senate 
and assembly districts. He, in connection with A. J. Turner, compiled the facts on 
which the suit was based, and by their persistence the case was carried through the 
court, the act overthrown, and the right of the court to inquire into the validity 
of such legislation fully established.
Mr. Estabrook has always been a staunch Republican, has been a delegate in many 
conventions of the party - was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 
Chicago in 1884, and has always been active in the councils and campaigns of the 
party, rendering it valuable and substantial aid in the promotion of its aims and 
the promulgation of its principles.
********
"Annual Report of The Agricultural Experiment Station
of the University of Wisconsin"  Original from Harvard
University  June 30, 1903  Page 19

In 1885 the Honorable C. E. Estabrook of Manitowoc
County introduced a bill in the Wisconsin legislature
to appropriate $5,000 to the University to enable it
to conduct meetings among the farmers, to be known as
farmers' institutes. The legislature of 1887 increased
the appropriation to $12,000, which allowance
continues at the present time. 


ELMER EVENSON


Henry Hougen and Elmer Evenson. Photo taken 1916, it is believed their were 
attendants at a wedding and had this photo taken as a joke.
Photo compliments of Gary Omernick




OLE EVENSON


1892 Engagement photo of Ole Evenson and Ingeborg Hvideborg.
Photo compliments of Gary Omernick



1898 Photo taken outside the Ole Evenson house built near
Collins.  Left of the horses are Ida Evenson, Ole Evenson,
Alma Evenson, Anna Hvideborg and Emma Evenson.  On the right
are Hans Evenson, Elmer Evenson, Ingeborg Evenson and John
Evenson.
Photo compliments of Gary Omernick



JOHN EWEN

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" vol.2
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.314-31.

John Ewen, who has had charge of the Ewen homestead, at Francis Creek, town
of Kossuth, Manitowoc county, for the past sixteen years, is one of the 
substantial agriculturists of his community, and has been prominently 
identified with public interests for a long period. He was born on his 
present farm, June 28, 1870, and is a son of Mathias and Catherine (Cheha) 
Ewen, the former of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and the latter of Bohemia. 
Mathias Ewen was born October 19, 1838, and at the age of eight and 
one-half years accompanied his parents to America, on a sailing vessel that
was fifty-four days in making the voyage. Landing in New York city, they 
took a boat for Albany, then going as far as Waukesha county, Wisconsin, 
where the children were left with friends. The men of the party then pushed
ahead, walking on to Manitowoc county to take up land, and Casper Ewen, the
grandfather of our subject, secured a tract on section 23, town of Kossuth.
In this wilderness, in which there were no roads, no improvements of any 
kind, even no neighbors, these pioneers cleared a small space in the timber
on the present site of the Francis Creek Catholic church, erecting a log 
shanty. Four years later the grandfather purchased the farm which is now 
operated by John Ewen, and here both grandparents, Casper and Margaret 
(Hessel) Ewen died. Of their family only two children are now living: 
Mathias, the father of John Ewen: and Margaret, the wife of Anton 
Prochazka, of Manitowoc. Mathias Ewen received only limited educational 
advantages, and remained at home until 1864, when he enlisted for service 
in the Civil war as a member of the Forty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer 
Infantry, and served therewith until the close of the war. He then resumed 
his duties on the home place, where he has since continued to reside, 
having retired from active farm work in 1896. His wife passed away on this 
farm in 1892, aged forty-nine years. Mr. Ewen is a republican in politics, 
and a faithful member of the Catholic church.
John Ewen is the only survivor of his parents’ six children, and he 
attended the home schools, also attended school in Manitowoc for one year, 
subsequently spending the years 1890-91 in the agricultural department of 
the State University at Madison. Mr. Ewen has had charge of the home place 
for sixteen years, and the modern thirteen-room residence was built by him 
in 1910, and is equipped with the latest improvements, including hot water 
and gas lighting. The barn, seventy-nine by thirty-six feet, was erected 
in 1880, and he has since remodeled it and added thirty-two feet. General 
farming and the raising of Holstein cattle have claimed his attention, and 
he also deals extensively in Percheron horses.
On June 11, 1895, he was married to Mary Kerscher, who was born in the 
town of Kossuth, a daughter of Wenzel and Theresa (Stauber) Kerscher,
natives of Germany who came to America in 1852, and settled in the town 
Kossuth, where Mr. Kerscher became the owner of a tract of wild land 
section 14. Mr. Kerscher had been married before to Theresa Pankratz whom 
he had two children: Wolfgang, of Kossuth; and Annie, the wife Charles 
Hessel, of the town of Kossuth. To his second union there were born seven 
children: Mary; Theresa; Louis, who is farming in the town of Kossuth; 
Rose, the wife of Charles Weary, of Stephenson, Michigan; Sophia, who 
married Matt Koch of the town of Kossuth; and Bertha and Frank. Mr. and 
Mrs. Ewen have the following children: Rosie, who is attending business 
college in Manitowoc; and Edwin and William, at home.
Mr. Ewen is a democrat in his political views, was town clerk for eight 
years, has served as justice of the peace since he reached his twenty-
second year, was chairman of the town for six years and chairman of the 
county board for two years. He and his family are active members and 
stanch supporters of the Catholic church at Francis Creek.


Mathias Ewen