Bio: Strack, William T. (1923)

 
Contact: Stan

Surnames: Strack, Straussberg, Schwallbach, Zehlof

----Source: History of Wood County, Wis. (1923) page 551

William T. Strack, one of the prominent and hustling business men of the village of Vesper, where he is engaged in the meat business and stock buying, was born in South Germantown, Washington County, Wis., March 16, 1880. The parents, David and Dorothy (Straussberg) Strack, came to this country from Germany when quite young children, and were later married in Germantown, Washington County, Wis., where they became representative farmers. David Strack died at Wauwatosa, Wis., March 11, 1918, in which city his wife now resides. William T. Strack in his boyhood attended public school in his home county and resided with his parents until he was 18 years of age. He then became clerk for J. F. Schwalbach at South Germantown, selling and installing all kinds of farm machinery, which line of employment he followed until 1907. He then came to Wood County and bought a farm of 80 acres in Section 4, Hansen Township, which he improved and developed and where he followed farming until 1913. He then bought his present place and engaged in the meat business and stock buying. His place of business is a neat two-story building of brick veneer, with full basement. His meat shop is neat and sanitary, and is amply supplied with modern tools and equipment.

Mr. Strack is an active and busy man and stands high among his associates. Aside from his retail meat business, he has bought and sold cattle for years, in fact, buys and ships all kinds of live stock and poultry to the Chicago market. He is a member of the Congregational Church and of the local lodge of Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Strack was married Oct. 31, 1904, to Alma Zehlof, who was born in Richfield, Washington County, Wis., June 20, 1883. He and his wife were the parents of six children, who were born as follows: Alice, July 3, 1905; Milton, Aug. 19, 1906; William, Oct. 23, 1907; Hulda, Feb. 26, 1909; Alfred, July 31, 1910; and Monroe, Aug. 7, 1911.