Bio: Kanter, Joseph P. (1869 - 19??)

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Surnames: Kanter, Baer, Stauss, Findorf, Rondeau, Hance, Dowville, Keefe, Krieg, Remke, Schwabodau, Ahles, Lashua

----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Kanter, Joseph P. (29 February 1869 - 19??)

Joseph P. Kanter, supervisor of the village of Mosinee, Wis., president of the Mosinee Electrical Light and Power Company and the treasurer of Mosinee High School and treasurer of Mosinee Telephone Company and the owner of productive property here, was born in Calumet county, Wis., February 29, 1869, and is a son of Peter and Mary Ann (Baer) Kanter. Peter Kanter and wife were both born in Prussia and both came to America prior to marriage. After marriage they lived on a farm in Wisconsin, where his death occurred, she still surviving and living at Jefferson in Jefferson County. They had children as follows: Mary, who married Phillipp Stauss; Anthony; Peter; Joseph P.; Nicholas; John Michael; Mathias; and Margaret, who is the wife of John Findorf.

When Joseph P. Kanter was young he was permitted to attend school until old enough to be self supporting and after that he worked as a laborer until he was seventeen years old and then learned the blacksmith trade, and in 1889 established the business at Mosinee which he has continued until the present, his blacksmith shop and wagon-making establishment being among the old business stands of the place. He has been a very active and public spirited citizen and has ever been ready to further improvements promising to be generally beneficial.

On April 25, 1892, Mr. Kanter was married to Miss Emma Rondeau, who was born in Wood County, Wis., a daughter of Frank and Bell (Hance) Rondeau; Mr. Rondeau being a farmer in Wood County. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Rondeau are: James; Geneva, wife of A. E. Dowville; Emma, wife of John P. Kanter; Laura, wife of Martin Keefe; William; Arthur; Susan, wife of John Krieg; Exelia, wife of John Remke; Viola, wife of Frank Schwabodau; Nellie, wife of Sebastian Ahles; and Bell, wife of Arthur Lashua. To Mr. and Mrs. Kanter five children have been born: Mabel, Pearl, Laura, Lina and Gertrude. The family belongs to the Catholic Church and Mr. Kanter is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Relief Society and the Fraternal Reserves.