Bio: Von Berg, Adam (1854 - 19??)

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Surnames: Von Berg, Bates, Hart, Scheibe, Buhrmann, Mathie, Gibbs, Graves, Webb

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

Von Berg, Adam (6 April 1854 - 19??)

Adam Von Berg, president of the State Bank of Mosinee. Wis., of which he was one of the organizers in 1904, has been at the head of this firmly established institution ever since and is one of the city's representative men. He was born in Dane County. Wis., April 6, 1854, and is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Bates) Von Berg. The parents of Mr. Von Berg were born in Germany and came to the United States when young. After their marriage they settled on a farm in Dane county. Wis., but in 1870 removed to Kingston, Green Lake county, and there the remainder of their lives were passed. To this marriage six children were born: Adam; Angeline, wife of L. A. Hart; Andrew; Hannah, wife of F. A. Scheibe; Charles W. and E. J. After the death of his first wife, Andrew Von Berg married Magdalena Buhrmann and one son was born to them, Benjamin F. Adam Von Berg grew to manhood on his father's farm, many responsibilities falling on him early as he was the eldest son, and his education was secured in the district schools, mainly in the winter seasons. He remained a farmer until 1903 when he retired from business except as a stockholder in local enterprises, until 1904 when he became interested in this financial institution and consented to assume the duties of its head which he has efficiently discharged ever since with the careful conservatism that has won and kept the confidence of the public. The other officers of the bank are: Louis Dessert, vice president; W. A. Von Berg, cashier, and Elizabeth Von Berg, assistant cashier, the directors being the bank officials with Carl Mathie and E. J. Von Berg.

In March, 1879, Mr. Von Berg was married to Miss Frances Gibbs, of Fox Lake, Wis., who was born in New York, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Caroline (Graves) Gibbs, whose other children were: B. F. Nathaniel, Aurelia and Alonzo. Mr. and Mrs. Von Berg have two children: W. A., who married Lottie Webb, and Elizabeth B. Mr. Von Berg and family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. Nominally he is a Republican but claims an intelligent and untrammeled citizen's right to cast his vote independently as his own judgment may dictate. He has long been identified with the fraternal order of Modern Woodmen of America.