Bio: Cohn, Leopold S. (1881)

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Surnames: Cohn, Bick

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin, Marathon County, Wis.) page 558

Leopold S. Cohn, proprietor Cohn's Mills, one mile above Wausau, on the Wisconsin River. His mills were erected in the Summer of 1877. The capacity is 40,000 lumber, 35,000 shingles and 10,000 lath, besides pickets, in one day. They employ twenty-five men in the mill and ten outside. Mr. Cohn was born in Prussia, Aug. 27, 1843. He was married at Mayville, Dodge Co., Aug. 28, 1872, to Idella Bick. She was born in Saukville, June 14, 1853. Mr. Cohn first settled at Berlin, Wis. in 1856. He lived there two years with his parents, then he went to Milwaukee, where he remained two years. He then became engaged in produce business, buying furs, wool, etc., going as far north as Lake Superior, which business he followed until 1869. Then he became engaged in the lumber business on the Wisconsin River. He moved from Berlin to Milwaukee in 1876, where he lived until October, 1877, following the lumber business. From there he came to Wausau.