COLBY, WISCONSIN

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1873•Centennial•1973

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Abney, Jack [News clip, 1878, page 26, column 2] Mentioned as owning house on the site of what was the Dr. Freeman home.

Adams, Charley [Photo, page 56, column 1] Driver of wagon load of cheese boxes.

Aderhold, Richard [Colby Fire Department, page 69] Served as town of Hull fire police in 1973.

Adrians, Miss Lena [News clip, page 69, column 1] Serenaded by the band on her 19th birthday.

Allman, Charles [Barbers, page 69, column 2] Mentioned as having in shop in Colby since June of 1908.

Allman, Ed [Colby Fire Department, page 69] Retired from the department.

Allman, M. [Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] In 1952, secretary of the library.

Ammundson, Hiram, Kayhard and Rolof [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Mentioned as settlers arriving in June of 1872.

Ammundson, Mrs. Arnold [Sketches of Pioneers, page 60, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of Fred Pacholke, Sr.

Andrews, K. [Perscke Manufacturing Co., page 56, column 2] Subscribed cash for the purpose of establishing a stock company for the purpose of manufacturing cheese boxes.

[Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Notarized and witnessed charter on May 3, 1902.

Aumann [Business sketch, page 33, column 1] First meat market on First and Clark Streets.

Awe, Royal [Colby Fire Department, page 69] Served as city fire inspector in 1973. Served as a volunteer in 1973.

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Badzinski, Joe [Colby Fire Department, page 69] Served as a volunteer in 1973.

Baer, Nick [News Clip, page 20, column 2, photo, page 20, column 2] Was a brakeman on the Soo Line, Athens branch for two years. He became owner of a shoe shop in 1912 and was a volunteer fireman for 36 years.

Bahl, Charles [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 1] Carpenter on the West side.

Bane, Howard [Colby Fire Department, page 69] Retired from the department.

Barker, Henry and Rufus [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Mentioned as living in a camp of homesteaders while searching for land. Rufus elected treasurer of Town of Hull, in May of 1875.

[Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Building shanty in March of 1872.

Barnard, Dr. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 7, column 1] Dr. Barnard was the first doctor to locate here. Ironically, his was also the community’s first death and funeral. He was buried on the Rosin property, but when the cemetery was later laid out, Dr. Bernard’s remains were re-interred there.

Barr, James F. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Elected as clerk pro tem, Town of Hull, in May of 1875.

Barr, Pat [Colby Fire Department, page 69] Retired from the department.

Bartell, Mrs. W. D. [50th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Yerkes, page 62, columns 1 & 2] Mentioned in article.

Bartell, Wm. [Businesses of Colby, 1878, page 25, column 2] Land agent for Wisconsin Central Railroad.

[Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 1] Agent for the Wisconsin Central Railroad lands.

Bauer, Veronica [Telephone Company, page 67, columns 1 & 2] Employee for 28 years.

Baumgart, Mr. & Mrs. Fred [Sketches of Pioneers, page 34, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Frederick Panke.

Becherer, Albert [Businessmen of 1887, page 41, column 1] Proprietor of Boot and Shoe Store.

Becherer, Louis [Photo, Colby Band, page 63, middle of page, July 4, 1906]

Becherer, Mrs. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 26, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of Wm. Will Sr.

Beck, Tony [Colby Post Office, page 65, column 2, page 66, columns 1 & 2] Substitute rural mail carrier for route number 1.

Becker, Wilbur [Colby Area Family Names, page 57, upper portion of page] Wilbur Becker - 1920.

Beill, Mr. & Mrs. John [Sketches of Pioneers, page 34, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Frederick Panke.

Bentz, Chas. [Businessmen of 1887, page 43, column 1] Stone mason that lives about 2 1/2 miles West and South.

Berry, Wm. [Business sketch, page 33, column 1] Purchased meat market business from Oscar Dix and operated it until 1948.

BeVier, S. A. [Colby Depot, page 67, column 1] First depot agent.

Beyerls [Changes from 1878 to 1897, page 60, column 1] Mentioned as living in a log cabin West of Colby.

Beyerl, John [Sketches of Pioneers, page 29, column 1] He homesteaded in the town of Colby in 1878. A son Louis was born in 1886 on the same farm. Louis purchased the farm about 1915. In 1948, Al, his son bought the farm and with his wife and six children manage it.

[Changes from 1878 to 1897, page 60, column 1] Mentioned as living in modern house.

Biell, John [Landmark burned, page 62, column 2] Home damaged in the destruction of the Colby Hall, August of 1908.

Bitters, Harvey [Business sketch, page 33, column 1] Purchased meat market business from Wm. Berry and with the help of Phillip Goddard, operated the business until 1956.

Bixby, Anse [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1] Pioneer settler in town of Colby, sec. 4.

Blake, Charles [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 1] Sold bailed hay and odds & ends out of a warehouse on the West side of the railroad tracks for his uncle S. L. Nason, who owned the store (1873).

Blanchard [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 2] Settled in the hamlet of Colby in the summer and fall of 1873.

Blanchard, H. C. [Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 1] Also known as “Duke of Colby,” proprietor of a grocery store and also an amateur apiarist. Having a number of swarms of bees, derives enough honey to supply himself and customers and also does quite a business in buying and selling logs and lumber.

Blanchard, Horace J. Sr. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 2] Kept hotel for Mr. Ghoca (Colby House) while Mr. Ghoca acted as the sheriff of Marathon County (1877).

[Perschke Manufacturing Co., page 56, column 2] Subscribed cash for the purpose of establishing a stock company for the purpose of making cheese boxes.

[News clip, 1891, page 56, column 2] claims to have the first boy to be born in Colby.

[Colby Post Office, page 65, column 2, page 66, columns 1 & 2] Petition was circulated to make H. J. Blanchard postmaster of a rival “East Colby” post office (1883).

[Colby Post Office, page 65, column 2, page 66, columns 1 & 2] Appointed postmaster in 1897, and in 1901, moved the office to Marathon County. He served 19 years.

Blaum, E. J. [News clips, 1878, page 29, column 2] Mentioned as having sold his farm to Henry Schraufnagle.

Bleichroth, T. [Businessmen of 1887, page 41, column 2] Proprietor of Jewelry Store.

Bolton, George [Sketches of Pioneers, page 20, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Albert Gutenberger.

Booth, A. H. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 18, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of J. E. Borden.

[Photo, page 30, columns 1 & 2] Included in photo of R. B. Salter saw mill.

[Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 1] Mentioned as supervising the J. E. Borden Co. Store.

Booth, Andrew [50th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Yerkes, page 62, columns 1 & 2] Mentioned in article.

Booth, Claudia [News clip, page 54, column 2] Married Mr. F. Clark at the Cherokee picnic grounds.

Booth, Flora [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 7, column 1] Mentioned in paragraph of Rev. Fuller as being his wife and school teacher.

Booth, D. J. [Telephone Company, page 67, columns 1 & 2] 1888, involved in running telephone lines from Spencer to Colby.

Booth, S. S. [Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 2] Was a practical mason.

Borden’s [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 6, column 2] Mentioned in paragraph of D. B. Hull as neighbors.

Borden, J. E. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 18, column 1] He was born in New York in 1828. Mr. Borden lost an arm in the Battle of the Wilderness on the 5th of May, 1864. He came to the town of Hull in 1872 to take a homestead.

[Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 6, column 2] Nominated as treasurer, March 25, 1873.

[Sketches of Pioneers, page 18, column 1] In 1876, he was in partnership with A. H. Booth’s General Merchandise store. He married Sarah Jane Gilford in 1875, they had two children. (For more information,

consult the Colby Centennial Book, 1873-1973)

[Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 2] The senior member of J. E. Borden & Co. has a large stock of general merchandise. He is a prominent farmer of the town of Hull. His store and business generally is under the personal supervision of A. H. Booth, assisted by Gust. Schultz, head clerk. The firm is also engaged in the lumber business and also jobbers in produce and cheese.

[Telephone Company, page 67, columns 1 & 2] Equipment installed in his store.

Bowers, Matt [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 1] Built the first elm bark home in Colby.

Bradley, Bill [Photo, 1893, page 31, columns 1 & 2] Photo in front of Reeves boarding house.

Bredemeyer, Fred [Sketches of Pioneers, page 22, column 2, page 23, column 1] Fred was born in Meeme, Manitowoc County in 1851 and was raised on a farm. He was married to Martha Lemmin and they came to Colby with Louis Pradt. He purchased the store of W. R. Hintz. In 1876, Fred established a general merchandise and also sold flour and feed. After about 30 years, he sold the stock to Galles and Sommers of Green Grove. (For more detail consult the Colby Centennial Book, 1873-1973)

[Businessmen of 1887, page 41, column 1] Occupied a General Store. In the fall he buys and ships large quantities of evergreen moss, known as ground pine.

[Hall and Library, page 53, column 1] See article.

Brehm, Ed. [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 2] A cheese maker and owner of a cheese factory 5 miles East and South.

Brehm, Elroy [Colby Area Family Names, page 57, upper portion of page] Elroy Brehm Family.

Brehm, Herman [Businessmen of 1887, page 41, column 2] Proprietor of Phoenix Saloon, built over the ruins of a building that burned a little over a year ago. He is also the owner of a saw mill.

[Businessmen of 1887, page 43, column 1] Saw mill was located 6 miles West of the village.

[News clip, page 60, column 1] Traded Union House/Palmer House for farm property of H. Mihlke in 1891.

Brehm, Jocelyn {Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] In 1952, she is the librarian.

Breit, Mike [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 2] A well digger.

[Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Hired by city fathers of Colby to dig a big well.

Briggs, O. R. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 29, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of August Lulloff.

Brill [Colby Area Family Names, page 57, upper portion of page] The Brill Family - Town of Hull since 1880.

Brill, W. J. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 18, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of J. E. Borden.

Brooks, H. J. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1] Pioneer settler in town of Colby, sec. 22.

Brott, Frank [Sketches of Pioneers, page 23, column 1] He was born in New York in 1842. He opened a store on the Marathon County side of the village, then moved across the line into Clark County were his buildings were destroyed by fire in 1880. He rebuilt in 30 days.

[Businessmen of 1887] Owned general store on corner of Division and Clark Streets. He was also owner of the Colby Cheese Factory.

Brott, Mrs. Frank [Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 1] Millinery department supervised by Mrs. Brott.

Brown, C. R. [Telephone Company, page 67, columns 1 & 2] Involved in purchase of Colby Telephone Company.

[Sketches of Pioneers, page 22, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Kuentz Hardware.

Bryant [News item, page 25, column 2] Associated with the offer from the Wisconsin Central Railroad to build and operate a grist mill.

Bryant, Cora [Formal reception at the J. E. Lyons residence, page 61, column 1] Mentioned as receiving guests.

Bryant, J. H. [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 1] Carpenter on the West side .

Bryant, James [50th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Yerkes, page 62, columns 1 & 2] Mentioned in article.

Bryant, W. [Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Elected as treasurer of the volunteer fire department in 1897.

Bryant, Will [Photo, page 53, column 2, Colby Cornet Band]

Brunker, Lee [Colby Fire Department, page 69] Served as captain hose crew in 1973. Served as a volunteer in 1973.

Bruns, H. C. [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 1] Carpenter on the West side.

Bullock, Bell (Cole) [Photo of old settlers reunion, 1887, page 52]

[Hall and Library, page 53, column 1] See article.

Bullock, D. S. [Business places of Colby in 1878, page 25, column 2] Real estate surveyor.

[Hall and Library, page 53, column 1] See article.

Bunnell, Bill [Photo, 1893, page 31, columns 1 & 2] Photo taken in front of Reeves boarding house.

Bunnell, Monroe [Photo, page 30, columns 1 & 2] Photo of R. B. Salter saw mill.

Burnett, Robert [News clip, page 23, column 2] An employee of the Wisconsin Central Railroad is credited with cutting the first tree where the city of Colby now stands.

Burnmeister, Billy [Photo, page 30, columns 1 & 2] Photo of R. B. Salter saw mill. [Photo, 1893, columns 1 & 2] Photo taken in front of Reeves boarding house.

Burnmeister, Will [Photo, page 53, column 2, Colby Cornet Band]

Burns, H. [Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Elected as vice president of the volunteer fire department in 1897.

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Campbell, Guy [Hall and Library, page 53, column 1] See article.

Carpenter, J. B. [Hall and Library, page 53, column 1] See article.

Carpenter, T. B. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Elected chairman, Town of Hull, May of 1875.

Chase, Mrs. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 1] Co-owned and managed hotel with her son-in-law, John Prosser.

Christofferson, H. H. [Telephone Company, page 67, columns 1 & 2] Involved in purchase of Colby Telephone Company.

Clark, J. E. [Sketch of Colby Cheese Box Co., page 56, columns 1 & 2] In 1896, the city council gave the sum of $300.00 for Mr. Clark to locate his factory in the city. He bought the saw mill and realty of the Colby Lumber Co. which employed from 25 to 30 men.

Clark, Mr. F. [News clip, page 54, column 2] Married Miss Claudia Booth at the Cherokee picnic grounds. He attended Prof. Sommers School of Pharmacy.

Cody, G. [Photograph, page 28, column 1]

Colby, Charles L. [Pioneer Profile, inside front cover by Pearl Vorland] A builder of railroads, To Wisconsin he came, To develop our country, And give Colby it’s name. The pioneers followed, With axe and with mill, To denude the forest, To work with a will. On the line of two counties, Both vying to please, came a city of boosters, And world-famous cheese.

[Forward, page 4, by Pearl Vorland] By September, 1872, Hooper, Boyle and Seymore Construction Co. had reached section 53, with 51 miles of “ready track.” Section 53 was located at the present site of Colby where the main construction camp remained for two years. On April 1, 1873, rail was completed and started Northward. This end of the track was named Colby in honor of Charles L. Colby, son of the president, also a partner in the company.

[Hall and Library, page 53, column 1] See article.

[Biography-Obituary of Charles L. Colby, 1896] (See complete information in the Colby Centennial Book, 1873-1973)

Colby, Gardiner R. [Forward, page 4, by Pearl Vorland] Reed (Judge George Reed) succeeded in getting the help of Gardiner Colby, a Boston financier and president of the Phillips and Colby Construction Co. to put $9 million into the line. The agreement stated that the Land Grant group raised enough money to buy the right-of-way, do the work of clearing, grubbing and building the grade, provide culverts and bridges and furnish the cross ties in place on the grade ready to receive the rails.

[Hall and Library, page 53, column 1] See article.

Cole, Belle [Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] See article, appointed as on of the directors, Feb. of 1899.

Cole, C. R. [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 1] Carpenter on the West side.

Cole, Ira K. [Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 2] Was a carpenter in the village.

Cole, King [Colby Post Office, page 65, column 2, page 66, columns 1 & 2] Served as the first rural route carrier in 1905.

Cole, L. M. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 18, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of J. E. Borden.

[Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] See article, appointed to be a director in Feb. of 1899.

Cole, T. W. [Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 1] T. W. was an attorney and counselor of law. He also holds the office of town clerk and is a notary public.

Collier, Harry [Colby Post Office, page 65, column 2, page 66, columns 1 & 2] Rural mail carrier.

Collins, Ambrose [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1] Pioneer settler in town of Colby, sec. 12.

[Sketches of Pioneers, page 20, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Albert Gutenberger.

Crawford, Wm. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Mentioned as signer of paperwork for school district 1, Town of Hull on April 5, 1875. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 6, column 2] Nominated as sealer of the weights and measures.

Creed, Ed [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 2] Mentioned in paragraph of J. D. Wicker. Creed also ran a boarding shanty.

Crosby, Harry [Colby Depot, page 67, column 1] Depot agent.

Cummings [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1] Pioneer settler in town of Colby, sec. 4.

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Dailey, G. F. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1 & 2] Came in 1873 to help his father. G. F. was elected as clerk of the town of Beaver in 1875.

Dailey, John M. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1] Pioneer settler in town of Colby, sec. 14.

[Changes from 1878 to 1897, page 60, column 1] Mentioned as having a comfortable home West of Colby.

Daines, S. A. [Telephone Company, page 67, columns 1 & 2] Started proceedings to obtain a franchise for building a telephone exchange in Colby.

Daniels, Dan [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 1] Lived in an extension on the back of the S. L. Nason store (1873).

Danks, M. [Old settlers reunion, October of 1887, page 44, column 1] See article.

Darling, Henry [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 1] Hired by Mr. Ghoca to build a new store. The structure was finished in April of 1873.

Dehne, Elmer [Sketches of Pioneers, page 26, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Wm. Will Jr. as a driver-salesman for Standard Oil Company.

Demarest, Henry [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Mentioned as a settler after March of 1872.

Demmer, Joe [Photo of Colby band, page 52]

Demmer, John [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 1] Owned land on which the first school house was built.

Derby, Rev. Geo. [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 2] Pastor at the Methodist Church.

Deschamp, Peter [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 6, column 1 & 2] Mentioned in paragraph of E. T. Parkhill. Nominated as constable, March 25, 1873.

Dessloch, Nathan [Colby Depot, page 67, column 1] Colby depot caretaker.

[Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Served as second assistant fire chief. Retired from the department.

Dessloch, Mr. & Mrs. Nathan L. [Colby Area Family Names, page 57, upper portion of page] Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L. Dessoch - Since 1910.

Dewey, Charley [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 11, column 2] Mentioned in article of John Gilford.

Diamond [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 2] Settler in the hamlet of Colby in the summer and fall of 1873.

Diamond, Billy [Photo of old settlers reunion, 1887, page 52]

Diamond, Minnie [Photo of old settlers reunion, 1887, page 52]

Dickinson, R. H. [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 2] An area carpenter.

Dille, Frank {Colby Depot, page 67, column 1] Second depot agent.

Dix, Christ. [Perschke Manufacturing Co., page 56, column 2] Subscribed cash for the purpose of establishing a stock company for the purpose of making cheese boxes.

Dix, Elder [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2, page 9, column 2] Occasionally held religious services in school house, Town of Hull. Served as chaplain of the first 4th of July celebration.

Dix, Fred & Oscar [Business sketch, page 33, column 1, photos page 33, column 1 & 2] Fred purchased the business of Siegrist Bros. Meat Market in 1902. Fred sold business in 1927 to his brother Oscar, who operated it until 1938.

[Photo, Colby Band, page 63, middle of page, July 4, 1906] Oscar Dix.

Dix, Pastor Kenneth A. [Colby Area Family Names, page 57, upper portion of page] Pastor Kenneth A. Dix.

Dix, Rev. J. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 21, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of Wm. J. Reeves.

Draeger, Anna (Panke) [News clip, page 56, column 2] She was born in the same house that she lived in for 82 years on Division Street.

Draeger, Paul [Sketches of Pioneers, page 27, column 2, photo inside Louis Schorer blacksmith shop]

[Photo, page 56, column 1] Driver of wagon load of cheese boxes.

Dutton’s [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 6, column 2] Mentioned in paragraph of D. B. Hull as neighbors.

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Eder, Henry [Sketches of Pioneers, page 35, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of Joe Eder.

[Photo, page 53, column 2, Colby Cornet Band]

[Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Issued charter membership in Midget City Fire Department, issued May 3, 1902.

Eder, Hy [Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Elected as secretary of the volunteer fire department in 1897.

Eder, Joe [Sketches of Pioneers, page 35, column 1, photo page 35, column 2] He was the youngest brother of Henry Eder and he lived on a farm near Colby until he went to the East Coast and became a renown steel worker. He was drafted in WW1 to build steel ships in Newark, N. J. He built a parachute attraction at the New York Worlds Fair (1939) plus Billy Rose’s Aqueduct and some 29 more buildings. He also helped to place the high bridge over the Mississippi River at Hastings, Minnesota in 1895. He died at the age of 92.

(For more information, consult the Colby Centennial Book, 1873-1973)

Eder, John [Sketches of Pioneers, page 35, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of Joe Eder.

Edwards, Mayme Wescott, Marion and Ora [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10 column 2, photo of W. H. Wicker homestead]

Edminster, P. R. [Businesses of Colby, 1878, page 25, column 2] General merchandise and lumber.

Eggebrecht [Businessmen of 1887, page 42, column 2] Saw mill 11 miles East on the Wausau Road, in partnership with Hamann.

Eggebrecht, Chas. {Colby Coal Kilns, page 53, column 2] On the committee to confer with Ashland Iron and Steel Co. in regards to coal kilns.

Eggebrecht, Wm. [News clip, 1884, page 35, column 2] Mr. Eggebrecht (from Michigan) purchased the farm of Danford Rector for $1,600.00, consisting of 160 acres, stock and furniture. Rector sold his farm because of ill health.

Eggleston, John [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 1] Owned and managed hotel.

Empey, Nels [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] Mentioned as arriving in the fall of 1872.

Engledinger, G. {Photo, page 30, columns 1 & 2] Photo of R. B. Salter saw mill.

Engledinger, John [Sketches of Pioneers, page 22, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Kuentz Hardware.

[Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68 columns 1 & 2, page 69 column 1] Served as fire chief.

Retired from the department.

Engledinger, Katie [News clip, 1878, page 26, column 2] Mentioned as having birthday party.

Enman, Ray [Photo inside Simmon’s barber shop, page 69, column 2]

Enright, C. [Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] In 1905, he appointed a committee to go before the city council for library funds.

Enright, Mrs. C. [Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] See article, appointed to be a director in Feb. of 1899.

Etsell, D. J. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 25, column 1] He was born in Ontario, Canada, February 2nd, 1850 and married Rosa Sage, niece of Peter Engleman, founder of the English and German Academy in Milwaukee. He engaged in farming until 1878 when he came to Colby and located on the Marathon side of the village, opening a hardware store in 1879. He also purchased a farm of 160 acres the same year.

Everett, Idella [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 10, column 2, photograph of W. H. Wicker homestead]

Ewart, Frank [Changes from 1878 to 1897, page 60, column 1] Mentioned as living in modern house.

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Feind, Chas. [News clip, 1893, page 62, column 2] Shooting skills killing an eagle.

Feind, Ed [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1] Pioneer settler in town of Colby, sec. 14.

[Changes from 1878 to 1897, page 60, column 1] Mentioned as having comfortable home West of Colby.

Feind, Edward Sr. [Colby Area Family Names, page 57, upper portion of page} Chilton to Colby, 1893.

Fergusen, H. A. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 1] Settler in what is now the town of Weston, about mid-November, 1871.

Ferguson [Business places of Colby, 1878, page 25, column 2] Lumber mill.

Finney, F. N. [Hall and Library, page 51, column 1] See article.

Firnstahl, F. [Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Elected as fire chief in 1897.

Firnstahl, Frank [Sketches of Pioneers, page 26, column 1, photo page 26, column 1] Frank was born in Austria in 1857 and came to the U.S. with his parents at the age of 18. He moved to Colby in 1878 and married Rose Adrians in 1881. She died in 1885 and left him with two children, Lucelia and Rose. He married a second time to Augusta Hertz in 1896 and had six more children, Francis, Richard, Alphonse, Leo, Helen and Lawrence. Frank was one of Colby’s leading merchants. He started a shoe shop in 1881, treasurer of the City, 1895-1912, director of the Colby Cornet Band and in 1910 purchased the old Catholic Church and remodeled it into the Colby Opera House. (For more information, consult the Colby Centennial Book, 1873-1973)

[Businessmen of 1887, page 41, column 2] Owns a shoe shop.

[Photo of Colby band, page 52]

[Photo, page 53, column 2, Colby Cornet Band]

[News clip, page 61, column 2] Mentions that Frank was a judge performing marriages.

[News clip, 1894, page 62, column 1] Presented with a fine rattan easy chair, on October the 4th as a birthday present from the Colby Band.

[Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, column 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Served as an assistant foreman in newly organized fire department. Issued charter membership in the Midget City Fire Department, issued on May 3, 1902.

Firnstahl, I. M. [News clip, 1878, page 26, column 2] Mentioned in clip regarding Joel Shafer.

Firnstahl, Laurence [50th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Yerkes, page 62, columns 1 & 2] Mentioned in article.

Firnstahl, Mike [Sketches of Pioneers, page 24, column 2, page 25, column 1, photo of business, page 25, column 1] Mike and his wife migrated to the U. S. from Salzburg, Austria in 1872 with fours sons, Frank, Paul, Mike and Steven. They settled on railroad land one mile East of Colby in the town of Hull. (For more information of the descendants of Mike Firnstahl, consult the Colby Centennial Book, 1873-1973)

Firnstahl, Paul [Photo of Colby band, page 52]

Fitzgerald [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 5, column 2] A railroad contractor that built a camp South of Colby and was getting in supplies and equipment so they could begin the clear the right of way.

Flaig, Andreas [Echoes of Pioneers, page 28, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Henry Schraufnagel.

Flaig, Andrew {News clip, 1884, page 35, column 2] Owned the agency for AETNA Insurance.

[Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 2] Mr. Flaig opened an exchange office some three years ago on a small scale, buys and sells exchange. He is an agent for an ocean steamship line and is captain of the city hay scales. In May, Mr. Preston moved the buildings to the corner, a few feet North.

[Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] See article, appointed as on of the directors in Feb of 1899.

[Telephone Company, page 67, columns 1 & 2] Long distance equipment installed in his office.

[Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68, columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Introduced fountain pumps to the department.

Fleischauer, Mr. & Mrs. E. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 54, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of Ferdinand Fleischauer. Operated an Income Tax Service until 1969.

Fleischauer, Ferdinand [Sketches of Pioneers, page 54, column 1] He immigrated with his family to McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1891 and came to the Colby area in 1895. He operated a custom tailoring shop and was succeeded by his son Emil in 1910. In 1914, Emil built a shop on Main Street and in the 1920’s a men’s ready to wear and shoe department were added. The store was sold to Donald Schreiber in January of 1949. Mr. & Mrs. E. Fleishauer operated an Income Tax Service until 1969.

Foster [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 8, column 1] Pioneer settler in town of Colby, sec. 4.

Frane, David [Sketches of Pioneers, page 55, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of his father Louis W. Frane.

Frane, John [Sketches of Pioneers, page 55, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of his father Louis W. Frane.

Frane, Louis W. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 55, column 1] Organized what became known as the Star Bottling Works of Colby. He purchased the pop factory from H. Reeves. In 1925, he with the aid of his son Virgil and nephew Arthur manufactured pop and sold it throughout the area. He died in 1942 but the bottling works was reopened by his sons, Virgil, John and David in 1946.

[Photo inside Geo. J. Walbridge Hardware, page 55, column 1] Mentioned in partnership with Hugo Krepsky and W. H. Penny to form the Colby Hardware. Partnership was in 1914-15.

[Photo, page 55, column 1] Mentioned as having the agency for Imperial cars.

[Photo, page 55, column 2] 1913 Grey car sold by Mr. Frane.

Frane, Virgil [Sketches of Pioneers, page 55, column 1] Mentioned in sketch of his father, Louis W. Frane.

Franz, Albert [Colby Depot, page 67, column 1] Depot section foreman.

Franz, Gust. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 35, column 1] Gust. was born December 15, 1861 in Nuremberg, Germany and came to the United States in 1883. He was married in Lomira, Wisconsin on December 14, 1885 to Theresa Shulz and moved to a farm in the town of Hull. In 1918, he moved to Colby and operated a general merchandise store. The building is still owned by a daughter, Minnie (Mrs. Carl Sabler). He was a stockholder in the H. H. Motor Co. and an employee there for about 15 years. They had four children, Mata, (Mrs. Al Goldammer), Minnie, Henry and Albert. His wife died in 1953 at he age of 95 and he died in 1958 at the age of 97 years.

[Photo, Mr. & Mrs. Gust. Franz in front of their home]

Freeman, C. E. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 31, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Richard B. Salter.

Freeman, Claudia (Jackson) [Photo of old settlers reunion, 1887, page 52]

Freeman, Dr. (D. R.) [Business places of Colby in 1878, page 25, column 2] M. D. & drugs.

[News clip, 1878, page 26, column 2] Mentioned as owning house on the present site of Jack Abney.

[Businessmen of 1887, page 40, column 1] He was a graduate of an Eastern medical college in the allopathic school. He has practiced here of the last 15 years, he also fills teeth and makes plates.

[50th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Yerkes, page 62, columns 1 & 2] Mentioned in article.

[Colby Fired Department, page 67, column 2, page 68 columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Served as vice president of newly organized fire department.

Freeman, Henry [Colby Depot, page 67, column 1] Depot agent.

Freeman, Mayor [Hall and Library, page 53, column 2] See article, Feb of 1899.

Frome, Chas. [Sketches of Pioneers, page 24, column 2] Mentioned in sketch of Mattes Mueller.

Frome, Edwin L. [Colby Area Family Names, page 57, upper portion of page] Edwin L. Frome Family.

Frome, Milford [Colby Fire Department, page 67, column 2, page 68 columns 1 & 2, page 69, column 1] Served as assistant fire chief, 1973. Served as a volunteer in 1973.

Frome, Theodore [Sketches of Pioneers, page 20, column 1] Theodore was born in Germany in 1835 and married Mary Beckfield. They came to sec. 23 in Clark County in the early 1880’s erecting a log cabin in the town of Colby. They had six children, Henry, Louis, Charles, Mata, Hugo and Ida. (For more detailed information of the Theodore Frome family, consult the Colby Centennial Book, 1873-1973)

[Changes from 1878 to 1897, page 60, column 1] Mentioned as living in modern house.

Fuller, Rev. [Echoes of Pioneer Days, page 7, column 1] Rev. Fuller (married to a school teacher named Flora Booth) was the first minister of the village.