Manitowoc County Wisconsin
Biographies

View A-L Biographical Sketches from the History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881

 

George D. Hamilton
Little Sketches of Big Folks in Minnesota (Publ. 1907) Transcribed by Richard Ramos

HAMILTON George D, Detroit. Publisher. Born April 3, 1856 in Two Rivers Wis, son of Henry C and Diantha (Smith) Hamilton. Married Sept 30, 1880 to Mary G Deming. Received common school education. Employed as apprentice in newspaper office of Chronicle Two Rivers Wis 1872; with Crete (Neb) News 1876-77; publisher of Detroit Record 1878 to date; also engaged in real estate business; has held many village offices; member Masonic fraternity.

William E. Kuhnle

Gerhard Neuhaus
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 4 Feb. 1909; transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Gerhard Neuhaus of Manitowoc county, who recently purchased Frank Ebert’s 120 acre farm in the town of Colby, five miles west of this city, for $9,700, arrived here last Friday with his family and household goods and immediately took possession of the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Neuhaus are in the prime of life and have fifteen children, thirteen of whom came here with them. Mr. Ebert has moved into the city and is occupying the John Tesmer residence in the West ward.

Gen. Frederick Salomon

Cornelius B. Shove
Source: Progressive men of Minnesota. Published by The Minneapolis Journal (1897) submitted by Diana Heser Morse

C. B. Shove is of a family which traces its line for two hundred and fifty years, to the early settlement of New England. Alonzo Shove, father of Mr. C. B. Shove, was a manufacturer of boots and shoes at Syracuse, New York, where Cornelius was born November 8, 1844. Six years later the family moved to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where the son passed his boyhood, and received the common school education available in a country village. When he was thirteen years old he entered a banking and insurance office at Manitowoc. In this position, which he occupied for eleven years, he acquired a practical training in business which fitted him for the responsible position which he has since attained in the insurance business in this city. Mr. Shove's first experience in insurance was in 1868, when he entered the employment of the late J. B. Bennett, of Cincinnati, an old and successful insurance manager. For a while Mr. Shove was stationed at Macon, Missouri, as a local agent. When the Andes Insurance Company was organized at Cincinnati, Mr. Shove removed to that city, and was appointed special agent of the company. In this position he traveled widely and acquired a large experience in general insurance matters, and in the management of the company's affairs. Afterwards he was appointed state agent of the company for Iowa. The Andes was ruined by the great Chicago and Boston fire, and for several years he was engaged as special agent and adjuster of several companies. In the year 1878 he came to Minneapolis, and after a short time organized the Millers and Manufacturers' Insurance Company. This company was organized under a new law authorizing a combination of stock and mutual plans. It was something of an innovation upon established insurance theories, but has proved a complete success. The Millers and Manufacturers' Insurance Company commenced business on May 1, 1881. It is essentially a mutual company, distributing to such of its policy holders as come under the mutual agreement, the surplus of premiums paid by them, over the actual cost of the insurance. Mr. Shove has been Secretary and General Manager of the company since its organization, until a few years since he became its President. He is an inveterate worker, and enthusiastic in his business, and proud of the success of his company. In 1883 Mr. Shove was married to Mrs. Carrie A. Norton, of Chicago. They live at 1002 Hawthorn avenue, Minneapolis.

Otto O. Wiegand