The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-16


schooner Wayne. Sold this vessel, and
about the year 1860 sailed for time the
schooner Glovcr. He next bought the
: scow .St1alLooo which he sailed for three
years. In 1867 he bought the tug Ida
Lee which he run during the season at
this place, and then sold to parties at She
L. boygan. We are informed that the cap
tain once kept the American house for a
8year or two, but that was some time ago
aThis spring he had made up his mind to
3purchase another tug and was on his way
Ito Chicago to procure one when he was
2lost. As man and gentleman the
8Captain was widely known. Always the
: same, quiet and transformations in his de-
Ameanor, he won hosts of friends. In his
|Sactions he was governed by a genial good
:jnature, and fixed determination to do
right. He has accomplished his work
I land gone to rest. He leaves a wife and
aeight children the eldest boy of Is I'll
! was thought that the captain had his
money with him, this we are happy to-
asay was not the case so his family is left
1 in comfortable circumstances.
q CAPT. JOHN soRENsoN. s
Was also a native of Norway, and al
asailor in youth. Two years before com
iing here-which was in 1S49--he was
! wrecked on the Atlantic and came nearl
9being lost, was picked up by an English
svessel and brought to American shores.
I After coming here he sailed the schoor ri
1eaSer for time and afterwards theE
schooner Shoyer. He was well acuuaint
sed with the ship carpenters trade and I'M
company with his brothers built the Wul-
shaHd at Green Bay. She was brought
sout in 1867 and the captain sailed her.
3This spring he sold her to w. III. Adams
Got Chicago, we believe, for $4,000. 1t;
twas some business in connection with this!
sssale which called him to Chicago Wei
saw him the morning he left, full of plans
for the future and evidently thinking he|
had years of usefulness before him butt
ahis time had come; he left our shore for|
"a port in that undiscovered country wei
know SO little Of. Capt. S. was we'll
known and we do not hesitate to say was al
good man, a fond husband and father,
) and good citizen. He leaves a Wife
and two children, a girl of 9 and boy of
AZ years, with home and some means.
CHARLES RIECHEN.
Was a German. Came to this country
gin 1858, and in 1855 came to Manitowoc.
dHe was carpenter and ioiner and for
some years past has worked for A. E..
1Goodrich. In the winter of 1866 he was
appointed a foreman of the repairing
business, at which he has worked contin-
3ually since. He was superior workman
:sand gave very good satisfaction to his
semployer. He frequently travelled up
I.and down on the line and this spring re-
aceived an order to come to Chicago. His
swife feared to have him go,why she could
senot tell, but duty called so the day before
Starting he made his willard had his life
sinsured for $1,000. Thus she is cared for
salthough he is no more. His family con-
5sists of wife and girl of II. His age
a.lwas forty years.
q JOSEPH DOUCETT
j Came to this place about fifteen years
aago from Calais, Me-, we believe. He
swas of Scotch descent and was born I'M
Anew Brunswick. He has general
ely been engaged in the numbering bust !
sness, though we believe he has lived on
"a farm a part of his time He was al
member Of the 14th Regiment and one of
: the bravest of the brave At the battle
sof Corinth he was one of the color guard
(Which consisted of eight men. The
5rebels charged but the 18th would not
.break; five of the color guard were killed.
abut still the fight went on around thel
acolors A rebel reached out to take
1them and Doucett killed him with his
:bayonet, at the same time he received a.
,5bayonet wound through the abdomen and
awas pitched into brush heap from,
Switch he was afterwards taken by the
Jrebels. He was reported dead; his wife;
3dressed in mourning, and all thought he
5was gone, but he came home and when
sthe Regiment re-enlisted he went along.
] At the close Of the war, being disabled byi
shis wound he started a grocery but did
mot do very well and sold out. For a
] year or two he has lived in the country,
3and done very WELL Mr. ID. was strictly
Fan honest man, generous and kind. He
lhad hosts of friends who with his wife
33and two children mourn his loss. XXX
HENRY NIEMAN.
Came here in 1854 Has sailed on the
! Sea Bird for two years past He was
dabout Is years Of age, and was the only
5help of his widowed mother a little broth
der and sister These live on 18th stree
ssSouth side in humble circumstances, and
,,are deserving of not only the sympathy
but if we are correctly informed, of the
laid Of our citizens.
HENRY PREFER.
Was a man about % years of age.
sCame here in 1850 with his father fami-
sly. A few years ago his father died own
ling considerable property on the South
side, which we believe he willed to his
wife. This property, consisting of hotel
near the Catholic Church. Henry bought
some time ago. Improving it as well as
Jbe ,nipht ha mt into tba Sf.bloc borcar