Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-19
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(By Judge Wilmott)

Christopher NJ Jackson farmed until
1873 when he moved to Potosi and
took charge of the Banfeld House
which he conducted for several years.
He also entered in the general mer-
camille business with his son-in-law,
W. III. Hunt, and the firm of Hunt &
Jackson, under the management OF
". II. Hunt became widely known
and did an immense business. Mr..
and Mrs. Jackson raised very inter-
esting family OF seven daughters and
one SON Anna, the eldest, daughter,
became the wife of NJ. L. Spaulding,
Nettie. wife of Adolphus Kinney, liy-
ing, we think, in Minnesota, Lura
wife OF w. H. Hunt, living at Spokane,
Wash, Myrtle, widow Of Herman OFT,
whose home is in Preston, Mimi, Jes-
sic, wife of Sam Hedges and Martha,
whose marriage name is not known to
Jus, live at Spokane, Wash. William
&C., the only son, is following farming
at Wilton. N. D. Anna, Minnie and
Della, with the father and mother, lie
buried in the Boice Prairie cemetery
in the town Of Potosi
earliest arrivals to the lead mines,
coming here from Dubuque in 1885.
He located in Van Buren, where he
started small store in a building
where the brewery now stands, and
also conducted hotel. He was APP
pointed postmaster at Van Buren, i'll
1888, receiving the appointment from
Amos Kendall Postmaster General
q
18th of August, 1888, and removing up
to Potosi, carried the office with him
and continuously held the Office to the
time of his death, March IS, 1901. He
was man much esteemed in the COM
munity and to hundreds his advice or
admonition was law. He was a wor-
thy man and good citizen, besides be-
ing a prominent merchant for more
than fifty years standing. He held
several offices of trust and respOns-
Utility in church, school and town. IN
carly years no man exercised a wider
or more Statutory influence over the
community and more especially his
own countrymen than he did He re-
tired from active business some years
previous to his demise and devoted
his time to the postoffice until strick
Ell with the last and fatal illness. Re
moving from Van Buren, up the hol-
low to Potosi in 1843 he took charge
of the Wisconsin House and for a
couple Of years successfully con-
Quoted the same. He entered the gen
eral store business with Elias Block
under the firm name of Block and
Kaltenbach succeeding Lawther and
Dyer. Elias Block later withdrew
from the business and was succeeded
by his brother, Hyman E. Block, who
subsequently became Mr.. Kaltenbach's
son-in-law, marrying Mary, the first
white child born in the hollow. Mr.
Block became an active and inf1uent-
ial citizen of the place. He was elect
ed to the Wisconsin assembly in 1853
Mr.. Kaltenbach was twice married
first to Louisa Kreiser in Dubuque,
who bore him four children-Mary
Cornelia, Celestin and Matthias Mary
Mrs. Hyman E. Block, is the only
survivor, and is living i'll st Louis at
the advanced age of IS years. Cor
nelia, the second child, was married in
st. Louis to a man named VIM. Dyer
who later moved to Boscobel and for
many years conducted a drug store
there CeleStin the eldest son. died
in st. Louis some years ago, and Mat
thias died in young manhood at Bos-
cobel, in 1859 or 1870 Mr.. Kalten-
bach's first wife died of the cholera in
1852 and in 1864 he married Miss Cla-
"a Seidle at Erie, Pa. To this union
were born eight children, one died in
infancy. George, the eldest, is an ac-
complished musician and teacher. His
home is in Patterson, N. j.. and for
more than twenty-five years he has
been organist of st. Joseph's Catholic
church in that city. Theresa, Mrs.
Ed. Coumb, resides in Yakima, Wash
Millie, Mrs. B. Webb resides at Spo-
kane Wash, and Fannie, Anna and
DR.. Louis Kaltenbach, dentist, make
thier home in Kenosha Andrew still
resides in Potosi. For many years he
conducted grocery store and in 1901
succeeded his father as postmaster in
Potosi This position he has held
continuously giving the very best SER
vice to the patrons of the office.
A. B. Southworth a relative of the
celebrated novelist of that name, OPP
ened UP a tinshop and hardware store
in 1910. He closed business here in
1850 and was succeeded by Levi Brown
who some years later moved to Taft