The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28

1 and disappointed and just waited. He
reached his eighteenth birthday on
January IA, 1864 and the same day he
/ applied for a place in the army. He
went back into the uniform of blue in
February of '64 as a private in Com
! pany C of the Third Wisconsin Volun-
] teer Infantry and as a member of this
company he served to the close Of the
war.
Had Part in Eleven Engagements.
He saw active service, taking part in
eleven battles of the war, and he was
mustered out in July of 1865. One of
his dearest possessions it hung
goYer the bed, where he dropped to sleep
on Monday afternoon-was his dis
charge papers, which declared that he
had rendered distinguished service for
his country in war.
! With the end of his military service,
Mr.. Stemm returned to Kenosha and
went to work as a. blacksmith at the
plant of the Balm Wagon Works, and
he worked at the forge for more than
twenty-five years.
His political career began in 1887
as the candidate of the knights of
Labor. He was one of the three may
ors in the United States to be elected
in connection with the political activi-
ties of the Knights of Labor. His adj
ministration as mayor was progress
sive one.
Served as Head of Police.
After he gave up his work as mayor,
he was named as chief of police of the
city and he served for several years as
the head of the department. Then he
gave up his work as d blacksmith and
for ten years he was the agent for the
Val Blatz Brewing company in Keno
sha. Later he was elected as alderman
of the sixth ward and he was prom
inent in the work of the common coun-
Gil. Ten years ago he retired from
active work, but he continued to take
an active interest in the political life
of the city.
Was Always Grand Marshal.
Colonel" Stemm was one of the
most. active of the members of the
| Grand Army of the Republic and he
loved the pageantry which attached it.
self to the life of the army. He was
| intensely patriotic and during the
years that the war clouds lowered over
the nation and the world, he took his
full part in the advancement of patri-
otto movements. He was a "four-min-
ute-man" during the war and he made
addresses of a patriotic nature all over
the county. He was member of many
clubs and organizations in the city and
took an active interest in all of them.
He was active in the work of st. George
Church and the various organizations
connected with the parish. He had re-
peatedly served as grand marshal for
all the big parades of recent years in
Kenosha.
His death came as a great shock to
those near and dear to him in his home
life as he had always taken great
interest in his home and family. Many
loving tributes were paid to his mem
DRY by close personal friends today.
Members of the Grand Army recalled
his memories of the great Civil War
and his happy way of telling incidents
of wartime days.
The former mayor is survived by his
widow and his four sons, Fred E.
Stemm of Kenosha, William A. Stemm
of Oakland, Cal, Harry Stemm, drug
gist at Ashland, Wis, and Arthur P
Stemm, who holds high Office with the
Remington Typewriter company in
London
Members of the common council and
all the city officials will attend the
funeral in body on Thursday morning
and the flag at the city hall will re-
main at half-mast until after the re-
mains have been laid at rest in the
family plot at St. George cemetery.