John Casper Steinmann American Success
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Johann Kaspar Steinmann Swiss Immigrant ...grubbing and ditching was his following... To John Casper Steinmann American Success We cannot measure his character and his life by the ordinary standards which are commonly used for measuring men. By Roger Dooley For the Monticello Area Historical Society Table of Contents John C. Steinmann..............................................................................................................4 JOHN CASPER STEINMAN................................................................................................9 Family Traditions Relating to John Caspar Steinmann....................................................16 Researched and prepared by great-grandson Robert H. Naylor II — 29 March 1997................................................................16 Emigration to America....................................................................................16 Other Steinmann Family Members in America.............................................16 Who was John Caspar Steinmann’s father?...................................................17 Maria Magdalena Steinmann and her marriage to Friederich Zimmermann..18 Land Abstract Information, 330 S. Monroe St..................................................................20 Monticello Messenger Articles...........................................................................................21 POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE WED ...................................................................28 Miss Mata E. Steinman becomes bride of Melvin E. Lynn............................28 J. C. Steinman, Sr., Wife, Observe Anniversary................................................................30 Editor in Tribute to J. C. Steinman....................................................................................31 William T. Evjue Writes “Saturday Letter” to Local Resident...........................31 Mrs. J. C. Steinman, Sr., Expires;......................................................................................32 J. C. Steinman, Leading Monticello Citizen, Passes at 88 Years.......................................33 Came Here as Youth........................................................................................34 Authority on Taxation.....................................................................................34 Saw First Cheese Factories.............................................................................34 Always Hardy and Active................................................................................35 Lost Father in Civil War..................................................................................35 Came By Sail Boat...........................................................................................36 Bought Small Farm.........................................................................................36 Chairman of Mt. Pleasant...............................................................................36 Charter Church Member.................................................................................37 J. C. Steinmann Eulogy.....................................................................................................38 Karlen & Steinmann Lumber Co.......................................................................................43 CHANGE IN LUMBER FIRM ............................................................................43 LUMBER YARD MARKS 75TH ANNIVERSARY..............................................44 Karlen-Steinmann Loss $50,000.......................................................................48 Monticello Fire Levels Feed Mill....................................................................48 Karlen & Steinmann Lumber Co.........................................................................49 Rites Held Saturday For H. L. Karlen, ..............................................................................50 Pioneer Lumber Dealer...................................................................................50 Saw Community Grow....................................................................................50 Karlen & Sons Ford and Karlen’s Hall...............................................................................51 Steinmann Architects.........................................................................................................53 Monticello Man Named Fellow in Construction Unit........................................54 Steinman's Cash Clothing..................................................................................................56 The People's Supply Company...........................................................................................57 STORES TO CONSOLIDATE. ............................................................................58 Important Change in Business Circles After February 1 Next......................58 John Dick, Business Man Here For 32 Years, 2 Now Retired.........................................................................................................60 Sells Interest in Peoples Supply Company Store...........................................60 Enters Business in 1904..................................................................................60 Formed Present Firm......................................................................................61 Continues in Charge........................................................................................61 Signs 'Not Needed’ For Blum’s Monticello Store...............................................62 Blum T0 End His Business Career......................................................................64 M. E. Lynn Hardware Business.........................................................................................65 Store Has New Owner.........................................................................................65 M. E. Lynn becomes Hardware Merchant.....................................................65 Dick L. Zentner Retires–Will Devote Time To Other Business Interests................................................................................65 Geo. Graf to Build On Site Occupied By Old Landmark................................................................................66 Old Hardware Store to Be Wrecked to Make Way For New Structure....................................................................66 To Erect Spanish Tavern.................................................................................67 Note: Interim Store Location..........................................................................67 Lynn Hardware Will Move to New Home..........................................................67 Leases Building Occupied By Voegeli Furniture Store..................................67 John and Barbara Steinmann’s Children..........................................................................70 Magdalena (Lena) Jan. 16, 1879 - 1956 .............................................................70 Barbara, Oct. 24, 1880 - Aug. 17, 1889................................................................71 George C., Dec. 29, 1882 – Dec. 1942 ...............................................................72 Geo. C. Steinmann, Veteran Monticello Businessman, Called......................72 Prominent Merchant.......................................................................................72 William, March 30, 1885 - June 11, 1885............................................................73 Fred H., April 12, 1886 - 1952.............................................................................73 Fred H. Steinmann, 65, Dies Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla.................................................................................................73 Prominent Retired Businessman....................................................................73 Life-Long Resident..........................................................................................74 Prominent in Business....................................................................................74 Funeral Services Friday...................................................................................74 John C. Jr. ("Jack") Feb. 28, 1889 – Nov. 25, 1944.............................................................................75 John C. Steinmann Is Found Dead in Monticello Home...............................75 Wilbert July 14, 1891 - Oct. 1, 1894..................................................................................76 Mata E., June 8, 1898 - Sept 26, 1975 ...............................................................77 M. E. ‘Peg’ Lynn, 74, dies After Extended Illness; Rites Today..........................................................................................................78 Funeral Services Thursday..............................................................................78 3 MEMOIRS OF GREEN COUNTY WISCONSIN From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present IN TWO VOLUMES Madison, Wis. Central States Historical Association 1913 Volume 2 John C. Steinmann John C. Steinman. Among Green county’s distinguished citizens and leading men of affairs the name of John C. Steinman, of Monticello, has long been prominent. He is a native of Switzerland, the mountain republic of Europe, which has furnished the great North American Republic with no small share of the latter's moral bone and sinew, being born May 13, 1854, and spent the first seven years of his life at or near