HISTORY OF WOOD COUNTY



children: Jennie G., now Mrs. William G. Symons, of Duluth, Minn.; Elizabeth,
now deceased, who was the wife of Nicholas Richards; James H., living at
Sacra-
mento, Calif.; Joseph J., of Chicago, Ill.; William G., a resident of Tacoma,
Wash.;
John, subject of this sketch; and Oscar R., living in Chicago. John H. Cundy
was
reared at Champion, Mich.; he graduated from the Iron Mountain, Mich., High
School with the class of 1901 and subsequently attended the Ferris Institute
at
Big Rapids, Mich., for two years, graduating from the commercial course of
that
school. He was married May 15, 1907, to Frances E. Brechtel, who was born
at
Sheboygan, Wis., Sept. 4, 1885, daughter of William and Theresa (Fisher)
Brech-
tel. Mr. and Mrs. Cundy came to Marshfield in 1910, after having been residents
of Janesville, Wis., for the three preceding years, and in 1911 Mr. Cundy
entered
the employ of the Marshfield State Bank as bookkeeper. He was particularly
adapted, both by training and natural ability, to succeed in the financial
field, and
in 1916 he was made assistant cashier of the institution, remaining in that
capacity
until April 1, 1922, when the bank surrendered its charter and was consolidated
with the First National Bank. During his assistant cashiership he had displayed.
great executive ability and had formed strong friendships among the business
men
of the city, and when the Cloverland State Bank was organized he was urged
to
accept the cashiership of the new institution. He acceded to this request,
and
now takes his place as one of the leading figures in the financial world
of Marsh-
field. Mr. and Mrs. Cundy own a nice home at 409 East Fourth Street. They
had two children, a son and a daughter, but the daughter, Anna Jane, who
was.
born June 19, 1912, was taken from them by death Feb. 3, 1922. The son, John
B., who was born Aug. 15, 1908, is now in his first year in the Marshfield
High
School. The family are members of the Christian Science Church. In politics
Mr. Cundy is a Republican, but is liberal in his views, voting for the candidate
he
considers best fitted for the office without any strict adherence to party
lines.
Fraternally, he is a member of the B. P. 0. E. lodge No. 665 at Marshfield.
   Leo F. Winterburn, a member of the firm known as the Winterburn Drug Co.,
doing business in Marshfield, and who is also engaged with his brother Benjamin,
who is his partner, in the breeding of fancy poultry, was born at Bear Valley,
Richland County, Wis., Jan. 9, 1889, son of Benjamin F. and Catherine E.
(Carney)
Winterburn. The parents were both born at Bear Valley, Wis., the father March
9, 1863, and the mother Feb. 18, 1868, and they were married in the same
place,
Feb. 10, 1886. After living on a farm there for a number of years, they sold
out
and moved to Lone Rock, Wis., where Benjamin F. Winterburn engaged in the
meat business and resided until his death, Feb. 18, 1908. His wife Catherine
E.
now resides with her son, Leo F. There were three children in the family:
John
J., born Jan. 20, 1887, now living at Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Leo F., born as
above
stated; and Benjamin F., Jr., born July 25, 1891. Leo F. Winterburn was edu--
cated in Richland County, attending the common school in Bear Valley and
the
high school at Lone Rock. He then entered a drug store at Spring Green, Sauk
County, to learn the business, but after working there for a short time entered
Marquette College at Milwaukee, where he took a course in pharmacy, being
graduated in 1911. Thus professionally equipped, he took a position as pharma-
cist with Marsh Bros. of Neenah, Wis., with whom he remained for a few months.
He then came to Marshfield, entered the employ of Sexton Bros., and was with



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