HISTORY OF WOOD COUNTY



district school and helping to clear and develop the property. In 1914 he
assumed
the management of the farm and has since carried on its operation. He has
25
-acres under the plow, the balance being in pasture and timber. He does general
farming and dairying, having a good herd of grade and pure-bred Holstein
cattle.
He was married in Sigel Township in 1914 to Ida Marsceau, daughter of Nicholas
and Alice Marsceau. Mrs. Peterson's parents were both born in Wood County
and are still living; they had nine children, all of whom are living, as
follows:
Beulah, Henry, George, Loraine, Eva, Clifford, Percy, Ethel, and Ida. Beulah
is
now Mrs. Frank Gokey of Mosinee, Wis.; Eva married John Meyer, also of Mosi-
nee. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peterson have two children, Emily and Lee Orr. The
Peterson family are very well known members of the community, and take an
active
part in its social life.
   Edward P. Gleason, chief engineer of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co., was
born in Ashland, Wis., March 8, 1889, son of Edward F. and Mary D. (Peck)
Gleason. The father was born in Waukesha, Wis., of Irish ancestry, was reared
in the same place, and in 1885 settled in Ashland, Wis., where he followed
the
profession of attorney-at-law until his death. His wife, who is also deceased,
was
from- Connecticut and traced her descent from colonial ancestors. They had
two
children, Edward P. and Robert, the latter of whom is deceased. Edward P.
Gleason attended the common and high schools in Ashland, being graduated
from
the latter in 1906. Four years later he received the degree of B. S. M. E.
from the
Wisconsin State University, after which he entered the Student Apprentice
Course
of the Allis Chalmers Co. of Milwaukee, where he remained for a year and
a half.
After that he worked one year in the Experimental Engineering Department
of
the International Harvester Co. In October, 1912, he came to Port Edwards
to
take the position of assistant engineer for the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co.,
in
which position he served until 1917, when he was made chief engineer of the
com-
pany's three plants. Fraternally he is a Blue Lodge Chapter and Mason and
a
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of
the
Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry and the American Society
of
Mechanical Engineers. As a good citizen he is always ready to lend a helping
hand in any local movement for the betterment of the community. Mr. Gleason
was married in Wisconsin Rapids, in August, 1921, to Fern Millenbah who was
born in Merrill, Wis., Aug. 28, 1898, daughter of Henry and Mayme (Larson)
Mil-
lenbah. Her parents were early settlers in Wisconsin and are now living in
Wis-
consin Rapids.
   Frank X. Grode, president of the Grode-Nash Paper Co., of Nekoosa, was
born
in Darboy, Calumet County, Wis., May 20, 1875, son of Michael and Josephine
i(Satler) Grode. Both parents were natives of Germany. The father, Michael,
came to this country with his parents when nine years old, they settling
first at
Milwaukee. In 1873 they moved to Darboy, where for ten years they were en-
gaged in farming. After his marriage with Josephine Satler, Michael Grode
took
up his residence in Menasha, Wis., where he and his wife made their home
until
1918. They then came to Nekoosa, where they are now.residing with their son
Frank X., Mr. Grode being 84 years old and his wife 79. Their family included
four sons and four daughters, namely: Frank X., Catherine, Anna, Michael,
Jr.,
Frances, Joseph; Philip and Theresa. Frank X. Grode was very young when he
moved with his parents to Menasha. He attended school there till he was 12
years
old and then began to earn his living as porter in a barber shop, earning
only what
he was paid by patrons for blacking shoes. The next step he took in advance
was
to learn the barber's trade, which he did in Menasha, subsequently working
at it
14 years in Superior, Wis. He then returned to Menasha, where he opened a
shop
of his own which he operated until 1902, in which year he came to Nekoosa.
Here
he opened a barber shop which he conducted in connection with a cigar factory.
In 1918 he became associated with John P. Nash in the real estate business,
and
in 1919 they organized the Grode & Nash Paper Co., of which Frank X.
Grode is
president, Charles E. Trelevan vice president and John P. Nash secretary
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