HISTORY OF MANITOWOC COUNTY


are employed, and a large business is done in the city and its surrounding
terri-
tory. Carl H. Paulus, father of Herman and Walter Paulus, was born July i9,
i839, in Germany, a son of John William Frederick and Sophia Elizabeth
(Goeters) Paulus, the former a merchant in woolen and silk yarns. Carl I-S.
Paulus came to the United States October 24, i867, as a young man, and on
February ii, i87I, was married to Miss Mary Moldenhauer, who was born in
Germany, and in i857 came to America with her parents, Gustav and Henriette
(Moritz) Moldenhauer. Carl H. Paulus has been indentified with the fire insur-
ance business in Manitowoc for nearly forty-five years. He is a prominent
member of the Odd Fellows, and has also been well known in political matters,
and during the early days served for a long period as justice of the peace.
He
and his wife had a family of seven children, of whom five are living, as
follows.
Emily, who married William G. Esch; Emma, who married William E. Duhnke;
Walter, who married Ella Hess; Clara, who married Ernst Busch; and Herman
H., who married Hettie L. Goedjen. All of the children received good public-
school educations in Manitowoc. The Paulus brothers are both able business
men, and are well known in musical circles of Manitowoc, where they have
spent
their entire lives. Herman H. Paulus serves as piano tuner for the firm.
CHRISTIAN A. GIELOW.
Christian A. Gielow, who is successfully engaged in business as a real-estate
dealer of Manitowoc, has for the past eight years maintained his offices
in the
Manitowoc Savings Bank building.    His birth occurred in Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, Germany, in i847, his parents being Christian and Sophia Gielow,
both
of whom are deceased and lie buried at the Evergreen cemetery. They emi-
grated to the United States in 1853, locating on a farm in Manitowoc county,
Wisconsin. Here they spent the remainder of their lives, becoming well known
as substantial and esteemed residents.
Christian A. Gielow, who was a little lad of six years when he came to Amer-
ica with his parents, obtained his early education in the public schools
of Mani-
towoc and from i867 until I870 attended Baldwin University at Berea, Ohio.
Subsequently he followed the profession of teaching for a period of twelve
yeafrs, acting as an instructor in the public schools of Manitowoc. In i882
he
took charge of the home farm, ably supervising its operation for eight years.
At
the end of that time he returned to the city of Manitowoc and was elected
county
treasurer, proving such an able and trustworthy official that he was retained
in
the position for four terms. In i895 he was appointed city treasurer and
held
that office for three terms. In i904 he embarked in the real-estate and insurance
business and has since won a gratifying measure of prosperity in these connec-
tions, now enjoying an extensive clientage.
In i877, at Appleton, Wisconsin, Mr. Gielow was united in marriage to Miss'
Minnie Black, daughter of John Black, a pioneer agriculturist of Outagamie
county. They have one daughter and two sons, as follows: Elinora, who is
a
graduate of the State Normal School and is now teaching in a Milwaukee public
school; Edwin, who is a graduate of the State University and an electrical
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