HISTORY OF MANITOWOC COUNTY


sive and enterprising and possessed the initiative and determination of purpose
that enabled him to carry to a successful issue anything he undertook. The
mother
passed away in I875, but he continued to live on the farm until i888 when
he
removed to Manitowoc, although he still was active in the operation of his
mill
and farm. Although he had attained a ripe old age at the time of his death
in
i888, he possessed the vitality of a man many years his junior and was fully
competent to direct his affairs. Of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Klingholz nine lived to attain maturity.
Arthur Klingholz has passed his entire life amid the scenes with which he
is familiar, but during that period he has been the interested observer of
the
many and marvelous changes that have taken place with the onward stride of
civilization. In the acquirement of his education he attended the common
schools of Manitowoc Rapids, and while still in his early boyhood he assisted
with the work of the farm and also about the mill. After he had mastered
the
common branches he laid aside his text-books and subsequently learned the
carpenter's trade. He continued to work in the mill for his father until
i890,
when owing to the condition of his health he was compelled to give up this
occu-
pation and returned to the farm. Following the death of his father he bought
the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead, which he has ever since
owned
and operated. It has always been well kept up and is one of the best equipped
and most valuable properties in the community, and annually yields Mr. Kling-
holz a goodly income. In connection with the cultivation of his fields he
has also
followed his trade, and still does considerable carpenter work.
In I887 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Klingholz to Miss Catherine Bolle,
a daughter of Charles Bolle of Kossuth, where she was born and reared, and
they have become the parents of one child, Lena, whose natal day was the
i2th
of May, i888. Mrs. Klingholz and her daughter are communicants of the Roman
Catholic church, but he does not affiliate with any denomination. He is a
public-
spirited man, who takes a deep interest in all township affairs, but he has
never
been an aspirant to official honors, although for the past eight years he
has been
a member of the local board of school directors. Mr. Klingholz is a well
known
and highly respected member of one of the estimable pioneer families, and
en-
joys the favorable regard of a large circle of acquaintances.
MICHAEL CARNEY.
Michael Carney, who owns and operates a fine farm of seventy-seven acres,
situated on section 5, town of Cato, is one of the progressive farmers and
public-
spirited citizens of this community. He was born on the farm which he now
cultivates, October 29, i865, and is a son of Michael and Mary (Halloran)
Carney. Mr. Carney's parents, who were natives of the Emerald isle, came
to
the United States as young people, and were married in Wisconsin, afterward
settling on eighty acres of land on section 5, town of Cato, at that time
a wild
and uncultivated country. Here the father erected a log house, developed
the
land and continued to engage in agricultural pursuits until his death, about
i894. He was aged upward of seventy-five years at the time of his death,
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