James Arthur Altenburg, member of one Portage county's pioneer families and a man who was actively identified for many years with the lumbering industry of cental Wisconsin, died at his home in Stevens Point. Mr. Altenburg was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, November 28, 1844, and was therefore in the eighty-third year of his age. With his parents, Mr. John and Mrs. Isabelle (Arthur) Altenburg, one sister and eight brothers, he migrated to Wisconsin in 1856, coming by boat on the Great Lakes and completing the trip overland by team. The family located on a farm in the town of Plover. James A. Altenburg was married on November 11, 1866, to Miss Jennie Mulkins of the town of Buena Vista, and for 15 years thereafter they lived on a farm in that town. Later they lived for a period of years at the Wallace & Bedford mill in the town of Dewey and at Knowlton, but the family home has been in Stevens Point for the past 36 years. In the early days Mr. Altenburg, in addition to working in the woods, followed the calling of a raftsman and made 19 trips down the Wisconsin river with lumber, several trips continuing on the Mississippi as far as St. Louis. Mr. Altenburg also spent many winters in the woods and was frequently accompanied by Mrs. Altenburg, who seved as cook for the crews of loggers. Mr. and Mrs. Altenburg were the parents of three sons, one of whom died in infancy. The surviving sons are Arthur of Knowlton and Irvin of Stevens Point. [Source: excerpts from: Stevens Point Daily Journal (Wisconsin): Tues, May 31, 1927.]
James Arthur Altenburg, member of one Portage county's pioneer families and a man who was actively identified for many years with the lumbering industry of cental Wisconsin, died at his home in Stevens Point. Mr. Altenburg was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, November 28, 1844, and was therefore in the eighty-third year of his age. With his parents, Mr. John and Mrs. Isabelle (Arthur) Altenburg, one sister and eight brothers, he migrated to Wisconsin in 1856, coming by boat on the Great Lakes and completing the trip overland by team. The family located on a farm in the town of Plover. James A. Altenburg was married on November 11, 1866, to Miss Jennie Mulkins of the town of Buena Vista, and for 15 years thereafter they lived on a farm in that town. Later they lived for a period of years at the Wallace & Bedford mill in the town of Dewey and at Knowlton, but the family home has been in Stevens Point for the past 36 years. In the early days Mr. Altenburg, in addition to working in the woods, followed the calling of a raftsman and made 19 trips down the Wisconsin river with lumber, several trips continuing on the Mississippi as far as St. Louis. Mr. Altenburg also spent many winters in the woods and was frequently accompanied by Mrs. Altenburg, who seved as cook for the crews of loggers. Mr. and Mrs. Altenburg were the parents of three sons, one of whom died in infancy. The surviving sons are Arthur of Knowlton and Irvin of Stevens Point. [Source: excerpts from: Stevens Point Daily Journal (Wisconsin): Tues, May 31, 1927.]
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