George W. Wolff Sheboygan Press April 2, 1919
EX-SENATOR GEORGE WOLFF, PROMINENT WISCONSIN MAN DIED TUESDAY AT ELKHART
Ex-Senator George W. Wolff, of Elkhart Lake, one of the most widely known men in Wisconsin, died Tuesday at the age of 71. Few men have lived and taken such an active part in all matters relating to civic and state affairs and the passing of Mr. Wolff, marks the dissolution of a memorable life, filled with endeavor toward the uplift of humanity and prominent in all affairs of government. He was one of the early settlers of Sheboygan County and an active factor in the growth and development of Rhine township, where he was born in 1848, being the oldest child of Julius and Katherine Margaretha (Mathes) Wolff.
George W. Wolff sent his boyhood days upon his father's farm, attended the district school and later passed two terms in the Sheboygan High school and one term at Lawrence College at Appleton. He did not take the regular course at either of these institutions and returned to his father's farm after leaving school in 1863. When his father died, he sold a large portion of his acres and moved to the village of Elkhart Lake, where he resided until the time of his demise.
During this period he saw the town of Rhine grow from almost a wilderness to a modern community with all the advantages of school, churches and conveniences of travel and improvements of every kind and nature. He always took an active part in the affairs of the community. He was town chairman from 1886 to 1906 and for fourteen years held the position of Chairman of the county board. From 1895 to ??? he was a member of the Wisconsin assembly and state senator for eight years, from 1901 to 1909. His politics were staunchly republican and he cast his first presidential vote for Grant.
He was a member of the Sheboygan County Agricultural Association and was one of its vice-presidents from 1880 to 1907. He was also active in business circles and always took an interest in the commercial development of the community. He was acting president of the Bank of Elkhart Lake since its organization and up to the time of his death. He held the same position in the Town Herman Fire Insurance Association, in which capacity he acted since 1890. He was a member of the Wisconsin Grand Lodge, IOOF and was prominent in its organization since 1875. While he did not hold active membership in any church, no call upon his resources when made in a worthy cause, was ever left unanswered.
Mr. Wolff was a man of rare intelligence and well read in history, botany, agriculture and law, and his high qualities of honesty, industry and sound judgment made him successful and prosperous and respected by the large circle of friends in the town in which he resided. He possessed one of the finest collections of Indian relics and civil war trophies in the state.
In 1880 Mr. Wolff was united in marriage to Miss Helen K. Bettelhauser, a daughter of Augustus and Katherine (Maurer) Bettelhauser, and they became the parents of two children; Sylvia, the wife of William F. Roecker, of Milwaukee and Waleska, at home. Both daughters are graduates of Grafton hall at Fond du Lac. In addition to his daughters, he leaves a wife, three grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Frank Seidemenn of Sheboygan, to mourn their loss.
The funeral rites will be held from the residence Friday, the Rev. Zeh of the Rhine church officiating. Interment will be made in the Rhine cemetery, four and one-half miles east of Elkhart Lake.
EX-SENATOR GEORGE WOLFF, PROMINENT WISCONSIN MAN DIED TUESDAY AT ELKHART
Ex-Senator George W. Wolff, of Elkhart Lake, one of the most widely known men in Wisconsin, died Tuesday at the age of 71. Few men have lived and taken such an active part in all matters relating to civic and state affairs and the passing of Mr. Wolff, marks the dissolution of a memorable life, filled with endeavor toward the uplift of humanity and prominent in all affairs of government. He was one of the early settlers of Sheboygan County and an active factor in the growth and development of Rhine township, where he was born in 1848, being the oldest child of Julius and Katherine Margaretha (Mathes) Wolff.
George W. Wolff sent his boyhood days upon his father's farm, attended the district school and later passed two terms in the Sheboygan High school and one term at Lawrence College at Appleton. He did not take the regular course at either of these institutions and returned to his father's farm after leaving school in 1863. When his father died, he sold a large portion of his acres and moved to the village of Elkhart Lake, where he resided until the time of his demise.
During this period he saw the town of Rhine grow from almost a wilderness to a modern community with all the advantages of school, churches and conveniences of travel and improvements of every kind and nature. He always took an active part in the affairs of the community. He was town chairman from 1886 to 1906 and for fourteen years held the position of Chairman of the county board. From 1895 to ??? he was a member of the Wisconsin assembly and state senator for eight years, from 1901 to 1909. His politics were staunchly republican and he cast his first presidential vote for Grant.
He was a member of the Sheboygan County Agricultural Association and was one of its vice-presidents from 1880 to 1907. He was also active in business circles and always took an interest in the commercial development of the community. He was acting president of the Bank of Elkhart Lake since its organization and up to the time of his death. He held the same position in the Town Herman Fire Insurance Association, in which capacity he acted since 1890. He was a member of the Wisconsin Grand Lodge, IOOF and was prominent in its organization since 1875. While he did not hold active membership in any church, no call upon his resources when made in a worthy cause, was ever left unanswered.
Mr. Wolff was a man of rare intelligence and well read in history, botany, agriculture and law, and his high qualities of honesty, industry and sound judgment made him successful and prosperous and respected by the large circle of friends in the town in which he resided. He possessed one of the finest collections of Indian relics and civil war trophies in the state.
In 1880 Mr. Wolff was united in marriage to Miss Helen K. Bettelhauser, a daughter of Augustus and Katherine (Maurer) Bettelhauser, and they became the parents of two children; Sylvia, the wife of William F. Roecker, of Milwaukee and Waleska, at home. Both daughters are graduates of Grafton hall at Fond du Lac. In addition to his daughters, he leaves a wife, three grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Frank Seidemenn of Sheboygan, to mourn their loss.
The funeral rites will be held from the residence Friday, the Rev. Zeh of the Rhine church officiating. Interment will be made in the Rhine cemetery, four and one-half miles east of Elkhart Lake.
George W. Wolff Sheboygan Press April 2, 1919
EX-SENATOR GEORGE WOLFF, PROMINENT WISCONSIN MAN DIED TUESDAY AT ELKHART
Ex-Senator George W. Wolff, of Elkhart Lake, one of the most widely known men in Wisconsin, died Tuesday at the age of 71. Few men have lived and taken such an active part in all matters relating to civic and state affairs and the passing of Mr. Wolff, marks the dissolution of a memorable life, filled with endeavor toward the uplift of humanity and prominent in all affairs of government. He was one of the early settlers of Sheboygan County and an active factor in the growth and development of Rhine township, where he was born in 1848, being the oldest child of Julius and Katherine Margaretha (Mathes) Wolff.
George W. Wolff sent his boyhood days upon his father's farm, attended the district school and later passed two terms in the Sheboygan High school and one term at Lawrence College at Appleton. He did not take the regular course at either of these institutions and returned to his father's farm after leaving school in 1863. When his father died, he sold a large portion of his acres and moved to the village of Elkhart Lake, where he resided until the time of his demise.
During this period he saw the town of Rhine grow from almost a wilderness to a modern community with all the advantages of school, churches and conveniences of travel and improvements of every kind and nature. He always took an active part in the affairs of the community. He was town chairman from 1886 to 1906 and for fourteen years held the position of Chairman of the county board. From 1895 to ??? he was a member of the Wisconsin assembly and state senator for eight years, from 1901 to 1909. His politics were staunchly republican and he cast his first presidential vote for Grant.
He was a member of the Sheboygan County Agricultural Association and was one of its vice-presidents from 1880 to 1907. He was also active in business circles and always took an interest in the commercial development of the community. He was acting president of the Bank of Elkhart Lake since its organization and up to the time of his death. He held the same position in the Town Herman Fire Insurance Association, in which capacity he acted since 1890. He was a member of the Wisconsin Grand Lodge, IOOF and was prominent in its organization since 1875. While he did not hold active membership in any church, no call upon his resources when made in a worthy cause, was ever left unanswered.
Mr. Wolff was a man of rare intelligence and well read in history, botany, agriculture and law, and his high qualities of honesty, industry and sound judgment made him successful and prosperous and respected by the large circle of friends in the town in which he resided. He possessed one of the finest collections of Indian relics and civil war trophies in the state.
In 1880 Mr. Wolff was united in marriage to Miss Helen K. Bettelhauser, a daughter of Augustus and Katherine (Maurer) Bettelhauser, and they became the parents of two children; Sylvia, the wife of William F. Roecker, of Milwaukee and Waleska, at home. Both daughters are graduates of Grafton hall at Fond du Lac. In addition to his daughters, he leaves a wife, three grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Frank Seidemenn of Sheboygan, to mourn their loss.
The funeral rites will be held from the residence Friday, the Rev. Zeh of the Rhine church officiating. Interment will be made in the Rhine cemetery, four and one-half miles east of Elkhart Lake.
EX-SENATOR GEORGE WOLFF, PROMINENT WISCONSIN MAN DIED TUESDAY AT ELKHART
Ex-Senator George W. Wolff, of Elkhart Lake, one of the most widely known men in Wisconsin, died Tuesday at the age of 71. Few men have lived and taken such an active part in all matters relating to civic and state affairs and the passing of Mr. Wolff, marks the dissolution of a memorable life, filled with endeavor toward the uplift of humanity and prominent in all affairs of government. He was one of the early settlers of Sheboygan County and an active factor in the growth and development of Rhine township, where he was born in 1848, being the oldest child of Julius and Katherine Margaretha (Mathes) Wolff.
George W. Wolff sent his boyhood days upon his father's farm, attended the district school and later passed two terms in the Sheboygan High school and one term at Lawrence College at Appleton. He did not take the regular course at either of these institutions and returned to his father's farm after leaving school in 1863. When his father died, he sold a large portion of his acres and moved to the village of Elkhart Lake, where he resided until the time of his demise.
During this period he saw the town of Rhine grow from almost a wilderness to a modern community with all the advantages of school, churches and conveniences of travel and improvements of every kind and nature. He always took an active part in the affairs of the community. He was town chairman from 1886 to 1906 and for fourteen years held the position of Chairman of the county board. From 1895 to ??? he was a member of the Wisconsin assembly and state senator for eight years, from 1901 to 1909. His politics were staunchly republican and he cast his first presidential vote for Grant.
He was a member of the Sheboygan County Agricultural Association and was one of its vice-presidents from 1880 to 1907. He was also active in business circles and always took an interest in the commercial development of the community. He was acting president of the Bank of Elkhart Lake since its organization and up to the time of his death. He held the same position in the Town Herman Fire Insurance Association, in which capacity he acted since 1890. He was a member of the Wisconsin Grand Lodge, IOOF and was prominent in its organization since 1875. While he did not hold active membership in any church, no call upon his resources when made in a worthy cause, was ever left unanswered.
Mr. Wolff was a man of rare intelligence and well read in history, botany, agriculture and law, and his high qualities of honesty, industry and sound judgment made him successful and prosperous and respected by the large circle of friends in the town in which he resided. He possessed one of the finest collections of Indian relics and civil war trophies in the state.
In 1880 Mr. Wolff was united in marriage to Miss Helen K. Bettelhauser, a daughter of Augustus and Katherine (Maurer) Bettelhauser, and they became the parents of two children; Sylvia, the wife of William F. Roecker, of Milwaukee and Waleska, at home. Both daughters are graduates of Grafton hall at Fond du Lac. In addition to his daughters, he leaves a wife, three grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Frank Seidemenn of Sheboygan, to mourn their loss.
The funeral rites will be held from the residence Friday, the Rev. Zeh of the Rhine church officiating. Interment will be made in the Rhine cemetery, four and one-half miles east of Elkhart Lake.
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