BIOGRAPHIES: Charles HOLTZ, Barron, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 3 January 2004 ************************************************************************ Charles Holtz, mill owner, builder and contractor of Barron, was born in Green Bay, Wis., June 13, 1861, son of William and Caroline Holtz, who were born near Berlin, Prussia, Germany, were there married about 1855, came to America about 1860, homesteaded land near Green Bay, Wis., and there spent the remainder of their lives. A member of a poor family of eight children, young Charles began to work out among the neighbors when he was but nine years of age, and when he was of age he started to learn the carpenter trade with the Zimmerman Brothers at Wrightstown, Wis. In about three years more he became a contractor on his own responsibility. It was about 1886 when he came to Barron County. Here he continued at his trade, and as time permitted he cleaned up eighty acres which he purchased in Section 1, Barron Township, first selling the timber, and then disposing of the cleared land. In 1903 he purchased ground and built a planing mill on Fifth street, and this he operates in connection with his other business, turning out inside furnishings and general woodwork. Aside from being successful in business, Mr. Holtz is an active man in the community and belongs to the Modern Woodmen. His wife is a member of the Royal Neighbors. Mr. Holtz was married April 25, 1886, to Louise Zittlow, born in Lawrence Township, Brown County, Wisconsin, Oct. 15, 1861, daughter of Gottlieb and Ernestine Zittlow, now of Wrightstown, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Holtz have two children: Frederick W., born Aug. 7, 1887, who became his father’s partner, and died March 26, 1920; and Eleanor, born July 23, 1894, now Mrs. Clayton Rodwell, living at Baraboo, Wis. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 146. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm