BIOGRAPHIES: Charles KAEMMER, Almena, Barron County, WI

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Charles Kaemmer, Almena, garage man, vice president of the Bank of Almena,
and founder of the Almena Creamery, was born in West Bend, Wis., March 27,
1870, seventh of the twelve children of John and Bertha (Bavman) Kaemmer,
natives of Germany, who came to America as young people, and located at
West Bend, moving from there in 1875 to Pickeral Lake Township, Freeborn
County, Minn. The father, who was a cooper by trade, there took up farming.
He was a devout church man, and helped to establish the first Methodist
Episcopal Church in his neighborhood, and served for some years as one of
its trustees. The subject of this sketch was educated in the district
schools of Minnesota, and was reared on the home farm. He early became
interested in the dairy business, and when he left home went to Armstrong,
Minn., where he served an apprenticeship of one year as a buttermaker. Then
he worked six months at Manchester, Minn., as helper to a buttermaker.
Subsequently he was a butter maker at Delano, Minn., for three years, and
at Glenville, Minn., for two years. In 1900 he came to Almena, and built
the Almena Creamery. From a weekly output of six or seven tubs he increased
to 165 tubs. In 1916 he sold out. For two years thereafter he was a farm
machinery agent. In 1918 he engaged in the garage business. He has a good
place, does general repairing and storage, carries a good line of
accessories and supplies, and has the agency for the Buick and Overland
cars. He has various financial holdings, including stock in the Bank of
Almena, of which he is the vice president. In public affairs, Mr. Kaemmer
has served for some years as town clerk. He was married at Almena June 18,
1901, to Amy Shelver, who was born in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Feb. 2, 1881,
the daughter of Theodore and Margaret (Millen) Shelver. This union has been
blessed with two daughters: Edith and Ruth. Ruth is attending school in
Almena. Edith is attending the University of Wisconsin.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 381 .