BIOGRAPHIES: Gregory A. KOERNER, Barron, Barron County, WI

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Gregory A. Koerner, for fifteen years station agent for the "Soo" line at
Barron, had a prominent part in the affairs of the place during the years
of residence here. So prominent was he in public affairs that at one time
he was elected mayor of the city but was unable to serve owing to his
employment. He was one of the founders and sustainers of the St. Joseph's
Catholic Church and served as its treasurer for many years. He also passed
through the chairs of the local lodges of the Knights of Pythias and the
Odd Fellows. For five years he was president and secretary of the Barron
Brick Yard Company and was a prominent factor in its success. Mr. Koerner
was born in Shakopee, Minn., Dec. 12, 1869, one of four children, the
others in the family being Henry of Minneapolis, Joseph of North Dakota,
and Katherine, wife of H. H. Heller of Elbow Lake, Minn. He learned
telegraphy at home and as a young man was station agent at several
different points in Minnesota and the Dakotas. His first station in
Wisconsin was at Almena, from there he went to Kennan and thence to
Ladysmith, coming fom there to Barron in 1903. He died Oct. 28, 1918, and
his death was sincerely mourned. Mr. Koerner was married Nov. 27, 1894, to
Helen Gilick, who was born in Glencoe, Minn., March 18, 1872, daughter of
Lawrence and Anna (Burke) Gilick, natives respectively of Canada and
Ireland, who settled in Glencoe in the early days and there resided for
more than forty years, then coming to Barron where they resided the
remainder of their lives, the father dying Dec. 24, 1913, and the mother
Nov. 8, 1903. In the Gilick family there were seven children--Lawrence
(deceased), James, Helen, Edward, John (deceased), William (deceased), and
Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Koerner were the parents of six children--Helen, born
Feb. 15, 1896, is with the "Soo" line in Minneapolis; Gertrude, born Feb.
9, 1898, is a clerk in the "Daylight" store in Barron; Henry, born Aug. 4,
1903, is with the "Soo" line in Barron; Gregory, born Feb. 17, 1905, is
with the "Soo" line in Minneapolis; Francis and Eleanor (twins) were born
March 11, 1915, and are at home. Mrs. Koerner in February, 1921, opened a
millinery establishment in her residence known as the "Parlor Millinery,"
and is meeting with good success, carrying a full and complete line of
"up-to-the-minute" goods such as are found in the larger city shops.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 126-127.