BIOGRAPHIES: Benjamin A. PIESER, Turtle Lake, 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. Submitted by: Vic Gulickson 13 July 2004 ************************************************************************ Benjamin A. Pieser, Turtle Lake garage man, former merchant and an active and prominent man in public and fraternal affairs, was born in New York City Aug. 25, 1878, son of Gabriel and Pauline (Feldman) Pieser, who brought him to Wausau, Wis., in 1883. He was educated in Wausau and graduated from the excellent high school there in 1896. Then he started his mercantile career as a clerk in his father's store. Subsequently he was similarly engaged in other Wausau stores. Thus becoming thoroughly experienced, he decided to start for himself, so in 1903 he went to Monocqua, Wis., and opened a general store there. He came to Turtle Lake in 1917 and purchased a general store. With this village his life has since been identified. Aug. 1, 1919, he sold out the store and purchased a garage and automobile business from E. W. Scheel. This business he still conducts. He has a good trade and has won the confidence of all with whom he has business dealings. He has the local agency for the Ford cars and tractors, carries a full line of general accessories and supplies, and does repairing in all its branches. In public life he is active in various ways; did good service as chairman of the school board for four years and was one of the village trustees for four years. Fraternally, he has passed through the chairs of the Blue Lodge and is a member of the Chapter, Commandery and Shrine. He is also affiliated with the Odd Fellows. Mr. Pieser was married May 19, 1908, to Anna Baum, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Baum, early settlers of Pittsville, Wis., where Mr. Baum was an early merchant. In the Baum family there were five children: John, Albert, Tillie, Anna and Sarah (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Pieser have three children, Marian, Jay and Richard, all at home. Gabriel Pieser was born in Germany and there learned the painter's trade. He came to New York in 1865, and there followed his trade for a while, and there married Pauline Feldman, who came from Germany in 1870. In 1883 they came to Wausau, in this state, and there he was engaged in the mercantile business for many years. He lived to the good age of eighty-three years. His wife is still living at the age of seventy-eight years. They were the parents of two children, Benjamin A. and Rebecca. She married Adolph Roth and lives in Milwaukee. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 153-154. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm