Biographies:  Carl TONOLLI, Barronette, Barron Co., WI 

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Carl Tonolli, now living in Barronette, and widely known as a musician of
merit, was born in Italy and was there educated, studying music under
competent masters.  In 1870 he came to the United States and settled in New 
York.  From there he traveled from place to place following his profession 
as a musician. In the course of his work he organized some twenty good bands 
in various parts of the country.  In 1918 he retired and took up his home 
in Barronette in this county.  Fraternally, he is a Mason, being a member 
of Border Lodge, No. 406, A. F. & A. M., at Rock Rapids, Iowa. He married 
Mary Menghelt, and they have seven children:  Caesar, deceased; Chrissie, 
wife of Clarence A. L. Loomis  of Barronette; Clara, wife of James N. Hunter, 
deceased, of Barronette; John of Duluth; Louise, wife of B. B. Brooks of 
Chadron, Neb.; Lucius, deceased; and Hugo of Hannibal, Wis.

--Taken from The History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp 718-719