BIOGRAPHIES: John H. WILZ, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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  John H. Wilz, cashier of the Citizens State Bank, of Rice Lake, is one of
the prominent men of the town, and is one of that generation whose energy,
will-power, ability and vision are bringing the county to the leading
position it occupies among its sister counties in the state. Not only has
his personality been an important factor in the success of the bank with
which he is connected, but he has also assisted in the agricultural
development of the county, being extensively interested in real estate in
the city and country. He is especially proud of the Maple Hill Stock Farm,
which is under his personal supervision, a farm of 120 acres in Stanfold
Township, where he is making a specialty of graded Holstein cattle, headed
by a full-blooded sire. He also gives much of his attention to a 40-acre
grain farm, located within the city limits. Mr. Wilz was born in Kaukauna,
Wis., June 29, 1883, son of Henry and Johanna (Cortenhoof) Wilz. He was
brought to Rice Lake as a boy, and attended the parochial schools, later
studying in the public schools of Dexter, Mo., and Clarksville, Miss. His
business education was received in the Bushey Brothers' Business College,
at Appleton, Wis. For some years he was in the spoke and hub business with
his father. Then for a while he was with the Wilz & Tremper Lumber Co. at
Rice Lake. In May, 1903, he became bookkeeper in the Citizens State Bank of
Rice Lake. In 1907 he was made assistant cashier and in 1915 assumed the
duties of his present position. He is a member of the local Commercial Club
and of the Catholic Foresters and the Knights of Columbus. His political
affiliation is with the Republican Party. Mr. Wilz was married May 6, 1905,
to Laura Demers, who was born July 30, 1885, daughter of Frederick I.
Demers, and this union has been blessed with four children: Rufus, born
Sept. 25, 1906; Dorothy H., born May 11, 1913; Marjorie H., born April 23,
1915; and, John H., Jr., born Jan. 21, 1920.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 184.