Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: John MARX

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Transcribed from 
Lawson, Publius V.  History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: its cities,
towns, resources people. Chicago: C.F. Cooper and Company, 1908. v.2 p.682


Mr. John Marx, president of the John Strange Paper Company, has been a
clothing merchant in Menasha since 1872.  He was born in Germany, November
25, 1839, son of Nicholas and Anna M. Marx, and after attending until
twelve, he was apprenticed to the tailor trade.  After conducting the trade
and serving his time in the army, he emigrated with his parents to America
in 1867, locating at Clifton, in Calumet county, and soon after he located
in Menasha.  He married in September, 1872, Gertrude M. Baum, daughter of
Henry Baum, born in Germany.  He is a member of the Catholic church; of the
Catholic Knights, and St. Joseph society.  He was Alderman three terms.
One of his sons is now a priest in the Catholic church, and recently had an
audience with the Pope.  Mr.  Marx obtained some silk worms and mulberry
bushes in 1889, and commenced the culture of cocoons.  He demonstrated the
industry was practical.  Rev. Fisher also made a success of the culture in
Oshkosh about the same time.