MONROE EVENING TIMES
November 26, 1970
WM. BAUMGARTNER, PROMINENT FARMER, DIES WEDNESDAY
A prominent retired Green County farmer, William C. Baumgartner, 89, Route 2, Monroe, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, in St. Clare Hospital. He had been a patient there since Nov. 8.
He had lived in Sylvester Township, west of the Gap Church, Highway 59, between Albany and Monroe, since 1916. Mr. Baumgartner was a former member of the Green County Board of Supervisors, was active in church and civic affairs over the years and a well known Holstein cattle breeder.
He and a son, Paul, were the first in Green County to qualify for the Progressive Breeders Registry, the highest award that the Holstein-Friesian Association of America can bestow. At that time, in 1946, they were the 16th breeder in Wisconsin and the 87th in the nation to so qualify.
Mr. Baumgartner's interest in cattle stemmed from his forebearers who settled in Green County in 1848 after a long trip across the Atlantic from Switzerland, up the Mississippi River from New Orleans by river steamer, and across land from Galena by oxcart.
They homesteaded in Washington Township where William C. was born, Nov. 7, 1881, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Clayton Baumgartner. He attended rural school for eight years and had one year of highschool before attending a six-month business course at Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois.
On Feb. 28, 1905, he was married to Alma Weissmiller in her parental home in Washington Township. They had observed their 65th Wedding Anniversary this year.
The Baumgartners farmed in Washington Township until moving to Sylvester in 1916. Mr. Baumgartner had served on the school and town boards of both Washington and Sylvester Townships and for 15 years had represented Sylvester Township on the County Board. He was active in the government agency, now known as ASCS for 18 years, and was vice chairman of the county group for five years. He was active in 4-H work and the Farm Bureau. During WWII he was emergency dairy assistant for Green County, serving under the War Food Administration. Mr. Baumgartner was a member of the United Methodist Church of Albany.
Surviving are the widow Alma; three sons, Harry, Monroe; Paul, across Highway 59 from the parents' home, Sylvester Township; and Kenneth, Lancaster; two sisters, Mrs. Edna King, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Roy (Nellie) Zilmer, Dousman; two half-sisters; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
November 26, 1970
WM. BAUMGARTNER, PROMINENT FARMER, DIES WEDNESDAY
A prominent retired Green County farmer, William C. Baumgartner, 89, Route 2, Monroe, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, in St. Clare Hospital. He had been a patient there since Nov. 8.
He had lived in Sylvester Township, west of the Gap Church, Highway 59, between Albany and Monroe, since 1916. Mr. Baumgartner was a former member of the Green County Board of Supervisors, was active in church and civic affairs over the years and a well known Holstein cattle breeder.
He and a son, Paul, were the first in Green County to qualify for the Progressive Breeders Registry, the highest award that the Holstein-Friesian Association of America can bestow. At that time, in 1946, they were the 16th breeder in Wisconsin and the 87th in the nation to so qualify.
Mr. Baumgartner's interest in cattle stemmed from his forebearers who settled in Green County in 1848 after a long trip across the Atlantic from Switzerland, up the Mississippi River from New Orleans by river steamer, and across land from Galena by oxcart.
They homesteaded in Washington Township where William C. was born, Nov. 7, 1881, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Clayton Baumgartner. He attended rural school for eight years and had one year of highschool before attending a six-month business course at Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois.
On Feb. 28, 1905, he was married to Alma Weissmiller in her parental home in Washington Township. They had observed their 65th Wedding Anniversary this year.
The Baumgartners farmed in Washington Township until moving to Sylvester in 1916. Mr. Baumgartner had served on the school and town boards of both Washington and Sylvester Townships and for 15 years had represented Sylvester Township on the County Board. He was active in the government agency, now known as ASCS for 18 years, and was vice chairman of the county group for five years. He was active in 4-H work and the Farm Bureau. During WWII he was emergency dairy assistant for Green County, serving under the War Food Administration. Mr. Baumgartner was a member of the United Methodist Church of Albany.
Surviving are the widow Alma; three sons, Harry, Monroe; Paul, across Highway 59 from the parents' home, Sylvester Township; and Kenneth, Lancaster; two sisters, Mrs. Edna King, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Roy (Nellie) Zilmer, Dousman; two half-sisters; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
MONROE EVENING TIMES
November 26, 1970
WM. BAUMGARTNER, PROMINENT FARMER, DIES WEDNESDAY
A prominent retired Green County farmer, William C. Baumgartner, 89, Route 2, Monroe, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, in St. Clare Hospital. He had been a patient there since Nov. 8.
He had lived in Sylvester Township, west of the Gap Church, Highway 59, between Albany and Monroe, since 1916. Mr. Baumgartner was a former member of the Green County Board of Supervisors, was active in church and civic affairs over the years and a well known Holstein cattle breeder.
He and a son, Paul, were the first in Green County to qualify for the Progressive Breeders Registry, the highest award that the Holstein-Friesian Association of America can bestow. At that time, in 1946, they were the 16th breeder in Wisconsin and the 87th in the nation to so qualify.
Mr. Baumgartner's interest in cattle stemmed from his forebearers who settled in Green County in 1848 after a long trip across the Atlantic from Switzerland, up the Mississippi River from New Orleans by river steamer, and across land from Galena by oxcart.
They homesteaded in Washington Township where William C. was born, Nov. 7, 1881, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Clayton Baumgartner. He attended rural school for eight years and had one year of highschool before attending a six-month business course at Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois.
On Feb. 28, 1905, he was married to Alma Weissmiller in her parental home in Washington Township. They had observed their 65th Wedding Anniversary this year.
The Baumgartners farmed in Washington Township until moving to Sylvester in 1916. Mr. Baumgartner had served on the school and town boards of both Washington and Sylvester Townships and for 15 years had represented Sylvester Township on the County Board. He was active in the government agency, now known as ASCS for 18 years, and was vice chairman of the county group for five years. He was active in 4-H work and the Farm Bureau. During WWII he was emergency dairy assistant for Green County, serving under the War Food Administration. Mr. Baumgartner was a member of the United Methodist Church of Albany.
Surviving are the widow Alma; three sons, Harry, Monroe; Paul, across Highway 59 from the parents' home, Sylvester Township; and Kenneth, Lancaster; two sisters, Mrs. Edna King, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Roy (Nellie) Zilmer, Dousman; two half-sisters; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
November 26, 1970
WM. BAUMGARTNER, PROMINENT FARMER, DIES WEDNESDAY
A prominent retired Green County farmer, William C. Baumgartner, 89, Route 2, Monroe, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, in St. Clare Hospital. He had been a patient there since Nov. 8.
He had lived in Sylvester Township, west of the Gap Church, Highway 59, between Albany and Monroe, since 1916. Mr. Baumgartner was a former member of the Green County Board of Supervisors, was active in church and civic affairs over the years and a well known Holstein cattle breeder.
He and a son, Paul, were the first in Green County to qualify for the Progressive Breeders Registry, the highest award that the Holstein-Friesian Association of America can bestow. At that time, in 1946, they were the 16th breeder in Wisconsin and the 87th in the nation to so qualify.
Mr. Baumgartner's interest in cattle stemmed from his forebearers who settled in Green County in 1848 after a long trip across the Atlantic from Switzerland, up the Mississippi River from New Orleans by river steamer, and across land from Galena by oxcart.
They homesteaded in Washington Township where William C. was born, Nov. 7, 1881, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Clayton Baumgartner. He attended rural school for eight years and had one year of highschool before attending a six-month business course at Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois.
On Feb. 28, 1905, he was married to Alma Weissmiller in her parental home in Washington Township. They had observed their 65th Wedding Anniversary this year.
The Baumgartners farmed in Washington Township until moving to Sylvester in 1916. Mr. Baumgartner had served on the school and town boards of both Washington and Sylvester Townships and for 15 years had represented Sylvester Township on the County Board. He was active in the government agency, now known as ASCS for 18 years, and was vice chairman of the county group for five years. He was active in 4-H work and the Farm Bureau. During WWII he was emergency dairy assistant for Green County, serving under the War Food Administration. Mr. Baumgartner was a member of the United Methodist Church of Albany.
Surviving are the widow Alma; three sons, Harry, Monroe; Paul, across Highway 59 from the parents' home, Sylvester Township; and Kenneth, Lancaster; two sisters, Mrs. Edna King, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Roy (Nellie) Zilmer, Dousman; two half-sisters; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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