Moeskes, Judge Gerhard Tillman

Moeskes, Judge Gerhard Tillman

Male 1846 - 1924  (78 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Moeskes, Gerhard Tillman 
    Prefix Judge 
    Born 18 Jan 1846  Bönning, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Biography
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      MOESKES, Gerhard Tillman, a resident of Appleton, and county judge of Outagamie county, is one of the most conspicuous examples of the "self- made" man of which this volume gives account. He was born on the 18th of January, 1846, at Boenning, near Fort Wesel, in the Rhine province, Prussia. His father, Herman Moeskes, was born of well-to-do parents, near Venlo, Holland; but, becoming an orphan at the age of nine years, drifted into Germany. His education was neglected, and he grew up on a farm as a common laborer, reaching the height of his ambition upon being installed as coachman and hunter of Count Van Loe in the Rhine province, Prussia. From this place he emigrated with his family to the United States in 1860, settling in Manitowoc, Wis., where he died April 28th, 1894. An uncle of his, William Weyers, was a member of the Holland cabinet and quite wealthy. His wife, the mother of Judge Moeskes, was Maria K. Geeren, whose relatives were in good circumstances. She died in Manitowoc, September 10th, 1866. G. T. Moeskes attended a common school in his native Prussia from the age of seven years to fourteen, attendance being compulsory, eight hours a day, with only one month's vacation during the year. He was taught by one and the same teacher during the entire period of his attendance. This teacher, Carl Enkling, is still living, but recently pensioned. Judge Moeskes has always held him in high esteem and frequently corresponds with him now, ascribing to him the benefits of his own early training and his ability for successful work. This youth supplemented his Prussian education, upon arriving in this country, by taking lessons in the English language evenings from a hired domestic, and from a school teacher who boarded with the family for whom he worked on a farm near Ripon. Boy though he was when he reached this country, and in poor circumstances, he began work at whatever he could find to do--on farms and in mills-- and in this way earned the means to pay for a home for his parents. At the age of twenty, he started out for himself, by learning the carpenter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of five weeks, at fifty cents a day. After this he went to Fond du Lac, where he obtained work at two dollars and a half per day. There he continued to work until his mother's death, when, at his father's request, he returned home to Manitowoc, where he obtained work in a ship yard at two dollars and a half per day, while old carpenters, alongside of whom he worked, received but one dollar and seventy-five cents per day--the difference being due to young Moeskes' superior skill and capacity for work. He continued at this business until he was placed in charge of a crew of men to repair or rebuild a dredge for John Schuette. Having acquired a good, practical knowledge of the English language, he gave up his trade, and, in 1868, became an insurance agent, and continued in the business until 1874, when, upon returning from a four weeks' trip in Marathon county, he found himself elected justice of the peace. During his two years' occupancy of the office he tried over six hundred cases. In the spring of 1876 he began the study of law in the office of Collins & Pierce, and in the fall of that year was elected clerk of the circuit court, an office which he filled with characteristic ability and fidelity for eight consecutive years, during which time he steadily pursued the study of Page 191 law as opportunity offered, and was admitted to the bar in 1884. At the expiration of his term as clerk of the court, he commenced the practice of law in Appleton, having as partner Humphrey Pierce, and in this was quite successful. At the end of five years, or in 1889, he was elected county judge of Outagamie county, and this office he has held continuously since, having been re-elected in April, 1897, as a Democrat, by nearly 1,500 majority in a county that gave nearly 1,500 Republican majority in 1896. When Judge Moeskes has taken any part in politics, it has been in affiliation with the Democratic party. In connection with Lieutenant- Governor Baench he called the first meeting of county judges, and was one of a committee of three that formulated the present county court rules. He has been a member of the board of aldermen of the city; director of the Citizens' National bank of Appleton, and director of the Prescott hospital. He is a Catholic in religion. While he was a member of the St. Joseph's Benevolent society, he held continuously the office of secretary, was delegate to the biennial meeting of the Central society at Philadelphia in 1876, and finally president. He was also president, continuously, for ten years, of Branch No. 6, C. K. W., and finally refused re-election. He was a delegate to the state council, chairman of the reserve fund commission appointed by the state council, and inaugurated the present reserve fund provision. On the 12th of October, 1869, Judge Moeskes was married to Maria P. Kamps of Appleton, the youngest of thirteen children. Her father was a native of the same village in Prussia as Judge Moeskes, and a tanner by trade. To Judge and Mrs. Moeskes were born seven children, four of whom are dead--two in infancy, Agnes, in 1892, at the age of twenty-one, and William, a promising lad of sixteen, in 1893. The surviving children are Mrs. Edward Sacksteder, whose husband is of the drug firm of Kamps & Sacksteder; Herman E., a stenographer, and Eliza C., who is at present the official stenographer of the county court. Mrs. Moeskes died August 14th, 1894. The judge was remarried August 27th, 1895, to Eliza Peters of Manitowoc.
    Moved Abt 1868 
    Occupation Abt 1884 
    Biography 1895 
    Biography 1911 
    Died 24 Dec 1924  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary 26 Dec 1924 
    Immigration
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    Buried St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I144692  1FamilyTree
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2016 

    Father Moeskes, Herman,   b. 10 Apr 1817, , , , Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1894, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Geeren, Maria,   d. 10 Sep 1866, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F54674  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Kamps, Maria,   b. 31 Aug 1848,   d. 14 Aug 1894, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1869  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Female Moeskes, Agnes,   b. Abt 1871,   d. 4 Aug 1892  (Age ~ 21 years)
     2. Female Moeskes, Katherine,   b. 30 Dec 1872, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1936, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Male Moeskes, Henry,   b. 9 Mar 1873, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1877, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     4. Male Moeskes, William,   b. Abt 1877, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1893, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 16 years)
     5. Female Moeskes, Eliza C.,   b. 10 Jun 1880, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2013 
    Family ID F48791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Peters, Elizabeth "Eliza",   b. Abt 1843,   d. 26 Oct 1919, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1895 
    Last Modified 1 May 2010 
    Family ID F48588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jan 1846 - Bönning, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Oct 1869 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Dec 1924 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
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