Bottensek, John

Other Events:

• Education - College/University: 1872, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; Lawrence University Graduate
• Education - College/University: Jun 1875, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA; University of Wisconsin
• Occupation: Aft 1875; Attorney
• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0852

Notes:

Occupation:
Attorney

Biography:
JOHN BOTTENSEK. Among the prominent members of the Outagamie county bar may be mentioned John Bottensek, who has been identified with the public interests of Appleton for many years. He was born in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, January 4, 1850, and is a son of John H. and Sophia (Remmers) Bottensek, natives of Hanover, Germany, who came to the United States in 1848 and located in Waukesha county. In 1855 John H. Bottensek took his family to Outagamie county, where he located on a farm of wild land in the town of Dale, and there he remained the rest of his life, being engaged in clearing his land and farming it and his death occurred in March, 1865, his widow surviving him for forty years. Both were members of the Lutheran Church, and had these children: John; August, a resident of Medina, Wisconsin; William, who died at the age of twenty-one years; Lena, who married Edward Wege, a resident of the town of Ellington; and one child who died when eleven months of age. John Bottensek's early education was secured in the log schoolhouse in the vicinity of his father's farm in Dale, after leaving which he entered Lawrence University, and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1872. During 1873 and 1874 he worked in the postoffice and in June, 1875, he graduated from the Law School of the University of Wisconsin. After graduation he settled down to the practice of his profession in Appleton, and this has been his field to the present time. During President McKinley's administration, from 1895 until 1898 inclusive, Mr. Bottensek served as district attorney of Outagamie county, he was alderman in 1879-80, served for eight years as a member of the county board, and was for three years a trustee of the Insane Asylum. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen and the Masons, being past master of the Blue Lodge, high priest of his chapter and a member of the commandery.
On September 26, 1877, Mr. Bottensek was married to Miss Elsie M. Buck, of Appleton, Wisconsin, daughter of Julius and Elsie M. (Hawley) Buck, who came from Great Bend, Pennsylvania, and were among the very first families to settle in Appleton. Mr. and Mrs. Bottensek have had one daughter: Elsie S., who married George F. Kull, local editor of the Appleton Post.

John married Buck, Ella 26 Sep 1877. Ella (daughter of Buck, Julius and Hawley, Elsie) was born 14 Jan 1854, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 3 Sep 1927, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Elsie married Kull, George 12 Jul 1904, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. George was born 6 Oct 1877, Fort Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 18 Oct 1959, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]