style of Aultman, Incorporated, and since that time the company has done all kinds of outdoor advertising, including the building of electric signs and commercial lettering of every description. Mr. Aultman also organized Aultman, Incorporated, of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Madison, Wisconsin, of which he is likewise the president, and the two companies in their business cover the territory of Wisconsin and Minnesota and northern Michigan. It is with this business that Mr. Munger is now associated as vice president and general manager and his enterprise and progressiveness have brought him prominently to the front in connection with advertising business of the upper Mississippi valley.

On the 27th of May, 1912, Mr. Munger was united in marriage to Miss Jeanette Lowell of Dayton, Ohio, a daughter of Charles Lowell. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than party and never seeking office. He belongs to the Milwaukee Lodge of Elks and to the Association of Commerce. He is a lover of books, having always been a great reader, and to this he largely owes his broad general knowledge, while to his artistic taste as well as to his thoroughness and close application must be attributed his success in the special line of business to which he has devoted his attention.

JOHN R. SHEEHAN, M. D.

Dr. John R. Sheehan, physician and surgeon, is one of the younger representatives of the profession in Milwaukee, but already he has attained a position that many an older practitioner might well envy. Basing his advancement upon broad study and laudable ambition, his progress has been continuous. He was born in this city June 3, 1891, and is a son of John and Johanna (Whalen) Sheehan, who are still residents of Milwaukee. The father was born in Ireland and came to the United States when fourteen years of age. He devoted many years of his life to blacksmithing but is now living retired. His wife, who was of Irish parentage, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, and they have been married for fifty years. Six children were born to them, three sons and three daughters.

Dr. Sheehan, who is the youngest of the family, was graduated from Marquette Academy in 1909 and took an active part in school athletics. He played on both the baseball and football teams when a student in the academy and also when attending Marquette University. His course of study in these two institutions covered eight years and he was graduated from Marquette University in 1915 with the M. D. degree. He then served as interne in St. Ann's Hospital of Chicago for eighteen months, gaining valuable experience while thus engaged. He was afterward associated with Dr. John J. Meany of Chicago for a year and later spent twenty-eight months as a soldier of the World war, eleven months of this period being passed in France. He was commissioned a captain of the Twenty-eighth Infantry of the First Division, A. E. F., and was with the Army of Occupation on the Rhine after active hostilities had ceased.

Receiving his discharge, Dr. Sheehan returned to his home and resumed general practice in Milwaukee, in which he has since engaged. He belongs to the Milwaukee Medical Society, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and thus he is thoroughly informed concerning the most advanced ideals of professional service and the latest scientific researches which have been made.

Dr. Sheehan is a Roman Catholic in religious faith and belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and he finds his recreation in fishing, hunting and outdoor sports, deriving much enjoyment from his trips into the open.

FRANK A. BOYNTON.

Frank A. Boynton, president of the Boynton Automobile Livery Company, was born May 24, 1867, where his place of business now stands, at No. 449 Milwaukee street. He is a son of Alonzo L. Boynton, who was born in Mendon, Monroe county, New York, July 2, 1828, his parents being James and Betsey (Sterns) Boynton, in whose family there were five sons and three daughters. James Boynton removed with his family to Rock Prairie, in Walworth county, where he purchased a farm. In 1843 Alonzo L. Boynton left home, then a youth of fifteen years, and made his way to Milwaukee, becoming closely identified with the business interests of the then little city. Until 1850 he was employed in the Fountain House on Second street and in the year designated he secured a position with the firm of Oakley Brothers, liverymen on Grand avenue, carrying on business on the site of the old Plankinton Hotel. He remained with that firm for five years and then established a livery business on his own

account, building a stable at Nos. 444 to 448 Milwaukee street. In 1882 he erected the present garage, then a stable, at Nos. 449 to 453 Milwaukee street, calling his place of business Boynton's Palace Stables. He had purchased the site some twenty years earlier. He was thus long associated with the livery business and through Frank A. Boynton the same line of business is continued to the present day, although it is now automobile instead of horse livery.

On the 20th of October, 1857, Alonzo L. Boynton was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Spaulding of Nassau, New Hampshire, and they became parents of five children: Frank A.; Carrie, who was the wife of the late John C. Rugee; Gertrude, the wife of Hugo C. Wagner of Evanston, Illinois; Helen, deceased; and Mary. The father was a member of the Old Settlers' Club and he also had membership with the United Workmen, the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of Honor and the Pioneer Club. He died in the year 1903, having for about a decade survived his wife, who passed away in 1893. Frank A. Boynton obtained his early education in the public schools of Milwaukee and passed through consecutive grades to the East Side high school. On putting aside his textbooks he began working for his father and has continued in the business since that time. Their interests were conducted under the name of the Boynton Livery Company during the lifetime of the father and on the 23d of April, 1914, the present style of the Boynton Automobile Livery Company was adopted. They not only conduct a motor car livery but also operate a garage, and the Green Cab Company is one of the subsidiary companies of the other corporation, with Frank A. Boynton also president of the cab company.

On the 31st of March, 1908, Mr. Boynton was married to Mrs. Adelia B. Aken of Milwaukee, a daughter of James G. Boyd of this city. Mr. Boynton votes with the republican party but has never been an active politician. He belongs to the Congregational church and is a Mason of high rank, having membership in Damascus Lodge, No. 290, F. & A. M.; Wisconsin Chapter, R. A. M.; Ivanhoe Commandery, K. T.; Wisconsin Consistory, A. A. S. R.; and Tripoli Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. On the membership rolls of the Elks lodge his name is also found and he is likewise identified with the State Automobile Association, the Association of Commerce, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Wisconsin Club and the City Club. In these different membership connections are indicated the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. He has been a lifelong resident of the city, a representative of one of the old and well known families here, and at all times he is keenly and helpfully interested in everything that pertains to public progress and upbuilding. In the careful conduct of his business affairs, too, he is winning substantial and merited success, conducting his interests according to modern needs and along most progressive lines.

ERNEST W. MILLER, M. D.

Dr. Ernest W. Miller, chief surgeon of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company and a recognized leader in professional ranks, was born at Bloom, now Chicago Heights, Illinois, May 24, 1881, and is a son of Abner J. and Carrie E. (Read) Miller, who are yet residents of Chicago, having reached the ages of seventy-two and sixty-seven years, respectively. The father is a retired farmer. The mother is descended from one of the heroes of the war for independence and belongs to the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is also a grandniece of Amos Read, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Dr. Miller was reared in his native town to the age of twelve years and the remainder of his youth was spent in Chicago, where he completed a high school course by graduation with the class of 1898. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Chicago in 1902, and having thus laid broad and deep the foundation upon which to build the superstructure of professional knowledge, he matriculated in the Rush Medical College of Chicago and gained his M. D. degree in 1906. He was then interne in the Minnequa Hospital at Pueblo, Colorado, for a year and entered upon the general practice of medicine and surgery at Norway, Michigan, in 1907. He spent five years there as physician for the United States Steel Company and in 1912 he removed to Milwaukee, where he at once became connected with the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, occupying the position of assistant surgeon for a period of nine years, after which he was promoted to surgeon in 1921. His capability is manifest in his ten years' association with this corporation. He is also the secretary and treasurer of St. Mary's Hospital staff and is at the head of the service of the general surgery department in St. Mary's. He is likewise a member of the faculty of the Marquette University Medical School as head of the department of industrial surgery. That he is thoroughly informed concerning modern ideas and methods is indicated in the fact that he has membership in the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine, the Milwaukee County Medical Society, the Wisconsin Surgical Society, the Wisconsin

State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

On the 21st of June, 1909, Dr. Miller was married to Miss Donna Phillips, who is a native of Michigan, and they now have two daughters: Cile, eleven years of age, and Patricia, aged two. The religious faith of the family is that of the Congregational church. Dr. Miller is a member of Damascus Lodge, No. 290, F. & A. M., and is prominently known by reason of his membership in the Milwaukee Athletic Club and the City Club. He is fond of golf, which constitutes his chief source of recreation. While residing at Norway, Michigan, he served for three years as city health officer. His professional work has constantly broadened in scope and importance as his powers have developed through study and the exercise of effort, and his ability has again and again been demonstrated in the splendid results that have followed his labors.

JULIUS BRESLAUER.

Julius Breslauer, the secretary and treasurer of the Blue Star Knitting Company of Milwaukee, was born in Germany on the 19th of July, 1868, his parents being Reuben and Pauline Breslauer, who on coming to the new world spent their last days in Milwaukee. The first of the family to cross the Atlantic was their son, Max Breslauer, who is now the president of the Blue Star Knitting Company and who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. He afterward sent for his brothers and sisters and in 1884 Julius Breslauer crossed the Atlantic and for some time was associated in business with A. Breslauer & Company. In fact, he remained with that organization until 1919, when in association with his brother, Max Breslauer, and Theodore Fanta, he organized the Blue Star Knitting Company, having its factory at Nos. 80 and 82 Farwell avenue. The business has grown with notable rapidity and theirs is today one of the largest factories of the kind in the country. They are engaged in the manufacture of ladies' and children's underwear produced from cotton, wool and combinations of cotton, wool and silk, as well as all silk garments. They sell only to the jobbing trade and the business is today one of the important productive enterprises of Milwaukee. From the beginning Julius Breslauer has been the secretary and treasurer and in this connection has contributed in no small measure to the success of the enterprise.

In the year 1894 Julius Breslauer was married to Miss Cecelia Fischel, who was born in Milwaukee and is a daughter of Abraham Fischel, one of the pioneer settlers of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Breslauer have four children: Irving J., who volunteered for service and was with the headquarters company of the One Hundred and Seventh Engineers in the Thirty-second Division and remained in the service for two years and spent eighteen months of that time in France. He is now Chicago representative of the B & B Shoe Company, with headquarters in Milwaukee; Pauline is acting as secretary to the principal and is also a substitute teacher in the Milwaukee schools; Norman L. is a student at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in a textile college; Melvin A. is a student in the West Side high school in Milwaukee.

Mr. Breslauer belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He also has membership in the B'nai B'rith and in the Old Settlers' Club, while his name is likewise on the membership roll of the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He is well known in the manufacturing circles of this city and his life illustrates what may be accomplished by the young man of foreign birth in this land of opportunity when the individual possesses a will to dare and to do.

FRED JOHN MAYER.

Fred John Mayer occupies an attractive home at Wauwatosa, where he has thirty acres of land on the Menominee river. There he has ample opportunity to indulge his love of plants and flowers and he has ever found great pleasure in the out-of-doors. In business circles, too, he is most widely known as the vice president of the F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company of Milwaukee, his native city. He was born May 29, 1862, and is a son of Fred and Philapina (Laubenheimer) Mayer, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work in connection with a sketch of his brother, George P. Mayer.

After obtaining his early education in the parochial and public schools of Milwaukee, Fred John Mayer became an apprentice at shoemaking under the direction of his father and served a three years' term of indenture, being thus employed until his father purchased a small factory in which the son worked for about a year. He afterward spent three years as a journeyman shoemaker in different cities of the east and west, studying the business thoroughly and acquainting himself with all modern methods of shoe manufacturing. On the expiration of that period he returned to his