. Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin . d afarmer by occupation. He held offices inthe Canton, by representing his district inthe General .Assembly, and in the CatholicAdministrative Council, and was a usefuland conscientious legislator. He wasgreatly beloved in his town, and was a manof influence and importance there, makinghimself useful and beloved among hisfriends and fellow citizens. He was astrong character, noted for his ruggedindependence and honorable social andbusiness career. A stanch Catholic, hewas active in church work, and was
. Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin . d afarmer by occupation. He held offices inthe Canton, by representing his district inthe General .Assembly, and in the CatholicAdministrative Council, and was a usefuland conscientious legislator. He wasgreatly beloved in his town, and was a manof influence and importance there, makinghimself useful and beloved among hisfriends and fellow citizens. He was astrong character, noted for his ruggedindependence and honorable social andbusiness career. A stanch Catholic, hewas active in church work, and was presi-dent of the town council and of the boardof church trustees for many years. Thegreat-grandmother of our subject, on thefathers side, was a Miss Kalb, an Aus-trian from Bregenz. The mother ofBishop Messmer was Rosa Baumgartner,a native of Moerschwyl, Canton of Switzerland. Shf died in the primeof life, highly esteemed for her many goodqualities of head and heart. Bishop Messmer is the eldest in afamily of six children. He received hisprimary education in the common schools. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPUIUAL RECORD. 245 of his native town, and tiien attendedthe High School (or Real School) inRorschach, on Lake Constance, for threeyears, or till 1861. There he first metOtto Zardetti, his life-long friend, wholater became Bishop of St. Cloud, the clerical vocation, he en-tered the diocesan College of St. Georges,near St. Gall, where he became knownfor his devotion and close application tohis studies, and obedience to his that school he remained till 1866, andthen entered the University of Innsbruck,in the Tyrol, in Austria, where he studiedphilosophy and theology, remaining therefive years. Those were years of hardwork, yet full of pleasant July 23, 1871, he was ordained to thepriesthood for the American remained at home only a short time,and came to America, landing in NewYork October 4, 1871. Previous to thishe had
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