Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

              BIOGRAPHICAL 451
birth. They came to Wisconsin in 1867 and located on a farm near Oconomowoc, where they resided some years, and then moved into the city of Oconomowoc, where the father died about 1884, the mother being still a resident of that city. To the union have been born three children, Alice, Harriet and Marion. Mr. Goodwin belongs to the order of Free Masons, and is a genial and cultured gentleman, giving his support to all enterprises that count for the progress of the com¬ munity, among which may be mentioned the establishment of the public library.
John G. Gorth, postmaster at Oconomowoc, was born in that city on July 14, 1875, a son of Philip and Amelia (Jenson) Gorth, the father a native of Germany and the mother of Norway. The maternal grandfather, G. Jenson, was one of the early settlers in Oconomowoc and was interested in one of the first grist mills in that part of the county. Subsequently he was in the grain business until his retire¬ ment in 1894. He died in 1905. Philip Gorth was a soldier in a Wis¬ consin regiment during the Civil war. John G. Gorth attended the schools of his native city until he was about twelve years old, when he found employment at the summer resort knqwn as Draper Hall and remained there in various capacities until about 1890. He was then connected with the Hotel Metropole in Chicago until 1893, when he returned to Oconomowoc and became a clerk in C. L. Kellogg's gro- f
eery. After about a year there he accepted a position with the Jones house and remained with that well known hotel until Aug. i, 1898. In November of that year he was elected clerk of the circuit and county courts and at the expiration of his term was re-elected, serving four / years in all. On June 30, 1902, he was appointed postmaster at Oco¬ nomowoc and was recently reappointed for four years more, his com¬ mission dating from Jan. 31, 1907. On Jan. i, 1901, he purchased the Jones house and conducted it until June 10, 1907.. Mr. Gorth is promi- ^ nent in fraternal circles, being a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knightf Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine; a member of Waukesha Lodge, No. 400, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Oco¬ nomowoc Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles. His election to the offic^ of clerk and his appointment as postmaster was a fitting recognitioit of his activity in winning victories for the Republican party, of which he is an active member. On Nov. 13, 1895, Mr. Gorth and Miss Edna May, daughter of William M. and Katherine (Harbenick) Jones, of Oconomowoc, were united in marriage and they have three children, viz: Gilbert M,, John Raymond and Katherine, aged respectively eleven, seven and five years.
Henry Graf, son of Nicholas and Katherine (Schneider) Graf, of whom mention is made in the sketch of a brother, John Graf, was born on the farm in section 24, town of Pewaukee, Nov. 12, 1856. He was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and obtained his education in the public schools. Until h^was twenty-one years of age he remained on the home farm, working with his father, and then bought the farn^^f 44 acres where he now lives. General farming and dairying occupy his attention, the butter made on the farm being shipped to special cus¬ tomers in Milwaukee.    On Aug.  10,  1885, he was married to Miss