BioA: Wilsmann, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. (56^th  Anniversary - 1940) 
 

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Wilsmann, Koehler  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) April 21, 2010 
 

Wilsmann, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. (56^th Anniversary - 17 April 1940) 
 

From The Good Old Days column of 1940: 
 

Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wilsmann, who conducted the Merchants Hotel in Neillsville, celebrated their 56^th anniversary April 17^th.  No special arrangements were made for the occasion except the congratulations of their friends and relatives.  "Quite different from the seventeenth of fifty-six years ago," said Mr. Wilsmann, "When we had a big celebration at the farm of my folks at Mishicot, Wis. The Two Rivers brass band played from noon until nine o’clock the following day and the charge for their services was only twelve dollars."  Rev. Phillip Koehler, brother of the Rev. John Koehler of Neillsville, performed the ceremony, the latter being pastor of the Two Rivers and Mishicot churches at that time. Rev. Phillip Koehler was visiting his brother, both gentlemen being present at the wedding.