Bio: Cherney, A. J. (1867 - 19??)

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Surnames: Cherney, Kadlic, Dudley, Whitney, Radar

----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Cherney, A. J. (15 April 1867 - 19??)

A. J. Cherney, notary public at Edgar, Wis., and a leading business man of the place occupies a large warehouse, and deals in furs, flour, feed, grain, hay, hard and soft coal, cement, lime, plaster, hair, sewer pipe, lath and shingles, also builders' supplies in the way of glass, doors, window sash, base boards and flooring and handles also woods, bark, and farm produce. Additionally he has been in the insurance business here for a longer period than any other representative of any company. He was born at Two Creek, Manitowoc County, Wis., April 15, 1867, and is a son of Anton and Anna (Kadlic) Cherney. The parents of Mr. Cherney came from Germany to Kewaunee County, Wis., where the father followed farming until he retired from active life and died in that county when aged sixty-three years. The mother survives and is now in her seventy-second year. Of their nine children six are living, two sons and four daughters, A. J. being the fifth born of the family.

A. J. Cherney attended school at first near his birthplace and afterward was a student in the Kewaunee High School for five months, later taught one term of school in Brown County, and then secured a position as scaler in the woods. He also worked in a saw mill in the spring and summer and when the cold season set in secured a school to teach at Little River and remained there as a teacher for four years. All the time he was studying out plans for other lines of business and thus he was led to set up a portable photograph gallery at Green Bay, again working in the winter in the woods, then started out again with his photographic outfit, and thus came to Edgar. He afterward taught school for several years in Marathon county and while so engaged, as a side line, began to handle lime, plaster, hair, lath, shingles and cement, and continued to add to his commodities, subsequently buying a half interest in the Edgar Hay & Grain Company, of Dudley & Whitney, still later purchasing the other half interest and since then has been sole owner and proprietor of his present business conducted under the title of the Edgar Hay & Grain Company. For some time he also ran practically the only transfer business here and had eight men in his employ when he sold out in 1909. Mr. Cherney is a stockholder in the Edgar, Cassel & Emmett Telephone Company and The Edgar Local Telephone Company, and is secretary and director of both companies.

Mr. Cherney was married to Miss Mary Rader, a native of Germany, a daughter of Adam Rader of the town of Cassel, and they have four children: Ivin A., Viola, Delia and Edna. The family belongs to St. John's Catholic Church. His fraternal connections include membership in the M. W. of A., the Eagles, the E. F. U. and the F. R. A., of both organizations being secretary. A lifelong Republican he has often been tendered public office, and served eight years as justice of the peace and five years as village supervisor.

 

 


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