- WILLIAM J. VOSS, a prosperous and progressive business citizen of Appleton, Wisconsin, who is proprietor of the only establishment in the city dealing exclusively in phonographs, trunks and traveling goods, was born September 22, 1870, in Waterford, Wisconsin, a son of William and Dora Voss, the former a retired blacksmith and wagon manufacturer of Milwaukee. William J. Voss secured his education in the public schools of Waterford and later attended a business college in Milwaukee, after graduation from which he became bookkeeper in a hardware store in Milwaukee for two years. He then went to another hardware concern where he served in a like capacity during a period covering five years, and was then conected with hardware establishments at various places until November, 1906, when he opened a phonograph store as a side line, the business being cared for by his wife. He had come to Appleton in 1902, and he was connected with the Schlafer Hardware Company until 1907, at which time he added trunks and traveling outfits to his business, and gave up his position in order to devote all of his time to the new enterprise. This has proved very successful, and Mr. Voss now has a well established business, his establishment covering a floor space 22x100 feet, first story and basement. He has made the most of his opportunities and merits the success that has come to him. On March 15, 1901, Mr. Voss was united in marriage with Pauline Wrege, of Saginaw, Michigan, and they have had two sons, Dudley, aged eight years, and William, who is eight months old. Mr. Voss's fraternal connections are with the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Equitable Fraternal Union, in all of which he is very popular.
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1870 - Yes, date unknown
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