Joseph Chesak

Joseph Chesak (December 8, 1853[1][2][3] – July 9, 1938[4]) was an American politician and businessman.

Born in Plzeň, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, to Martin Chesak (1824–1906) and Mary (Sigmond) Chesak, Joseph Chesak and his family emigrated to the United States in 1857 and settled in the Town of Trenton, in Washington County, Wisconsin. Chesak went to Spencerian Business College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and open a store and hotel in Newburg, Wisconsin. Chesak moved to Marathon County, Wisconsin and started a store. He was postmaster of Poniatowski, Wisconsin and served as town clerk of Trenton and Rietbrock, Wisconsin, school treasurer, and justice of the peace. In 1889, Chesak served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat. He was a trustee of the Marathon County Insane Asylum. In 1902 he switched his affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.[5] He moved to Athens, Wisconsin.[2][6]

Notes
  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMVX-QG8 : 22 January 2015), Joseph Chesak, Rietbrock town, Marathon, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,798.
  2. "Marathon County, Wisconsin Historical Society-Joseph Chesak". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  3. Sjostrom, Marilyn Edith Jennings. 1990. Athens, Wisconsin Centennial, June 22–24, 1990: Celebrating 100 years, 1890–1990. Athens, WI: O.K. Print, p. 101.
  4. Findagrave. "Ancestry.com".
  5. "News of Wausau". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. October 25, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved August 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1889, Biographical Sketch of Joseph Chesak, p. 512.
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