ELBA MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY
(Yearly Claims)
Each year as the insurance company needed funds to pay out claims, it would send out postcards to its policy-holders informing them of the losses to date and indicating what assessment they would need to pay. These postcards would detail the losses incurred. From this information one can get some sense of the individuals who subscribed to the insurance company. The size of the losses also points to possible types of claims--those of $800 or more usually involving the loss of a house or barn. Smaller claims were usually for loss of livestock or crops.
1895
Elba, Dodge County, Wis., Aug. 21, 1895.
You are hereby notified that the Board of Directors of the ELBA MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY have ordered an assesment of one and one-half mills on the
dollar, to pay liability in losses sustained by said company.
Amount insured at dated, $1,844,285.00
Losses since date of last assessment are Fred. lenz $45.00; Carl Klug, $17.50;
P. Griffin $325.00; F. Henke $25; Mic. Gaffney $5.00; Otto Klug $3.50; L.
Neuberger $17.50; Wm. Norenberg $14.00; G. Strobusch $6.00; J.P. Carroll $10.00;
B. Tierney $12.00; W.E. Wegner $10.00; J. McCormick $33.00; Jas. Feeley $44.00;
F. Schulz $5.00; Thos. Hughes $10.00; F. Scheele $1015.65; P. Reinhard $166.70;
Aug. Kuhlman $20.00; E. A. Austin $36.20; Mrs. Geo. Gay $32.00; F. Gensch
$357.00; D. B. Holt $494.40; C. H. Lau Estate $15.00; J. Lieske $10.00; Pat
Carey $10.00
Aug. Reddeman, President
E.A. Colton--Treasurer
E.E. Williams--Secretary
1896
Elba, Dodge County, Wis., Aug. 18 1896.
You are hereby notified that the Board of Directors of the ELBA MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY have ordered an assessment of three mills on the dollar, to
pay liability in losses sustained by said company.
Amount insured at date, $1,873,215.00.
Losses sustained since date of last assessment are, J. Huebner $1,487.65; A.
Hafenstein $406.25; J. Roller $32.00; S. R. Webster $105.00; R. H. Evans
$803.25; C. Buedler $75.00; J. Tyson $10.00; C. Wendt $11.00; Mary Donohue
$16.00; Otto Klug $6.50; H. Berkholz $77.00; H. Sack $10.00; A. Key $28.00; O.
Bartz $526.50; G. Gay $8.00; Annie Gargan $2.75; F. Kohn $15.00; Mary kelly
$50.00; J. Devney $1,158.45; F. Gronart $755.10; A. Cain $513.75; C. Keefer
$5.00; J. Hecht $6.00; J. Goebel $2.00; O. Buschkapf $5.00.
Aug. Reddeman--President
E.E. Williams--Secretary
A. H. Bussewitz--Treasurer
1899
Elba, Dodge County, Wisconsin, August 23, 1899.
You are hereby notified that the Directors of the ELBA MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY have ordered an assessment of one mill on the dollar, to pay liability
in losses sustained by said Company.
Amount insured at date $1,961,825.00.
Losses since date of last assessment are:
Aug. Schult $2.00; Wm. Norenberg $5.00; H. Gottschalk $8.00; S. R. Webster
$20.00; A. Schulz $165.00; J. W. Gibson Est. $1.00; A. A. Fehling $10.00; C.
Lebke $12.00; M. Reedy $4.00; Mrs. Wm. Behne $50.00; Aug. Reddeman $5.00; H. O.
Klug $2.00; O. Frantz $795.81; S. W. Evans $50.00; J. Lange $165.00; Aug. Stark
$80.00; U. G. Gibson $8.00; Mic. Cain $75.00; Wm. Dunn $10.00; Wm. Schumann
$30.00; Mrs. F. W. Maechler $35.22.
Aug. Reddeman--President
E. E. Williams--Secretary
F. Tennien--Treasurer
1900
Elba, Dodge County, Wisconsin, August 28, 1900.
You are hereby notified that the Directors of the ELBA MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY have ordered an assessment of one mill on the dollar, to pay liabilities
in losses sustained by said Company.
Losses since date of last assessment are:
V. Tobeshck $24.00; J. Trumpf $9.00; H. Gottschalk $25.00; Kegler & Bolger
$40.00; F. Kuhlman $35.00; J. Higgins $3.00; H. B. Stokes $300.00; Jas. Bolger
$12.00; James Behan $40.00; A. G. Stafford $27.00; G. M. Kohn $287.00; Ed.
Murphy $24.00; Chas. Roth $1,120.00; John Burke $7.00; Julius Schley $6.00; H.
Hegetschweiler $30.00; Jas. Devlin $35.00; Jas. Solon $3.00; John Schaefer
$150.00.
D. B. Holt--President
J. C. Bruecher--Secretary
F. Tennien--Treasurer