Ties (January 4, 1841 – March 27, 1928) was a German American immigrant, farmer, and Republican politician.
As a young man, he served in the Union Army throughout the American Civil War, and was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi.
[1] In 1858, he emigrated to the United States with his parents and settled in the town of Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin, where he went to work as a farm hand.
[2] At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he volunteered for service with the Union Army and was enrolled as a private in Company B of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.
He achieved veteran status with his regiment by re-enlisting at the end of his three-year term of service and was also designated second lieutenant of his company, but was never officially mustered at that rank.
His Democratic opponent in 1906, Monroe mayor Willis Ludlow, contested the results of that election, but Ties ultimately prevailed.
His first wife was Rossie Emminger, who had been an orphan and was adopted by Spring Grove farmer James R. Coulter.