History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, 
from U. S. Gov't Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches
Dessureau. Antigo, WI: Berner Brothers, 1922,  p 269
Submitted by Cathy Kubly

Among the earliest pioneers of Langlade County are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. JANES, who located in the village of Antigo in March 1882.  They first came to Antigo in the spring of 1881.  At that time the old Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western came only a far as Aniwa, Shawano County hamlet.  Track had been laid to Weed's mill, but the bridge had not been completed.  From Aniwa Mr. JANES came to Antigo with the construction crew building the Weed mill dam.  The following spring Mr. JANES bought property where the Molle building is now located and moved his family here.  Freight was then hauled by ox team and Fifth Avenue was lined with many stumps, removed the next year.

Arthur M. JANES was married to Jennie HILL [a maiden name?] 13 February 1879 at Shawano [Shawano County], Wisconsin.  [Shawano County was created in 1853 from part of Oconto County.  Langlade County, created in 1879 as New County and renamed Langlade in 1880, was also formed from part of Oconto.]  Eight children of Mr. and Mrs. [Arthur M.] JANES [numbering of children added by submitter and does not necessarily indicate birth order] were born in Antigo [Langlade County, Wisconsin]:  (1)  Edwin A. JANES, who died in 1899; (2)  Evelyn (JANES) RICHARDSON, who died in 1919; (3)  Chris JANES, Superintendent of the Frost Veneer Company, Antigo, Wisconsin; (4)  Harry M. JANES, rancher, Avondale [Maricopa County], Arizona; (5)  Mrs. Jessie Pearson RICHARDSON, of Avondale, Arizona [submitter does not assume Pearson to have been a former married name of Jessie nee JANES]; (6)  Guy JANES, (7)  Dale JANES, and (8)  Howard JANES, of Antigo.  (9)  Mrs. E. A. SETTIER, Avondale [Maricopa County], Arizona, was born in Shawano [Shawano County, Wisconsin].  Arthur M. JANES was one of Antigo's first merchants.  The JANES family resides at 316 Fifth Avenue, Antigo [Langlade County, Wisconsin].