The following historical descriptions are transcribed from the book, The Catholic
Church in Wisconsin, published by the Catholic Historical Publishing Company,
T.J. Sullivan, October 9, 1896.
Ozaukee County Churches
St. Nicholas' Church, Dacada, Wis.
(I'm including this church, although the church
building is located in Sheboygan County,
the church's cemetery is in Ozaukee County)

The parish of St. Nicholas at Dacada, Sheboygan County, was first established November
25, 1848, at which time the congregation was also given a resident pastory in the
person of the Rev. George LAUFHUBER. His successors were the Rev. Fathers DE BECKE,
DEISENRIEDER, B. SMEDDING, Michael OBERMUELLER, Hieronymus BERCKMAN, John STUCHY,
FUSSEDER, John MEHLMANN, M. RETZER, Herman Joseph MUCKERHEIDE, T. WILLER, Peter SCHWAIGER,
August ZAININGER and John HUBER. After him the Rev. Joseph HAMM had charge of this
congregation from 1870 to 1892, when the Rev. A.S. LEINER, present incumbent, took
charge. The congregation is now composed of about one hundred and fifty-two families,
or nine hundred and fifty-five communicants. There is one parochial school connected
with this congregation, which has an average attendance of one hundred scholars,
who are in charge of three Sisters of St. Francis, from St. Joseph's Convent, Milwaukee.
The order of Catholic Knights of Wisconsin has a branch of about forty-five members
in the congregation; also the St. Nicholas Benevolent Society, numbering about sixty
members, and the Altar Society with about ninety members. This parish is in a very
flourishing condition.