Biographies: Ernst ACHTENBERG, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Victor Gulickson 18 April 1999 ==================================================================== Ernst Achtenberg, for some years identified with the lumbering interests of this county, was born in Germany, came to America as a young man, and married Eva Goodall, a native of Wisconsin. In 1887 he came to Rice Lake, as foreman in a planing mill for the Knapp, Stout & Co. With this beginning, he has followed some phase of the lumber business all his life. In 1893 he purchased 105 acres of wild land from his employers, within the city limits, erected a small house, and there established his family. Aside from a little gardening, however, he did no farming, devoting all of his time to his other interests. In 1912 he moved to Minneapolis, where he is now employed with G. H. Tennant Lumber Co. He and his wife have three children. Charles R. was born May 8, 1889, and is now with the Madison Blue Print Co., of Madison, Wis. Herbert owns the home farm. Henrietta was born Oct 8, 1893, lives in Friendship, Wis., the wife of E. V. Ryall, county agricultural agent of Adams county. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 216-217.