BIOGRAPHIES:  Fred AMUNDSON, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  24 February 2004
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Fred Amundson, section 26, west, Maple Grove Township, was born in the
township where he still resides, Jan. 20, 1880, son of Theodore and Mary
(Evenson) Amundson, the pioneers. He attended the district school, was
reared on the home place to farm life, and after his father's death,
operated it for a while for his mother. In 1908, determined to see
something of the world before settling down to his life work, he went to
St. Paul. There he took a course in the Victor Barber College, and
subsequently worked at his trade, in the meantime, however, receiving
considerable experience as a street car conductor. In 1910 he went to
Spokane, Wash. There he worked as a street car conductor for a while, and
as a farmer for a while. From there, with some picked companions he made a
bicycle trip of 1,500 miles to Williams, Calif., a feat which attracted
considerable attention at the time and is still remembered in athletic
circles on the Pacific coast. While in the West he visited the famous
Yosemite Valley. Upon his return to Barron County in 1912, he spent a few
months with his brother, Adolph. In 1913 he moved onto 40 acres in Section
26, west, Maple Grove Township, which he had purchased in 1904. He cleared
and stumped 28 acres, erected good buildings, acquired suitable equipment,
and now carries on mixed farming and dairying. His financial interests
include stock in the Cameron Telephone Co. Mr. Amundson was married April
14, 1915, to Olena Olson, daughter of Ole and Bertha Flekkrud, natives of
Norway, where the father died and where the mother is still living. Mr. and
Mrs. Amundson have a daughter, Beatrice M., born July 17, 1916.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 335.


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