BIOGRAPHIES:  Holver BAKKEN, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  24 February 2004
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Holver Bakken, who came to an untimely death by drowning, was a resident of
Barron County for some thirty-five years, and was a popular, well liked
citizen, conscientious in his work and in his duty, loyal in his
friendships, and loving and sympathetic in his family life. He was born
Jan. 2, 1869, in Dane County, Wis., son of Nels and Ida (Peterson) Bakken,
both now deceased. He was educated in his native county, and came to Barron
County with his parents in 1882. After their death, he bought 80 acres in
Section 31, east, Maple Grove Township, and 50 acres adjoining, in Dallas
Township. He cleared 30 acres, erected a set of buildings, and profitably
engaged in mixed farming and dairying. He was drowned while on a fishing
excursion at White Bear Lake, near St. Paul. His wife is now operating the
farm. Mr. Bakken was married Aug. 6, 1903, to Clara Listy, daughter of
Thomas and Isabelle (Thorsen) Listy, who came to America in the late
sixties and settled in Green County, Wis., later coming to Barron County,
where they farmed for years in Dallas Township, where he died in 1910 and
where she still resides. In the Listy family there are nine children:
Hannah, John, Clara, Thomas, Lena (deceased), Hulbert, Jacob, Robert and
Inga. Mr. and Mrs. Bakken are the parents of six children; Norbert, born
Aug. 9, 1904; Esther, born Oct. 4, 1905; Thomas R., born Aug. 25, 1907;
Helmer, born Dec. 5, 1911; Alvin, born March 7, 1913; and Carl, born May
12, 1916. The older children are helping their mother on the farm.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 341.


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