BIOGRAPHIES: Charles D. BLASSINGHAM, Barron, Barron County, WI

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Charles D. Blassingham, who for the last twelve years has efficiently
performed the duties of register of deeds for Barron County, was born in
Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind., Feb. 7, 1867, son of Thomas A. and Comfort
A. Blassingham, his parents being farmers. When he was 14 years old the
family came west to Barron County, Wis., settling on a farm in Maple Grove
Township. After attending common school to the age of 18, he began learning
the miller's trade with J. W. Taylor of Barron, and having mastered it, he
subsequently operated Mr. Taylor's flour mill until 1906, in which year he
moved to Rice Lake, where for two years he was manager of a similar mill.
In 1908 he was elected to his present position as register of deeds, taking
office on the first Monday in January, 1909, and through successive
re-elections, he has since continued to serve. Politically, he has always
been a Republican. As a public official he has proved efficient and
accommodating and has gained a wide popularity. Mr. Blassingham was married
Sept. 13, 1895, to Anna E. Kottke, who was born in Sheridan township, Dunn
County, Wis., April 13, 1872, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kottke. He
and his wife are the parents of a son, Loyd F., born March 8, 1900, who,
after a limited attendance at the high school, entered the School of
Electrical Engineering at Milwaukee, from which he was graduated, receiving
a Bachelor of Science Degree. Mr. Blassingham and his family are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church of Barron and take an active part in its
work, both religious and social. Mr. Blassingham is a member of several
fraternal orders, including Camp No. 1268, M. W. A.; Barron Lodge, No. 33,
I. O. O. F., and the grand lodge of the same order; and McKinley Lodge, No.
172, K. P., of Barron. He has passed through the chairs in the two first
mentioned lodges, and is the district grand master deputy of the I. O. O.
F.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 108-109.