BIOGRAPHIES:  Gilbert L. BREDESON, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Gilbert L. Bredeson, connected with the employment department of the Park
Falls Lumber Co., of Rice Lake, and living in a sightly residence at 20 West
Humbird Street, Rice Lake, was born in Eau Claire, Wis., April 26, 1879, son
of Ole and Bertha (Larson) Bredeson. He received his early education in the
schools of Chetek, in this county. For thirteen winters he was employed in the
lumber woods of this state, for twelve springs on the river log drives, also
in this state, and for eight autumns in the wheat fields of North Dakota,
harvesting and threshing. In 1900 he engaged in business at Rice Lake. Eight
years later he sold out, and became a traveling salesman, his territory
covering Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. In 1920 he took up his present
employment. Mr. Bredeson is a member of the Scandinavian-American Fraternity
and of the Illinois Commercial Men's Association. In politics he is a
Republican, and for two years served as deputy sheriff of Barron County. He
attends the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Bredeson was married Dec. 14, 1910,
to Hulda Field, born July 12, 1876, daughter of Olaf and Wilhelmina (Sanford)
Field, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1884, and settled in Rice
Lake. The mother died Sept. 7, 1891, and the father is now located at Shelby,
Mont., where he practices his profession as a civil engineer, and serves as
United States Commissioner. Mrs. Bredeson is prominent in fraternal circles,
belonging to the Scandinavian-American Fraternity, and other organizations.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pp. 212-213.