BIOGRAPHIES:  Ole BREDESON, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Ole Bredeson, deceased, formerly a hotel man of Rice Lake, was a well known
citizen of the place, and did what he could for the welfare of the city. He
was born in Norway, July 4, 1843, was there educated, and as a young man was
employed in the lumber woods. In 1873 he came to America, and settled at
Beloit, Wis. The next year he came to this part of the state, and after living
in Eau Claire for a short time, settled on a farm near Sand Creek, in Dunn
county, where he purchased 80 acres. He cleared 40 acres, erected a set of
buildings, made other improvements, and there farmed for fifteen years. He
sold the farm in 1889, and started the hotel at Sand Creek, which he operated
for three years. In 1893 he came to Rice Lake and opened the Bredeson Hotel,
which he successfully conducted for five years, meeting with general approval
from the traveling public. He retired in 1899, and purchased a home at 135
West Humbird street, where he lived until his lamented death, Nov. 15, 1905.
Mr. Bredeson was married in Norway, Aug. 12, 1869, to Bertha Larson, who was
born there Jan. 9, 1846. They have eleven children: Gilbert, Mary, George,
Louise, Ole C., and Albert, who are living, and Carrie, Gunda, Bertha, James
and Oscar, who are dead. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran
Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pp. 223-224.