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

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Ole C. Bredeson, automobile salesman, Rice Lake, was born Oct. 6, 1883, at
Sand Creek, Dunn County, Wis., son of Ole and Bertha (Larson) Bredeson. He was
educated in his native town and in Rice Lake. In 1899 he started railroading
for the "Soo" line, as a freight brakeman, in which occupation he had the
misfortune to lose his left arm in 1900. In 1904 he worked in the north lumber
woods. He engaged in business in Rice Lake in 1907, and in 1912 became an auto
salesman. From 1914 to 1917, he owned and conducted a livery barn at Rice
Lake, and since then has been an auto salesman. He is active in public life
and is a member of the Rice Lake Commercial Club. He makes his home with his
mother.

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