BIOGRAPHIES: Otto CARLSON, Dovre Township, Barron County, WI

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Otto Carlson, a representative farmer of Section 11, Dovre Township, who
for over forty years has maintained an excellent reputation here as a hard
working, industrious citizen, was born in Sweden, Jan. 16, 1854, and was
reared and educated there. Even as a young boy he made up his mind that he
would some time come to America. At the age of twenty, in 1874, his
ambition was realized. Upon his arrival, he located on Mud Creek, near
Menomonie, in Dunn County, this state, and while he was getting a start and
learning the language, worked on farms by the month for six years. In 1880
he came to Barron County, and located in Dovre Township, where he rented
farms for several years. In 1915 he bought his present farm. Here he
successfully carries on general farming and dairying. He is a man who
stands well in the community, he believes in good roads and has done what
he could to upbuild the community, while establishing his own success. For
twenty-five years he was road overseer of his district, and since 1919 has
been supervisor of roads for the whole township. He is a most proficient
road builder, he understands highway conditions thoroughly, and under his
management the roads are being fittingly shaped. He and his son, a good
farmer, a good citizen, and a progressive man, conduct the farm together,
so the place is well looked after while he is road building. Mr. Carlson
was married Nov. 9, 1880, to Lena Christianson, who died May 2, 1901,
leaving a son, Carl, who was born Oct. 16, 1889. Carl is one of the popular
young men of the community, and a good farmer, and he helps his father with
his work. The family faith is that of the Swedish Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 607.