BIOGRAPHIES: Fred N. CANFIELD, Barron, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Transcribed by Peg Lamkin Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 6 April 2002 ==================================================================== Fred N. Canfield, telegraph operator and cashier for the "Soo" line at Barron, was born in Whaland, Minn., June 29, 1885, son of Charles and Christina (Johnson) Canfield. Charles Canfield came from Saratoga, N. Y., to Minnesota in 1860, and is now with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul at Winnebago, Minn., where he is a well known citizen and where for a while he was postmaster. Fred N. received his early education in the district schools, and completed his educational training in the high school at Winnebago. Then he started railroading with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, being stationed at Winnebago, Minn., then at La Crosse, Wis., and then at Madison, South Dakota, until 1914. In that year he entered his present employ at Barron. He has made many friends here, is well liked, and has entered into the life of the place. He has just completed a modern residence which is both sightly and convenient. Mr. Canfield was married Sept. 3, 1917, to Alice Pelkie, born Jan. 8, 1897, daughter of Frank and Margaret (Olive) Pelkie, now of Gladstone, Mich., both natives of Canada, the father born in 1867 and the mother in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Canfield have one son, Robert Frederick, born in Barron, Nov. 19, 1919. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 113.