BIOGRAPHIES: Joseph DVORAK, Oak Grove Township, 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: Vic Gulickson 7 January 2002 ==================================================================== Joseph Dvorak, general farmer, former wagon maker and business man has a good place in Oak Grove Township, whose buildings and general improvements bespeak the thrift and success of the owner. He is a native of this state, born in Manitowoc County Dec. 8, 1876, son of Joseph and Mary Dvorak, natives of Bohemia, who came to Wisconsin in the seventies and farmed in Manitowoc County the remainder of their lives. Joseph was reared in his native county and for a time helped his father at farm work. In 1892 he started to learn the wagon making trade at Manitowoc and worked there for several years. He came to Barron in 1899 and opened a wagon shop at Dobie, in Oak Grove Township. In 1901 he engaged in the refreshment business there. He went to Rice Lake in 1903 and there opened a wagon shop. Four years later, in 1907, he purchased 40 acres in Section 24, Oak Grove Township, cleared 30 acres, and erected a sightly house and suitable outbuildings. In 1919 he added 40 acres more in the same township. He is successfully carrying on general farming and dairying, and has a satisfactory herd of mixed cattle. Mr. Dvorak was married Oct. 29, 1901, to Elizabeth Frolik, who was born Dec. 23, 1879, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, daughter of Frank and Barbara (Wagner) Frolik. Mr. and Mrs. Dvorak are the parents of three children: Victor, born Oct. 13, 1903, and died Feb. 17, 1920; Lydia, born June 14, 1906, and Clarence, born Oct. 11, 1911. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 353.