BIOGRAPHIES: Carl FLIFLET, Barron Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 3 January 2004 ************************************************************************ Carl Fliflet was born in Norway, Nov. 28, 1868, son of Lars and Ingberg (Olson) Fliflet, natives of Norway, both now deceased. He came to America in 1884 and located in Barron County, working in lumber camps and saw mills for many years. In 1889 he was injured by a falling log, being laid up for over a year, during which time he took advantage of the opportunity to further perfect his education. Upon his recovery he became a saw mill engineer. In 1894 he bought 60 acres in sections 2 and 11, Barron Township, and to this he afterward added 40 more. All this throughout was then covered with heavy timber. He cleared, broke and brushed 80 acres and erected all the buildings himself. He assisted in the affairs of the community in various ways and helped to build many of the roads. For twelve years he served as clerk of the school board of district four, Barron Township. From the time of his first arrival here he was interested in church work and was one of the few who assisted in starting the "Free Mission" church in his neighborhood. In this church he has been either assistant superintendent or superintendent of the Sunday School for fifteen years. Late in 1920, Mr. Fliflet rented his farm to his son-in-law, William Pitzrick, and is now planning to make his future home in California, where he has purchased twenty acres in Turlock. Mr. Fliflet was married Jan. 4, 1897, to Josephine Holm, born in Norway, Dec. 23, 1862. Mrs. Fliflet lost her life in the wreck of the steamer "Empress of Ireland", May 29, 1914, while on a trip to visit her old home. Mr. Fliflet has three children: Joseph, born Jan. 4, 1898, a farmer in Barron Township; Constance, born Aug. 23, 1900, now wife of William Pitzrick; and Ruth, born July 1, 1902, who was cashier of the "Day Light" store in Barron, but is now in California with her father. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 134. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm