BIOGRAPHIES: Louis Napoleon FORREST, Campia, Barron County, WI

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Louis Napoleon Forrest, an energetic, successful and modern farmer, who has
a well developed place on the outskirts of Campia Village, is a native of
this county, born in a log cabin, erected in Section 5, Doyle Township, by
his honored uncle, Brosper Forrest, a pioneer. He first saw the light of
day July 3, 1874, the son of Camille and Mary Ann (Ormond) Forrest, early
settlers. He learned farming from his father and received his early
education in a log schoolhouse. He first went into the woods as a youth of
fifteen and thereafter spent winters in the logging camps. In 1901 he
started out for himself by renting his father's homestead in Section 6,
Doyle Township, from the man who had purchased it. Three years later he
went to Rice Lake, and was there employed for ten years as a teamster. In
1916 he bought eighty acres of wild land in Bear Lake Township. There, like
his father before him, he started pioneering. He built a frame house, a
good barn, and other buildings, and started a good farm. In 1918 he sold
out, and then for a year, rented the old homestead again. In 1919 he
purchased his present place on the outskirts of Campia Village. Here he has
built up as good a place as is to be found in the vicinity, and his farm is
regarded as a model in every particular. He has a modern home, barns and
other buildings, he has continued the clearing of the land, and he has put
up fences, and purchased suitable equipment. He takes pride in the sightly
appearance of his place, and everything about the farm bespeaks his thrift,
good judgment and modern spirit. Mr. Forrest is interested in everything
that is for the betterment and progress of the community, and is well liked
by all who know him. He and his wife delight in keeping open house to their
friends and their children's friends, their hospitality is widely known,
and their home is one of good cheer and affection. In addition to operating
his farm, Mr. Forrest is patrolman on the road between Campia and Angus,
running through his native town, and not only is he most efficient in his
work, but is also highly commended by travelers for his unfailing courtesy
and helpfulness. Mr. Forrest was married on April 5, 1903, to Anna Mullen,
who was born on the old homestead in Section 22, Oak Grove Township, this
county, Nov. 3, 1880, the daughter of Frank and Margaret (McGough) Mullen,
the pioneers. This union has been blessed with five bright children: Emil,
Margaret, Viola, Lauretta and Grace. In the family there is also another
boy, Robert Bollman.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 730-731.