BIOGRAPHIES: Erik O. FOSSUM, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Erik O. Fossum, proprietor of the Central house, Rice Lake, Barron county, was 
born in Norway, April 6, 1841, and is a son of Ole Erikson and Carrie (Estenson) 
Fossum.  Ole E. Fossum was born in 1805 and died in 1875 in Norway; his widow 
was born in 1808 and is still living.  Erik O. came to America in 1868 and 
settled first in Meridian, Wis., and moved from there to Menomonie.  He was 
employed by Knapp, Stout & Co. at Downsville for eleven years.  In 1884 he 
came to Rice Lake and purchased the Central house property, which he still 
owns and conducts.  September 6, 1872, he married Miss Mary Isakson, a daughter 
of Isaac and Ingeborg (Karlson) Johanson, natives of Sweden.  She was born 
December 4, 1850; her father was born in 1810 and died in 1867; her mother was 
born in 1820.  Mr. and Mrs. Fossum are the parents of seven children:  Olaf, 
born November 6, 1873, died August 28, 1875; Lena, born February 3, 1875; Carl 
Julius, January 10, 1877; Ida Christina, March 9, 1879; Isaac, January 13, 1882; 
Emma Mary, born October 8, 1885, died July 18, 1888; Emil Mangnus, May 8, 1888.  
Mr. and Mrs. Fossum are members of the Lutheran church.

--Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley 
Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 819