Biographies: Andrew GULICKSON, Cameron, Barron Co., 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Victor Gulickson 23 April 1999 ==================================================================== Andrew Gulickson, Cameron, public official, state lawmaker, successful agriculturist and man-of-affairs, was born in Telemarken, Norway, Dec. 18, 1856, son of Gullick and Gunhild (Moen) Olson, who brought him and the other children to this country in 1868, and from Waupaca County, this state, to Stanley Township, this county, in 1873. He remained at home and attended school winters for a while, and then started working out for Knapp, Stout & Co. at Rice Lake, giving most of his wages to his parents to help them to get their home established. In 1880 he purchased 80 acres in section 24, all wild land. He cleared part of the land and erected a frame building into which two years later, he and his bride moved. For some years thereafter he spent his winters in the woods to earn money with which to develop the farm. As the years passed his efforts resulted in success, and farm was improved until it was one of the best in the township. In the fall of 1915 Mr. and Mrs. Gulickson moved to the village of Cameron, and the oldest son, Thomas A. now operates the home place. After living on his farm for some years, Mr. Gulickson was elected a member of the town board and member of the school board. For eighteen years he did most efficient service as town chairman and as such was a valued member of the county board. His work as a public official attracted attention, and in 1903 he was elected county clerk, a position he occupied with dignity and ability for six years. In 1910 the people called him to a still wider field of usefulness and elected him to the assembly, in which he served with distinction in the sessions of 1911 and 1913. Among other legislation which he either fathered or supported may be mentioned a County Option Bill, which, though the discussion it aroused had a good influence throughout the state, was defeated. Since retiring from the legislature, he has once more taken a seat on the county board, this time as a representative from Cameron village. In 1891 he helped to organize the Oak Grove Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. He was a member of the first board of directors, and a few years later he was made secretary. He resigned to take office as county clerk, and in 1919 again took up the duties of the office, now giving the work of the company most of his attention. He has been vice-president of the Bank of Cameron since its reorganization in 1919. He and his family are affiliated with the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Gulickson was married Jan. 26, 1882, to Thea Peterson, who was born in Norway April 15, 1864 and came to America with her sister, Eliza, at the age of ten. She lived in Waupaca County, this state, for a while, and then came to Barron County making the trip in a wagon, and meeting with many interesting experiences on the way. In latter life her mother came to Barron County also. Mr. and Mrs. Gulickson have five children, Thomas A., Amanda, Oliver G., Gertrude and Gladys. Thomas A. is operating the home farm. Amanda, formerly a teacher, is the wife of Owen Williams, of Beach, N.D. Oliver G. is a business man of Barron, Gertrude is the wife of Ernest Salting of Jamestown, N.D., Gladys is now Mrs. J. R. Rowe, of Chicago. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 644-645.