BIOGRAPHIES:  Erick HUSETH, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  14 January 2004
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Erick Huseth, an early settler, now living on Section 11, Dallas Township,
was born in Norway, May 30, 1855, the son of Erick and Julia (Knutson)
Huseth, natives of that country. The good parents brought the family to
America in 1874, and took a homestead in Dane County, this state. From
there, in 1874, they came to Barron County, and took a homestead of 80
acres in Section 12, Maple Grove Township. There they erected a set of
buildings, cleared up the land and developed a good place. In due time they
retired and moved to Dallas Village, where he died in 1910, and she in
1908. In the family there were six children: Halver (deceased), Inga,
Erick, Barbara, Bert and Isabelle. The subject of this sketch attended
school in his native country and for a while in Dane County, this state. He
thoroughly learned farming from his father, and assisted in developing the
farm in Section 12, Dallas Township, to which he was brought in 1874. He
experienced all the privations and hardships of pioneer life, and saw the
county grow from a lumber region, with a few scattered villages, a few
lumber camps and the beginnings of a few farms, into a fertile stretch of
profitable agricultural land, and flourishing cities. In 1880 he started
out for himself and purchased 80 acres of wild land in Section 10, Dallas
Township. To the improving, developing and cultivation of this place, he
devoted nearly forty years. He cleared and fenced nearly all the land and
put up a good set of buildings. His years of hard work, intelligent effort
and industrious application, resulted in success, and he became one of the
leading men of his community. In the fall of 1919 he retired, rented the
farm to his son, Edward, and bought a pleasant home in Rice Lake. But he
did not care for city life, he longed for the scenes in which he had spent
so many busy years, and so he sold the city property and purchased 40 acres
in Section 11, Dallas Township. There he plans to spend the remainder of
his life, partly in retirement, but still doing such farm work as he cares
to. Mr. Huseth was married Oct. 15, 1880, to Julia Amundson, who was born
in Norway, the daughter of Knute and Rena Amundson. She died June 15, 1904.
Their union was blessed with seven children: Edward, born March 25, 1886;
Conrad, born Dec. 13, 1888; Gustave, born Jan. 25, 1892; Oscar, born May
15, 1894; Rudolph, born April 7, 1896; Palma, born July 7, 1898; and
Melvin, born Aug. 19, 1900. On May 18, 1907, Mr. Huseth married Bertha
Johnson, who was born in Norway, Dec. 16, 1881, and the daughter of Iver
and Caroline (Olson) Johnson, both now deceased. This union has been
blessed with four children: Carlton, born June 8, 1910; Verna, born Sept.
22, 1913; Eunice, born May 22, 1916; and Jane, born Jan. 3, 1921. The
family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 863-864.

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