BIOGRAPHIES:  John MULLEN, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI

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John Mullen, an enterprising and prosperous farmer of Section 22, Oak Grove
Township, is one of the most popular men in his community. He has lived
here all his life, and his record through all these years has been without
blemish. He is a hard working man, he believes in helping in every good
cause, and, like his father before him, has done much in the development of
this vicinity. Born in the county when it was little more than a
wilderness, he is naturally interested in the story of its beginnings and
progress, and he is especially proud of the part which his parents took in
its upbuilding. He first saw the light of day on the place where he still
lives Jan. 23, 1875, the son of Frank and Margaret (McGough) Mullen, the
early settlers. He was reared on the homestead and attended school as the
neighborhood then afforded. He was in his early teens when he was first
taken on logging drives to help his father in cooking for the crew, and
thereafter he was employed in the woods for several years, logging in the
winter and working on the river drives in the spring. In the meantime he
helped his father on the home place. In 1918 he took over 80 acres of the
farm, including the home site. He has fixed up the buildings and has
further developed the place. Here he successfully carries on general
farming and dairying. He is a popular and representative citizen. Mr.
Mullen greatly honors his parents, and has made possible the appearance of
their portrait as one of the illustrations of this work. He was married at
Dobie, in this township, June 24, 1903, by Rev. Father A. P. Bourbe, to
Rosanna Forrest, who was born on the homestead of her parents, Camille and
Mary Ann (Armond) Forrest, Section 6, Doyle Township, this county, May 15,
1882.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 346-347.