BIOGRAPHIES:  Ole P. NORWICK, Stanfold Township, Barron Co., WI

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Ole  P.  Norwick has lived in Barron County nearly thirty-five years, and
has  been  identified with the logging, lumbering and farming interests. He
came  to the county in 1887, and with headquarters at Rice Lake, worked for
Knapp, Stout & Co., logging in the woods winters and doing haying and other
work  on  their  farms  summers.  In 1892 he started work for the Rice Lake
Lumber  Co. in their saw mill at Rice Lake. He was industrious and faithful
and  won the approbation of his employers. In 1914 he purchased 80 acres in
Sections  24 and 25, Stanfold Township, and there established his home. The
place  was  partly  improved,  and  a log house and barn had been built. He
sided  over  the  logs of the house and built a frame addition, he enlarged
the  barn,  and put up a granary, machine sheds and other buildings. He has
continued  the  breaking and clearing of the land, and successfully carries
on  general  farming  and  dairying,  having  a good herd of graded cattle,
headed  by  a full-blooded sire. He is a good farmer and a hard worker, and
stands  well  with  all  who  know  him.  He  is interested in co-operative
endeavor, and is a stockholder in the cheese company, owning the factory in
Stanfold  Township.  He  was born in Norway, Oct. 3, 1869, the son of Peter
and Bertha (Aabn) Norwick, natives of that country, the former of whom died
in  1917  and  the latter of whom is still living there. He started working
for neighbors on farms at the age of ten, and came to America as a youth of
seventeen  in  1887.  Mr. Norwick was married at Eau Claire, Wis., on Sept.
21,  1891,  to  Rena  Norwick, who was born in Norway on Jan. 19, 1861, the
daughter  of  Stiner  and  Bertha  Norwick,  natives  of  Norway,  both now
deceased.  This  union has been blessed with four children: Peter, born May
24,  1893;  Selma,  born  Aug.  6,  1895,  and  now  the  wife  of  William
Southerland,  of Texas; Ruby, born July 13, 1901, now Mrs. Arthur Foller of
Minnesota;  and  Inez,  born  Aug. 4, 1905. The family faith is that of the
Norwegian Lutheran Church.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 169-169.


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