BIOGRAPHIES:  Alve O. OLSEN, Chetek, Barron County, WI

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Alve 0. Olsen, telegraph operator at Chetek, was born in Arcadia, Trempealeau
County, Wis., April 25, 1892, son of Lewis and Matilda (Moe) Olsen. The father
was born near La Crosse, Wis., and the mother in Norway. She came to America
when a child and was married to Lewis Olsen in Arcadia. For many years he was
in the mercantile business in Trempealeau County, but is now living retired at
Cameron, Wis. Their children were- Hilda, Elmer, Alve, Selmer and Helen. Elmer
died in infancy. Alve 0. Olsen was educated in the public schools of Arcadia
and Eleva, Trempealeau County. Then for nine months he was a student at the
Northwestern Telegraph School at Eau Claire, Wis. On beginning active
industrial life, his first station was at Truax, Wis., where he worked a short
time for the C. St. P. M. & 0. Railway. He was next at Bloomer one year for
the same company. He came to Chetek as operator June 30, 1915, for the Omaha
railroad and has since remained here. He is a popular member of the community
and has a pleasant home on Douglas street. He was married on April 8, 1914, to
Lettie R. Kilmer, who was born at Hillsdale, Barron County, Wis., Oct. 22,
1893, daughter of George M. and Elizabeth (Strawderman) Kilmer, elsewhere
mentioned in this volume. For several years prior to her marriage Mrs. Olson
was a clerk in the store of Brown and Machlin at Hillsdale. Mr. and Mrs. Olson
are the parents of two children: Elden Neal, born July 15, 1915, and Phyllis
Aley, born Feb. 20, 1917. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 530.