BIOGRAPHIES: Richard C. OLSON, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 5 October 2003 ************************************************************************ Richard C. Olson, a popular farmer owning a good farm in Sections 6 and 7, west, Dallas Township, was born in Wyoming, Iowa County, this state, Dec. 8, 1875, the son of Simon C. and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Olson, natives respectively of Norway and England, who were brought to Wisconsin as children. After their marriage, they lived at Milton Junction, Rock County, this state, and then moved to Iowa County, this state, first living at Dodgeville and then moving to Wyoming, where he kept a lumber yard and operated a farm. He died Dec. 29, 1904, and the mother, Feb. 14, 1890. In the family there were four children, Addie, Libby (deceased), Allan and Richard C. Richard C. attended the common schools of his native county, and learned farming at home. In 1917 he came to Barron County, and bought his present farm of 160 acres. The farm was already a good one and he has continued the improvements. The buildings are in good repair and adequate for their needs, the land is well tilled and substantially fenced, and the equipment in tools, implements and machinery is of the best. Mr. Olson successfully carries on general farming and dairying, and has a good herd, headed by a full-blooded Holstein sire. He is a believer in co-operative effort among the farmers, and has taken stock in the Hillsdale Equity Exchange, the Hillsdale Cheese Factory and the Fourtowns Cheese Factory. Fraternally, he is a member of the Beavers at Spring Green, Wis. Mr. Olson was married at Lone Rock, Wis., on March 14, 1909, to Ethel P. Philips, who was born in Iowa County, Wis., Dec. 28, 1885, the daughter of John and Anna (Van Blarcom) Philips, who were born in Canada, and farmed for many years in Iowa County, Wis., where he died July 12, 1897, after which she moved to Richland County, this state, where she still lives. In the Philips family there were six children, Bartlett, Roy, Ruth, Jennette, Irene and Ethel P. Mr. and Mrs. Olson have five children: Harold P., born Feb 13, 1910; Lucille L., born March 14, 1913; Earl R., born April 11, 1915; Elaine V., born July 19, 1917; and Laverne L., born Nov. 17, 1920. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 834-835. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm