BIOGRAPHIES: Fritz D. OSTERKAMP, Arland Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 8 April 2002 ==================================================================== Fritz D. Osterkamp, whose industrial career has been connected with that of his father and of his brother, John A., was born in Germany, Sept. 29, 1882. He was educated in Nebraska and has always worked at home. Since 1915, when he became his brother's partner on the father's death, he has worked hard and done his share to improve their mutual property. In 1921 he was elected president of the Farm Bureau in Arland Township, and is also secretary and treasurer of the Almena Holstein Association, and president of Almena Cow Testing Association. Like his brother, he belongs to Almena Camp, M. W. A. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pg. 913.