BIOGRAPHIES: Alfred M. PAULSON, Barron, 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: Transcribed by Peg Lamkin Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 8 April 2002 ==================================================================== Alfred M. Paulson, president of the Barron Lumber Co., and one of the leading business men of the county, having important interests not only here but also on the Pacific Coast, was born at Neenah, Wis., Oct. 10, 1875, son of Mads and Marien Paulson. The parents were natives of Denmark, the father born in 1828, and the mother on Aug. 17, 1837. They came to America in 1863,settling on a farm near Neenah, Wis., in which locality they remained for 16 years, when they removed to another farm in Luck, Polk County, this state. There Mads Paulson, the father, died in 1903. He had been twice married, all the children of the first wife having been born in Denmark, namely: Ole, now living in Green Bay, Wis.; Paul, of Spokane, Wash.; Harvey, deceased; Carrie, wife of W. L. Hathaway of San Francisco, Calif., and Anthony, deceased. The children by his second wife, Marien, who is now living with her son Alfred in Barron, were: Mary, who married James Paulson and resided in Tacoma, Wash., but is now deceased; Peter and Charles, of Tacoma, Wash.; Matilda, now deceased, who was the wife of Ainsly Smith of Luck, Wis.; Alfred M., of Barron, and Martin A., of Rice Lake, Wis. Alfred M. Paulson in his boyhood attended school at Luck, Wis., and subsequently took a commercial course in the St. Paul Business College. At the age of 17 he began his independent career, from that time being self-supporting. He was only 19 when he entered into the mill business at Luck, sawing hardwood timber, and from that time until the fall of 1905 he followed the same occupation at various places. He then went to Hawkins, Wis., where, besides sawing lumber, he operated in the woods, remaining there until February, 1912. During that period he was associated with his brother Anthony, under the firm name of Paulson Bros. After selling out his interests there, Mr. Paulson went to Northhome, Minn., where in partnership with C. P. Ellingson, under the firm name of the Island Lake Lumber Co., he built a mill and operated lumber camps. He remained there, however, only a year, selling his interest to Mr. Ellingson in March, 1913, and, accompanied by his wife, went to the Pacific Coast, where he had land and lumber interests. In June, the same year, he returned to Barron and became a member of the Barron Lumber Company. This company was incorporated in 1913 with A. M. Paulson, president; Mrs. A. M. Paulson, vice president; and John P. Salscheider, secretary and treasurer, the office and sheds being located on Seventh street. The company deals in building material of all kinds, and coal, also the James steel barn equipments. They have a branch yard at Poskin, this county. Previous to the reorganization in 1913 the concern was known as the Ellingson Lumber Co. It is one of the leading business enterprises in Barron County. Mr. Paulson has land at Tacoma, Wash., which is platted into lots. He is also interested with his brothers, Peter and Charles, in a large mercantile business there, which is carried on under the style of Paulson Bros. He owns a good modern residence on La Salle street, Barron. Mr. Paulson was married Oct. 2, 1911, to Esther B. Salscheider, who was born at Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 18, 1883, daughter of Adam J. and Esther (Monetti) Salscheider. Her parents are now residents of Merrill, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Paulson are the parents of a son, Alfred A., who was born in Barron Oct. 6, 1914. Mrs. Paulson is a member of the Catholic Church. Mr. Paulson was reared a Lutheran. In politics he is independent. He is a member of Lodge No. 220, A. F. & A. M., and Tripoli Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Milwaukee; also of McKinley Lodge, No. 128, K. P. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pp. 116-117.