BIOGRAPHIES: A James VAN HELDEN, Oak Grove 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 7 January 2002 ==================================================================== A. James Van Helden, a scientific farmer, has a good farm of 80 acres in Section 27, Oak Grove Township, to which he came in 1911, and where he has devoted his time to general farming and dairying, taking pride in gradually developing his place. He has a good house and outbuildings, the fences are all in repair, the equipment in tools, implements and machinery, is of the best. His barn, 34 by 72 feet, with Louden barn equipment, is one of the best to be found in the county. His herd of Holsteins contains a few full-bloods and he has a full-blooded sire. His swine are of the Poland China breed. In addition to his farm, his holdings include stock in the Consumers' Store at Rice Lake. He and his family attend the Catholic Church. He was born June 21, 1884, in Waldfeucht, Germany, son of Henry and Katherine (Heggen) Van Helden, now of this county. He was reared in his native country, worked for his father on the farm, and served the usual three years in the German army being in the artillery branch of the service. He came to America in 1910 and settled in Barron County. He purchased his present farm a year later. Mr. Van Helden was married June 6, 1911, to Julia Frolik, who was born in Manitowoc County, Wis., daughter of Frank and Barbara (Wagner) Frolik. This union has been blessed with six children: Henry L., born May 21, 1912, who died Jan. 24, 1913; Alice B., born Aug. 5, 1913; Aloysius T., born April 13, 1915; Francis Laura, born June 29, 1917; Josephine A., born March 13, 1919; and George Valentine, born April 23, 1921. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 333.