BIOGRAPHIES: August WESSLIN, 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 6 April 2002 ==================================================================== August Wesslin, proprietor of the Barron Woodworks, was born in Sweden, March 21, 1891, son of Erick and Louise (Olean) Wesslin of Hillsdale, this county. He came to America with his parents and received his education in Indiana and Wisconsin, having the advantage of two years' high school. He learned carpenter work and cabinet making in school and was employed with his father for several years. In 1911 he came to Barron as a general contractor. In 1916 he bought the Barron Woodworks. He now carries on general contracting and woodworking, erecting dwelling houses during the summer seasons and preparing the lumber and interior furnishings during the winter. He was inducted into the United States service March 22, 1918, and served as mechanic for the Eighth Company, Coast Artillery, at Fort Andrews, Mass., for eleven months. He is a member of the American Legion and of the Odd Fellows. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 112.