BIOGRAPHIES: Carl A. YOUNGBERG, Almena 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 ==================================================================== Carl A. Youngberg, who has built up a good farm on Section 17, Almena Township, was born in Sweden, June 24, 1860, the son of Peter and Gustava Youngberg, both of whom spent the span of their years in that country. The father was a tailor by trade, and served as an officer in the Swedish army. Of their three children, Carl is the only one now living. He was reared in his native land, attended school there, and learned his trade as a mason. In 1888 he came to the United States, and found his way directly to Barron County, where he settled at Perley. With headquarters there he worked in the mills, in the woods and at his trade as a mason. In 1890 he bought 80 acres in Section 17, Almena Township, and here he established his home, while still devoting a part of his time to work at his trade, and in the mills and woods. In 1918 he bought 80 acres more in Section 21. When he acquired his first tract, it was all wild, covered with standing hardwood, stumps and brush. He erected a log cabin, which is a part of his present home, and devoted what time he could to the development of the place. In 1919 his barn was blown away, but the next year he built the present structure, 34 by 90 feet, with a full basement, and furnished with the James equipment. The residence, which embraces the original log cabin, boarded over, and augmented, is a pleasant one. The other buildings are also good. Buildings and grounds are lighted with electricity, and the farm is well equipped with tools, implements and machinery. Here he successfully carries on general farming and dairying. He has a good herd, mostly of graded Guernseys, with one full blooded cow, and headed by a full blooded sire. Mr. Youngberg is a stockholder in the Farmers' Co-operative Creamery at Turtle Lake. He is an active and energetic man, and is respected by all who know him. Mr. Youngberg was married June 3, 1883, in Sweden, to Augusta Samuelson, daughter of Carl and Gustava Samuelson, early settlers of Barron County, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Youngberg have had eight children: Mary, August, Arthur, Wesley, Edgar, Ernest and Elna. Their oldest child, Ida Amelia, died Aug. 28, 1903, at the age of seventeen years. Mary is the wife of Walter Ingham, of Turtle Lake. Wesley and Ernest run a dray line at Turtle Lake. Arthur is a blacksmith at Turtle Lake. The family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 382.