BIOGRAPHIES:   Carl G. TILLESON, Menomonie, Dunn Co., WI

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CARL G. TILLESON, for many years one of the leading merchants of
Menomonie, was born in the town of Elk Mound, Dunn County, July 17,
1867, son of Ole and Louise (Ludvigson) Tilleson. Both parents were
natives of Norway, Ole Tilleson coming to America when 17 years of
age, and Mrs. Louise Tilleson as a child with her parents. They were
all pioneer settlers in the town of Elk Mound, where the Tillesons
located in the early 60's, buying a tract of government land which is
time they developed into a fine farm. After residing on it for many
years they sold it and built a home in the village of Elk Mound,
where they resided until the death of Mrs. Tilleson. Mr. Tilleson
then went to Eau Claire where until his death he made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. George Harsh. Ole and Louise Tilleson had six
children: Carl G., the direct subject of this sketch; Hilda, wife of
George Harsh of Eau Claire; Ludwig, of Phillips, Wis.; Edwin, of
Chetek, Wis.; Gabriel, of Irvington, Dunn County, and Myrtle of
Minneapolis. Carl G. Tilleson as a boy attended district school in
the town of Elk Mound and lived on his parents' farm until he was 20
years old. in 1887 he came to Menomonie and learned the butcher's
business from his uncle, A. O. Strand, with whom he remained for four
years. After that he worked four years for Samuel Moen, and in 1895
went to Eau Claire, in which city he spent two years. Then returning
to Menomonie, he engaged in the meat business in partnership with
James Holstein, they operating a market for five years on Main
Street. In 1904 Mr. Tilleson purchased his present market at 526
Broadway from Samuel Moen, and he has since remained at this stand,
enjoying a large patronage and establishing a reputation as a
reliable man in his line of trade. He is a member of the Menomonie
Commercial Club, being well imbued with a commendable public spirit,
and he is also fraternally associated with the Modern Woodmen of
America. Mr. Tilleson was married Oct. 1895, in the city of
Menomonie, to Nettie Lien, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lien, who
are now deceased. Their daughter Nettie followed them to the land
beyond the grave on July 11, 1900, after less then five years of
married life. She left two children: Orvil, proprietor of the meat
market, his father having turned it over to him in May, 1924; and
Nettie, who is teaching school in Eau Claire.

-Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925," pages 447-448

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