Biographies:  Sigvald QVALE, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Sigvald Qvale.  While the three men first mentioned died poor, and the 
last one so poor that his friends had to subscribe to help his family 
to subsist in the most modest way, Mr. Sigvald Qvale's history is one 
of a poor boy that solely by his own efforts and ability could build 
up a fortune in comparatively a few years.  He was still a man in his 
best years when he was laid to rest in 1890, with nearly three-quarters 
of a million dollars to his credit.  Norwegians are not as a rule builders 
of large fortunes, and Mr. Qvale's achievements attracted wide attention.  
To this was also added his unassuming ways and his readiness to help 
people who were in need, and he understood probably because he had been 
poor himself the art of helping without hurting.


--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 580.