Biographies:  Erick SKAMSER, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Erick Skamser, one of the old settlers of Eau Claire, where he has resided 
for nearly half a century, thirty-three years of which time he has devoted 
to the hotel business, is a native of Norway, and was born February 11, 1857.  
When twelve years of age, in 1869, he came to Eau Claire, and while still 
quite young he started in the logging business, which he followed for about 
eleven years.  After severing his connection with the lumbering industry he 
entered the employ of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company, remaining with them 
for two years.  He then embarked in the hotel business, in which he has since 
continued and is still successfully engaged.

His parents, both of whom are now deceased, were Erick and Bract (Saker) 
Skamser, who were the parents of twelve children, as follows:  Sever, Loss, 
Louis, Christ, Edward, Alif, Erick (the subject of this sketch), George, 
Leona, Thayer, Thomas and Otto.  Mr. Skamser is a thrifty, progressive and 
up-to-date hotel man, and is one of the prosperous citizens of the city who 
is in sympathy with any movement tending to the betterment of his community.  
He is a member of the Sons of Norway and of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

He was married to Miss Sarah Olson, daughter of Abraham Olson, of Eau Claire, 
and they are the parents of four children, viz:  Erick, Archie, Leonard and 
Esta Skamser.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
pages 859 - 860.