BIOGRAPHIES:   Eric HAGEN, Osseo, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Eric Hagen, manager and partner in the firm of Hagen & Waller, general merchants, 
Osseo, was born in Sondreland, Norway, April 23, 1863, son of Hans E. and Anne 
(Lunde) Hagen, the former of whom came to America in 1869, farmed in Arcadia 
Township for many years, and now lives a retired life in Whitehall, the latter 
having died in 1875. Eric Hagen was reared to farm pursuits, and attended the 
country schools. His attention, however, was early turned to mercantile lines, 
and while still a youth he secured employment as a clerk in a store at Elk 
Creek. Further experience in the same line was secured in St. Paul and in 
Independence. In 1895 he came to Osseo and organized with Oliver Waller the firm 
of Hagen & Waller. This firm succeeded Larson, Getts & Co. in the general 
mercantile business. It has a large trade, and well deserves the esteem and 
confidence in which it is held by its numerous patrons. From 1897 to 1907 the 
firm owned a creamery at Osseo, and from 1904 until it was destroyed by fire in 
the winter of 1915, owned and operated the elevator there. Mr. Hagen is also 
interested in the State Bank of Osseo, in which he is the assistant cashier and 
one of the directors. Busy though he is with his financial interests, Mr. Hagen 
has found time for some excellent public service. Since the spring of 1914 he has 
been a member of the county board, and he has also been a member of the school 
and village boards. His fraternal relations are with the A. F. & A. M., while his 
religious affiliations are with the Congregational church, in which he is one of 
the trustees. Mr. Hagen was married March 17, 1891, to Mary Reid, of Burnside 
Township, daughter of James and Margaret (Lange) Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Hagen have 
five children: Mabel A., who graduated from the La Crosse normal school and was 
teacher in the Osseo schools. She was married to E. A. Nelson, a banker of 
Maddox, N. D., July, 1917. Henry, a farmer in Steele, N. D.; and Ralph E., 
Margaret and Alice, who are at home.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," 
page 591.


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