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Charles Joseph Olson
b.2 Jan 1869 Black River Falls, Wisconsin
d.21 Mar 1947 Almond, Portage County, Wisconsin
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m. 19 Feb 1896
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CLARA OLSON told MARIE KINCAID about her dad, CARL OLSON (visit to Wisconsin, June 14-16, 1998): "His father, JOHAN BJORNSTED, died when he (CARL) was eleven years old and there was a younger brother (ALBERT OLSON) who was nine (?). Their mother had to go to work keeping house on a nearby farm and could only take the younger son with her. Times were hard and the farmer could not take in a widow and two sons so the younger went with the Mom and Uncle CARL set out to walk to Waushara County where he had heard of a Norwegian farmer (THOMAS'S) who took him in. Never mind that the kid hand no shoes and that it was a thirty-mile walk, you did what you had to do, times were tough. I am sure that Uncle CARL more than earned his keep. When he grew up he became a land clearer. In those days that meant pulling out the trees with a team of horses, clearing the land and plowing it up to be ready to sow. He worked with a partner sometimes and all in all he was responsible for clearing 2,000 acres in Waushara County. "Uncle CARL took the name of OLSON and his brother (ALBERT) did as well. He and Aunt MARY (my grandma's sister) were married and homesteaded on the farm that CLARA has lived on all her life. The farm was originally homesteaded by a man named DAVIES and when he died Uncle CARL and Aunt MARY moved there in about 1896. In later years CARL'S mother lived with Aunt MARY and Uncle CARL and his younger brother had the neighboring farm. I remember mom telling some stories about Grandma Olson, she was quite a character. "CLARA tells the story of the original owner of the farm, Mr. DAVIES, lying in his coffin in the parlor in the days prior to embalming. A wound on his leg broke open and the blood seeped into the floorboards (of the front parlor) and the stain remains there to this day though the room is carpeted now. CLARA says that she remembers trying to scour the stain out when she was a young girl. She went on to tell us of recalling that five caskets, including Mr. DAVIES, have stood in that parlor: her sister, ALICE, who was a Down's Syndrome child and died at seventeen, her brother, CHICK, who was in his early twenties, her dad, CARL, and her mom, MARY. In that era the dearly departed were brought to the homes for a mourning period and the well-known wakes. CLARA said at one of the vigils a nighthawk flew in a window and the two big burly guys sitting up with the body were so badly scared that they almost killed each other trying to get out of the parlor door at the same time. "During his land-breaking days Uncle CARL had a Norwegian partner and my Grandma (MARGARET McGUIRE) dated him. One hot summer day they came in from working and the fellow plunged his head into the rain barrel to cool off. This was not a wise thing to do as he died an hour later. Poor love, he would have had a merry chase if he had married the fiery little MAGGIE McGUIRE. "Clara told of all the kids playing in the straw in the barn, They would climb up as high in the loft as they could and throw themselves down into the straw, being careful to avoid hitting the walls. One such occasion my mom jumped and was buried in the straw and the kids could not dig her out. Fearing she would suffocate they ran to the fields for the men who came back and dug down to where she was. The crafty little thing had dug a little hole around herself so that she could breathe and was just waiting to be rescued. "Another time when they were teenagers, CLARA was staying at the farm with Grandma (MARGARET McGUIRE) and Mom (ANN) was invited to a house dance. Grandma did not think the boy was suitable and told her she couldn't go. When Grandma came into the house from the barn she said to CLARA, 'Where is ANN?' CLARA said that the boy had driven his horse and buggy to the end of the lane and Mom had hopped in and they had gone to the dance. My Grandma turned around and went to the barn, hitched up the horse and told CLARA to come with her and went of to fetch Mom. When Grandma entered the front door of the house the boy skedaddled out of the back door. Grandma was little but was a force to be reckoned with. Once, when she was working at Uncle CARL and Aunt MARY'S marsh farm a stiff wind came up and blew her down. She grabbed hold of some marsh grass and held on and yelled for help. She was a full-grown adult, standing four-feet 10-inches and only weighed seventy-nine pounds so she had to be rescued from that situation." Source: MARIE KINCAID after a visit to Wisconsin in June 1998. APRIL 1902 PETIT JURORS WAUSHARA COUNTY, WISCONSIN The following is a list of jurors drawn by the Jury Commissioners April 2, 1902, to serve as Petit Jurors at the April term of the Circuit Court of Waushara County: . . . Oleson, Charles J., Rose . . . SOURCE: www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/1902jurylist.html; April 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Olson went to Vesper Monday where they spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olson. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; November 19, 1927. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson started on a trip to Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, where they will spend the winter with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Olson. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; December 15, 1927. ENTERPRISE PEOPLE HOME FROM PORTLAND ENTERPRISE, ALMOND, Feb. 24 - Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson, who have spent the past two months with their daughter, Ellen, and family, of Portland, Ore., returned home Thursday. Their son, Earl, of Vesper, met them at Marshfield and brought them home from there with his auto. Old friends were glad to welcome them back. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; February 24, 1928. SCHILLING, ALMOND - Dec. 3 - Those who spent Thanksgiving in the Carl Olson home were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Olson, Mrs. and Mrs. Earl Olson and Bobbie, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett of Rudolph, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benjamin and family and Charles and John Smith. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; December 5, 1930. SCHILLING HAS MANY VISITORS DURING HOLIDAYS SCHILLING, ALMOND, Dec. 30 - Those who spent Christmas day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson and enjoyed a most wonderful dinner and supper were: Mr. and Mrs. Emmett and son, Carl, of Vesper, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Olson and son, Russell, of Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olson and son, Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benjamin and children, Margaret, Eunice, Mary Ellen, Earl, and Jacqueline, Mrs. Jack Smith, Misses Gwendolyn Turner, Betty Chariton, Mr. Hengeveld of Waupon, and Mike and Harry Swinski. A good time was enjoyed by all. Miss Clara Olson spent Saturday and Sunday in the Mrs. John Helbach Home. SOURCE: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; December 31, 1931. Carl Olson, neighboring townsman, is planting 60 acres of early potatoes on his farm near Almond. A number of farmers are planting the early varieties this week. SOURCE: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; May 6, 1932. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benjamin and family, Mrs. Donald Dilly and Marie Jane were dinner guests in the Carl Olson home Sunday. They were accompanied home by Mary Ellen Benjamin who had spent the week in the Olson home. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Olson and Hanford Olson were also visitors in the Olson home. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; October 29, 1932. ENTERPRISE ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson received the news that a new grandson came to their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olson, of Vesper. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; March 13, 1935. BANCROFT BRIEFS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson and Clara, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olson, Mrs. Jack Smith and John and Owen, and Miss Elsie Marley were entertained at a Sunday dinner given in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benjamin in honor of John Smith. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; March 20, 1928. C. Z. Olson, who has spent the past couple of weeks with his son, Earl Olson of Vesper, returned home Friday. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; March 20, 1928. CHARLES JOHN OLSON Charles John Olson, 78, better known as Carl Olson, died at his home at Coddington, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Olson was born at Black River Falls January 2, 1869, and was the son of John and Caroline Olson, who came to this country from Bergen, Norway. As a boy Mr. Olson lived successively at Black River Falls, Stevens Point, the Town of New Hope and the Town of Rose, Waushara County. At the age of 10 he left his folks to make his home with Tom Nelson of the Town of Rose. On February 19, 1896 Mr. Olson was united in marriage to Mary Ellen McGuire of the Town of Almond. To them five children were born. Three survive: Earl of Coddington, Mrs. Guy Olson of Olney, Oregon, and Mrs. Carl Zeller on the old home farm in the Town of Rose. Alice and Charley preceded him in death. As a young man Mr. Olson worked in the Pinery, broke new land for hire and operated a horse powered threshing machine. The horsepower was later displaced by a steam engine. Mr. Olson was best known as a large-scale potato grower. At one time he owned more than 600 acres of farmland. He was among the first individuals to ship potatoes in carload lots from the Waushara potato belt. The funeral will be held at the Zeller home at 1:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and at the Community hall at Almond village at 2 o'clock, with Rev. S. B. Lewis of Wautoma officiating. Burial will take place in St. Martin's cemetery in the town of Buena Vista. The body is at the Zeller home. Source: STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL, March 24, 1947. References
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