BIOGRAPHIES:  Julien A. S. KVAM, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Julien A. S. Kvam, president and treasurer of the Wisconsin Iron Store,
wholesale hardware establishment of Rice Lake, was born in Seattle, Wash.,
Aug. 11, 1894, son of Isaac J. and Christine (Crogen) Kvam. He received his
early education in the graded and high schools of Rice Lake, later studied in
the preparatory department of Luther College at Decorah, Iowa, and the
Minnesota State Normal School at Winona, Minn., and was graduated from the
University of Minnesota, at Minneapolis, in the class of 1917. In December of
that year, he passed the pilots' aviation examination at Minneapolis, Minn.,
but was later transferred to the United States Naval Auxiliary Corps, and
studied at Chicago, Ill., Cleveland, Ohio and Pelham Bay, New York, in which
latter place he received his commission as ensign. With this rank he continued
to serve until Jan. 22, 1919, when he was released. He then became a traveling
salesman for the Certainteed Products Corporation, of St. Louis. A short time
later he returned to Rice Lake, and became interested in the Perfect Products
Corporation, of this place. Next he was with the Consumers' Store, at Rice
Lake. In November, 1919, he assisted in organizing the concern with which he
is still connected. Mr. Kvam is one of the popular and well-liked young
business men of the place, and is a real leader in the affairs of the city. He
and his wife are both prominent in local society. Fraternally, he is a member
of the Ark Lodge, No. 176, A. F. and A. M., of Minneapolis; Ark Chapter, No.
53, R. A. M., Minneapolis; the Acacia National Masonic Fraternity of the
University of Minnesota; the Thulanian Club, of the University of Minnesota;
Rice Lake Council, U. C. T., Rice Lake; and the Edgar Eubanks Post, No. 87,
American Legion, in which last named organization he is a past vice commander.
He is also a member of the Commercial Club. Mr. Kvam was married Jan. 27,
1920, to Helen Carlson, of Frederick, Wis., who was born Aug. 8, 1897, was
educated in the graded and high schools of Frederick, and in the Wisconsin
State Normal School at Superior, Wis., and taught efficiently for several
years before her marriage. They reside in a sightly, modern home of white
stucco, just completed, at 27 West Stout Street, one of the many pretty
and hospitable homes of the city.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922,  pg. 236.

Transcriber's note:
 
The following additional information about Isaac's ancestry is
courtesy of Anne Hildrum. ahildrum@online.no

  Isaac's father was Jacob from Lom b. 1819 (his father was Ole Olsen
Kleven), and his mother from Kolvereid, in case anybody wonders if they are
related. His mother was Susanna Ingebrigtsdtr b. 1819 (her parents Ingebrigt
Joensen Holand b. 1781 and Anne Hansdtr Berg b. 1788).