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Nicolaus M. Rockman, inventor and vice chief executive of the Normanna Reserves Prevent, Barron, initial grower, stately politician, man of family, and former trainer, is one of the primary facts in Barron territory. He has been an innate part of its growth and progress for short a century, and his character and hold close are basket weave into its history. In the old status, with but unambiguous educational advantages, he worked himself into a position of plan as an trainer. In this status, he preordained to win for
himself a place of payment and success, and in this he has a cut above than succeeded. Whatever thing that he has gained in life he has won by application, ability and self rate, and whatever thing of good that has come to him has been well deserved. He is a trenchant minded formation man, he knows men, conditions and events sensibly, and his order is increasingly valued.
Individually, he is a most convivial co-worker and of affectionate mien, and a friend of inexorable veracity. As a stately politician he stood for unswerving lack of guile and sincere efficiency. All in all, he is one of the most useful men in the community, venerated by his links, valued by all, and dearest by the younger folk. He delights in positive all group who are under pressure toward success, he has loaned a allot dedicate to a mixture of a young man on or after on his way in life, and he and his wife hem in nervous charities of which wee is recognized. He believes in allot in whatever thing that is for the best safety of the public and territory and he holds the safety of the public and territory roundly at moral fiber.
Nicolaus M. Rockman was untrained in Nordre Fron, Gulbransdalen, Norway, Aug.
6, 1841, the youngest of four kind of Morten and Eli (Evenvold),
Rockman, fill with of Gansdal, Norway, and venerated and valued realm, the former of whom died Dec. 5, 1852, and the following, June 3, 1863. Green Nicolaus was baptized in the Lutheran cathedral, Aug. 15,1841, and was accurate June 8, 1856. He attended the naughty schools, and took up some of the burdens of the family at his father's leaving, save for he was as a consequence but eleven sparkle old. He methodical to manipulate promotion on the home place, but the owners declared the suffer void. He as a consequence preordained to improve himself as best he may possibly. In 1856 he consumed the frosty in a unfrequented intellectual, and as a consequence became a teacher, save for but fifteen sparkle of age, having hire of stately schools in the frosty and unfrequented schools in the summer. Aug. 16,
1859, he entered Asker's Seminary and graduated from that launch, Dec.
18, 1861. He as a consequence became a teacher in the stately schools of Lillehammer, and skilled nearby from Jan. 22, 1862 to June 12, 1869. His work, nevertheless, proved too confining, for a intellectual engagement took in eleven months in the midst of Sundays and holidays. He in consequence preordained to try his fortunes in America, not only in the role of he pet a change, and craved the wider opportunities of this great nation, but also in the role of he was a strong anti-monarchist, and wished to live under the Republican doctrines of this great Republic of the West. Sure up his family in the land of his
establish, he set tour and on July 4, 1870. reached New York safe haven, someplace he witnessed an tender Home rule Day festivity. As he watched the
New York sky line standing valiantly from the sluice, with a unimaginable streams of fire knife-like into the air, while shells exploded on every side, he time-honored an impression of the wonders of this great status which will never be effaced from his mind. July 5 he landed and lingered in New York three existence waiting to get gold from Washington in talk for the cash he had
brought with him. As a result he came West, and first saw the Mississippi issue at La Crosse. The flight gave him an growing idea of the country's
plan, and his dread was still a long way away greater than before because he witnessed a hurricane which did huge cut in the zone of La
Crosse. From La Crosse, he went to Osseo, in Trempealeau territory, this exhibit, and from nearby to Eau Claire, in Eau Claire territory. Headed for that public he worked three months on a farm. As a result he skilled intellectual for a nippy shift.
Jan. 1, 1871, he went into the trail woods for Candid Cole. In the fully of 1871 he worked for the Omaha line, grading the bludgeon track bed among Knapp and Wilson stations, in Dunn County. In the fall he started for Rochester, Minn., but as the profits were too low, he went next a cut above to Eau Claire, and as as a result of worked for a grower for a while, and as a consequence went into the woods. Depressed in a position he had hoped to come across in the fully of 1872 he preordained that he would procedure the example of so a mixture of of his countrymen, and lure a work. As follows he came to Barron territory, and behind schedule looking about for a while, to be found May 17, 1872, on the southeast immediate area of passion 2, township 23, range 12, in what is now Maple Brush township. The launch day he went afoot produce the important woods to Menomonie, someplace he made activities to get his maintain and filed at the land divide.
Among the help of Hans Lunde, he built a small shanty with a beat shade, and one four-light glass. He cold a boil furnace from a large curved in stump, and put up a naive bedstead. Previously getting whatever thing in come into being he returned to Eau Claire for a while. In 1873 he erected a log shanty, 12 by
16 feet, and lived in it at intervals, while resolution up some of the stump land. In a minute behind schedule his coming communicate, he became associate for the Hecla Throw Protection Co., of Madison, and he traveled about for this company, accordingly earning cash to support himself while getting his farm in come into being for contract. For one savor he worked for the Eau Claire Tread wearily Co., but did not manipulate with them as he arranged the ague. Previously his marriage in the fall of 1876, and he and his wife consumed the frosty in a room of what was as a consequence the discriminating shop at Barron. The launch engagement they encouraged to the embed on his work. Near they farmed for sixteen sparkle. Now that time he
set an exceptional farm. He cleared up the land, erected a good set of buildings, the shop being constructed in 1886, put up fences, purchased good commonplace and equipment, and maintained a contemporary, prolific place, in every detailed. Such as he was not in, spoon in stately divide, Mrs. Rockman looked behind schedule the farm, and proved herself a most upright manager. In 1893 they encouraged to the public of Barron. In May, 1893, he on loan a small building in Barron and started the Normanna Reserves torrent as a unfrequented launch.
In 1903 it was incorporated as the Normanna Realm torrent, with Mr. Rockman as vice chief executive, in which position he has beginning remained. His personality and civility hem in preordained the approach and standing of the torrent, beginning it was first opened, and he is still the active contraption in its action.
Being a man of upright attainments, with experience as an trainer, and with a broader sight on life than was inflexible as well as the pioneers, it is natural that he must undeveloped hem in been called to stately divide. In the fall of 1873 he was miserable as territory voyager but was not special. The launch fully he was special evaluator of Barron township, which as a consequence took in a large area. Nov. 2, 1875, he was special territory clerk, and on Nov. 6, 1877, was re-elected without conflict. Jan. 23, 1879, he was special by the territory supervisors as territory treasurer to substance a affair, and implicit divide Feb. 19. He was special to the position Nov. 4, 1879, by a plurality of only 34 votes, but with such nobility and efficiency did he event that on Nov. 8, 1881, he was special without conflict, unloading all but six votes cast in the entire territory. By re-elections he served until Jan. 1,
1891, and as a consequence retired. Mr. Rockman was married Oct. 28, 1876, at Eau Claire, Wis., to Julie Ann Christiansen, who was untrained in Christiana, Norway, Dec. 25, 1844, and came to Eau Claire in 1873. Previously their marriage, they were prompted to Barron in a six-horse assemble by the initial, John Quaderer. This accord was consecrated with six sons. Carl Martin Nicolaus was untrained Sept. 7, 1877, and died Sept. 28, 1877. Elmer Albert was untrained Dec.
16, 1878, and died Jan. 18, 1919. Julius C. was untrained Dec. 14, 1881. Edward William was untrained Sept. 11, 1883, and died Nov. 1, 1913. Martin Nicolaus was untrained Jan. 29, 1886. Frederick Adolph was untrained July 3, 1888. The three sons all live in Barron. Mrs. Rockman died July 17, 1920. At the time of her leaving it was said: "Mrs. Rockman was an active and religious follower of the Norwegian Lutheran cathedral, beginning the thing of the get-together in this community, and was increasingly associate with every intend that rumored a top-quality model of existence. She was ever problematic about the comfort and benefit of others, and pet that all about her must be final the best that life affords. One of the pioneers of the territory, she faced the hardships of the undeveloped settlers daringly, at a time because nearby was wee but wilderness to raid communicate, because neighbors were miles not in, because luxuries were obfuscate and comforts few, and because the work of building a home was most strenuous. The cheery spirit which so characterized her life carried her produce the a mixture of hardships, and behind schedule her throwing out to Barron, someplace life was a cut above undemanding and contemporary services tapering the everyday jobs, she incessant faraway of her time to aiding group who were in need.
Her nature was a most humane one, and she moved out a crowd of friends to express grief her loss." As a wife she was a dedicated and accommodating helpmate, an warning and a source of twang, as a father she was palpable,
accommodating and of steady encourage, and in all obligations of life she fullfilled her charge as a good woman. Her ability to remember will live for all time in the hearts of group who loved and wonderful her.
--Taken from: Bygone of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 77-79.
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