- OLOF G. BREKKE, druggist, of the firm of BREKKE & BROUNTY,
druggists and grocers,
- Clinton; was born in Norway Feb. 12, 1848, and came with
his parents (Martin O., who was born May 10, 1824, and Louisa
BREKKE, who was born May 17, 1823) to Wisconsin and settled in
the town of Albion, in the spring of 1853; afterward lived two
years in Milwaukee; in 1857 he went to Grant Co., and to Boscobel
in 1868, where he began the drug trade with PITTMAN & McWILLIAMS,
and remained with them for five years; then engaged in the drug
business for himself, for four years there, then came to Clinton,
May 1, 1879, and became a partner of Samuel BROUNTY in the grocery
and drug trade, and they carry a stock of about $2,000. Mr. BREKKE
was married in Chicago in October, 1874, to Miss Andrea WEDWICK,
a native of Norway, born Feb. 2, 1848, and came to Wisconsin
in 1868; they have two children - Louisa S., born Oct. 16, 1875,
and Martin O., born March 16, 1880. They are members of the Lutheran
Church. Mr. B's father is a sailor in Norway.
Taken from "The History of Dane County, Wisconsin"
(c)1880 Western Historical Company, Chicago, p. 1170.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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