Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and others previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Frank P. Roubal, influential official of Oak Grove Township, prosperous and successful farmer, and president of the Campia Equity Exchange Co., which owns the potato warehouse at Campia, has been in this county nearly twenty years. He has been supervisor of the township two years, is a stockholder in the Brill Creamery Co. at Brill, and belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He was born in Manitowoc County, Wis., Jan. 23, 1879, son of Frank and Mary (Sour) Roubal, natives of Bohemia, who came to America when they were children, were married in Manitowoc County, and there farmed for many years. The mother still lives in that county and the father in Rice Lake. In the family there were seven children: Barbara, Mary, Emma, Anna, John, James and Frank P. Frank P. attended school as a small boy, but started out for himself when he was about ten years old. As a youth and young man he worked at and about his birthplace. In 1901 he came to Barron County and the next year bought 70 acres, forty of which was in Oak Grove Township and 30 in Cedar Lake Township. He repaired some of the buildings, cleared some of the land, and there carried on general farming for eight years. In 1910 he sold out and purchased 80 acres in section 36, Oak Grove Township, where he still resides. To the development of this place he has since given his attention. He renovated and repaired the buildings, he has improved the land, and in 1916 he built a modern house and moved the barns and other buildings. Among his modern equipment may be mentioned the Matthews Lighting system. He carries on general farming and has a good herd of Holsteins headed by a full blooded sire. He was president two years of the Rice Lake Cattle Shipping Association, of which he is now a director. Mr. Roubal was married May 22, 1891, to Mary Svacina, born Sept. 28, 1879, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Rouse) Svacina, who now live in Rice Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Roubal have eight children: Frank, born Feb. 9, 1902; Joseph, born Aug. 23, 1903; Mary, born Aug. 11, 1905, who died July 15, 1912; John, born March 27, 1910; Anna, born April 3, 1913; Catherine, born March 28, 1915; Raymond, born Jan. 26, 1918; and Lillian, born March 7, 1920. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 354.