Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Charles D. Blassingham, who for the last twelve years has efficiently performed the duties of register of deeds for Barron County, was born in Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind., Feb. 7, 1867, son of Thomas A. and Comfort A. Blassingham, his parents being farmers. When he was 14 years old the family came west to Barron County, Wis., settling on a farm in Maple Grove Township. After attending common school to the age of 18, he began learning the miller's trade with J. W. Taylor of Barron, and having mastered it, he subsequently operated Mr. Taylor's flour mill until 1906, in which year he moved to Rice Lake, where for two years he was manager of a similar mill. In 1908 he was elected to his present position as register of deeds, taking office on the first Monday in January, 1909, and through successive re-elections, he has since continued to serve. Politically, he has always been a Republican. As a public official he has proved efficient and accommodating and has gained a wide popularity. Mr. Blassingham was married Sept. 13, 1895, to Anna E. Kottke, who was born in Sheridan township, Dunn County, Wis., April 13, 1872, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kottke. He and his wife are the parents of a son, Loyd F., born March 8, 1900, who, after a limited attendance at the high school, entered the School of Electrical Engineering at Milwaukee, from which he was graduated, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree. Mr. Blassingham and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Barron and take an active part in its work, both religious and social. Mr. Blassingham is a member of several fraternal orders, including Camp No. 1268, M. W. A.; Barron Lodge, No. 33, I. O. O. F., and the grand lodge of the same order; and McKinley Lodge, No. 172, K. P., of Barron. He has passed through the chairs in the two first mentioned lodges, and is the district grand master deputy of the I. O. O. F. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 108-109.