ARL A. LINDAHL, of the firm of Browning, Lindahl & Company, dealers in general merchandise, flour, feed and hay, was born in Sweden, January I8, 1860, a son of John A. Lindahl, also a native of that country. Carl attended the public schools until fifteen years of age, spent one year in college, and after graduating came to America, locating in Colby, Wisconsin. He secured employment one summer for the Wisconsin Central Railroad, was next engaged in contract work for the railroad at Mount Horeb, that State, in 1880 began work on a gravel train for the Chicago & North Western Road, was later made a brakeman on a construction train in the employ of the same road, and in the fall of that year he met with a very severe accident. He was caught between two tars and received internal injuries which disabled him for six months. After his recovery, Mr. Lindahl served as general manager of the warehouse of Smith & Loughrey, at Florence, Wisconsin, for five years, and was then made their bookkeeper. Leaving that position, he went to Walcott, North Dakota, where he conducted a general mercantile store for Morris & Company about six months, and then, returning to Florence, he secured the position of time-keeper for H. M. Wheeler, in driving logs on Pine river. Mr. Lindahl next worked for his old employers, Smith & Loughrev, at their store in Iron Mountain for one year, and then bought a mineral spring at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and bottled mineral water. That was the first business enterprise Mr. Lindahl ever entered for himself. One year afterward he came to Norway, Michigan, and formed a partnership with R. C. Browning and J. E. Anderson, under the firm name of Browning, Lindahl & Company. They purchased the store of John Linquist. Mr. Lindahl was married September 13, I885, to Miss Clara Hegstrom, of Galesburg, Illinois. They have four children, the eldest being eight years of age. In his social relations our subject is a Master Mason.