Barron County, Wisconsin - Chapter 13: Biographical and Geneological Review, 1922 (part 29 of 46)

Prof. Julius Stackman, instructor of vocal music and organizer of com¬ munity singing classes, is widely known throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the Dakotas, where he has managed schools and concerts, and stands high with all who know him as a musician, and instructor and a man. He was a pupil of Dr. H. R. Palmer, the gospel song writer, teacher and composer, and for years director of music at the Chautauqua Assembly, Chautauqua, N. Y., and to that master's teachings he has added new methods of his own. Of late years he has retired somewhat from the activities of instruction and travel and finds his delight in out of door life on his pleasant little farm at Cameron, where he does truck farming, dairying and poultry raising, making a specialty of pure blooded prize winning White Wyandottes and single comb Anconas, which he ships far and wide for breeding purposes. He still keeps in touch with the musical world and corresponds with many men and women well known in musical circles. Julius Stackman was born in Germany, Sept. 30, 1863, son of Christopher and Caroline (Zilke) Stackman, who brought him to Westchester County, N. Y., in 1864, and to Sauk County, Wis., in 1868. He was reared in Sauk County, learned farming from his father, and as a young man worked out for neighboring farmers and later engaged in truck farming for himself. From youth up he was much interested in music, and as he grew older and received special instruction under competent teachers, discovered that he not only had excellent talent as a vocalist, but also the faculty of organization and instruction. Consequently he took up the organization of singing schools and classes as a life work, going from place to place, con¬ ducting schools, and then giving a grand concert by the class as a demon¬ stration of his work. In 1904 he first came to Barron County for the purpose of conducting classes at Rice Lake, Chetek and Cameron. He was much pleased with the county, and in 1909 bought a few lots at Cameron and took up his home here. In 1910 he purchased his present place of eight acres. Mr. Stackman was married at Beaver, Minn., June 3, 1896, to Lydia E. Applebee, daughter of Frank and Alma (Martin) Applebee, who were born in Barring¬ ton, Ill., of New York stock, and were there married. During the Civil War Mr. Applebee saw more than three years of hard service with the Nineteenth Illinois Regiment. After that conflict he and his wife came to Beaver, Winona County, Minn., and there, with the exception of thirteen years spent farming in Lincoln County, Minn., they farmed until 1898. In that year, or soon there¬ after, they moved to Bruce, Rusk County, this state, and secured 600 acres of wild land, and on this land and in the village of Bruce they have resided up to the present time. Mrs. Applebee died on March 8, 1921. Mr. Applebee owns a fine cottage on the shores of Amacoy Lake, and spends much of his time there during the summer months. Mrs. Stackman has gained quite a reputa¬ tion as a trained nurse and has made herself useful and helpful to the sick and afflicted in numerous towns and country places surrounding Cameron and the vicinity, and has also done much of this work in Winona and Wabash Counties, Minn.

Reuben Dudley Whittier, Civil War veteran, Wisconsin pioneer, early Chippewa River lumberman, agriculturist and hotel man, now deceased, was born June 12, 1847, in Vienna, Maine, and was there reared and educated. He was but fourteen years of age when the Civil War broke out, but even at that tender age he was thrilled with a desire to join the colors, and a year later when he was fifteen he was allowed to do so. He served with Company G, 30th Main Volunteer Infantry, participated in many notable engagements and was three times wounded. After being mustered out he came to Wisconsin, and with headquarters at Eau Claire, began lumbering along the Chippewa River. As the lumber business in that region declined, he purchased a large farm near New Auburn, this state, and for two years operated a hotel in that vil¬ lage. In 1902 he retired and moved to Rice Lake, where he died Jan. 26, 1920, after a short illness. Fraternally, Mr. Whittier was a member of the G. A. R. and the I. O. 0. F. His religious affiliation was with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Whittier came of a most excellent family. Of remote Scotch-English descent, he traced his line back to some of the early New England families, still represented in the east by many distinguished men. John Greenleaf Whittier, the poet, was a member of one branch of the same family of Whittiers. Mr. Whittier took especial pride in the fact that ancestors of his had fought in the Revolution and in the War of 1812. His own record added to the military glory of the family, and when the son, Victor G., became an officer in the United States service for the World War, the record was still further completed, the Mexican and the Spanish-American Wars being the only important conflicts missing from the family archives. Mr. Whittier was married May 18, 1887, to Sadie Jones, born at Prairie du Chien, Wis., Feb. 6, 1869, the daughter of John and Susan (Riley) Jones, and this union has been blessed with one son, Victor Grover, born Feb. 27, 1888. Mrs. Whittier is an accomplished pianist and teacher of the pianoforte, having a large class of pupils who are proving a credit to her methods of instruction. She studied music in Eau Claire under such teachers as Mrs. Robert Murray, Mrs. Anna Whitford and Miss Jane Wyatt, the latter of whom had received her own instruction in some excellent schools in London and Paris and. graduated under a French tutor of some note. Mrs. Whittier, then Miss Jones, herself became a teacher at the age of sixteen, and has followed that line ever since. Even while keeping the hotel with her husband at New Auburn, with the many duties of hotel life to be attended to, she continued her classes. She is regarded as a most efficient instructor and musician. She is a lady of refined tastes, and aside from being active in her profession, is an efficient worker in many public causes and is honored as one of the leading women of the town.

Peter Veit, now deceased, a well known employe of the Rice Lake Lumber Co. for many years, was a substantial, solid citizen and held the esteem and respect of his fellow men. He took his part in the affairs of the city, repre¬ sented his ward several years on the county board, served many times as a member of election boards, and was always ready to do his share in every¬ thing that he believed to be for the best interests of the community. He was an excellent husband and father, and was pre-eminently a home man, taking the greatest pride in his family. His death, March 1, 1919, was sincerely mourned. He was born in Budenheim, Germany, was educated in the govern¬ ment schools and devoted his young manhood to farming and working in the famous forests there. He came to America in 1889, and with headquarters at Chippewa Falls, Wis., entered the employ of the Weyerhauser Lumber Co. It was in 1897 that he came to Rice Lake and entered the employ of the Rice Lake Lumber Co., with whom he stayed for the remainder of his life. He was a skilled and faithful workman whose services were highly valued by his employers. Fraternally, Mr. Veit was a member of the Catholic Knights. Mr. Veit was married Oct. 9, 1891, to Anna Degan, who was born in Germany, Dec. 9, 1863, daughter of Carl F. and Anna (Miller) Degan, both natives of Ger¬ many and both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Veit had seven children: Mary, Bennett, Elizabeth, Christene, Peter, Polly and Anne. Mary was born Dec. 17, 1892, and died Aug. 19, 1895. Elizabeth was born Jan. 12, 1895, and is the wife of Thomas Glennon of St. Paul. Christene was born Nov. 16, 1896, mar¬ ried Joseph Grant, and has two children, Vernal and Beatrice. Peter was born Feb. 10, 1898. In 1916 he married Beulah King, of Rice Lake, and has three children, Virginia, Donald and George. He resides at home. Molly was born Sept. 16, 1899, and is at present with the Advance Auto Accessories Co. of Chicago. Anne was born June 11, 1903, and resides at home. She is employed at the Inderrieden Canning Co. of Rice Lake.

Anton T. Galby, president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Chetek, was born in Ridgeway, Iowa, Dec. 12, 1871. He attended school until seventeen years of age, and then became a telegraph operator on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in his native place and that vicinity. Subsequently as station agent or assist¬ ant station agent he was operator at Centralia, Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Scandinavia and Wausau, all in this state. He came to Chetek in 1900 and after a short time became identified with the banking business. He was one of the incorporators of the Farmers & Merchants Bank in February, 1908, and became the first cashier, a position he relinquished to succeed to his present position upon the death of K. Rosholt in January, 1920. His personality has been the dominant factor in the success with which the institution has met. He is active in public affairs, a real leader in the community and has served his city as alderman and treasurer and his school board as treasurer. Mr. Galby was married at Scandinavia, Wis., Oct. 10, 1894, to Theodora M. Zwicky, who was born in that place, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Zwicky. Mr. and Mrs. Galby have two sons, Ralph V., born Aug. 14, 1896, and Manford C., born Nov. 11, 1900, both of whom are students at the State Uni¬ versity at Madison, Wis. The family faith is that of the Lutheran Church.

Oliver G. Sands, manager of the extensive yards at Rice Lake, of the Lampert Lumber Co., of St. Paul, was born in Eau Claire County, Wis., March 15, 1882, son of Christ and Amelia (Frederickson) Sands, natives of Norway, who came to this country at the ages of nineteen and four years, respectively. They were married in Pleasant Valley Township, Eau Claire County, Wis., and settled on a homestead which is still in the family and occupied by Mrs. Sands, her good husband having passed away June 5, 1918. They were the parents of eleven children: Sever, Josephine (deceased), Oliver G., Clarence, Edward (deceased), Minnie, Bertrand, Louisa, William, Joseph and Theodore. Oliver G. received his education in the common schools of his native township and in the Eau Claire Business College at Eau Claire, Wis. As a youth he learned the carpenter trade, and then, with headquarters at Minneapolis, took up the general contracting business, most of his work being in North Dakota. For five years he wjis yard manager for the Thompson Yards, Inc., with head¬ quarters at Minneapolis. In the spring of 1920 he became interested in the Somerset Club property, consisting of timber lands and cottage sites on the banks of Lake Hammill, in Bayfield County, this state. June 1, 1920, he assumed the duties of his present position. The yard carries a general line of lumber and building material, together with coal, wood and other fuel. Mr. Sands has just built a pleasant modern home at 814 Lake Street. He is a member of the Masonic body. Mr. Sands was married Sept. 22, 1906, to Clara Moen of Pleasant Valley Township, Eau Claire County, Wis. She is the daugh¬ ter of Thorsten and Eli Moen, who were born in Norway and were early settlers in Trempealeau County, this state. Her father died May 12, 1918, but the mother is still living on the farm in Eau Claire County. They had a family of seven children, of whom six are now living, namely: Annie, Gustav, Gena, Hans, Gilbert and Thorvald, the last mentioned being a Lutheran cler¬ gyman now residing in Shaffer, N. D. The others reside in Trempealeau and Eau Claire Counties. Mr. and Mrs. Sands are the parents of three children: Elsie, born Aug. 14, 1907; Oliver, born Sept. 18, 1915, and Raymond, born on Thanksgiving Day, 1919.

Frederick Museus was born in Christiania, Norway, son of Carl Frederick Museus. The family came to the United States in 1847 and settled on a farm near Oconomowoc, Wis., where the father did a little farming, but being a cabinet maker by trade spent most of his time making furniture for the neighbors. In 1878 they moved to El Paso, Pierce County, this state, and four years later to Turtle Lake Township, Barron County. Here the father and the mother both died. Frederick was brought to this country when he was about two years old and was reared on the farm near Oconomowoc. In 1862, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and served three years with the Army of the West, taking part in many important campaigns and battles. After the war he returned to the home farm. Later for many years he lived in Pierce County, first as an employe in a grist mill at Martell and then as hostler and gardener for Dr. Hoyt, at Hudson. Later, after his marriage, he settled on a farm near Hudson. In 1882 he moved to Chetek. He and his wife, Alice Johnson, native of Rock County, Wis., are still living in that city.

Charles H. Museus, a successful real estate agent of Cameron, president of the Cameron State Bank and the State Bank of Hillsdale, was born at Hudson, Wis., May 24, 1872, son of Frederick and Alice (Johnson) Museus, the pioneers. He first entered school in his native county of Pierce, and came to Chetek, this county, with his parents in 1882 when he was ten years of age. Here he completed his early education. With this preparation he entered the University of Wisconsin, where he completed his education, after which he engaged in the real estate business at West Superior, Wis. In 1893 he came to Chetek, and after teaching three years, was made superintendent of schools, in which position he served for six years. Then he went to Chicago and took a course in the Chicago Dental College, with a view of practicing dentistry. But in 1903 he was persuaded to give up his studies to enter the banking field as cashier of the Bank of Cameron. This position he held until 1910 when he resigned from the position to take up real estate. As president of the insti¬ tution of which he was formerly cashier, he still has an important influence upon its destinies. He is also as noted president of the State Bank of Hills¬ dale and a director in the Chetek State Bank. Fraternally, he is a mmber of the Masonic order and of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Museus was married on Thanksgiving Day, 1906, to Hannah Jorstad, daughter of Ole and Fredricka Jorstad, early settlers of Cameron, where they are now living retired.

Lars C. Selvig, a respected citizen of Barron, where he is living retired after a successful career in agriculture, was born in the county of Sande, Norway, Jan. 11, 1845, son of Christopher Selvig. His mother's name before marriage was Martha Catherine Anderson. After her death Christopher Selvig married a second wife. He was the father of 21 children in all, eleven by his first wife and ten by his second. Of the first family three came to America, Lars C., John and Catherine, and nine are still living. Of the second family, also, three came to this country, John, Thorval and Frederick, and nine are living. Lars C. Selvig at the age of nine years left home to work for a neigh¬ bor, Hans Aasnes, an extensive farmer and mill man, receiving for recompense his board and clothes. He remained with Mr. Aasnes until reaching the age of 21, after which he worked for two years in the city of Drammen. In 1868 he came to America, landing at Portland, Me., April 19. From that place he came on to Chicago, but remained in the latter city only two days, going to Pentwater, Mich., where for a year he was employed in the lumber industry, working part of the time in a sawmill and the remainder in the woods. In the spring of 1869 he came farther west, to Menomonie, Wis., then an important center of the lumber industry, and entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co., with whom he remained until the spring of 1873, working in a mill or in the woods, according to the season, as a common laborer. His work during the winter of 1869-70 was in Barron County, near Turtle Lake. On July 15, 1871, Mr. Selvig married, at Menomonie, Louise Anderson, who was born in Norway, Nov. 24, 1850, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jourgen Anderson. She had been a schoolmate of his in Norway and had come to this country two years later than he. In the spring of 1873 Mr. Selvig left Knapp, Stout & Co. to settle on a homestead at Prairie Farm, Barron County. It consisted of wild land, heavily timbered, and he began improvements by erecting a log house in which three of his children were subsequently born, and which was occupied by himself and his family for six years. He gradually developed his land into a good farm with substantial buildings and resided thereon successfully engaged in general farming until Sept. 10, 1910. He then sold one-half the farm to his son, John, and moved to Barron, where he bought his present comfortable residence. He had increased the size of his original farm to 320 acres, onehalf of which he still owns. He is also a stockholder in the Prairie Farm Co¬ operative Creamery, of which he was one of the organizers. He is a member and was one of the organizers of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Prairie Farm, and served it as a trustee for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Selvig have reared a family of 12 children, all born in Barron County except the eldest, and all of whom are now living. In order of birth they are as follows : Marthina, now Mrs. Edward Falkenburg of Barron; Fred L., of Pasco, Wash.; Trema, now Mrs. Thomas Pierce of Enderlin, N. D.; John, who is on the home farm; Herman L., of Plaza, N. D.; George, of Fergus Falls, Minn.; Lena, who is employed in the state bank at Enderlin, N. D.; Laura, wife of Ole Thofson of Valley City, N. D.; Oscar, of Bismarck, N. D.; Ella, residing with her parents in Barron ; Inga, wife of Benjamin Gilbertson of Barron Township, and Effie, who is a teacher in the public schools of Enderlin, N. D. The son, Oscar, served in the World War, enlisting in the U. S. army at Bismarck, N. D., in August, 1917. He trained at Camp Greene, N. C., and crossed to France in December the same year. He served as military police at St. Anan and various other places in France, and was with the army of occupation in Germany. He returned to the United States in August, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, in the same month, returning home in good health. Mr. Selvig is independent in politics. While on the farm he served for a while as a member of the Prairie Farm town board and as assessor. A sturdy type of man, he began life with nothing but a good constitution and has gained pros¬ perity through his own efforts.

Bemt Anderson, now deceased, for some years a farmer on 80 acres in section 17, east, Maple Grove Township, was a hard working, industrious man, respected in the community and beloved in his family, held in high regard by all who knew him. He was born in Norway, April 22, 1837, and there spent his childhood, youth and early manhood. He came to America in the eighties, and was employed for many years in a chair factory in Rockford, Ill. He came to Barron County in 1903 and purchased the present home place, where he farmed until his death. Sept. 15, 1917. He was a member and regular attendant of the Free Mission Church, and died firm in the faith of that denomination. Since his death, his wife, a most worthy woman, has carried on the farm and is rearing her fine family of children to follow worthily in their father's footsteps. Mr. Anderson was married Dec. 30, 1902, to Inga Larson, daughter of Lars and Lena (Olson) Larson, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1862 and settled in Illinois, where they remained until 1884, and then came to Barron County, where they farmed on 80 acres in sections 4 and 5, east, Maple Grove Township, until 1913, in which year they moved to Cameron, this county, where the father died Jan. 2, 1918, and the mother, Feb. 3, 1920. In the family there were six children: Henry, May, Inga, Sophie, Sherman and Mandy. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were the parents of five children: Mildred, born Jan. 5, 1904; Garfield, born Aug. 26, 1906; Freda, born April 25, 1909; Kenneth, born March 4, 1912; and Vernie, born Jan. 19, 1915.

Martin Petersen, former owner of a brick yard near Barronette, extensive contractor and builder of brick structures, and now operating a farm in Barronette Township, Washburn County, some three-quarters of a mile from Barronette, was born in Denmark, Dec. 15, 1859, was there educated, and there learned the trade of stonemason and bricklayer, which he followed for a number of years. He came to America in 1888, landed in New York and then went from place«to place to familiarize himself with the country and the language, working at his trade in Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. In 1893 he purchased a brick yard in Washburn County, this state, about eighty rods north of the Barron County line, and not far from the village of Bar¬ ronette. The output of this yard he increased to some 500,000 brick a year. He retained the active management of this yard until 1916, and kept an interest in it until 1920. In the meantime he was operating extensively as a contractor and builder, using nearly all the output of his own factory. It is said that in the last fifteen years he has erected more brick buildings than any other firm in Barron County. Most of the brick buildings in Barronette are his handi¬ work. He has also erected brick buildings in Rice Lake, Barron, Cumberland and Haugen, in this county, Spooner in Washburn County and Hudson, in St. Croix County, as well as a number of farm buildings. In 1920 he gave up his pleasant home in Barronette and moved to the Jenson farm in Washburn County, which Mrs. Petersen is to inherit, and where they are to make a home for her honored mother, Mrs. Christina Rasmussen Jenson, so long as she lives. Mr. Petersen has numerous business holdings. When the Barronette State Bank was organized he was made its vice president, and remained as such until 1918 when he assumed his present duties as president. Fraternally, he is a member of the M. W. A. Mr. Petersen was married Dec. 23, 1900, to Anna Jenson, who was born in Denmark, April 4, 1879, daughter of Jens and Christina (Rasmussen) Jenson, natives of Denmark, who came to America in 1893 and settled in Barronette Township, Washburn County, this state, where they took a homestead of 80 acres, over half of which they broke, and on which they conducted farming until the father's death, Aug. 16, 1917. The wife is now living on the homestead with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Petersen. Mr. and Mrs. Petersen have seven children: Laura was born June 10, 1901, and teaches school in Washburn County. Robert was born Feb. 1, 1903, and is at home. Francis was born Oct. 2, 1905, and is attending high school at Cum¬ berland. Paul, born April 1, 1907. and Meta, born Sept. 15, 1910, are doing well with their studies in the district school. John, born Sept. 30, 1912, an unusually bright boy of many engaging traits, died May 24, 1920. Marshall was born March 24, 1916.

Henry A. C. Summers, manager of the Barronette yard of the Interstate Lumber Co., is one of the active men of the village, is doing his share in the progress of the village and surrounding countryside, and is a great believer in the future of this region as an agricultural and dairying center. He has been prominent in the affairs of the Barronette Commercial Club, which is doing much to make the village a popular trading center, and is now its treas¬ urer. He was born Jan. 19, 1887, in Washington County, Minn., the son of Charles and Fredricka (Urtel) Summers. His youth was spent on the home farm where he learned farming from his father and attended the neighboring school. In 1909 he left home and worked for a year as a street car conductor in St. Paul. Then he was employed by the Gribber Lumber Co. in that city for two years. Next, in 1912, he went to Stillwater, in his native county, and for four years worked as a carpenter. He came to Barronette in 1916, to construct the yard and sheds of the Interstate Lumber Co. When the work was completed he was employed as local manager in which position he has since remained. (The Interstate Lumber Co. was taken over May 24, 1921, by the Miller Alcott Lumber Co.) Mr. Summers was married Oct. 19, 1914, to Emma Richert, born Oct. 31, 1889, the daughter of Otto and Louise Richert This union has been blessed with one child, Francis, born April 2, 1918. Charles Summers was born in Germany, and there married Fredricka Urtel. They came to America in 1873, settled in Washington County, Minn., and there successfully farmed until 1920, when they sold out and moved to St. Paul where they now reside. In the family there were four children : Louise, Anna, Ida and Henry A. C.

Mads Jacobson, an honored pioneer who has lived in this county more than a half a century, was born in Denmark Aug. 26, 4839, the son of Lars and Anna Jacobson, who spent the span of their years in the old country. The children in the family were Lars, Christian, Rasmus, Mads, Christ, Caro¬ line and Hans. Mads lost his father when he was four years old and his mother when he was seventeen. He served nine months in the Danish army in the war between Denmark and Germany. In 1867 he and his brother, Hans, came to America aboard a sailing vessel, embarking from their native land April 1 and landing in Boston May 1, an unusually quick trip for those days. They came on to Oshkosh, Wis., and arrived there May 10. Their first employment was on farms and in the lumber woods. June 1, 1870, the subject of this sketch filed on a claim in section 22, Chetek Township, this county, and on Nov. 18 brought his wife and four-weeks-old daughter here to live. He made the distance from Oshkosh by team, the journey taking twelve days. Five trips were made before he had everything here. The first winter here was spent in the shanty of Charles Strong. The next summer Mr. Jacobson erected a log house that stood a little south of where the barn is now located. He also put up a log barn, fifty feet long, a length so unusual for those days that the "big barn" as it was called was a landmark for the people for miles around. He started farming with a pair of colts and a cow. Neighbors were few, there were no roads, the best trading point was Eau Claire, far away. One time when in a hurry for supplies Mr. Jacobson made the trip in twenty hours, but it usually took about three days. Ready money was scarce; the farm at first did not produce enough to support the family, and Mr. Jacobson worked about at such labor as he could find. One of his occupa¬ tions was carting supplies over the "tote" roads and trails for lumber camps and settlers. As time passed he was able to devote all his attention to his farm. He has added to the original tract until he has 240 acres, and he has erected a comfortable home, a barn 36 by 70 feet, and other buildings. His farming operations have been successful and his efforts have been crowned with prosperity. He is respected throughout the community for his character and worth, and he is held in the highest regard by all who know him. He has not cared to hold public office, but has accepted a few minor positions such as membership on the school board. He has been somewhat active in the affairs of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Chetek and early services of that denomination were held at his log cabin. Mr. Jacobson was married in Octo¬ ber, 1868, at Winchester, Winnebago County, Wis., to Marie Johnson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson, with whom she came to this country in 1868, they subsequently locating in Chetek Township. Of the eight chil¬ dren born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson there are living two, Louis and Jennie. Jennie is the wife of Herman Wickman, a farmer, of Chetek Township. Louis operates the home place. He was born here April 6, 1892, attended the district school, learned farming from his father, and gradually took over the manage¬ ment of the farm. He is one of the popular men of the community, he is an energetic worker, and stands high as a man, a citizen and a farmer. He is successfully carrying on general farming and makes a specialty of Holstein cattle, Poland-China swine, Belgian horses and Shropshire sheep. The Jacob-

Ole O. Borgen, retired farmer of Rice Lake city, was born in Norway and was there reared and educated. He came to America in the sixties, and headquarters at Menoraonie, this state, worked for Knapp, Stout & Co. and later for other lumbermen, being employed both in sawmills and in the -woods. In the seventies he homesteaded 160 acres of wild land in Barron Township, this county. He cleared a part of it, erected log buildings, and car¬ ried on farming and dairying for many years, at first hardly winning from the wilderness a living for himself and family, but later achieving a fair degree of success. In 1919 he sold the place and took up his residence in Rice Lake City, where he is now living at the age of 74 years. Mr. Borgen married Trena Hanson, native of Norway.

John H. Borgen, who has a good farm of 80 acres in section 31, Rice Lake Township, which he purchased in 1917, and in the development of which he is taking an especial pride, has a good place in every respect. The house is adequate, the barn has Louden equipment, litter carrier and running water, the silo is of a modern type, and the other buildings are fully in keeping. The farm under Mr. Borgen's skilled management produces good crops. A specialty is made of dairying with a fine herd of Jerseys, headed by a full blooded sire. Mr. Borgen is a native of this county, having been born in Barron Township May 4, 1888, son of Ole O. and Trena (Hanson) Borgen. He was reared on the home farm, and there farmed with his parents for several years. In the summers of 1909-10-11, he worked in North Dakota, spending the corresponding winters hunting and trapping in his home neigh¬ borhood. He rented a farm of 240 acres in Barron Township in 1912. This he operated for two years. In 1914 he bought 80 acres of partly improved land in Stanfold Township. On this he continued the improvements, cleared more of the land, and erected a good barn. Then he sold out and came to his present place. Mr. Borgen was married May 24, 1912, at Rice Lake, to Marion Johnson, born Dec. 2, 1884, in Rice Lake city, Barron County, daughter of Ole and Mary Johnson, who came to America from Norway in 1865 and now live in Rice Lake. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Henry Hyde, early merchant of Perley, and for many years one of the solid and substantial influences for good in this region, was born at Hyde Park, Vt., in 1829, descended from good old New England stock. His life as a boy was similar to that of others in his region, and included the usual school attendance and work on the farm. As a young man he started out for himself and in time reached Green County, Wis., where he farmed for some years. In 1880 he came to Barron County. He made his home first at Rice Lake and later at Cumberland. For seven years he worked for the Omaha railroad as a surveyor, for three winters scaling logs for the road. He also surveyed and laid out Cumberland City. From the Andrews & Perley Co. he bought a gen¬ eral store at Perley which he subsequently operated until his death. He also bought 15 acres of land in Almena Township, built an eight-room house and some outbuildings and there did a little small farming in connection with his store business. After a long and useful life he died Jan. 28, 1901. Mr. Hyde was a man of probity and worth, popular with all who knew him, and his death was a distinct loss to the community. His character was appreciated by his fellow citizens, and he served five years as town treasurer of Turtle Lake Township. He was religiously affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. After his death his good wife, a most gracious woman of many accomplish¬ ments, carried on the business for a while and then closed out. She now makes her home on the 15-acre tract. Mr. Hyde was married at Madison, Wis., July 27, 1876, to Frederika Ludwig, who was born in Dane County, Wis., June 7, 1855, the daughter of Christian and Frederika (Schultz) Ludwig, natives of Germany, who settled in Dane County in 1848. Of the five children there are two living, Mrs. Hyde and August of Wadena, Minn. Mr. and Mrs.

Hyde had five children: Amy, Edna, Erwin, Dean and Harrison. Amy is the wife of Thomas Bethel, now deceased. Erwin is in Portland, Oregon, and Dean in Canada. The others are living at home. The family is in high stand¬ ing throughout the community.

Charles Wanner, of the firm of Wanner Brothers, Almena, hardware dealers, steamfitters and plumbers, was born in Hudson, St. Croix County, Wis., March 26, 1883, the son of John and Margaret (Schwalen) Wanner. Both families were well known in the early days in the Northwest. John Wanner was born on the site of the old Minnesota state prison at Stillwater. At that time Stillwater was a pioneer village, the lumbering industry which later gave it a commanding position had scarcely started, and the Indians were stilling ranging up and down the St. Croix River. Haley Schwalen, the father of Margaret Schwalen, cut lumber on a part of what is now the site of St. Paul. That city at that time was but a struggling hamlet, with little indication of its splendid future as the capital of a great and prosperous commonwealth. The subject of this sketch was the first of six children. He was reared in St. Croix County, this state, and received a fair education in the rural schools. At the age of eighteen he took up railroad work as tele¬ graph operator and signal man, and was located at various places, including Cameron Junction, in this county, where he was towerman for several years. In 1910 he came to Almena and established a hardware store. Jan. 1, 1912, he took his brother, Chris, as a partner. They have a good store and carry a good line of goods. They also do general plumbing and install various kinds of heating plants. The young men are both popular in the community, and in business are known for good goods, good work, honest treatment and scrupulous honesty. Mr. Wanner is a popular fraternity man and belongs to Turtle Lake Lodge, No. 313, A. F. & A. M. He was married at Canton. Wis., on May 3, 1905, to Adaline Ross, who was born in St. Cloud, Minn., on April 15, 1885, the daughter of Henry and Belle Ross, early settlers of Arland Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Wanner have two children, Dorris and Marlow. It is interesting to note that John Wanner, the father of the subject of this sketch, visited Barron County as early as the winter of 1879-80. and hauled wood near Turtle Lake.

The Farmers' State Bank, of Carlton, was organized October, 1917, with a capital of $10,000, and opened for business on Oct. 1, 1917, in a solid brick building, 24 by 40 feet, just completed for that purpose. The first officers were: President, C. J. Johnson; vice-president, J. M. Ward; cashier, Erland Engh; these gentlemen, with George Nelson, R. Rasmussen, Simon Berg and C. A. Beggs, being the first directors. The present officers are: President W. G. Malcolm; vice-president, J. M. Ward; cashier, E. O. Johnson; these gentlemen, with A. O. White, Jay Packard, B. M. Apker and W. W. Winchester, constituting the board of directors. The building constitutes an ideal village banking house. It is a sightly structure, fireproof throughout, with cement floors, and a full basement, and equipped with all the latest devices and modern furniture, safety, convenience and comfort being the dominating key note.

Ervin O. Johnson, the energetic and efficient cashier of the Farmers' State Bank of Canton, was born in Woodville, St. Croix County, this state. May 27, 1898, the son of Charles J. and Marie (Welk) Johnson. He came to this county with his parents in 1902 and after completing his studies in the common schools entered the Barron High School in 1913. In 1915 he entered the Rice Lake High School and was graduated in 1917. Then he entered Ripon College, where he took a two years' course in commerce and business, specializing in banking. Upon completing this course in 1919. he worked for a short time conducting a store in Poskin, in this county, and for a short time was in the employ of the Almena State Bank, in Almena, this county. Aug. 1, 1919, he took up the duties of his present position. Under his management the bank experienced a decided advance. He is regarded as a most admirable man for the position, he is a sound financier, he is of genial temperament, he has a capacity for hard work, he has known local conditions since early boyhood, his patrons are his friends, and he has the confidence of all with whom he deals. His personality is a part of the success with which the institution has met, and under his capable direction it is forging ahead to still greater possibilities. In addition to the usual banking business, the insti¬ tution handles various lines of insurance, and Mr. Johnson is proving himself most admirably suited to success in this branch also. Aside from being a stockholder in the bank of which he is cashier, he is also interested in the Bank of Campia. His business holdings include a part ownership in a tract of 620 acres near Radisson, in Sawyer County, this state.

Albert Curt, a well known resident of Almena village, was born in Germany Aug. 4, 1860, oldest of the five children of Wilhelm and Fredericka (Hessa) Curt, who spent the span of their years in the old country. He was educated in the government schools and performed the required military service, being released from the army in 1881. In 1883 he married Henriette Malke, also a native of Germany. He came to America in 1892, with his wife and three children, Herman, Clara and Ida, and located at Almena, in Barron County. His first work was loading 62 cars of wood. His hands were soft and before the arduous task was completed they were raw and blistered, and his body was lame and sore. He secured a tract of land in Clinton Township, and there started farming. A log cabin was standing on the place and five or six acres had been cleared. When he moved onto it his farm animals consisted of a team of horses, a team of oxen, an old cow and five heifers. He began to clear up the place, erected some buildings, and was just getting where he could see success in sight, when the forest fires swept everything away. But un¬ daunted, he started in again. Upon selling his farm he bought a seven-acre tract, now known as Curtiss Hill, at the edge of Almena Village, and there put up a modern home and farmed on a small scale. Later he sold out and moved to Almena Village where he now resides. He is practically retired from the more active duties of life, but keeps busy and in touch with business life by serving as mail man. He and his family are members of the German Lutheran Church. In addition to the three children named, two more, Frieda and Metta, were born in this county. Herman is connected with the Almena Creamery at Almena. Clara is the wife of J. F. Banyon of Minneapolis, Minn. Ida died in 1908. Frieda is the wife of Albert Daeka of Minneapolis, Minn. Metta is the wife of Ernest Nelson of Minneapolis.

The Almena Creamery and Cheese Factory was built in 1918 by Herman A. Curt, who is still the sole owner and proprietor. The building is a one story structure, 40 by 80 feet, located just north of the railroad station, and equipped with modern appliances. The creamery department has two cream pasturizing vats with a capacity of 400 gallons each, a power churn and butter workers with a capacity of 600 pounds, and other conveniences. The cheese department has two vats with a combined capacity of 10,000 pounds, a separator with a capacity of 4,000 pounds, cheese presses and the lik^, while the curing room has a capacity of 3,000 pounds. The entire plant is operated with electricity and steam. The daily intake in the busy season is about 11,000 pounds of milk for cheese, and about 3,000 pounds of butterfat. The butter which is of a high grade, is put up in prints and in tubs, the prints being sold mostly in this and neighboring villages, and the tubs principally in the New York markets. The cheese, which is of the brick variety exclusively, is shipped to supply the wholesale and retail trade in Wisconsin and Min¬ nesota. Mr. Curt has had long experience in the dairy-products line, and his helpers are all skilled men. His cheese and butter enjoys the highest repu¬ tation, and Mr. Curt is known for fair dealing, both to those from whom he buys and those to whom he sells.

Herman A. Curt, proprietor of the Almena Creamery and Cheese Factory at Almena, was born in Germany Nov. 26, 1886, the son of Albert and Henrietta

Curt. He was brought to America in 1892 and was reared in the vicinity of Aimena. In 1904 he took a course in the agricultural department of the University of Wisconsin. With this preparation he began his career by working as an apprentice to Charles Kaemmer, a butter maker at Almena. Then he worked as a butter maker at Bellville, Illinois; Barney, North Dakota; New Rich¬ mond, St. Croix County, this state; and Cumberland, in this county. He built his present factory at Almena in 1918. At first he made cheese exclusively, but he is now turning his attention more and more to butter making. Mr. Curt was married May 12, 1909, at Almena, to Ollie S. Miller, born at Elmore, Minn., on Jan. 29, 1890, the daughter of August and Emelie Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Curt have three children: Alenora, Albert and Loretta.

Ole A. Eggen, who, since his arrival in Barron County eleven years ago, has made good progress in the development of a farm and is now recognized as a substantial citizen, was born in Norway July 1, 1865, son of Andrew and Barbara (Peterson) Nelson, who were also natives of that country. The father, who was a carpenter, came to the United States in 1890, settling in Sioux City, Iowa, where he followed his trade for three years. In 1893 he went to Jackson, Minn., and died there in January, 1895, of the same year. His wife, Barbara, had died in Norway on Aug. 11, 1887. They had nine children, of whom seven are now living, namely: Andrew (deceased), Mary, Peter, Christina and Ole J., who are still living in Norway; Ole A., subject of this sketch; Margaret, now Mrs. Troan of Clinton Township, Barron County; Anna, living in Barron, Wis., now Mrs. C. Olson, and another Anna, who is deceased. Ole A. Eggen attended school in his native land, where he later learned the stone mason's trade. He followed it there until 1891, in which year he came to America, locating in Sioux City, Iowa, where he worked for two years in a packing plant. In the fall of 1893 he went to Jackson, Minn., and in that city remained fifteen years, working at his trade there until 1910. He then came to Barron County, Wis., and bought 70 acres of wild land in sections 5 and 8, Clinton Township, which place he has since been engaged in developing. He erected a small house, a barn 34 by 60 feet, and other out-buildings, and has cleared 25 acres of the land. He follows mixed farming and dairying, disposing of his cream to the Barron Creamery Co. His cattle are Guernseys. Mr. Eggen was married in Norway Nov. 1, 1889, to Mary Moe, who was born in that country June 30, 1867, daughter of Ingbright and Barbara Moe. Her parents, who have both passed away, had five children, of whom the two first born are now dead. Those living are: Peter, who is in Saskatchewan, Canada; Mary, wife of Ole A. Egger, and Severt, who is in Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Egger have an adopted daughter, Eline, who was born Dec. 31, 1896, in Jackson, Minn. They are consistent members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Charles F. Stout, of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, was born at Cedar Springs, Mich., April 15, 1866. He is the son of Oscar and Elizabeth A. (Benham) Stout. He received his education in the public schools of Cedar Springs and Evart,*Mich., and the Ferris Institute of Big Rapids, Mich., and for business purposes took a course in law, and he was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one. For many years he was engaged in the lumber business and came to Rice Lake as manager of the Rice Lake Lumber Company. He was in the Wisconsin Legislature in 1907 when he introduced and was sponsor for the Public Utility Bill that became a law and was so widely copied by other states. Mr. Stout was married October 19, 1892, to Lila J. Alexander, of Evart, Mich., and to them were born three children, Clarence O., Mary Lwellyn, who became Mrs. Oliver Mauseth, and H. Marshall. Mr. Stout was actively connected with the Rice Lake Commercial Club and interested in the development of his home city, County of Barron and Northern Wisconsin.

Clarence O. Stout, one of the rising young business men of Rice Lake, was born at Evart, Mich., Sept. 18, 1893, son of Charles F. and Lila J.

(Alexander) Stout. He received his early education in the public schools of Evart, Mich., and Westboro, Wis., and was graduated from the Rice Lake High School in the class of 1912. In 1914 he was graduated from the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, Mich. For a while he was employed as accountant by the First National Bank of Rice Lake, and then became city reporter for the Rice Lake Journal. In 1915 he became accountant and salesman for the Automatic Trip Carrier Manufacturing Co. He is now associated with his father in the cigar business, being vice president of the Bear Cat Cigar Co. and secretary and general manager of the Stout Cigar Manufacturing Co., spending a part of his time on the road for this company. Mr. Stout joined the Wisconsin National Guard in 1910 as a private in Co. A, Third W. N. G., later the Machine Gun Company of Third Wisconsin Infantry. On March 26, 1917, this company was called into the Federal service and placed on duty at Superior, Wis., and on the declaration of war was ordered into active service. Mr. Stout entered the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on May 28, 1917, and was commissioned first lieutenant of infantry July 7, 1917, and assigned to the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry at its organization. In October, 1917, he was transferred as adjutant to the 119th Machine Gun Battalion, and in December, 1917, to the 127th Infantry of the 32nd Division, with which unit he that month went to France. He was transferred to the general staff of the 32nd Division in August, 1918, and was with that division in the Army of Occupation, and in May, 1919, was assigned to duty at the Allied Peace Conference, Paris. He returned to the United States in October, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Dodge October 2nd, of that year. He now holds a commission as captain in the infantry reserves. His war service consists of active participation in the battles of the Aisne-Mame, the Oise-Aisne, St. Mihiel and the Meuse- Argonne, and in the occupation of the right bank of the Rhine. Mr. Stout was married June 16, 1917, to Dorothy K. Scharlau, of Rice Lake.

Martin Carlson is one of the most honored and venerated citizens of Barron County. Coming here with nothing but his health and courage, he has built up a beautiful estate, around him have settled his descendants, and few men are held in such absolute honor, respect and love. His children and grandchildren hold themselves fortunate to have such a forbear, and his friends and associates are honored in having his acquaintance. He has watched this region develop from a wilderness, he has seen the rigors of pioneer life, and the prosperity of the present day, and in the great forward movement he has had his full share and part. He has been a hard working, industrious man, all his adult years, he has always represented everything that is good and just, and he is well deserving of all the pleasant things of life that his perseverance has brought him. He is of genial temperament, of kindly and equitable disposition, and upright and faithful in every department of human life. Martin Carlson was born in Norway Sept. 12, 1849, and was there reared and educated. As a youth he became a sailor, and visited many of the important ports of Northern Europe. In 1869 he started out for America and after a long voyage of nine weeks landed in Quebec, from which city he found his way to Milwaukee. Having by that time used up all his funds he borrowed money from friends he had known in the old country and continued on his way to Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wis., where a brother, Anton, had pre¬ ceded him. For some years he worked in sawmills, flourmills and in the lumber woods. In the interim of this work he spent three months in the state of Washington. While thus working at whatever his hand could find to do, he made his plans for the establishment of his permanent home. Accordingly in 1876 he bought 240 acres of wild land in section 16, Dovre Township, and as time permitted, erected a log cabin, 14 by 22 feet. In 1878 he moved into this cabin, with his wife and three children. At first his domestic animals con¬ sisted of a yoke of oxen and two cows, and his equipment consisted of a few crude tools. Hardships were many, comforts were few, luxuries were unknown.

But Mr. Carlson and his wife were young, they had hope and courage, and they were looking to the future. While Mr. Carlson was clearing up the brush, raising what crops he could, carting his wheat to Eau Claire with an ox team, bringing provisions in on his back, sometimes working in the woods for neigh¬ bors to earn a little money, and attending to official town and school affairs, Mrs. Carlson was looking after the garden, tending to her household duties, doing the chores about the house, rearing the babies to husky childhood, and spinning yarn and knitting socks and mittens for her husband and children. By thus working together they built up a good place and established a fine home. At one time they owned as high as eighteen forty-acre tracts. Being a man of strong personality, it was natural that Mr. Carlson should early have been called upon to serve in public office. He served for some years as chair¬ man and as a member of the sideboard, when Dover and Chetek constituted one township. He was a member of the school board for over a quarter of a century. For over forty years he has been an officer of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Dovre. Mrs. Carlson died in June,' 1910. She was a loyal wife, a devoted mother, a kind neighbor and a good friend, a worthy helpmate in every respect, and her memory will be forever cherished by the whole community as well as her family. Mr. Carlson still lives on the farm, but is practically retired from the more strenuous duties of farm life. Mr. Carlson was married June 7, 1873, at Eau Claire, Wis., to Ingrid Stene, who was born in Norway June 6, 1849, and came to America in 1868 with her brother, Ole Stene. This union was blessed with seven children: Anna, Marie, Carl J., Christian G., Ida, Sigurd A. and Hilda. Anna died at the age of six years. Marie lives on the home place and keeps house for her father. Carl J. is dead. Christian G. lives on the home farm. Ida is the wife of Norman Hansen, of Dovre Township. Sigurd A. lives in Dovre Township. Hilda is dead.

Carl Joseph Carlson, now deceased, a highly esteemed and respected farmer of section 16, Dovre Township, spent all of his years from early infancy on that section, and became one of the most popular men in the community. He was a native of this state, born in Eau Claire Aug. 1, 1877, the son of Martin and Ingrid (Stene) Carlson. He was brought to Barron County as an infant, and was here reared and educated, learning farm pursuits from his father. In 1905 he formed a partnership with his brothers, Sigurd A. and Christian G., and the three brothers operated nearly a whole section of their father's farm. By hard work, intelligently applied, the three young men prospered and continued the development started by their father. In time a set of modern buildings was erected for Carl Joseph and a set for Sigurd A., while Christian G. continued to occupy the home buildings. In 1912 the partnership was dissolved. At that time Carl Joseph obtained 300 acres. This he continued to operate and develop for the remainder of his life. He carried on general farming and dairying and made a specialty of raising Durham cattle and Poland China swine. His financial holdings included stock in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek and in the farmers' potato warehouse there. In public life, he naturally took an active interest in the affairs of the town where he had spent the most of his life, and for some years he was a valued member of the town board. After a useful life worthily spent, he died May 27, 1917, and his loss was sincerely mourned. Mr. Carlson from boyhood up lived worthily, that which he accomplished he did well, he was a man of even temperament, a loyal son and brother, a faithful husband, a loving father, and a good citizen and friend. He was married Nov. 15, 1902, to Anna Josephine Aronson, who was born in Norway March 10, 1880, the daughter of Frank and Annetta (Jergeson) Aronson, who brought the family from that country to America in 1893 and settled in Polk County, this state, for six years, later moving to Hayward, in Sawyer County, this state, where they lived for twenty years. Then they came to Barron County for a while and lived five years in Dovre Township, but later returned to Hayward, where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Carlson had eight children: Martin, Agnes,

Carl Oscar Hanson And Family

Irene (died at the age of eight years and four months), John D., Sigurd R., Mary Catherine, Henry Alfred, Harold V. and Norman Conrad. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

John Carlson, now deceased, was for many years an estimable citizen of section 31, west, Dovre Township. He was in every respect a good citizen, a generous neighbor, a hard worker, and an upright man, and his memory will long continue to be honored. He found his deepest joy in his family, and in his large number of children and grand children he took much pride and satisfaction. He was born in Sweden April 22, 1847, the son of Carl and Mary Johnson, who spent the span of their years on a farm in Sweden. Reared and educated in Sweden John remained there until 1875, when he and his brother, Otto, came to America. He had barely enough to get to Menomonie in Dunn County, this state, where for some years he worked on farms at a very small wage. In 1881 he brought his wife and oldest child, Otto, to Barron County and settled on section 31, west, Dovre Township. He drove in by ox team and moved into a log house which he built, 13 by 20 feet. Their equipment was of the most meagre. Their bed and table were home made, their only seats were sawed off logs. Trading points were far away. Sometimes he brought provisions on his back from as far away as Eau Claire, and sometimes his wife walked to Sand Creek after supplies of immediate necessity. These early privations and hardships were in time rewarded with a full measure of prosperity. He added to his possessions until he owned 240 acres, he remodelled the log house into a comfortable residence, he built a good barn 34 by 60 feet with a 21 by 32 lean-to, and he also put up other suitable buildings. He was interested in co-operative effort and had shares in the Spring Hill Creamery, and in the creamery and store at Sand Creek. After a useful and well spent life, he died April 29, 1921. His family faith was that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Carlson was married Aug. 16, 1879, to Ellen Lund, who was born in Denmark May 26, 1861, the daughter of Andrew and Anna Lund. This union has been blessed with thirteen chil¬ dren: Otto, of Dovre Township; Hilda, wife of John Selling, of Chippewa County; Selma, wife of John Larson, of Eau Claire; Elga, wife of Charles Peterson, of New Auburn; Sophie, wife of Arthur Lawrence, of Minneapolis; Elma, wife of Earl Clausen, of Minneapolis; Velve, Hildor, John, Theodore, Edna, Otis and Christina, all at home. There are eighteen grand children.

Harold Hanson, for many years identified with the lumbering operations of north-central Wisconsin, was born in Christiania, Norway, in 1837, and came to Wisconsin as a young man of sixteen years. He was an expert sawer and worked for such concerns as the Esterbrook-Prescott Lumber Co., the Burdick-Porter Lumber Co., and the Valley Lumber Co., with which last named concern he remained for twenty-two years. In time he took a home¬ stead in Dunn County and spent his summers developing and operating it, while working as a sawer during the lumbering seasons. He is now deceased. His wife is living at the age of sixty-three. Of their eleven children, four died in infancy, and seven, Carl Oscar, Ida, Arthur, Laura, Mabel, Helmar and Lydia have lived to adult years.

Carl Oscar Hanson, better known as Oscar C. Hanson, is one of the leaders in Dovre Township. He was born in Eau Claire, Wis., July 6, 1875, the son of Harold and Louisa (Sanvig) Hanson. He was reared and educated in his native city and as a youth became a shingle weaver, an occupation he followed in mills in various parts of Wisconsin for several years. In 1903 he purchased his present farm in section 14, Dovre Township. Some of the eighty acres had already been broken, but no buildings had been erected. He has continued the breaking and has developed a good place, well fenced and well stocked with tools, implements and machinery. The comfortable frame house was erected in 1904 and the good barn, 36 by 60 feet, with full basement, was put up in 1916. The other buildings have been erected as necessity has required. Here Mr. Hanson carries on general farming and dairying, having a good herd of graded Durhams. He is active in everything that pertains to the growth and progress of the community, is clerk of the Chetek Co-operative Shipping Association, a director in the Spring Hill Creamery Co., and a stock¬ holder in the Farmers' Co-operative Store of Chetek. He and his family are loyal supporters of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Dovre, of which he is one of the trustees. Mr. Hanson was married Nov. 12, 1898, to Hannah Tiller, born Dec. 4, 1875, in Dovre Township, this county, in the pioneer log cabin of her parents, John and Martha (Amundson) Tiller. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson have two children: Mildred Lorana and Howard Alexander. Mildred was graduated from the Chetek High School and completed her studies with a year's training at the Teachers' Training School at Rice Lake, and for three years prior to her marriage taught school. She was married July 21, 1916, to Thorvald Moe of Chetek.

John Cronick, a hard working and industrious farmer of section 1, west, Dovre Township, where he is the proprietor of the well-kept and prosperous Lakeview Farm, was born in Polen, Germany, May 7, 1869, the son of Joseph and Louise Cronick. John lost his mother when he was young and for a few years attended school in Germany. In 1879 the father started for America, bringing his motherless son, then but ten years of age. They found their way to Chippewa Falls, in Chippewa County, this state, and from there walked to Chetek, in this county. The boy made his home with the families of August Kwellek and John Kleve, in Dovre Township, while the father worked in the flour mills at Chetek, and then in the lumber woods and in sawmills for Knapp, Stout & Co. He then married Kate Maternoskey and they established a home for themselves and the boy in Chetek. For a while the father was in business in Chetek, and then bought a farm in Chetek Township, where he farmed the remainder of his life. He died in Chetek at the age of 74 and his wife died a few months later at the age of fifty-four. She bore him two children, Michael and Clara. The subject of this sketch attended school at Chetek for a while, worked on farms and as a railroad section man, being promoted until he became section foreman for the "Soo" with headquarters at Dunbar, in Mari¬ nette County. Then he took up farming as a renter. In 1899 he bought his present farm of 149 acres, which was then all wild. He built a log house of one room with a lean-to for a kitchen, and started farming with a few small tools. At first their domestic animals consisted of a cow and a horse. With this beginning he developed a good farm. In 1917 he built a comfortable eight-room house and a barn 32 by 60 feet. He now successfully carries on general farming and dairying and raises Holstein and Guernsey cattle. He takes pride in his home, his farm and his family, and in every way measures up to the full standard of a good citizen. He and his family are earnest sup¬ porters of the Roman Catholic Church at Chetek, and he is now serving as its secretary and one of its trustees. Mr. Cronick was married on Dec. 12, 1889, to Rosa Krecominski, born in Polen, Germany, March 31, 1873. This union has been blessed with thirteen children: Anna is the wife of Alex. Wise, of Armstrong Creek, Wis.; Martin is telegraph operator for the "Soo" line at Cardigan Junction; Joseph is an operator for the "Soo" line at Rapid River, Mich.; Henry is also employed by the "Soo" line; and Paul, Clara, Michael, Theodore, Rosa and Violet are at home. Frank, Stephen and an unnamed infant are dead.

Casper Christianson, an enterprising farmer of section 22, Dovre Town¬ ship, was born in Norway Oct. 25, 1881, the son of Charles and Andre Chris¬ tianson, also natives of that country. They brought their four children: Casper, Carl (who died at the age of nine years), Augusta and Minda, to the United States in 1882, their first born son, likewise named Casper, having died in the old country at the age of one year. They settled first on a farm in Dunn County, this state, and from there came to Barron County in 1883, and took a homestead of wild land in section 30, east, Dovre Township. They erected a frame house and a slab barn, and started farming with a yoke of oxen. For a time they had much to contend with, but after a while developed a good place and achieved success. There they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying in January, 1919, at the age of seventy-one, and the mother in 1915 at the age of fifty-four. In addition to the five children born in Nor¬ way, there were born in this country seven: Anna, Oscar, Carrie, Matilda, Tena, Torfin and Ingwald. Casper was reared in this township and attended the old log schoolhouse in the neighborhood. He learned farming from his father, and as a young man farmed for relatives for several years. In 1901 he bought his present farm of 120 acres and moved onto it in 1911. Twentyfive acres had been broken, but no buildings had been erected. He erected a set of good buildings, including a beautiful bungalow residence completed in the fall of 1921. He has about fifty-five acres broken and successfully carries on general farming and stock raising. He is one of the substantial, hard working men of the community and is in excellent standing with all who know him. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' Store Co. at Chetek. His religious faith, like that of his parents before him, is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Andrew Agerli, better known as Andrew Lee, a representative farmer of section 2, Dovre Township, was born in Norway May 13, 1865, one of the nine children of Christian and Martha Agerli, who spent the span of their years on a farm in Norway. He was reared and educated in his native land and came to America at the age of twenty-two in 1887, borrowing the money to make the trip. He joined friends in Fillmore County, Minn., and there took up farm work for several years. In 1902 he came to Barron County and bought 40 acres of brush land in section 2, Dovre Township, moving his wife and two children into a homesteader's shack which stood on the place. With this beginning he has built up a good farm and has won a fair degree of success in life. He now owns 180 acres, well improved and well tilled, where he carries on general farming and dairying, making a specialty of Holstein cattle. He is interested in everything that is for the best interests of the community and is willing to take his share in every worthy cause. He helped to organize the Ideal Cheese and Creamery Co. in Dovre Township and was one of its first directors. He is a shareholder in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. and the Farmers' Store Co., both of Chetek. Mr. Agerli was married at Harmony, Minn., Dec. 27, 1897, to Mena Christenson, who was born in Norway June 26, 1874, the daughter of Christian Evenson and his good wife Nicolena Hanson. This union has been blessed with four children: Carl Magnus, Nellie Pauline, Alma and Amanda. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Isaac Hewitt, an early settler of ' Dovre Township, and veteran of the Civil War, was born in Ireland, the son of James and Ellen Hewitt, who brought him to the Province of Quebec, Canada, when he was a small boy. He was reared in Canada and as a young man came to the States and located in La Crosse County, Wis. There his parents later joined him and spent the remainder of their lives. From there, too, he enlisted in Co. I, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and did valiant service in the Civil War. Upon his hon¬ orable discharge he worked as a farmer, as a lumberman and as a sawmill man. For a time he owned a flourishing sawmill on Robinson Creek, which flows into the Black River, in Jackson County, this state. In 1875 he located on the northwest quarter of section 3, Dovre Township. His wife's brother, Charles Dake, built a small cabin and Isaac Hewitt bought the homestead right of Mr. Dake's widow. His own brother, George Hewitt, drove the wife and three children, William E., Tena and Ida, up from La Crosse County. At first the family had but little to do with and it was several months before they had a cow. In order to support the family before the farm became pro¬ ductive, Mr. Hewitt spent his winters in the lumber woods, leaving his wife and children at home. In the summer he worked on his farm. The nearest trading point was at Sand Creek, in Dunn County, ten miles away, and from there Mr. Hewitt brought in flour on his back. Thus he and his wife worked to get things started in their new home. As time passed their efforts were rewarded with well deserved prosperity. Mr. Hewitt added another quarter section to his holdings, put up good buildings, and developed a good farm. Foreseeing that dairying was to be the most important industry of this region he assisted in organizing the Dallas Creamery at Dallas, and continued active in its support. A man of strong religious convictions, he helped to organize the First Day Adventist Church at Chetek and was one of its officers. He was likewise active in the G. A. R. Post at Chetek, to which village, in his latter years, he retired. There he died in 1916 at the age of eighty-four. His wife died in 1919 at the age of seventy-five. Three more children, Isaac, Grace and Ellen, were born in Barron County.

William E. Hewitt, an active and leading farmer of section 3, Dovre Township, was born in La Crosse County, this state, Nov. 18, 1867, the son of Isaac and Malvina (Dake) Hewitt, who in 1875 brought him to Dovre Townshop. He attended the old log schoolhouse in the neighborhood, and learned farming from his father. As a young man he worked for several seasons in the lumber woods winters and on river drives in the spring. Gradually he assumed the responsibilities of the home farm. In 1908 he took over the original quarter section, including the home buildings, and there he has con¬ tinued to carry on general farming, paying particular attention to Holstein cattle and Duroc Jersey swine. Aside from looking after his work at home he has done many things for the benefit of the community. He helped to organize the Ideal Cheese and Dairy Co. in section 3, Dovre Township, and has served as vice president and director. He was one of the original members of the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek, and has been active in its support. Like his father before him he is a firm adherent of the First Day Adventist Church at Chetek and has served as one of its officers. As a parent he is interested in education and has done good service as a member of the school board. Mr. Hewitt was married on Nov. 26, 1904, in Dovre Township, to Nettie Rich, who was born in Monroe County, this state, on Oct. 5, 1884, the daughter of Seth and Saphrona Rich. This union has been blessed with four children : Olive, Mabel, Lloyd and Viola, all living at home.

Greger Gregerson, an early settler of Dovre Township, was born in Nor¬ way July 24, 1822, and was there reared and educated. He was married there to Asloug Knudsdatter, who was born March 31, 1831. In the early sixties they set out with their daughter, Anna, to try their fortunes in the New World. Weather conditions were unfavorable, the voyage lasted fourteen weeks, and in the meantime the daughter, Anna, died. The bereaved parents found their way to Manitou Island, off the northern arm of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There he engaged for several years in cutting wood. From there they went to Dunn County, Wis., and located on the Little L Creek. In 1870 they came to Barron County and located on 160 acres of wild land in section 34. He built a log cabin and a straw shed and started to clear up the land. He had but little to work with except his hands. Provisions had to be brought in on his back from Bloomer and Eau Claire, many miles away. His wife carded and spun wool, and knit mittens, stockings and jackets for the family. To the development of this farm they devoted the remainder of their lives and became well known people in the community. Mr. Gregerson died in the fall of 1890. His wife died Dec. 14, 1904. They were firm believers in the Nor¬ wegian Lutheran Church, and early services of that denomination were held in their home. They had four children born in Michigan: Anna (deceased), Louise (deceased); Greger, of Dovre Township; and Ole, who lives on the home place.

Ole Gregerson, an estimable farmer of section 34, Dovre Township, was born in Manitou Island, off the northern arm of the Upper Peninsula of Michi¬ gan, Sept. 1, 1864, the son of Greger and Asloug, who brought him to Barron County when he was a small boy. He was reared on the home farm, learned farming from his father and attended the old log schoolhouse on the farm now occupied by John Knutson. He now owns eighty acres of the home place. He built a good house, a barn 34 by 60 feet, and other buildings, and has purchased suitable tools, implements and equipment. He successfully carries on general farming and has the respect and esteem of all who know him. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' Store Co. at Chetek. He also has other interests. Mr. Gregerson was married at Sand Creek, Dunn County, Dec. 2, 1892, to Ingeborg Dahl, who was born in Norway Sept. 24, 1862, the daughter of Erland and Marit Dahl, and came to the United States in 1889. This union has been blessed with four children, Marie, Gerhard, Adella and Edna. Marie lives in Evanston, Ill. Gerhard is at home. He is a popular and energetic young man, and his father's assistant on the farm. Adella is the wife of Egbert Anne, of New Auburn. Edna is at home.

John Knutson, an enterprising and progressive farmer of section 27, Dovre Township, was born in a log cabin built by his father in section 26, this town¬ ship, Dec. 5, 1880, the son of Halver and Carrie (Olson) Knutson. He was reared to farm pursuits on the home place, and was educated in the log schoolhouse which is still standing on the place which he now owns. For several seasons he worked in the logging woods in winter. When his father died he was not yet of age, but he assumed many of the duties of looking after the home place and the younger children. In 1905 he located on a tract of eighty acres in this township, once owned by his uncle, Gulick Knutson. In 1910 he bought his present place of 160 acres. This farm was the homestead of Ole Thompson, and was later the property of B. N. Thompson. The only building standing on the property when Mr. Knutson purchased it was an old building originally built as a schoolhouse. Mr. Knutson has developed as good a farm as is to be found in the neighborhood. He has a fine set of buildings, comfortable and commodious, his acres are well tilled, productive and substantially fenced, his equipment in the way of implements, tools and machinery is of the best, and his live stock is all sleek and well kept. He makes a specialty of brown Swiss cattle and has a pure blooded sire. His swine are of the Duroc Jersey breed. As a native of the town, it is natural that Mr. Knutson should have taken the deepest interest in its development and progress, and he has its welfare thoroughly at heart. For seven years he has done most excellent work as a member of the school board. It is inter¬ esting to note that he attended the schoolhouse which now stands on his place and which he uses as a chicken house. One spring, in 1894, when Alba Lund was the teacher of the school, the subject of this sketch and some of the other children, transplanted two maple trees in the school yard. Little did he then think that the years would come when he would build his own home on the site where he then conned his youthful lessons, and that his own bright children would play and work and grow under the shelter of the trees he then planted. Within a few rods of the place is the cable bridge across the Cedar River. This bridge is 200 feet long and swings some twenty feet above high water. It is constructed of four stout woven steel cables, the walk being made of planks. This bridge is kept in repair by the neighbors who find it very con¬ venient. Mr. and Mrs. Knutson delight in keeping open house for their friends and their children's friends, and their home is one of hospitality and good cheer. Mr. Knutson was married at Dallas on Sept. 26, 1903, to Emma Thomp¬ son, born in Pine Creek on April 6, 1884, the daughter of Alex, and Ausne Thompson. This union has been blessed with eight children: Elvira, Edith, Hartwell, Orrin, Juneau, Jess Willard, Vivian and Loleta (deceased).

Andrew Eng, an estimable resident of section 25, west, Dovre Township, for some forty years, was born in Norway, Oct. 4, 1850, the son of Erick and Sina Eng, who spent the span of their years in the old country, the father being a shoemaker by trade. There was one other son in the family, Chris, who died in the military service. Andrew was reared and educated in Nor¬ way, and there learned the cabinet-making trade. He came to America in

1871 and located in Door County, Wis., where he followed his trade, and worked in sawmills and in the lumber woods. In 1882 he brought his wife and three children to Barron County and located on 160 acres of wild land in section 26, west, Dovre Township. The lumber for the cabin was hauled by oxen from Rice Lake and Barron, but for two years they did not have oxen of their own. Three cows, however, were soon purchased. For some years, in order to get a little money to help develop his farm, Mr. Eng worked winters in the lumber woods, while his wife stayed at home and looked after the cabin and the family. Gradually better times came and the farm was developed on a profitable basis. On this place Mr. Eng successfully conducted general farming for many years. He helped to establish the Spring Hill Cheese and Creamery Co. and was one of its first officers. He was one of the town supervisors when Dovre was included in Chetek Township, and he was the first assessor of Dovre after the towns were separated. He also served on the school board for several years. Mr. Eng was married in Door County, this state, in October, 1874, to Agnet Olson Rude, who was born in Norway Feb. 24, 1849, and came to the United States in 1874. This union has been blessed with six children: Edward Ward, Anna, Oscar, Sophia, Mary and Alfred. Alfred now conducts the home place for his father. He was born here Nov. 6, 1886, and has always remained at home. He attended the district school and learned farming from his father. He is a steady-going, hard working young man, deeply interested in his work and a leader among the young people of the neighborhood.

Alfred Eng, a representative citizen of section 25, west, Dovre Township, is a native of this county, born on the place where he still lives, Nov. 6, 1886, the son of Andrew and Agnet (Olson Rude) Eng, natives of Norway who settled on the place in 1882. He was reared on the place and attended the district schools. For three winters he worked in the lumber woods and for a few years was employed at Rice Lake. Aside from this he has always been at home. In 1914 he bought eighty acres of the home place and later acquired the remainder. He has a good farm, and everything about it bespeaks the thrift, hard work and good judgment of the owner. He believes in doing his share in everything as a good citizen. He is a director in the Spring Hill Creamery and a stockholder in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. of Chetek. He is well regarded by all who know him and is well on the road to success.

Ole Halverson Lee, now deceased, for many years a solid and substantial citizen of section 28, Dovre Township, was a most estimable man, who left behind him the pleasant memory of a well-spent life. He was a hard worker, a good family man and a helpful neighbor and his death was a distinct loss to the community. Ole Halverson Lee was born in Norway in 1841, and was there reared and educated. He came to America as a young man and landed here almost without means. For a while he worked on farms near Kilbourn, in Columbia County, this state. In 1880 he came to this county and purchased a tract of 80 acres of wild land in section 28. About ten acres had been broken, and a log barn with a straw roof had been erected. He put up a log shanty and in this he was married. They had but little with which to keep house, and less with which to farm. All they had for chairs were sawed off blocks of wood. Their domestic animals consisted of a pair of oxen, a cow, a heifer, a rooster and three hens. With this start they in time achieved success and built up a good place. They also won for themselves an excellent place among the people of the community. After a useful life well spent Mr. Lee died Jan. 28, 1900. Since his death his good wife has continued to carry on the affairs of the home place with the assistance of the two sons. They have built up the barns and the sheds, and are successfully carrying on general farming. Mr. Lee was married on June 4, 1880, to Martha Pinrud, who was born in Norway June 28, 1860, the daughter of Michael and Carrie Pinrud. She came to this country in 1872. This union has been blessed with three children: Henry M., Carl Melvin and Oscar Martin. Henry M., a bright boy of unusual promise, died at the age of fourteen. The other two sons are at home. They are energetic and industrious young men, they take an active part in the affairs of the neighborhood and are well liked by all.

Edward Eng, one of the best known men in Dovre Township, and a man of considerable influence, was born in Door County, this state, July 30, 1876, the son of Andrew and Agnet (Olson Rude) Eng, natives of Norway, who brought him to section 26, west, Chetek Township, this county, in 1882. He was reared here, passed through the district school and had the advantages of courses in the Chetek High School. As a young man he rented farms for three years and in 1906 bought his present place. A crude log house and a log barn had been built and some six acres had been cleared. He has put up a good house and barn and has cleared about 60 acres, carries on general farming and raises Holstein cattle and Duroc-Jersey swine. He early realized the importance of the dairy industry in this region and the necessity of an output for the dairy products. Consequently he assisted in organizing the Ideal Cheese and Creamery Co. and has served as its treasurer since it was first started. He is also interested in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek. Since boyhood up he has been will liked by all. He has the happy faculty of making and keeping friends, is of kindly temperament and genial disposition, and is ever ready to lend a helping hand to every cause which he believes to be of benefit to the community. A man of broad information him¬ self, he is enthusiastic in the cause of good schools and has done good service on the school board. He is also an earnest supporter of the good roads movement. Mr. Eng was married at Chetek on June 6, 1903, to Annett Amund¬ son, who was born in Dovre Township, this county, June 18, 1882, the daugh¬ ter of Simon and Annie (Knappen) Amundson. This union has been blessed with five children: Sidney, born June 20, 1907; Edith, Oct. 23, 1908; Gladys, Dec. 13, 1910; Edna, Jan. 3, 1913, and Laura, June 8, 1915. The family attends the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Chetek, of which Mr. Eng is one of the trustees.

Halver Knutson, one of the early settlers of Dovre Township, was a most estimable man in every respect, and had his full share in the upbuilding of the community in which he lived. He was a sturdy, hard working man, a loyal husband, an affectionate father, and good neighbor and a faithful friend, and he was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. He was born in Norway, Oct. 14, 1841, and was there reared and educated. He came to Amer¬ ica in 1861, and visited about for several years in Michigan, Minnesota, and this state, before settling down in this county in the late sixties. He secured 160 acres, put up a log cabin, started clearing the land, and in 1872 brought his bride here. They started housekeeping with but few of the comforts. His equipment in farm tools and implements was meager. The live stock consisted of a yoke of oxen, three cows and two pigs. While he worked hard to get a little of the land cleared to raise a few crops, she looked after the household, helped with the chores, and spun yarn which she knitted into mittens and stockings. They were devout people, and early services of the Norwegian Lutheran faith were held in their cabin. As the years passed, their hard work resulted in success. After a useful life, worthily spent, he died Jan. 26, 1900, and his death was sincerely mourned. Mr. Knutson was married May 23. 1872, in the log cabin on the present place, to Clara Olson. She was bom in Norway, Feb. 7, 1853, and came to America with her grandfather, Abram Abramson, and an aunt, Inga Nelson, and settled in Oconomowoc, Jef¬ ferson County, this state. The trip took ten weeks, eight weeks on water aboard an old sailing vessel, and two weeks on land. The grandfather died two months after they arrived in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Knutson had thirteen children, of whom there are living nine: Knute, Emma, Oslo, John, Lena, Ole, Clara, Herman and Gilbert. Knute resides at Home. Emma is the wife of Lewis Newman, of Dovre Township. Oslo is the wife of John Peter¬ son, of Crookston, Minn. Lena is the wife of Oscar Eng, of Superior, Wis.

Ole lives in Minneapolis. Clara is the wife of Louis Bambo, of Minneapolis. John is a prominent farmer of Dovre Township. Herman and Gilbert carry on the home place. They are two of the best known and popular young men in the township. They are energetic and progressive, they understand farming thoroughly, and they are leaders among the young people of the community. Both were born on the home place, Herman, Dec. 7, 1892, and Gilbert, Jan. 6, 1894, and both attended the log school in the neighborhood. They lost their father when they were young boys, and were reared by their mother, and their older brothers and sisters. Gradually they assumed the responsibilities of the home place, and in 1916 took over its active management. They have a good place of 160 acres, and are successfully carrying on general farming and dairying. In 1920, they erected a fine modern bungalow residence. They are stockholders in the Spring Hill Creamery and in the Co-operative Mer¬ cantile Co. of Chetek. They are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Dovre and are active in its young people's society. Gilbert was inducted into the United States service July 3, 1918, and was assigned to Co. M, 343rd Infantry, 86th (Blackhawk) Division. He trained at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., one month, and was then transferred to Camp Mills, Long Island, for over¬ seas equipment. He sailed Sept. 14, and reached England, Sept. 21. He was sent to a hospital in that country, where he remained until Dec. 12. He re¬ turned to the States, Dec. 22, and was discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., Jan. 20, 1919, after which he returned home. He and his brother, Herman, are stockholders in the Spring Hill Creamery and in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. of Chetek. They are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Dovre, and are active in the young people's society.

Albert J. Tiller, a hard-working and well-regarded farmer of Section 23, Dovre Township, was born in the pioneer log cabin of his father, on the place where he still lives, Feb. 1, 1872, the son of John S. and Martha Tiller, early settlers. He was reared on the home place, and attended district school. As he grew to manhood he took over the management of the farm. He now oper¬ ates 280 acres on a successful scale, keeps well abreast of the latest develop¬ ments in agriculture, and is a man of keen judgment and with a deep capacity for industry. He has built over the log cabin into a comfortable home, and has erected a barn, and other buildings. In addition to devoting his life to farming he has spent eight winters in the lumber woods, and twelve springs on river drives. The Spring Hill Creamery has found him a useful official. In public affairs he naturally takes a deep interest as a heavy property holder and native son, and he has served with credit as a member of the board of supervisors. Mr. Tiller has one son, Nels, who is following worthily in the footsteps of his father and grandfather.

John S. Tiller, early settler of Section 23, Dovre Township, was born in Norway and was there educated and grew to manhood. In 1866 he set out for America, and reached this country only after a long, troublesome voyage of many weeks aboard a sailing vessel. He found his way to Chicago, and for some years worked on farms in Illinois. Then he came to Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, this state, and worked in the mills. From there, in 1868, he came to Dovre Township, and secured 160 acres in Section 23. This was all wild. He erected a log cabin, and there he and his wife started home making. For some years times were hard. The trip to Eau Claire for provisions had to be made afoot. Luxuries were unknown and even comforts were few. But the people all had courage and youth and they were bound to succeed. The neigh¬ bors worked together, those that had oxen or superior tools, working for others for a while, in exchange for manual labor rendered in return. In this way, Mr. Tiller managed to get the timber cut from his place. This timber he sold to Knapp, Stout & Co., thus getting a little money to tide him over until his crops became profitable. While he was working out of doors, his.wife was helping indoors, looking after the family and the household duties, and spin¬ ning wool and knitting socks and mittens for her family, sometimes even doing the out-door chores and working in the garden. Mr. Tiller was married at Eau Claire in 1868 to Martha Amundson. She died in 1892, at the age of fifty-four, leaving two children: John S., now on the home place; and Hannah, now the wife of 0. C. Hanson, of Dovre Township. In 1894 he married Dorothy Peterson, who was born in Norway, Dec. 15, 1842, and came to this country in 1882. Mr. Tiller died July 13, 1903, at the age of sixty-four, and his wife is still living on the home place.