Barron County, Wisconsin - Chapter 13: Biographical and Geneological Review, 1922 (part 30 of 46)

Sophus Severson, an estimable farmer of Section 13, Dovre Township, was born in Norway, Oct. 30, 1870, the son of Jens and Mary Severson. He was but seventeen years of age, when in 1887, with his younger brother, Sigwall, then but fourteen, he came to America. For a while the two boys made their home in Chetek, working in the woods in the winter and on farms in the summer. In 1890, they sent for their parents and the younger chil¬ dren, who located on a farm in Dovre Township, where the father died in 1920 at the age of eighty-four, and where the mother is still living. In 1894, the two brothers purchased a tract of 160 acres in Section 13, Dovre Township. Many years previous, twenty acres had been broken, and some crude shacks erected. But the land had grown over again, and the buildings were not fit to occupy. Sophus, for seventeen years in all, continued to work in the lumber woods winters, and on the river drives in the spring, putting in long hours of hard work. In the summer he ope^ted the farm in partnership with Sigwall. They erected a good set of buildings, cleared up a part of the land, and carried on general farming. The partnership was discontinued in 1900. The subject of this sketch now owns 120 acres. He has put up a comfortable home, and suitable barn and sheds, and does general farming and dairying, making a specialty of Jersey cattle. He believes in concerted effort on the part of the farmers. Mr. Severson was married at Chetek on July 11, 1900, to Emma Thompson, who was born in Dovre Township, on March 28, 1880, the daughter of Louis Thompson. This union has been blessed with six children: Louis, Mabel, Helmer, Norris, Charlotte and Earl. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Dovre, in which Mr. Severson has held office.

Hans Christian Olson, a sturdy pioneer of Section 2, Dovre Township, was born in Norway, May 16, 1851, and was there reared and educated. At the age of eighteen, in 1869, he borrowed money enough for his fare, and started for America, arriving in due time in Rushford, Fillmore County, Minn. For a while he worked on farms, and then took up railroad work along the Southern Minnesota, working from La Crosse, Rushford, Wells and St. James. He was also a logger in the lumber woods. In 1874 he took a homestead of 160 acres in Section 2, Dovre Township, and hired a man named Peter Knapp, to build a log cabin, and a neighbor to break ten acres. In the fall of 1875 he moved into the cabin with his bride. There for several years he and his family endured many hardships. The little money that he had saved was soon gone. The first wheat he raised cost more than he could get for it. Often he had to bring in flour and other provisions from Sand Creek, in Dunn County, making the trip afoot. His wife had a spinning wheel, and spun yarn with which to knit socks and mittens. As time passed they attained prosperity and built up a good place. In 1893-94 they built a substantial home, and in 1907 a suitable barn. Other buildings have been put up as necessity has required. The farm has many natural advantages, and is pleasantly located on the banks of the Cedar River which flows through a part of the place. Mr. Olson successfully car¬ ries on general farming, and raises pure-bred Guernsey cattle, Duroc-Jersey swine, blackface Shropshire sheep, and Percheron horses. He is a thorough believer in the still further development of the county as a dairy region, and was one of the organizers and first officers of the Ideal Cheese & Creamery Co. at Hewitt Bridge, Dovre Township. Mr. Olson was married at Eau Claire in 1875 to Pauline Jensen, a native of Norway. She died in 1901, leaving thirteen children: Henry, Josie, Mary (deceased), Emma (deceased), Arndt, Julius, Ludwick, Hilda, Anna, John, Albert, Agnes and Elmer. Albert operates the home place with his father. He is one of the energetic, industrious men of the community, is a good farmer and a good citizen, and is well liked by all who know him. He is an advocate of modern methods in farming and uses good judgment in all his operations.

Amt Oien, for a quarter of a century a resident of Section 36, Dovre Town¬ ship, was born in Norway, Jan. 2, 1863, and was there reared and educated. He was but nineteen, when he came to America in 1872, and located in Mar¬ quette, Michigan. In 1874 he came to Minnesota, and located at Menomonie, Dunn County, where he entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. Six years later he went to Eau Claire, in Chippewa County. In all, he spent twenty-two winters in the woods, and thirteen springs on the river drives, in the meantime spending his summers in farm work. In 1896 he secured a tract of 160 acres in Section 36, Dovre Township, Barron County. Log buildings had been erected, and about fifty acres had been broken. He gradually developed the place, built a good set of buildings, and brought the land to a profitable stage of cultiva¬ tion. In 1908 he sold the place to his son-in-law, Peter William Nelson, with whom he now makes his home. Mr. Oien was married in Norway to Ingeborg Peterson, who was born in Norway, Sept. 21, 1862, came to America in 1882, and died on this place March 28, 1916. There is one daughter, Clara, the wife of Peter William Nelson.

Peter Nelson, a well-known farmer of Section 27, Dovre Township, was born in Denmark, and was there reared and educated. He married Marie Nel¬ son, the widow of Christian Nelson, by whom she had two sturdy sons, Julius and Peter William. Mr. Nelson came to the United States in the eighties, and found his way to this state, where he worked in the lumber woods about Ash¬ land, on Lake Superior. By working hard for two years, he managed to get a little money together, and sent for his wife and the children. In 1899 he brought them to Barron County, and located on 160 acres of land in Section 27. A log cabin had been built and a few acres broken. They moved into the log cabin, and started to develop the place. They have improved the tract into a good place, put up a sightly set of buildings, and placed the land under culti¬ vation. They still live on the home place, which is operated by the son, Fritz. Fritz is one of the popular men of the community, is a good farmer, thoroughly understands his business, and is well liked by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have one other child, Olga, the wife of Peter Lear, of this town¬ ship.

Peter William Nelson, an enterprising farmer of Section 36, Dovre Town¬ ship, was born in Denmark, April 18, 1881, the son of Christian and Marie Nelson. He lost his father as an infant, and was brought to this country by his mother, joining the stepfather, Peter Nelson, at Ashland, in this state. The subject of this sketch worked in that vicinity, on farms and in the woods, for a number of years. In 1908 he came to Barron County. He owns and occu¬ pies the farm in Section 36, Dovre Township, for so many years owned and occupied by his father-in-law, Amt Oien. He is a prosperous man of good standing throughout the community. He is interested in everything that is for the best interests of the farmers, and is a stockholder in the Farmers' Co-operative Store at Sand Creek, and in the Farmers' Co-operative Warehouse at New Auburn. Mr. Nelson was married on Dec. 19, 1908, to Clara Oien, born in Eau Claire, this state, on Feb. 8, 1888/ the daughter of Arnt and Ingeborg (Peterson) Oien, natives of Norway. This union has been blessed with three daughters, Irene, Agnes and Ella.

Hans Anseth, a representative farmer, owning 80 acres in Section 14, Dovre Township, was bora on a farm in Norway, June 29, 1881, son of Andrew and Olena (Hoxness) Anseth, the former of whom died in Norway, and the lat¬ ter of whom is still living in that country. In the family there are six chil¬ dren: Hans, Anna, Julius, Ole, Andrew and Kgel. Of the children, Julius was the first to come to this country, and in time the others followed. Hans was reared and educated in Norway, and spent his young manhood working on farms. He came to the United States in 1904, and settled at New Auburn, Chippewa County, this state, spending his -summers working on neighboring farms and his winters working in the woods. For a time, in order to see more of the country, he traveled in the Northwest, working in the harvest fields, har¬ vesting grain and husking corn. In 1906 he purchased eighty acres in Section 14, Dovre Township, which, with the exception of about two acres, was all wild and without buildings. He did not at that time settle permanently on the place, but continued his general work for others. At various intervals he cleared and developed his own place, and erected a house, barn, silo and other buildings. For the past few years he has lived here, and is successfully carrying on general farming and dairying. He has a good herd of pure-bred Holsteins, and a good drove of horses, headed by a Belgian stallion. His hold¬ ings include stock in the Spring Hill Creamery, the Chetek Co-operative Cream¬ ery, the Chetek Co-operative New Idea Cheese Co., the Chetek Farmers' Co¬ operative Store Co. and the Consumers' Store at Chetek. In public life he has been road supervisor. He was the first man in Dovre Township to install a tractor for general farm purposes, buying the machine in 1917.

Arthon J. Holt, a substantial farmer of Section 11, east, Dovre Township, was bora in Corn Valley, Vernon County, Wis., Oct. 17, 1866, the son of Ole and Mary P. (Fangstad) Holt, natives of Norway. He spent his boyhood in his native place, in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, this state, and Sand Creek, Dunn County, this state. He became interested in the lumber industry as a mere youth, and for seventeen winters worked in the woods, during six of which he continued into the spring and worked on the river drives. He spent his summers on farms, and for a while operated different places as a renter. In 1906 he purchased his present place of eighty acres. He drove here with a hired team, and with his seven children moved into an old log shack. He started with one cow, and toward fall was able to buy a horse. Just before snow fell he completed a log cabin, 17 by 23 feet, and moved his family from the shack they had been occupying. For several years he divided his time be¬ tween working on his own place, working in the woods, and working for the neighbors. Gradually, however, he was able to devote more and more of his time to his own place. He has erected a good set of buildings, has cleared the land, and developed a good farm. He also owns another farm of 120 acres, two miles to the west. He carries on general farming and dairying and takes especial pride in his good herd of graded Holsteins. He has been interested in the growth of the town and has taken his share in its progress. For fifteen years he has done most excellent service on the school board as treasurer. He and his family are loyal supporters of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Holt was married July 9, 1892, at Sand Creek, Dunn County, this state, to Olive Hanson, who was born in Corn Valley, Vernon County, this state, July

29, 1868, and was brought to Sand Creek when she was one year old. She is the daughter of Mathias and Marie Hanson, natives of Norway. This union has been blessed with eleven children: Mamie, Edwin, Ella, Rudolph, Arthur, Edith, Alice, Bernice, Herman, Orville and Maynard. Orville was born Jan.

Oscar Lundgard, a successful farmer, proprietor of the Fairview Dairy Farm, of Section 20, Dovre Township, is a native of this county, born in Chetek Township, July 23, 1880. He was left an orphan when a small boy, and was taken into the home of Christian Lundgard, where he was given parental love and care. He was sent to the district school, was taught farming, and has always lived on the place, with the exception of the ten winters which he spent in the lumber woods. He bought the farm in 1906. It consists of 160 acres. Here he has continued the improvements, has a good place, and successfully carries on general farming. He has fixed over the house, put up a barn, 34 by 64 feet, a silo, 37 by 12 feet, and other buildings, and has purchased a good supply of machinery, tools, implements and equipment. He has a good herd of Holstein cattle, a good drove of hogs, and some Percheron horses, as well as other domestic animals. He is a stockholder in the Spring Hill Creamery and in the Farmers' Store Co. at Chetek. In public life he has done his duty as a good citizen, and is performing most excellent service as a member of the town board. He is a helper in everything that has for its object the best interests of the community. He has been especially interested in the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Dovre, has been a member of the board, treasurer and janitor. Mr. Lundgard was married at Dovre on May 29, 1909, to Sanna Holter, who was born in Norway, March 26, 1879, the daughter of Sever and Karen (Ingebretson) Holter, who brought the family to America in 1884 and located at Duluth, Minn., coming a year later to Dovre Township, where they bought a homestead from Ole Hakenson, where they lived until Mr. Holter's death, in 1917, at the age of seventy-three. Mrs. Holter, who was born April 4, 1842, now makes her home with the Lundgard family. In the Holter family there were seven children: Charles, Allie, Chris, Cornelius (deceased), Caroline, Sanna and Sanna (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Lundgard have two children: Victor Sylvester Christian and Opal Constance.

Homer J. Myers, a retired farmer of New Auburn, has been one of the best known men in southeastern Barron County for many years, and has a most favorable reputation as a preacher, religious worker and farmer, as well as a useful citizen and a good neighbor. He was born on a farm in Hebron Town¬ ship, Jefferson County, Wis., Aug. 22, 1864, the son of Harvey and Hannah (Pratt) Myers, natives respectively of Vermont and Massachusetts, and des¬ cended from old American families. The parents came to Jefferson County, this state, bringing their two children, in 1840, and settled in the wild forest in Hebron Township. There were no roads, the nearest neighbors were far away, Milwaukee, the trading point, was forty miles to the eastward, a long and tiresome journey indeed. On this place, nine more children were born, making in all, eleven, of whom Homer J. was the eighth. There the parents spent the remainder of their lives. The father was originally a Baptist, but later joined the Adventist Church. The subject of this sketch was reared on the home farm, in Jefferson County, and attended the district school of his neighborhood. In 1877 he moved onto a rented farm in his native county, and there remained for three years. He came to Dunn county, this state, in 1880, and bought eighty acres of land in Spring Brook Township. There, in addition to farming, he erected a sorghum mill. In 1882 he went back to Jefferson County, and rented a farm in Sullivan Township. There he also engaged in the sorghum business for a while in connection with his farming operations. In the spring of 1886 he came to Barron County, and settled on a tract of 200 acres in Dovre Township, a part of which he had purchased in 1877, while liv¬ ing in Jefferson County. On this tract a small house had been erected and a garden spot cleared. There he continued to carry on general farming. Sub¬ sequently, he bought and sold pieces of land. He now owns 200 acres in Sec¬ tions 25, 26 and 36, Dovre Township, a short distance from New Auburn, where he carried on general farming and dairying, raising Holstein cattle, Poland- China swine, Shropshire sheep and Percheron horses. He also owns a farm of 160 acres in Section 13, Dovre Township, which he rents. He has always been a believer in co-operative effort on the part of the farmers. He helped to organize the first creamery started in New Auburn, then Cartwright, and was its first president. He is a stockholder in the present creamery and in the store at New Auburn. In public affairs it is natural that he should take a prominent part. When Dovre was set off from Chetek, he was a member of the first township board, and has served in the same capacity for several years since. While living on the farm, he served efficiently for several years as a member of the school board. It is however, as a preacher, perhaps, that Mr. Myers is best known. He has been a communicant of the United Brethren Church for thirty-four years, and in its ministry for fifteen years. He has preached in Turtle Lake, Bass Lake, New Auburn, and elsewhere, and is a sin¬ cere, able, earnest and convincing talker. He is now active in the Sunday

Ole A. Jorstad And Family

School at New Auburn, which he organized, and of which he is now super¬ intendent. Homer J. Myers was married in the town of Palmyra, Jefferson County, Wis., June 17, 1877, to Lois A. Chapman, who was born in Jefferson County, this state, April 6, 1869, the daughter of Ezra and Celista (Walker) Chapman, natives of New York State. Mr. Chapman fought through the Civil War, and was killed by a sharp-shooter almost at the close of that conflict. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one daughter, Nettie, born Oct. 18, 1888, the wife of E. J. Knight, of Dovre Township. They are now operating the 200-acre farm of Mr. Myers. They have two children: Homer John and Earl Leslie.

Ole A. Jorstad, a solid and substantial farmer of Section 7, Dovre Town¬ ship, was born in Norway, Sept. 5, 1855, the son of Arne and Anna Jorstad. He attended school for a while, and there grew to sturdy youth. In 1873, when only seventeen years of age, he came to America, and located in Portage County, this state. The next year his parents and the rest of the family joined him, and in 1875 they all came to Dovre Township. For some years, Ole A. assisted with the home work in the summer, and worked in the lumber woods winters and on the river drives in the spring seasons. In 1892 he located on his present farm that he had homesteaded flve years previously. The land was then nearly covered with woods. Five acres had been cleared, and a small log stable built. He put up a frame house, and started to build up a farm. At first all the stock he had was one cow. which he secured from his father. He now has a good place, and a good herd of cattle. Here he successfully carries on general farming, and is regarded as one of the representative men of the community. As the father of a fine family of children, he has naturally been interested in education, and has done good work as a member of the school board. Mr. Jorstad was married at Cameron on May 22, 1896, to Anna Fossum, who was born in Marathon County, Dec. 4, 1872, the daughter of Andrew and Oliena Fossum, of Stanley Township. This union has been blessed with seven chlidren: Elmer, Alma, Hulda, Christ, Olga, George and Edna. Alma resides in St. Paul; the others are at home. Elmer was inducted into the United States service Aug. 30, 1918, and became a member of Company D, 120th Engineers. He trained at Fort Harrison, Indiana, and was discharged Dec. 17, 1918. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Andrew Newman, pioneer, whose original name was Andreas Nymon, is one of the most honored and venerated citizens of the southeastern part of the county. He has come through all the hardships incident to life in the wilderness, he has built up a good estate, he has founded an excellent family, and he well deserves all the pleasant things of life that his latter years have brought to him. From the very first he has been staunch in upholding every¬ thing that he believes to be for the good and progress of the community, and his influence on neighborhood affairs has been considerable. He was born in Norway, Aug. 25, 1837, and there grew to manhood. In 1868 he came to Amer¬ ica, aboard a sailing vessel. He landed at New York, came by rail to Chicago, continued by rail to Galena, Ill., came up the Mississippi to near the mouth of the Chippewa by packet, and up the Chippewa on a lumber boat, reaching Eau Claire eleven weeks from the time he bade farewell to his parental home. At Eau Claire he obtained employment in the sawmills. In the fall of 1868 he secured a homestead of 160 acres of wild land in Section 23, Dovre Town¬ ship, and there built a log cabin, 12 by 16 feet, cutting all the timber by hand. To this cabin, in 1869, he brought his bride. There they started homemaking with but little save their youth, their ambition and their courage. Their house¬ hold utensils were meager, their furniture crude and mostly home-made. The farm tools were few. The domestic animals consisted of a cow and a calf. Soon he put up a log stable, and got a few sheep, so that his wife could have wool to spin into yfern with which to knit mittens, socks, caps, and other arti¬ cles. A little later he got a pair of horses, one of the first in the neighborhood. Eau Claire, the market place, was far away, and the trip there, with the ox team, was slow and even hazardous. There were no churches, and services of the Norwegian Lutheran denomination was held in his home. Later he helped to organize the congregation at Sand Creek, assisted in building the church, and served as one of its trustees. About ten years after he moved onto the place, he built a larger log cabin, and still later he remodeled it into a good frame house. He also put up a substantial barn, which has since been remod¬ eled to larger proportions. He has built up a good farm in every particular, and has achieved merited success. A man of influence and good judgment, he served for some years as a member of the school board of his district. He has helped to start many local enterprises. He was one of the organizers and original stockholders in the Spring Hill Creamery, and served as one of its directors. He was also one of the first to buy stock in the Farmers' Store Co. of Chetek. Mr. Newman was married at Sand Creek, Dunn County, this state, Aug. 7, 1870, to Marit Andersen, who was born in Norway, Jan. 7, 1846, and came to the United States in 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Newman have eight children : Mary, Louis, August, John, Anna, Julius, Richard and Albert Martin. Mary is the wife of Charles 0. Holter, of Dovre Township. Louis farms in Dovre Township. August is on the home place. John farms in Dovre Township. Anna is the wife of N. B. Thompson, of Macintosh, Minn. Julius is a farmer of Dovre Township. Richard is a civil engineer in Washington. He is a veteran of the World War, having served over two years in France with the American Expeditionary Force and the American Army of Occupation. Albert Martin is the manager of the Spring Hill Creamery. Three children, Dena, Alfred, and an unnamed infant, are dead. Mrs. Andrew Newman is a gracious lady of many admirable qualities. She has ably assisted her husband in all his efforts, she has kept good cheer and comfort in the home, her personality has been the guiding spirit of the family. She is a good wife and a good mother, the welfare and comfort of her household being her first thought. She is a good neighbor, always kindly and helpful. She is active in all good work. Now, in the sunset of life, she is deeply beloved by all who know her, and highly esteemed and respected throughout the entire community.

August Newman, a well-known and prosperous agriculturist of section 23, Dovre Township, has for many years been a prominent and successful educator in several states of the Union. As a citizen and farmer he is making use of his superior training and experience, and he is regarded as one of the most useful men in the community. He is a native of the section where he still resides, having been born in a pioneer log cabin Aug. 6, 1874, the son of Andrew and Marit (Anderson) Newman, the pioneers. He received his early education in the log schoolhouse in the neighborhood, and in the Chetek High School. Then he taught a year in District 4, this township, and a year in District 3, this township, the district in which he was educated. In 1896 he entered the Northern Illinois Business College at Dixon, Ill., and studied there two years. Next he taught two years at Sand Creek, Dunn County. With this experience, he went West, and taught two years at Eugene, Oregon; two years at Olympia, Washington; and one year at Coilbran, near Grand Junction, Colorado. In 1906 he returned to Wisconsin and spent a year in temperance work for the Wisconsin and Minnesota Tem¬ perance Society. The next six years he was principal of schools at Altoona, Wis. In 1916 he took a postgraduate course at the State Normal School at River Falls, Wis. He was acting principal of schools at Maiden Rock, Wis., for two months. He finished that season as teacher of agriculture at Ells¬ worth, Wis. Then for two years he was principal at Benton, Wis. In 1918, after a long and successful career as a teacher, he retired. He had been an ideal educator, who was not only thoroughly versed in the subjects he taught, but was also possessed of a kindly and sympathetic understanding of child nature, and had the happy faculty of inspiring the boys and girls to interest, and encouraging them in their best work. Upon retiring from teaching he took over the management of the old homestead where he now lives. He carries on general farming and dairying and makes a specialty of

Mr. And Mrs. Andrew Newman

Holstein cattle and buff Orpington fowls. He is a stockholder in the Spring Hill Creamery, of Dovre Township, and a member of the Barron County Shipping Association. As a retired educator it is natural that he should take an interest in school affairs and he is doing good work as treasurer of his district, the district in which he attended school and later taught school. Mr. Newman was married at Drammen, Eau Claire County, Wis., Nov. 11, 1905, to Amanda Richard, who was born in Iowa on June 4, 1885, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Richard, and died at Eau Claire Feb. 1, 1914, at the age of twenty-eight years, leaving three boys, Gordon, Wallace and Delos. Mr. Newman was married at Minneapolis June 12, 1918, to Solveig Christensen, born in Norway on Dec. 29, 1884, the daughter of Gustav and Ragna Christensen, and widow of Olaf Nelson, by whom she had one daughter, Esther. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Lewis Newman, a substantial and successful farmer of Section 15, Dovre Township, was born in a pioneer log house on Section 23, Sept. 17, 1873, the son of Andrew and Marit (Anderson) Newman, the early settlers. Although still a young man he is one of the oldest men living in the county who are native sons of the county, and the marvelous growth that has taken place from a region of timber and stumps, with lumber camps and scattered settlers, to a populous and fertile garden spot, has all taken place since he was a boy. He was reared to farm pursuits on the home place, assisted in its development, and attended the log schoolhouse in the neighborhood. His first experience in the woods was at the age of seventeen, and thereafter he spent eleven seasons working in the woods in the winters and on the drives in the springs, thus spending from five to seven months each year. He well remembers the first year, that of 1891, when the snow was still deep on -the ground at the time the camp broke up, April 7. In 1905 he purchased his present 160-acre farm. There he has built up a good place. He has a sightly, modern, ten-room home, built in 1918; a commodious barn, 34 by 56 feet, built in 1914; and an impos¬ ing silo, 12 by 35 feet, erected in 1916. Other sheds and buildings have been erected as necessity has required. Mr. Newman successfully carries on gen¬ eral farming on a profitable scale. He raises pure-blooded Guernsey cattle, Poland-China swine, and good horses. He is a stockholder in the Spring Hill Creamery, in the Co-operative Mercantile Co., of Chetek, and in the Farmers' Store Co., of Chetek. He is also a member of the Chetek Co-operative Shipping Association of Chetek. As the father of children, he is interested in educa¬ tion and has done good service on the school board for eight years. He is a useful and active citizen, and believes in everything that has for its object the best interests of the whole community. Mr. Newman was married at Chetek on Aug. 16, 1896, to Emma Knutson, the daughter of Halver and Carrie Knut¬ son. She was born in Dovre Township on Jhn. 16, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. New¬ man have a fine family of eight children : Mildred, Lula, Harvey, Truman, Phil¬ lip, Viola, Wallace and Leonora, all of whom are a credit to their parents. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

John Newman, a representative and industrious farmer of Section 23, Dovre Township, was born in a log cabin on the place where he still lives, May 7, 1878, the son of Andrew and Marit (Anderson) Newman, early resi¬ dents. He was reared on this place, attended the log schoolhouse in the neigh¬ borhood, and learned farming from his father. He has always remained at home. He now owns eighty acres of the old homestead. His modern and com¬ fortable home was erected in 1908. The barn, 36 by 64 feet, and the silo, 12 by 33 feet, were erected in 1915. Other buildings have been put up as neces¬ sity has required. Mr. Newman carries on general farming and dairying, mak¬ ing a specialty of a herd of Holstein cattle with a full-blooded sire at the head. As a native born son, and a representative of one of the leading families of the township, he has naturally been interested in everything that has tended to make farm marketing more profitable. He is a director of the Spring Hill

Creamery, a stockholder in the Farmers' Store Co. of Chetek. The bare recital of Mr. Newman's career and interests, however, does not convey an adequate impression of Mr. Newman's real worth to the community. From boyhood up he has taken his share in everything that he has believed to be for the good of the neighborhood, he takes pride in his family and in his farm, he is a good citizen and a good neighbor, and he has a deep faith in the future of the town¬ ship in which he was born and where he has spent his life. Mr. Newman was married at Chetek on June 27, 1908, to Mary Thompson, who was born in Win¬ nebago County, Iowa, on April 19, 1886, the daughter of B. N. and Carrie (Gunderson) Thompson, of Chetek. Mr. and Mrs. Newman have three chil¬ dren : Kenneth, James and Mavis. One, Morris Audley, is dead. Kenneth was born Nov. 29, 1910; James was born Jan. 16, 1916; and Mavis was born March 8, 1918.

A. Martin Newman, the popular and progressive manager of the Spring Hill Creamery, in Section 19, Dovre Township, was born in a log cabin on Sec¬ tion 23, Aug. 21, 1892, the son of Andrew and Marit (Anderson), prominent citizens. He learned farming from his father and brothers, attended the dis¬ trict school, and early became interested in dairying. In 1912 he took the dairy course in the Agricultural College of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. With this preparation, he went to Union Grove, Racine County, Wis., and had charge of a creamery one season. Next, he had charge of a creamery at Black Earth, in Dane County, Wis., for five years. The next season he was similarly engaged at Mt. Horeb, in Dane County, this state. On Aug. 15, 1917, he took his present position. No better man could have been chosen for the position. He has known all the patrons since boyhood, many are his relatives, all are his friends. He has the great advantage of knowing local conditions thoroughly. His education and his experience elsewhere, coupled with natural ability and a real love for his work, have made him an expert in his line. He is a skilled dairyman, a thorough business man, a good family man, a genial friend and a loyal citizen. He is conducting the business of the creamery in a profitable manner, turning out about 60 tubs a week. The fidelity and skill with which he labors is shown by the fact that he holds three diplomas for excellence, as well as several prizes. He is well liked by all who know him, takes his part in all the affairs of the community, and is prominent in all social events. Mr. Newman was married at Mt. Horeb, Wis., Dec. 30, 1916, to Mary Froh, who was born there March 14, 1897, the daughter of Christ and Mary Froh, estimable residents of Dane County. This union has been blessed with two bright chil¬ dren: Milford Arvin and Gladys Marie. The family faith is that of the Nor¬ wegian Lutheran Church.

John N. Moen. an active farmer of Section 6, Prairie Farm, is a native of this township and county, having been born in the old log house on Section 6, Sept. 16, 1885, the son of Anton P. and Gurena (Nelson) Moen. He was edu¬ cated in the school in the neighborhood, and learned farming from his father, whom he helped to clear up the home place. As a young man, he worked in logging camps in this state and in the harvest fields of North Dakota. In 1909 he purchased his present place of 80 acres. This was practically all brush land. There were no buildings and no fences, there was no water on the place, and only eight acres had been broken. He started to develop the place and in 1914 moved onto it. He has a pleasant eight-room house, a well-equipped barn, 70 by 32 feet, with full basement, and other suitable buildings. The farm is well developed and fenced, and the tools, implements and machinery are excel¬ lent. He carries on general farming and dairying, and has a good herd of cat¬ tle. He is a believer in everything that is for the good of the community and has taken shares in the co-operative store at Prairie Farm. He is especially in¬ terested in the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Arland, has held offices in it, and has been active in the Young People's Society. Mr. Moen was married in Prairie Farm Township on Feb. 10, 1914, to Mary Wold, who was born in Arland Township, this county, the daughter of Hans and Stena Wold, early set*

Frederick Paulsen, Section 29, Prairie Farm Township, has been a Wis¬ consin town clerk for over twenty years, serving: from 1896 to 1903 in that capacity, in Coon Township, Vernon County, and since 1908 in Prairie Farm Township. He is a conscientious record keeper, he knows how the books should be kept for present reference and future study, and he is very capable in han¬ dling the town's business. He has also been clerk of his school district for many years, having been first appointed in 1903. He was born in Norway, Nov. 21, 1861, the son of Peter and Anna (Frederickson) Paulsen, who brought him and his brother, Paul, to the United States in 1866, and located in Ver¬ non County, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were solid, substantial people, who gave their sons good training, and were faithful to every demand that life made upon them. Frederick was reared on the home farm, paid good attention to his studies in the public schools, and learned farm¬ ing from his father. For some years he farmed a good place of 60 acres in Coon Township, in his native county. He was a prominent man among his as¬ sociates, he took an active part in everything that pertained to the growth of the town, and, as already noted, served with distinction as town clerk. But he heard of the wonderful possibilities of the newly developing dairy region of Barron County, so he decided to cast his lot here. He arrived on Oct. 10, 1393, and settled on 80 acres of his present farm. To this he has since added 20 acres more. His well-tilled place of 100 acres is as good as is to be found in the community. He has a pleasant home, and a fine barn and outbuildings, with a sightly lawn and well-kept yards. His land is well fenced, and is in a good stage of cultivation. His equipment has been purchased with discrimina¬ tion and is admirably suited to his needs. The stock is of good grade and well cared for. In fact, the place is a representative Wisconsin farm, and its owner a typical intelligent Wisconsin farmer. His position in the community is indi¬ cated by the offices which he holds. Mr. Paulsen was married in Vernon County, Aug. 31, 1888, to Karen Iverson, who was born in Norway, Aug. 6, 1864, daughter of Iver Erlandson and his wife, Ingeborg. She died Aug. 9, 1916. She was a gracious woman of many beautiful traits of character, a loving wife, an affectionate and understanding mother, and loyal friend, and helpful and gen¬ erous neighbor. She was everything that a good woman should be, and her death left a vacant place in the hearts of her friends that will never be filled. Mr. and Mrs. Paulsen have one son, Peder Ingman Paulsen, who was born in Vernon County, July 29, 1889. He is a young man of sterling worth, well liked by all who know him, and already making strides along the road to success.

Alvah L. Gumbert, the enterprising proprietor of the prosperous Hillview Dairy Farm, Section 26, Prairie Farm Township, is a well-known man in this vicinity, and is an efficient official here, as he was also in Buffalo County, this state, before coming here. He was born in Gilmanton Township, Buffalo County, Nov. 16, 1869, the son of Jerry and Nancy (Timblin) Gumbert. The parents were born in Pennsylvania and came to this state as young people. After their marriage they established themselves on a homestead in Buffalo County, where they spent the remainder of their lives. At first they endured many hardships getting their start in life. Alma, on the Mississippi, was the trading point, and Mr. Gumbert walked there after provisions, bringing flour, bacon, meal and salt home on his back. Mr. Gumbert was a man highly es¬ teemed in the community. He fought in the Civil War, and was a good citizen in every respect, held in the deepest regard by all who knew him. The sub¬ ject of this sketch, born in a log cabin, was reared amid pioneer conditions, and helped to clear up the home farm. As a young man, he started farming in Gilmanton Township, in that county, and soon became a prosperous and sub¬ stantial citizen. He served with credit as a member of the town board, and he did much for the betterment of farm conditions in the vicinity as the president of the German Valley branch of the American Society of Equity. In 1913 he came to Barron County and purchased his present farm of 120 acres. To the development and operation of this place he has since devoted his attention. He carries on general farming and dairying, and has an excellent herd of graded Holstein cattle, a fine drove of Poland-China swine, and some good grade horses. He has built up an excellent farm, a model in every particular, and everything about it bespeaks the thrift, energy and ability of its owner. He is serving the town as assessor, and his fairness and good judgment have com¬ mended his work to the taxpayers. He is likewise giving good service as clerk of his school board. He is a most estimable citizen and is doing his full share toward the general progress of the community. Mr. Gumbert was mar¬ ried at Gilmanton, Wis., Dec. 26, 1894, to Pauline Schafer, who was born in Alma, Buffalo County, on Dec. 18, 1876, daughter of Mathias and Elizabeth Schafer. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Gumbert is brightened by three children, Edward, Alma and Alice. One child died in infancy, and another, Vera, mar¬ ried Henry Neck, of Prairie Farm Township, and died in 1920, leaving a son. Vane, who was born May 9, 1920. The family faith is that of the Evangelical Church. Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Schafer, the parents of Mrs. Gumbert, were natives of Germany, and came to Buffalo County, Wisconsin, when children, with their parents, and carried on farming there. On Oct. 20, 1920, they cele¬ brated their Golden Wedding. They sold their farm in 1912 and now live re¬ tired in Mondovi. There were ten children in the family, of whom, John, Otto, Arthur, George, Emma, Isabel and Pauline, are living. Those deceased are, Amanda, Lizzie, Fred, and one who died in infancy.

Gregers Anderson, a pioneer, for many years a resident of Section 26, west, Dovre Township, was born in Norway, and came of a line of iron workers, black¬ smiths and machinists. He was reared in his native country, and as a youth, like his ancestors before him, became an iron worker. He married Helen Olson, who was bom in the same neighborhood, and they had eight children, three of whom died in Norway. The survivors were, Andrew, Jerry, Ole, Martha and Anton. Mr. Anderson brought his family to America in 1869, coming to this region by way of Quebec, Canada, Milwaukee, Wis., and Reed's Landing, Minn. For a part of the first summer, they lived with an uncle, John Anderson, who had a farm on Little L Creek, near Menomonie, Dunn County, this state. From there, Mr. Anderson moved his family to Eau Claire, this state, where he worked at his trade as a blacksmith and as an engineer in the mills for two years. In 1871 he went to Minnesota but did not get just what he wanted. That fall he came to Barron County and found a location that just suited him. In 1873 he drove his family up here, installed them in a log house on the place, and provided suitable quarters for his yoke of oxen and two cows. Then he went back to Eau Claire and worked there for another year. In the meantime his wife and children started to clear up the place and got in the first crop. In 1873 he located here permanently, and here spent the remainder of his life with the exception of two different periods when he was away working. He built up a good place, and became a substantial man in the community. He and his wife were both devout members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and he served the congregation at Sand Creek as a trustee. He died March 30, 1891, at the age of sixty-one, and she in January, 1918, at the age of eighty-six. In addition to the children named, they had a daughter, Inga, born in this county, who is the wife of Henry Soberg of Dovre Town¬ ship; also a son named George, who died in infancy.

Anton Anderson, an estimable farmer of Section 26, west, Dovre Township, was born in Norway, Dec. 23, 1867, the son of Gregers and Helen Anderson, who brought him to America in 1869 and to his present farm in 1873. He was reared here, attended school in an old school house, now the chicken house of John Knudson, in Section 27, and learned farming from his father. With the exception of two summers, when he worked in the mills at Rice Lake, he has always remained at home. To the original 160 acres he had added 40 acres more, and he has made many improvements. In 1920, he put up a barn, 36 by

86 feet, with full basement, and furnished with modern equipment. He also erected a silo, 12 by 20 feet, fourteen feet in the ground. He carries on gen¬ eral farming and dairying, and makes a specialty of Holstein cattle and Bel¬ gian horses. He is a stockholder of the Spring Hill Creamery, and has served as its secretary and as one of its trustees. In township affairs he has been a real leader. He is the present town treasurer and previous to that served a long period as town clerk. For some nine years he was clerk of his school' district. All these positions he has filled with efficiency, ability and dignity, to the credit of himself and the satisfaction of his constituents. The church likewise has found him a useful and active worker, and for some years he was clerk of the congregation at Sand Creek. Mr. Anderson was married on June 17, 1899, to Vanda Hanson, who was born in Norway, March 16, 1872, the daughter of Hans and Bridget Hanson, and came to America at the age of 24 years. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of six children : Hulda, Gladys, Frances, Myrtle, Arthur and Harold, all living at home.

Henry Rabe, an estimable citizen of Section 6, Prairie Farm Township, has lived here for more than forty years, has built up a good farm, has reared an unusually fine family, and in every way has been a fine example to the community of an honorable and God-fearing citizen. He was born in Ger¬ many, Jan. 31, 1862, the son of Charles and Dora Rabe, who spent the span of their years in that country. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native land, and attended school there. In 1872 he came to the United States and located in Carver County, Minnesota. There he was employed as a farm hand. He was frugal and careful, and self-denying, and in a few years saved enough money out of his pay to purchase 110 acres of partly improved land in Sibley County, Minn. Then he married and took his bride there. In 1879 he came to Barron County, and located on 40 acres in Section 6, Prairie Farm Township. He brought with him his family, a team of horses, a little furniture, a few kitchen utensils, a few tools, and a small amount of other supplies, as well as a cow. He built a log cabin, moved his family into it, and started improving the. land. With this beginning he has built up as good a place as is to be found in the neighborhood. He has added to his land until he has 120 acres. The home is pleasant and comfortable, the barn is adequate, and the other out¬ buildings in the best of repair. Mr. Rabe successfully carries on general farm¬ ing and dairying, and has met with a measure of well-deserved success. Mr. Rabe was married on Feb. 13, 1885, in Green Isle Township, Sibley County, Minn., to Caroline Louise Winter, who was born there Jan. 4, 1868, the daugh¬ ter of Michael and Caroline Winter, natives of Germany, who settled in Sibley County in 1866, where both are now living at a good old age. Mr. and Mrs. Rabe have a fine family of fourteen children. They are, Henry, Lena, Emma, Wilhelmina, Elsie, Annie, Herman, Stella, Otto, Selma, William, Edward, Re¬ gina and Beldina. Six of the daughters are married. Lena married Otto Erdman, of Turtle Lake Township; Wilhelmina married George Nuesse, of Turtle Lake; Elsie married Henry Mass, of Arland Township; Anna married Rudolph Reidal, of Maple Grove Township; Stella married David Schmidt, of Min¬ nesota; and Selma married Charles Hover, of Cameron.

Alexander Allen, a well-known farmer who owns 80 acres in Section 11, Rice Lake Township, was born in Sparta, Monroe County, Wis., June 10, 1873, son of Alexander E. and Elizabeth (Shepherd) Allen. Alexander E. Allen, the father, was born in Ireland, came to America in 1861, located in New York State, and then in 1855 came to Monroe County, this state, where he owned successively 40 acres which he purchased that year, 160 acres which he purchased in 1859, and 210 acres which he purchased in 1869. This last place he devoted the remainder of his years to improving. He died in 1910 and his wife in 1914. The subject of this sketch was reared to farm pursuits on the home farm. At the age of eighteen he became a fireman for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and was subsequently promoted to engineer. For twelve years he was brakeman for the Puget Sound Railroad with headquarters at Marmoth. In 1910 he started operating the home place at Sparta, Wis. He came to Rice Lake in 1917 and purchased his present place. He has erected new buildings, made general improvements, and here carries on mixed farming and dairying. He was married March 23, 1907, at Winona, Minn., to Della Thayer, daughter of James A. and Elizabeth (Wallace) Thayer, the former of whom died in 1915 and the latter in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have four chil¬ dren: Dorothy V., born May 16, 1909; Margaret L., born Dec. 28, 1914; Alex¬ ander A., born March 27, 1916; and Merlia E., born Jan. 14, 1921. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

Axel H. Borgen, until recently the owner and operator of a farm of 40 acres in Section 29, Rice Lake Township, but now living retired at Ricd Lake, was for years industriously engaged in farming and dairying. When he ac¬ quired the place in 1913 it was mostly wild timber land, with but ten acres broken. He continued the breaking and clearing, and erected a good set of buildings, including a modern house and suitable barn. In addition to rais¬ ing the usual crops, he made a specialty df a good herd of graded Holstein cat¬ tle. Fraternally, he is a member of Rice Lake Lodge, No. 7, S. A. F. Axel H. Borgen was born in Norway, Nov. 14, 1877, the son of Edon Runni and Hedda Anderson. The father died in 1878, and the mother later married Magnus Larson, who brought the family to America in 1881, located at Rice Lake, this county, where he was employed by Knapp, Stout & Co. in a store, then in 1895 going to Prairie Farm hamlet, in this county, and opening a store, of which he is still the proprietor. The subject of this sketch was left in the old coun¬ try with an uncle when the rest of the family came to America. He was there¬ fore reared in his native land, educated there, and served in the regular army for four years. He came to America in 1901 and found his way directly to Rice Lake where he entered the employ of the Rice Lake Manufacturing Co. From this employ he went to the farm above mentioned. Mr. Borgen was mar¬ ried Aug. 1, 1901, at Rice Lake, to Maren Tandberg, daughter of John and Martha (Olsen) Tandberg, who came to America in 1880, and located in Chip¬ pewa Falls, Wis., where the father worked at his trade as a carpenter uhtil 1893, when he moved to Rice Lake, as one of the owners of the Rice Lake Man¬ ufacturing Co. The father died March 28, 1903, and the mother retained her interest in the concern until 1917, when she sold out. Mr. and Mrs. Tandberg had eight children: Maren, born Oct. 18, 1880; Henry M., born Nov. 10, 1882; John, born Feb. 15, 1885, who died March 12, 1886; Helen M., born Feb. 1, 1887; Orlando J., born Aug. 6, 1889; Arthur B., born Aug. 14, 1891; Ebba, born May 1, 1894; Leonard, born Aug. 6, 1896; and Ingvald O., born Nov. 25, 1898. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Axel H. Borgen lost his wife March 12, 1921, and in April he sold his farm and moved to Rice Lake.

John C. Barta, a solid, substantial citizen of Section 32, Rice Lake Town¬ ship, has assisted in developing three different farms in this county, and has done his share in the general progress of the vicinity. He was born in Mon¬ roe County, Wis., Nov. 9, 1885, son of Carl and Amelia (Arantz) Barta, the former a native of Germany, and the latter a native of Wisconsin, who died in 1885. He was educated in the common schools of his native county and was reared to farm pursuits on his parents' farm. He remained with his father until 1913. In that year he purchased 80 acres of partly-improved land in Sec¬ tion 8, Stanley Township, this county. He erected a frame house, barn and other buildings, and continued the clearing. In 1917 he sold out and bought another 40 acres in the same section. There he renovated the house, built a barn and made other improvements. In 1919 he sold that place and bought his present place of 60 acres. This farm has a good frame house, a log barn and other suitable buildings, and some thirty acres has been broken. To its fur¬ ther development and operation, Mr. Barta is now devoting his attention. Mr. Barta was married Dec. 4, 1915, at Rice Lake, to Julia Johnson, the daughter

Joseph Bungartz And Family

Peter Joseph Bungartz was born in Germany, and was there reared and educated. He came to America in 1855 and secured a farm in Iowa. In 1858, by reason of failing health, he sold out and returned to Germany. In 1862 he again came to America. For three years he served as a private in the Civil War, being a member of the 24th Wisconsin Regiment. After the war he bought a farm near Milwaukee, and later acquired one in Chippewa County, this state. He was a weaver by trade but devoted most of his attention to farming. In Chippewa County his homestead at first consisted of 160 acres of wild land. This land is still in the family. He cleared and broke it, erected a log house and barn, and developed a good place. There he lived until his death, April 27, 1909, his good wife having died June 21, 1884.

Martin Joseph Bungartz, known as Joseph Bungartz, a successful farmer, owning 160 acres in Section 36, Rice Lake Township, was born in Germany, Nov. 17, 1863, son of Peter J. and Margaretha (Wolber) Bungartz. His mother had returned to Germany after the father had enlisted in the Union Army for service in the Civil War. In the early eighties, Martin bought his present farm. A claim shanty had been erected on the place and a little clearing done. He moved into the shanty, and commenced to develop a farm. He built a frame house and a log barn, and purchased equipment as necessity required and means permitted. In 1916 he built the present frame barn. Other buildings have also been erected as required. Mr. Bungartz is a solid, substantial citi¬ zen. He has been road overseer for some twenty years, and a director on the school board for several terms. Mr. Bungartz was married at Rice Lake, Sept. 17, 1889, to Rosalia Krug, daughter of Kosmas and Maria (Schwartz) Krug, natives respectively of Prussia and Austria. The mother died Sept. 15, 1916; and the father, Nov. 24, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Bungartz have five children: John William, Margaret B., Frank J., Helena P. and Ernest V. John William was born July 26, 1890, married Claris Amens, and has one son, Guy J., born Dec. 23, 1919. Margaret B. was born Sept. 14, 1891, married Martin Luethner, and has two children, Millicent and Genevieve. Frank J. was born March 10, 1896. Helen P. was born Sept. 18, 1898, and married Gregory Weber. Ernest V. was born Sept. 23, 1899. The parents of Mrs. Bungartz were early settlers of Barron County. They often walked to Chippewa and one time carried Mrs. Bungartz as a child on such a trip, she being then three months old.

Henry Crotteau, who is successfully developing and operating a farm in Section 25, Rice Lake Township, and is an excellent representative of the younger, progressive farmers of the county, was born in the township where he still resides, Feb. 9, 1887, son of Frank and Georgiana (Parise) Crotteau, natives of Canada, who came to Barron County in 1884, purchased 80 acres in Section 25, Rice Lake Township, of which only ten acres had been broken, and by hard work, cleared up the rest of the farm, erected a substantial home and other buildings, and there carried on general farming. The mother died in 1888, and in 1907 the father retired and moved to Rice Lake City, where he died in 1908. Henry was reared to farm pursuits on the home farm and attended the district school. Upon attaining his majority he became a renter, and as such worked for several years. In 1914 he purchased his present farm. It was then wild, covered with brush and stumps. He cleared up the land, erected a good house and outbuildings, and is well on the road to success. Everything that he has he has achieved by hard labor, and by working early and late, and he deserves much credit for what he has achieved. He was mar¬ ried April 20, 1909, to Eliza Demers, who is also a native of Rice Lake Town¬ ship, bom June 8, 1891, daughter of John B. and Louise (Theiren) Demers, natives of Canada, who came to Barron County in the early days and were among the first settlers of Rice Lake, where they farmed until their death, he dying in 1903 and she in 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Crotteau have six sturdy chil-

Victor E. Emanuelson, who owns forty acres in Section 30, which his father, and he and his brother, Oscar E., of heroic memory, developed, was born in Sweden, May 10, 1884, the son of Nels U. and Anna (Larson) Eman¬ uelson. The family came to America in 1893, and located at Rice Lake, this county, where the father was employed in the mill of the Rice Lake Lumber Co. Later they moved onto the present farm. The tract was all wild when they bought it. They cleared and grubbed the land, put up a frame house and log barns, and successfully conducted general farming. Victor E. was sent to the public schools and assisted with the work at home. When he was nine¬ teen he went to work piling lumber for the Rice Lake Lumber Co. When the father died in 1911, he went back to the farm, which he and his brother, Oscar E., inherited. Together they successfully conducted it for several years. Oscar E. was killed in France, Nov. 8, 1918, and the subject of this sketch now operates it alone. He thoroughly understands farming and is making a good living from the place for himself and his family. Mr. Eman¬ uelson was married May 30, 1917, at Bloomer, Wis., to Ida Phillipsen, daugh¬ ter of Christ and Carrie (Rassmussen) Phillipsen, who live at Haugen, Bar¬ ron County, where they own a good farm. Mr. and Mrs. Emanuelson have one child, Oscar U., born Dec. 29, 1918. Oscar E. Emanuelson was born in Swe¬ den, Jan. 21, 1891. He was inducted into the United States service at Barron, Nov. 20, 1917, and was sent to Camp Grant at Rockford, Ill. He was a cor¬ poral in Company C, 130th Infantry. He sailed from New York, was in the trenches and was killed in action and was buried in an American grave yard in France. His body was brought back and buried with military honors in the Swedish grave yard in Rice Lake Township, Aug. 1, 1921.

Frank E. Frazee, an energetic and modern farmer, owning 80 acres in Section 17, Rice Lake Township, was born in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. July 30, 1886, son of William J. and Alice J. (Dixon) Frazee, who took him to Rock County, Wis., where he attended the public schools until fifteen years of age. With the exception of the five years from 1899 to 1904, when he farmed in Iowa, he worked on the home farm in Rock County until 1911. Then he came to Barron County and purchased a farm of 80 acres in Barron County, half a mile south of Barron. This he sold in 1912, and bought a place of 80 acres in section 34, Rice Lake Township. This he sold in 1916 and moved to the City of Rice Lake, where he engaged in railroad work. He purchased his present place in 1920. He is successfully farming and is developing the place in many ways. Mr. Frazee was married Sept. 16, 1909, at Evansville, Wis., to Jeanette Cushman, daughter of Jefferson H. and Cora (Basey) Cush¬ man, natives of Grant County, this state, the former of whom is still living there, and the latter of whom died in 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Frazee are the parents of three children: Dorothy K., born June 29, 1910; Marjorie J., born Dec. 17, 1914, and Frances C., born May 24, 1917. Mrs. Frazee was born in Grant County, Wis., Sept. 13, 1884. She graduated from the Wisconsin State Normal School at Plattville, Wis., in the class of 1904, and taught graded schools in this state for six years. She is an active member of the Eastern Star.

John Gobler is operating a farm of 120 acres in sections 7 and 8, Rice Lake Township, which he purchased in 1899, which he has developed and which he has operated for more than twenty years. He was born in Ger¬ many May 10, 1862, son of Ferdinand and Dorothy (Jurn) Gobler. Ferdinand Gobler was a miller by trade. He brought his family to America' in 1852, worked at his trade in New York two years, in Detroit, Mich., a year, and in Styles, Mich., four years. In 1858 he bought 40 acres in Brown County, Wis., all covered with timber. He built a log house and barn and started clearing the land and farming. He prospered with the years and added to his pos¬ sessions until he owned 200 acres of land in Brown County. He died in 1910 and his wife in 1916. John came to America with his parents and attended school until fifteen years of age. As a young man he entered the employ of the Hub and Spoke factory at Kaukana, Wis., in the Fox River Valley. With this concern he came to Rice Lake. He is well known in the community and has served several years on the school board. Fraternally he is a mem¬ ber of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Gobler was married Aug. 10, 1876, to Henrietta Made, at Wrightstown, Brown County, this state. This union has been blessed with six children: Louis, Otto, Fred, Herman E., John A. and Dora. Fred A. has worked in the postoffice at Thief River Falls, Minn., for some twelve years past. He married Daisy Krotka, and has two children, John E. and Elsie. Herman E. is married and lives in St. Paul. Dora married Christian Runz, and lives in Dickinson, North Dakota. Mrs. Henrietta Gobler died in October, 1902. In 1904 Mr. Gobler married Laura Carolay.

Frank J. Hauck, agriculturist, dairyman and former educator, was born at Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, Aug. 14, 1874, son of John and Catherine (Schneider) Hauck. He was reared on an Iowa farm, passed through the common schools and received his higher education at Mt. Calvary College, at Mt. Calvary, Wis. With this preparation he became a school teacher in the rural schools of his native state. He was a good teacher, he had the faculty of imparting instruction in an efficient manner and he won the appro¬ bation of the parents and the affection of his pupils. Later he farmed for a while in Iowa. Then he came to Wisconsin and farmed near Sparta, in Monroe County, for a while. He came to Barron County in 1914 and pur¬ chased 249 acres in section 8, Rice Lake Township. He has built a modern house, a commodious barn, machine sheds and other buildings and is excel¬ lently equipped in every way for the successful conduct of extensive farming operations. His cattle are of a good grade, headed by a full blooded Holstein sire, and his swine are of the Duroc-Jersey breed. He keeps well abreast of the times in every way, he is a man of broad information and wide reading, and he is a man of much influence among his neighbors who respect him for his ability and learning. Mr. Hauck was married Sept. 4, 1896, at St. Mary's, Wis., to Odelia Schieffer, and this union has been blessed with nine children: John, Catherine, Arnold, Maria, Margaret, Christian, Anna, Joseph and Alice. John was born July 14, 1898, married Leona Larson, and has one son, Duane. Catherine was born July 2, 1900, married Raymond Hayes and has a daughter, Ethel. Arnold was born Dec. 1, 1902; Maria was born March 21, 1906; Margaret was born July 18, 1906; Christian was born Aug. 21, 1908; Anna was born Nov. 28, 1910; Joseph was born May 26, 1913; and Alice was born July 21, 1916. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church.

Edwin A. Hedstrom is one of the risinjg young men of Rice Lake Town¬ ship. He has a pleasant farm of 100 acres in section 30, which he rents from his father, and he is successfully carrying on general farming along lines which speak well for his future prosperity. He has had experience in the farm life of Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, he has seen military life in several camps in several states, and was an efficient instructor in the service of the United States at the close of the World War. He was born in Prentice, Price County, this state, Feb. 29, 1896, the son of August and Anna (Larson) Hedstrom. The father's name originally was August Ander¬ son and was changed to Hedstrom on coming to Rice Lake. Edwin started work with his father on the home farm at an early age. At fifteen he set out for himself, but his first experience was not encouraging, for after work¬ ing in the lumber woods for the Rice Lake Lumber Co. for two months, he seriously cut his foot and was compelled to spend a month in a hospital. Then he went home for a while. From there he went to Clinton, Minn. With this beginning he worked on farms in the three states, spending his autumns as an engineer on a threshing machine. In 1917 he was inducted into the

United States service. He started training at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Nov. 1. On Nov. 26 he was transferred to the Kelley Field, Texas. His record there was so good that a few months later he was sent to the special school at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, to receive instruction in aerial gunnery. May 16, 1918, he was sent to Ithaca, N. Y., as an instructor in the same branch. He was discharged Dec. 28, 1918. From then until May 18, 1919, he was motorman on the street car system in Minneapolis. Mr. Hedstrom was married July 16, 1902, at Newfield, N. Y., to Ruth Conkrite, daughter of Pierie L. and Mertie L. (Bogart) Conkrite, the former of whom, a ma¬ chinist by trade, operated a grocery store at Ithaca, and the latter of whom died July 12, 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Hedstrom have a daughter, Irene J., born Aug. 6, 1919.

Chris Heldstab, a veteran of the Civil War, and an early settler of Rice Lake Township, was born in Switzerland and there grew to manhood. He married Christina Mortrude, the daughter of a neighbor and a native of Norway. They came to America in 1860 and located in Vernon County, Wis. When the Civil War broke out Mr. Heldstab enlisted in Co. K, 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and served for three years. Later he was a steamboat man on the Mississippi River. In the early seventies he came to Rice Lake Township and took a homestead in section 36. This was all wild land covered with timber. He erected a log house and barn and cleared and improved a part of the land. Intelligent and industrious, he commanded the respect of his fellow townsmen and for years served as chairman of the township board, also for one year as town clerk. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post at Rice Lake, and was religiously affiliated with the German Reformed Church. . After a useful and active career he died in 1897 at the age of 64 years. His wife is still living in Rice Lake Township, now aged 67 years.

John A. Heldstab, a leading official of Rice Lake Township, is living on the place in Rice Lake Township which his father developed from a wilder¬ ness. He is breeding Guernsey stock and has continued the improvements started by his parents, having built a good house, a barn with full basement, a granary, sheds and other buildings. In these buildings he has installed many modern improvements, including a Presto plant which lights the house and barns and a gas engine which furnishes the power to pump water, and operates the cream separator, washing machine and other equipment. On his farm he has a tractor and also a 20-H. P. engine for his silo. In building up his own success Mr. Heldstab has not been unmindful of his public duty, and has taken his full share in public affairs. He is chairman of the town board and a member of the county board on which he is serving as a member of the Board of Equalization. He has held town positions of one sort or another for some fifteen years. He has been treasurer of the school district for a quarter of a century. Mr. Heldstab is a native of this county, having been born on the farm in section 36, Rice Lake Township, where he now lives, Nov. 7, 1873, son of Christ and Christina (Mortrude) Heldstab. He was married in Rice Lake Township Aug. 22, 1907, to Barbara Hefty, daugh¬ ter of Marcus and Catherine (Durst) Hefty, early settlers of this county, the former of whom still lives in the county, the latter being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Heldstab have three children: Clarence M., born May 29, 1908; Blanche L., born Jan. 31, 1910; and Myron C., born Jan. 21, 1921.

Anton King, who is successfully farming 72 acres in section 16, Rice Lake Township, was born in Doyle Township, this county, Oct. 16, 1876, the son of James and Elizabeth (Shivert) King. The parents came from Canada to Prairie Farm Township, Barron County, Wis., in the seventies, and after looking about for a while took a homestead of 160 acres of timber land in section 18, Doyle Township. The county was then almost all wooded. Here and there were lumber camps, but there were only a few settlers. Public highways were little more than trails, and most of the travel was done on the "tote" roads made by the lumber companies. Many times Mr. King carried flour on his back through the woods. The family set to work with a will, cut off a small home space, erected log buildings and started to establish a farm in the wilderness. They prospered with the years and became respected and substantial citizens. The mother died Feb. 22, 1888, age 40 years, and the father Dec. 22, 1892, at the age of 48. Anton was reared amid pioneer conditions. When he reached maturing boyhood his parents were still poor, so he left school to help on the home farm. Later he worked out in the neighborhood. In 1893 he purchased 80 acres in section 17, Doyle Township, and started to clear up the wild land. Two years later he sold out, and then for some time was employed by others. In 1901 he rented the old homestead. The next year he went to Tacoma, Wash., in search of adven¬ ture and worked on the docks and in the sawmills for a time. In 1904 he came back to his native county and rented his present farm. He purchased it in 1918. That same year, on May 18, a cyclone struck his home and destroyed barns, outbuildings and a part of the house. Mr. King has devoted his attention to the conducting and developing of this farm. His holdings include shares in the Red Cedar Cheese Co., and in the warehouse of the Equity Society at Campia. He is much interested in good roads and has been road commissioner of his district for seven years. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Order of Foresters. From his boyhood he has been an enthusiastic hunter and trapper, and also derives much enjoyment from fishing. He has always been fortunate in securing game, such as bear and deer, being a good shot, and besides is a good com¬ panion. Mr. King was married May 14, 1901, in this township, to Alphoene Deriseau, born April 13, 1881, in Rice Lake Township, Barron County, and they have seven children: Anton, born Jan. 31, 1902; Cecelie, Sept. 29, 1904; Louis, born April 31, 1906; Francis, born March 20, 1908; Medrick, born Feb. 26, 1910; Loren, born Aug. 8, 1912; and Harvey, born Nov. 12, 1914. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church. The parents of Mrs. King were Fermen and Addie (Demars) Deriseau, both natives of Canada, where they were married. On coming to Barron County, Wis., they located on eighty acres of wild land on section 13, Rice Lake Township, where Mr. Deriseau began improvements by building a log house and barn. In common with other pioneers, he used to carry flour on his back through the woods. He died on the homestead Feb. 23, 1916, at the age of 72 years. His wife died there in August, 1919, aged sixty-eight. They were faithful members of the Roman Catholic Church. Of their thirteen children, eight were born in Canada and five in Barron County, Wis.

William S. Kinsey, proprietor of the Green View Stock Farm, came to Rice Lake in 1914 and purchased 200 acres in section 11, 40 acres of which he sold two years later. The place is highly improved. The modern house was built in 1917 and the commodious barn of 34 by 80 feet, with full base¬ ment, in 1915. The house is furnished with heat, electric lights, running hot and cold water on both floors, bath room, toilets, and other conveniences. The barn has patent stanchions, running water at each animal's head, electric lights and similar improvements. An electric plant furnishes the lights for house., barns, other buildings and yard, pumps the water and sup¬ plies power for the washing machine, cream separator and other machinery. Mr. Kinsey carries on general farming and dairying. His cattle are graded Holsteins with a full blooded sire, his sheep are Shropshires and his swine are Duroc- Jerseys. Mr. Kinsey has stock in the Red Cedar River Cheese Co. in Rice Lake Township. He has been treasurer of the school board for several terms. In Forest Township, Richland County, he served as a township official. He was born in Wales, son of Steven and Betsy (Swancutt) Kinsey, who came to America in 1871 and located at Evansville, Rock County, Wis. There the father farmed until his retirement, after which he resided with his son, William, until his death on Feb. 8. 1908. His wife died on the farm Feb. 6, 1902. They were industrious, hard working people, of small means, and had to deprive themselves of many comforts to rear their large family of eight girls and five boys. William S. came to this country with his parents when a small boy and was reared in Rock County, Wis., learning farming from his father. In 1889 he purchased 120 acres of improved land in that county. In 1905 he sold out and went to Richland County in the same state, where he purchased 200 acres of partly improved land in section 21, Forest Township. He continued the improvements and built a good house, barns and other buildings. From there he came to Barron County. He was married March 15, 1905, to Vida Alberta Holmes, daughter of Exera S. and Anna M. (Gilmore) Holmes, the latter of whom had been adopted by a family named White. Mr. Holmes died Feb. 16, 1899, and the latter March 25, 1912. Mrs. Kinsey was born in McLeod County, Minn., April 15, 1876, and after passing through the common schools attended the high school at Hutchinson and at Browntown, both in Minnesota.

John Lucas, joint owner with his brother, Harry, of 194 acres of good land in sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, Rice Lake Township, with residence in section 10, was born in Ridgeland, Dunn County, Wis., son of Samuel and Lucy (Gartman) Lucas. Samuel Lucas was born in England and came to America as a young man in 1861. His wife was a native of Wisconsin. After looking about, while working in various places as a farmer, he finally purchased railroad land in Dunn County, this state, on which he farmed for many years. He and his wife now live in Ridgeland, Wis. John attended district school until well into his 'teens, and was reared to farm pursuits. After attaining his majority he went to Oregon, where he learned the plumbing trade, which he followed for five years there. He returned to Wisconsin in 1909 and bought a farm in Dallas Township, Barron County. This he sold, then rented a farm for a year, and then operated his father's farm two years. He bought a place west of Rice Lake in 1919, but sold the same year. Then he and his brother bought their present improved farm. Here they carry on general farming with especial attention to dairying, and the foundation for their future success is already well laid. Harry Lucas was born at Ridgeland, Wis., March 25, 1884. He subsequently farmed in various places until he became associated in business with his brother John. He was mar¬ ried March 17, 1910, to Mabel Beilis, daughter of Frederick and Alice (Learn) Beilis, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Iowa, the former of whom died in 1918 and the latter of whom is still living.

Joseph Velten has a farm of 40 acres in section 8, Rice Lake Township, which he has owned more than a quarter of a century. He was born in Germany Nov. 7, 1862, son of Jacob and Katherine (Reckenthaler) Velten, the former of whom died in the old country in 1872, and the latter of whom later came to this country in 1889. Joseph was left fatherless when he was ten and was sent to school by his mother until he was fourteen. In 1876 he went to work in an oil refinery, in 1879 in a silver mine, in 1881 for a railroad doing construction work, and in 1882 in a dye factory. From 1883 to 1886 he served in the standing army. Then he resumed his work in a dye factory. In 1888 he came to America and after doing railroad work for a short time entered the employ of the Rice Lake Lumber Co. of Rice Lake, this county, working in sawmills in the summer time and in the woods in the winter. In 1891 he worked for the Ruter Hub and Spoke Factory for eight yea rs. He bought his present place in 1894 and developed it as he could in his odd times while doing other work. In 1899 he put up a house, barns and other buildings. He now successfully carries on general farming and dairying. He is one of the representative men of the community and has been on the school board for eight years as clerk. He is one of the stock¬ holders in the Consumers' Store at Rice Lake. Mr. Velten was married Aug. 10, 1891, at Rice Lake, to Augusta Neuman, daughter of Peter and Anna (Friske) Neuman, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Velten have nine chil- dren: Joseph A., Leo J., Florence X., Anna A., Frank X., Katherine, Alex P., Katherine A. and Clara T. Joseph A. was born May 26, 1892, and married Viola Dundee. He is identified with the ship building industry at Newark, N. J. Leo J. was born March 6, 1893, married Florence Yanke, and has a daughter, Katrina A., born March 18, 1920. Florence X. was born Feb. 1, 1894, and died Feb. 22, of the same year. Anna A. was born May 22, 1896, married R. M. Bartlett, and has one child, Meresiege, born May 26, 1917. Frank X. was born Nov. 2, 1897, and is engaged in steel construction work in Chicago. He served one year in the regular army, being attached to the Hospital Corps and stationed in New Mexico. Katherine was born Sept. 13, 1899, and died Sept. 7, 1900. Alex P. was born Feb. 18, 1901, and died Sept. 19 of the same year. Katherine A. was born April 11, 1904; and Clara T. was born Oct. 12, 1908. Mr. Velten is a man of broad and liberal thought and a great reader, a genial man to meet and beloved by his family.

Paul L. Lehman, proprietor of the well and favorably known Red Cedar Stock Farm, consisting of 240 acres of good land, in section 33, Rice Lake Township, on Highway No. 11, two miles south of Rice Lake, is one of the energetic progressive men of the community and is following the latest approved methods in farming. He has a fine herd of pure bred Guernsey cattle, noted far and wide, he also has a good drove of pure blooded Duroc- Jersey swine, and his horses and poultry are likewise of good breed. Con¬ nected with general farming and dairying, he makes a specialty of raising clover seed for the general market and peas for the Rice Lake Canning and Pickling Co. In addition to his other holdings he has stock in the Barron Co-operative Creamery and the New Richmond Packing Co. As a public spirited citizen he has taken his share in many important local movements, and for fourteen years did most efficient work as a member of the school board of his district. He and his wife are both members of the Beavers and both are communicants of the German Lutheran Church. Paul L. Lehman was born in Lebanon, Dodge County, Wis., May 10, 1877, son of Ludwig and Augusta (Kraut) Lehman, the former a native of Germany and the latter of the United States, and both now living in Barron County. He was educated in the public schools of his native county and learned farming from his father, later working out by the month. In 1904 he leased a farm in Barron Township, this county, for four years, on shares. Then he rented for cash a farm of 120 acres in section 26, in the same township. This he purchased later. He cleared more of the land, made extensive improvements, and successfully farmed there until 1920 when he purchased his present place. Mr. Lehman was married Jan. 21, 1903, to Emma Kent, who was born in Germany Feb. 6, 1879, daughter of Christ and Tillie (Otto) Kent, natives of Germany, who are now residents of Oconomowoc, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Lehman have five children: Arthur, Dorothea, Harold, Kermit and Ansel. Arthur was born Oct. 26, 1903; Dorothea was born April 27, 1906; Harold was born July 24, 1908; Kermit was born Aug. 23, 1909, and died Aug. 11, 1911; Ansel was born Nov. 2, 1910.

Edward Leibly, business man and agriculturist, former hardware mer¬ chant of Rice Lake, and now farming five acres in section 9, Rice Lake Town¬ ship, was born at Monroe, in Green County, Wis., Sept. 24, 1864, son of Mathias and Mary (Frey) Leibly, who came from Germany in the fifties, lived a while in Illinois and then located in Wisconsin. Edward attended the common schools, worked several years on farms and learned the tinner's trade in his native village. In 1889 he started a hardware store in Martintown, in the same county. This he successfully conducted until 1894, when he went back to Monroe and started a retail oil route. In 1898 he sold out and rented a farm in Jordan Township, in Green County. Three years later, in 1901, he went to Monticello, in Green County, and there had another hard¬ ware store. In 1903 he sold out and went back to his native place where he clerked in a hardware store a year. It was in 1904 that he came to Barron

County and purchased 160 acres in section 14, Rice Lake Township, where he successfully carried on general farming for three years. He traded this farm in 1910 for a hardware store in Rice Lake City. There for nine years he was a prosperous hardware dealer, carrying a good stock, and winning and holding the confidence of all with whom he had dealings. His thoughts still turned to agricultural pursuits, however, and in 1919 he traded the store for his present farm. He has a good farm, well equipped, well stocked, and well tilled, the house is modern, the barn commodious, and the other build¬ ings all appropriate to their purpose. Mr. Leibly was married Jan. 28, 1887, at Monroe, Wis., to Magdalena Gerber, daughter of Nicholas and Catherine (Galle) Gerber, and they have seven children: Nicholas M., Ida F., Emily M., Louis C. and Leo E. (twins), Francis J. and Edwin R. Nicholas M. was born Dec. 4, 1888, married Helen Childs, and lives in Eau Claire, Wis. Ida F. was born July 28, 1890, married Fred Morneau, and has eight children: Loren, Viola, Alfred, Bernice, Reynold, Joseph, Francis and Marie. Emily M. was born Aug. 28, 1892, and died in infancy. Louis C. and Leo E. were born Jan. 16, 1896. Louis C. married Gezella Weber, and has two daughters, Elaine and Norma. During the World War he trained at the Sweney Auto School at Kansas City, Missouri, and at Camp Hancock, Georgia, and was discharged with the rank of corporal.

Telesphore Morneau, now deceased, was one of those reliable hard work¬ ing men who honestly do their part in life, fill well the station to which God has assigned them, and on passing leave in the hearts of their friends pleasant memories of well spent years. He was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, and was there reared and educated. He came to the United States in 1883, and locating in Barron County, Wis., for a short time operated a bakery at Rice Lake, where the post office now stands. After that for some twenty years he was a railroad section foreman on the Northwestern Rail¬ way. In 1901 he bought 160 acres of land, half in section 1, Rice Lake Town¬ ship, and half in section 36, Oak Grove Township. He erected buildings, cleared some of the land and carried on general farming until his death Sept. 3, 1913. A Catholic in religion, he served as trustee of the congregation of which he was a member. Mr. Morneau married Demerise Couture, who now lives at Rice Lake, and their union was blessed with six children: Arsene, Felix, Cemilda, Eva, Alfred J. and Albenia.

Alfred J. Morneau, who is farming 100 acres in section 2, Rice Lake Township, was born in Shawano, Shawano County, Wis., March 11, 1898, son of Telesphore and Demerise (Couture) Morneau. He was reared in this state and as a youth did farm work on the home place in Rice Lake, and also worked for others. In 1910 he bought a farm of 80 acres in section 27, Oak Grove Township, where he erected a frame house and barn and other build¬ ings and did considerable clearing. In 1920 he bought 100 acres in section 2, Rice Lake Township, where he still lives. A frame house and log barn were then standing on the place and some of the land had been cleared. To the improvement, development and operating of this farm, Mr. Morneau has since devoted his attention. Mr. Morneau was married June 2, 1908, at Dobie, this county, to Ida Leibly, daughter of Edward and Lena (Gerber) Leibly. They have eight children: Laurena F., born Aug. 1, 1909; Viola M., born May 3, 1910; Alfred E., born Feb. 28, 1912; Bernice M., born May 17, 1913; Reynold T., born April 16, 1916; Joseph J., born Feb. 6, 1917; Francis R., born Aug. 17, 1918, and Marie, born March 23, 1921. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic Church.

Carl G. Schmeling, owner of a farm of 200 acres in section 26, Rice Lake Township, was born in Germany Aug. 14, 1861, son of Fred G. and Minnie (Nehls) Schmeling. He attended common school and as a youth was variously employed. In 1884 he came to America and found farm employment near Juneau, Dodge County, Wis. In 1887 he bought 116 acres in sections 1 and 2, Heresford Township, Dodge County, and devoted many years thereafter to its development and improvement. When he purchased it there was a log house and stable standing on it, and a few acres had been broken. In 1897 he built a frame barn, 30 by 60 feet, with full basement. At the same time he erected an adequate granary. In 1893 he erected a frame house and a silo. Other improvements were made as necessity required. In 1917, after thirty years' ownership, he sold out and moved to Traverse County, Minn., where he bought all of section 7, in Wheaton Township. This land was nearly all under cul¬ tivation and fair buildings had been erected. Everything appeared most favorable, but three successive crop failures caused him to relinquish all hopes of prosperity in that region. In 1896 he sold out for what he could get and came to Barron County, where he purchased his present place. It was already well improved, and good buildings were standing on it. Here he has since successfully carried on general farming and dairying. His fine drove is of full blooded Holstein-Friesian breed. Mr. Schmeling is a stockholder in the Consumers' Store at Rice Lake. He lives on a well improved place of 200 acres in section 2, Rice Lake Township, purchased five years ago. It is located on the bank of the Cedar River, and has good buildings, including the stone house in which he resides. Mr. Schmeling was married April 16, 1886, in Dodge County, Wis., to Minnie Nehls, who was born in Heresford Township, that county, July 2, 1860, daughter of Christ and Anistena (Erdman) Nehls. Her parents were natives of Germany who located on wild land in Dodge County. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Schmeling are Amos C., Lizzie A., Reinhart C. and Helen M. Amos C., born Feb. 17, 1886, married Anna Evert, and has six children: Walter, Hurbert, Erick, Courte, Oscar and Lucille. Lizzie A., born May 12, 1887, married Edwin Kirchott, and has four children: Irene, Erwin, Earhart and Cindy. Reinhart C., born May 10, 1891, married Della Zieroth, and has one daughter, Viola. Helen M., born June 2, 1894, married John Freming, and has three children: Gerhart, Hilara Elizabeth and Alice. The family are members of the German Lutheran Church.

George B. Mireau, an influential farmer of Rice Lake Township, was born in Doyle Township, this county, Sept. 6, 1880, the son of Aristide and Sarah (La Brie) Mireau, who were pioneers. The father, better known as Aristide Mero, was a county official and for many years a prominent farmer, while his wife was the daughter of the first white family that settled in the wild region north of Rice Lake. He died at Rice Lake July 21, 1921. His widow still lives in Rice Lake City. George B. attended the district schools and learned fanning thoroughly from his father. As a young man he worked on the home farm. In 1913 he went to Montana and took a homestead of 320 acres in Custer County. There he built a frame house and barn and broke up about 100 acres. He bought additional land there until he now owns 480 acres, a good investment which he believes will steadily increase in value. In 1920 he came back to Barron County and rented one of his father's farms of 160 acres. He is conducting it in a most satisfactory manner and has won for himself an excellent standing in the community. He is energetic and progressive, he uses good judgment in his work, he believes in progres¬ sive methods in all lines, and he is deeply interested in the welfare of the county which the members of the family did so well to establish. Mr. Mireau was married Feb. 16, 1912, at Rice Lake, to Carrie Olson, the daughter of Knute and Carrie (Nelson) Olson. She was born at Rice Lake on March 20, 1894. Her parents were born in Norway, came to this country and settled in Doyle Township, where they farmed for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Mireau have four children: Donald A., born July 12, 1913; Lloyd, born March 21, 1917; Victor, born Nov. 10, 1918; and Lance, born Oct. 10, 1920. The family faith is that of the Catholic Church.