Barron County, Wisconsin - Chapter 13: Biographical and Geneological Review, 1922 (part 35 of 46)

Carl Olsen, an honored and respected citizen of Section 6, Sumner Town¬ ship, was born at La Crosse, Wis., this state, June 24, 1867, the son of Peder and Elie Olsen, who brought him to his present farm in 1870, when he was thirteen years old. He was then a husky boy, somewhat large for his years, and as his help was needed in developing the pioneer farm, and the nearest school was miles away, he had little opportunity for an education. He helped his father clear and develop the place, and has always remained there. Since about 1890 he has been its owner. He has continued the improvements, has remodeled and renovated the house, has put up a barn, 133 by 36 feet, a silo, 15 by 32 feet, and other buildings. He successfully carries on general farm¬ ing, and has a good herd of pure-blooded Jersey cattle. Being a thorough believer in co-operative effort among farmers, he has taken shares in the Farmers' Co-operative Store at Canton, the Farmers' Telephone Co. and the Barron Creamery Co. He has served in such town offices as supervisor and assessor, and is now doing good work as a director of the school board. All in all, he is one of the useful and substantial men of the community. He stands four-square for everything that he believes to be right and just, his judgment is conservative and sound, and he is held in the highest esteem by all who know him. His first thought has always been of his family, and his children all have turned out a credit to his home breeding. Mr. Olsen was married May 31, 1880, at Stanley, to Christina Brein, a native of Norway, born Oct. 31, 1860. This union has been blessed with seven children: Ella, Blaine, Nettie, Victor and Mabel are living; and Victor and Simon are dead.

John Erickson, Section 30, Stanley Township, an early settler of Barron County, was born in Norway, June 27, 1848, son of Erick and Julia Everson, who brought him to America in 1861. Absolutely without financial resources, they settled on a piece of wild land at Blue Mounds, thirty miles west of Madi¬ son, in Dane County, Wis., making the trip from Milwaukee with an ox team. They endured all the hardships of pioneer life and suffered many privations. Wheat had to be hauled to Madison and Blackearth, and provisions brought from the same points. But as the country developed, their prosperity increased, and their efforts were crowned with success. The father became a prominent man in the community, and held various local offices. He and his wife are both now dead. John remained at home until 24 years old. In 1874, with his wife and two children, Edward, of Stanley Township, and Andrew (now deceased), he came to Barron County, landing here with but three cents in his pockets. He located on 40 acres of wild land in Maple Grove Township and, like his father before him, started in as a pioneer. While developing his farm, he worked in the neighborhood at such work as he could get. He still vividly remembers one time when he cut 1,000 rails to get ten bushels of wheat. He used to haul his grain to Menomonie and Eau Claire, the trip requiring three and a half days. After nine years in Maple Grove Township he moved to Bar¬ ron City for two years. Then he bought eighty acres of wild land in Bar¬ ron Township, and, as before, erected a log cabin, and started to clear the land. Later he bought 46 acres adjoining in Section 30, Stanley Township, making in all, 126 acres. All of this farm he has had to clear, taking as many as 1,600 stumps out of 80 acres. On the new tract he erected a fine set of buildings. He now successfully carries on general farming and dairying on a success¬ ful scale. He specializes in Guernsey cattle, and takes much pride in his good herd. He has also been quite successful in producing clover seed. In both townships, he has been active in public affairs. He was supervisor of Maple Grove Township three years, assessor of Barron Township six years, and has held his present position as assessor of Stanley Township for sixteen years. He is thoroughly familiar with land values and local conditions, and his admin¬ istration of his office has been characterized by absolute fairness. He was one of the organizers of the Barron Creamery Co. and assisted in building the Farmers' Potato Warehouse at Cameron. The temperance cause has found in him an ardent advocate, and for fifteen years' he was president of the Barron Temperance Society. The church has also occupied a prominent place in Mr. Erickson's thoughts, and he helped to establish the first Norwegian Lutheran Congregation in Maple Grove Township and the first Norwegian Lutheran Con¬ gregation in Barron Village. He was married in Dane County, Wis., in 1872, to Carrie Brenden, who was born in Norway, April 28, 1856, and came to the United States at the age of thirteen with her father, Andrew, and her brother. Ole, the mother coming a year later. After living in Dane County, this state, for a while, they came to Barron County. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson have been the parents of the following children: Edward, of Stanley Township; Andrew, who died at the age of four years; Julia (first), who died at the age of five years; Alma, who married Alfred Borgen, and lives at Mt. Vernon, Wash.; George, of Barron Township; Carl, who died at the age of 18 years; Ida, who died at the age of three years; Perry, residing at home; Julia (second), who married Wil¬ liam Eicher, and they now rent the home farm; Clara, who died in infancy; Nettie, who married B. Lanswerk, and resides in Barron Township; Mollie, wife of John Cole, of Barron Village; and Clarence.

Samuel H. Carsley, veteran of the Civil War, an early settler of Crystal Lake Township, was born in Maine, of good old New England stock, and as a boy was taken to Pennsylvania. He came to Wisconsin when he was twenty years of age, and for a while taught school in Pierce County. Later he was a bridge builder, working along the line of the Omaha, between St. Paul and Eau Claire, in Eau Claire, Dunn and St. Croix counties. Still, later, he took up lumbering. For one year he saw active service in the Civil War, being with Co. I, 38th Wis. Vol. Inf., in its campaign about Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia. It was in 1876 that he took a homestead in Crystal Lake Township, this county. While living on this farm he still continued logging for a while. Then he turned his attention to general farming. At the present time he is making a specialty of the bee business. Mr. Carsley married Harriet Bab¬ cock and of this union were born four children: Eveline, David Clark, Cora and Seth, the last mentioned of whom was killed while working on the rail¬ road. Eveline is the wife of William B. Connor, of Webster, Wis. David Clark is a farmer near Comstock, this county. Cora is the wife of P. H. Finley, of Washburn, Wis. Mr. Carsley married secondly, Mary Babcock, who was born in New Hampshire, and was brought to Pierce County, Wis., as a child. She and her husband have four children, Isabella, Henry H., Celia and Ernest. Isabella is residing at home. Celia is a high school teacher in Hayward, Wis. Henry H. is postmaster and a general merchant at Comstock. Ernest died at the age of eight years.

Henry H. Carsley, postmaster and general merchant of Comstock, was born on a farm on the bank of Crystal Lake, in Crystal Lake Township, this county, Nov. 13, 1882, son of Samuel H. and Mary (Babcock) Carsley. He attended the rural school at Comstock, and in 1902 was graduated from the Cumberland High School. In the meantime he had worked in sawmills during the summer vacations, and this he continued for one year after he left high school. In 1904 he attended the Minneapolis Business College, Minneapolis, Minn., where he took up bookkeeping and stenography. With this preparation he entered the employ of the Warner Hardware Co., 13 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, with whom he remained about five years. While in this employ he continued his education in the Y. M. C. A. Night Schools. In 1909 his health failed and he returned home. So greatly was his physique shattered that for some five years he was compelled to use crutches or a cane in order to get about. In 1913 he went to Turtle Lake, and with E. W. Scheel as a part¬ ner, engaged in the automobile business, handling the Ford cars and acces¬ sories. He was also a rural mail carrier out of the Turtle Lake postoffice. In 1916 he purchased the Lamoureux Store at Comstock, and is now engaged in business there. He has a typical small-town store, and has built up an excel¬ lent business, carrying groceries, feed and flour, shoes, work clothing, farm machinery, cream separators and the like, and dealing in farm produce. His appointment as postmaster dates from July, 1916, and he has since continued to serve with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his patrons. The office is a growing one, and has one rural route. Mr. Carsley is a popular man in the community, his local acquaintance and outside experience make him an able business man, his line of goods is admirably suited to the needs of the community, and his reputation for fair dealing and honest methods is farreaching. In 1911 and 1912 he was town clerk of Crystal Lake Township, and he has served as a member of the school board in Turtle Lake and in Comstock. For four years, at different times, he has been secretary and manager of the Comstock Co-operative Creamery. Fraternally, he is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Masonic Lodge, No. 223, Cumberland. Mr. Carsley was married May 16, 1906, at Star Prairie, Wis., to Minnie Reichert, and this union has been blessed with two daughters: Marion Alice, born Jan. 27, 1907; and Dorothy Lucile, born March 17, 1909. Minnie Reichert was born at La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 23, 1883, the daughter of Godfrey and Theresa (Nedvidek) Reichert, natives of La Crosse County, this state. Her father died in La Crosse when the daughter was eight weeks old. About three years later, the mother mar¬ ried Frank Davis, and the daughter was often known as Minnie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Davis live on a farm near New Richmond, in St. Croix County, this state.

Otto A. Olson, cashier of the Bank of Comstock since its organization, March 23, 1918, is a native of this county, born in Crystal Lake Township, July 24, 1888, son of Peter and Sigrid Olson, natives of Sweden, who came to this country in 1880, and located in Crystal Lake Township, where they took a farm, the father working in the woods winters to earn money to support the family while the farm was being developed and improved. They still live on the home farm, which is operated by the son, Emil. He carries on general farming and dairying on a successful scale, and is continuing the improve¬ ments on the place. In the family there are ten children, all living. Otto A. is a Comstock banker. Julius M. farms at Sturgeon Lake, Minn. Gust H. is a farmer of Crystal Lake Township. He is a veteran of the World War. He left Barron with the first squad of draftees, and was in the service two years, one year in training camps in this country, and one year in France. Emil, as already mentioned, is on the home farm. Agnes J. is assistant cashier of the Bank of Comstock. Mabel is bookkeeper for the Sherman Auto Co. of Cumber¬ land. Esther is the wife of A. P. Severson, of Maple Plains Township, Bar¬ ron County. Helga is a teacher in the Comstock graded schools. Nels and Uno P. are at home. Otto A. was reared on the home farm and attended the district schoolhouse in the neighborhood. He also took a thorough correspond¬ ence course with the Ransom Business College of Kansas City, Mo., specializ¬ ing in accounting and banking. When he attained his majority, he purchased a farm in Section 7, Crystal Lake Township. There he successfully farmed until 1918. In that year he helped organize the Bank of Comstock, and when it opened its doors, March 23, was installed as cashier. He is thoroughly familiar with local conditions, he knows every farm and family for miles around, and he thoroughly understands banking. He believes in liberal prog¬ ress and with a spirit of enthusiasm combines the soundness of judgment and conservatism of action necessary to a successful financier. In addition to his strict application to business, he believes in doing his duty as a publicspirited citizen, and he has done good service as clerk and assessor of the town, and as a member of the school board. Mr. Olson was married June 29, 1910, in Crystal Lake Township, to May Rhode, daughter of William and Augusta Rhode, natives of Germany. The father is still farming in Crystal Lake Town¬ ship, and the mother is dead. Mr. and Mrs. Olson have three children: Hazel, born May 14, 1911; Alice, born Aug. 6, 1915; and Otto A., Jr., born April 25, 1920.

John Hagna, a well-to-do farmer owning 280 acres of good land in Section 35, Stanley Township, was born in Norway May 17, 1870, the son of Ellef and Margaret Hagna, who lived all their lives in the old country. . The children in the family were Olaf, Ambrose, Turgrim, Johanas, Ole and John. Ambrose and Turgrim came to the United States in the eighties and located in Iowa. In 1886 came John, Ole and Johanas. John, who remained in Iowa, did farm work for seven months, then worked in the woods for Moren & Gallaway two years and eleven months continuously. In 1889 he came to Barron County, Wisconsin, and bought 80 acres in Section 35, Stanley Township. This land had been cleared, but no buildings had been erected. Mr. Hagna started his farming operations here by planting potatoes. He put up the buildings, bought equip¬ ment from time to time and successfully carried on general farming there for many years. In 1920 he came to his present place of 280 acres in the same section. He remodeled the house, repaired the buildings, and erected a new barn. He has a good farm and carries on general farming and dairying, his cattle being good graded Guernseys. He is interested in the Norwegian Luth¬ eran Church and is serving the congregation at Pokegema as treasurer. Mr. Hagna was married March 29, 1902 at Pokegema, to Tuna Halverson, who was born in Norway May 22, 1885, and came to America in the nineties with her par¬ ents, Ole and Anna Halverson, who located in Rice Lake, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Hagna have seven children: Alma, Alvin, Arthur, Clifford, Malda, Dora and Lome.

Christ P. Tyvoll, general merchant and former postmaster of Comstock, was born in Norway Feb. 13, 1860, the son of Peter F. and Mary Tyvoll, who spent all their years in that country. The father was a carpenter and black¬ smith, and worked for some years at his trade as a blacksmith in copper mines. In the family there were nine children. Christ P. and Peter are in the United States. Bergswan, Maren and Patronilla are in Norway. Margaret, Frederick and Mary are dead; Frederick, a train conductor, having been killed in a rail¬ road wreck. Christ P. was reared in Norway and attended school there. He was reared to farm pursuits. For nearly five years, as a youth, he was em¬ ployed in a drug store, and became an expert pharmacist. In 1881 he came to the United States and located in Alamakee County, Iowa. There, at intervals, he clerked in stores and worked on farms in order to attend school. In the spring of 1885 he entered the La Crosse Business College at La Crosse, Wis., and graduated in the commercial course. He came to Cumberland in the fall of 1886 and entered the employ of O. A. Ritan as clerk. When the store man¬ agement was vested in Ritan & Co. he still remained there. Later he was em¬ ployed by the S. W. Hines Co. In all he clerked in Cumberland for twenty years. In this period he came to have a thorough knowledge of the people of this part of the county and their mercantile needs, and he saw the possibilities of Comstock as a trading point. Accordingly in 1906 he came here, bought out R. E. Smaling, and established his present business. He carries a good line of general merchandise, his business is constantly increasing, he is a good buyer and believes in fair dealing to all, and he consequently has the con¬ fidence of the people. From 1905 to 1916 he was postmaster and kept the office at his store. He has taken his part in public affairs, and while in Cumberland served as a member of the city council. Fraternally he is a member of the S. A. F., being a charter member and first president of the lodge at Cumber¬ land. In 1910 he purchased a farm of 120 acres in Section 30-31, Cumberland Township, and there he makes his home with his son, Leonard, who operates the place. Mr. Tyvoll was married at Cumberland in May 1886, to Bertha Ander¬ son, whose parents spent their lives in Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Tyvoll have been blessed with eleven children: Mary M., Peter M., Clara B., Leonard F., Helen, Edna, Walter, Dorris, Clifford and Alice, and a deceased infant. Mary M. married H. S. Howe, who farms near Cumberland. Peter M. is in the store with his father. Clara B. is the wife of Adolph Wold, a farmer of Cumberland Township. Leonard F., as noted, is on the home farm. Helen clerks in a drug store in Cumberland. Edna is attending the State Normal school at River Falls. Walter graduated from the Cumberland High School in 1921. Dorris is a student in the Cumberland High School. Clifford and Alice are in the graded schools.

Patrick Ritchie, garage man and automobile agent of Comstock, was born in Cumberland Township, July 2, 1895, the son of Pio and Isabella Ritchie, natives of Italy. He was reared in Cumberland and Crystal Lake Townships, worked with his parents and attended district school. In 1916 he attended the Ray Automobile and Tractor school at Kansas City, Missouri. In the mean¬ time since boyhood he had been interested in music and had become a pro¬ ficient performer with the clarinet and saxophone. He was inducted into the United States army July 15, 1918, and was sent to Camp Hancock, Georgia, where he was assigned to duty as a musician. He was discharged Jan. 15, 1919. Then he came back to Barron County and opened his present garage. He under¬ stands automobiles thoroughly and does general repair work, carrying a full line of automobile accessories and supplies. He also has the local agency for the Birch car. He is well liked in the community and is building up a good business. Mr. Ritchie married Muriel Nelson, daughter of Fred and Anna Nelson, both natives of Wisconsin, and now farming in Crystal Lake Town¬ ship. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have two children: Mabel, born Nov. 30, 1919, and Sylvia, born Feb. 20, 1921.

Pio Ritchie, a substantial farmer of Crystal Lake Township, was born in Italy, and there married Isabella Ritchie. They came to America in 1893 and settled on a farm in Cumberland Township, this county. As prosperity crowned their efforts they were enabled to purchase a larger one in Crystal Lake Township where they now live. In the family there are nine children, all living: Minnie, James, Louise, Anna, Angelo, Esther, George, Joseph and Patrick. Minnie married Thomas Abbott and lives in Duluth, Minn.

Charles Bergstrom, for thirty years a resident of this county, was born in Sweden, and there married Anna Olson. They came to America in the fall of 1890 and purchased a farm in Crystal Lake Township, this county. This they improved and developed and became prosperous members of the com¬ munity. In the family there were two children, Carl E., a business man of Comstock, and Arthur, who lives on the home farm. Mrs. Anna Bergstrom died in 1913. She was a good wife and mother, and a hospitable neighbor, and her death was sincerely mourned. In 1915 Mr. Bergstrom married Amanda Carlson, and this union has been blessed with three children : Else, Evert and Edwin, all at home on the farm.

Carl E. Bergstrom, hardware merchant of Comstock, was born in Crystal Lake Township, this county, Aug. 10, 1893, the son of Charles and Anna

Mr. And Mrs. Fritz Gehler William Gehler And Family

(Olson) Bergstrom, natives of Sweden. He was reared on the home farm and attended the district schools of his neighborhood. In 1919 he left his father's farm and came to Comstock, where he opened a hardware store. He has a prosperous establishment and carries a full line of shelf and floor hardware and farm implements. He is a good business man, he is thoroughly familiar with local conditions, and his list of satisfied customers is constantly increasing. He has faith in the future of Comstock and the surrounding rural districts, and in the progress and development of this region he is taking his share.

Fritz Gehler, an early settler, was born in Germany, April 16, 1843. He there grew to manhood and learned his trade as a miller. In the middle sixties he came to the United States and located in Ripon, Wis. There, on Dec. 6, 1868, he married Augusta Miltz, likewise a native of Germany. In the seventies, they came to Barron County, and secured 160 acres of land in Section 24, Stanley Township. Here they started in to carve their fortunes. They had little to work with but their hands. Grain was harvested with a cradle. Oxen were their only draught animals. The trading point was Chippewa Falls, and pro¬ visions were usually brought in afoot. The wife, fortunately for the family, had a spinning wheel, on which she spun yarn to be made into jackets, mittens and socks. She kept this spinning wheel through all her life, and used it up to her last days. Mr. Gehler cleared up the land and erected some unusually good buildings. He was a man of importance in the neighborhood, greatly looked up to by his neighbors. He served on the town board and on the school board and in other positions of public honor and private trust. Before the district was organized, a subscription school was kept in his house. There also some of the first meetings of the German Lutheran Congregation were held. It was there that the first subscription was taken for the building of the church in Stanley Township. After this Mr. Gehler drove from house to house collecting money for the same purpose, and he was himself a liberal contributor. He served for some years as one of the officials of the congregation. Fraternally he was an active member of the Modern Woodmen at Cameron. He was a stock¬ holder in the Farmers' Cooperative Store at Cameron. In his latter years he retired from the more strenuous duties of farm life and moved to Cameron, where he died May 7, 1919. His good wife, who was born Jan. 11, 1840, died on the farm Nov. 2, 1919. They were the parents of seven children: Anna, Emma, Minnie, Paul, Lena, William and Amelia.

William Gehler, who has a fertile farm in Section 24, Stanley Township, was born on the place where he now resides June 13, 1880, the son of Fritz and Augusta (Miltz) Gehler, the pioneers. He attended the district schools and learned farming from his father. In time he took over the home place, and to it has added 40 acres more. He has remodeled and improved the buildings, and added to the machinery and equipment. He is proud of good stock, and is breeding into pure-blooded Holstein cattle. He also has a drove of Chester White swine, a flock of Plymouth Rock chickens and some good Percheron horses. In public affairs he has taken his part, and has served for a time on the school board. Like his father before him he is a member of the Modern Woodmen Camp at Cameron. Mr. Gehler was married May 6, 1909, to Alice Bong, who was born at Kiel, Wis., Sept. 14, 1890, the daughter of Albert and Laura Bong, the former of whom was a native of Germany and the latter of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Gehler have four children : Donald, born April 10, 1910; Fred, born Aug. 6, 1911; George, born Oct. 19, 1913, and Laurpn, born Oct. 22, 1916, a bright quartette of sturdy sons. The family faith is that of the German Lutheran Church.

Fayette Skinner, blacksmith and wagon maker of Canton, is one of the honored and respected men of the community. He is an excellent workman of long experience, he is a good business man, and he is genial and jovial in tem¬ perament, qualities which make him well liked by all who know him. He was born in Pennsylvania May 12, 1849, the son of Josiah and Hannah (Belcher) Skinner, natives of New York State. The father, who was a blacksmith, brought the family to Wisconsin and located at Stevens Point, Portage County. There he died at the age of fifty-six. His wife lived to the good old age of eightyfour. Their children were: Fayette, Ernest, Joseph, Albert, Emma, Bertha and Mary. Fayette, being the eldest of this large family, had but little opportunity for schooling. He learned the blacksmith's trade from his father, and for sev¬ eral years worked in the railroad shops at Stevens Point. Then he opened a shop of his own there and later established a branch at Plover. He came to Canton and established his present place in 1910. He is a thorough exponent of Odd Fellowship, belongs to the Subordinate lodge, the Encampment and the Canton, and is entitled to a seat in the Grand Lodge. Mr. Skinner was married Sept. 5, 1874 to Addie Booth, who was born in Lake County, Indiana, June 14, 1855, the daughter of A. J. and Sarah Booth, natives of New York state. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner have had five children. Mabel died at the age of twenty-one. Frank is a circus man. Martin lives at Fond du Lac. Allison, like his father, is a blacksmith, the third generation of blacksmiths in the family, and is located at Ladysmith, in Rush County, this state. Fayette is a railroad postal clerk.

William Lester Sandmire, the energetic and hustling young manager of the lumber yard at Canton for the Canton Lumber Co., is deeply interested in the growth and development of the village. He is a good business man, he thor¬ oughly understands lumber and fuel, he knows the needs of the community, and he has the confidence of all with whom he has business dealings. He was born on a farm in Richland County, this state, the son of James and Catherine Sandmire. They gave him excellent educational advantages so that he was enabled not only to pass through the rural schools with credit, but also to at¬ tend the Viola High School in that county. Then he went to Ash Ridge in Rich¬ land County, and clerked in a store for three years. Subsequently he learned the cheese making business. In 1917 he came to Barron County and built the Canton cheese factory at Canton. This burned in 1918, and he then assumed the duties of his present position. He is a member of the lodge of Modern Woodmen of America at Canton. He was married March 4, 1918 at Canton, to Leahlyn Lepley, who was born in Richland County, this state, July 7, 1896, and they have one child, Catherine Iola, born Jan. 30, 1919.

Robert McLellan, for many years a resident of Section 26, Stanley Town¬ ship, was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, and was there reared and educated. As a young man he became a coal miner in which occupation he continued for several years. He married Lovina Rees, who was born in Canada. Eight chil¬ dren were born in Canada: Charles, Sarah, Mark, John, Ann, George, Robert and David. He brought the family to the States in the early eighties and located in Chippewa County, this state, where he worked in the woods. One child was born there, Alexandria by name. In 1885 he brought the family to Barron County and settled on a farm in Section 26, Stanley Township, where he built up a good farm. There four more children, Isaac, Grace, Arthur and Hazel, were born. Mr. McLellan died on the farm at the age of 77 years. His wife, now 73, resides on the old homestead with her son, Arthur.

Albert Lowell, veteran of the Civil War, one of the earliest pioneers of Sumner Township, and at one time keeper of a hotel on the old village site of Sumner, was born in Illinois, son of Harvey and Sarah (Randolph) Lowell. He came west as a young man, and married Margaret Gorman, a native of Sauk

Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He came to Barron County in the seventies, and located in Sumner Township, where he homesteaded wild land and built a log cabin. He subsequently farmed in different parts of the town¬ ship, and at one time, as noted, kept a hotel in the old town of Sumner. Later he moved to Canton where he died at the age of sixty-three, and his wife is still living with her son, Frank. In the family there were six children: Herman, Frank, Clara, Sadie, Walter and Laura.

Robert Duncan McLellan, a potato buyer of Canton for the past ten years, was born in Canada, June 23, 1874, the son of Robert and Lovina (Rees) Mc¬ Lellan, who brought him first to Chippewa County and then to Barron County. He was reared and educated in Stanley Township, and started out for him¬ self at about the age of nineteen. For years he farmed, did railroad work, and worked in the woods. He took up his home in Canton in 1892. He is a good business man, he deals with the utmost fairness, and has the confidence of the people from whom he buys and those to whom he ships. He is an en¬ thusiastic believer in the future of this region as one of the leading potato sections of Wisconsin. Mr. McLellan was married Dec. 25, 1892, to Clara Lowell, who was born in Sumner Township, this county, Nov. 15, 1877, the daughter of Albert and Margaret (Gorman) Lowell. Mr. and Mrs. McLellan have had a fine family of ten children: Mabel, Walter, Dewey, Ernest, Violet (died in infancy), Ruby, Sydney, Gladys, Roy and Lawrence.

William White, an early settler of Sumner Township, was born in Bredshire, England, Nov. 7, 1835, and was there reared and educated. He came to the United States as a young man. For some time he lived near Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wis., where, in 1867, he married Almira Lake, who was born in New York State, Dec. 29, 1841. For fourteen years he was in Colo¬ rado, working in the mines. In 1872 he came to Barron County, bringing his wife, and child, Margaret, and located on 160 acres of wild land in Section 18, Sumner Township. Later, he added forty acres more, making a good place of 200 acres. For a while the family lived in a shack, while he was getting a house built. He had an ox team, with which he had driven in from Sauk County, but he had little else with which to clear a farm in the wilderness. Grain was cradled by hand. The market place was at Chippewa Falls, and the journey there and back, through the wilds, with the oxen, took four days. But gradually times changed, and the town became a well-settled farming com¬ munity. Mr. White kept pace with the progress of the neighborhood, and de¬ veloped, a good farm. He was active in public affairs, and served for many years on the town board and on the school board. After a long and useful life, he died, April 4, 1915. He was a man of sterling worth, who did his duty as he saw it, and he will long be esteemed as one who had a real part in the upbuilding of the county. His wife died Nov. 18, 1914. They were the par¬ ents of six children: Margaret, Arthur 0., William C., May, Myra and Mabel.

Arthur O. White, a successful potato buyer of Canton, was born on the old homestead in Section 18, Sumner Township, May 12, 1873, the son of Wil¬ liam and Elvira (Lake) White, early settlers. He remained at home as a youth, attended school in the neighborhood, and learned farming from his father. At an early age he took up the potato business, and in that he still continues, representing J. R. Beggs of St. Paul, as a buyer. He knows local conditions and local people, he has a reputation for fair dealing and generous treatment, and he has the confidence of the people as well as of the company for which he works. He was married at Canton, Dec. 30, 1903, to Carrie Gil¬ lette, who was born Nov. 10, 1874, the daughter of J. and Mary (Malone) GiL lette, who came to Barron County in 1886, and settled at Sumner.

William Charles White, educator and bee fancier, was born on a pioneer homestead in Section 18, Sumner Township, Dec. 7, 1875, the son of William and Elvira (Lake) White. He remained at home until sixteen and then started teaching school. By teaching he secured funds to attend the Wisconsin State Normal School at Superior and the University of Wisconsin, at Madison. In all, he taught twenty-six years. He was principal at Canton eight years, at Elmwood three years, at Plum City two years, at Cameron one year, and at Prairie Farm, one year. As an instructor, he met with great success. He was a master of the subjects he taught and well informed in other lines, and he had the faculty of making knowledge clear to his pupils and inspiring them to do their best. He is courteous and affable, he is a sound business man, and has the entire confidence of the public. Mr. White has made a hobby of raising bees. He specializes in the Italian breed, and is meeting with quite a degree of success along this line. He stands well with all who know him, and is one of the influential men of this part of the county.

Edward Frankenburg, a retired resident of Cameron Village, formerly the successful owner of 160 acres of good farm land in Section 34, Stanley Town¬ ship, was born in Germany, Aug. 31, 1848, the son of Frederick and Fredericka Frankenburg. The family, then consisting of the father and mother, and three sons, Edward, Charles and Mauritz, came to America in 1870, and located first in West Virginia. That fall they came westward to Ohio, where they remained for three years. In 1873 they located in Winneconne, Wis. There they learned of the possibilities of Barron County, and determined to establish their home here. Accordingly, in 1875, they came here, and secured land in Section 34, Stanley Township, the father 185 acres, and Edward 160 acres. On the father's place, some two acres had been broken, but no buildings had been erected. They put up a log cabin, and for a while all lived together there. They had no money, but the father and the boys managed to get a little by working for Knapp, Stout & Company, winters, while clearing the land in the summer time. Supplies had to be obtained from Rice Lake, and were usually brought in on the back of the father or one of the sons. It was two years before they se¬ cured a cow, and still later before they could afford a span of horses. The years of hard work, however, in time had their reward, and the family became one of the most respected in the vicinity. They helped to establish the Ger¬ man Lutheran Church at Sumner and continued active in its support. The parents spent the remainder of their lives on the home place. In the mean¬ time, Edward was working at intervals in the improvement of his own place. He built a log cabin there, and moved into it in 1884 with his bride. Together they started to carve their fortunes, and to establish a family home. They worked early and late, and their efforts were crowned with success. The log cabin gave way to a fine set of well-improved buildings. The wild land be¬ came a well-cultivated farm, well fenced, and provided with the best of equip¬ ment. Children came to brighten the home and their parents' hearts, and as they grew, they, too, took an interest in the place and its development. In 1920, after a long life filled with hard work and worthy endeavor, Mr. and Mrs. Frankenburg retired, and now have a pleasant home in Cameron, where they are spending the afternoon of life in well-deserved comfort. Mr. Frank¬ enburg was married Nov. 10, 1884, at Old Cameron, to Fredericka Pouch, born in Germany, Jan. 17, 1865, the daughter of Frederick and Wilhelmina, who died in that country when she was a young girl. She came to America in 1884, and a few months later was married. Mr. and Mrs. Frankenburg have eight chil¬ dren: Robert, Edward, Carl, Louis, John, Arthur, Adaline and Clara.

John F. Neck, an estimable early settler, has lived in Prairie Farm for forty years. In the early days he saw much hard work and endured many hard¬ ships, and came through rigorous experiences which only a man of unusual strength could survive. He was born in Saxony, Germany, May 29, 1867, one of the seven children of Matthew and Mary (Reiser) Neck. He attended school in Germany, and was but fourteen years old when he came to America, in 1881. But he was a healthy, sturdy and solid boy, and after finding his way to Bar¬ ron County, worked on farms, in the woods and on the river drives. He worked hard, early and late, he saved his money, and in 1888 he bought 40 acres of wild land in Section 35, and 40 in Section 34, Prairie Farm Township, and built thereon a log cabin, 18 by 24 feet. Then he sent for his parents and the rest of the family, and they moved into the cabin. The parents continued to live here, the father dying in 1920, at the age of 85 years, and the mother the same year, at the age of 82 years. In 1891, Mr. Neck married and brought his wife to the place. For many years the family had a hard time to get along. There were no roads, the neighbors were scattered, and travelers were few. A trail led past the place but the little cabin was set back from the trail where it could hardly be seen. Most of the furniture was made from trees cut on the place. While building up the place, when he could, Mr. Neck continued work¬ ing in the woods. Sometimes he would come home from the woods late at night with his shoes frozen to his feet, and be unable to remove them, and have to keep them on all night. Often in the late fall he would start for Bar¬ ron with a load of hay at two o'clock in the morning, with no mittens and no overcoat, and then receive but a very small price for his load. Gradually, however, times became better, and prosperity crowned his efforts. The tract of wild land was developed into a good farm, and 80 more acres has been added, making a fine farm of 160 acres. Mr. Neck now has a fine set of buildings. He has a pleasant and comfortable home, a basement, barn, 36 by 118 feet, a silo, 14 by 30 feet, and other buildings. The place is well kept and well equipped, and is profitably conducted. Here Mr. Neck carries on general farm¬ ing and dairying, and has a good herd of Holstein cattle. He is a stockholder in the Prairie Farm Co-operative Association and in the Prairie Farm Co-op¬ erative Creamery. In the community at large he is known as a good citizen, and he has done the town good service as a member of the township board. He helped to start the German Evangelical Church at Prairie Farm, and has served as trustee and as president of the trustees. Mr. Neck was married May 7, , 1891, to Anna Dora Rassbach, who was born in Prairie Farm Township, Dec. 22, 1869, the daughter of Casper and Mary Rassbach, pioneers of that town¬ ship. This union has been blessed with seven children: Henry, of Rice Lake; Maude, the wife of Roy Miller, of Prairie Township; and Edgar, Lottie, Ray¬ mond, Wayne and Oliver, all at home. Henry was inducted into the United States service July 14, 1917, as a mechanic and left Barron County with one of the largest contingents: He was sent to Buffalo, N. Y., and was then sent to high school for a time. He was then sent to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was placed in the signal corps, and went to Camp Meade, ready to go over¬ seas, when he was attacked by the influenza. After recovering he went into training there and so remained until the armistice was signed. He was dis¬ charged in January, 1919, and returned home.

Walter J. Ackerman, head of the Ackerman Insurance Co., Rice Lake, first engaged in the real estate and loan business here in 1900, and in the decade that has passed he has won the reputation of being one of the foremost men in this line in this part of the state. He possesses those qualities of tempera¬ ment and personality which make for success in his particular line of work, he is a thorough believer in his business, and people have learned that all his advice is fair and impartial. In the course of his career he has bought out three different partners, and has surrounded himself with an able corps of co¬ workers, the agency now being composed of himself, F. B. Tompkins, W. D. Brady and E. G. Shervey. The company is the largest of its kind in the county, and handles more than half of all the insurance in Rice Lake. The firm rep¬ resents a large number of companies. A direct agency is maintained with more than 70 companies, and the firm is also prepared to secure insurance with any other company desired, in any line desired. Loans are also negotiated on city and rural property. Walter J. Ackerman is a native of this county, born on his parents' farm in Doyle Township, Aug. 5, 1882, son of Joel R. and Eliza¬ beth (Jeffers) Ackerman, the former of whom died June 13, 1918, and the lat¬ ter of whom is still living on the home place. He was sturdily reared to farm pursuits, and received his preliminary education in the district schools of his neighborhood. Later, in 1901, he entered the Wisconsin Business University at La Crosse, Wis., from which he received his diploma in 1902. In addition to this he did considerable home study as a youth, and his broad information of today is the result of deep reading and close observation of books, men and events. In 1903 he became accountant for the Crisler-Everts Lumber Co. of Rice Lake, and upon buying an interest in the firm was made its secretary, a position he held until they sold out to the Osborn-Clark Lumber Co. of Min¬ neapolis, since which time he has been engaged in his present business. Mr. Ackerman has been interested in the moving picture line for some years. At one time, with Earl T. Brown as partner, he owned a half interest in all three of the moving picture theaters then operated in Janesville, Wisconsin, and he also owned a third interest in a moving picture theater in Spooner, Wis., and two in Rice Lake. In 1914, together with E. H. Bjoin and P. D. Jacobson, he purchased the Tourists' Hotel, of Rice Lake, which for about one year was conducted under his supervision by a manager. In 1915 he sold the hotel to Michael Weber. At present he is a stockholder in the Cinematic Service Co. of Fond du Lac, Wis. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the United Commercial Travelers. He helped to organize the Rice Lake Commercial Club, was its first secretary, and has been one of its real leaders. He is also a member of the Credit Division of the Business Men's Association. He finds his recreation in motoring and in trout fishing. His excellent modern home is located at 20 West Evans Street, and he also has a pretty summer cot¬ tage on the shores of Rice Lake. Mr. Ackerman was married Nov. 24, 1914, to Aura Sawyer, of Rice Lake, born March 26, 1883, daughter of Henry and Louise (La Ford) Sawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman have one child, Walter F., born Oct. 24, 1917.

Louis C. Dahl, Cumberland, railroad man and merchant, was born in Nor¬ way, Aug. 31, 1863, the son of Christ and Marion Dahl, both natives of that country. The father, who was employed in paper mills in the old country, brought his family to America in 1882, and settled at New Richmond, St. Croix County, this state, where he was employed as a railroad section man, until his death, in 1890, after which his wife returned to Norway, where she died, Aug 2, 1916. In the family there were seven children: Jens P., Ole, Andreas, Petra (wife of John Halverson, of New Richmond), Charles, Louis C. and one who is dead. Louis C. came to America with his parents as a youth of fifteen, and started work as a section man with headquarters at New Richmond. Three years later, in 1884, at the age of eighteen, he was made section foreman. In May, 1905, he left New Richmond and went to Williams County, North Dakota, where he took a homestead and farmed for eight years. He then sold his place there and resumed railroad work, locating in Cumberland, Barron County, Wis., where he has since remained. A year after coming here he opened a variety store, of which his wife is in active charge, Mr. Dahl continuing his work as section foreman, for which he is well qualified by long experience. He is widely acquainted in New Richmond and Cumberland and the surrounding country. In both cities he has taken an active interest in public affairs, and in New Richmond he served as alderman for several terms. He was a charter member of New Richmond Camp, No. 2993, Modern Woodmen of America, and his wife is a member of the Royal Neighbors. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Dahl was married March 30, 1890, at New Richmond, Wis., to Lena A. Lee, daughter of Andrew J. and Anna Lee, natives of Norway, and early settlers of New Richmond, where they resided subse¬ quently until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Dahl have two daughters: Lida, was born May 29, 1891, and is the wife of Floyd Trumble, of Williston, North Dakota. Signora was born July 21, 1897, and is the wife of Arthur Erickson, a stone mason of Cumberland, who was a soldier in the great World War.

Henry E. Anderson, proprietor of Plainfield Farm in Section 33, Lakeland Township, is one of the active and useful citizens of that township, widely known and respected. He was born in Norway, Jan. 14, 1871, son of Halver and Margaret (Preus) Anderson, and came to America with his parents in 1881. From Philadelphia, where the ship landed him, the family came direct to Cumberland, Wis., but in a short time removed to Barronette, where for three years Halver Anderson worked in the sawmills. In 1884, he started out for himself as a farmer, buying 40 acres of heavy timber land in Section 33, Lake¬ land Township, the Beaver Lake Lumber Co., from whom he bought the land, reserving the timber, which was logged the same year. Mr. Anderson erected a set of log buildings and began the development of his property. There he resided until his death, which was caused by his falling from a load of hay.

The accident resulted in injuries to his spine and he passed away three days later, Aug. 15, 1892, at the age of sixty-nine years, six months and ten days. At the time of the father's death, the wife and mother, with the assistance of the oldest son, Henry E., shouldered the responsibility of rearing and educating the fatherless children, the youngest being about three years of age. She was a hard-working woman, always devoted to family and home, a member of the Methodist Church. She lived on the farm almost continuously until her death, which occurred at the home of her son, Henry E., on Nov. 27, 1912. at the age of sixty-seven years. When the family first settled here, in 1884, it was no unusual sight to see hundreds of Indians passing through, northward bound, the trail leading right beside the little log cabin. Mr. and Mrs. Halver Anderson were the parents of eight children: Ludwig, who died in Norway; Jennie, now Mrs. G. T. Anderson, of Clam Falls, Wis.; Henry E., of Lake¬ land Township; Peter A., who died Dec. 31, 1908; Louis M., of St. Paul, Minn.; Marie, now Mrs. C. 0. Rudd, of St. Paul; Charles T., of Cumberland; and Clara, who is the wife of John Melby, of Minot, North Dakota. Henry E. Anderson was educated in Barron County and first worked for his father, after¬ wards in sawmills and shingle mills, which line of industry he began at the early age of eleven years. After his father's death he took charge of the farm, and later, having bought the interests of the other heirs, it became his prop¬ erty. He has since increased its area by the purchase of an additional 40 acres, and has cleared and broken 55 acres in all, besides having erected a set of buildings. As a general farmer and dairyman, he is carrying on a success¬ ful business and making good financial progress. His cattle are pure-bred Holsteins. He is a member of the Cumberland Shipping Association, a stock¬ holder and director in the McKinley Telephone Company and a stockholder in the Barron Live Stock Pavilion. His religious affiliations are with the Meth¬ odist Church. On Oct. 29, 1907, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage with Minnie Wandrey, who was born at Wautoma, Wis., July 10, 1884, daughter of Frederick E. and Mary (Zabel) Wandrey. Of this union, three children have been born: Evelyn M., May 10, 1909; Orville H., Dec. 22, 1911; and Raymond W., March 31, 1914.

Anson E. Halloway, one of the leading men of his neighborhood, is farm¬ ing on 80 acres in Section 25, west, Maple Grove Township. He was born Sept. 21, 1868, in Marshall County, Indiana, son of Levi and Margaret (Garner) Halloway, natives respectively of Ohio and Indiana, who farmed in Indiana until 1880, when they moved to Michigan, where the father died in 1904 and where the mother still lives. Anson E. received his early education in the public schools of Indiana and Michigan, and farmed for a number of years with his parents. In 1889 he entered the United States Merchant Marine service for three years. He came to Barron County in 1892, and acquired his present place. He cleared fifty acres and erected a good set of buildings. One of the features of the place is a nine-room bungalow, completed in 1920, a remark¬ able circumstance being that all the rough lumber used in its construction came from timber cut on the farm. Mr. Halloway was clerk of the school board of his district one year and a director one year. Mr. Halloway was mar¬ ried Nov. 8, 1896, to Isabelle Cox, who was born in Iowa, Feb. 23, 1873, daugh¬ ter of David and Elizabeth (Plummer) Cox. Her parents came to Barron County from Iowa in 1876 and homesteaded 160 acres in Dallas Township. Mr. Cox later sold that tract and moved to Maple Grove Township, where he spent a considerable part of his life in farming. His last removal was to Hills¬ dale, where he died in July, 1917. His wife died Oct. 27, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Halloway are the parents of four children: Hazel R., born Aug. 24, 1897, who is the wife of Henry Snider of Maple Grove Township, and has two children, Raymond H., born Aug. 21, 1918, and Dorothy, born Oct. 5, 1920. Mildred was born Nov. 5, 1904, and attends school at Barron. Chester A. was born Aug. 27, 1911. Anson E., Jr., was born Aug. 18, 1918.

Barney Gulickson, a substantial and hard-working farmer of Section 26, Stanley Township, was born in Telemarken, Norway, Dec. 23, 1859, the son of Gulick and Gunhild (Moen) Olson, with whom he came to Waupaca County, this state, in 1868, and to his present farm in 1873. As a boy he lived in the family log cabin and assisted with the farm work. When the parents grew older he gradually took up the burdens of the farm management and he still remains on the home place of 160 acres which he now owns. He successfully carries on general farming and dairying and has a good herd of graded Hol¬ stein cattle. His holdings include shares in the Farmers' Cooperative Store at Cameron and the Farmers' Cheese Co. at Canton. Mr. Gulickson is one of the solid men of the community, he is respected by all who know him, and is held in the highest esteem and regard. His work and worth are widely known, he is a man of good judgment and sound sense, he is a good farmer and citizen, and he takes his share in everything that he believes to be for the best good of the community. Like his parents before him he is an adherent of the Norwe¬ gian Lutheran Church at Foberg, and is liberal in his support.

Gulick Olson, one of the earliest settlers of Barron County, who lived also to be one of its oldest and most esteemed citizens, was born in Telemarken, Nor¬ way Oct. 17, 1825, and was there reared, educated and married. His first wife died in that country and in 1856 he married Gunhild Moen, who was born in Telemarken, Sept. 17, 1830. In 1868 he brought his wife and five children to America. The voyage was made aboard the sailboat "Rukan", and took a little over eight weeks, a hard voyage indeed for the mother with the young children. They landed at Quebec, strangers in a strange land, almost without money, and ignorant of the language. From Quebec they found their way to Detroit, Mich., and from there to this state where they settled at Iola, in Waupaca County. Five years later they set out for Barron County with an ox team. Upon their arrival here in 1873 they took a homestead of 160 acres of wild land in Section 25. This was on Pokegema Prairie, then almost a wilderness with only a few scattered settlers. For a. while they lived with neighbors while he put up a small log cabin. Then he started clearing the land and raising crops. Wheat brought low prices and had to be hauled to Chippewa Falls or Eau Claire, a three days' journey. These places were also the trading points where the provisions were secured. Mr. and Mrs. Olson worked early and late, as¬ sisted by their children, and before old age came on they had established a comfortable home and developed a good farm. They were especially active in the affairs of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Early services were often held in his log cabin, and when the congregation at Foberg was established he helped to build the first church. He also held several offices in the congrega¬ tion. All in all, he was an active and useful man, whose career meant real good to the community. He was a good farmer, a good citizen, and a good neighbor, his first thought was ever of his family, and his death left a vacancy in the community that will not soon be filled. He died Feb. 15, 1921, after a long and useful life. His wife died Oct. 11, 1906. She was a loving and dutiful wife, an affectionate and sympathetic mother, a kind neighbor and genial friend, and she will long be missed. Mr. and Mrs. Olson were the parents of eight children: Andrew of Cameron; Barney of Stanley Township; Ole of Glenwood, Minn.; Charles of Koochiching County, Minn.; Alice, living in Stanley Township, the widow of William Olson; Theodore of Moorehead, Minn., and two who died in infancy in Norway.

William G. Guenther, a representative farmer of Maple Plain Township, where he has resided since 1908, was born Sept. 23, 1887, in Marengo, Iowa, son of Nicholas and Augusta (Tautenhahn) Guenther. The parents were na¬ tives of Germany who came to America in the late seventies, settling at Ma¬ rengo, Iowa, where Nicholas Guenther followed the trade of weaver until death in 1895. His wife, who survived him, died Feb. 7, 1915. William G. Guenther was educated in his native state, attending the common or district school and afterward being engaged in farm labor there until 1908, when he came to Barigitized by GoOglC ron County. Here he bought 40 acres in Section 21, Maple Plain Township. After clearing off a part of the acreage, Mr. Guenther sold that farm in 1914 and bought 80 acres in Section 23, the same township. This tract consisted of wild land, fifteen acres of which he has since cleared, having also erected the necessary buildings. He is giving special attention to dairying, keeping Hol¬ stein cattle, and is reaping good financial returns. In 1918 he became treas¬ urer of the township board, and in 1919 was elected to the office of assessor, in which he is still serving. The German Lutheran Church numbers him among its useful and consistent members. Mr. Guenther was married Nov. 17, 1915, to Bertha Beck, who was born in Clinton, Iowa, March 26, 1891, daughter of Henry and Sophia (Hanson) Beck. Her parents are residents of Crystal Lake Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Guenther have one child, William H., who was born July 19, 1918.

Christ I. Larson, proprietor of a good farm of 120 acres in Sections 23 and 26, Maple Plain Township, is a man who has had a varied industrial career in which he has made steady advancement. He was born in Lee County, Illinois, July 19, 1870, son of Iver and Bertha (Knutson) Larson. The parents were na¬ tives of Norway, who came to America in the year of his birth. In 1892 they removed from Lee County, Illinois, to Hardin County, Iowa, where Iver Larson died Nov. 24, 1896. His trade was that of stone mason and bricklayer. His wife survived him until Sept. 21, 1915. They were members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Their children, eight in number, were Sarah, Lars, Knute, Iver, Christ I., Thomas, Martin and Heldeor. Christ I. Larson acquired his education in Lee County, Illinois. His home was with his parents until 1888, after which he went about for four years doing farm labor. In 1892 he en¬ tered the employ of the Interstate Elevator Co., with which concern he re¬ mained for seven years. After that he was in the tile and sewer business for a year. The next two years were spent as surveyor for the Chicago and North¬ western Railway Company in Iowa. In 1905 he went to Morgan, Minn., to be¬ come manager of a stock farm. Subsequently for nine years he operated a rented farm at that place. In 1916 Mr. Larson came to Barron County and bought his present farm of 120 acres in Sections 23 and 26, Maple Plain Town¬ ship. On this place he has cleared ten acres and improved the rest of the property, including the buildings. He is a stockholder in the Camp Dixon cheese factory, having served one year as president of the company while the factory was under process of construction. He is also a member of the Farm Bureau. As school clerk he has rendered efficient service. Mr. Larson was married Sept. 6, 1900, to Cora Knapp, who was born in Brown County, Minn., Sept. 1, 1878, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Sherman) Knapp. The children of this union are: Curtis C., born April 4, 1911, and Beatrice S., born July 27, 1914. Mr. Larson and family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

George Ladd, whose farm of 240 acres lies partly in Maple Plain and partly in Crystal Lake Township, was born in New York state Aug. 9, 1867, son of William and Margaret (Coleman) Ladd. The parents, who were natives of New Brunswick, came to Barron County, Wis., in 1882, taking a homestead in Crystal Lake Township, which William Ladd continued to improve until his death Oct. 31, 1899. His wife did not long survive him, passing away in the following year. Of their ten children four are now living. George Ladd ac¬ quired his education in the district school. Until 1892 he worked for his par¬ ents and then, in the following year bought 160 acres of wild land in Section 32, Maple Plain Township, which he began to improve, in time clearing 60 acres and erecting a set of buildings. In 1920 he bought 80 acres more in Crystal Lake Township, thus enlarging his farm to an area of 240 acres. He follows general farming and dairying, keeping mixed grade of cattle with a pure bred sire, and has made good financial progress. He is a director of School District No. 3. On Nov. 1, 1899 Mr. Ladd was united in marriage with Tilda Hogan, who was born in Norway, June 24, 1876, daughter of Charles and Hilda (Rude) Hogan. Both her parents are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Ladd have been

Halvor O. Juve, a respected farmer of Section 31, Stanley Township, has lived in this county for over 36 years. He was born in Norway, March 14, 1848, the son of Ole and Helga Juve, who, in 1862, left their native land, and after a long and dangerous voyage aboard a sailing vessel and a weary trip overland, reached Dane County, this state, where they remained for a while. They then moved to Juneau County, where they purchased a farm on which they spent their remaining years. They were devout members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church and helped to organize the congregation in their neighborhood. Halvor was the fifth of a family of ten children. He started school while in Dane Co., but received most of his education in Juneau County. As a young man he was employed at farm work and on railroads. In time he saved enough to purchase 120 acres of wild land in Plymouth Township, Juneau County, on which he built a log house and barn. He was married in Juneau County Nov. 13, 1876, to Martha Everson, who was born in Norway Nov. 25, 1848, and came to America when but a young girl. In 1884 he sold out and in 1886 moved with his family to Barron County and bought 66 acres of land in Section 6, West Maple Grove Township, where he built a frame house 16 by 24 feet. He cleared some of this land and the next year traded it for 240 acres in Section 6, East Maple Grove Township. This land was partly improved and a log house and barn had been erected. After a few years he sold about 80 acres of it and made extensive improvements on the quarter remaining. He erected a frame house, the main part of which is 16 by 24 feet and the kitchen 12 by 18 feet. He farmed here over 20 years. In 1890 he bought 40 acres in section 31, Stanley Township, and in 1909 he bought 80 acres adjoining the 40 acres, making a 120-acre farm. Here, on Forest View Farm, he and his son, Oscar, carry on general farming and dairying. His cattle are of the Guernsey breed. Mr. Juve has been highway official in his district and while in Juneau County served as member of the school board. The Norwegian Lutheran Church in Barron has found in him a loyal and faithful contributor, and he has taken an active part in its affairs. He is a good citizen in every way, his work in life has met with success, and he has the confidence and esteem of all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Juve have, had seven children: Henry, Mary, Helena (de¬ ceased), Isabelle, Oscar, Helena and Sarah. Henry farms in Maple Grove Town¬ ship. He married Gena Amundson. Mary is the wife of Gust Hong of Wheeler, Dunn County. Isabelle attended the public schools in Barron County, in the city of Barron, and at St. Paul. She graduated from a Minneapolis business college and is a stenographer. Helena attended the Barron High School, the Superior (Wis.) Normal School, and is a proficient teacher. Sarah is a grad¬ uate of the Barron High School and the Wisconsin Business University of La Crosse, Wis. She has attended the Valley City and Mayville Normal schools in North Dakota. She is an efficient teacher and stenographer. To the mem¬ ory of Mrs. Martha Juve, wife of Halvor O. Juve, who shared the burdens of pioneer days in Barron County, worked unceasingly for her family, her church and her community, and who died at her home in Stanley Township March 8, 1919, this article is faithfully dedicated.

Gerhard Olson, whose farm of 80 acres lies in Section 32, Maple Plain Township, is a man who has achieved success and a respected position in the community through well directed industry and perseverance along agricul¬ tural lines. He was born in Norway, Aug. 7, 1870, son of Ole Carston and Olena (Jorgenson) Carston. The father is still residing in Norway, the mother being deceased. Gerhard Olson was educated in his native land and for ten years thereafter was aligned in the ranks of industry as a sailor and fisherman. In those precarious pursuits he earned but a scanty and uncertain living, with no chance of acquiring wealth and but little of making reasonable provision for old age. Seeing no opportunity in his native land to better him¬ self, he resolved to seek it elsewhere, and hence, in 1896, stepped on board a vessel bound for New York. On arriving in this country he came west imme¬ diately to Cumberland, Wis., and soon after entered the employ of the White River Lumber Co. at Mason, Wis. For some years thereafter he was engaged chiefly in the lumber and logging industry, continuing therein in order to earn the necessary capital for making a start in agriculture. In 1901, having saved enough money for the purpose, he bought 80 acres of wild land in Sec¬ tion 32, Maple Plain Township, a tract which he has since developed into a good farm by clearing 40 acres and erecting substantial buildings. He fol¬ lows general farming and dairying, keeping grade Guernsey cattle, the herd including a pure bred sire, and his operations, conducted on a practical basis, have brought profitable results. Mr. Olson is recognized by his fellow citizens as a man of honesty and capacity, and has twice been elected township treasurer. For the last seven years he has also served as treasurer of the school board of his district. He was married in Cumberland, Wis., Aug. 10, 1896, to Danilkel Rassmussen, who was born in Norway Aug. 26, 1872, daughter of Rasmus and Ingeborg (Nilsen) Anderson. Both she and her parents are now deceased, her death having taken place Nov. 26, 1919. To Mr. and Mrs. Ger¬ hard Olson six children were born: Ray I., Dec. 8, 1897; Julius, June 15, 1902; Olga, Aug. 2, 1904; Gena, Sept. 18, 1906; Bernard, April 7, 1909, and Inda, Nov. 8, 1911. All are living except Julius, who died May 6, 1918, in his sixteenth year.

Lars Olson, who owns and operates a good farm of 80 acres in Section 34, Maple Plain Township, is a man who has made his own way in the world and gained a prosperous independence through foresight and industry. He was born in Sweden June 23, 1850, and there spent his youth and early manhood engaged in farm work and other common labor. In 1880 he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York, whence he came west to Wisconsin. For eight years he resided in Frontenac, subsequent to which he was employed for some time by Knapp, Stout & Co., and for a time by the Soo Railway Com¬ pany. In 1890 he came to Cumberland, Barron County, where at first he worked on wood trains loading lumber. The following year saw him take an important step in advance, as he then began an independent career as a farmer by purchasing 80 acres of wild land in Section 34, Maple Plain Township. During the thirty years that have since elapsed he has made continual im¬ provements on his farm and has cleared forty acres of the land. His early buildings were constructed of logs and answered the purpose for a number of years; but in 1917 he began the erection of a set of modern buildings, in¬ cluding a barn 32 by 60 feet, installed with the James equipment. In 1918 he erected a modern house of seven rooms. A reliable gas-lighting system was also installed. Mr. Olson is engaged in mixed farming, giving particular attention to dairying, and may be classed among the successful men of his township. His cattle are of mixed grade, the sire of the herd being a pure bred Shorthorn. In 1892 Mr. Olson was united in marriage with Mary Mattson, who was born in Sweden April 11, 1869, daughter of Matt and Hannah (Peter¬ son) Mattson. The family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Olson has been enlarged by the birth of seven children, as follows: Emil, Jan. 16, 1893; Otto, Sept. 25, 1894; Hjalmer, Oct. 30, 1896; Esther, Nov. 28, 1898; Lucille, Sept. 18, 1901; Anna, Sept. 28, 1904, and Clarence, Nov. 29, 1906. Religiously the Olson family are connected with the Swedish Lutheran Church.

Henry Peterson, proprietor of Daisy Meadow Farm in Section 31, Maple Plain Township, and who for a number of years has been one of the leading citizens and public officials of that township, was born in Germany March 31, 1869, son of Detlef and Mary (Lang) Peterson. In 1886, when he was a lad of sixteen, his parents came with their family to America, stopping first at Wabasha, Minn., and thence going on to Iowa, in which state they remained for a number of years, or until Mrs. Mary Peterson's death, which occurred Feb. 10, 1897. Soon after that event, and in the same year, Detlef Peterson came with the surviving members of his family to Barron County, Wis., buy¬ ing 60 acres of wild land in Section 30, Maple Plain Township. With the help of his sons he cleared some of the land and erected a set of buildings, con¬ tinuing his improvements until his death Nov. 12, 1908. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Detlef Peterson were: Christina, now Mrs. H. L. Frost of McKinley, Wis.; Emil, residing in Grant County, S. D.; John of McKinley, Wis.; Henry, subject of this sketch; Emma, deceased, and Peter H. of Merrill, Wis. Henry Peterson acquired his education in his native land. Until 1888 he continued with his parents for whom he worked, and then, cutting loose from home ties, went to St. Paul where he remained for a year. After that he spent two years in Chicago. In 1897 he came to Barron County and bought 80 acres in Section 30, Maple Plain Township. This was a tract of wild land which called for much strenuous labor before it could be regarded as a farm. In the 14 years which he spent on the place Mr. Peterson effected the necessary transformation, hav¬ ing by the end of that period cleared 40 acres and erected buildings. He then sold the property and bought 80 acres in Section 31, the same township, on which he made similar improvements, clearing 40 acres of the land and erecting buildings. This is his present farm, where he is engaged in mixed farming and dairying, keeping grade Holstein cattle, with a pure bred sire. Through well directed industry he has prospered and is now a substantial and widely known citizen. His capacity was early recognized by his fellow citizens, who, in 1901, elected him supervisor of Maple Plain and Lakeland Townships, in which office he served one year; in 1910 he again became a supervisor of Maple Plain Township, and served two years, after which he was assessor four years. In 1915 he was chairman of the town board. In ad¬ dition to the above mentioned offices Mr. Peterson served 17 years on the school board, twelve years as clerk and five years as director of Joint District No. 3 (Emerson school). He was also road superintendent one year. Aside from his farming interests he is a stockholder in the McKinley Telephone Company. His religious affiliations are with the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Peterson was married Dec. 29, 1895, to Caroline Wingefield, who was born in Chicago Jan. 13, 1875, daughter of Conrad and Dora (Holse) Wingefield, the parents being natives of Germany. Her mother died in May, 1919. The father operates a paint store in Chicago as a member of the firm of Winge¬ field & Holse. They had seven children: George, Caroline, Conrad, Philip, Anna, Dora and Olga, of whom George and Dora are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson seven children have been born, of whom six are living, the record being as follows : Anna, born Oct. 24, 1896, now Mrs. William Williams of Comstock, Wis.; Ludwig, born July 17, 1899, who died Dec. 27, 1913; Olga, born May 27, 1902; Dora, Dec. 7, 1904; Henry, Dec. 6, 1909; Caroline, Sept. 9, 1912, and Ruth, Sept. 12, 1916.

Phillip Henrich Sr., a pioneer of Section 2, Stanley Township, was born in Rhine Province, Germany, July 19, 1843, second of the four children of George and Elizabeth (Fuchs) Henrich. The other children were John, Casimer and Catherine, of whom Casimer was the only one to come to the United States. Phillip was reared in his native land, and was there educated. He came to the United States in 1867 and located at Watertown, Dodge County, Wis. There in 1869 he was married. In 1871 he went to Winnebago County, near Oshkosh, with his bride, and there secured a ride by team to Barron County, 'a long, rough and tiresome trip. Upon reaching this county he located on Section 2. This was a wild tract of land set in the wilderness, with no roads to connect it with the outside world. He cleared a small tract and erected a log cabin 20 by 24 feet. He had little to work with except his hands, and no money to purchase necessities. For several seasons he worked in the woods for Knapp, Stout & Co., leaving his wife alone in the log cabin among the Indians. Later he was enabled to devote more of his time to clearing the land and developing a farm. He bought a yoke of oxen from Knapp, Stout & Co., and a cow from a neighbor, and gradually acquired other stock. He and his wife took a share in everything that tended toward the .development of the community, and opened their small home for services of the German Evangelical Church. In this church he held office for some years. He also served on the school board. Gradually he built up a good farm and erected suitable buildings. Mr. Henrich was married at Watertown, Wis., in 1869, to Anna Elizabeth Elasser, who was born in Germany July 21, 1850, and died in Stanley Township April 27, 1912. They were the parents of seven children: Frank, Christ, Ferdinand, Phillip and Anna, who are living, and two who died in infancy.

Phillip Henrich Jr., a prosperous farmer of Section 2, Stanley Township, was born on the place where he still resides, March 5, 1879, the son of Phillip and Anna Elizabeth (Elasser) Henrich, the pioneers. He attended district school in the neighborhood and also took a course at the Des Moines Business College at Des Moines, Iowa. For several years thereafter he was employed in machine work in West Superior, Wis., and Minneapolis, Minn. In 1912 he returned to the home place and here he has since remained. He success¬ fully carries on general farming and makes a specialty of a good grade of Holstein cattle. He has continued the improvements made by his father, and has erected a milk house, machine shed and other buildings. Like his par¬ ents before him he is a member of the German Evangelical Church. Mr. Henrich was married at Rice Lake, Sept. 25, 1906, to Ella Schneider, who was born at Black River Falls, Wis., Sept. 17, 1885, the daughter of David and Matilda Schneider. Her father was a native of Wisconsin and her mother of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Henrich have had five children: Gladys, Ruth, Marion, Harvey and one who died in infancy. Gladys is attending school at Janesville. The others are residing at home.

Hans Howe, who, in partnership with his son, John 0. Howe, is engaged in a farming and dairying business in Section 35, Crystal Lake Township, under the style of Hans Howe & Son, was born in Norway, March 11, 1849. The first 25 years of his life were spent in his native land, where, after arriving at man¬ hood, he followed various occupations, doing farm labor, engaging in the fish¬ ing industry, and in winter working in the pineries. In 1874, with the view of bettering his condition, he came to America, landing at New York, whence he came at once to Woodstock, Ill. There he stayed five years, engaged in farm labor. In 1880 he came to Cumberland, Barron County, Wis., and entered the employ of the Mansfield & Lang Lumber Co., with whom he remained for 18 months, or until the fall of 1881. Having hitherto worked for others, Mr. Howe now took a step in advance and became his own master by purchasing 80 acres of wild land in Section 35, Crystal Lake Township, on which he en¬ gaged in agriculture. Of this tract he cleared and improved 40 acres, also erecting a complete set of buildings. The barn, which was constructed in 1910, measures 36 by 80 feet and is provided with the James equipment. His cattle are of the Guernsey breed, the herd have a pure-bred sire. With his son, John, he is doing a profitable business and has taken rank among the promi¬ nent citizens of his township, which he has helped to improve by the building of roads. For 24 years he also served as school clerk for District No. 4. Re¬ ligiously he is a member- of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Hans Howe was married April 3, 1880, to Susannah Foss, who was born in Norway, May 2, 1857, daughter of Ole and Anna (Olson) Soxison. Both her parents have since passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Howe three children were born : John O., April 21, 1881; Ida, May 2, 1883; and Helmer, Sept. 27, 1885. John O., as al¬ ready mentioned, is now his father's partner. Ida is the wife of Ben Wall, of Cumberland Township, and Helmer is a farmer in the same township.

John O. Howe, an enterprising and prosperous farmer of Crystal Lake Township, in partnership with his father, Hans Howe, was born in the City of Cumberland, Barron County, Wis., April 21, 1881. He acquired the elements of knowledge in the district school and subsequently took a short course in the agricultural college at Madison, Wis., being graduated there in 1909. Since that time he- has been associated with his father in the management of their farm of 80 acres in Section 35, Crystal Lake Township, doing mixed farming and dairying. He is also a stockholder in the Comstock Creamery and has served three years as township assessor. On June 19, 1909, Mr. Howe was united in marriage with Anna Olson, who was born in Woodville, Wis., Sept. 22, 1880, daughter of Christ and Anna (Gundevalson) Olson. Her parents are now deceased. Fraternally, Mr. Howe is a member of Camp No. 8254, Mod¬ ern Woodmen of America. An active and up-to-date American farmer, he is making rapid strides on the road to prosperity.

William J. Diers, a young and energetic farmer of Crystal Lake Town¬ ship. and a patriotic American who offered his services to the United States in the late war and took such part therein as opportunity afforded, was born in Nebraska. Feb. 22, 1891, son of William and Marie (Clauson) Diers. The parents, natives of Germany, came to America in 1889, settling at once in Nebraska, where the father operated a farm for nine years. In 1898 the family came to Barron County, and for two years thereafter the elder Mr. Diers operated the Frank Hieser farm in Almena Township. In 1900 he bought 80 acres in Section 16, Crystal Lake Township, of which tract he cleared 25 acres, also erecting a set of buildings and improving the property in various ways during his residence of two years thereon. At the end of that time he sold it and took a homestead of 160 acres in Section 32, the same township, which, also, he improved, clearing 35 acres and erecting buildings. This place was his final earthly home, as he died there Sept. 19, 1906. He had become a prominent citizen of his township and county and his demise was greatly re¬ gretted. His widow subsequently sold the farm and bought another of 133 acres in the same township. Their family numbered eight children: Henry, a resident of Chetek; Dora, now Mrs. Irvin Line, of Cumberland, Barron County; Lena, wife of William Baird, of Aitkin, Minn.; William J., subject of this sketch; Fred, a farmer in Cumberland Township; Sophia, wife of Wil¬ liam Niemeier, of St. James, Minn.; Anna, who resides in Montana; and Mary, of St. James, Minn. William J. Diers was educated in the district school and at an early age was initiated into farm life and labor. Having worked for his father until the latter's death, he then took charge of the farm for his mother, and thus operated it until 1919, when he bought it. Since then he has been the sole proprietor and, in general farming and dairying, is doing a successful-bus¬ iness. His cattle are high grade Guernseys, the herd having a pure-bred sire. On April 2, 1918, Mr. Diers enlisted in the United States service, becoming a member of the 48th Coast Artillery. Having received training at Ft. Casey, Wash, he was transferred to Camp Eustis, Va., and later to Camp Stewart, Va. On Sept. 7, 1918, he sailed for Brest, France, in which country he remained six months, though he was not called into action. On March 13, 1919, he be¬ gan his return journey to the United States, where he arrived safely and was discharged at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., April 2, 1919.

Ernest L. Tait, proprietor of Wild Wood Farm in Crystal Lake Township, of which he is one of the substantial and respected citizens, was born in Pleas¬ ant Grove Township, Olmsted County, Minn., April 15, 1872. His parents were Joseph and Martha (Rucker) Tait, the father a native of England, who came to the United States in 1854, first settling in Illinois, where he met and married Martha Rucker. In the early sixties he and his family came to Minne¬ sota, which state was then but thinly settled, and that, only in portions near the principal streams. They had hardly time to establish themselves when the Civil War broke out and Joseph Tait became a soldier in the Union Army, being a member of Company C, Third Minnesota Regiment. As such he served until the end of the war, subsequently making his home in Olmsted County, Minn., until 1894. In that year he retired from active work and moved to Spring Valley, Minn., where he died, Feb. 20, 1901. His wife, who survived him, is still living in Spring Valley, though now well advanced in years. They had three children: Ernest L., subject of this sketch; Nellie, who is deceased; and Bernice, who lives at Spring Valley. Ernest L. Tait, in his boyhood, at¬ tended school in Olmsted County, Minn. He subsequently worked for his par¬ ents until 1893. in which year he started in for himself, renting a farm in Fill¬ more County, Minn. Later he bought a farm in the same locality and operated it until he came to Barron Cpunty, Wis., in 1912. His first investment here was the purchase of 40 acres in Section 28, Crystal Lake Township. Of that tract he cleared 20 acres, and having improved the buildings, he sold it in 1919. In the preceding year, however, 1918, he bought his present farm of 160 acres in Section 21, the same township. Since then he has cleared 20 acres and im¬ proved the place further by rebuilding the house and outbuildings, so that he now has a good and profitable farm. His buildings are provided with an ade¬ quate gas-lighting system and other conveniences. Mr. Tait is profitably en¬ gaged in mixed farming and dairying, his cattle being pure-bred Shorthorns. He is president of the Farm Bureau in Crystal Lake Township. He was mar¬ ried Oct. 17, 1894, to Nettie B. Lyman, who was born in Moore County, Minn., February 6, 1872, daughter of Abner and Ellen (Green) Lyman. Their union has been blessed by the birth of eleven children, of whom ten are now living, the record being as follows: Homer E., born Jan. 31, 1896, who is a buttermaker at Stanley, Wis.; Eunice M., born May 5, 1897, now Mrs. Leslie Roycraft, of Chippewa Falls; Harold, born Sept. 8, 1898; Joseph, born July 4, 1900; Mildred E.. born Feb. 23, 1902, who is in the employ of the Bankers' Life In¬ surance Co. at La Crosse, Wis.; Myrna E., born Aug. 21, 1904; Dorothy M., born May 25, 1906; Donald, born Dec. 4, 1908; Helen, born June 12, 1912; Lloyd A., born Sept. 3, 1914; and Walter, born Sept. 7, 1916, who died March 25. 1917.

George Hafele, an early settler, has lived on his present place in Section 3, Stanley Township, for nearly forty years, and has watched with pride the wonderful development of this part of the state. He was born in Germany, and there spent the first half of his life. As a young man. he married Mrs. Regina Berger, and this union was blessed with six children, Rose, George John, Leon¬ ard, Lena and Ludwig and one who died, unnamed, in infancy. Lena and Lud¬ wig are also deceased. By her previous marriage to John Berger, there were four children, Jacob, Barbara, Kate and John. The family came to America in 1882, and located at Rice Lake, where Mr. Hafele secured work on the rail¬ road. He bought 40 acres of wild land in Section 3, and erected thereon a small frame house and a log barn, and moved the family onto the place in the spring of 1883, having spent the winter in a vacant house owned by Philip Henrich. They had little to do with, no horses, and few tools, and were still in debt for the fare from Germany. For several winters he worked in logging camps to get a little money, spending his summers in the development of the farm. He cleared a large part of the place, on which he still resides, and de¬ veloped into a prosperous farmer. Mrs. Hafele died May 27, 1920.

George John Hafele, proprietor of the Twin Elm Farm, Section 3, Stanley Township, purchased by his father in 1882, is a splendid example of what a man with energy and perseverance can accomplish by hard work and self-sac¬ rifice in a new country. He was born in Germany, May 29, 1876, son of George and Regina Hafele, who brought him to this country in 1882. He was reared on his present farm, and attended school in the neighborhood. Gradually as he grew to manhood he assumed the responsibilities of the place. Beginning with his father's buildings, he has built up a fine set of farm structures. He added to and completed the house, he built a stock barn, 34 by 48 feet, with a 14 by 24 "lean-to", a grain and hay barn, 24 by 60 feet, and a silo, 12 by 28 feet as well as other sheds and buildings. To the original tract he has added 40 acres adjoining and 30 acres in another section. The buildings are in excel¬ lent condition and repair, and are equipped with many modern conveniences, including an acetylene light plant. On this place he carries on general farm- ing, and makes a specialty of Holstein cattle and Belgian horses. In public life he has done his duty as a good citizen and has served on the school board. Mr. Hafele was married June 5, 1906, at his bride's home, in Rice Lake Town¬ ship, to Martha Lienstadt, who was born in Germany on July 5, 1881, the daughter of Carl and Wilhelmina Lienstadt, and came to this country in 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Hafele have four children: Olga, George, Gladys and William. The family faith is that of the German Lutheran CJiurch.

William Modersbach, an active citizen of Crystal Lake Township, where he is profitably engaged in mixed farming and stock raising, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1872, son of Leopold and Mollie (Somflosky) Modersbach. The parents were natives of Russia, who came to America in 1869, and who, not long after arriving here, came west and settled at Reed's Landing, Minn. There they made their home until 1883, in which year they came with their family to Barron County. Here Leopold Modersbach opened and improved three differ¬ ent farms, continuing actively engaged in agricultural operations until 1919, when he retired. For several years he served as road superintendent. He is now residing in Comstock, Crystal Lake Township. Of the seven children born to him and his wife, Mollie, two are now living: Anna, wife of Fred Nelson, and William, subject of this sketch. William Modersbach acquired his education in the district school. He learned agriculture on his parents' farm and for several winters followed the strenuous occupation of lumberjack. In 1897 he entered the employ of Thompson & Palmer, merchants, of Turtle Lake, in whose store he was employed for three years. His farm of 120 acres was purchased in two different lots, 80 acres in 1898 and the other 40 acres in 1901. It lies in Section 29 and when purchased by him consisted of wild land. Here in 1901 he took up his residence and began the work of improvement. He has cleared 55 acres and erected a set of buildings and his operations in mixed farming and stock raising have led to profitable results. His cattle, which are bred beef stock, are pure-bred Shorthorns. He has been road superintendent for several years and has served as township clerk for one year, being always ready to do his part as a good citizen. Mr. Modersbach was married Oct. 29, 1897, to Efhel Logan, who was born in Sauk County, Wis., April 5, 1870, daugh¬ ter of William H. and Margaret (Hyland) Logan. Her parents are now de¬ ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Modersbach have three children: Ruth M., born June 27, 1900; William L., Oct. 28, 1904; and George V., Feb. 22, 1906.

Frank Williams, a leading representative of the farming and dairying in¬ dustries in Crystal Lake Township, where also he has taken an active part in public affairs, was born in Morristown, Minn., March 28, 1869. His parents were Joseph and Ada (Hopkins) Williams, the father a native of Ohio and the mother, of Illinois, who settled in Minnesota in the late fifties. In 1884 they removed to Crystal Lake Township, Barron County, Wis., buying 104 acres of wild land in Section 27. Joseph Williams cleared 20 acres of this tract and also erected a set of log buildings. He became one of the prominent citizens of his township, which was then included with three others in Cumberland Town¬ ship, by which name it was known, serving for five years as chairman of its board. Here he resided until 1901, when he removed to Seattle, Wash., his present place of residence. His wife, Mrs. Ada (Hopkins) Williams, passed away April 24, 1920. They were the parents of six children, Florence, Frank, Stella, Alice, William and Harriet, of whom Stella is now deceased. Frank Williams acquired his education in the common schools of his native state, Min¬ nesota. When old enough he began to help his father on the farm and thus gradually acquired a practical knowledge of all branches of agricultural work. Ambition and industry have done the rest and placed him among the pros¬ perous farmers of his township. In 1901 he bought fifty acres of the home farm, on which he has erected a set of modern buildings. His barn, measur¬ ing 34 by 60 feet, is furnished with the West Bend equipment. He is engaged in mixed farming, keeping a number of dairy cattle, which are grade animals of the Guernsey breed, the herd having a pure-bred sire. Mr. Williams was the first manager of the Comstock Creamery, serving also as secretary for one year, and of this institution he is still a stockholder. His public service in¬ cludes two years as chairman of the township board. Cumberland Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., numbers him among its active members. He has never married but his three surviving sisters reside on the farm with him, looking after the house¬ hold duties and providing a congenial home atmosphere.