Barron County, Wisconsin - Chapter 13: Biographical and Geneological Review, 1922 (part 36 of 46)

Charles A. Bergstrom, proprietor of a good farm of 80 acres in Section 23, Crystal Lake Township, is a type of that class of foreign born citizens whose advent is for the benefit of this country. He was born in Sweden, March 27, 1870, son of Gustav and Louisa (Jacobson) Bergstrom. The father is no longer living, but the mother still resides in her native land. Charles A. acquired his education in Sweden, where, until 1890, he was engaged in agricultural pur¬ suits. He then emigrated to America, landing at Quebec, whence he came directly to Wisconsin, ending his journey at Comstock, Barron County. Hav¬ ing found employment in the Sprague sawmills in Crystal Lake Township, he remained there two and a half years, practicing economy with the view of some day becoming his own master. This purpose he achieved in 1894 when he bought of Mr. Sprague his present farm of 80 acres in Section 23, Crystal Lake Township, which he at once proceeded to develop. In the 27 years that have since elapsed the place has assumed a very different aspect, the result of his continued exertions in the direction of improvement. Sixty acres of the land have been broken and a good set of buildings erected. Mixed farming and dairying engross Mr. Bergstrom's attention and have given him a place among the prosperous citizens of his township. His cattle are of the Durham and Shorthorn breeds and includes pure-bred sires. Mr. Bergstrom has served several years as a member of the school board of District No. 7. Religiously, he is affiliated with the Swedish Lutheran Church. On April 12, 1891, he was first married to Ahna Olson, who passed away twenty years later, Oct. 12, 1911. The issue of that union were two sons: Arthur, born April 4, 1892, now a carpenter, living in Cumberland, Wis., and Carl, born Aug. 10, 1893, who operates a store in Comstock, Wis. Mr. Bergstrom's second marriage was to Mrs. Amanda Carlson, whose maiden name was Amanda Carlson. Of this union three children have been born: Elsie, March 14, 1915; Everett, Sept. 20, 1916; and Edwin, Aug. 17, 1918. Mrs. Bergstrom has also a daughter by her first husband, namely, Sigma Carlson, who was born Aug. 5, 1900. Mr. Berg¬ strom has been road supervisor since 1911, and has supervised the building of several miles of roads in Crystal Lake Township, as well as keeping the roads in good condition.

Samuel B. Bird, the present assessor of Crystal Lake Township, where he is engaged in general farming and dairying, was born in Turner County, South Dakota, July 18, 1875, son of Samuel and Dinah (Ewerts) Bird. The father was a native of England, while the mother was born in Germany. They came to the United States and settled in Turner County, Dakota (now South Dakota), in 1872, where they resided until Samuel Bird (Sr.) was killed in 1878. They had two children: Maggie, now Mrs. Charles Schugan, and Samuel B., of Crystal Lake Township, Barron County. Mrs. Samuel Bird, who subsequently married John Middendorf, is now residing at Clayton, Wis. Samuel B. Bird received his schooling in the city of Minneapolis. He began industrial life as a farm laborer, after which he learned the carpenters' trade and for sixteen seasons was employed in sawmills in Minneapolis. After that for a short time he operated a truck farm at Robbinsdale, Minn. In 1917 he bought 87 acres in Section 19, Crystal Lake Township, Barron County, which is his present farm. Of this land he has cleared 20 acres and is about to erect a set of mod¬ ern buildings. He is engaged in mixed farming and dairying, keeping Hol¬ stein cattle, with a pure-bred sire at the head of his herd. With a good prac¬ tical knowledge of the various branches of agriculture and endowed with the necessary industry and ambition to advance himself in the world, Mr. Bird can scarcely fail of success. He occupies a respected place among his fellow citizens and in 1921 was elected township assessor. His religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is more than a quarter of a cen¬ tury since Mr. Bird renounced the state of bachelorhood to embrace the re¬ sponsibilities of domestic life. He was married April 10, 1895, to Wilhelmina Duchene, who was born in Muskegon, Mich., May 17, 1874, daughter of Frank and Dinah (Leonard) Duchene. Her parents are now residents of La Crosse, Wis. During the years that have since elapsed, the Bird family circle has been enlarged by the birth of ten children, as follows: Robert F., born Janu¬ ary 28, 1896, now living in Hardy, Arkansas ; Clara, born May 18, 1898, who is the wife of Boyd F. Hauser, of Minneapolis; Irwin R., born Nov. 5, 1899, who resides in Winnipeg, Canada; John B., born Dec. 15, 1900, now with the Kemp Ice Cream Co., of Minneapolis; Evelyn, born May 3, 1903, who died Aug. 8, 1910; Daniel E., born June 13, 1907, who died Sept. 13, 1916; Wilbur S., born Aug. 14, 1909; Vivian, born March 3, 1913; Warren, born Jan. 2, 1915; and Marie, born May 20, 1917.

George W. Ewen, business man of Mikana, owner and operator of a threshing outfit, former dealer in farm implements and machinery, and for some years a successful farmer, was born in Bamsboro, N. J. April 7, 1850, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Sweeten) Ewen, both of whom spent the span of their years in New Jersey. George W. received a common school educa¬ tion in his native state. He left school at the age of sixteen, and for several years thereafter was variously employed in his native state, in Ohio, and in Indiana. Late in 1877 he came to Wisconsin, and with headquarters at Rice Lake, worked for Knapp, Stout & Co., and other concerns in lumber camps. From 1890 to 1895 he logged on his own responsibility as a contractor. In the meantime, in 1882, he had purchased 40 acres of hard timber land in Cedar Lake Township. From time to time he purchased additional land until he owned 247 acres, and as opportunity presented he developed a farm. Origin¬ ally he built a log house and bams, and made a small clearing. In 1900 he erected a good frame bam. In 1910, after having still further improved the place and developed in all some sixty acres, he sold out and moved to Mikana. Here for five years he sold farm implements and machinery. In 1915 he opened a refreshment hall where he has pool tables and sells soft drinks, cigars, tobacco and smokers' supplies. Since 1900 he has owned a threshing outfit which he operates in the harvest season. He owns his place of business and three additional lots. In public affairs Mr. Ewen is well known, having been a supervisor of Cedar Lake Township eighteen years, ten years of which he was chairman. At various times he has also served on the school board. Mr. Ewen was married in June, 1888, to Dorothy Momson, who died Dec. 2, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Ewen had six children: Edward, Mary J., John G., George R., Martha and Irene C., all born in Cedar Lake Township. Edward was born March 16, 1889, married Helen French, and lives at Yakima Valley, Washington. He enlisted in Company E, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, on April 17, 1917, and was stationed successively at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; Camp Lewis, Washington; Vancouver Barracks, Washington; Fort Wright, Washington; Camp Lewis, Washington; Camp Dodge, Iowa; Camp Grant, Illinois, and Camp Custer, Michigan. He was discharged in April, 1919. Mary J. was born Nov. 3, 1890, is the wife of Halver Halverson of Cedar Lake Township, and has fivp children: Dorothy, George, Howard, Orvil and Lloyd. John G. was born March 15, 1893. He was inducted into the United States service in 1918 and was sent to Camp Grant, Illinois, and was there dis¬ charged. George R. was born June 22, 1896. He enlisted in the United States service in 1918, trained at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and Camp Hum¬ phries, Virginia, and was equipped for overseas service at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. He was further trained at the engineers' camp in France, and was in the Meuse-Argonne drive with Company E, 111th Engineers Regiment, being in action for 27 days. He returned to the United States with his unit and was discharged at Camp Grant, Illinois, June 11, 1919. Martha was born

Charles E. Wickens has been a well known resident of Doyle Township for some twenty years, and in all that time has maintained a reputation as an estimable, useful and industrious citizen. Upon coming here from Savannah, Ill., in 1902, he purchased 200 acres in Sections 2, 3 and 4, Doyle Township, renovated the house, put up a good barn and outbuildings, and cleared up the land. He now has a well cultivated place and everything about it, buildings, fences, stock, land and equipment all speak of the fidelity with which he has labored. He successfully carries on general farming and stock raising, and has a good grade of cattle, a flock of fine sheep, and a drove of Duroc- Jersey swine. He sells his cream to the Central Cheese and Butter Association of Doyle Township, of which he is one of the stockholders. Mr. Wickens was born at Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan, Nov. 27, 1870, the son of George and Catherine (Raridan) Wickens, natives of New York state, both now deceased. When his parents died he was still an infant, and went to live with his uncle, Richard Drawley, at Lawton, in the same county. He attended the common schools and as a youth took up railroad work, being gradually promoted foT faithful service until he became an engineer. He worked at that trade at various places until coming to Barron County in 1902. Mr. Wickens was married at Amboy, Ill., Oct. 9, 1894, to Bridget McFadden, who was born in that place on Oct. 17, 1877, the daughter of Neil and Rose (McGuire) McFadden of Ireland, the father being a native of Ireland and the mother of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Wickens have five children: Cletus M., who served in the World War, was born April 26, 1897. Kenneth C. was born Aug. 4, 1904; Katherine B. was born Aug. 3, 1907 and died June 21, 1909; Gladys B. was born Dec. 31, 1910; Glen was born Sept. 29, 1912 and died April 10, 1913. Cletus M. Wickens was inducted into the United States service as a volun¬ teer Sept. 16, 1918, at Washington, D. C., and was sent to Governor's Island. On Oct. 6, 1918 he embarked for France, connected with the prison adminis¬ tration department, his early service being in assembling camps. He re¬ turned to the United States in January, 1920, in the steamer "George Wash¬ ington", and was discharged at Hoboken, N. J., Jan. 30, 1920.

Ole Kringle, now deceased, for many years a respected and substantial citizen of Doyle Township, and later a resident of Mikana, in Cedar Lake Township, was born in Norway, Jan. 29, 1858, son of Andrew and Gertrude (Nelson) Krinkle, natives of that country, who brought him to America in 1861 and located in Dane County, this state, where they farmed the remainder of their lives. Ole was reared and educated in Dunn County and learned farming from his father. In 1881 he came to Barron County and bought 100 acres of railroad land in Doyle Township. To this he later added 80 acres more, making a good tract of 180 acres. He erected a good set of buildings, cleared a part of the land and developed a good farm. There he successfully carried on general agricultural operations until 1908. Then he sold out and moved to Mikana. There he conducted a livery and dray line, and operated in addition a truck farm of eighteen acres. He died Feb. 12, 1918. He was a good citizen and well liked by all who knew him. His relig¬ ious faith was that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Kringle was married Oct. 12, 1892, to Maren Sathra, who was born Sept. 6, 1868 in Olm¬ sted County, Minn., daughter of Ole and Jaran (Gulson) Sathra, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1861, and located in Olmsted County, Minn. They left Minnesota in 1879 for North Dakota where they successfully farmed until Mr. Sathra's death Nov. 16, 1910, since which time Mrs. Sathra has lived in North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Kringle were the parents of two children. Alfred C. was born June 26, 1893 and now lives in Mikana. Ellen was born July 14, 1895, and is the wife of Jack Snyder of Mikana.

Alfred O. Kringle, licensed guide and veteran of the World War, was born on a farm in Doyle Township, this county, June 26, 1893, the son of Ole and

Maren (Sathra) Kringle. He was reared and educated in his native township, and was brought to Mikana at the age of fifteen. As a youth he was em¬ ployed as a general store clerk in Mikana. From boyhood days he has been interested in out-door life, and he now devotes much of his time to guiding fishing and hunting parties on Cedar Lake, having received a regular license in 1918. July 23, 1918 he was inducted into the United States service and trained at Camp Grant with Company M, 343rd Inf., 86th Division. He was equipped for overseas duty at Camp Mills. He sailed Sept. 14 and landed in South Hampton, England, Sept. 22. He was in France from Oct. 19 to April 28, 1919, and from there went to Germany. He left Germany for Brest May 23, 1919, returned to the States June 10 and was discharged from Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., June 21, 1919. He now makes his home with his mother in Mikana.

Lester H. Uren, formerly a general merchant with a store at Mikana, Cedar Lake Township, but now salesman for the Pine Tree Milking Machine Co. of Minneapolis, was born June 2, 1889 at Blanchardville, Wis., son of Blakely and Celia (Paynter) Uren, who are now farming near Angus, Wis. He at¬ tended the graded and high schools of his native place and in 1911 was grad¬ uated from the Barnes Anatomy School at Chicago, Ill. Subsequently he worked for a while in Chicago and then returned home. Then he went to Spooner, in this state, and for a few months was employed in charge of the undertaking parlors of A. D. Burnett. From 1912 to 1914 he was a furniture dealer and funeral director at Osceola, this state. After this, for a short time, he had a similar establishment at Postville, Iowa. In 1915 he opened a mercantile business at Mikana in partnership with his brother, Warren, and in 1918 became sole owner. In that year he erected a frame store build¬ ing, which is one of the features of the business street of the hamlet. In addition to the general mercantile business he took the agency for Barron County for the Pine Tree Milking Machine Co. of Minneapolis. To the sale of this machine he is now devoting his attention. His business holdings in¬ clude stock in the Mikana Cheese Co. Mr. Uren is a good business man, has built up a good trade, and stands high throughout the community. Frater¬ nally he is a member of Osceola Lodge, No. 134 A. F. & A. M. Mr. Uren was married May 14, 1913 at Osceola, Wis., to Ella Ames, daughter of E. B. and Christina (Nelson) Ames, the former of whom died in 1910, and the latter of whom now lives in Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Uren have two children: Lester Ames, Oct. 13, 1914, and Dorris Lucille, Sept. 11, 1920.

Herman Thalke, a retired farmer living in Mikana, was born in Germany June 17, 1862, the son of Fredrick and Mary (Malchow) Thalke, both of whom spent the span of their years in that country. He was educated in his native land and as a youth learned the trade of stone mason. In 1880 he came to America, landed in Baltimore, and came from there directly to Floyd County, Iowa. From there a short time later, he came to Dodge County, Wis In 1883 he went to South Dakota and took a homestead of 160 acres in Town 115, Range 69, Hand County. Ten years later he sold and located at Menasha in Winnebago County, Wis., where he worked at his trade for seven years. In 1890 he located once more in Dodge County, where he operated rented farms for seven years. In 1907 he came to Barron County and bought 80 acres in Section 4, Doyle Township. He cleared twenty acres of this land and erected an excellent set of buildings doing all the mason worlc himself. On this place he conducted general farming and dairying. In 1916 Mr. Thalke rented the place to his son, William, and erected a pleasant home in the village of Mikana. In addition to his home and farm his holdings include stock in the Mikana Creamery and the Central Cheese and Butter Association. While in Doyle Township he served on the school board. In 1920 he was elected one of the supervisors of Cedar Lake Township. He and his family attend the German Lutheran Church of Cedar Lake Township. Mr. Thalke was married July 30, 1883 to Minnie Otto, who was born Jan. 29, 1864 in Germany, the daughter of

Carl and Minnie (Rhanke) Otto, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Thalke have three children, Frank, William and Martha. Frank was born April 11, 1884, and lives at Mikana. William, born Sept. 10, 1898, operates the home farm. Martha was born Sept. 10, 1898, and is the wife of Louis Funk of Mikana, Wis.

Gabriel Kringle, a pioneer of Barron County, was born in Norway, and was married in Wisconsin to Barbara Huset. They had both come to this country in 1861 with their respective families while yet in their 'teens. They located in Dane County, and in 1871 came to Barron County, taking a home¬ stead of 160 acres in Section 36, Maple Grove Township, where they de¬ veloped a good farm. They cleared the land, put up a set of buildings and experienced all the privations of pioneer life. Money was scarce, neighbors were few, Indians still ranged the county at will. But by perseverance and thrift these good people forged ahead and became prominent members of the community. Mr. Kringle served in several town offices such as clerk and treasurer, and was for some time a member of the school board. He and his family have adhered to the faith of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

George G. Kringle, postmaster at Mikana, manager of the yard of the Independent Lumber Co. at Mikana, and owner of a potato warehouse at Angus, is a native of this county and has been a prominent man in this vicinity for many years. In public life he has been clerk and treasurer of Cedar Lake Township. His business holdings include his home at Mikana, his warehouse at Angus, stock in the company of which he is manager, and stock in the Mikana Creamery and in the Central Cheese and Butter Association. Fra¬ ternally he belongs to the Masons and the Modern Brotherhood. He was born in Maple Grove Township, this county, March 14, 1881, son of Gabriel and Barbara (Huset) Kringle. In his native township he received his edu¬ cation and was reared to farm pursuits, remaining with his parents until 1898. Then in order to broaden his experience he went to Carrington, N. D., where he did farm labor for two years. In 1900 he came to Barron County and was employed by Knute Espeseth, at Dallas, Wis., for a year. He came to Mikana in 1901 and opened a general store. This he successfully operated for thirteen years, winning a place for himself as a leading business man and active citizen. In 1914 he sold the store and bought 120 acres in Section 21, Cedar Lake Township, which he operated for a short time. Then, in 1916, he opened an office in Mikana, selling land and insurance. In the meantime, in 1908, he had been appointed postmaster, and that position he still holds. In 1916 he became manager of the Independent Lumber Co. Mr. Kringle was married March 7, 1905 to Grace Doears, who was born in Wisconsin, daughter of John and Allie (Wilkinson) Doears, natives of southern Wisconsin, the former of whom is now deceased, the latter still living. Mr. and Mrs. Kringle had two children: Valorise and Edward. Valorise was born Feb. 8, 1906, and Edward Aug. 24, 1910. Both are doing well with their studies in the public schools of Mikana. Mrs. Kringle died May 21, 1915. She was a kind and loving wife and mother and a good neighbor, and her loss was sincerely mourned.

Nels Everson, station agent at Mikana, is an excellent railroad man, has the confidence of the company which employs him and of the people he serves, and is in good favor with the traveling and shipping public. He was born in Norway, Aug. 8, 1844, son of Everson and Ellen (Larson) Everson, who spent the span of their years in Norway. For some years after leaving school he worked with his parents and then became a farm foreman. In 1872 he came to America and found his way to Menomonie, this state, where he entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. In this employ he remained for forty years, working in various places in northern Wisconsin. Mainly, he worked in the woods winters and in blacksmith shops summers, but he was also an allaround handy man, and there are few positions connected with lumbering operations that he has not occupied. He also farmed for many years. In 1912 he took up his home in Mikana, and was made janitor of the public school building. Six years later he took up the duties of his present position. While he has been too busy to mingle actively in public affairs, he is much interested in good roads and from 1901 to 1912 was road commissioner in Cedar Lake Township. Mr. Everson was married Aug. 6, 1882, in Cedar Lake Township, this county, to Nellie Dale, daughter of Andrew and Christina (Tolle) Dale. This union has been blessed with three children, William, Alfred and James. William was born May 20, 1883, and lives at Mikana. He married Anna Asmassen and has three children, Jessie, Morris and Nora. Alfred was born March 4, 1887, and was designated for United States service but did not pass the examinations. James was born July 23, 1893. He served in France with the American Expeditionary Forces, being overseas seven months, as a member of Company E, 309th Infantry.

Leander Coates, blacksmith of Mikana, is a native of this state, born in Sauk County, Feb. 22, 1863, and there educated and reared to farm pursuits. At the age of twenty he started to learn the blacksmith's trade in Merrimack, in his native county, and there remained for several years. From there he went to Caledonia, Wis., and operated a shop for himself for three years. Then, after another interval at Merrimack, he opened a shop at Modena, in Buffalo County, this state. In 1907 he went to Birchwood, this state, on the line between Washburn and Sawyer Counties, and conducted a shop for thirteen years. In 1920 he came to Mikana and opened his present shop in a building 46 by 28 feet and fully equipped which he erected. He is doing excellent work and enjoys a wide trade, having the respect and confidence of all with whom he has business relations. Mr. Coates was married March 10, 1886, to Nellie Jones, who died March 10, 1893, leaving one son, William, who was born Oct. 21, 1886. On Nov. 21, 1894, Mr. Coates married Violetta Noyes Powell, widow of Frank Powell. This union has been blessed with seven chil¬ dren: Reva, born March 9, 1896; Leon, born June 24, 1897; Harvey, born Sept. 8, 1899; Bessie J., born April 14, 1901; Orva, born March 24, 1903; Effie, born Nov. 18, 1907, and Gordon, born Feb. 6, 1909. By her marriage to Mr. Powell, Mrs. Coates has two children : Harley E., born April 11, 1886, and Beatrice A., born Nov. 9, 1890.

William F. Sanford, early settler, proprietor of the sightly and fertile Lonesome Pine Farm, section 8, Vance Creek Township, was born at McHenry, in McHenry County, Ill., May 16, 1853, the son of Elisha and Mary (Harvey) Sanford, the former of New England stock and the latter of Scotch ancestry. In the family were six other children: Elnora, Mary, Alice, George, John and Charles. The father, Elisha, and two of the sons, George and John, were veterans of the Civil War. Elisha served in the 51st Illinois Volunteer In¬ fantry. George served in the 18th Illinois Volunteer Infantry two years, and then enlisted in the 17th Illinois Cavalry. John served two years in the 95th Illinois Infantry, and then enlisted in the 17th Illinois Cavalry. William F. lost his mother when he was but seven years of age, and at the age of thirteen started out for himself by working on neighboring farms. As a young man he came west and on July 3, 1872, reached Iowa. He did farm work that summer and expected to get into the mines in the fall, but not being able to find employment he made his way to Pepin County, this state, where he secured work in connection with the lumbering operations along the Chippewa. He married in 1875, and shortly thereafter took a trip further up the river in search of a location, but found nothing that exactly suited him. It was in that year that his brother, John, located on section 18, Vance Creek Township, Barron County. In the fall of 1876, the subject of this sketch went to Iowa to work for his uncle, William Farnsworth, who lived near Sheffield, in Franklin County. A little later he purchased a farm in the same vicinity. But his first wheat crop was a failure, so he became a renter. In 1882 he came to this county, and in August, 1883, homesteaded 40 acres of his present place. In December of that year he put up a log cabin on his brother John's place in section 18. Then he set to work to get his own place ready. He put up a comfortable log cabin on a rise of land, cleared a home lot around it, and in May, 1884, moved into it with his wife and four children: Carrie, John, May and Lizzie. There they spent many happy years. The times were hard, it is true, there were many hardships and privations, toil was severe and of the most grilling kind, comforts were few, luxuries were unknown, and even the necessities were sometimes lacking. But they had courage and strength and ambition, they were establishing a home, and their hearthstone was a place of never failing good cheer. Travelers often stopped there, and no one was ever turned from the door. The first year the family had a cow. Some three or four years later they secured a yoke of steers, which they broke to the harness. The trading point was at Clear Lake, over the line in Polk County, and Mr. Sanford often walked there, bringing supplies home on his back. While getting his farm in condition, he continued for many seasons in the employ of the lumber interests. In the winter he worked as sawer, swamper and chain tender in the lumber woods, and in the spring he tended the dam for the river drives. In later years he devoted all his attention to the farm. He added forty more acres of land, buying the tract from Knapp, Stout & Co. for $235. Gradually he cleared up and developed the place. In 1907 he put up the fine modern home which is now the family residence, and which was first occupied just before Christmas of that year. The barn is commodious, the other buildings are adequate. The house is surrounded with trees and a lawn, the well tilled acres are suitably fenced, the equipment is of the best, the livestock is sleek and well cared for, and everything about the place be¬ speaks the thrift, good taste and public spirit of the owner. Here he success¬ fully carries on general farming and dairying on a profitable scale. He has taken an interest in everything that has pertained to the growth, progress and betterment of the community, in social, civic, religious, educational and business affairs. He was active in the organization of the United Brethren Church at Reeve, and he and his family walked four miles to attend the first service. He circulated the petition for the establishment of the school house in the neighborhood, and both he and his wife served on the school board, the latter for one year. He served consecutively for twenty-seven years, and then after an interval, four years more, making in all 33 years. The first school in the school house opened in the fall of 1887 with Anna Johnson as teacher, and with eight pupils, among whom were four of the Sanford children. Nearly all the teachers, from the first, have boarded at the Sanford home. In after years no less than five of the Sanford children became teachers themselves. Mr. Sanford early saw the importance of the establishment of a creamery. Butter of varying quality was then being made by the farmers, and taken to the stores, where about five cents a pound was received in trade. He there¬ fore interested the neighbors in the establishment of the Co-operative Creamery at Reeve, of which he was made president. This institution is now merged in the Clear Lake Co-operative Creamery. In township affairs Mr. Sanford has been equally prominent. He has been chairman of the township, and as such has done good service for both town and county. He has also served on the sideboard. His brother, John, was the first clerk of the township. Mr. San¬ ford was married April 21, 1875, at Pepin, Wis., to Josephine Carter, who was born in that town, April 23, 1860, the daughter of Ben F. and Flavilla (Cleuley) Carter, natives of Maine, and early settlers of Pepin County. This union has been blessed with fifteen children: Carrie, John, Lizzie, Mary, James, Clinton, George B., Fred, William, Lucille, Gladys, Fern, Lawrence, Rosie and Josie. The two last mentioned are twins. John, a boy of unusual promise, and of sturdy and endearing qualities, died Jan. 14, 1895, at the age of sixteen. Mary grew to charming womanhood and died June 20, 1917, at the age of 34 years. Clinton grew to manhood, and was already well along the road to success when he died, Jan. 18, 1919, at the age of 32 years. George B. and Lawrence are overseas veterans of the World War. George B. enlisted in May, 1917, at Phillips, Wis., in the Wisconsin National Guard. In November the same year he was transferred to Camp Douglas, Wis., and sworn into the United States service. In the same month he went to Camp McArthur, Texas, and served there as a mechanic until February, 1918, when he was transferred to the military police. In March he went to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and in April went overseas, arriving in France in May, 1918. He served with the 32nd Division in the battle of the Marne, and from then until his departure from France served as military police. He sailed from Havre in April, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Grant in May, 1919. Lawrence enlisted at Mar¬ shalltown, Iowa, Jan. 14, 1918, for Coast Artillery service. He was sworn in at Fort Logan, Colorado, trained there one month, and then went into training at Fort Scott, Presida, California. June 24, 1918, he arrived at Camp Mills, New York, for overseas equipment. He sailed on a French mail boat June 29, 1918, and arrived in France July 10, 1918. He was assigned to Truck Co. A, Army Artillery Park, A. E. F., and trained at Lamoges, for truck and motor¬ cycle work. He started for the front Aug. 16, 1918, with motor truck and 10 motorcycles, and on Sept. 12 arrived at Domgermain, Toul Sector, St. Mihiel front. Sept. 23, 1918, he was transferred to the Argonne region, where he hauled ammunition to the front until November 11. Nov. 29, 1918, he left the Argonne and stayed in Southern France until March 7, 1919, when he was furloughed for ten days, during which time he visited the Pyrenees Moun¬ tains and points in Spain. He sailed for the States April 19, on the U. S. S. Camonicus, and arrived in New York harbor May 2, 1919. He was discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, May 16, 1919, with the rank of corporal. He is entitled to wear with his uniform the four ribbons signifying the four citations re¬ ceived by his unit.

Samuel H. Carsley, Civil War veteran and one of the notable pioneers of Barron County, where he is still living, honored and respected, was born in Harrison, Cumberland County, Maine, August 3, 1837. His schooling was received in Pennsylvania, to which state he went at quite an early age. Among his first industrial occupations was that of tending a wire ferry on the Alle¬ gheny River, which he did until 1866. He then applied himself to learn the trade of millwright, and so continued for two years, or until 1867, when he came west to St. Croix County, Wisconsin. There he established the first saw¬ mill in the county and was subsequently engaged in that line of work until 1876, with the exception of the time that he spent in the army. His enlist¬ ment took place in Aug., 1864, when he became a member of Company I, 38th Wisconsin Regiment, which became a part of the First Division of the Ninth Army Corps. With that organization he served for one year, being an orderly for three months and cook for the rest of the time. He was honorably dis¬ charged at Madison, Wis., in June, 1866. In October, 1876, Mr. Carsley came to Barron County and took a homestead of 167% acres in section 28, Crystal Lake Township, being the first man to file a land claim in the township. This tract he subsequently developed into a farm, clearing sixty acres. His first buildings were log structures, which he replaced as he advanced in prosperity by better ones of frame. As for a number of years he could make little from his farm, he cut cord wood and ties in winter, confining his clearing operations to the summer. Among the various enterprises in which he engaged, he and Theodore Jacobson took a contract to clear 80 rods of the right of way for the railroad that now runs through Comstock. He also constructed roads and was active in inducing new settlers to make Barron County their home. He took logging contracts for different lumber companies and handled all the logs from sections 6, 6 and 8 in Crystal Lake Township. In those early days provisions were obtained for the most part from Clayton, Wis. Throughout that period Mr. Carsley did a good deal of hunting. He has killed three or four hundred deer in his time, besides many bears. He was an early member of the school board of his district, on which he served many years and was for one year treasurer of the township board. In 1896 his health having begun to fail, he retired from active life and has since followed the light occupation of bee keeper. He has sold all his land but 15 acres and has a comfortable home on the banks of Crystal Lake. Mr. Carsley was first married June 24, 1860, to Harriett E. Babcock, with whom he lived in happy wedlock for nearly 15 years, or until her death on May 2, 1875. By her he had four children: Evelyn, born April 1, 1862, now Mrs. William Connor of Web¬ ster, Wis.; David C., born December 10, 1863, who is a farmer in Crystal Lake Township; Cora, born May 19, 1866, who is the wife of P. H. Finley, of Wash¬ burn County, and Seth, born June 16, 1870, who met an accidental death January 9, 1891. Mr. Carsley married secondly Mary E. Babcock, who was born July 23, 1850, in New Hampshire, daughter of George W. and Sarah (Sprague) Babcock, she being a sister of his first wife. Of this union four children were born: Isabelle, April 26, 1876, who resides at home with her parents; Henry H., born November 13, 1882, who is a merchant in Comstock; Francelia, born April 15, 1885, and now a school teacher; and Ernest, born Nov. 8, 1888, who died Sept. 21, 1896. Mr. Carsley, as a pioneer of Barron County, is one of its best known citizens and has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He has seen the county develop from a wilderness to a highly civilized and prosperous division of the state, and it is some satisfaction to him to know that he had a worthy part in this happy transformation.

Claus W. Carlson, an energetic and useful citizen of Crystal Lake Town¬ ship, where he is engaged in agriculture, was born in Sweden Sept. 20, 1880, son of Carl Gustofson and his wife Eva, whose maiden name was Johnson. Both parents are deceased, the mother having passed away in 1912, and the father in 1882. Claus W. was educated in his native land, where he remained until 1898. Then a young man of eighteen years, strong and ambitious, he emigrated to the United States, coming directly to Comstock, Barron County, Wis. For six years thereafter he worked for others, doing farm work in sum¬ mer and lumbering in winter. During this period he saved what he could of his earnings, so that about 1904 he found himself able to purchase 80 acres of wild land in section 35, Crystal Lake Township, on which he made a start for himself. He has cleared and broken 40 acres and erected all the buildings, including a barn 34 by 62 feet, provided with the James equipment. In mixed farming and dairying he is doing a successful business, keeping Durham and Shorthorn cattle with pure bred sires at the head of his herd. In addition to his farming interests he is a stockholder in and director of the Comstock Creamery, and treasurer of the Comstock Community Club; also treasurer of the Comstock Cow Testing Association and a member of the Farm Bureau. For five years he has been clerk of District No. 4 school board. His industrial activity and intelligent comprehension of local needs have marked him out as a man well qualified for public office, and in 1914, therefore, he was elected township assessor, in 1918 supervisor, and in 1919 chairman of the town board, in all of whicl; positions he rendered good service. He is a stockholder, director and secretary of the Comstock Co-operative Mercantile Company. Mr. Carlson gave up bachelor life on March 29, 1903, when he was united in marriage with Hulda E. Johnson, who was born in Center City, Minn., Feb. 4, 1885, daughter of Frank and Eva (Ryd) Johnson, natives of Sweden. But one of her parents is now living, the mother being deceased. The father resides at Center City, Minn. The revolving years have enlarged Mr. Carlson's house¬ hold through the birth of five children, namely: Marie A., born May 16, 1904; Edla V., November 17, 1905; Lilly E., July 9, 1908; Clara V., May 8, 1912, and Mildred E., Sept. 12, 1914. The family circle is a happy one and typical of that high grade of citizenship that has made Barron County one of the most prosperous and advanced divisions of the state.

Filas F. Demars, proprietor of a farm of 320 acres in section 6, Crystal Lake Township, of which township he is one of the prominent and substantial citizens, was born in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 7, 1866, son of Salem and Margaret (French) Demars. The parents were natives of Canada who settled in Lowell when they first came to the United States in 1876. There Salem Demars worked at his trade of wagon maker for sixteen years. At the end of that time he returned to Canada, remained there four years, and then returning to the States, settled in Union County, South Dakota, where he died Aug. 6, 1911. His wife died December 31, 1919. They were the parents of seven children: Filas, Hector, Eugene, Zelma, Eva, Anna and Alice. Filas F. Demars received his schooling in Massachusetts and Canada. After beginning industrial life he worked for his parents until 1889, after which he operated a farm until 1896. Having sold the farm he went to New Castle, Nebraska, where for seven years he operated a ferry boat on the Missouri River. In 1903 he came to Barron County, Wis., and bought his present farm of 320 acres in section 6, Crystal Lake Township, of which he has since cleared 75 acres. Among his other improvements may be mentioned the construction of a machine shed and two barns, one 40 by 60 feet and the other 36 by 60 feet. The place is installed with a good gas lighting system. Until 1920 Mr. Demars was actively engaged in mixed farming and dairying, keeping Durham cattle. He is a stockholder in the Comstock Creamery and a member of the Farm Bureau. Religiously he is a Catholic. On Aug. 27, 1892, Mr. Demars was united in marriage with Alice Allard, who was born July 16, 1870, in St. Louis, Mo., daughter of Anton and Celestine (Manard) Allard. Both her parents are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Demars eleven children have been born and nine are now living, the record being as follows: Permelia, born Sept. 10, 1893, died Aug. 27, 1904; Edward, born Oct. 4, 1895, died Feb. 11, 1910; Leona, born Nov. 30, 1896, now residing in Sioux City, Iowa; Delia, born March 14, 1897; Eva, March 10, 1899, Sioux City; Leo, Sept. 24, 1900; Arthur, June 23, 1902; Ella, March 6, 1904; Alice, July 28, 1905; Mary, May 19, 1907, and Raymond, April 23, 1910.

Andrew Dramdahl, an early settler in Barron County, and now a respected resident of Crystal Lake Township, was born in Norway Nov. 22, 1858. He attended school in his native land and subsequently became a common laborer, being thus occupied until 22 years old. Then, resolved to seek a land of fuller opportunities, he came in 1880 to America, landing at New York and thence coming west to Pierce County, Wis. There he entered the employ of the Ols and Lord Lumber Co. and for three years worked in the woods and in saw¬ mills. In 1883 he came to Barron County and bought 80 acres of wild land in section 36, Crystal Lake Town, later adding to it 80 more. He was not yet ready, however, to settle on his land, but for several years worked for the Beaver Lake Lumber Co. In 1889 he began the development of his farm, a task that occupied him for many years, but which he effectually accomplished, breaking 100 acres and himself erecting a set of buildings. Here he is still engaged in mixed farming and dairying, keeping Guernsey cattle with a full blooded sire at the head of his herd. . He is also a stockholder in the Comstock Co-operative Creamery. For many years Mr. Dramdahl has been a man of mark in his township and at various times has served in public office. As early as 1888 he was elected supervisor of Cumberland Township, when it included what are now four separate townships, and served three years in that office. Subsequently he was supervisor of Crystal Lake Township several years and chairman of the board six years. Also for twelve years he has been treasurer of the school board of Joint District No. 9, including Cumberland and Crystal Lake townships. In these public positions he has shown good business capacity and a close comprehension of the needs of the community in which he resides. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Church and of the Cumberland Old Settlers Association. Mr. Dramdahl was married at Comstock March 29, 1885, to Caroline Christopherson, who was born June 6, 1862, in Norway, and who, after eleven years of happy wedded life, passed away June 27, 1896. She was the mother of four children: Carl H., born July 16, 1886; Anna, born January 15, 1888, who died in May, 1889; Ragnhild A., born Nov. 21, 1889, and Alvin, born July 3, 1893. Ragnhild A. was married May 20, 1913, to Arthur Bloom and they make their home with Mr. Dramdahl. They have two children: Almena K., born March 15, 1914, and Annice E., born Dec. 22, 1916. Alvin Dramdahl was drafted into the United States service Sept. 3, 1918, be¬ coming attached to the medical department. He was sent first to Camp Greenleaf, Ga.; thence transferred to Debarkation Hospital No. 52, and afterwards to Richmond, Va. Later he was transferred to General Headquarters No. 43, National Soldiers' Home, at Hampton Roads. He was discharged at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., October 23, 1919.

Carl E. Overby, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Rice Lake, and member of the Hoppe-Overby Orchestra, was born in Menomonie, Wis., April 6, 1885, son of Christian and Juliana Overby, who brought him to Rice Lake when he was two years old. He received a good education in the graded and high schools of Rice Lake. In 1903 he entered the First National Bank as clerk and bookkeeper, and is therefore now the oldest bank employee in point of service in Rice Lake. With this institution he has since remained, being promoted to second assistant cashier in 1908, and to his present position in 1914. He has won his way entirely on his own merits, and is one of the prom¬ ising young men of the city. His business holdings include stock in the First National Bank, in the Barron County Telephone Co., and in the Rice Lake and Northeastern Telephone Co. He is one of the twelve owners of the Rice Lake Dancing Pavilion. From boyhood he has been actively interested in music and is now regarded as one of the best trap drummers in the county. His services are greatly in demand, and his work on the drums, bells and xylophone has been an important feature in the success of the Hoppe-Overby Orchestra. Mr. Overby is an active member of the Rice Lake Commercial Club. His recreation is found in hunting and fishing and in music. He is well regarded throughout the community. His efficiency, his integrity, his wide acquaintance, his accommodating spirit, and his genial personality are im¬ portant factors in the upbuilding of the bank, and being yet a young man, his friends predict for him in future years a still wider success.

Newell W. Bailey, founder, and until his death, president of the Barron County Bank, the oldest bank in Barron County, was born in Higganum, Mid¬ dlesex County, Connecticut, the son of Alvin and Laura (Neff) Bailey, of old New England stock. He received his education in the common schools and the academy at his native place, and as a young man came west and located at Richland Center, Richland County, Wis., where he engaged in the mercantile business with his brother, Henry. After several years he sold out there, and devoted considerable time to traveling about the Northwest, studying con¬ ditions and looking for a desirable business location. In the course of his travels he reached Rice Lake. He saw the future possibilities of the busy little hamlet, and determined to locate here. He became a resident in 1880, and at once began to acquire real estate interests throughout the county. In 1882 he established the Barron County Bank at Rice Lake, the first bank in the county. The bank continued to grow, and in 1903 was incorporated. Mr. Bailey was president, his wife cashier, and A. Pauline Bernard vice president. In 1911 Mr. Bailey sold a part of his interests, but remained as president until Aug. 7, 1916. In the meantime Mr. Bailey had continued to be interested in real estate, buying, developing and selling. At one time he had six well im¬ proved farms and over 3,000 acres of wild land, all in this county. He was one of the real leaders in local affairs, not only as a financier but as a citizen, and his work is an integral part of the history of the whole region. A thorough business man, he was genial in personality and was held in the highest esteem as a man of probity and influence. His death, Aug. 26, 1917, was sincerely mourned. He was one of the original Masons of Rice Lake, and attained the Thirty-second Degree. At one time he was a member of the Knights of Pythias. He donated liberally to the various local churches and to other public enterprises. Mr. Bailey was married Dec. 20, 1883, to Anna B. Dutton, a native of New York State. Soon after their marriage, Mrs. Bailey entered the bank as cashier, and so remained until the reorganization of the institution in 1911. She was an able helpmate in all her husband's undertakings. She was active in neighborhood affairs, and prominent in the Eastern Star. Her death June 24, 1912, caused wide mourning. July 14, 1915, Mr. Bailey married A. Pauline Bernard, who was born in Dodge County, Wis., Jan. 29, 1868, the daughter of Anton and Mary (Heimerle) Bernard, natives of Germany who came to this country as children and were here married. Mr. Bernard settled in Dodge County a while, and later moved to Chippewa Falls. In 1874 he came to this county and bought 160 acres in Oak Grove Township, where he farmed until his wife died Jan. 4, 1896. Then he sold the farm. In 1904 he went to Canada, and there he died April 10, 1909. Mrs. Bailey, then Miss Bernard, entered the Bank of Barron. When it was organized as a state bank in 1903 she was made vice president, and so remained until the reorganization in 1911. She is one of the esteemed women of the community and is held in high regard.

Henry Halvorsen, an early settler of Arland Township, and one of the most respected of the older residents of the county, now living retired in Turtle Lake, was born in Norway Jan. 18, 1834, the son of Halvor and Christina Helgerson, also natives of that country. They came to America in 1875 and located in Prairie Farm Township, where they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying at the remarkable age of 106 years and the mother at the age of 96 years. Henry was reared and educated in his native land, and there married his wife, Caroline Elingson. He came to America in 1881 with his oldest son, Hans, and lived a year in Meeker County, Minn. In 1882 the two came to Barron County, and here he secured a farm in section 20, Arland Township. At that time there were only a few settlers in the vicinity. He cleared the land, erected suitable buildings, and in a short time sent to Norway for the wife and the other members of the family. In developing the farm, the family underwent all the experiences of pioneer life. Most of the provisions were brought from Prairie Farm Village, nine miles away, on foot. In time they developed a good place, and reaped the just reward of their hard work. Mrs. Halvorsen died in 1910. Mr. Halvorsen, at the good old age of 86 years, makes his home with his son, Hans, of Turtle Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Halvorsen had eight children, four boys and four girls, all of whom are now living. Martha is the wife of Simon Eckern, of Iron Mound, Mich. Hans lives in Turtle Lake Village. Christ is in Canada. Alex lives in Pennington County, Minn. Mary is the widow of William Powers, and lives in Canada. Charles lives in Duluth. Minnie married Henry Jenkins, of Buffalo, Minn. Christina is the wife of James Jenkins, of Anoka, Minn.

Hans Halvorsen, contractor and carpenter of Turtle Lake, was born in Norway July 11, 1866, the son of Henry and Caroline Halvorsen, the former of whom brought him to America in 1881, settling one year in Meeker County, Minn., and then in this county. At the time of reaching this county, young Hans was sixteen years of age. He assisted in developing the home farm, and was still a youth when he went to Arland Village in 1901, and for six years conducted a mercantile establishment there. In 1906 he came to Turtle Lake Village, and for ten years operated a blacksmith shop. In 1916 he engaged in business as a carpenter and contractor, which he has since continued to follow. In public life he has been village assessor four years and village trustee eight years, and is in every way doing his duty as a good citizen. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen and of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Halvorsen was married in Arland Township, Sept. 26, 1896, to Sina M. Miller, daughter of Peter A. and Serena Miller, who were born in Norway and settled in Arland in 1883. They were the parents of seven children. Charles, Martin and Peter are all farmers in Arland Township. Sina M. is Mrs. Hans Halvorsen. Martha, Peter and Anna are dead. Mr. Miller died Jan. 21, 1915, and Mrs. Miller is still living at the age of 77 years. Mr. and Mrs. Halvorsen have four children. Harry P. is a store clerk in Turtle Lake. Clarence H. is a student at the Wisconsin State Normal School at Eau Claire. Stella A. and

Albert Johnson And Family

Andrew F. Wright, county judge of Barron County, was born in Franklin County, Mo., Dec. 25, 1861, son of Thomas F. and Rachel (Yokum) Wright. The father, Thomas F. Wright, was a native of England and in early manhood had followed the sea for seven years. After coming to the United States he served in the war with Mexico and returned home broken in health. In Illinois he married Rachel Yokum, a native of that state, and about 1849 they settled in Missouri, where Mr. Wright became foreman of a large plantation. In the early fifties, leaving his family in Missouri, he came to Prairie du Chien, Wis., looking for good land on which to settle, and finally took a farm in Columbia County, situated in the southwestern part opposite the village of Prairie du Sac, in the neighboring county of Sauk. To that place he brought his family about 1852. He died in 1862. His wife died at the age of 84 years in Buffalo, Mo., in 1903. They were the parents of nine children, of whom four are now living, namely: Charles D., of Leavenworth, Kans.; Sarah M., now Mrs. Alfred Satterlee, of Columbia, Mo.; Benjamin F., of Ontario, Calif., and Andrew F., of Barron, Wis. Andrew F. Wright acquired his education in various places, first attending common school in Madison, Wis., and in Illinois. After that he was a pupil at Hillsboro Academy, at Hillsboro, Ill., and then for two years at Asbury University (now Dupaw University) at Asbury, Ind. On Nov. 20, 1877, he was united in marriage with Helen M. Dewey, daughter of Dunning and Caroline Dewey, residents of Goodhue County, Minn., near Red Wing, and he and his wife began home making on a farm in Clinton Township, Barron County, which he had previously homesteaded. In June, 1881, he removed to Cumberland, this county, where he resided until 1888. During this period he began the study of law in the office of L. H. Mead of Shell Lake, Washburn County, and in 1888 he went to Ashland, where he was admitted to the bar in the following year. In Ashland he practiced his profession for eleven years. During the legislative session of 1899 he served as assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. In the same year, 1899, returned to Cumberland, where he served as city clerk and became municipal judge, holding the latter position to 1917, when he moved with his family to Barron. Previous to this he had been appointed to fill out the unexpired term of the previous incumbent of the office of county judge, a position to which he was elected for the full term of six years in 1919, and in which he has up to the present time made a good record. Polit¬ ically he is a Republican. He belongs to Cumberland Lodge, No. 223, F. & A. M., at Cumberland, Wis., in which he has passed all the chairs, and is a Knight Templar, belonging to the Commandery at Spooner, Wis.; he also be¬ longs to the Knights of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have been the parents of six children : Addie, Walter Floyd, Ernest F., Millie A., Fern, and one who died in infancy. Addie died Feb. 28, 1894, and Walter Floyd on Jan. 21, 1912. Ernest F. is now a contractor and builder at Cumberland. Millie A., who is a graduate of the Superior Normal School, is now teaching in the public school of Wauzeka, Wis. Fern, who also graduated from the normal school at Su¬ perior, and from the Rasmussen Business College at St. Paul, was a public school teacher five years and is now register in probate for Barron County. Mr. Wright and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Barron. They occupy a high social position and are well known throughout the county.

Albert Johnson, a well-known contractor and builder of Barronnett, to whose skill and fidelity most of the houses in Barronnett and vicinity bear testimony, was born in Sweden June 1, 1859, son of John T. and Cornellia (Lundstrom) Jacobson, both now deceased. He received his early education in his native land and there learned the carpenter's trade. In 1880, after attaining his majority, he came to America, and the first year, to accustom himself to the country and the language, he worked on a railroad. In 1881 he located in St. Paul as a carpenter. Then he went to Burnett County, this state, in 1884, and remained until 1900. In that year he came to Barron County and bought 80 acres in section 9, Lakeland Township, where he started develop¬ ing a farm. He erected a fine set of buildings by his own handiwork, cleared forty acres, and carried on general farming. This tract in 1912 he traded for eighty acres in Barronnett Village. Here he likewise erected a good set of buildings and cleared and stumped seventy-five acres. In 1920 he moved to a sightly house which he had built in the residence center of the village. In the meantime, ever since he first came to the county, he has been occupied as a contractor and builder. He is well thought of in the community, and has been justice of the peace for one year and treasurer of the school board for four years. His holdings include stock in the McKinley Telephone Co., and in the Barronnett Co-operative Creamery. Mr. Johnson was married Oct. 21, 1882, to Christina Olson, who was born in Sweden April 5, 1857. This union has been blessed with nine children. Edward E. was born Aug. 7, 1883, and is now in Barronnett. William A. was born June 6, 1885, and is now farming in Washburn County, this state. Samuel was born Oct. 21, 1887, and is at home. Rosabelle was born Sept. 6, 1889, and is now the wife of Melvin Charleston. Esther was born Jan. 16, 1891, and is now the wife of Charles Wallace. David was born June 26, 1893, and lives in Barronnett. Anton D. was born Sept. 15, 1895, and operates the home farm. Gilbert, born Oct. 30, 1899, and Carl E., born Dec. 24, 1902, are both at home. The family faith is that of the Pentecostal Mission Church. Mr. Johnson was deacon of the Baptist Church for 12 years, has been deacon of the Pentecostal Mission since 1912, and takes active part in all church work.

Albert J. Hintz, proprietor of a business place in Rice Lake, and originator and manufacturer of the well-known and popular High Life Nectar and Hintz Medicated Sweat Baths, was born in Sweden Oct. 17, 1867, son of Magnus and Parnilla (Carlson) Hintz, who brought him to America in 1881, located on a homestead in Otter Tail County, Minn., cleared the land, erected log buildings, later replaced them with frame structures, carried on farming there success¬ fully for many years, and then sold out and moved to Battle Lake, Minn., the mother dying in New Jersey in 1913, and the father in Superior, Wis., in 1919. Albert J. received most of his education in the old country, and after coming to this country as a youth of fourteen assisted his parents in developing their pioneer farm and worked at various labor. In 1885 he went to Superior, Wis., where he engaged in the grocery and meat business while he and his wife conducted a boarding house. In 1906 he sold out and came to this county where he conducted a hotel at Barron for a year. He came to Rice Lake in 1907, and besides conducting a hotel, established the Hintz Bottling Works. In 1918 he started a lunch room which he still conducts, selling soft drinks, tobacco, confectionery and fruit in connection. While he has been successful here, he made one venture which was not a success. In the course of his business he acquired two good farms in this county, which he rented on a profitable basis. In 1916 he traded these farms for a bottling plant in St. Paul, where he planned a wider market for his excellent product. But con¬ ditions were not favorable, and within a year he had lost everything he had there. Since then he has recouped his fortunes, and is now one of the success¬ ful men of Rice Lake. Mr. Hintz was married Feb. 11, 1898, to Mrs. Olena H. (Due) Black, widow of Joseph Black. Mr. and Mrs. Hintz have two chil¬ dren: Hazel, born June 4, 1899; and Durina, born Nov. 4, 1901. By her former marriage Mrs. Hintz has four children: Agnes C., Alfred C. and Louis and George. Agnes was born May 29, 1885, married Albert Bradson, and lives in Haugen, this county. Alfred C. was born Dec. 13, 1888. Louis married Tillie M. Schmidt. They have two children: Leona Jenette, born May 5, 1914; and Merlyn, born June 8, 1920. George was born May 18, 1894.

Alpheus Keebaugh, a pioneer of Sumner Township, was born in Ohio Dec. 31, 1851, the son of John Keebaugh, a native of Pennsylvania, who in 1867 brought the family to Columbia County, this state, where the children were reared to adult years. Alpheus Keebaugh came to Barron County as a young man, and started work in a sawmill at the old village of Sumner. In the meantime he homesteaded 160 acres of wild land in Chetek Township, but he never made his permanent residence there. For fifteen years he farmed on a place about two miles south of Canton, in Sumner Township. Then he came to Canton and here spent the remainder of his life. He died Nov. 7, 1916. He was highly respected and enjoyed an excellent standing in the community. Mr. Keebaugh was married July 3, 1876, at Sumner, to Hattie Locke, who was born in Reedsburg, Wis., on March 21, 1860. To this union were born five children: Clinton, Nettie, Oze, Allen and Myrtle.

Oze Keebaugh, who is successfully farming on 40 acres of land on the out¬ skirts of Canton, was born on a farm in Sumner Township July 6, 1883, the son of Alpheus and Hattie (Locke) Keebaugh. He was reared on the farm, and as a young man was variously employed in sawmill and other work. For a while he operated a threshing outfit and portable saw outfit. In 1918 he purchased his present place. He is doing well with his farming operations and is well regarded by all who know him. His fraternal relations are with the Modern Woodmen.

Joseph B. Stearns, chairman of Sumner Township, and a well-to-do farmer owning 220 acres of valuable land in sections 19, 20 and 30, was born in a sod house on the homestead of his father in York County, Nebraska, Oct. 23, 1877, the son of John and Elizabeth (Crockford) Stearns, natives respectively of Ohio and Michigan. The father was of pioneer blood and inclinations. He left his native state as a young man and worked in various states in the Mississippi Valley. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the First Iowa Cavalry, and served within ten days of four years, proving his worth as a patriotic citizen and a courageous soldier. After living for many years in Nebraska he came back to Iowa, where he had previously lived, and settled in Lucas County, where both still make their home. Joseph B. spent his early childhood amid pioneer conditions in Nebraska and was brought to Lucas County, Iowa, by his parents in 1882. He was reared to farm pursuits and at the age of seventeen began his career by finding employment on neighboring farms. Later for a dozen years or so he was a renter in that county. In 1914 he came to Barron County and purchased 260 acres, forty acres of which he has since sold. He bought the land for $32 an acre and it is now believed to be worth more than $100 an acre, and during the high prices of 1920 went considerably higher. From the very first, Mr. Stearns has taken an interest in the affairs of the community, and his ability, his worth as a man and his qualities of leadership were at once recognized by his new neighbors here. He has served acceptably on the school board, and was honored with his present position at the head of township affairs in 1920. He is a good executive, he has sought the best interests of the town in public affairs, and he has also proven his worth in his duties as a member of the county board. He is a believer in everything that is for the betterment of the community. Especially has he been active in Farmers' Institute affairs, and has done much in behalf of the Institute that has been held at Canton for the past three years. He is also an enthusiastic supporter of community effort among farmers. He is also a member of the Canton Shipping Association. His fraternal relations are with Lodge No. 337, I. O. O. F., of Russell, Iowa. As a farmer Mr. Stearns believes in modern methods. His place is much larger than the average, but he conducts it in a scientific manner that simplifies its operation, and he is already well along the road of success and prosperity. Mr. Stearns was mar¬ ried in Lucas County, Iowa, to Delta Irvine, who was born in Lucas County, that state, May 18, 1882, the daughter of William and Margaret (Smith) Irvine, pioneers. William Irvine was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1861, and came to this country as a young man. He was married in 1868 to Margaret Smith, who was born in Ohio. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. B, 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served with valor in that organization for three long years. Later he settled in Iowa, where he died Feb. 19, 1918, at the good old age of eighty years, one month and twenty-one days. His wife is still living and is now 77 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Stearns have had seven children: Verlyn Lawrence, Guy Irvine, Chester, Hazel Margaret, Kenneth Walter, Erma Eliza¬ beth and an infant who died unnamed. Chester died in October, 1918, at the age of twelve years and some months.

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, which he continued for several years. He married Lovina Rees, who was born in Canada. Eight children 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, Alexander by name. In 1886 he brought the family to Barron County, and settled on land 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, his wife at the age of seventy-one.

Charles A. McLellan, a respected farmer of section 31, Stanley Township, and for many years connected with good road building in this region, was born in Canada July 26, 1866, the son of Robert and Lovina (Rees) McLellan. He came with his parents to Chippewa County, this state, and at the age of fourteen started adding to the family income by working in the woods. In 1885 he came to Barron County with his parents, and for some years spent his summers assisting to develop the farm in section 26, Stanley Township, while working in the lumber woods winters. After his marriage in 1891 he purchased his present place of 206 acres in section 31, and they started home¬ making here. A little had been cleared, and a few old buildings stood on the place. To the development and cultivation of this farm, he has since devoted most of his attention. He now has a good set of buildings and a well culti¬ vated farm, and has been successful in his agricultural operations. In con¬ nection with this he has for many years been interested in road work. For eight years he was a superintendent of state road operations in this county, and in 1920 he was road master for Stanley Township. He is thoroughly familiar with this work, he is acquainted with the road problems of this region, and he is an enthusiastic supporter of the cause of better highways. He was married Sept. 16, 1891, to Lillian Gifford, the daughter of John Gifford, a Barron County pioneer. She died in October, 1908, leaving twelve children: Lewis, Harry, Bessie, Mattie, Nina, Eugene, Harry, Belle, Inez, Madge, John and one that died in infancy. In 1913 Mr. McLellan married Bertha Hensel, who was born in Germany, the daughter of August Hensel. This union has been blessed with one son, Robert. Mr. McLellan is a member of Cameron Lodge, No. 237, I. 0. O. F., and a shareholder in the Farmers' Co-operative Store in Chetek.

Lewis H. McLellan, road contractor, living on section 31, Sumner Town¬ ship, was born in this township on the farm of his grandfather, John Gifford, Feb; 14, 1892, the son of Charles A. and Lillian (Gifford) McLellan. He was reared on the farm, attended the public schools, and early became interested in road work, assisting his father on Barron County highways. In 1913 he went to Idaho, and was there employed in road work for two years. He returned to Barron County in 1916 and continued road work with his father. Then for one season he operated a meat wagon, subsequently resuming road work. In 1920 he became a cement contractor. His specialty is building in road culverts and bridges, but he also puts floors in barns and does other general cement work. He is known for the reliability and thoroughness of his work, and many culverts throughout the county stand to his credit. Mr. McLellan is well liked by all who know him, and is a popular member of Barron Lodge, No. 38, I. 0. 0. F. Mr. McLellan was married at Boise, Idaho,

. John Sullivan, who is successfully operating a farm of 140 acres in section 16, Sumner Township, is a native of this county, born in Rice Lake City May 13, 1887, the son of James and Ella (Wetzel) Sullivan. He was reared on a farm in Stanfold Township, this county, attended the rural schools, and learned farming from his father. As a young man he worked six winters in the lumber woods. He remained with his parents, assisting with the home farm until 1916, then married, and since then has rented land in Stanley Township; also owning land in Sumner Township. He is a good farmer and is well on the road to success. He is a lover of good stock and raises grade Guernsey cattle, Hampshire sheep and Leghorn fowls. In 1919 he purchased 140 acres of im¬ proved land in Sumner Township, east of Canton. Mr. Sullivan was married Nov. 18, 1916, at Rice Lake, to Louisa Klossner, who was born in Switzerland in May, 1893, the daughter of John Jacob and Marie (Wuefler) Klossner, who brought her to the United States in 1914 and settled in Stanley Township. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan have two bright children: Ralph, born June 23, 1917, and Elaine, born Sept. 1, 1919. The family faith is that of the Swedish Lutheran Church at Rice Lake.

Harvey Lowell, who experienced pioneer life in Illinois and Michigan, and in Sauk, La Crosse and Barron counties, in this state, was bora in New York State, of an old American family. He came to Illinois as a young man and there married Sarah Randolph, who was born in that state, descended, like himself, from a long list of sturdy American ancestry. In the forties he moved to a farm in Jackson County, Michigan, from where, in the fifties, he came to Baraboo, in Sauk County, this state. His next location was in La Crosse County, this state. Then in the late seventies he and his wife came to Sumner Township, this county, and here spent the remainder of their lives. They were most worthy and God-fearing people, whose chief thought, next to their duty to their Creator and their fellow-man, was the welfare of their children. Three of the sons, Eugene Silas, Charles William and Nelson, became promi¬ nent and influential men in Barron County, and several representatives of the family make the county their permanent home.

Nelson Lowell, an honored and respected resident of Canton who has had his share in the upbuilding of Barron County, first came to this region over forty years ago, and has watched with interest its growth from a lumbering country into one of the most flourishing dairy counties of the state. In his long residence here he has always stood squarely for everything that he has believed to be right and just, he has encouraged the younger people in well doing, and he is now reaping the reward of a well spent life. He was born in Jackson County, Mich., Dec. 10, 1846, the son of Harvey and Sarah (Randolph) Lowell. He first came to Barron County in the eighties, and homesteaded 160 acres in section 14, Sumner Township. He built a log house, cleared part of the land and stayed long enough to secure his title. Then he sold his rights and went to Chippewa County, where he rented a farm in Cook's Valley. Six years later he came back to this county and bought 130 acres in section 19, Sumner Township, about half a mile south of Canton. There he improved and developed a good farm. He was a real leader among his neighbors, and became well known in this part of the county. In 1913 he sold out and moved to Canton, where he is now living a retired life after his years of strenuous endeavor. He was married to Helen Eva Wood, who was bora in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell have five children : Clarence, Arthur, Ernest, Charles and Fred. The two last mentioned are now deceased.

Arthur Lowell, an industrious farmer of section 19, Sumner Township, was bora at Cook's Valley, Chippewa County, Nov. 2, 1889, the son of Nelson and Helen Eva (Wood) Lowell, who brought him to Sumner Township when he was a baby. He was reared and educated here. At the age of fifteen he went to Birchwood, on the boundary line between Sawyer and Washburn counties. Three years later he came back and remained on the home farm until he was twenty-one. Then he married and went back to Birchwood. There he worked in the mills and for a time had charge of the barns which housed the lumber teams. Subsequently for some years he farmed on rented places near Canton, and in between, owned 40 acres in section 20. In 1917 he bought his present place of 100 acres in section 19. Here he has made general improve¬ ments and here he has since carried on mixed farming and dairying. He believes thoroughly in co-operative effort among farmers, and holds stock in the Farmers Telephone Co. and the Farmers Threshing Machine Co., all of Canton. Mr. Lowell was married Aug. 16, 1911, in Rusk County, Wis., to Mabel Apker, born in Rusk County, this state, daughter of Tunis H. and Harriet Apker, natives of Wisconsin. This union has been blessed with three children, Ruth, Clifford and Harvey.

Eugene Silas Lowell, Sumner Township, now deceased, was a man of sturdy character who stood high throughout the community, and his death was sincerely mourned. He was one of those men who quietly go their way in life, taking their deepest interest in their work and in their families, and go to make up the backbone of those desirable qualities which constitute the best elements of American life. He was a hard worker, he had good judgment, and attained a well-earned success. He was born in Michigan Jan. 1, 1853, the son of Harvey and Sarah (Randolph) Lowell, both descendants of a long line of good American ancestry. Upon coming west he lived for a while in Wisconsin and then went to Minnesota. He came to Barron County in 1876 and secured a tract of land on the south half of the northeast quarter of section 14, Sumner Township, and the west half of the southeast quarter of the same section. This was all wild land. He built a log cabin and moved into it with his wife. He had an ox team and two cows, and a few tools, and thus started his farming operations. He gradually cleared and improved the land and erected a good set of buildings. One of the Knapp & Stout Co.'s log¬ ging camps was in the vicinity, and after the logging operations were sus¬ pended Mr. and Mrs. Lowell became the custodians of the property. They were real pioneers and Mrs. Lowell was the first white woman on the east side of Long Lake. The nearest neighbors were far away. A journey to the nearest stores was a long and wearisome one, and provisions were usually brought in afoot. Wheat was carted to distant mills with the oxen over trails and tote roads, often amid actual dangers. But Mr. and Mrs. Lowell were then young people, they were sustained by the hope of establishing a home for themselves and posterity, and in time they built up a good place. After eighteen years' residence on that farm they sold out and came to their present place on section 7, Sumner Township. Here again they built a log cabin, started to clear the land and develop a farm. This time they were better equipped than before, as they had brought many of their possessions from their former farm. Here, too, in time, they built up a good place. After a long and useful life Mr. Lowell died Sept. 3, 1918. His wife is still living on the home place. Mr. Lowell was married at Winona, Minn., April 22, 1875, to Amelia Gorman, born in Racine April 22, 1857, daughter of Abraham and Sophia (Martin) Gorman, natives of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell had two daughters, Addie May and Della, and a foster son, Percy.

Percy Lowell, an energetic young farmer of section 7, Sumner Township, was born Feb. 3, 1896, and was reared on his present place by his foster par¬ ents, Eugene Silas and Amelia (Gorman) Lowell, the pioneers. He attended the schools of the neighborhood, thoroughly learned farming, and gradually took over the responsibility of the home place which he now operates. He has continued the improvements, he has a good farm, and is carrying on general farming and agriculture. His herd is of good Holstein strain. Mr. Lowell is well liked in the community, has already got a good start in life, and is one of the leaders among the younger set in the township.

of Lars and Marie Nelson, who spent the span of their years in the old country. Peter was the fifth of nine children. He was reared and educated in Den¬ mark and came to the United States in 1869. He first located in Iowa, and thereafter lived in Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and Winsconsin. In 1890 he came to Barron County, from St. Croix County, and secured a farm in Chetek Township. He farmed there fifteen years and then took up his home with his son, Walter B., in Sumner Township, where he now lives. He is respected by all who know him, and deeply beloved by his family. He married Lena Nord¬ strom, who died at the age of forty-two, leaving five children: Emma, Bertha, Walter B., Fred and Ben.

Walter B. Larson, an industrious farmer of section 32, Sumner Township, was born in Deer Park, St. Croix County, this state, July 4, 1886, the son of Peter and Lena (Nordstrom) Larson. He attended the public schools, and at the age of eleven started out for himself by working on farms for the neighbors. In 1906 he secured a tract of 60 acres of wild land in section 32, Sumner Township, where he has since resided. He built a log cabin and started clearing the land. With the passing of the years he has developed a good farm, has erected a good set of buildings, and has acquired suitable stock and equipment. He makes a specialty of raising good Holstein cattle, and in addition to this he carries on general farming. He is a thorough believer in co-operative effort among farmers, and is a stockholder in the Farmers Co-operative Store at Canton and at Chetek. Mr. Larson was married at Cameron on Oct. 22, 1912, to Ida Wiese, the daughter of Gottfried Wiese, an early settler. Mr. and Mrs. Larson have had four children: Bernard Arthur, Wallace Walter, Ruby Marie and Charles Frederick.

John Pieper, section 7, Sumner Township, now deceased, was a splendid example of the men, who after marrying and acquiring a family in the old country, had the courage to start out from their friends and the scenes which they had loved since infancy, and seek their fortunes in a new land, amid strangers, and under strange conditions. He developed a good farm here, was a good friend, a generous neighbor, a loving father and faithful husband, and proved himself faithful to his duty in every walk of life. He was born in Germany, on a farm, Dec. 26, 1847, the son of John and Wilhelmina Pieper. He was the oldest of five children, the others being August, Herman, William and Caroline. He attended the government schools, worked on the farm, and did other general labor. He was married in Germany Oct. 3, 1872, to Amelia Schmeling, born June 12, 1863, the daughter of Gotlieb and Wilhelmina Schmeling. In the Schmeling family there were eight children, Charles, Wil¬ liam, Herman, Julius, Wilhelmina, Amelia and Rica. Of these Amelia and Julius were the only ones to come to America. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Pieper established their home in Germany, and there had four children, Anna, Bertha, Herman and Amelia. But they were not satisfied with the opportunities there so in 1881 they set out for America and came to Barron County, where Mr. Pieper entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. He secured 80 acres of land in section 7, Sumner Township, built a small frame house and moved his family there. The only domestic animal they had at first was a cow. For some years the wife was left alone with the children on the farm, while he continued his work as a logger to get a little money for provisions. The country was still wild. Roads were little more than trails. Provisions were brought in afoot. Mrs. Pieper had brought three spinning wheels with her, and she spun wool and knitted socks, mittens and jackets for the family. Their privations and hard work were rewarded in time and they achieved prosperity. After a long and useful life Mr. Pieper died Oct. 9, 1906. In addition to the children already mentioned, he had three, Ida, Helen and John, born in this country. Since his death the mother has continued to live on the home place, which is operated by the youngest son, John. This son, John Pieper, was born on the farm Aug. 29, 1898. He was reared here, attended schools and learned farming from his father. He has continued the improvements started by his father and is an industrious and successful young man. He stands high in the community and is well thought of by all who know him.

John Quincy Werts, joint-owner with his son of the well-known Moose Ear Ranch of 800 acres in Sumner Township, was born in Ohio June 2, 1865, oldest of the ten children of J. J. and Esther (Wymer) Werts, natives of Ohio, and pioneers of Iowa. The subject of this sketch was brought to Iowa by his parents in 1864 and was reared in Lucas County, attending the public schools and learning farming from his father. He also took courses at Parsons' Col¬ lege, Fairfield, Iowa. With this preparation he taught school for a while. Then for many a long year he was a leading farmer in Benton Township, Lucas County, farming large tracts of land and specializing in raising beef and dairy cattle. He was a man of influence and weight, and served in nu¬ merous offices in town and school district. After winning a good measure of success in Iowa, he determined to try his fortunes in a newer country. He had heard much of Barron County, and accordingly fixed upon this region as a suitable location for his future activities. He came here in 1913 and pur¬ chased a tract of 800 acres in sections 23 and 24. This is now one of the best farms in this county. The modern home is equipped with comforts and con¬ veniences, including an electric light plant. In addition to the principal residence, there are also two other dwelling houses on the place. There are also numerous barns and outbuildings, almost a village in themselves. The equipment in the way of machinery, implements and tools is unusual, and includes facilities for cutting and finishing lumber, grinding feed, repairing and sharpening, and general carpenter work. About 600 acres are cleared and under cultivation, and the remaining three hundred acres are timber, stump, brush and pasture land. Here, the general farming, dairying and stock raising are conducted on an extensive scale. Mr. Werts is at the head of all the vast activities which the operation of this farm entail. With all his busy life, however, he has found the time to take the same interest in Barron County affairs that he took in the affairs of his community in Iowa. Since coming here he has served as a member of the town board, and has been a member of various delegations and committees. He favors actively every move which means progress for the county and township, and is always willing to give of his influence and personal aid to every cause which he believes to be for the betterment of the community. He is an excellent type of the modern extensive farmer, thoroughly versed in agriculture and all phases of its development, a good judge of marketing conditions, a keen business man, and possessed of a faculty of securing the best of results from the men whom he employs. Mr. Werts was married April 2, 1878, in Lucas County, Iowa, to Melvina Davis, who was born in that county Nov. 15, 1855, the daughter of John and Sarah Davis, who were respectively natives of North Carolina and Indiana. This union was blessed with three children, Orval G., Stella and Pearley. Orval G. is now his father's partner. Stella is the wife of Dr. Frank Cowgill, of Nevada, Iowa. Pearley, who married Grover Farber, died in 1915. Mrs. Melvina Werts died in Lucas County, Iowa, April 8, 1906, at the age of fifty years. On July 24, 1907, Mr. Werts was married at Edenburg, Penn., to Mary McCleland, who was born in Edinburg, Va., on Nov. 15, 1857, the daughter of Joseph and Mary McCleland, of Mt. Jackson, Penn.

Orval G. Werts, joint owner with his father of the Moose Ear Ranch in Sumner Township, was born at Lucas County, Iowa, Oct. 7, 1885, the son of John Quincy and Melvina (Davis) Werts. He received an excellent education in the public schools, and studied agriculture and kindred subjects at the Ames Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. After his marriage he continued farming a while in Iowa. In 1911 he went to Wyoming and farmed in Park County. In 1914 he joined his father in their present enterprise. He is an energetic man of more than usual ability, well fitted by nature, education, training and experience to cope with the problems arising from the conduct of an 800 acre ranch. He has every detail of the extensive activities at his Anger tips, he has proven himself of unusually sound judgment, and has well deserved the measure of success which has already been his, and is on the highway to still wider prosperity and usefulness. Mr. Werts was married June 3, 1908, in Lucas County, Iowa, to Eva Marie Curtis, who was born in that county on March 19, 1888, the daughter of William and Mary Curtis, natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Werts have three sturdy children, Orval Glen, Jr., Mary Melvina and Herbert Aubrey.

Jens Johnson, an early settler, was born in Norway, and was there reared and educated. He married there, and as a young man, with his wife Johana, and two children, Edward and Jacoba, came to this country in the seventies and located in Waupaca County, this state. From there they came to Barron Coupty and located on a homestead of 160 acres in Stanley Township. They erected a log house, started to clear the land and began farming operations with an ox team and a cow. Later he sold that farm and moved to a tract of 86 acres in section 7, Sumner Township. Some of this land had been cleared. No buildings had been erected. Mr. Johnson put up a log cabin, and as before, started to develop a farm in the wilderness. As time progressed he replaced his log cabin with a good set of buildings and developed a fertile farm. Mr. Johnson was deeply interested in the welfare of his town and served in town and school office. He died at the age of 69 and his wife at the age of 74 years. In addition to the children named they had three more, Andrew, born in Waupaca County, and Eliza and Clara, born in Barron County. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Andrew Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Section 7, Sumner Township, was born in Scandinavia, Waupaca County, this state, April 4, 1874, son of Jens and Johana Johnson, natives of Norway, who brought him first to Stanley Township, this county, and then to the present place. As a young man, he worked a part of his time in lumber camps, on railroad sections and in mills, but most of his life has been spent on the home place. He has continued the improvements started by his father, has erected a silo, and added implements and machinery. He successfully carries on general farming and dairying, and has a good herd of Jersey and Guernsey cattle, the Guernseys being his fav¬ orites. He is a hard-working man of good judgment and foresight, and is meeting with well-deserved success. In addition to his father's place, he has forty acres which he homesteaded himself, and from which he has cut the timber. Mr. Johnson was married on the farm in October, 1906, to Bertha Rude, who was born in Norway, Nov. 16, 1880, the daughter of Ole and Oleana Rude, and came to this country in 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have a bright boy, John, born Oct. 24, 1907. They have also adopted a little girl, Margaret, who is being given parental love and care.