Biographies:  The AMUNDSON Brothers, Barron Co., WI 

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Mathias, Christ and Albert Amundson, known as the Amundson Brothers, are
among the most honored and respected men of the community. They have lived 
here nearly fifty years, they have seen the region grow from a wilderness, 
they have known the leaders in county affairs, and have themselves taken 
their share in its progress and development. The three men are the sons of 
Amund and Osa (Christianson) Amundsen, the name having been modified to its 
present spelling. Mathias was born in Dane County, Wis., June 1, 1852. Christ 
was born in Fillmore County, Minn., Feb. 16, 1860. Albert was born in 
Fillmore County, Minn., Sept. 17, 1866. Mathias was nearly twenty-one when 
he came to Barron County, with his family, and it was he in whose name the 
homestead in Section 32,  Prairie Farm Township, was secured. Christ, who 
was twelve, and Albert who was six, when the family came, attended school 
here for a while. All the boys helped with the development of the land. They 
cleared up the place, erected a good set of buildings, and successfully 
carried on general farming. In 1903 the homestead was sold to Thorsa Olson, 
eleven acres being reserved for the family, where they live.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 617-618