BIOGRAPHIES: Christ ANDERSON, Lakeland Township, Barron County, WI

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Christ Anderson, a pioneer settler of Lakeland Township, where he is now
living retired from active work, was born in Norway Oct. 9, 1852. He grew
up in his native land, attending school and later doing farm work until
1874, when, as a young man of 22 years, full of strength and ambition, he
cut loose from home ties and emigrated to the United States. From New York,
where he landed, he went to Lansing, Iowa, where, however, he remained but
a short time, soon coming to Menomonie, Wis., and entering the employ of
Knapp, Stout & Co. In 1876 he came to Barron County and took a homestead of
80 acres in Section 26, Lakeland Township. The land of course was wild, as
he was one of the first settlers in the township. As such he had pioneer
work to do. He cut the trail to Cumberland which is now the main road to
that place, and used to fetch his provisions from Rice Lake before the
village of Cumberland was started. Until 1897 he resided on his land in
Section 26, of which he cleared 20 acres, besides erecting log buildings.
He then sold it and bought 80 acres in Section 13, the same township, which
tract, after improving it, he sold in 1909. In the same year he bought his
present place in Section 25, which he has since cleared and provided with
buildings. In 1911 he gave up the active work of the farm and has since
lived a life of comparative leisure. Among Mr. Anderson's early labors was
the building of the road from the Robertson farm to Pipe Lake. He was a
member of the first school board in the township, serving as its treasurer
for five years. His long residence in the county has made him one of its
best known citizens and he has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances
of all ages and conditions. He is affiliated religiously with the Norwegian
Lutheran Church. Mr. Anderson was married May 6, 1876, to Johanna Hanson,
who was born in Norway Dec. 19, 1857. She passed to the higher life June
30, 1911, leaving four children: Lena, now Mrs. Clint Beardsley of Rice
Lake, Wis.; Carrie, wife of Anton Balmer of Lakeland Township; Christina,
wife of John Snekvik of Duluth, Minn., and Dave, who is a farmer in
Lakeland Township.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 887.