Biographies:  Ole ANDERSON, Dovre Township, Barron Co., WI 

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Ole Anderson, now deceased, was for many years one of the substantial men of
the community. His ambition was to build up a good home and a good farm, and 
in this he succeeded so well that his stone house will remain a landmark in
Dovre Township for many years to come. He was born in Norway, April 22, 1840, 
his parents being Andreas and Martha, and he was there reared and educated. 
In 1869 he came to America; on Jan. 20, 1874, at Eau Claire, Wis., was 
married to Bertha Anderson, daughter of Anders and Inga Anderson. She was 
born Oct. 7, 1835.  Soon after his marriage, or in February, 1874, Mr. 
Anderson secured 160 acres of wild land in Section 35, west, Dovre Township. 
There he built a log house, 16 by 24 feet, and by hard work started to 
develop a farm. For some years he used an ox team.  He brought provisions 
from the trading points afoot. Gradually prosperity crowned his efforts. In 
1902 he built a good barn, and in 1909 added a silo. It was in 1907 that he 
put up the substantial stone house which now ornaments the place.  He was 
active in the affairs of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and was one of the 
trustees of the congregation at Sand Creek, Dunn County. He died Dec. 8, 1920, 
and his wife on Jan. 30, 1917. There were two children Albert Martin, a
farmer of Dovre Township, and Andrea, the wife of Carl Albert Olson, who
lives on the home farm.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 604.