BIOGRAPHIES: Johanes ANDERSON, Prairie Farm Tsp., Barron County, WI

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Johanes Anderson, an early settler of section 17, Prairie Farm Township, was
born in Norway and was there reared to manhood. As a young man he married
Martha Torgerson, who was born May 15, 1824, and they had four children,
Andrew, Anna, Torger and Christine, all of whom are now dead. In the sixties,
Johanes Anderson determined to seek for himself and his family the broader
opportunities of America. Accordingly they embarked at Bergen, in their native
land, and after a four weeks' voyage aboard a sailing vessel, reached Quebec,
Canada. From there they found their way to Dane County, this state, where they
lived for a while. In 1872 they came to Barron County and settled on the banks
of Turtle Creek, three miles northwest of Prairie Farm Village. The first
summer they lived in a small board shack, and in the fall moved into a log
cabin. They started their farming operations with a yoke of oxen and several
cows. The market place was at Menomonie. Trips were made there twice a year
with the ox team, the journey taking about three days. The family continued to
live on the place and gradually built it up, adding to the area until the farm
embraced 240 acres. After a useful and well spent life, Johanes Anderson died
in April, 1900, at the age of 75 years. His wife, who was the faithful
companion of all his labors, died in December, 1906, at the age of 82 years.
The family faith was that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 633.