BIOGRAPHIES: Gilbert O. BRAATON, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 3 January 2004 ************************************************************************ Gilbert 0. Braaton, successful farmer, Section 35, west, Maple Grove Township, was born in Norway, Jan. 12, 1860, and there received his education and learned the trade of shoemaking. In June, 1886, he came to America, and after landing in New York, found his way to Granite Falls, Minn., where he was a shoemaker for ten years. Then he opened a shop at Hanley Falls, Minn. Next he and his son, George, had a shoe store and repair shop at Wood Lake, Minn. From there he came to Barron County in 1911, and bought and sold three different places before acquiring the present farm. He now successfully carries on general farming and dairying. Mr. Braaton was married April 9, 1888, to Carrie J. Brakke, whose parents were Minnesota pioneers. She died at Wood Lake, Minn., March 14, 1900, after bearing her husband two children: George, who was born Dec. 10, 1888, and Julius, who was born Dec. 5, 1892, and died Nov. 17, 1903. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 1001. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm