BIOGRAPHIES:  Odin BRONSON, Maple Grove, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  24 February 2004
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Odin Bronson, an energetic farmer, owning 80 acres in Section 31, east,
Maple Grove Township, has developed several farms in this county, and in a
general way has assisted in the growth and progress of the community. He
was born in Winnebago County, this state, June 23, 1881, the son of Andrew
and Klarina (Larson) Bronson. Andrew Bronson was born in Norway and came in
the seventies to Wisconsin, locating in Winnebago County, where he married
Klarina Larson, a native of this state. In 1882 he took his family to a
farm in North Dakota, but in 1900 came back to this state, and located in
Doyle Township, this county, where he died Jan. 13, 1913, after which his
wife went to Nome, N. D., where she now lives. In the family there were
five children: Anna, Palma (deceased), Odin, Kimbell and Alfred. Odin
Bronson received his early education in the district schools of North
Dakota. He came to this county with his parents in 1900 and at that time
purchased 80 acres in Doyle Township, but lived with them until 1908 when
he occupied it. Of this farm he cleared fifteen acres, and erected a house
and barn. In 1908 he traded this property for 80 acres in Section 31, east,
Maple Grove Township, which he likewise improved. He acquired his present
farm in 1919. He carries on general farming and dairying, and has been
successful in his operations. Mr. Bronson was married April 22, 1908, to
Hannah Kringle, daughter of Gabriel and Barbara (Huset) Kringle, natives of
Norway, who came to America in 1861, and settled in Dane County, Wis., from
which in 1871 they came to Barron County with the earliest settlers, and
took a homestead in the wilderness, erected a set of crude log structures
for temporary shelter for themselves and stock. They cleared the land,
erected two different sets of buildings, and for many years carried on
general farming. Mr. Kringle was a prominent man and served for a while on
the town board of Maple Grove Township and on the school board of his
district. Mr. and Mrs. Bronson have two children: Bernice V., born March 6,
1913; and Esther P., born April 20, 1918.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 341-342.


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