BIOGRAPHIES: George P. CHRISTENSON, Prairie Farm, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 10 June 2001 ==================================================================== George P. Christenson, an energetic young business man of Prairie Farm Village, where he is employed in the hardware department of the Prairie Farm Co-operative Association, was born in the village where he still lives, May 1, 1889, the son of Charles and Anna Beata Christenson. He was reared here and received his early education in the public schools. As a young man he took up bridge construction work, and was employed in this line for some years in Minnesota and North Dakota. In 1917 he returned and took up his present employment. Fraternally he is a member of the Woodmen. Mr. Christenson is a factor in the social, business and patriotic life of the village. He has served on numerous committees, he is active in everything that means progress and betterment, and he is a useful citizen in every respect. As a clerk he is affable and genial and fair dealing, and is liked by all. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 490.