BIOGRAPHIES: Anton DOSTAL, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI

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Anton Dostal, one of the first settlers in the northern part of Oak Grove
Township and a leader among the Bohemian colony in this vicinity, was born
in Bohemia, was there reared and educated, and there married Mary
Vovalancky. He came to America in 1878 and settled at Muscoda, Grant
County, this state, where he engaged in the meat business for nineteen
years. In 1897 he came to Barron County and bought 120 acres in Section 9,
Oak Grove Township. The northern part of the township was then little more
than a wilderness. He put up a set of log buildings in the woods and
started to clear the land. He erected a good frame building and in time
developed a good place and won success. After a well-spent and worthy life
he died Dec. 25, 1909, and in his death the community lost a good citizen.
Mr. Dostal was a member of the Catholic Church, as also is his wife who is
still living at the old home, being now 67 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Dostal
were the parents of ten children: Mary, Frank, Charles, Anna, Amelia,
Joseph, Elizabeth, Fred G. and Gustav (twins) and Emma. Mary is the wife of
William Brewer, of Omaha, Neb. Frank lives in Madison, Wis. Charles is in
Savannah, Ill. Anna is the wife of John Wierniez. Joseph is a farmer in
Stanfold Township, this county. Elizabeth is the wife of Fred Brewer. Emma
is the wife of Charles Painter. Fred and Gustav (twins) are both on home
farm.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 358.