BIOGRAPHIES:  Ed. ENGEBRETSON, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  5 October 2003
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Ed. Engebretson, an estimable farmer of Section 32, east, Dallas Township,
was born in Norway Feb. 27, 1876, the son of Engebret and Christena
(Amundson) Christianson, the former of whom still lives in that country and
the latter of whom is dead. In the family there were five children: Christ,
Ed., Gilbert, Hans (deceased), and Martha. The subject of this sketch was
reared in Norway, went to school there and for some years worked in the
woods. In 1900 he came to America and with headquarters at Chippewa Falls,
Wis., worked in sawmills and in the woods. In 1902 he went to the state of
Washington and worked in the sawmills two years. In 1904 he returned to
Chippewa Falls and worked in the sawmills and in the woods for eight years.
At the end of this period, in 1912, he came to Barron County and bought 80
acres in Section 32, east, Dallas Township. He put up a set of buildings,
has cleared about 25 acres, and carries on general farming and dairying. He
stands well in the community and is well along the road to success. Mr.
Engebretson was married June 16, 1906 to Sena Hanson, who was born in
Menomonie, Wis., Sept. 19, 1875, the daughter of Peter and Carrie
(Severson) Hanson, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1871 and
settled at Menomonie where the father was employed by Knapp, Stout & Co.
until 1876, when he took a homestead in the same county and farmed until
his death April 11, 1913, the mother is now living with a daughter in Dunn
County. Mr. and Mrs. Engebretson have one child, Hazel C., born Aug. 4,
1907.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 875.

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