Biographies:  Hans ERICKSON, Chetek, Barron Co., WI 

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Hans Erickson, an early pioneer, was born in Norway, and on June 24, 1844, 
was married to Georgena Peterson, who was born Oct. 15, 1816. They came to
America in 1868, and located in Winnebago County, this state. Two years 
later, in 1870, they came to Barron County and homesteaded 140 acres in 
section 18, Chetek Township.  Here he built up a good farm. He died April 
13, 1913, at the good old age of 94 years. He was a good man of solid worth 
and highly regarded by all who knew him. Mrs. Erickson, lovingly known as 
"Grandma" Erickson, lived to be over 100 years old. In her latter days she 
spent her summers in the little log cabin, and the winters at the home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gregarson, who cared for her tenderly in all her 
declining years. The little log cabin where she and her husband had spent 
so many happy years was nearly in the center of the highway, but to avoid 
the distress to her sentiments which moving it would cause her, the officials 
and the public allowed the home to remain undisturbed. She died June 2, 1917. 
Her memory will long be cherished throughout the county by all who knew her.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 967.