BIOGRAPHIES: John G. FORNELL, Clinton Township, Barron County, WI

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John G. Fornell, an estimable farmer of section 6, Clinton Township, was
born in Sweden, Nov. 16, 1862, the son of Daniel and Sarah Fornell, farmers
of Sweden, the former of whom is dead, and the latter of whom has reached
the good old age of 94 years. Of the twelve children in the family there
are now six living: John, of Escanaba, Michigan; Swan, of Le Sueur,
Minnesota; John G.; and Marie, Johannah and Emma, who have remained in
Sweden. John G. was reared in Sweden, attended school there, and assisted
his father on the farm. He came to America in 1886, and settled in Le Sueur
County, Minnesota, where he worked on the railroad for eighteen years. In
1904 he came to Barron County and took up farm work. In 1913 he bought 40
acres in section 6, Clinton Township. A nine room brick house had already
been built, and the land was partly improved. Much of it, however, was
covered with stumps, stone and brush. This he has cleared up and has
developed an excellent place. He has built a barn, granary, swine house,
chicken house and other buildings, and dug a good well. Here he carries on
general farming, specializing in dairying. The cream is sold to the Barron
Creamery Co. Mr. Fornell was married at Le Sueur, Minnesota, March 18,
1888, to Amanda Peterson, who was born in Sweden in 1866, the daughter of
Peter and Martha Peterson. The father died in Sweden, and in 1884 the
mother came to America, settled at Le Sueur, Minnesota, married Peter
Anderson, and died in 1915. Amanda, now Mrs. Fornell, came to this country
in 1885 and settled at Le Sueur, where she lived until she was married. She
has one sister, Johannah, of Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Fornell have eleven
children, of whom there are now living nine: Esther L., Ellen E., Hilding,
Ruth W., Dora, Clara, Florence, Melvin and Harold. Esther L. is the wife of
George Teller, of Durand, Michigan. Ellen E. is the wife of John Stratton,
of Minneapolis. Hilding is in Bradock, North Dakota. Ruth W. is the wife of
William Jacobson, of Clinton Township. Dora is a dry goods clerk at
Cumberland. Clara is attending the Barron County Training School at Rice
Lake. Florence is attending the Rice Lake High School. Melvin is attending
the high school in Cumberland and Harold is doing well with his studies in
the district schools.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 479-480.