Biographies:  George GAGNER, Oak Grove Township, Barron Co., WI 

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George Gagner, farmer of Oak Grove Township, contractor, carpenter and
woodworker, was born in Sweden, Sept. 24, 1881, son of John and Christina
(Erickson) Gagner, natives of Sweden, who came to America in 1893, and 
settled in Rice Lake, this county, where the father was employed by the Rice 
Lake Lumber Co. until 1915, when he retired and they moved to Oak Grove 
Township.  George was reared in his native land and there learned the 
cabinetmaking trade. He came to America in 1899, landed in New York and, 
after looking about there for a while, came to Rice Lake and entered the 
employ of the Rice Lake Lumber Co. In 1906 he went to Duluth, Minn., and was 
employed as a cabinet maker and stair builder in a sash and door factory 
there. While there he attended evening school, and also took a four-years' 
course by correspondence in architectural drawing and estimating.  In 1914 
he came back to Rice Lake. A few months later he bought forty acres of land 
in Section 24, Oak Grove Township, where he still farms. He has cleared 
almost the total tract, and has himself erected a good set of buildings.  In 
the summer he still does carpenter work and general contracting. For four 
years he worked for F. D. Stout on his fancy stock farm in Cedar Lake 
Township, and helped to erect many of the buildings there. Mr. Gagner was
married Aug. 12, 1907, to Inga Peterson, who was born in Norway, Jan. 8, 
1884, daughter of Peter and Martha (Olson) Peterson, both natives of Norway, 
and both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Gagner have three children: Esther, born
Sept. 25, 1908; Evelyn, born Aug. 3, 1910; and Roy, born July 31, 1920. The 
family faith is that of the Swedish Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 998