BIOGRAPHIES: Knute GRANUM, Dallas Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 7 January 2002 ==================================================================== Knute Granum, who established and developed the sightly and prosperous Woodlawn Farm in Section 5, east, Dallas Township, is a native of this state, born in Dane County, Dec. 7, 1859, the son of Ole and Ingrid (Lee) Granum, natives of Norway, who came to America in the fifties and located in Dane County, where they spent the remainder of their lives on a farm. Knute attended the common schools and had the advantages of courses in the Academy at Mt. Horeb and in the Northwestern Business College at Madison, both in his native county. In 1889 he went to the Pacific Coast, and took a timber claim of 160 acres in the state of Washington. In 1891 he returned to Wisconsin, and rented his father's farm in Dane County for two years. In 1893 he purchased 80 acres near Madison, which he sold in 1895. Then he worked as a carpenter at Mt. Horeb for a while, after which he became manager of the Farmers' Store at that place. In 1910 he came to Barron County and bought 132 acres in Section 5, east, Dallas Township. Of this he cleared 90 acres and broke 50 acres. He also put up a good set of buildings, including a pleasant home and a barn, 34 by 100 feet, furnished with James equipment. He also set out a good orchard. On this place, for a decade, he successfully carried on general farming and dairying. He developed a good herd of pure-blooded Shorthorn cattle and a good drove of pure-blooded Duroc-Jersey swine. He has been a friend of every good movement that has for its object the progress of the community and he is regarded as a useful and influential citizen. In 1920 he rented his farm to his son, Edwin O., and took his family to the state of Washington, where he is looking after his timber lands. For one term he was clerk of the school board of his district here. Fraternally, he is a popular member of Chetek Lodge of Masons. Mr. Granum was married at Klevenville, Wis., to Olena Skindrud, who was born at Klevenville, May 7, 1865, the daughter of Erik and Dorothy (Lukkon) Skindrud, natives of Norway, both now deceased. This union has been blessed with four children: Inger D., born Oct. 3, 1893; Edwin O., born Jan 13, 1895; Martha S., born Dec. 15, 1899; and Gladys M., born Jan. 4, 1906. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 840.