BIOGRAPHIES:  William HALVORSON, Sumner Township, Barron County, WI

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William Halvorson, an influential and prosperous farmer of Section 5, Sumner
Township, was born in the old log cabin on the place where he still lives, 
Sept. 13, 1873, the son of Olaus and Ellen (Jorgenson) Halvorson, the
pioneers. He was reared on the home place, attended the district schools, 
and learned farming from his father. As a young man he rented the home place 
in partnership with his brother, Albert. Later he bought out his brother, 
and now owns the farm alone. He has continued to develop the place ever since 
he first started helping his parents as a boy. He has a comfortable home, 
equipped with many conveniences including an electric light plant and running 
water. He has a good barn, 38 by 70 feet, with full basement, and furnished 
with scientific appliances. His silo, built of stone, 17 by 33 feet, is 
probably the largest in the county, possibly in this whole part of the state. 
The other buildings are fully in keeping with the house and barn. Mr. 
Halvorson carries on general farming and dairying, and makes a specialty of 
a fine herd of full blooded Guernsey cattle. Mr. Halvorson has not cared for 
public life, but has been drafted several times for service on the town board.  
He has been an officer of the Shipping Association and of the Guernsey 
Breeders' Association. Since early boyhood he has been a faithfuln attendant 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Cameron, and is now one of its officers.  
He is a good farmer and a good citizen, and his judgment is always respected 
by all who know him.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 408.