BIOGRAPHIES: Mathias HONG, Barron Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 7 January 2004 ************************************************************************ Mathias Hong, section 8, Barron Township, has a good eighty-acre farm, of which 35 acres are improved, and there he is laying the foundations of his future fortunes. He was born in Coon Township, Vernon County, this state, Jan. 24, 1881, son of Peter and Martha (Brobakken) Hong, who brought him to Barron County in 1897 when he was a youth of sixteen years. With the exception of the years, 1907 to 1912, when he worked at the carpenters’ trade, he has devoted his life to agricultural work. In 1912 he purchased his present place four miles northwest of Barron, cleaned off much of the brush, prepared the soil for cultivation, erected a house, barn and other buildings, and acquired tools and equipment. Mr. Hong was married Feb. 18, 1914, to Olga Norby, who was born Feb. 5, 1891, one of the five children of Christ and Marie Norby, prosperous residents of Barron Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hong have two children: Palma M., born March 23, 1915, and Marie Christine, born July 15, 1917. Marie had a twin brother, who died in infancy. The family faith is that of the Barron congregation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 136. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm