BIOGRAPHIES:  Alfred JOELSON, Chetek Township, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  3 January 2004
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Alfred Joelson, a prosperous farmer of Chetek Township, was born in a log
house on his present place, Aug. 19, 1872, the son of David and Stefena
(Christoferson) Joelson. He was educated in the district schools and
learned farming from his father. As a young man he was employed for a while
in lumber yards. In 1900 he took over the home place and still successfully
conducts it. He has put up a good set of modern buildings, fenced the farm,
and continued its improvement and cultivation. In public affairs he has
taken his part as a good citizen, and has served on both the town and the
school boards. Mr. Joelson was married in Chetek Township on Nov. 25, 1900,
to Anna Hanson, who was born in Chetek on May 25, 1882, the daughter of Ole
H. and Amelia Hanson, now living in Chetek Township. Mr. and Mrs. Joelson
have four children, Emil, Levi, Thomas and Arden. There is also a little
adopted girl, Grace, in the home.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 437.

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