BIOGRAPHIES:  Andrew JOHNSON, Chetek Township, Barron County, WI

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Andrew Johnson, a progressive farmer of Section 26, east, Chetek Township, is
a native of this county, born in an old log cabin on the place where he still
resides, Dec. 22, 1877, the son of Lars and Bertha (Finvolden) Johnson. These
good people were born in Norway and were there reared and educated. They were
there married, and had six children: Peter, John, Louis, Nellie, Jennie and
Samuel. In 1871 they came to America and found their way to Wisconsin. They
drove into Barron County from Eau Claire in an ox team, in 1876, secured 160
acres of wild land, built a log house and started in to establish their
fortunes. There were then no roads worthy of the name, there were no churches
or schools in the neighborhood, and the stores were far away. After their
arrival  two  more  children, Andrew and Betsey were born. The family was just
getting where they could see the possibility of comfort ahead of them when the
father died, in 1881, only ten years after their arrival in this country. But
the mother was a courageous soul, and with the help of the older children kept
the family together and continued to improve and cultivate the home place. As
he grew up, Andrew attended the district school and helped with the farm work.
He was still a youth when he started work in the woods, as a logger and on
river drives. In time he became a foreman. As the mother grew older, the
brother, Louis, gradually assumed the responsibilities of the home place. He
built a frame house and barn and made other improvements. He was a respected,
hard working man, and he occupied a substantial position in the community. He
was married in 1892 to Hulda Waxberg, who was born in Goose Lake, Chicago
County, Minnesota, July 11,1875, the daughter of Andrew and Betsy Waxberg. He
died April 23,1917, leaving five children: Myrtle Olive, Irene Frances, Hazel
C., Leo L. and Fern Lorraine. Myrtle Olive is the wife of Dudley Bailkey of
Chetek Township.  Irene  Frances lives in Minnesota. Hazel C. is the wife of
James Bailkey  of  Chetek  Township.  Leo L. and Fern L. are doing well at
school. After his brother died, Andrew, the subject of this sketch, took over
the place. He has been successful in his operations, and is already well along
the road to success. The family worships at the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 927.