Biographies:  Lars JOHNSON, Arland Township, Barron Co., WI 

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Lars Johnson, who is remembered as a good citizen and hard working farmer, 
was born in Norway, went to Sweden as a young man, and there married Bertha
Jacobson, a native of that country. They came to America in 1892, bought 80
acres of wild land in Arland Township, this county, and erected a home and
developed a good farm. Mr. Johnson died in 1902 and his wife is still on the
home place. They came of sturdy, staunch people, and devout members of the
Norwegian Lutheran Church. They were the parents of six children, the three
oldest of whom were born in Sweden and the three younger in this county. John 
is dead. Gertrude is the wife of Hugh Le Grand, of Minneapolis, and has two 
sons, Jerold and Louis. Erick is on the home place. Gust A., known as Gust A.
Larson, is a garage man in Barron City. Emma is the wife of Harold Moore, of
Minneapolis. Alma is with her mother and brother at home.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 124.

Lars Johnson, a former resident of Arland Township, who contributed his part
toward the development of its agricultural resources, was born in Norway, July
10, 1846. He attended school in his native land, where he began industrial 
life as a common laborer, and as such continued for many years. Realizing at 
last that for him Norway was not a land of promise, he emigrated in 1892 to 
the United States, accompanied by Jacob Hawkinson, and after landing at New 
York came on directly to Barron County. In the following year he realized one 
object of his ambition, buying 80 acres of wild land in section 21, Arland
Township, but to earn a livelihood he was obliged to work in sawmills and in
the woods, living in a shanty that had been built by the sawmill company.
Gradually he cleared 15 acres of his land and in time erected a good set of
buildings, the work being all done by himself. On his little farm he worked
hard, taking satisfaction in the fact that he was at last making substantial
progress, and so continue until his death at the age of fifty-seven years and 
two days on July 12, 1903. Mr. Johnson married Bertha Jacobson, who was born 
in Sweden, May 1, 1858, daughter of Jacob Erickson and Gertie (Anderson) 
Erickson. Both her parents are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Lars Johnson 
seven children were born, namely: John J. Larson, born June 14, 1882, who was 
killed in the woods March 10, 1903; Gertrude, born March 16, 1884, who is the 
widow of Hugh Le Grand of Minneapolis who died in 1917; Erick Larson, born 
July 15, 1886; Gust Larson, born Aug 11, 1892, who operates a garage in 
Barron; Emma C., born Oct. 30, 1895, now Mrs. H. H. Moore of Minneapolis; 
Bennie Larson, born May 18, 1899, who died Aug. 25, 1903, and Alma, born 
May 9, 1901, now residing in Minneapolis.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 911