Biographies:  Ole A. JORSTAD, Dovre Township, Barron Co., WI 

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Ole A. Jorstad, a solid and substantial farmer of Section 7, Dovre Township,
was born in Norway, Sept. 5, 1855, the son of Arne and Anna Jorstad. He 
attended school for a while, and there grew to sturdy youth. In 1873, when 
only seventeen years of age, he came to America, and located in Portage 
County, this state. The next year his parents and the rest of the family 
joined him, and in 1875 they all came to Dovre Township. For some years, 
Ole A. assisted with the home work in the summer, and worked in the lumber 
woods winters and on the river drives in the spring seasons. In 1892 he 
located on his present farm that he had homesteaded  five years previously. 
The land was then nearly covered with woods. Five acres had been cleared, 
and a small logstable built. He put up a frame house, and started to build 
up a farm. At first all the stock he had was one cow, which he secured from 
his father. He now has a good place, and a good herd of cattle. Here he 
successfully carries on general farming, and is regarded as one of the 
representative men of the community. As the father of a fine family of 
children, he has naturally been interested in education, and has done good
work as a member of the school board. Mr. Jorstad was married at Cameron on 
May 22, 1896, to Anna Fossum, who was born in Marathon County, Dec. 4, 1872,
the daughter of Andrew and Oliena Fossum, of Stanley Township. This union 
has been blessed with seven children: Elmer, Alma, Hulda, Christ, Olga, 
George and Edna. Alma resides in St. Paul; the others are at home. Elmer 
was inducted into the United States service Aug. 30, 1918, and became a 
member of Company D, 120th Engineers.  He trained at Fort Harrison, Indiana, 
and was discharged Dec. 17, 1918. The family faith is that of the Norwegian 
Lutheran Church.

--Taken from History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922,
pg. 673