BIOGRAPHIES:  Martin KNUTSON, Cumberland, Barron County, WI

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Martin Knutson, for many years a farmer on Section 10, Cumberland Township,
was born in Norway, and was there educated. As a youth he learned the
carpenter's trade, and followed this line of industry for several years
thereafter. He came to the United States in 1872, and located at Stillwater,
Minn., where he continued to follow his trade. But he had strong inclinations
toward the agricultural life, so in 1875 he came to Barron County and took a
homestead east of the city of Cumberland, where he farmed for the remainder of
his life. He married Anna Halverson, also now deceased, and they had six
children of whom there are now living five. Johannah remained in Norway.
Helmer and Louis M. are in Cumberland. Lena is the wife of John H. Oien, of
St. Paul. Sever is in Cumberland. Mary, who was the wife of Hans Hendrickson,
of St. Paul, Minn., is dead.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 576.