Biographies: Borre LARSON, Stanley Township, Barron Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Victor Gulickson 16 November 1999 ==================================================================== Borre Larson, pioneer, was born in Norway, and was there reared, educated and married. He brought his family to America in 1866, and located in Coon Prairie Township, Vernon County, this state. Two years later he came to Barron County, then practically a wilderness, and took a homestead of 160 acres in Stanley Township, which he cleared and developed, and where he farmed for the remainder of his days. His wife, Jennie, died in 1913. They were the parents of five children: Louis Boreson, of Rice Lake; Christ B., of Rice Lake; Minnie, wife of John Larson, of Cameron; Ole (deceased), and Sophia, wife of Christ Satter, of Canton. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 599 Note: Burre Larson may be Borre Larson who's biography contains many of the same facts and names..