BIOGRAPHIES: Louis LARSON, Dovre Township, Barron County, WI

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Louis Larson, a well known farmer of section 36, west, Dovre Township, was
born in Norway, Sept. 2, 1847, the son of Andrew and Ingra Larson, who
brought the family to Eau Claire in 1863 and to Dovre Township in 1867. He
helped his parents develop the farm and for a time was employed in the
mills at Eau Claire. He well remembers the early days when there were few
settlers in the township, when provisions had to be brought from Eau Claire
on the settlers' backs, and when a walk to Eau Claire was regarded as not
much more of an undertaking than an auto ride there now is. He gradually
took over the responsibility of the home place and is now its owner. He has
a fine place of 140 acres, which he has developed. Each acre represents
hard toil, for in the days when he was clearing land there was no dynamite,
and the pulling of a single stump was a hard and laborious task. On this
place he carries on general farming and stock raising. He is active in
public affairs and has served on the town board and on the school board,
both with credit. Mr. Larson was married on the farm, about 1873, to Natie
Peterson, who was born in Norway, Oct. 14, 1851. This union has been
blessed with five children: Albert L., clerk in the Farmers Store at
Bloomer, who married Mary Eng; Clara, the wife of Sigval Severson of Dovre
Township; Ingvald of Wheeler, Wis., who married Tillie Anderson; Alma, wife
of Oscar Hanson of Dovre; and Lena, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Larson are active
in the affairs of the community, in which they are highly regarded.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 598.