BIOGRAPHIES: A. Bert MASSIE, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 09 December 2003 ************************************************************************ A. Bert Massie, an enterprising farmer of Dallas Township, is a native of this county, born on the father's farm in Section 19, east, Dallas Township, Aug. 31, 1877, the son of Benjamin and Hannah (Sims) Massie. He was reared on the home place, attended district school, and learned farming from his father. In 1905 he rented the second of his father's two farms, consisting of 160 acres, and in 1908 he bought it. In 1917 he sold this to his brother-in-law, Edward Sigler, with whom he made his home till Aug. 31, 1921, when he married Laurie M. Jones, daughter of Joseph and Lottie (Richardson) Jones, farmers of Richland County, Wisconsin. Her father is now deceased and her mother later married Enoch Gray who now lives in Dovre Township. Mr. Massie some time after selling his farm to his brother-in-law, bought 80 acres in Section 19. Of this farm he has cleared 25 acres, and he is erecting buildings and gradually developing the place. He is one of the well-liked men of the township. Energetic and active, he is prominent in social activities and is a good citizen in every respect. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 859-860. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm