BIOGRAPHIES:  Aslak OLSON, Dallas, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  5 January 2004
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Aslak Olson, retired farmer living in the village of Dallas, was born in
Norway Feb. 13, 1850, and in 1870 came to America and located in Columbia
County, Wisconsin, where he joined an uncle, and did farm work for him for
four years. In 1874 he purchased a tract of 40 acres, erected a log
building, broke the land and farmed there for nearly thirty years. A number
of his friends in the meantime had come to Barron County, and in 1900 he,
too, decided to locate here. He bought 160 acres in Section 31, east, Maple
Grove Township, erected a set of buildings, made many other improvements,
and developed a fine farm. He conducted mixed farming and dairying, having
a large flock of good sheep, and raising a little tobacco. In 1915 he sold
his farm to his son, Adolph, and retired and moved to the south part of the
village of Dallas where he has a pleasant home, and where he is now
enjoying a well-deserved rest after his many years of hard work. Mr. Olson
was married Oct. 14, 1871, to Gunnel Austin, who was born in Norway, April
30, 1848, daughter of Austin and Anna (Tollefson) Austin, natives of
Norway, where Mrs. Austin died, Mr. Austin afterward coming to America and
making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Aslak Olson, until his death. Mr.
and Mrs. Olson have had four children: Oliver, born June 9, 1872, lives in
Dallas; Andrew, born April 1, 1874, died Oct. 7, 1902; Anna, born Nov. 28,
1882, died Feb. 23, 1886; Adolph, born Aug. 25, 1899, owns the home farm in
Maple Grove Township. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Church.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 835.

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