BIOGRAPHIES: John ONSON, Chetek, Barron County, 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: Vic Gulickson 25 March 2001 ==================================================================== John Onson, who is successfully farming 65 acres in Section 12, Chetek Township, was born in Lillehammer, Norway, March 23, 1867, son of John Johnson and his wife Martha Olson. He came to America in 1885, and took up his home with his sister, Annie, wife of Alaf Serley, who lived in Chetek township, this county. He secured employment with the Chippewa Logging Co., and worked for them for many winters thereafter, spending his summers working on farms in Wisconsin and the Dakotas. In 1892, in company with Olaf Serley, he purchased 145 acres, of which he secured 65 acres. He erected a frame house, barn, silo, garage, sheds and other buildings, and has gradually brought the place to a good stage of development. He carries on general farming, making a specialty of cattle, swine, poultry, oats and potatoes. His holdings include stock in the Farmers Co-operative Creamery at Chetek. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Onson was married Dec. 14, 1902 to Pauline Running, who was born in Norway, Dec. 11, 1876, and came to this country in 1900. By her first husband, Oliver Bakken, she has a daughter, Betsey, born in Christiania, Norway, Aug. 14, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Onson have four children. Martha was born June 20, 1904; Jenny, Dec. 15, 1905; Olga Pauline, Oct. 7, 1910, and Lillian Marie, Nov. 20, 1917. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 530.