BIOGRAPHIES: Peter F. ROGSTAD, Rice Lake 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 5 October 2003 ************************************************************************ Peter F. Rogstad, who developed a good farm in Section 32, Rice Lake Township, was born and reared in Norway, there learned the stonemason trade and there married Mary H. Oiel. He brought the family to America in 1871 and located at Menomonie, Wis., where he entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. In 1875 he came to Rice Lake in the same employ. Later he homesteaded 100 acres in Section 32, Rice Lake Township. This land was all wild timber. He built a log house, log barn and other buildings, cut off the timber, grubbed out the stumps and developed a farm. In the meantime he also worked at his trade as a mason. It is worthy of note that in 1889 he assisted in building the foundation for the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Rice Lake. He died in 1896, his wife having passed away the year previous. The family faith was that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 1016. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm