BIOGRAPHIES: Severt SOLUM #1, Chetek Township, Barron County, WI

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Severt Solum, a rugged pioneer of Chetek Township, was born in Norway, May
16, 1845, and was there reared and educated. He came to the United States
as a young man and for a while lived in various places. He came to Chetek
Township in 1873 with his wife and two children, Severt and Julia, and
located on 160 acres of wild land. He erected a log cabin, 16 feet square,
and moved into it with his family, doing considerable of his work in
connection with Erick Gilseth, a brother-in-law. Each had an ox, so by
pooling their interests they managed to get quite a little clearing done.
Mr. Solum had a cow or two, which proved valuable for the children. All the
furniture such as the bed, table, chairs and the like, were manufactured by
himself. He was a large man, of unusual vigor and vitality, strong and
powerful of physique and able to do much more than an average man's daily
work. To bring home supplies, weighing a hundred pounds or so, from points
twenty or more miles away, was to him a comparatively easy task. Thus he
labored on through the years, and in time built up a good place. He added
to his land until he owned 280 acres, and he erected a good set of
buildings. For a time he was one of the officials of the Norwegian Lutheran
Church. About 1916 he retired and moved to Chetek. His first wife, Lena
Bohrdal, died many years ago. His present wife was Mary Knudtson. Mr. Solum
had nine children, three of whom are living, Severt, Betsey and Edward, and
by his second wife had one child, which died in infancy.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pg. 545.