BIOGRAPHIES:  Christopher P. STENERSON, Barron, Barron County, WI

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Christopher P. Stenerson, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of
Barron, president of the Bank of Campia, Wis., secretary-treasurer of the
Barron County National Farm Loan and otherwise closely connected with the
financial interests of Barron County, was born in Wilson Township, Dunn
County, Wis., Oct. 5, 1886, son of Peder and Oline Stenerson. The parents were
natives of Norway, the father coming to America about the close of the Civil
War, and locating in Trempealeau County, Wis. The mother came to this country
some years later, and they were married in Trempealeau County, whence they
subsequently removed to Dunn County, where as pioneers they homesteaded 160
acres of wild land. Both are now living at Nevis, Minn., Peder Stenerson
owning land both in Minnesota and in Montana. They had seven children- Sam,
now deceased; Petra Olson of Yakima, Wash.; Nels, who resides at Prairie Farm,
Barron County; Martin of La Crosse, Wis.; Christopher P., subject of this
sketch, and Henry and Otto of Baker, Mont. Christopher P. Stenerson acquired
his elementary education in the common schools of Dunn County, Wis., and
subsequently attended the normal school at Madison, Minn., where he was
graduated in 1904. Then for four years he taught rural school in Dunn County.
In 1908 he went to St. Paul, where he took a full course in the Globe Business
College and was graduated. Thus equipped, he took a position with the West
Publishing Company of that city as accountant, and then remained there until
1914. Then returning to Dunn County, he engaged in mercantile business at
Ridgeland with his brothers Henry and Otto, and was thus occupied until 1917.
In that year he sold his interest in the store, and came to Barron in May as
assistant cashier of the First National Bank, of which institution he is also
a stockholder. He is also a stockholder in the Bank of Campia, of which, as
already stated, he is president. Mr. Stenerson has made good progress as a
business man and owns a nice modern residence on South LaSalle Street, Barron.
He also takes an active part in the affairs of local government, being
alderman and supervisor of the First Ward of the city. While residing in Dunn
County he served as township clerk and treasurer, and in Barron County he has
served as chairman of the County Chapter of fhe American Red Cross. His
fraternal affiliations are with the local Masonic Lodge, No. 220, of Barron.
Mr. Stenerson was married Oct. 20, 1910, to Maxine Dalton, daughter of
Herschel G. and Frances (Meyer) Dalton of Granton, Wis., and who was born at
Downing, Wis., July 11, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Stenerson began homemaking in St.
Paul. They are the parents of two children- Arlyn Enoma, born March 31, 1916,
and Douglas C., born Aug. 29, 1920. Mr. Stenerson was reared in the faith of
the Lutheran Church but he and his wife are now members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Barron. Politically, he is a Republican but acts
independently on occasion, being influenced more by the character of a
candidate than by his party.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 110.