BIOGRAPHIES: Adolph J STODOLA, Oak Grove Township, 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 7 January 2002 ==================================================================== Adolph J. Stodola, who is successfully farming in section 9, Oak Grove Township, was born in Colfax County, Nebraska, Dec. 20, 1890, son of Bohmil and Anna (Svoboda) Stodola, natives of Bohemia. He came to this county with his parents and attended school at Haugen. He learned farming with his father, gradually assumed more and more responsibilities of the home place. and when he became of age took over its management. After his father's death in 1906 he bought eighty acres of it, which he later sold, and in 1918 purchased his present farm of forty acres in section 9, Oak Grove Township. He has improved the buildings, cleared and stumped several additional acres, repaired the fences, and purchased new equipment. He now successfully carries on general farming and dairying. He is favorably regarded by all who know him and he and his family are in excellent standing in the community. Mr. Stodola was married June 2, 1915, to Caroline Posta, born in Allegheny, Penn., daughter of Anton and Caroline (Herbolt) Posta, now residing in this township. Mr. and Mrs. Stodola have five children: Albert P., Adolph A., Evelyn C., Irene and Theodore W. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 349.