Biographies: Andrew STOLL, Dallas Township, Barron Co., 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: Victor Gulickson 1 August 1999 ==================================================================== Andrew Stoll, who has a fine farm of 200 acres in Sections 33 and 34, Dallas Township, is one of the best known men in this part of the county. He was born in Norway, Mar. 31, 1860, the son of Halvor and Gertrude (Anderson) Stoll, natives of that country, both now deceased. He received his education in his native land, and at the age of fourteen became a sailor, a calling which his ancestors had followed for centuries before him. While following the sea, he stopped at nearly all the important ports of northern Europe, and crossed the Atlantic many times. In 1879 he disembarked at Wilmington, N. C., and shipped aboard a revenue cutter in the United States service, plying the Atlantic coast. in 1881 he abandoned the sea, and came to Barron County, and purchased 80 acres in Section 22, Maple Plain Township. This was all wild land. He set to work with a will, put up a fine set of buildings, and by hard work cleared up sixty acres of the land. There he lived for more than a quarter of a century. Being a man of wide experience, it is natural that he should have taken a prominent part in the township from the beginning. He foresaw the possibilities of the town and realized that if it was ever to become a settled region it was necessary that roads be built. So he assisted in the opening of many of the highways. He also encouraged settlers to locate here, and did everything he could to help them get started. In 1894 he was elected to the town board, and so efficiently did he serve, that in 1897 he was made chairman. He served as such for seven years and at the same time sat on the county board. He thus became known throughout the county, and his service was of real merit. During his term of office the present courthouse was erected at Barron. As the father of children, he is interested in education, and served twenty-one years as a member of the school board of the Camp Dixon district. For ten years he was mail carrier out of Cumberland. In 1909 he sold his farm and moved to that place. In 1920 he went to Stillwater, Minn., and bought a small tract of eleven acres. A short time later he came back and rented his present place. He is successfully carrying on general farming and dairying and has a good herd of Holsteins. Fraternally, he is a member of Cumberland Camp, No. 1218, W. M. A., and has held several offices. Mr. Stoll was married June 20, 1886, to Susan Howard, who was born Oct. 29, 1865, the daughter of George and Olena (Olson) Howard, the former of whom is dead and the latter of whom now lives in Cumberland. Mrs. Susan Stoll died Oct. 29, 1910. This union was blessed with ten children: Henry J. was born April 29, 1887, and is now at Radisson, Wis. Lena G. was born Nov. 5, 1888, and is the wife of G. G. Austin, of Glenwood, Minn. Edward S. was born April 11, 1890, and is now at Stillwater, Minn. Bennie I. was born Oct. 21, 1892, and died in the fall of 1912. Harry N. was born Jan. 9, 1893, and was drowned Dec. 24, 1912. Ellen S. was born Sept. 15, 1896 and is the wife of C. H. Talbot, of St. Paul, Minn. Jessie was born July 25, 1895, and is now at Hutchinson, Minn. Albert H. was born Oct. 29, 1900, and is in Forest City, Iowa. Ernest was born May 22, 1906. Emma J. was born Nov. 13, 1909. Mr. Stoll was married on March 8, 1912, to Mrs. Christina Cardell, who was born in Sweden Sept. 22, 1871, the daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Normerck) Peterson, the former of whom is dead and the latter of whom lives in Sweden. By her marriage to Carl Cardell, Mrs. Stoll has one son, Ernest M., who was born June 20, 1898, and is now attending the Chiropractic College, at Davenport, Iowa. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 392-393