BIOGRAPHIES: Torger J. TROAN, Almena Township, Barron County, WI

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Torger J. Troan, a highly regarded farmer of Section 4, Almena Township,
was born in Norway, Feb. 17, 1862, the son of John and Marit Troan, who
spent the span of their years in that country. In the family there were
nine children: John, Ole, Torger J., Engrie and Ingeborg, living; and John,
Gay and two unnamed infants now deceased. Engrie married Eric Steen, of
Norway. Ingeborg married Paul Florhaug, who farms in North Dakota. Torger
J. was reared in Norway, went to school there, and worked on farms, in
sawmills and in the logging camps. In 1883 he and his brother, John, came
to this country, and bought 163 acres in section 7, Clinton Township. This
was all wild land. The two men put up a small log house, 18 by 24 feet, and
started clearing up the land. For twenty-two years they lived and labored
together, and developed a good farm. In 1907 Torger J. sold his interest to
John, and bought 116 acres in Section 4, Almena township, to which he has
since devoted his attention. The place was improved, and a good house and
barn had been erected. He added to the buildings by putting up a machine
shed, milk house and other sheds. Here he successfully carries on general
farming and dairying, and has a good herd of graded Guernseys. His
buildings are all lighted with electricity from his own plant. Mr. Troan
helped to organize the Comstock Co-operative Creamery, in which he is a
director, and he also helped to organize the Almena Telephone Co. in which
he is still a stockholder. While in Clinton Township he did good service on
the school board and on the town board. He has been especially active in
the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Comstock, of which he has been treasurer.
In 1897 he helped to organize the Young People's Society of that church.
Mr. Troan's hospitable home is kept by a niece, Anna Troan, the daughter of
his sister, Engrie. He brought this young lady back to his home with him,
after making a visit to Norway in 1908.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 381-382.