Biographies: John A. WOLD, Maple Grove 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 14 December 1999 ==================================================================== John A. Wold, a well liked farmer who is operating his good farm of 61 acres in Section 5, West, Maple Grove Township, is a native of this state, born June 25, 1886, in Trempealeau County, son of Andrew and Ingelberg (Hanson) Wold, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1880 and farmed in Trempealeau County until 1910 when they came to Barron County and purchased their present farm in Dover Township. John A. received his education in the public schools of his native county, came to Barron County with his parents, and remained with them until 1913. Then for several years he operated rented farms in this county. He bought his present place in l919. He carries on mixed farming and dairying, and is experimenting with tobacco, with which he has had considerable success. Mr. Wold was married June 24, 1913, to Gena Hanson, daughter of Engvold and Engerberg Lee, natives of Norway, who now reside in Dovre Township, this county, where they are respected farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Wold have three children: Inez, born July 24, 1915; Arnold, born June 19, 1917, and Helen, born Nov. 24, 1918. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 345.