BIOGRAPHIES: Charles A. WESTLAND, Arland Township, Barron County, WI

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Charles A. Westland, engaged in farming, dairying and the poultry business
in Arland, Township, where he has developed a good farm from wild land was
born in Norway, Sept. 12, 1869, son of Anders and Marn Christina (Peterson)
Westland. The father died in Norway in 1884, but the mother is still living
there. They had seven children: Bertha, now Mrs. Oliver Gulbransen of
Racine, Wis.; Olof, residing in Christiania, Norway; Pauline, wife of John
Johnson of Chicago; Johanna, wife of Andrew Anderson of Chicago; Charles
A., subject of this sketch; Johan of Christiania, Norway, and Mary, who is
deceased. Charles A. Westland was educated in his native land and began
industrial life as an employee in a match factory, where he worked until he
was 17 years of age. In 1886 he resolved to seek his fortune in America,
and after landing at New York, proceeded to Chicago, where for one year he
was employed in a chair factory. In 1887 he came to Dallas, Barron County,
Wis., where he made his home for a year, being engaged in farm labor. After
that he became connected with the lumber trade, working in the woods in
northern Wisconsin and on drives in the spring, which occupation he
followed until 1896. It was in that year that he started out for himself as
a farmer, buying 80 acres of wild land in Section 33, Arland Township, to
which he later added 80 in Section 34. There being a log house on his land,
he proceeded to build a log barn and to develop a farm and home. Later he
erected a better house, barn and outbuildings, and now has a complete set,
besides having cleared 80 acres of his land. For several years after he
settled on his place, having but limited capital, he was obliged to work
winters in the woods. During the subsequent years he has made gradual but
steady progress and is now numbered among the substantial citizens of his
township. He carries on mixed farming and dairying, his cattle being grade
Guernseys with a pure bred sire. As a poultryman he breeds pure White
Leghorns, at times having as many as 400 in his flock, and this business,
scientifically conducted, adds materially to his income. Religiously he is
connected with the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Westland was married Oct.
13, 1896, to Anna Holman, who was born in Menomonie May 24, 1870, daughter
of Ole and Anna (Gravle) Holman. He and his wife are the parents of three
children: Archie, born May 26, 1898; Oscar, Aug. 27, 1901, and Olaf, June
22, 1908. Archie was married June 15, 1921, to Adrie Johnson, who was born
Jan. 8, 1903, daughter of Alfred and Lena (Eggen) Johnson, now residents of
Prairie Farm Township, Barron County.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pg. 902.