BIOGRAPHIES:  Carl E WESTERLAND, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI

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Carl E. Westerland, an estimable farmer of section 4, Oak Grove Township,
was born in Finland Sept. 22, 1878, the son of Carl and Ella (Nordland)
Westerland, also natives of that country, the former of whom died in 1886,
and the latter of whom is still living there. In the family there were
seven children: Carl E., of Oak Grove Township; Lena, wife of John Bergman,
of Oak Grove Township; John, of Escanaba, Michigan; Sophia, of Sweden;
Ilgot, of Finland; Helma, the wife of John Berg, of Brooklyn, New York; and
Alfonse, of Sweden. Carl E., the oldest of the family, was reared in his
native land and as a youth became a sailor, in which capacity he visited
many of the principal ports of Northern Europe. He came to America in 1903
and located in Philadelphia, Penn., where he learned the carpenter's trade.
In 1908 he went back to Finland for a short time, but in 1909 again came to
America and worked in the mines in upper Michigan. He came to Barron County
in 1910 and bought 40 acres in section 4, Oak Grove Township. Later he
added forty more in the same section. For a while, in order to secure the
funds necessary to improve his farm, he worked in the woods winters and in
the summers did carpenter work in the neighborhood. In the meantime, he
gradually developed his place. He cleared forty acres, put up fences, and
erected a good set of buildings with his own hands. He now carries on
general farming on a profitable scale, and does considerable dairying,
having a good herd of mixed Holsteins. Mr. Westerland was married Nov. 27,
1904, to Olga Johnson, who was born in Finland Feb. 16, 1881, the daughter
of John August and Matilda (Hegbloom) Johnson, the former of whom is dead
and the latter of whom still lives in Finland. Mr. and Mrs. Westerland have
five children: Florence, born Feb. 27, 1905; Holger, born Aug. 10, 1909;
Leon, born Aug. 3, 1911; Elmer, born Jan. 6, 1915; and Agnes, born June 10,
1917.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 356-357.