BIOGRAPHIES:  Sever SEVERSON, Menomonie, Dunn County, WI

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Sever Severson, Sheriff, Menomonie. Born in Norway in 1834. His parents
had five children. He is the only one of his father's family who ever came
to America. Father and one brother are still living. He came to this country
when a young man, believing that he would here find better opportunities
for making his own way in the world. He resided for a short time in Michigan,
went thence to Illlinois, and thence to Wisconsin. After coming to this
State, he lived for a short time at Wyota, thence to Dunnville, where he
worked at his trade, that of a millwright and carpenter, for about one
year. He then came to Menomonie, and worked at his trade for a time, and
soon after established the business of blacksmithing and wagon making,
in which he is still engaged. He enlisted in 1862 in Company K, 5th Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He served one
year in the ranks of private, and the remainder of his term as a wagonmaker
at the brigade headquarters. He was elected Sheriff of Dunn County in the
Fall of 1880. He is a Democrat in politics, and his popularity is evident
from the fact that he was elected by a large majority, in a county strongly
Republican. He has also served as Justice of the Peace, and as a member
of the Board of Supervisors. His wife was Miss Christina Olson, born in
Norway in 1845. They have two children, Juliana and Oscar C. They have
lost three boys.


-- From "History of Northern Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth,
Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Counties, Cities, 
Towns and Villages." Volume 1.  Chicago: the Western Historical Company, 
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, 1881, page 287