BIOGRAPHIES:  Sivert SIVERTSON, Grant Township, Dunn Co., WI

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Sivert Sivertson, an early settler in the town of Grant, where he carved 
out a good farm from the wilderness, and died some 25 years ago, was born 
in Norway, where he grew to manhood and married Sivi Knudtson. 

It was in 1864 that he emigrated with his family to the United States. After 
reaching Detroit the family proceeded to Chicago and from there west to the 
Mississippi River, where they took a boat up the river to Read's Landing 
opposite the mouth of the Chippewa River. There Mr. Sivertson left his wife 
and children, and crossing the river, went on foot to Menomonie, thence to 
Eau Claire, and from the latter place to Colfax, where he found some relatives 
who had preceded him to this country. In about 10 days, after investigating 
the locality, he procured a team and went back to Read's Landing for his 
family. They were living there in a shack and had but little to eat. The whole 
party proceeded to Eau Claire, where Mr. Sivertson found work in the sawmills, 
remaining for a year, at the end of which time he and his family came to Colfax 
and for a year lived on the farm now owned and operated by Israel Fjelstad.

In 1866 Mr. Sivertson bought 160 acres of land in the town of Grant, of which 
tract 10 acres were cleared, the rest being wild. This place was to prove the 
family homestead, as having taken up their residence in a log house which stood 
on it they began the work of improvement that resulted in time in a good farm. 
There Mr. and Mrs. Sivertson spent the remainder of their lives, the latter 
passing away first, in 1879, and he on Feb. 23, 1898. The children were seven 
in number, namely: Severin S., now residing in Colfax; Knut, deceased; Karen, 
who is now Mrs. B. Field of Pierce County; Christina, who is Mrs. Ole S. 
Gunderson of Colfax; Anna, wife of Andrew Ajer of Boyceville; Mary, who was Mrs. 
Ole Kjorstad of St. Croix Co, WI, who died Feb. 15, 1925; and Sarah, who married 
Christ Olson but is now deceased.

Source: The History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925, p. 803