BIOGRAPHIES:  Albert ANDERSON, Pepin, Pepin Co., WI

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Albert Anderson, farmer, P. O. Pepin, was born in Gulbransdalen,
Norway, March 30, 1848, and is a son of Andrew P. and Elsie (Olson)
Anbderson.  He is one of ten children born to his parents, namely: 
John, Peter, Ingborg (Mrs. A. Olson), Olivia, Sophia, Ole, Albert,
Andris, Carrie and Anna.  He attended school until fifteen years of
age, at which time he was confirmed in the Lutheran church, of which he
is still a member.  At nineteen he set out in a sailing vessel for
America, but they encountered a terrific storm and the ship having lost
all her masts and being nearly wrecked, returned to Limerick for
repairs.  At length the journey was resumed and at the end of four
months from the time of starting the young emigrant arrived in Dakota,
and three days later began to work for a Yankee farmer.  Dakota at that
time was a wild country and inhabited chiefly by Indians.  The prospect
was no doubt discouraging to anyone, but how much more so to this young
man who found himself far from home and friends or countrymen.  He
could not speak a word of English, nor his employer a word of
Norwegian.  He was unaccustomed to the work at which he was set, but
went at it with a will and determination which was sure to bring
success.  After working here about one year he traveled for several
years through the south and west; made a journey on foot from Baxter
Springs, Kas., to Hearne, Tex. (550 miles).  He worked on a railroad in
Texas for several months, and later at steamboating on the Missouri
river.

The year 1873 found him at McGregor, iowa, where he married, on
October 18, Miss Christina, daughter of John and Carrie Ericson.  To
them has been born one daughter, Clara Amelia.  After his marriage Mr.
Anderson engaged in farming at McGregor and also attended a woodyard. 
In 1880 he moved his family to Pepin township, where he purchased a
farm of forty acres.  In 1881-82 he was employed in government works on
the Chippewa river.  For several years past he has rented a farm of 200
acres near his own and makes a specialty of raising beef cattle for
market.  He has bred some fine grade Durhams, and contemplates stocking
the farm with full-blooded cattle.  In politics he is a republican, and
has served his townsmen as school director, and for two years past as
supervisor.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the
Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 905-906.



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