BIOGRAPHIES: Bennett ANDERSON, Arcadia Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Bennett Anderson, deceased, one of the early settlers of Trempealeau County, 
was born in Valders, Norway.  In 1868 he brought his family to Trempealeau 
County from Dane County and established himself as a farmer in Arcadia 
Township, being one of the earliest settlers in that neighborhood.  He labored 
early and late and under these conditions prospered.  He became one of the 
representative farmers of Trempealeau County, remaining on his farm until his 
death, Feb. 15, 1902.  He was married to Ellen Everson, who still survives 
and resides on the old homestead in Arcadia Township.  They had a family of 
nine children, as follows:  Inger Maria, who became Mrs. H. O. Wold and mother 
of one child, Oscar B. Wold (she passed away in 1893); Gabriel, who died at 
the age of seven years; Ever B. and C. H., farmers in Lincoln Township; Sarah A., 
who died at the age of ten years; Gabriel, second, residing on the old homestead 
in Arcadia Township, who married Julia Nelson and has four children:  Bennett O., 
Irene E., Carrie M. and Goodwin J.; Carrie, who died in 1914; Edward, a resident 
of the state of Washington, and Polly A., wife of Henry Amundson, who resides in 
Ostrander, Minn., and has three children:  Sidney B., Cyril W. and Madeline M.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917", 
pages 548 - 549