BIOGRAPHIES:  Christian O. DAHL, Osseo, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Christian O. Dahl, president of the Farmer's Exchange Bank, of
Osseo, Wis., and proprietor of Hillsdale Farm of 160 acres, the
northeast quarter of section 2, Unity Township, was born at Coon
Prairie, Vernon County, Wis., July 8, 1868.  He is a son of Ole Dahl,
who was born in Ringsaker, Norway, Feb. 4, 1837, and who came to
America in 1865, residing for two years in New York City, where he
was married in 1867 to Ane Bue.  She was born in Foaberg, Norway,
Sept. 24, 1846.  Soon after their marriage Ole Dahl and wife came
West to Wisconsin, locating first in Vernon County, in the village of
Westby, where for two years Mr. Dahl followed the blacksmith's trade.
In 1870 they came with their family to Unity Township, Trempealeau
County, and homesteaded the farm now known as Hillsdale Farm, as
above described.  Here Ole Dahl spent the rest of his life, his death
occurring June 14, 1916.  He was a highly-respected citizen, serving
on the township board for several years, also on the school board,
and for a long period being one of the officials of the Synod
Norwegian Lutheran church.  He was also an esteemed member of the
Trempealeau County Historical Society, taking a keen interest in the
growth and development of the county and in the preservation of its
historical records.  His wife is still living and resides on the farm
with her son Christian.  Eight of their children are now living: 
Christian O., subject of this sketch; Marie, wife of Charles P.
Holman, a farmer of Humbird, Wis.;  Andrew, who is engaged in the
ranching business at Saratoga, Wyo.; Hannah, who is houskeeper for
her brothers, Olans and Thorvald, at Price, Wis.; Caroline, who
married Nils Indstefjord, a farmer of Price, Wis.; Olans and
Thorvald, farmers at Price, Wis., and Tilda, who resides with her
brother Christian.  Christian O. Dahl has resided on his present farm
since his parents moved onto it in 1870, and since 1896 has been its
manager.  Besides planting the usual crops, he raises cattle, sheep
and horses, usually milking 25 cows, for which purpose he uses a
three-unit milking machine.  The farm is well improved and yields
good returns for the labor spent upon it.  Mr. Dahl gives his chief
attention to this property, but is also interested financially in
other business enterprises.  On July 10, 1916, he aided in organizing
the Farmers' Exchange Bank, of Osseo, of which he has since been
president.  He is a director in the Inter-County Co-Operative Packing
Company of New Richmond, Wis., and helped to organize the Osseo
Farmers' Produce Company, of which he is treasurer.  For a number of
years Mr. Dahl has taken an active part in official life, having
served as township treasurer for a period of three years, township
supervisor one year, township clerk four years, school clerk 20
years, and as chairman of the township board and a member of the
county board since 1908.  He is a member and treasurer of the Synod
Congregation of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America at
Strum, having served in the latter office since 1904.

- Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," pages 596-597.

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