BIOGRAPHIES:  Martin GUNDERSON, Jr., Hale Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Martin Gunderson, Jr., who owns and operates the old Gunderson farm
in Hale Township, was born April 1, 1882, son of Martin, Sr., and
Olea (Olson) Gunderson.  The father was born in Soler, Norway, in
1834, and came to the United States in 1862, settling in Blair,
Trempealeau County, Wis., where he remained two years.  In 1864 he
homesteaded a farm in section 6, range 8 west, township 22 north,
Hale Township, and devoted the rest of his active period to its
cultivation, his death taking place in October, 1881.  His wife Olea,
who was born in Soler, Norway, in 1842, after her husband's death
contracted a second marriage with Brede Ramstad of section 1, Chimney
Rock Township.  She died Jan. 8, 1906, her second husband surviving
her and being still a resident of his farm in Chimney Rock.  Martin
Gunderson, Sr., was an industrious, capable man and during his career
as an agriculturist in Hale Township did much to improve his farm. 
He is still remembered by the older residents of the township, among
whom he had many friends.  Martin Gunderson, Jr., who was the
youngest of eight children, acquired a good knowledge of agriculture
and on the death of his mother purchased the old homestead, which he
has since carried on with profitable results, doing general farming. 
His two-story frame residence, having seven rooms and basement, was
erected in 1910 and is a neat and substantial dwelling.  In 1915 he
built a frame barn, with basement of cement blocks, 36 by 70 by 16
feet above basement, the latter having cement floors.  It is equipped
with steel stanchions and other necessary or useful appliances,
furnishing ample accommodations for his stock.  Dec. 25, 1908, Martin
Gunderson, Jr., was united in marriage with Amelia Anderson, who was
born in Whitehall, Wis., Feb. 20, 1872, being the eldest of the 12
children of Gilbert and Mary (Matson) Anderson.  Her father, who was
born in Norway in 1849, came to this country in 1860 and engaged in
farming in Rosko's Coolie, Hale Township.  He died March 8, 1911. 
Her mother, born in Soler, Norway, Jan. 19, 1854, is now a resident
of Eleva, this county.  Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson have no children of
their own, but are rearing a son of Mrs. Gunderson's brother, Otto,
Roy Anderson, who was born Nov. 20, 1903.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," pages 749 - 750.


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