BIOGRAPHIES:  George W. KNUTSON, Lincoln Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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George W. Knutson.  One of the best and most highly improved farms
in Lincoln Township is that of George W. Knutson, in section 36, and
which contains 232 acres of good fertile land.  Mr. Knutson was born
in West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis., May 20, 1873, son of Even
Knutson and his wife, Mary Anderson Knutson.  The father was a native
of Norway, who came to America in 1870, locating at West Salem, where
he farmed until 1903, subsequently removing to Holmen, La Crosse
County, where he died in 1913 at the age of 68 years.  His wife, now
73 years old, is now residing in Holmen.  George W. Knutson remained
on the home farm until reaching the age of 16 years.  He then went to
work on the farm of James McEldowney at West Salem and was employed
there for 14 years, only taking on eweek off in all that time, which
was when he visited the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.  At the end
of that period he rented Mr. McEldowney's farm and operated it on his
own account for 15 years with profitable results.  Being now ready to
purchase a farm of his own, he selected that which he now owns and
operates, and has since resided here.  The residence is a good frame
structure of 10 rooms, with furnace heat, bath, electric light and
other modern conveniences.  Mr. Knutson owns his own electric light
plant by which his other buildings are similarly illuminated.  In
1915 he rebuilt his barn, which is now a substantial frame structure,
with cement block basement and cement floor, in size 32 by 108 by 20
feet.  It is provided with Louden stanchions and litter carrier.  In
the same year he built a cement block silo, 16 by 35 feet.  Among his
other buildigns are a good machine shed - a frame building 24 by 80
feet and an ice house and milk house combined, 15 by 24 by 12 feet.
The farm includes an orchard of two acres.  Mr. Knutson at this time
keeps about 60 head of Holstein cattle, 20 being registered, and
milks 30 cows.  Of Duroc-Jersey hogs he feeds 200 a year.  In his
farming operations he follows the three years' rotation plan,
planting corn and clover.  As a farmer he has been highly successful,
a result due to his thorough training in early life and his habits of
industry and intelligent application to his self-appointed tasks. Mr.
Knutson was married Nov. 1, 1900, to Mary Anderson of West Salem, who
was born in Sweden.  He and his wife have six children:  Raymond,
LaVerne, Margaret, Clarence, May and Glen. 

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," pages 793 - 794.


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