BIOGRAPHIES: Anton A. MYHRE, Sumner Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Anton A. Myhre, the well-known proprietor of Fair Pines Farm of 159 acres, 
in sections 12 and 13, Sumner Township, was born at Biri, Norway, Feb. 2, 
1851.  His parents were both of Norwegian birth, the father, Even Anderson 
Myhre, born in 1807, and his mother, whose maiden name was Martha Olson, 
born in 1820.  They came to the United States in 1861, accompanied by their 
four children, and settled in Coon Valley, Vernon County, Wis., where they 
resided until 1868, moving in that year to Tamarac Valley, Arcadia Township, 
where the parents spent the rest of their lives.  Even A. Myhre dying in 1889 
and his wife Martha in 1902.  They had six children, of whom two died in 
infancy.  Anton A. was the first-born.  Then came Ole, who is a farmer in 
Arcadia Township; Pauline, who is keeping house for her brother Ole, and Mary. 
The last mentioned married Olaus Johnson, who died in Osseo in 1909, where 
she now resides.  Anton A. Myhre when a young man worked out on farms in 
Vernon County, and in Arcadia Township, Trempealeau County, until 1872. He 
was now 21 years old, and, thinking it time to start in for himself, he 
homesteaded a farm in Chimney Rock Township, section 25, and until 1893 was 
engaged in its cultivation and development, in which he made good progress.  
He then sold it and bought his present farm, which his son Theodore now rents 
and operates.  It is well provided with good buildings and everything necessary 
for modern farming.  Mr. Myhre was township supervisor for one year in Chimney 
Rock Township, and assessor for four years in the same township.  The latter 
office he has held also for two years in Sumner Township, in addition to which 
he has served for 15 years as school clerk.  He is a stockholder in the Farmer's 
Telephone Company and the Osseo Produce Company.  March 9, 1878, Anton A. Myhre 
was married to Helena Anderson, who was born at Faaberg, Norway,  Feb. 2, 1851, 
daughter of Andreas and Margaret (Leir) Faaberg, both of whom died in Norway.  
Mrs. Myhre died Jan. 25, 1895, having been the mother of six children:  Emil, 
now a farmer at Spiritwood, N. D.; Andreas, a carpenter residing in Seattle; 
Anna, born Oct. 10, who died Aug 24, 1898; Mina, who married Lauritz Oftedahl, 
of Osseo; Theodore, manager of his father's farm, and Benjamin, a farmer at 
Allen, Mont.  Theodore Myhre, who was born on his parents' farm in Chimney Rock 
Township, July 23, 1888, was married, June 14, 1913, to Minnie Severson, of 
Jackson County, Garfield Township, her birth taking place in that township, 
Jan. 2, 1889.  Her parents, Sever and Marit (Hattren) Severson, were farming 
people.  Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Myhre have two children:  Marion Helen, born 
April 10, 1914, and Samuel Arnold, born Sept. 11, 1915.  Theodore has rented 
his father's farm since 1909 and is cultivating it successfully.  The family 
are affiliated religiously with the Norwegian Lutheran church, of which Anton 
A. Myhre has been a trustee for 16 years.

--Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917", 
pages 597-598