BIOGRAPHIES:  Anton Vold, D. D.S., Whitehall, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Anton Vold, D. D. S., of Whitehall, Wis., was born in Hale Township, Trempealeau County, Wis., 
Feb. 20, 1879, son of John J. and Martha (Anderson) Vold.  The father, born in Norway, came to 
America in 1872 and settled in Trempealeau County, Where he followed farming and blacksmithing 
for some years, was a merchant in Whitehall, but is now retired.  His wife is also living, both 
of them having reached the age of 70 years.  Anton Vold was graduated from the Whitehall High 
School in 1899.  He then applied himself to the study of dentistry and was graduated from the 
Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1902.  July 1 the same year he located in Whitehall, where 
he has fine offices in the Model Building.  Since beginning his professional labors here he has 
built up a good practice and gained a reputation for skilled dentistry which extends throughout 
the northern part of the county.  As a citizen interested in good local government, he has served 
on the village board for three years, supporting the cause of progress and efficiency.  He retains 
his membership in the college fraternity of Psi Omega, has advanced in the Masonic order as far 
as the Commandery, being a Knight Templar, and belongs also to the Modern Woodmen of America.  
Dr. Vold was married, Feb. 4, 1909, to Verne F. Ingalls, of Whitehall, whose father, John M. 
Ingalls, who came to Trempealeau County in 1856, is a farmer and agent for the Standard Oil Company.
Mrs. Ingalls was in maidenhood Carrie Gage.  Dr. and Mrs. Vold have had three children, the 
second-born of whom died at birth.  The others, Evangline O., was born Oct. 27, 1909, and is now 
a bright girl of 7 years, and Anton J., born May 4, 1917.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," pages 520 - 521


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