BIOGRAPHIES: Oscar YSTENES, Ettrick Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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**Posted for informational purposes only. I am not related to the subject 
of this biography, nor do I have any further information on this family.

Oscar Ystenes, who is engaged in general farming and stock raising
in section 11 East, Ettrick Township, was born in Beaver Creek
Valley, this township, July 31, 1886, son of Nels and Elizabeth
(Instenes) Ystenes.  The parents were natives of Hardanger, Norway,
the father born Dec. 4, 1851, the mother, Aug. 16, 1861.  The former
came to the United States when a young man, settling on Beaver Creek,
this county.  He first found work driving a team for the Iver
Pederson Company of Ettrick, but afterwards began farming where his
son Oscar is now located, and which he made his home for many years,
or until the fall of 1915, at which time he retired from active labor
and took up his residence in the village of Hegg, where he is now
living.  His farm consisted of 120 acres of valuable land, which he
had greatly improved and highly cultivated.  He and his wife were the
parents of six children:  Emma, who resides ont he farm with her
brother; Clara, deceased; Oscar, the present proprietor of the farm;
Selmar and Nicholia, both residents of this state, and Cornelius, who
lives with his parents.

Oscar Ystenes in his boyhood acquired the elements of an English
education in the school at Hegg.  He was trained to agricultural work
and for two summers worked away from home.  In 1908 he began farming
the homestead as its manager, and so continued until 1914, in which
year he bought the property.  The farm is well equipped with modern
buildings and all necessary implements and machinery, and he is
working it with profitable results.  Mr. Ystenes is also a
stockholder in the Ettrick Telephone Company.  His religious
affiliations are with the United Lutheran Church, while in politics
he is independent. 

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," page 507.

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