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Samuel Hanson, son of Lars and Sarah (Peterson) Hanson, was born in Newcomb Valley, Arcadia Township, Trempealeau County, Wis., Nov. 17, 1876. He was educated in the district school, which he attended regu- larly until the age of 12 years, and from 12 to 16 during the winters only. As soon as he was old enough he began to help his father on the farm, and continued as the latter's assistant until he rented the homestead in 1902, and started in for himself. In 1906 it became his by purchase. He has improved the buildings and built a new granary and a garage. To the 120 acres of the original farm he has added 80 more, thus enlarging the farm to 200 acres. It lies in a fertile region, the surface of the land being rolling, and he carries on both general farming and dairying. Aside from these immediate interests he is a stockholder in the La Crosse Packing Company, the Arcadia Farmers Co-operative Creamery, and the Farmers Telephone Company. Mr. Hanson was married, Sept. 7, 1907, to Minnie, daughter of Olaf and Carrie Moe of Newcomb Valley, and their children are: Celia, born July 17, 1909 ; Sadie, born Feb. 24, 1910 ; Milton, born April 23, 1912 ; and Ivan, born Oct. 30, 1914. In politics Mr. Hanson is a staunch Republican. He has served as township assessor three years, was clerk
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of the district school board for a number of years, and took the United States census in 1900. He belongs to Arcadia camp, Modern Woodmen of America and he and his family are members of Fagerness Lutheran church, of which his father was one of the founders. Enterprising and energetic, he is getting along in the world and has won the esteem of his neighbors.
Peter Ekern, merchant, town proprietor, assemblyman, extensive land owner, public spirited citizen, and man of affairs, to whose efforts was due the building up of a flourishing village, was one of the most distinguished citizens of the county, and for many years had an influential voice in con- trolling its destinies. As a business man he platted Pigeon Falls, erected a store and creamery, rebuilt a large mill and developed extensive tracts of land. As a public citizen he did such splendid work as chairman of the township and member of the county board for many years, that in 1881 he was called upon to serve in the General Assembly, in which position he looked after the interests of his state and district with dignity and dis- tinction. Peter Ekern was born in Norway, Jan. 25, 1837, the son of Hen- rik Ekern, and oldest of a family of four sons and two daughters, the others being: Even, a merchant of Whitehall; Randine, wife of Edward Klebo of Chicago; Anton, a farmer of Pigeon Township; Mark, a farmer in Moody County, South Dakota; and Maria, wife of Edward Schultz of Des Moines, Iowa. Peter was reared to a life of agricultural endeavor. At the age of eighteen he started operating a farm on his own responsibility, under a guardianship, the law at that time being that a youth could not engage in business for himself under the age of 25, except with a guardianship. As the years passed the young man determined to seek for himself the broader opportunities and superior advantages of the New World. Accordingly he disposed of his holdings in 1867, and accompanied by his wife and children, came to America, and found his way to La Crosse, where two brothers and a sister had preceded him. From there he went to Vernon County, and there remained for several months. In March, 1868, he settled in Trem- pealeau County, in the affairs of which he was later to take so prominent a part. For a time he lived in section 36, township 23, range 7, in the northern part of Pigeon. With keen judgment he foresaw the favorable opportunity of establishing a village at Pigeon Falls, and when, in 1872, his plans were ripe, he moved to the hamlet with which his name was there- after to be inseparably connected. At the time of his arrival the village contained the mill of Cyrus H. Hine and the store of Johnson & Olson, as well as several residences. Mr. Hine owned about 160 acres, a part of which he had purchased from George Gale in 1867, and a part of which he had obtained from the government under the homestead act. His residence is still standing, but has been moved to another site. His barn is on its original location, and has been used in connection with the village hotel. His mill has been replaced by the Pigeon Falls flour and feed mill on the same site. Upon his arrival here Mr. Ekern purchased the store of Johnson & Olson. In 1882 he erected another store building, and converted his original store building into a residence which he long occupied, and which was used as the village hotel until 1916. In the meantime, in 1875 and 1880, Mr. Ekern had bought Mr. Hine's land and holdings, as well as a tract from George
MR. AND MRS. PETER EKERN MR. AND MRS. B. M. SLETTELAND
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Gale, so that he owned 280 acres, all in section 34. The store, which he erected in 1882, 60 by 108 feet, two stories and full basement, is still used by his successors and is still in excellent condition. In 1885 he erected a creamery. This he operated until 1892, when he sold it to a farmers' asso- ciation. The new venture, however, was not successful, so Mr. Ekern took possession, rebuilt the plant, and put in new equipment. Now known as the Pigeon Falls Creamery, the institution is still operated by his successors. In 1894, Mr. Ekern platted the townsite on the southeast quarter of section 34. In 1880 he built a new flour and feed mill on the site of the original Hine mill. This building was shortly afterward destroyed by fire. He then erected the present mill. Since that date the equipment has kept march with the progress of time, the old stone burrs being replaced with a modern roller system, and new machinery and appliances being added as circum- stances required. In 1898 the business was incorporated under the name of P. Ekern Company, for the purpose of operating the farms, the general store, the creamery, the flour and feed mill, the townsite property and other real estate. After a long and useful life, Mr. Ekern died in 1899. His widow died in 1911. The owners of the property are now: Dr. Andrew Ekern, who is president of the corporation, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben. M. Slet- teland, the former of whom is secretary, treasurer and manager, and the latter of whom is vice-president. Mr. Ekern was married in 1858 to Olive Hovde. This union was blessed with seven children: Ludwig P., Andrew, Minnie, Hannah, Josephine, Emma, Hulda and Hulda. Ludwig P. is a retired merchant of Superior, Wis. Andrew is a retired physician of San Diego, Cal. Minnie is the wife of B. M. Sletteland. Josephine is the wife of Peter Eimon, a wholesale grocer of Superior, Wis. Emma, the wife of H. A. Otto, a Chicago lumberman, died in 1914. Hulda is the wife of Ben. Eimon, who is also in the wholesale grocery business in Superior. Hannah died at the age of 14 years. Hulda (first) also died in childhood.
Ben M. Sletteland, the leading citizen of Pigeon Falls, village post- master, and manager, secretary and treasurer of the P. Ekern Company, is well known throughout the county. He has been member and at one time treasurer of the Republican County Committee, and a member of the Republican District Congressional Committee; since 1892 he has been treasurer of the Norwegian Lutheran church; in 1917 he was elected one of the trustees of Gale College; and in addition to this he has served on many delegations and committees, both civic and religious. His business holdings include stock in the John O. Melby & Co. bank at Whitehall, in which he is a director, and in the Western Wisconsin Telephone Company. Mr. Sletteland was born in Dale Parish, Sondfjord, Norway, Aug. 19, 1864, son of Ananias and Bergitte (Risting) Sletteland, the former of whom spent many years of his life as a teacher in the state schools of Norway. Ben M. Sletteland received a good education at home and at school, and came to America in 1884, since which time he has lived continuously in Pigeon Falls. For a time he clerked for Peter Ekern. When the P. Ekern Company was incorporated in 1898 he assumed the duties of his present position. A year later he was appointed to his present office of postmaster. Mr. Sletteland was married Oct. 31, 1887, to Minnie Ekern, born in La Crosse
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County, Feb. 29, 1868, daughter of Peter and Olive (Hovde) Ekern. Mr. and Mrs. Sletteland have three children: Perrey Arthur, Ernest A. and Oscar B. Perrey Arthur is a graduate of the Scandinavia Academy at Scandia, St. Olaf College, at Northfield, Minn. (B. A.), and the University of Wisconsin (LL. B.). He is now practicing law at La Crosse with Otto Schlabach, under the firm name of Schlabach & Sletteland. Ernest A. has attended St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minn., and Macalester College at St. Paul, Minn., and is assisting his father. Oscar B. has had two years at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn., and is soon to graduate from the Univer- sity of Wisconsin at Madison.
William C. Bohrnstedt, who is engaged in the hardware business in Arcadia, was born at Trempealeau Prairie, in Trempealeau Township, Oct. 2, 1870. A memoir of his parents, John and Mary (Frohmader) Bohrnstedt, may be found elsewhere in this volume. William C. in his boyhood attended the district school and the graded school in Galesville. Completing his literary education at the age of 15, he then took a business course in the old Winona Business College under Professor Lambert. For two or three years after this he resided at home. In 1893 he came to Arcadia and entered the employ of N. Lehrbach, a hardware merchant, for whom he worked until 1896. In the latter year he entered the employ of R. D. Cone Hardware Company of Winona, Minn., and was traveling salesman for them until 1903. Then, leaving the employ of that company, he returned to Arcadia and in 1905, with William E. Muir, purchased the hardware busi- ness of N. Lehrbach, his former employer, Mr. Muir retaining an interest in the firm for about a year, when Mr. Bohrnstedt bought him out and has since been sole proprietor and manager of the concern. The latter is also a stockholder in Arcadia Bank and the Bank of Galesville. One of the progressive and enterprising young business men of the village, he is always willing to lend his aid and influence to any practical movement for advancing the public welfare. In politics he is independent. He has never had any strong desire to mingle in politics, but for the last seven years has been clerk of the board of education. Mr. Bohrnstedt,is a member of sev- eral fraternal orders. He has belonged to the Blue Lodge of Masons ir Arcadia (No. 201) for many years, and to the Chapter, No. 76, Arcadia, since 1895; also to the Knights of Pythias since 1892, and to the Indepen- dent Order of Foresters for many years. Although reared a Lutheran, he is not a member of any church. Aug. 12, 1898, Mr. Bohrnstedt was married to Elspeth Muir, daughter of John and Ann Muir of Arcadia.
Oliver Busby, who is now living retired in Arcadia Village, after a life of activity in several different avocations, was born in section 21, range 9, Arcadia Township, this county, Jan. 29, 1866. His parents, Thomas and Mary (Knight) Busby, were natives of England, both born at Stowe, near Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England, the father Aug. 24, 1828, the mother Feb. 8, 1837. Thomas Busby and wife came to America in 1855, landing in New York and proceeding at once to Waukegan, Ill., in the vicinity of which place Mr. Busby rented a farm. After remaining there about two years they came overland by ox team to Arcadia Township, Trempealeau County, and settled on 160 acres of land he acquired while in Illinois, to
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which he later added 20 acres, built a log cabin and began to develop a farm. Here he lived until 1893, in which year he sold the farm to Louie Wojsczik, the latter subsequently selling it to John Wojsczik. In 1879 Thomas Busby had bought 160 acres of wild prairie land near Wakefield, Neb., to which he moved on selling his farm in Arcadia. On this land he built a house and other frame buildings, and remained there 19 years, engaged in developing a farm. He then retired and moved into Wakefield, where he and his wife are still living, in good health and prosperous cir- cumstances. Their children were: Emma, born in Waukegan, Ill., who married W. H. Smith, a farmer of Bakersfield, Cal., and died Aug. 4, 1904; John, also born in Waukegan, and now a farmer in Arcadia Township; Thomas, born in Arcadia, Wis., who is farming at Wakefield, Neb .; Flor- ence, born in Arcadia, who is unmarried and keeps house for her parents in Wakefield, Neb .; Charles, born in Arcadia, also residing in Wakefield, where he is engaged in buying grain and managing an elevator; Andy, born in Arcadia, and now deceased; Mary, born in Arcadia, who is the wife of H. H. Child, proprietor of the electric lighting plant at Wakefield, Neb .; Lilly, born in Arcadia, who married Benjamin Davis, a farmer, and died at Wakefield, Neb .; Mark, born in Arcadia, who is now deceased; William, born in Arcadia, who is now living retired at .Wakefield, Neb .; and Oliver, the subject of this sketch.
Oliver Busby began his school life in Arcadia and was graduated from the high school in the class of 1886. In the meanwhile, however, he made a trip to Nebraska, going there in 1882 and returning in 1884. He now spent a number of years in teaching school, beginning this occupation in Arcadia, where he taught for three years, later teaching three years in the graded schools of Chimney Rock, Wis., where he also served one year as principal, one year in Strum and three years in Nebraska, to which state he returned when his parents moved there in 1893. In 1896 he returned again to Arcadia, and on September 1 bought an interest in the hardware business of Mr. Christ of Arcadia, the style of the firm becoming Christ & Busby. This partnership was continued until 1904. In 1902 Christ & Busby bought a farm of 509 acres, two and a half miles north of Arcadia, 225 acres of it being under the plow and the rest in timber and pasture land. Mr. Busby bought Mr. Christ's interest in this farm in 1904, and managed it subsequently while residing in the village until 1914, when he sold it and retired. The buildings on the farm were a two-story frame house, a frame barn, 36 by 80 feet ; a granary, 16 by 40 feet ; a sheep shed, 12 by 64 feet, all painted and in good condition. Here Mr. Busby did gen- eral farming and dairying, keeping from 25 to 30 graded cows. Sept. 8, 1896, Mr. Busby was married to Mary, daughter of John Philip and Barbara (Uhl) Hartman of Arcadia Township. He and his wife had six children: William O., born Nov. 26, 1897, who is a student at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis .; Fern E., born May 11, 1899, now attending the Arcadia high school; Lynn J., born July 29, 1902, who is also attending the high school; Hazel M., born May 12, 1904, who is residing at home, a student ; Florence G., born March 26, 1906, who died Aug. 23, 1914; and one that died in infancy. Mr. Busby in political matters holds by the principles of the
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Democratic party, but reserves the right to vote for the best man regard- less of party lines, when he sees occasion. He has held no strictly political office, but has been a member of the village board for three years. He attends and supports the Methodist Episcopal church, though not a member of it. He belongs to Lodge No. 201, A. F. & A. M. of Arcadia, and to Camp No. 769, Modern Woodmen of America, which he joined in 1896.
August Evenson was for many years one of the successful and sub- stantial men of the community. He developed a good farm, he reared a large and respected family, and upon his death left a record of hard work, staunch character and sterling worth. His wife, a most estimable woman, who was his helpmeet and inspiration in all his undertakings, still owns the family farm, but in 1915 moved to Pigeon Falls, where she erected a com- fortable home, and where she now makes her residence. August Evenson was born in Vardal, Norway, Feb. 1, 1857, son of Mathias and Pernella Evenson, who brought him to America in 1858, and located near Holmen, in La Crosse County, this state, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Reared on the home farm and educated in the schools of that county, August Evenson started out for himself in 1881, and two years later, in 1883, came to Pigeon Township and secured land in section 11, which he proceeded to break and develop, erecting a suitable home and commodious outbuildings. There he successfully carried on general farming until his death Jan. 27, 1915. Taking his deepest joy in his family and his farm, Mr. Evenson did not care to mingle in political life, but was nevertheless deeply interested in public affairs, and kept himself well informed upon current topics. He was a good citizen, a loyal friend and a loving father, and his loss was sincerely and deeply mourned. Mr. Evenson was married April 21, 1881, to Mina Johnson Skogen, who was born in Holmen, La Crosse County, this state, Sept. 16, 1859, daughter of Andrew and Anna Marie (Anderson) Skogen, natives of Vardal, Norway, who came to America in 1850, located in La Crosse County, and there spent the remainder of their days. Mr. and Mrs. Evenson have had ten children: Albert Manley, May Pauline, Albert Manley (second), Selma Luella, Hulda Josephine, Cora Charlotte, Mabel Amanda, Lawrence Ernest, Edmund Melford and Mildred Ovida. Albert Manley, born June 5, 1882, died at the age of thirteen days ; May Paulina, born June 19, 1883, died at the age of two and a half years: Albert Manley (second) was born Dec. 25, 1885, and died at the age of one year ; Selma Luella was born March 25, 1887, and is now the wife of John H. Johnson of Harshan, Wis .; Hulda Josephine was born Dec. 25, 1888, and is now the wife of Otto Tomter, who farms the home place; Cora Charlotte was born Feb. 6, 1891; Mabel Amanda was born Feb. 26, 1894; Lawrence Ernest was born Feb. 23, 1896; Edmund Melford was born Nov. 17, 1898, and died Sept. 13, 1908; and Mildred Ovida was born June 15, 1906. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran church, in the Ladies' Aid Society of which Mrs. Evenson is a prominent member.
Ole T. Stendahl, proprietor of the Fair View farm of 200 acres in sec- tions 13, 14 and 23, Pigeon Township, was born in Trondjem, Norway, June 4, 1857. His father, Thortson Stendahl, was born in Norway Dec. 10, 1822, married Johanna Berg, who was born Oct. 5, 1827, brought his family to
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America in 1861, lived in La Crosse, Wis., 16 years, and in 1877 settled in Pigeon Township, this county, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying Sept. 4, 1897. Mrs. Thortson Stendahl died in Pigeon Township Jan. 20, 1911. Ole T. Stendahl was brought here by his parents, attended the district schools, and was reared to farm pursuits. For eighteen winters he engaged in lumbering as woodsman and riverman. For the past twenty- four seasons he has engaged in threshing. His farming operations, since he assumed charge of the home place, have been most successful, his good herd of high grade Holstein cattle net him a satisfactory income, and his whole farm presents a neat and thrifty appearance. Mr. Stendahl was married April 4, 1884, to Nettie Amlee, born in Hammer, Norway, Sept. 26, 1859, daughter of Gilbert and Elizabeth (Bokalrud) Amlee, the former of whom was born Dec. 1, 1818, and died in Hammer, Norway, Sept. 4, 1877, and latter of whom was born in Norway, April 14, 1837, and died Feb. 4, 1904, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. Madson, in Menominie, Wis. Mrs. Gilbert Amlee and children came from Norway in 1880 to Black River Falls, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Stendahl have had eight children: Theodore is a farmer of Pigeon Township; Oscar also farms in Pigeon Township; Jennie L. died at the age of nine years; Archie is at home; Abbie married Knelland Simons of Whitehall; Lillie, Walter and Amy are at home.
Albert K. Axness came to his present farm in 1872 with his mother and step-father, and has thus been a resident of this county for forty-five years. He was born in Norway, near Christiania, July 29, 1861, son of Knute and Carrie (Tostenson) Axness. The father died in Norway in 1863, and subsequently four of the sons, Tosten, born in 1844; Julius, born in 1847 ; Knute, born in 1851, and Ole, born in 1855, came to America in 1867, three locating near Winona, Minn., and one near Madison, Wis. In 1868 the mother, accompanied by the son, Albert K., and a daughter, Mary, born in 1858, came to this country and joined her sons near Winona. In 1870 the mother married Ole Larson. Mr. Larson soon came to Trempealeau County and bought the homestead rights of Hans Talaken to a tract of wild land in section 6, Arcadia Township, within the limits of Newcomb Valley. On this place he built a small shanty, to which in 1872 he brought his wife, and his step children, Albert K. and Mary. In the fall of that year they built a small frame house, which is now the east wing of the ยท present home. Later they erected an upright addition, and since then other additions have been made until the home is now a comfortable eleven- room structure. Barns, sheds and the like have been erected as necessity has required. Albert K. was reared to farm pursuits and finished his educa- tion in the schoolhouse of the Penny district near his home. At the age of nineteen he started for himself by securing winter employment in the lumber woods of Clark and Jackson counties, still continuing to do farm work during the summer seasons. In 1898 he brought his bride to the home place and here has since continued to live. He carries on general farming and dairying, 90 acres of his 174 acres being under plow, and the rest being in woodland and pasture. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and his fraternal relations are maintained with Arcadia Camp, No. 769, M. W. A., of which he has been a member for the past
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eighteen years. Mr. Axness was married Jan. 1, 1898, to Minnie Olson, daughter of John and Mary Olson of Homer Township, Winona County. She died Sept. 9, 1914, at the age of 37 years. Mr. and Mrs. Axness have had five children: Cora, who died in infancy; Carl, born in 1900; Ernest, born in 1902; Myrtle, born in 1907, and Orlon, born in 1909, all of whom are at home. The mother of Mr. Axness died in 1907 at the age of 84 years, the stepfather died in 1905.
John Erickson, one of the pioneers of Trempealeau County, was born in Norway, Aug. 24, 1834, and was there reared to manhood. He was mar- ried March 25, 1858, to Ellina Hanson, who was born March 19, 1830. Even at the time of their marriage the young people were already contemplating seeking the broader opportunities of the new world. With this end in view they hoarded their frugal income until 1862, when they had sufficient funds to make the great venture. With their two children, Erick, born Sept. 3, 1859, and Hans, born Sept. 8, 1861, they set sail on April 27, 1862, aboard a slow sailing vessel, bound for their new home. Landing at Quebec, July 12, 1862, strangers in a strange land, where language and customs were unknown to them, they started out by rail for Winona, which they reached July 30, 1862. That city was then a flourishing lumber town, ten years old, but just at the dawn of the era which was to make it for some years one of the principal lumber and grain points on the Mississippi. At Winona Mr. Erickson got in touch with several of his countrymen who had settled in Trempealeau County and secured employment in Cedar Valley. While living in that vicinity, Mr. and Mrs. Erickson had another child, Marte, born Dec. 27, 1863. In 1864 the family moved to French Creek, and there the wife died in 1865. In 1867 Mr. Erickson married Bertha Gilbertson, who was born in Norway and came to America in 1863. Soon afterward the family moved to Newcomb Valley, and there Mr. Erick- son pre-empted 242 acres of wild land in section 6. Here he experienced real pioneer life. One of his first acts was to build a small log cabin, after which he started the difficult task of developing a farm. The principal trading center was at Trempealeau, twenty miles away. The trip there with an ox team was weary and sometimes dangerous. At some seasons even the oxen could not get through, and Mr. Erickson made the trip afoot, bringing back flour and other provisions on his back. Conveniences were almost entirely lacking, comforts were almost unknown. But the sturdy couple had faith, health and ambition, they desired to see their growing family well placed in the world, and they were willing to toil and sacrifice that success might be assured. Beginning with nothing in the way of worldly goods, they developed a fine farm, erecting commodious buildings, including a frame house, barn and granary, and gradually securing a good equipment of tools and machinery. Mr. Erickson conducted the farm until 1901, when failing health caused his retirement. He died May 30, 1903. In his many years of life here he had attained a recognized position in the community as a prosperous and conscientious farmer, and was highly esteemed as a good family man, a successful citizen, and an accommodating neighbor. A man of strong religious convictions he assisted in organizing the Fagerness Norwegian Lutheran Congregation, and remained an active
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