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History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin - Vol. 2
pub. H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Winona, MN - 1919

         [page 515]
         
         CHRIST SEVERSON, a well known farmer of Modena township,
       Buffalo county, is a native of this township, having been 
       born in a log house on the farm of his parents, JOHN and 
       MARY SEVERSON, Nov. 17, 1868. The parents were born in Norway, 
       but were married in Wisconsin, and located in Buffalo county, 
       about 1857, JOHN SEVERSON taking 160 acres of wild land in
       section 6, Modena township. There he built a log house in 
       which his son, CHRIST, was afterwards born. His early farming 
       operations were carried on with the aid of an ox team and he 
       and his wife went through most of the experiences common to 
       the pioneer settlers, taking produce to market on his back 
       and bringing home supplies in the same manner. His wife died
       when the subject of his sketch was quite young, but he sur-
       vived her many years, and died at Urnes Corners, at the age 
       of 75. They were members of the Norwegian Lutheran church 
       in Church valley, which he helped to build. Of their five 
       children, CHRIST was the third in order of birth. He attended 
       the district school and grew up on the home farm, where he
       began industrial life, at the age of 15, commencing to work 
       out. When he was 28 years old he married ANNA OLSON, daughter 
       of Ole Olson, of Modena township, and began farming indepen-
       dently on 160 acres of land in section 28, Modena township, 
       where he is now located. The place was slightly improved and 
       had an old log building on it, which he has since replaced as
       a residence with a nice brick house of ten rooms and closets. 
       He has also built a barn, 60 by 36 feet in size, together with 
       other necessary structures, and has bought ten acres more land. 
       In 1918 he erected a horse barn, 60 by 20 feet, and a silo, 
       30 by 12 feet. He also operates a silo filler with a 6-horse-
       power gas engine. The farm is stocked with a good grade of 
       Durham cattle, Poland-China hogs, and horses and is yielding 
       satisfactory returns for the money and labor invested in it. 
       Mr. and Mrs. SEVERSON have two children, MYRTLE and ELLA. 
       The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
       
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