- HANS WILLIAMSEN, farmer, Secs. 28 and 29; P.O. Clinton; born
in Norway Dec. 26, 1832;
- learned the trade of blacksmith; then came to Quebec, Canada,
in May, 1857, and then to Chicago and to Clinton the same year;
worked at his trade for five years. Married Betsy GILBERTSON,
September, 1863; have had five children - William, Rachel, Henry,
Matilda and Lewis. Self and family belong to Lutheran Church.
Mr. WILLIAMSEN has a fine farm of 160 acres under good cultivation;
also has a fine residence and barns and everything pertaining
to a first-class farm.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 788.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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