- Lars HOGANSON, P.O. Decorah, box 58; farmer, sec. 5, Madison
tp.; owns 197 acres of
- land valued at $30 per acre; was born February 4, 1817, in
Norway; emigrated to the U.S. in 1851, first stopping at Janesville,
Wisconsin, about nine months; then went to Beloit, where he remained
till in the spring of 1855 he came to Decorah and engaged in
blacksmithing, which he continued till 1866, when he came on
to his present farm. He was married to Miss Martine GULBRANSON
in 1854, by whom he has two sons, Hans M., now in Trail Co.,
D.T., and Anton L., at home. Mr. H. has taken special care to
give both his sons a good English education.
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- [Taken from "The History of Winneshiek and Allamakee
Counties, Iowa" by W. E. Alexander; (c)1888 Western Publishing
Co., Sioux City, Iowa; pp. 594-595]
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