"Father" is noted on stone. Christ is buried in same plot as wife Clara, Henry Bertole Skaug (son?) and Bernt Skoug (brother?).
Chris C. Skoug, an esteemed and influential farmer of Section 30, West, was born in Norway April14, 1857, son of Chris Everson and Karin Christianson. He came to America in the spring of 1880 and located in Waukesha County, this state, where he worked at haying and in the harvest fields for his uncle, Andrew Olson. Then he entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. in the lumber woods at Moose Ear, ten miles from Chetek. For three years he worked continuously for this company, and for some time thereafter continued to work for them on the spring lumber drives.
In 1887 he secured his present place of 160 acres in Dovre Township. A log house and log barn had been erected. And about fifteen acres had been cleared among the stumps. Here he started farming with two cows and a yoke of oxen. Gradually he cleared up the land and developed a good farm. He has built a good frame house, a barn 60 by 60 feet, and other suitable buildings. Here he carries on general farming and dairying, making a specialty of Durham cattle. He is a hard working industrious man, he believed in progress along all lines, and has always been willing to do his share toward that progress. He is a man of genial disposition, who has taken his greatest pride in his family and has lived to see them all take their place in the affairs of the community. In every obligation of life he has proven a true man, and he is a useful and worthy citizen. As a father of children he is interested in education and has served on the school board. He helped to organize the Spring Hill Creamery and has been one of its directors since it was started. He is also a stockholder in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek and the Farmers' Store Co. For many years he has been an official of the Norwegian Lutheran congregation in Dovre.
Mr. Skoug was married at Chetek on Oct. 8, 1887 to Clara Dahl, born in Norway on March 15, 1859, the daughter of Ole and Pauline Dahl. She was a schoolmate of his and they were playmates from childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Skoug have six children: Charles, born June 26, 1889, now a farmer in Dovre Township; Anna, born Oct. 1, 1892, who is the wife of Henry Halstead, of Dovre Township; Bergel, born June 23, 1894, now the wife of William Ingman of Chetek; Minnie, born Jan. 20, 1896, wife of Oscar Christianson, of Dovre Township; Hilma, born Aug. 23, 1900, residing at home; and Henry, born on the home place Dec. 24, 1902, who was educated in the district school and learned farming from his father, with whom he is now in partnership in the operation of the farm. He has always remained at home and is one of the popular young men of the neighborhood. [Pages 691-692 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922 by H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.]
Chris C. Skoug, an esteemed and influential farmer of Section 30, West, was born in Norway April14, 1857, son of Chris Everson and Karin Christianson. He came to America in the spring of 1880 and located in Waukesha County, this state, where he worked at haying and in the harvest fields for his uncle, Andrew Olson. Then he entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. in the lumber woods at Moose Ear, ten miles from Chetek. For three years he worked continuously for this company, and for some time thereafter continued to work for them on the spring lumber drives.
In 1887 he secured his present place of 160 acres in Dovre Township. A log house and log barn had been erected. And about fifteen acres had been cleared among the stumps. Here he started farming with two cows and a yoke of oxen. Gradually he cleared up the land and developed a good farm. He has built a good frame house, a barn 60 by 60 feet, and other suitable buildings. Here he carries on general farming and dairying, making a specialty of Durham cattle. He is a hard working industrious man, he believed in progress along all lines, and has always been willing to do his share toward that progress. He is a man of genial disposition, who has taken his greatest pride in his family and has lived to see them all take their place in the affairs of the community. In every obligation of life he has proven a true man, and he is a useful and worthy citizen. As a father of children he is interested in education and has served on the school board. He helped to organize the Spring Hill Creamery and has been one of its directors since it was started. He is also a stockholder in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek and the Farmers' Store Co. For many years he has been an official of the Norwegian Lutheran congregation in Dovre.
Mr. Skoug was married at Chetek on Oct. 8, 1887 to Clara Dahl, born in Norway on March 15, 1859, the daughter of Ole and Pauline Dahl. She was a schoolmate of his and they were playmates from childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Skoug have six children: Charles, born June 26, 1889, now a farmer in Dovre Township; Anna, born Oct. 1, 1892, who is the wife of Henry Halstead, of Dovre Township; Bergel, born June 23, 1894, now the wife of William Ingman of Chetek; Minnie, born Jan. 20, 1896, wife of Oscar Christianson, of Dovre Township; Hilma, born Aug. 23, 1900, residing at home; and Henry, born on the home place Dec. 24, 1902, who was educated in the district school and learned farming from his father, with whom he is now in partnership in the operation of the farm. He has always remained at home and is one of the popular young men of the neighborhood. [Pages 691-692 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922 by H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.]
"Father" is noted on stone. Christ is buried in same plot as wife Clara, Henry Bertole Skaug (son?) and Bernt Skoug (brother?).
Chris C. Skoug, an esteemed and influential farmer of Section 30, West, was born in Norway April14, 1857, son of Chris Everson and Karin Christianson. He came to America in the spring of 1880 and located in Waukesha County, this state, where he worked at haying and in the harvest fields for his uncle, Andrew Olson. Then he entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. in the lumber woods at Moose Ear, ten miles from Chetek. For three years he worked continuously for this company, and for some time thereafter continued to work for them on the spring lumber drives.
In 1887 he secured his present place of 160 acres in Dovre Township. A log house and log barn had been erected. And about fifteen acres had been cleared among the stumps. Here he started farming with two cows and a yoke of oxen. Gradually he cleared up the land and developed a good farm. He has built a good frame house, a barn 60 by 60 feet, and other suitable buildings. Here he carries on general farming and dairying, making a specialty of Durham cattle. He is a hard working industrious man, he believed in progress along all lines, and has always been willing to do his share toward that progress. He is a man of genial disposition, who has taken his greatest pride in his family and has lived to see them all take their place in the affairs of the community. In every obligation of life he has proven a true man, and he is a useful and worthy citizen. As a father of children he is interested in education and has served on the school board. He helped to organize the Spring Hill Creamery and has been one of its directors since it was started. He is also a stockholder in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek and the Farmers' Store Co. For many years he has been an official of the Norwegian Lutheran congregation in Dovre.
Mr. Skoug was married at Chetek on Oct. 8, 1887 to Clara Dahl, born in Norway on March 15, 1859, the daughter of Ole and Pauline Dahl. She was a schoolmate of his and they were playmates from childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Skoug have six children: Charles, born June 26, 1889, now a farmer in Dovre Township; Anna, born Oct. 1, 1892, who is the wife of Henry Halstead, of Dovre Township; Bergel, born June 23, 1894, now the wife of William Ingman of Chetek; Minnie, born Jan. 20, 1896, wife of Oscar Christianson, of Dovre Township; Hilma, born Aug. 23, 1900, residing at home; and Henry, born on the home place Dec. 24, 1902, who was educated in the district school and learned farming from his father, with whom he is now in partnership in the operation of the farm. He has always remained at home and is one of the popular young men of the neighborhood. [Pages 691-692 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922 by H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.]
Chris C. Skoug, an esteemed and influential farmer of Section 30, West, was born in Norway April14, 1857, son of Chris Everson and Karin Christianson. He came to America in the spring of 1880 and located in Waukesha County, this state, where he worked at haying and in the harvest fields for his uncle, Andrew Olson. Then he entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. in the lumber woods at Moose Ear, ten miles from Chetek. For three years he worked continuously for this company, and for some time thereafter continued to work for them on the spring lumber drives.
In 1887 he secured his present place of 160 acres in Dovre Township. A log house and log barn had been erected. And about fifteen acres had been cleared among the stumps. Here he started farming with two cows and a yoke of oxen. Gradually he cleared up the land and developed a good farm. He has built a good frame house, a barn 60 by 60 feet, and other suitable buildings. Here he carries on general farming and dairying, making a specialty of Durham cattle. He is a hard working industrious man, he believed in progress along all lines, and has always been willing to do his share toward that progress. He is a man of genial disposition, who has taken his greatest pride in his family and has lived to see them all take their place in the affairs of the community. In every obligation of life he has proven a true man, and he is a useful and worthy citizen. As a father of children he is interested in education and has served on the school board. He helped to organize the Spring Hill Creamery and has been one of its directors since it was started. He is also a stockholder in the Co-operative Mercantile Co. at Chetek and the Farmers' Store Co. For many years he has been an official of the Norwegian Lutheran congregation in Dovre.
Mr. Skoug was married at Chetek on Oct. 8, 1887 to Clara Dahl, born in Norway on March 15, 1859, the daughter of Ole and Pauline Dahl. She was a schoolmate of his and they were playmates from childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Skoug have six children: Charles, born June 26, 1889, now a farmer in Dovre Township; Anna, born Oct. 1, 1892, who is the wife of Henry Halstead, of Dovre Township; Bergel, born June 23, 1894, now the wife of William Ingman of Chetek; Minnie, born Jan. 20, 1896, wife of Oscar Christianson, of Dovre Township; Hilma, born Aug. 23, 1900, residing at home; and Henry, born on the home place Dec. 24, 1902, who was educated in the district school and learned farming from his father, with whom he is now in partnership in the operation of the farm. He has always remained at home and is one of the popular young men of the neighborhood. [Pages 691-692 of The History Of Barron County, Wisconsin, published in 1922 by H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.]
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