Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and others previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Robert Christiansen, who has been a resident of Arland Township for nearly thirty years, during which time he has operated a farm in Section 9, was born in Denmark, Dec. 27, 1850, son of Christ and Mary (Thorson) Christiansen. He attended school in his native land and began industrial life as a farm laborer. In 1870 he enlisted in the Danish army, being attached to the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, in which he served two years. For ten years he was employed as a care-taker in the woods. In 1883 he came to the United States, landing at Castle Garden, New York, whence he proceeded to Hammond, Wisconsin. There he first worked as section hand on the railroad, but in a short time bought a small farm which he operated two years. In 1886 Mr. Christiansen went to St. Paul, Minn., where he worked for the street car company and as a common laborer for six years. So far, with the exception of the time he had farmed near Hammond, he had been merely a wage earner, but in 1892 he came to Barron County, Wisconsin, and once more engaged in farming on his own account, buying 40 acres of wild land in Section 9, Arland Township. On this he erected, log buildings, and has since cleared 40 acres. He now has a set of good modern outbuildings, and is carrying on general farming and dairying with success, his herd of Guernsey cattle including a pure bred sire. He is a stockholder in the Barron Co-operative Creamery. For three years he has served on the school board of his district, and as a citizen is a man who commands the respect of his fellow townsmen. Mr. Christiansen was married Aug. 10, 1873, in Denmark, to Anna Hanson, who passed away in June, 1891. He and his wife had nine children, but three of whom are now living, namely: Christina, now Mrs. Frederickson of Fresno, Cal.; Hannah, wife of Charles Kendall of St. Maries, Idaho, and Julius, who resides on the farm with his father. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 896-897.