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 Joseph P. Kohel, an industrious farmer of Section 5, Oak Grove Township, came to Barron County in 1910 and purchased 80 acres of his present farm. In 1919 he bought another 80 acres in Section 4, thus making a good place of 160 acres. On this tract he has erected a good set of buildings, cleared 65 acres, and broken some of it, so that the farm is now well developed and improved. He carries on general farming and dairying on a successful scale, and is regarded as one of the prosperous men of the township. He was born in Bohemia Aug. 24, 1872, the son of Frank and Julia (Wagner) Kohel, natives of that country, both of whom are now deceased. He received his education in Bohemia and farmed with his parents until 1890. In that year he came to America. He worked a while in Kewaunee County, this state, then in Marinette, also in this state, then in the upper peninsula of Michigan, then in the mines near Duluth and then in Marinette County, Wisconsin, getting out posts and ties. In 1903 he went to Ashland, in this state, and worked in the sawmills there. Next he went to Virginia, Minn., and was employed in the mines. From there he came to Barron County. Mr. Kohel was married April 15, 1903, to Dora Kust, who was born in Bohemia Dec. 4, 1880, the daughter of Mathiew and Anna (Kovrick) Kust. This union has been blessed with nine children: John, born Sept. 12, 1906; Mary, born Sept. 8, 1907; Rose, born March 12, 1910; Thomas, born June 6, 1911; James, born Sept. 12, 1912; Anna, born Dec. 15, 1913; Edward, born May 29, 1915; Helen, born May 24, 1916, and William, born Nov. 2, 1920. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 357.