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 Anton Dostal, one of the first settlers in the northern part of Oak Grove Township and a leader among the Bohemian colony in this vicinity, was born in Bohemia, was there reared and educated, and there married Mary Vovalancky. He came to America in 1878 and settled at Muscoda, Grant County, this state, where he engaged in the meat business for nineteen years. In 1897 he came to Barron County and bought 120 acres in Section 9, Oak Grove Township. The northern part of the township was then little more than a wilderness. He put up a set of log buildings in the woods and started to clear the land. He erected a good frame building and in time developed a good place and won success. After a well-spent and worthy life he died Dec. 25, 1909, and in his death the community lost a good citizen. Mr. Dostal was a member of the Catholic Church, as also is his wife who is still living at the old home, being now 67 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Dostal were the parents of ten children: Mary, Frank, Charles, Anna, Amelia, Joseph, Elizabeth, Fred G. and Gustav (twins) and Emma. Mary is the wife of William Brewer, of Omaha, Neb. Frank lives in Madison, Wis. Charles is in Savannah, Ill. Anna is the wife of John Wierniez. Joseph is a farmer in Stanfold Township, this county. Elizabeth is the wife of Fred Brewer. Emma is the wife of Charles Painter. Fred and Gustav (twins) are both on home farm. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 358.