BIOGRAPHIES: George AMOTH, Ettric Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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George Amoth, Proprietor of a well-improved farm of 135 acres in Ettrick 
Township, near the village of Ettrick, was born in a log house in this 
locality, May 29, 1873, son of Gilbert and Helen (Haldvorsdatter) Amoth.  
The parents were natives of Norway, in which country they were married, and 
a few years later, about 1867, came with their two eldest children to the 
United States.  After a long voyage across the Atlantic in a sailing vessel 
they landed at an eastern port, and came directly to Ettrick Township, 
Trempealeau County, Wis., which locality they had been informed was 
favorable for settlement.  Having little knowledge, however, of what he 
would have to do, Gilbert Amoth was practically unprovided with necessaries  
for making a start in the wilderness, and at first had scarcely anything but 
his bare hands with which to begin work.  In spite of this handicap, he 
managed to erect a log house and as soon as possible procured an ox team, 
with which he began the work of pioneer farming.  A number of years later, 
after he had made good progress in developing his farm, he increased its size 
by the purchase of 40 additional acres, and here he resided until he retired 
and moved to Ettrick about six years before his death, which occurred March 
17, 1916. He was a member of the Lutheran church and a respected member of 
the community in which he had cast his lot.  His wife died on the farm about 
1908.  They had a family numbering 11 children.  George Amoth worked on the 
home farm until he had reached the age of 18 years, at which time he began 
working out on other farms, and also for a while hauled cream to the creamery 
at Ettrick.  At the age of 26 he was married to Julia Johnson, daughter of 
Hans and Martha Johnson, of Ettrick.  He then rented a farm in section 20, 
working it for three years, at the end of which time he bought his present 
farm near the village, where he raises various crops,a nd also more or less 
stock, including Shorthorn cattle, Poland-China hogs, a good grade of horses 
and full-blooded Black Monarch chickens.  Since taking this place he has 
erected on it a good silo, machine shed and chicken coop.  His barn is 100 by 
28 feet in size.  Mr. Amoth takes an interest in all local enterprises, giving 
active support to the creamery in particular.  He has been successful as a 
farmer and he and his wife are prominent and esteemed residents of the 
community in which they live.  They have two children:  Hazel Marie and Guy 
Hubert.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917", page 522