BIOGRAPHIES:   Martin BROM, Holcomb Cooley, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Martin Brom, one of the prosperous agriculturists of Trempealeau County, whose 
well-cultivated farm lies in section 26, Arcadia Township, was born in Holcomb 
Valley, this township, Nov. 12, 1884, son of Frank and Eliza (Tasick) Brom.  
In his boyhood he attended the district school up to the age of 12 years.  He 
then assisted his father on the farm and remained with him subsequently until 
the latter's retirement, with the exception of a short period of four months in 
1909, which he passed in Jamestown, N. D.  In 1913 he purchased the home farm 
of 260 acres from his father, and in the following year, Feb. 17, 1914, he 
married Mary, daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Ressel, of Lewis Valley, Arcadia 
Township.  Beginning housekeeping in the old log house on the farm, he and his 
wife lived there until 1916, in which year he built a modern, cement block 
residence, also erecting a frame barn, 30 by 60 by 12 feet in dimensions, with 
full basement.  The homestead lies 13 miles southeast of Arcadia Village, and 
the noticeable improvements attract attention and give evidence of industry and 
thrift.  Mr. Brom is a Democrat in politics, but has held no public office.  He 
and his wife are members of the German Catholic church of Arcadia, and have 
many friends throughout this vicinity.

- Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," 
page 779


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