Samuel Moen was born in Osterdalen, Norway, Oct. 7, 1855 the son of Ole Larson and Ingeborg Tnerson. As a boy he attended school in his native land and remained there until he was 18 years old. In 1873 he came to America and located at El Paso, Pierce County, Wis., where he remained for a year with an uncle who gave him lessons in English. He then came to Menomonie, working in the mill until 1880. He then engaged in the meat business, being associated with O. A. Strand for four years on Main Street and subsequently establishing a place of his own on Broadway, which he conducted until his death in a hospital at Rochester, Minn. He had been in business for 26 years and had built up a trade that was second to none in the city.
Sam was married May 12, 1884, to Anna Hanson. They had five children:
1. Louis, born Feb. 16, 1885, was graduated from the Menomonie High School, and afterwards took up the study of drawing and painting. He has since become a skilful artist and is now living in Montreal, Canada. He married Ethel Patten and they have one child, Louis Patten, Jr.
2. Agnes, born Dec. 20, 1887, is a graduate of the Menomonie High School and the Mankato (Minn.) Business College. She married William Force of Mankato, where she now lives, and is the mother of five children, Moen, Helen, Emily, Donald and Della Ann.
3. Oscar, born Oct. 6, 1889, met a sad and accidental death on Aug. 16, 1909, falling from the tower at the gas plant, on which he was working. He never regained consciousness after striking the ground.
4. Sarah, born Dec. 3, 1890, was graduated from the Menomonie High School and the Stout Institute and was teaching domestic science in a high school at Detroit, Mich., when she was attacked by the influenza and died Jan. 19, 1919.
5. Ragna, born June 1, 1894, died March 10, 1920. She was a graduate of the Menomonie High School and of the Minneapolis Art School, having just completed her course at the last mentioned institution when death called her.
Affable of manner, Sam was a man pleasant to meet at all times, and in his death the community lost a good citizen, who exemplified the best qualities of manhood. His family lost more than that.
[Source: Curtiss-Wedge, F.; Jones, Geo. O. (ed.) / “History of Dunn County, Wisconsin” (1925) pages 490-491]
Sam was married May 12, 1884, to Anna Hanson. They had five children:
1. Louis, born Feb. 16, 1885, was graduated from the Menomonie High School, and afterwards took up the study of drawing and painting. He has since become a skilful artist and is now living in Montreal, Canada. He married Ethel Patten and they have one child, Louis Patten, Jr.
2. Agnes, born Dec. 20, 1887, is a graduate of the Menomonie High School and the Mankato (Minn.) Business College. She married William Force of Mankato, where she now lives, and is the mother of five children, Moen, Helen, Emily, Donald and Della Ann.
3. Oscar, born Oct. 6, 1889, met a sad and accidental death on Aug. 16, 1909, falling from the tower at the gas plant, on which he was working. He never regained consciousness after striking the ground.
4. Sarah, born Dec. 3, 1890, was graduated from the Menomonie High School and the Stout Institute and was teaching domestic science in a high school at Detroit, Mich., when she was attacked by the influenza and died Jan. 19, 1919.
5. Ragna, born June 1, 1894, died March 10, 1920. She was a graduate of the Menomonie High School and of the Minneapolis Art School, having just completed her course at the last mentioned institution when death called her.
Affable of manner, Sam was a man pleasant to meet at all times, and in his death the community lost a good citizen, who exemplified the best qualities of manhood. His family lost more than that.
[Source: Curtiss-Wedge, F.; Jones, Geo. O. (ed.) / “History of Dunn County, Wisconsin” (1925) pages 490-491]
Samuel Moen was born in Osterdalen, Norway, Oct. 7, 1855 the son of Ole Larson and Ingeborg Tnerson. As a boy he attended school in his native land and remained there until he was 18 years old. In 1873 he came to America and located at El Paso, Pierce County, Wis., where he remained for a year with an uncle who gave him lessons in English. He then came to Menomonie, working in the mill until 1880. He then engaged in the meat business, being associated with O. A. Strand for four years on Main Street and subsequently establishing a place of his own on Broadway, which he conducted until his death in a hospital at Rochester, Minn. He had been in business for 26 years and had built up a trade that was second to none in the city.
Sam was married May 12, 1884, to Anna Hanson. They had five children:
1. Louis, born Feb. 16, 1885, was graduated from the Menomonie High School, and afterwards took up the study of drawing and painting. He has since become a skilful artist and is now living in Montreal, Canada. He married Ethel Patten and they have one child, Louis Patten, Jr.
2. Agnes, born Dec. 20, 1887, is a graduate of the Menomonie High School and the Mankato (Minn.) Business College. She married William Force of Mankato, where she now lives, and is the mother of five children, Moen, Helen, Emily, Donald and Della Ann.
3. Oscar, born Oct. 6, 1889, met a sad and accidental death on Aug. 16, 1909, falling from the tower at the gas plant, on which he was working. He never regained consciousness after striking the ground.
4. Sarah, born Dec. 3, 1890, was graduated from the Menomonie High School and the Stout Institute and was teaching domestic science in a high school at Detroit, Mich., when she was attacked by the influenza and died Jan. 19, 1919.
5. Ragna, born June 1, 1894, died March 10, 1920. She was a graduate of the Menomonie High School and of the Minneapolis Art School, having just completed her course at the last mentioned institution when death called her.
Affable of manner, Sam was a man pleasant to meet at all times, and in his death the community lost a good citizen, who exemplified the best qualities of manhood. His family lost more than that.
[Source: Curtiss-Wedge, F.; Jones, Geo. O. (ed.) / “History of Dunn County, Wisconsin” (1925) pages 490-491]
Sam was married May 12, 1884, to Anna Hanson. They had five children:
1. Louis, born Feb. 16, 1885, was graduated from the Menomonie High School, and afterwards took up the study of drawing and painting. He has since become a skilful artist and is now living in Montreal, Canada. He married Ethel Patten and they have one child, Louis Patten, Jr.
2. Agnes, born Dec. 20, 1887, is a graduate of the Menomonie High School and the Mankato (Minn.) Business College. She married William Force of Mankato, where she now lives, and is the mother of five children, Moen, Helen, Emily, Donald and Della Ann.
3. Oscar, born Oct. 6, 1889, met a sad and accidental death on Aug. 16, 1909, falling from the tower at the gas plant, on which he was working. He never regained consciousness after striking the ground.
4. Sarah, born Dec. 3, 1890, was graduated from the Menomonie High School and the Stout Institute and was teaching domestic science in a high school at Detroit, Mich., when she was attacked by the influenza and died Jan. 19, 1919.
5. Ragna, born June 1, 1894, died March 10, 1920. She was a graduate of the Menomonie High School and of the Minneapolis Art School, having just completed her course at the last mentioned institution when death called her.
Affable of manner, Sam was a man pleasant to meet at all times, and in his death the community lost a good citizen, who exemplified the best qualities of manhood. His family lost more than that.
[Source: Curtiss-Wedge, F.; Jones, Geo. O. (ed.) / “History of Dunn County, Wisconsin” (1925) pages 490-491]
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