"History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties of Minnesota, 1916"
Anton Rossing, one of the big and progressive farmers of Cottonwood county and one of the best-known citizens of that county, owner of a fine farm of eight hundred acres in. the Walnut Grove neighborhood in Westbrook and Ann townships, with his home situated on the edge of the latter township, is a native of Wisconsin, born on a farm in Lafayette county, that state, June 6, 1866, son of Andrew and Inger (Lund) Rossing, natives of the kingdom of Norway, who came to this country in 1850 and located in Wisconsin, settling on a farm in Lafayette county, that state, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were members of the Norwegian Lutheran church and their children were reared in that faith. There were four of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, the others being W. L., Catherine and Emilia.
Anton Rossing was reared on the paternal farm in Wisconsin and received his schooling in the district school in the neighborhood of his home. As a young man he started farming on his own account in his native county and lived there until 1890, when he moved to Humboldt county, that same state, locating at Bode, where he was engaged in the hay, grain and elevator business until he came to Minnesota in 1900. Upon coming to this state, Mr. Rossing bought a tract of eight hundred acres of land on the line between Westbrook and Ann townships, in Cottonwood county, and proceeded to improve the same and bring it under cultivation. He adopted modern methods of farming and has prospered from the very beginning of his operations, long having been recognized as one of the leading farmers of Cottonwood county. Mr. Rossing's, farm is one of the extensive farms hereabout and the new county ditch traverses the entire tract of land. Following his marriage, in 1908, Mr. Rossing established his home on his farm and he and his family are very pleasantly situated there.
Mr. Rossing is a Republican and gives a good citizen's attention to the political affairs of the county, but has not been included in the office-seeking class. It was in 1908, about eight years after coming to Minnesota, that Anton Rossing was united in marriage to Amelia Olson, and to this union three children have been born, Alton H., Sherman E. and Daphne. Mr. and Mrs. Rossing are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church and take a proper interest in the various good works of their community, ever being interested in such measures as are designed to advance the common welfare hereabout.