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Born 1886
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
ADOLPH T. ANDERSON (1886) has spent the entire twenty-six years of his life in Nordland township. He is the son of pioneer settlers and homesteaders, Lewis and Stena Ellefson. His father was born in Norway, his mother in Wisconsin. They came to Lyon county in the seventies and took a homestead, later buying the southeast quarter of section 33, Nordland.
On that farm, on November 24, 1886, Adolph Anderson was born, and there he has ever since had his home. He received a district school education and worked for his father until 1909. Then he rented the farm and has since conducted it to his own account.
Mr. Anderson was married in Minneota to Rena Skogen. She is also a native of the county and is a daughter of Halvor O. and Christie Skogen, of Nordland township. Lila and Harvey are Mr. and Mrs. Anderson's children.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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