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Born 1873
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
AUGUST PETERSON (1890) is the proprietor of a hardware store in the city of Tracy. He was born in Sweden April 2, 1873, a son of Peter and Allan (Hawkinson) Anderson. The father died in 1911, and Mrs. Anderson resides in Sweden. They were the parents of seven children, as follows: Mrs. Rettig, of Denver, Colorado;
August and Henry, of Tracy; Vendla, of San Diego. California; Pete, Xels, Freda and Fritz, of Sweden.
August Peterson resided in the land of his birth until 1890, when he came to the United States and located in Lyon county. He has resided in the county almost continuously since that time. He spent one year in Minneapolis and farmer a year in Murray county, after which he moved to Tracy, and he has since lived there. He worked four years for Dr. Farrell, and then tended bar one and one-half years. Then, in company with John Lindeman, he started a saloon, which he conducted two years. Mr. Peterson spent some time as agent for the Standard Broom Company of Mankato, after which he again engaged in the saloon business for two years. On January 1, 1909, he purchased of H. E. McKenzie the hardware store he now conducts. He handles shelf and heavy hardware.
Mr. Peterson was married at Ruthton, Minnesota, August 2, 1901, to Selma Johnson. They are the parents of two children, Delpha and Bernetta.
Our subject was one of the organizers of the Tracy Garage Company (incorporated), which was established in 1910.
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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