In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1874
From History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916)
E. T. RISBRUDT.
A career of general usefulness in many directions has been that of E. T. Risbrudt, who on account of the various activities in which he has been engaged is a man of broad understanding of problems of business and a keen student of human nature. E. T. Risbrudt is a native of the county in which he still reside-, having been born in St. Olaf, Otter Tail county, Minnesota, on the 31st of January, 1874. the son of Torkel and Gurine (Soliah) Risbrudt.
[This passage is too damaged in the scanned book to reproduce. See the original book.]
Co-operative.
tion 1 le remained nation for three irs and in the fall of 1010 enter* d the employment of the First State ink of Ashby,
As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1916. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.