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Born 1869
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)
HANS O. LARSON.
Hans ( Larson, who is conducting a successful mercantile business at Battle Lake. Minnesota, where he is a member of the firm of O. C. Nelson & Company, is a native of Goodhue county, Minnesota, born there on September 9, 1869.
Mr. Larson is a son of Ole and Catharine (Hansen) Larson, natives of Norway, the former of whom was born on January 13, 1841, and the latter on November 12, 1840. Ole Larson and family emigrated to America in 1867, settling first in Goodhue county. Minnesota, and in 1870 they removed to Otter Tail county, taking a homestead in Clitherall township. They also owned forty acres of land in Sverdrup township. They were the parents of three children, Hans O., Lauris and Minnie, the last named being the wife of Alfred Okeson, of North Dakota. Ole Larson and all his family are devout members of the Free Lutheran church.
Tans O. Larson was reared in Otter Tail county, Minnesota, and received his education in the public schools of his home township. He lived on his father's' homestead farm until he reached the age of eighteen years, when he was employed as a clerk by Mr. Ubertsen, of Rattle Lake, with whom he remained for sewn years. Lie then entered the employ of O. C. Nelson, and after eight years of service became a member of the firm, which was organized in 1007.
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(Julius) Scott, both of whom were natives of Denmark, who emigrated to America and settled in Otter Tail county. Mrs. Martha Larson's mother died in 1914, while her father still lives on his farm in Clitherall township. Mr. and Mrs. Larson and family are members of the Free Lutheran church, and take an active interest in the affairs of the church. Mr. 1-arson has served three years as a member of the town council at Battle Lake. He is a Republican, and takes considerable interest in local and national political affairs.
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.
Named in this biography: Ole Larson
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