Lewis C. Peterson

As printed in 1912

LEWIS C. PETERSON (1874) has been a resident of Lucas township since his birth, November 27, 1874. He is a prominent farmer of the township, is the owner of 360 acres of its best land, and has all but forty acres under cultivation.

Our subject's parents, Christopher and Bertha (Berret) Peterson, were pioneer settlers of Lyon county, the father taking a homestead in Lucas township in 1872 and.

residing on the farm until 1909, when he and his wife moved to Cottonwood to live. He died one year later and Mrs. Peterson still lives in that village. Christopher Peterson prospered during the many years of his residence in the township and at the time of his death was the owner of several hundred acres of land.

Lewis received his education in the common schools of the district and completed his schooling at the age of seventeen, after which he worked for his father until 1897; then he started farming for himself oifrthe land which he now owns and where he has since resided. He engaged in grade stock raising to a considerable extent and has succeeded in his undertakings. He is a stockholder of the Home Telephone Company of Cottonwood.

The subject of this sketch married Inga Slaan at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, February 1." 1906. She was born in Norway October

11, 1884, and her parents reside in Norway. By her marriage to Mr. Peterson she became the mother of three children, as follows: [name withheld], born July 16, 1907; [name withheld], born September 17, 1908; and Thorfin, born May

12, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson belong to Silo Norwegian Lutheran Church of Cottonwood.

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.