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Born 1889
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
MARVIN PETERSON (1911) is the junior member of the firm of Peterson Brothers, of Garvin, dealers in dry goods, groceries, shoes, notions and crockery. He is a native of Murray county and was born in Lake Sarah township February 28, 1889, a son of Godfrey and Anna (Olson) Peterson, who now reside in Murray county.
Marvin received his early education in the public schools of Slayton and Tracy and later attended Humboldt College, of Humboldt, Iowa. He was graduated from the commercial department of the latter institution in 1908, after which he engaged in farming with a brother in Murray county. Mr. Peterson continued his agricultural pursuits until January, 1909, at which time he engaged as a drug clerk at Crosby, North Dakota, for a short time. He was later engaged as assistant cashier of the Security State Bank of Crosby, North Dakota, until January 1, 1911, when, in company with his brother, Clarence Peterson, he engaged in the general merchandise business at Garvin. They have enjoyed a very prosperous trade in their late venture, carrying, as they do, a stock valued at between six and seven thousand dollars.
Mr. Peterson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church. He is a stockholder of the Farmers State Bank of Garvin and in the company which publishes the Garvin Leader.
On September 22, 1911, occurred the marriage of Mr. Peterson to Ida Stageberg, a native of Lac qui Parle county, Minnesota. She was born March 29, 1891.
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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