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Born 1871
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
OLAUS M. LARSON (1901) is manager of the Farmers Elevator Company at Lynd. He also handles farm machinery and vehicles in connection with his elevator work. Mr. Larson was born at Deerfield, Wisconsin, November 4, 1871, where he received his early education and assisted his brothers on the farm. He also taught school for three years. His mother died when he was a young man. Olaus received a high school education.
In 1901 Olaus Larson located in Lynd and a while later went to Muskoda, where he bought grain for the Federal Elevator Company. He also bought grain for the same company at Portland. He returned to Lynd in 1904 and purchased grain for the New London Milling Company two years. then went to Hereford Minnesota, and bought grain for the Federal Company. He also engaged in the same work one year at Bird Island, Minnesota, for the Columbian Elevator Company, and at Maynard one year for the Northwestern Elevator Company. Mr. Larson again took up his residence in Lynd in 1909 and has since managed the farmers' elevator there.
The Lynd Farmers Elevator Company was incorporated in 1909, organized by about seventy-five farmers of the vicinity. They purchased the Northwestern Elevator Company's building, with a capacity of 30,000 bushels. They handle grain, coal and feed. The following are the officers: President, E. E. Davis; vice president, Peter Frahm; treasurer, A. A. Sharratt; secretary, Frank Harris; manager, O. M. Larson. The following are directors: Frank Graves, Let Foster, George Madden, Frank Harris, A. A. Sharratt, Peter Frahm, E. E. Davis.
Our subject was married at Lynd on February 8, 190 5, to Belle Robertson, a native of Illinois. They have three children: Geraldine R., Wilber B. and Reolf E.
Mr. Larson is a son of Gullick and Anna (Brennberg) Larson, natives of Norway and early settlers of Deerfield, Wisconsin, where they both died. They have eight children surviving them: Martha, Lewis, John, Andrew, Nels, Dora, Albert and Olaus.
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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