Ole Amundson

As printed in 1912

OLE AMUNDSON (1874) has lived in Eidsvold township all his life — thirty-eight years. His parents, Anund and Kari (Heggen) Amundsen, were among the earliest settlers of the precinct. They came to the United States from Norway in the spring of 1869, lived in Iowa, later in Dodge county, Minnesota, came to Lyon county in the spring of 1874, and took as a homestead claim the south half of the southwest quarter of section 24, Eidsvold township.

Ole was born on the homestead November

28, 1874, and he resided with his parents until 1902. Then he was married and started farming for himself on the 120-acre farm on section 9 that he had bought several years before. His land is the south half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the section. Mr. Amundson is clerk of school district No. 79 and he served as township treasurer thirteen years. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

Helga Esping, born in Lyon county August 5, 1878, became the wife of Mr. Amundson November 20, 1902, the ceremony having been performed in Minneota. Her parents. Ole H. and Helga (Nelson) Esping, were born in Norway and were early settlers of Lyon county. The mother died in 1904; the father still lives in Eidsvold township.

Mr. and Mrs. Amundson have the following named five children: Hilda O, born August 25, 1903; Arthur O., born April 25. 1905: [name withheld], born January 18, 1907; [name withheld], born October 23, 1908; [name withheld], born March 9, 1911.

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.