Ole E. Peterson

As printed in 1912

OLE E. PETERSON (1872) rents his father's farm, the northeast quarter of section 34, Custer township, land which the elder Mr. Peterson took as a homestead in 1872. Henry and Annie Peterson, parents of our subject, resided on the homestead until 1904, when they moved to Tracy, where they are now living.

It was in Dodge county, Minnesota, that Ole Peterson first saw the light of day, on December 3, 1871. The family moved to

Lyon county when Ole was a baby, and he has been a continuous resident of the county since that time. He was reared on the farm and attended school until thirteen years of age, at which time he hired out to a neighbor, harding cattle. That employment the boy followed three years; then he spent a year at farm labor and afterward ran a herd himself six years. He was an industrious young fellow and had been looking forward to the time when he should be farming for himself, so he rented the place he now conducts and has been on the place since that time. He raises cattle, horses, hogs and chickens, in addition to general farming, and is a stockholder of the Farmers Independent Elevator Company of Garvin and of the Garvin Telephone Company.

Ole Peterson and Lena Johnson were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony October 25, 189 9. Mrs. Peterson is a native of Fillmore county, Minnesota, and was born March 29, 1876. She is a daughter of Hans J. and Annie (Knutson) Bredeveien, the former of whom resides in Garvin and the latter being dead. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have one child, Arthur, born September 11, 1900.

The church affiliations of Mr. Peterson are with the Norwegian Lutheran organization of Monroe township.

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.