In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1876
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
OLUF ANDERSON (1876) has been a continuous resident of Monroe township, on the southeast quarter of section 28, since his birth on February 26, 1876. His parents, Ole and Thora (Olson Bjerkrud) Anderson,, were both natives of Norway and came to America in 1869, residing. in Fillmore county, Minnesota, two years before locating in Lyon county, on the land which Oluf now owns. The trip from Fillmore county was made in a prairie schooner, and most of the summer of 1871 was spent in looking for a suitable location.
Oluf received his education in the country schools of the township and at the age of fifteen completed his schooling, but remained on the farm, helping his father. At the age of twenty-three he rented the place and in company with his brother Anton ran the farm, afterward renting it alone until coming into full ownership when his father died. He has since been successfully managing the farm and engaging in stock raising.
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Mr. Anderson is a member of the Farmers Club of Tracy, and belongs to the Norwegian Lutheran church of Monroe township. One sister of our subject is living, Bertha (Mrs. H. C. Olson), of Petersburg, North Dakota. His mother died in 1909.
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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