Peter H. Olson

As printed in 1912

PETER H. OLSON (1879) is a furniture dealer of Tracy. He was born in the land of the midnight sun on June 22, 1860, a son of Ole and Belle Olson. The father died in Norway. The mother came to the United States with her son, Peter, in 1879 and died in Tracy July 10, 1900. Peter is one of a family of six children, as follows: Gilbert Iverson, a half-brother; Alice, Tora, Henry and Belle Olson.

Peter resided in the land of his birth until 1879, when he came to America and to Lyon county. He located at Tracy and learned the carpenter's trade, which occupation he followed twenty years. He was then engaged for ten years as clerk and as cabinetmaker for J. W. Campbell, the furniture man, at Tracy. In August, 1911, Mr. Olson purchased a stock of furniture and opened a store in the city in which he has lived so long. He also does repairing and upholstering. Our subject is a member of the Sons of Norway lodge.

On October 12, 1883, occurred the marriage at Tracy of Mr. Olson to Julia Larson, a native of Iowa. Mrs. Olson died March 23, 1901. They were the parents of the following children: Oluf G., Clara B., Ludwig A., Clarence B., Lillian M. and Gilbert H. The last named died August 8, 1901, aged four years.

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.