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Born 1856
From History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916)
PETER LEIN.
One who has made a record of large and numerous accomplishment in connection with the practical affairs of life is Peter Lein, who is recognized as one of the most enterprising, resourceful and influential business men of his community. I lis life has been such as to entitle him to a place of distinction and unqualified public esteem. Through his own ability and efforts he has won success and has given his share to community development and prosperity.
Peter Lein was born in 1856, in Trondhjem, Norway, and is the son ii Peter and Barrel (Peterson) Lein. both of whom are deceased Bis father died in 1005 and her mother in iNoj. When the subject of this sketch was just twenty-four years old he came to America, in.March. t88o. He landed at Halifax and went by train to Montreal, w beta he remained a month. From there he went to Winnipeg, where he was employed for two years by a railroad company during its period of construction. His business career was initiated in [882, when he came to Fergus Falls and. with his brother, operated a butcher shop for a year. I lis next held of business activity was in the grocery store owned by Xels Elden, where for live Nearhe was employed as an assistant. During his engagement in business there he was married to.Mary Ann Sten, a native of Norway, and a woman of much persona] charm.
In the fall of 1888 Mr. Lein began an independent career as manager of the grocery which he now owns. A man of distinctive initiative and progressive ideas, he is a valued member of the community in which he lives, lie is extremely popular with all of his customers, whom he endeavors to please to the best of his ability. His diligence in business is equaled only by his devotion to Ins family, which includes his wife and four children. His eldest son, Bennie, is assistant cashier of the Scandia Bank. The other children are Emil, who is married and living in Minneapolis; Conrad, a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and Laura.
Aside from his business interests. Mr. Lein has always been interested ii! societies that promote good fellowship. He is a member of the Sons of Norway and of the Odd Fellows.
As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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