Peter T. Olson

As printed in 1910

PETER T. OLSON (1870) has lived in Belmont township since he was six years of age. He owns and farms 200 acres of land on section 13 and engaged quite extensively in stock raising. He is the son of Thore O. Flatgard and Ingebor (Waldon) Flatgard, both past seventy years of age and residents of Belmont. They came from Norway in 1870 and less than a year later to Jackson county, where they homesteaded land on section 14, Belmont. They have nine children, as follows: Ole Peter, Mary (Mrs. J. F. Ellefson), Andrew, Edward, John, Julius, Ida and Lena (Mrs. Ole Eide), of Jackson.

Peter T. Olson was born in Norway November 21, 1864. At the age of five years he came to America with his parents, lived one year in Fillmore county, and then located in Jackson county. Until 1892 Peter resided on his father's homestead, attending school and helping work his father's farm. In the year last named he bought forty acres of his present farm on section 13 and began to improve it. He was married the next year and moved onto his own farm. Later he bought the other property adjoining. He is treasurer of school district No. 39 and has held the office for eight years. For a period of eleven years he has been a member of the board of township supervisors. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

In the Christiania church on July 8, 1893, Mr. Olson was married to Rosa Peterson, a native of Jackson county and a daughter of Ole Peterson, one of the early settlers of Belmont. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Olson, namely: Tillie, born June 4, 1894; Ida, born January 31, 1896; Clara, born January 31, 1896; Olga, born February 27, 1899; Lillian, born October 4, 1900; Mabel, born February 10, 1903; Josie, born September 14, 1905; Ruth, born March 16, 1908.

As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.