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Born 1879
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
WILLTAM TORDSEN (1803) owns and farms the northeast quarter of section 22. Eost township. He is the son of Peter Tordsen, of Iost township, and Christina (Hendricks) Tordsen, who died in Tda county, Iowa, January 20. 1888.
William Tordsen was born in Scott county. Iowa. January 14, 1870. and when two years of age moved with his parents to Ida county, Iowa. There he was brought up on his father's farm and received his primary education. Tie accompanied his parents to Jackson county in 1893 and completed his education in the district school in Rost township. He made his homo with his father until 1001. That year he engaged in the threshing business in partnership with John Huscn until 1003. and two years later sold a half interest to his brother, and has been so engaged ever since. In 1003 he also engaged in farming, renting the Julius Meyer farm in Rost. In the spring of 1!09 he moved onto his present farm, which he had bought in 1008. Besides his other interests Mr. Tordsen has stock in the Farmers Elevator company of Lakefield. He is treasurer of school district No. 109.
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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.
Named in this biography: Peter Tordsen (b. 1856)
Their biographies name William Tordsen: Wesley Worshek (b. 1860)
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