Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Olson, Olans 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

OLSON, Olans. - Among the younger generation of farmers of Grundy County, 
Ill., who through their extensive operations have been important factors in 
promoting the agricultural welfare of this section, none stands higher in the 
esteem of his fellow-citizens than Olans Olson, of Nettle Creek Township. Mr. 
Olson is a native of Grundy County, Ill., having been born in Erienna 
Township, December 18, 1880, and is a son of Theodore and Bertha (Thorson) 
Olson. The parents of Mr. Olson, natives of Stavanger, Norway, came to the 
United States in 1867, and settled first on a farm in Kendall County, Ill., 
but later moved to Nettle Creek Township, and subsequently lived for different 
periods in other townships, but finally bought a home in Morris, Ill., where 
the father died March 27, 1910, while the widow is still a resident of that 
city, living at No. 850 East Washington street.

Olans Olson received educational advantages in the district schools of Grundy 
county, and resided with his parents until the age of twenty-two years, being 
thoroughly trained in the vocation of agriculture. At that time he embarked in 
agricultural operations on his own account, with one of his sisters as 
housekeeper, and after her death another sister and an aunt controlled the 
household duties until Mr. Olson’s marriage, June 7, 1905, to Miss Caroline 
Thorson. She was born March 19, 1886, in Nettle Creek Township, daughter of 
Aanen and Serena (Rasmussen) Thorson, natives of Norway. Three years after his 
marriage, Mr. Olson moved to the farm of Sam Marvick, in Nettle Creek 
Township, and in 1913 came to his present property, the 240 acres of William 
Hoge, located in the southern part of the township. He has shown himself to be 
a good and energetic farmer, bringing his land under a high state of 
cultivation and proving his ability to cope with conditions and achieve 
success in the keen competition of trade. He has been prominent in Republican 
politics for some years, and has served as township collector for two terms 
and as a member of the school board for a like period. With his family he 
attends the Lisbon Lutheran Church. His acquaintance is wide and his friends 
numerous.

To Mr. and Mrs. Olson there have come four children: Tillir Bernhardt, born 
June 12, 1906; Sedell Arlian, born November 3, 1908; Spencer Alvin, born March 
9, 1911; and Charlotte Olyda, born July 8, 1912, who died September 10, 1912.

pages 876-877

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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