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

OLSON, Thomas B. - Not only have the agriculturalists of Grundy County proven 
themselves men of expediency as farmers, but they are making a record for 
themselves as breeders of fine stock. One of the men who has found it 
profitable to breed and raise Belgian and Norman horses is Thomas B. Olson, of 
Nettle Creek Township. He was born in Erienna Township, this county, September 
15, 1883, a son of Theodore and Bertha (Thorson) Olson, born at Stavanger, 
Norway. After their marriage they came to Morris, Ill., and the father farmed 
for the following twenty-six years on the same farm in Erienna Township, in 
1909, he returned to Morris, where he died in 1910. His widow survives and 
lives at Morris.

Thomas B. Olson attended the schools of his home neighborhood and remained 
with his parents until his marriage when he rented 140 acres of land in 
Erienna Township, later renting fifty acres more. For three years he operated 
this property, and then moved to his present farm of 261 acres in Nettle Creek 
Township. He devotes 190 acres to grain and the balance is hay land and 
pasture for his stock.

On December 18, 1905, Mr. Olson married Alice Clauson, born in Miller 
Township, La Salle County, Ill., a daughter of Martin and Littie (Brue) 
Clauson, the former born in La Salle County, and the latter in Nettle Creek 
Township. Mr. and Mrs. Olson have the following children: Truman, Milan, 
Florence, and Lyday E. Mr. Olson is a member of the Stavanger Church. 
Politically he is a Republican, but his time and attention are so taken up 
with his farm industries that he has little time for outside matters, so has 
made no effort to enter into public life.

page 877

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

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