Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Lundahl, Olagus B 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

OLAGUS B. LUNDAHL, who is one of Joliet's most reliable stone masons and 
cutters, first came to this city in 1870, but the following year went to Des 
Moines, Iowa, and secured work at his trade. He did not return to Joliet until 
1891, twenty years after he had first come to the town. Since then he has 
successfully engaged at his trade here, and has been selected to act as 
superintendent of different contracts, among them the building of the Silver 
Cross hospital, Universalist block, Woodland schoolhouse, Park avenue 
schoolhouse and the Bush block. He built the house at No. 607 Second avenue, 
where he makes his home. Four miles from Gottenburg, near Alingsas, in 
Elsborslaen, Westrejutland, the subject of this sketch was born March 21, 
1839, a son of Borg and Catherine Martinson. His father, who was a farmer's 
son, was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he continued to follow as long 
as he lived. In religion he and his wife were faithful members of the Lutheran 
Church. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters, of whom two sons 
(one in Sweden and the other in America) are now living. Olagus B. was reared 
on the home farm and from a very early age aided in the cultivation of the 
land, thus being prevented from attending school regularly. In 1868 he came to 
this country. His first location was at Mankato, Minn., where he was employed 
as a stone mason for two years. From there he went to Chicago, Ill., in 1870, 
but during the same year secured employment at his trade in Joliet. In 1871 he 
went to Des Moines, Iowa, where for eight years he was employed in the cutting 
of granite and sandstone for the state capitol. When the capitol building was 
completed he began to work as a contractor in the stone-cutting business, and 
continued in the same city until his return to Joliet. He is a member of the 
Stone Cutter's Union and takes a warm interest in everything pertaining to the 
stone business. He has never been active in politics, although he is well 
posted concerning public affairs and votes with the Republican party. He is a 
member of the Swedish Lutheran Church and has been a member of its board of 
trustees. During his residence in Des Moines Mr. Lundahl was married, in that 
city, December 27, 1872, to Miss Mary Peterson, who was born in Stavager, 
Norway. They have three daughters, Anna, Ida and Nellie. Mrs. Lundahl was one 
of nine children, all but two of whom attained man-hood or womanhood and six 
are now living, two sons being in Iowa, while the others (except herself) 
remain in Norway. She crossed the ocean in 1870 on a sailing vessel, arriving 
in New York after a voyage of seven weeks. After spending a short time in 
Story County, Iowa, she settled in Des Moines, where she met and married Mr. 
Lundahl. She is a daughter of Peter Oleson, a farmer, who owned the 
homestead "Haaland." Her mother, Gunnill, was a daughter of Storkaare, a 
farmer who owned "Ostenstad." Mr. Oleson passed away some time ago, but his 
wife is still living, and remains at the old homestead in Norway.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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