Sedgwick-Lyon County KS Archives Biographies.....Martinson, Ola 1844 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Ola Martinson, of Wichita, Kan., is one of those American citizens of
Scandianavian birth whose labors have done so much for the upbuilding and
development of the great West. Mr. Martinson was born September 20, 1844, in
Gustav Adolph's parish, Kristianstad, Sweden, being a son of Hokan Martin
Hakanson and Kjirsti Olson. He came to America in 1866 and for a short time
lived in Chicago, Ill., where he obtained a business education. While in Chicago
he obtained work in the establishment of S. B. Chase & Co. In June, 1869, Mr.
Martinson moved to Emporia, Kan., and the following year came to Wichita, where
he embarked in the bakery and confectionery business, which business he
conducted for three years. In 1871 he preempted a government claim of 160 acres
in section 29 of Delano township, Sedgwick county, and after living as a
bachelor on the same for three years was married April 4, 1876, to Miss Sarah
Kroffloch, daughter of John Kroffloch. Three children were born of this union:
Ola E., William C. and Charles G. Mr. Martinson remained on his claim for seven
years after his marriage, when he and his family moved to Wichita. His farm, to
which he moved then was contiguous to the city, being only one mile from Main
and Douglas streets. For the past six years Mr. Martinson has been actively
engaged in the real estate business, operating for himself and for others on a
commission basis. He has recently laid out a beautiful subdivision in West
Wichita in valuable town lots, and is rapidly disposing of the same. Mr.
Martinson is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Fraternal Aid
Society and the West Wichita League. He is a public-spirited citizen, an
independent in politics and was brought up in the Lutheran faith.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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