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Author: L. A. Fritsche

CHRIST MOE.

    As a contractor, Christ Moe of Hanska, Brown county, has built many of the
dwellings and business houses in this locality. He was born on April 18, 1875,
in Gulbrandsdalen, Norway, and is a son of John and Ronaug (Holbo) Moe. The
father was a farmer, owning a farm during the latter years of his life. He came
to America in the spring of 1876, locating first in Olmstead county, Minnesota,
removing to Brown county in the autumn of that year, where he lived until his
death. He first bought railroad land in Lake Hanska township, for which he paid
about nine dollars per acre. He improved his land and put it under a good state
of cultivation, and here established a comfortable home. His family consisted of
nine children, five of whom are still living, four in Brown county, namely:
Christ, Mrs. Ole P. Olsen, Mrs. George Bjorneberg, and Andrew; Thor lives in
Tracy, Minnesota.

    Christ Moe, at eighteen years old, started out for himself, learning the
carpenter's trade, doing rough work by the day. In time he became an expert at
his trade and in 1898 started out as a contractor, in which line of endeavor he
has since been engaged, among his first buildings being a dwelling in the
western pail of Martin county, this state. In 1902 he began general contracting
and has met with large success all along the line. Among some of his more
important jobs in this locality may be mentioned the new Hanska high school
building, the creamery, library or Liberal Union Hall, all in Hanska; also the
creameries at Fairfax, Tyler, and the school building at Truman. These are all
brick buildings, the plans for some of which he drew himself. He has erected
scores of excellent frame buildings, such as country school houses, residences,
stores, barns, etc.

     Christ Moe was married on December 22, 1898, in Brown county, to Rena
Thompson, who was born on June 27, 1877, in the same locality in which Mr. Moe
was born in Norway. She is a daughter of Thor and Ronaug (Hovde) Fagerli. The
name was later changed to Thompson. Her parents came to the United States in
May, 1880, and first located in Blue Earth county, Minnesota, but finally
established their home in Brown county. Five children have been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Moe, namely: Reuben Truman, born on November 18, 1899; Russell James, April
21, 1902; Clinton Maurice, September 5, 1906; Philip Severin, April 25, 1908;
and Verna Clarissa Regina, June 15, 1910.

     Mr. Moe is an independent voter. He has been town councilman and treasurer
of the Hanska school district. He and his family belong to the Norwegian
Lutheran church. Fraternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, the
Yeomen and the Independent Scandanavian Working Men's Association.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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