Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Peterson, Ole C. 1848 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

OLE C. PETERSON.

    Ole C. Peterson, proprietor of a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres in
Linden township, this county, and one of the pioneers of that section of the
county, is a native of the kingdom of Norway, having been born in
Gulbraudsdalen, February 2, 1848, son of Peter and Tora (Olesdatter) Olson,
farming people, to whom two sons were born, the subject of this sketch having a
brother, Ole. Peter Olson died when his son was an infant and the widow Olson
married, secondly, O. C. Christianson, who with his wife and the latter's two
sons, came to the United States in the summer of 1861, proceeding directly from
their port of entry to Wisconsin, where they remained until September of that
year and then came to Minnesota, settling in Brown county. Mr. Christianson
homesteaded one-half of the southwest quarter of section 24, in Linden township,
and there established his home. In the summer of 1862 the family was driven out
by the Indians and found refuge at St. Peter.

    On December 23, 1863 Ole C. Peterson enlisted at New Ulm in Company G,
Second Minnesota Cavalry, and served until the Indian uprising was effectually
put down, receiving his discharge on December 29, 1865. He homesteaded the other
half of the quarter section adjoining that of his stepfather and put up a log
cabin on the same, which he occupied while "proving up" his claim, after which
he resumed his residence with the family and there made his home until his
marriage in 1870, when he established his home on his present farm. He prospered
in his farming operations and has added to his place until he is now the owner
of two hundred and forty acres, one hundred and sixty acres in section 24 and
eighty acres adjoining in section 25, all of which is under excellent
cultivation. Mr. Peterson cast his first vote after becoming a citizen of the
United States for the Republican party and ever since has remained faithful to
his political allegiance, but has never been included in the office-seeking class.

     In September, 1870, Ole C. Peterson was united in marriage to Rena
Johnsdatter, who was born at Gulbrandsdalen, Norway, February 23, 1845, daughter
of John and Karie (Haugen) Storvig, who came to the United States in 1866 and
settled in Brown county, and to this union five children were born, as follow:
Peter C.,  who lives at home, a valuable assistant to his father in the
management of the farm; Caroline, who married Peter A. Knutson, of Mankato, and
has two children, Rose Gertrude and Alvin Audley; John F., who lives at home;
Gena, who married Louis Jacobson and died, leaving one child, a daughter, Rosa
A., and Ola, also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are members of the Norwegian
Lutheran church at Linden and their children were reared in that faith. Mr.
Peterson's step father, O. C. Christianson, was one of the organizers of the
church at Linden and was for years active in the good works of the same.


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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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