Bio of LESTOR, O. August (b.1879), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 70-71
O. AUGUST LESTOR
O. August Lestor is known and esteemed as a progressive business man, and for
some time he has been secretary of the American Tile & Marble Company in
Minne­apolis, of which company he was the organizer. Mr. Lestor was born in
Paribault, Minnesota, on the 15th of June, 1879, a son of Swen and Bothilda
(Hogmold) Lestor. Swen Lestor was at one time a famous coach driver in Sweden
and came to this country in 1866, entering the railroad business, in which he
achieved success. Subsequently he purchased a fine farm near Faribault and
resided thereon until his demise in 1914, in his seventy-second year. Mrs.
Lestor is now seventy-eight years of age.
In the acquirement of his early education O. August Lestor attended the country
schools in the vicinity of the home farm and subsequently entered the grade
schools in Faribault. In due time he enrolled in the Minneapolis South Side high
school and upon the completion of his course there he became a student in the
Gustavus Adolphus College of St. Peter's University, in 1901-2. He then entered
the Curtis College, from which institution he received the A. B. degree.
Immediately after putting his textbooks aside he engaged in the grain business
for four years in North Dakota. At the termina­tion of that time he returned to
Minneapolis and entered the marble and tile business as traveling salesman. He
is now secretary of the American Tile & Marble Company, which he organized Its
offices are in the Builders Exchange building. This company is one of the
representative enterprises in Minneapolis and a great part of its success may be
attributed to the ability and keen business foresight of Mr. Lestor. He is
financially interested in the company's warehouses and other properties and owns
a beautiful home here.
On the 15th of August, 1907, at Stillwater, Minnesota, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Lestor to Miss Alma Eugenia Bostrom, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Bostrom, both of whom are living. The father was an accomplished musician
and is now retired from active life. To Mr. and Mrs. Lestor three children have
been born: Ivan Wensel, fourteen years of age; Lucile Ida, aged ten; and Else,
who is six years of age. Politically Mr. Lestor gives his allegiance to the
republican party and the principles for which it stands. Although he has never
sought nor desired public office he is ever cognizant of the duties and
responsibilities as well as the privileges of good citizenship, and his
influence is ever on the side of advancement and improvement. Fraternally he is
identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and his religious faith
is that of the Lutheran church, of which he is a trustee.