Bio of PETERSON, Charles (b.1867), 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 253-254
CHARLES PETERSON
Charles Peterson is vice president and treasurer of the tailoring firm of E. M.
Moran & Company of Minneapolis. He was born in Sofoe, Sweden, on the 23d of
April, 1867, a son of Peter Johnson and Malene (Larson) Peterson. The maternal
grandfather, Lars Larson, never came to this country, and his demise occurred in
Sweden in his sixty-seventh year. Mr. Peterson was a prominent farmer in Sofoe,
where he and his wife resided throughout their lives. He died at the age of
sixty-seven years. Charles Peterson was the tenth in a family of twelve and was
the tenth to come to this country. There are eight of the family living, of whom
he is the youngest.
In the acquirement of his education Charles Peterson attended the common schools
of his birthplace and after putting his textbooks aside learned the tailor's
trade. In 1889 he came to America and followed that trade in St. Paul for
sixteen years, achiev­ing substantial success in that connection. In 1905 he
came to Minneapolis and for seventeen years has been actively identified with
the tailoring business here. He is now vice president and treasurer of the firm
of E. M. Moran & Company. In 1897 he received his naturalization papers as a
United States citizen.
Mr. Peterson has been twice married. His first marriage was celebrated in 1892,
when Miss Jennie Lindahl, a daughter of August Lindahl, became his wife. To
their union four children were born: Carl and May are living and Nathan and
Mabel have both passed away. Mrs. Peterson died in 1905. Mr. Peterson later
married Miss Louise Blaide, a daughter of Peter Blaide of Joel, Wisconsin. There
is one child of thix marriage, James, who is seven years of age.
Politically Mr. Peterson is a progressive republican. His religious faith is
that of the Methodist church, and fraternally he is a thirty-second degree
Mason, a Modern Woodman of America, and a member of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks. He is active in the Civic & Commerce Association and along the
lines of his trade he is president of the Twin City Merchant Tailor Designers
Association and presi­dent of the Twin City Association of Merchant Tailors. His
public spirit is a stimulus and inspiration and during the World war he gave
generously of his time and means in the promotion of the government's interests,
and was active in all Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives. During the many years
of his residence in Minneapolis Mr. Peterson has made many stanch friends and is
highly esteemed for his integrity and sterling worth.-----------------