Bio of OLSON, John Adolph (b.1875 d.1962) Kandiyohi Co., MN
(Family Bio)
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The following information was compiled from family bible records, books 
and records provided to me by the Kandiyohi Historical Society, Norwegian 
census documents, a contact  at the University of Tromso in Norway, and 
Janet Grey in St Cloud, Minnesota who had alot of family records on the 
Johnson/Nilson family.

JOHN ADOLPH OLSON was born in Willmar April 1875.  He and his brother had 
a store in Seattle prior to moving to the Yukon to search for gold.  He 
was a minor in Dawson City Yukon Territory until 1906.  He moved to 
Tanana and formed a freight company transporting goods between Fairbanks 
and Nome.  He was known for being a good businessman and was successful 
at his calling.  Adolph never married.  He spent the last few years of 
his life at the Old Pioneers Home in Sitka Alaska.  He died in October of 
1962 and is buried in the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Sitka.