Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Reitan, C. C. 1849 - 
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GROVE CITY can boast of as fine a class of business men as any town of its size in
Minnesota, and prominent among them is C. C. Reitan, the subject of this sketch. He,
like many of the citizens of the State, is a native of Norway, born March 21, 1849,
and a son of Clement and Anna Reitan. Reared in his native land; lie there received
the elements of his education, and remained there until 1870, when, at the age of
twenty-one, he crossed the ocean to the New World, to hew out his own fortune,
bringing with him the honesty of purpose, the perseverance and the thrift so common
to his countrymen. He came direot to Minnesota on his arrival on Columbia’s shore,
and locating in Rice county, near Northfield, worked for a farmer there for some
four years. He then went to Minneapolis, and for nearly as long a period was
employed as a clerk in the grocery store of A. C. Haugen. A trip to his native land
at the close of that engagement followed; and while there was united in marriage,
July 10, 1877, with Miss Karen Kinseth, the sister of Mrs. A. C. Haugen, the cashier
of the Scandia Bank of Minneapolis. She was born September 19, 1852. He, with his
young wife, returned to this country, arriving in Minneapolis on the 13th of August,
1879. Resuming his old place with Mr. Haugen, he remained until November following,
when he came to Grove City and opened a general merchandise store in connection with
Mr. Haugen. This partnership lasted three years, and then he purchased the interest
of his partner. Two years later John Christensen became a member of the firm, and
the business is still carried on by them. Their building is a very fine one and well
filled with a well assorted stock of goods. The firm built an elevator of 50,000
bushels capacity, which they also operated for two years, after which they sold it
to the Northwestern Elevator Co. In 1885 Mr. Reitan made another trip to Europe for
his health, during which he visited England, France, Belgium, Germany, Norway and
Sweden. His parents came to the United States in 1887, and now make their home with
him.

      Mr. and Mrs. Rei tan are the parent^ of five children, of whom the following
is the record— Conrad Ulfred C., born June 17, 1879; Louis, born April 17, 1881;
Gustaf Arthur, born July 19, 1883; Ludwig Christian, born June 30, 1885; and Beatha
Susanna, born October 20, 1886.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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