Bio of Christian H. FRICKSON (b.1884), Renville Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Kathryn Kelly ========================================================================= The following excerpt comes from The History of Renville County, Minnesota, Volume I compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge H. C. Cooper Jr. Company, Chicago, 1916 p. 341-342 CHRISTIAN H. FRICKSON, son of Hans F. Mundahl, was born September 27, 1884, in section 36, Bandon township, and remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. He then became assistant cashier in the state bank at Fairfax, where he remained for three and a half years. From 1900 to 1904 he attended the Red Wing Seminary, taking a course in the academic department. He then graduated from the National Business College at Minneapolis, and was assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Lake Mills, Ia., for four years. In August, 1914, he bought the western half of his father's farm in the southwest quarter of section 36, Bandon township. He has served as township assessor for one year. He resigned and moved back to Lake Mills, Ia., in July, 1915, where he engaged in the restaurant business. He is a member of the Hauge's Norwegian Lutheran church. May 29, 1912, Mr. Frickson was united in marriage to Mabel Nystuen, of Lake Mills, Ia., born August 1, 1889, daughter of Gilbert and Anna (Severson) Nystuen. Gilbert Nystuen has been in the real estate business at Lake Mills for twenty-five years.