Bio of Atkinson, Oliver P. (b.1861) Wabasha Co., MN
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Atkinson, Oliver P. (page 674), now deceased, was for many years a highly
respected farmer and citizen of Gillford Township. He was born on Green
Prairie, Olmsted County, Minnesota, February 13, 1861, son of John and
Sarah Atkinson. The parents were natives of England who came to Minnesota
in the latter fifties, settling on the farm in Olmsted County on which
their son Oliver was born. In 1862 they came to Gillford Township, Wabasha
county, buying a farm of 160 acres on section 33, the land being all wild.
This land they developed into a farm, the frame house which they erected
being now occupied by their grandson, Allen J. Atkinson. Oliver P.
Atkinson grew to manhood on this farm and was educated in the district
school. In time the home property came into his possession and he
continued his residence on it, engaged in general farming, until his death
on June 1, 1903, an event deeply regretted, as he was a man of wide
acquaintance and popular throughout the township and the vicinity. He and
his wife were members of the congregational church at Zumbro Falls, and
for a number of years he served on the school board of his district. Mr.
Atkinson was married, March 9, 1881, to Martha Warren, who was born in
Gillford Township, this county, December 15, 1861, daughter of Frank and
Margaret Warren. Of this union seven children were born: Leander, July 29,
1883; Colon P., May 10, 1885; Vernon W., July 3, 1887; Allen J. November
14, 1889; Lela, August 25, 1892; Pearl, May 29, 1898, and Forrest,
November 29, 1900. Leander and Lela are now deceased; Colon is a farmer in
Zumbro Township; Pearl is now Mrs. Harry Devery, her husband being a
farmer in Zumbro Township, and Forrest is a farmer in Chester Township.
After her husband's death Mrs. Atkinson, with the help of her sons,
operated the farm until 1909, when she moved to Zumbro Falls, where she
resided until her death July 2, 1920. Since 1909 the farm has been
operated by her son, Allen J. Atkinson, who is now one of the active and
successful young farmers of Gillford Township. He was married June 19,
1918, to Anna Bluhm, who was born in Zumbro Township May 14, 1900,
daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Gust Bluhm. Allen J. Atkinson and wife have one
child, Earl, born April 6, 1919.