Bio of Caleb W. Olin (b.1873)Wabasha Co., MN

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Note: This Biography is taken from the book "History of Wabasha County" 
copyrighted 1920.

Olin - 

Caleb W. Olin, has taken rank among the successful farmers of Oakwood 
Township, was born in Jackson County, Minn., December 13, 1873, son of 
John A. and Mary Hanson Olin. The parents were natives of Norway who were 
married in this country. John A. Olin served three years in the Civil War 
in a volunteer infantry regiment. After the war he had his wife settled in 
Jackson County, Minn., whence he later moved to Belvidere, Goodhue County, 
and still later, in 1885, to Wabasha County. In sections 21 and 29, 
Oakwood Township, he bought 160 acres of land, to which he subsequently 
added 93 acres on Long Creek, in section 28 of the same township. His 
first wife, Mrs. Mary Olin died about 1876, when her son Caleb, was about 
three years old, and John A. Olin subsequently married Mrs. Rosa Olson 
Helgerson, who is still living. He continued farming at the same location 
until his death, which occurred in March, 1909. By his second wife he had 
two children: Edna, now residing in Minneapolis; and Phoebe, now Mrs. Carl 
Polson of Millville. Caleb W. Olin acquired his education in District 
School No. 44, Oakwood Township, this county. After he became industriously 
active he went to Brainerd, Crow Wing County, where he remained for one 
winter. From there he went to Cass County, Minn., where he took a 
homestead of 160 acres, working on it and improving it for about seven 
years. His next removal was to Stutsman County, N.D., and there he 
continued farming for six years. At the end of that time he returned to 
the home farm in Oakwood Township, Wabasha County, which he rented and 
operated on his own account until 1914. He then bought the original tract 
of 160 acres, and later the 93 acres tract, so that he now owns the old 
home farm, and in addition works 80 acres belonging to his uncle, Bent 
Olin. He has made a number of improvements on his place, and has made 
plan for erecting a good modern barn in 1921. As a general farmer and 
stock raiser he is meeting with good success, breeding Durham cattle and 
Chester-White swine. He is a stockholder in the Farmer's Elevator and in 
the Shipping Association at Millville, and is also serving as clerk of 
School Board District No. 44, the district in which he attended school as 
a boy. On April 9, 1896, Mr. Olin was united in marriage with Blanche 
Leeper, of Oakwood, who was born in Fremont, Neb., in 1870. He and his 
wife are the parents of eight children: Lela, now Mrs. William Polson; 
Alice, who graduated from the Wabasha high school in the class of 1917, 
and is now a teacher; Bessie, a graduate of the same high school in the 
class of 1920; Arthur, who is assisting his father on the home farm; and 
John, Bernice, Harold and Hazel Marie. Mr. Olin and his family attend the 
Methodist Episcopal church.

Note: This biography was taken from the book "History of Wabasha County" 
copyrighted 1920.
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