Bio of Olson, Ole H. (b.1860) Wabasha Co., MN
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Olson, Ole H. (page 395), a popular business man of Hammond, who has also
rendered good service as a public official, was born in Norway in 1860,
son of Hover and Anna (Masel) Olson. His parents came to the United States
in the year of his birth, settling in Springfield, Ill., where the father
found miscellaneous employment. After the outbreak of the Civil War he
enlisted in an Illinois regiment, with which he served about two years. On
his return to his home in Springfield, he traded the city property he
owned there for a farm in Jackson County, Wisconsin, to which locality the
family removed. Later they came from there to Minnesota, locating in the
town of Zumbro, Wabasha County. There were three children in the family,
all sons. One died at the age of four years, the two survivors being
George, who is a resident of Oronoco, Olmsted County, and Ole H. The
latter was educated in the district schools of Wisconsin and Wabasha
County, Minnesota, in Zumbro Township attending school No. 49. He was
brought up to farm pursuits and began an independent career by renting a
farm in Zumbro Township. In 1894 he bought the home farm of his wife's
father in Zumbro Township, four miles southwest of Hammond, where he
successfully carried on General agriculture until 1916. He then rented the
farm to a tenant and moved to Hammond village, where he now has charge of
the Standard Oil station. His public service has been varied. He was a
member of the Zumbro Town Board 13 years, being chairman for nine years;
was township treasurer on year, and trustee of the village board two
years. For twenty years he has belonged to the fraternal order of Woodmen.
Mr. Olson was married in August, 1883, at Hammond, Minn., to Dora A. York
daughter of Edward M. and Mary (Sinclair) York, her parents being natives
of Maine and pioneer settlers of Wabasha County, Minnesota. Two children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Olson, one of whom, Iva Belle, died in
1885. The other is a son, Cleve, now living on the old home farm, who
married Mary Paine, of Wabasha, and has a son named James H.