Bio of Ole S. OLSON (b.1867), Yellow Medicine Co., MN

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OLE S. OLSON (1867)

Ole S. Olson, proprietor of a restaurant and confectionery store at 
Hanley Falls, is a native of Yellow Medicine county.  He was born on 
his father's homestead in Sandnes township March 25, 1867, and has 
always resided in this county.  His parents were among the pioneers of 
Yellow Medicine county, and Ole S. Olson was the first white male child 
born in Sandnes.

Ole S. is a son of Sigur and Mary Olson, natives of Telemarken, Norway.
They came to the United States soon after their marriage and for about two
years lived at Waseca, Minnesota.  In the sixties they came to Yellow
Medicine county and homesteaded in Sandnes township, a brother, Johannes
Olson, taking an adjoining claim. The Olsons came in wagons drawn by oxen.
Their meals on the claim were frequently taken with the Indians, who were
quite numerous. There was one other man in the township when they arrived,
Peter Berry.  Sigur Olson built a log shanty, in which the family lived a
number of years and in which Ole S. was born. Sigur Olson lived on the old
place until a year before his death,when he sold out and moved to Normania
township. He died on his farm there in 1905, at the age of seventy-four
years.His wife had died about three years before.There are six children:
John, of Normania township;Ole S., of this sketch;Sam, of Chippewa county;
Annie (Mrs. Goodman Urdal), of Ostlun, Minnesota; Margaret (Mrs. Gabriel
Anderson), of Lyon county; and Ingebor (Mrs. Gelga Gulickson), of Sandnes
township.

Ole S. Olson remained on his father's farm until twenty-five years old, 
when he was married to Tenna Harris, a native of Wisconsin.  He then 
bought his uncle's farm on section 29, Sandnes township, where he lived 
many years.  In February, 1912, he moved to Hanley Falls and bought his 
present business of John Lee.  He carries a line of confectionery, fruits,
cigars, etc., and serves lunches.  Mr. and Mrs. Olson have six children 
living, viz: Luella, Selma, Ruby, Newall, Herbie and Ordel.

While living in Sandnes township Mr. Olson was constable several years.  
He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Source: "A History of Yellow Medicine County" by Arthur P. Rose
Published 1914