Bio of Rudolph T. TOLLEFSON (b.1881), Yellow Medicine Co., MN

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RUDOLPH T. TOLLEFSON (1881)

Rudolph T. Tollefson farms a rented place of 193 acres on section 27, Hazel
Run township, the same being the south half of the northwest quarter, the
south half of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and
ninety-three acres on the west three-quarters of the southwest quarter,
within the old Sioux reservation line.

Mr. Tollefson was born in Sandness township, Yellow Medicine county, October
23, 1881, on the old homestead of his parents.  He is a son of Tollef and
Sophia Tollefson, natives of Norway and the United States, respectively.
The father came to this country when a baby, and the family located in
Wisconsin.  There he grew up and was married.  Tollef and Sophia came to
Yellow Medicine county in an early day and homesteaded in Sandnes township.
They still live on the old home place, after residence of over forty years
in the county.

Rudolph Tollefson grew up on the farm in Sandnes township and was educated
in the country schools.  He also attended a one year course at Madison,
Minnesota.  Up to the age of nineteen he remained at home, helping his
parents with the work on the farm.  Then he started for himself, working out
at farm work.  In 1912 he rented his present farm from his father and has
since resided there.  He devotes considerable attention to the raising of
hogs.

Mr. Tollefson was married March 14, 1912, at Granite Falls, to Lena
Halvorson, a native of Hazel Run township, having been born September 8,
1877.  She is a daughter of Helge Halvorson, and early settler.  Mr.
Tollefson and wife are Norwegian L