Oluf O. Gilseth Biography


	This biography appears on pages 69-70 in "History of Dakota 
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				OLUF O. GILSETH. 

	Oluf O. Gilseth, a representative and enterprising agriculturist 
of Mapleton township, Minnehaha county, has always remained on the farm 
where he was born and has won prosperity in its operation. His birth 
occurred on the 30th of August, 1870, his parents being Ole and Anna 
(Moe) Gilseth, who emigrated to the United States in 1865 and first 
made their way to Goodhue county, Minnesota. The following year they 
came to South Dakota, homesteading the place which is now being 
operated by our subject and subsequently purchasing an adjoining tract 
of eighty acres. Ole Gilseth, who was born November 18, 1844, still 
survives at the age of seventy years, but his wife has passed away. He 
was one of the first settlers in his section of the state and has 
witnessed its growth and development for nearly a half century, still 
taking an active and helpful interest in matters pertaining to the 
general welfare. 

	Oluf O. Gilseth attended the country schools in the acquirement 
of an education and after putting aside his textbooks assisted his 
father in the work of the home farm. In 1902 the property was turned 
over to him by his father, and he has improved and has operated the 
same continuously to the present time. The place is well appointed in 
every particular, and modern machinery facilitates the work of the 
fields. Mr. Gilseth owns thirty head of cattle and has won a well 
merited measure of success in his undertakings as an agriculturist, 
being widely recognized as a progressive and prosperous citizen. 

	On the 26th of September, 1896, Mr. Gilseth was united in 
marriage to Miss Louisa M. Thompson, her parents being John and 
Christina Thompson, the former now deceased. To this union have been 
born four children as follows, Amy. Julia. Stephen and Bessie. 

	Mr. Gilseth is a republican in politics and served for nine years 
as supervisor, while he has also been connected with the school board 
as clerk and treasurer. He is a Lutheran in religious faith and is a 
man of domestic tastes who finds his greatest content in the home and 
home ties. As an upright, honorable citizen he enjoys the respect and 
esteem of the people of the community in which his entire life has been 
spent.