C. H. Olsen Biography


	This biography appears on pages 124 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				C. H. OLSEN.  

	C. H. Olsen, residing at Viborg, Turner county, is well known as 
a representative of financial interests there being president of the 
Bank of Viborg. He was born October 18, 1878, in the county in which he 
still lives, his parents being Lars P. and Maren Olsen. The father came 
to Dakota territory in 1872, at a period when the work of progress and 
improvement seemed scarcely begun. He homesteaded three miles west of 
Centerville, securing the northwest quarter of section 19, township 96, 
range 52. For several years he carried on general agricultural pursuits 
there but passed away in November, 1881. His widow still survives.  

	C. H. Olsen has always been a resident of Turner county and in 
the district schools he pursued his early education, while later he 
attended the Sioux Falls College, pursuing an academic course. When his 
textbooks were put aside he turned his attention to merchandising and 
the grain business, in which he continued for ten years. He had 
previously been upon the home farm and he early became familiar with 
the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. After 
being connected with agricultural and mercantile interests he turned 
his attention to financial affairs and in the spring of 1910 entered 
the Bank of Viborg as its vice president. In January, 1911, he was 
elected president and the business of the bank has been constantly 
increasing under his careful direction. He has closely studied every 
phase of the business, has watched the trend of the times and has so 
controlled the bank's interests that it has greatly profited thereby. 
He is also interested in real estate in South Dakota and, as he knows 
property values, he has thus been able to make judicious investments.  

	On the 29th of November, 1905, Mr. Olsen was united in marriage 
to Miss Agneta Tychsen, her father being Rev. N. Tychsen, who was a 
member of the territorial convention at Yankton and homesteaded the 
land which comprises the present site of Viborg. Our subject and his 
wife have two children, Evangeline and Grace, who are six and two years 
of age respectively.  

	The religious faith of the family is that of the Baptist church 
and in politics Mr. Olsen is a progressive republican. He is interested 
in South Dakota and its development and cooperates heartily in the 
plans and movements for the general upbuilding and improvement of the 
section of the state in which he makes his home. He served for several 
years as a member of the city council of Viborg and in the spring of 
1914 was elected mayor, in which position he is giving to the city 
efficient and valuable service, looking ever to the benefit of the 
community at large.