C. O. Olson, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 887-888 in "History of Dakota 
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				C. O. OLSON, M. D. 

	Dr. C. O. Olson, one of the alumni of Rush Medical College, now 
successfully practicing in Groton, was born in Dayton, Webster county, 
Iowa, June 29, 1871. His father, John P. Olson, was born in Sweden and 
when a young man crossed the Atlantic to the new world, settling first 
in Illinois, but in 1859, when gold was discovered in Colorado, he was 
among those who went to that state, where he was located at the time of 
the outbreak of the Civil war. Putting aside personal and business 
considerations, he enlisted for active service with the First Colorado 
Cavalry and continued with that command until the close of hostilities. 
Later he spent some time in the gold fields of Colorado and Montana and 
then went to Iowa, establishing 0a home in Dayton, where he engaged in 
general merchandising. Subsequently he was connected with various other 
business enterprises of the town that contributed to his individual 
success and to general prosperity. He passed away in Groton, November 
15, 1910, having for four or five years made his home with his son, Dr. 
Olson. His wife, Mrs. Christine Olson, was born in Sweden and was 
brought by her parents to the new world when two or three years of age. 

	Dr. Olson completed his literary education by a course in Bethany 
College at Lindsborg, Kansas, where he won the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts in 1898. His professional course was pursued in Rush Medical 
College of Chicago, which he entered in the fall of 1898 and from which 
he was graduated with the class of 1902. Immediately afterward he came 
to the west, looking for a favorable location, and, deciding upon 
Groton, has there been very successful, building up an extensive 
practice. For several years he has spent a part of every summer in 
taking post-graduate work in Chicago and thus he keeps in close touch 
with the advance that is being made in medical science. His knowledge 
and efficiency are thereby greatly increased and he is today one of the 
foremost practitioners of his part of the state. 

	In 1904 Dr. Olson was united in marriage to Miss Clara Doster, of 
Kalamazoo, Michigan. Fraternally he is identified with Groton Lodge, 
No. 53, I. O. O. F., and with the Modern Woodmen of America. Along 
strictly professional lines his connection is with the Aberdeen 
District Medical Society, the South Dakota State Medical Society and 
the American Medical Association. He combines a love of scientific 
research with broad humanitarian principles and deep sympathy, and 
these qualities make him an able physician who by almost intuitive 
perception, as well as by scientific understanding, meets the needs of 
his patients and makes his service of greatest benefit where medical 
aid is required.