BIOGRAPHIES:  Ole TWEITEN, Elk Mound Township, Dunn Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Laura Abood <wabood@msn.com>  11 May 2005
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Ole Tweiten, who was a resident of Dunn County for 37 years, and a
well known and highly respected citizen of the town of Elk Mound, was
born in Norway, May 19, 1852, son of Chester and Grace (Teisberg)
Tweiten.  The parents spent their lives in Norway, where they finally
passed away.  They had eight children, namely, Alsak, Ernest, Ole
(first), Ole (second, and the subject of this sketch), Ole (third),
Egal, Hage and Margaret.  Of these, Egal, the only surviving member
of the family, is living in Norway.  Ole Tweiten (second), with whom
this biography is directly concerned, was given a very good
education.  He spent the first 28 years of his life in his native
land, and then in 1888 came to the United States and to Dunn County,
Wisconsin, with the object of farming.  He first settled in the town
of Sand Creek, but after remaining there a year removed to that of
Elk Mound, taking a homestead of 160 acres of wild land in Section
10.  There was a small log house on the tract, in which Mr. Tweiten
made his home for eight or nine years.  He taught rural school in
different parts of Dunn County, after he had earned a few dollars he
began the work of clearing up his farm, using an ox team for his
draught work, which he replaced later with horses.  He and his family
had to endure many hardships in early days but they passed through
that period in time and for the rest of their lives were happy and
prosperous.  Mr. Tweiten died on his farm on May 19, 1917, to the
deep regret of a large circle of friends and acquaintances who knew
him for a good farmer and a bright and intelligent man whose
conversation was interesting and whose personality was agreeable. 
Mr. Tweiten was married in Norway, April 12, 1877, to Gunhild
Sending, who was born in that country Sept. 20, 1852, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ole Sending.  Her parents both died in Norway.  Their
children were:  Margaret, Knute and Samuel, all living in Norway;
Gunhild (Mrs. Ole Tweiten), and Tom Olson.  The last mentioned came
to America at the age of 17 and settled in Michigan, where he spent
the rest of his life.  Mr. and Mrs. Ole Tweiten were the parents of
seven children, as follows:  Ole, born Nov. 11, 1877, residing at
home; Grace, born Aug. 2, 1880, now Mrs. William Abbott of Chicago
and the mother of four children, Gladys, Hazel, Beatrice and Olaf,
the last mentioned, however, having died in infancy; Bertha, born
June 26, 1883, residing in Chicago; Chester, born April 7, 1886;
Alba, born Feb. 19, 1889; and Helga and Olga (twins), born June 13,
1892, of whom Helga is Mrs. Herman Jacobson of the town of Red Cedar,
her sister Olga residing with her.  Since Mr. Tweiten's death the
farm has been operated by the mother with the assistance of her two
sons Ole and Chester.
 
Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925" pages
562-563

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