BIOGRAPHIES:  Louis PETERSON, Stockholm, Pepin Co., WI

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LOUIS PETERSON, merchant, Stockholm, came to Stockholm in the Spring
of 1858, with his stepfather, Lars Grund, who came with his family to
the United States, and settled in McGregor, Iowa, in October, 1857,
and, in May, 1858, came to Stockholm. Mr. Peterson was born near
Geffle, Sweden, April 18, 1847. Dec. 26, 1829, he was married to Miss
Hannah Johnson, of Stockholm, Wis. They have three children living-
Mary, Charles Edward and Edna. In 1874 he commenced selling
agricultural implements, and, in 1878, under the firm name of
Youngquist, Peterson & Co., engaged in general merchandise and the sale
of farm machinery. He has held several town offices; was Chairman of
the Board four years in succession, Register of Deeds for Pepin County
one term, and Sheriff one term. He is a member of the order of Good
Templars.

-Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 706


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