Sanderson, Ole 1861 – 1947
SANDERSON, BRENHOFSON, ALFSON, BRADLEY, JOHNSON
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Date: 4/27/2015 at 08:45:04
OLE SANDERSON.
A native of Lincoln township, Winneshiek county, Ole Sanderson has here attained to success and now owns a valuable place of one hundred and twenty acres on section 27, to the cultivation of which he gives his entire attention. He was born May 28, 1861, and is a son of Kettle and Levina (Brenhofson) Sanderson, natives of Norway, who came to America about 1851, locating in Wisconsin for one year and then making their home in Glenwood township for an equal period of time before coming to Lincoln township, where they settled on section 22. The father was a successful agriculturist, gradually winning financial independence, and his death occurred on Christmas day, 1911. The mother survives him and now makes her home with a brother, being over eighty years of age. The father made a creditable military record during the Civil war, serving for three years with Company K, Fifteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. To their union were born seven children: John, of Willow City, North Dakota; Christina, who married Alf Alfson, of Cyrus, Minnesota; Annie, deceased; Austin, of Willow City, North Dakota; Ole, of this review; Benjamin, of Lincoln township; and Louisa, the wife of Arthur Bradley, of Ambrose, North Dakota.
Ole Sanderson grew to manhood upon the home farm attending the schools of the neighborhood and devoting his leisure hours to the work of the fields. After becoming of age he rented the homestead for four years and then bought it but later traded the same for his present farm, comprising one hundred and twenty acres on section 27. His improvements are substantial, his buildings kept in good repair and his equipment is up-to-date and in every way sufficient for his needs. He engages in general farming and stock-raising, deriving a gratifying income from these pursuits.
On November 30, 1884, Mr. Sanderson married Miss Lena Johnson and to this union were born ten children: Carl, of Thief River Falls, Minnesota; Anton, deceased; Nettie, of Devon, Montana; and Roy, Ethel, Sarah, Fred, Thelma, Verna and Alton, at home. In his political associations Mr. Sanderson is a republican, stanchly upholding the principles of his party at the polls and giving his support to its candidates. That he enjoys the esteem of his fellow citizens is evident in his election to the offices of township trustee and school clerk, both of which he now holds. He is an active and helpful member of the Lutheran church, in the work of which he takes a great interest.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
United Lutheran Cemetery gravestone
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