CHRISTIAN DANIEL PETERSEN
PETERSEN, CHRISTIAN DANIEL: : Owner & Manager Monument Works; b Denmark Dec 31, 1871; s of Peter Petersen-Mary Lassen; ed Cedar & Shelby Cos; m Laura Lund Jan 20, 1900 Jacksonville; d Anna (dec); m Paulina Sorensen Mar 20, 1929 Harlan;1893-1907 farmer, Shelby Co; 1907-12 opr gen store, Jacksonville; 1912-15 farm opr; 1915-17 with Standard Oil Co, Harlan; 1917- with Harlan Monument Works, 1st as salesman, 1923- owner & mgr; 1936-38 pres Memorial Craftsmen of Iowa, 1935-36 VP; Comm Club; AF&AM, IOOF; Luth Ch, treas since 1923; Rep; hobby: fishing; off 902 7th Harlan; res 2104 7th, Harlan.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1117. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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