OLSEN, John

OLSEN, NELSON

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/17/2001 at 13:49:50

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF OLIVE TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

JOHN OLSEN, farmer, Sec. 22 P 0 Calamus; owns 180 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born June 4,1827, in Norway; in the spring of 1856, came to the United States, stopping in Kendall Co., Ill., till the summer of 1858; came to this county, located on his present farm in 1862. Married Engel Nelson Sept. 20, 1860; she was born Dec. 26, 1837, in Norway; have one son—N. 0. Olsen; born Jan. 13, 1861. Member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. 0. has served as School Director of
his district; Republican.