Haugen, O. A. P. 1867 – 1953
HAUGEN, SATTERMOE, HANSON, TALHAUG
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Date: 3/21/2015 at 17:21:39
O. A. P. HAUGEN.
In many respects the life of O. A. P. Haugen has been quietly and uneventfully passed, inasmuch as he has always made his home in Canoe township and has followed farming as a source of livelihood. Those who wish to master well the lessons of life, however, may find much that is worthy of emulation in his record, for he has ever been industrious and energetic and has believed in performing to the best of his ability whatever he has undertaken. He has made the Canoe Valley Stock Farm, of which he is the owner, one of the excellent properties of the district in which it is located.
It was in Canoe township, on the 26th of January, 1867, that his birth occurred, his parents being Peter D. and Anna (Sattermoe) Haugen, both of whom were natives of Norway, the former born February 2, 1816, and the latter on the 29th of October, 1828. They were married in their native land and in 1853 sailed for America, settling first in Canada, where they remained for one year, the father being employed in a sawmill. He afterward went to Wisconsin and on coming to Winneshiek county, Iowa, took up a claim in Canoe township. To this place he brought his wife in the fall of 1854, and with characteristic energy began the cultivation of the farm upon which they spent their remaining days. The father passed away September 16, 1891, while the mother's death occurred on the 20th of December, 1906. Peter D. Haugen always followed farming in Winneshiek county, and while his claim was wild and undeveloped when it came into his possession he left it a splendidly equipped farm, displaying all the modern improvements. The boundaries, too, of the place had been extended until the eighty acres had been increased to two hundred and seventy. Great changes in the environment and in the mode and habits of living had occurred. Deer were still numerous in this section at an early date and there was fine trout fishing. The Indians also were numerous, not yet having left for reservations farther westward. In fact, all the evidences of pioneer life were here to be seen and the family shared in all of the hardships and privations incident to the establishment of a home on the frontier, but as the years passed time and man wrought many changes and the Haugen family shared in the general prosperity. In politics the father was a stanch republican and held some township offices. He belonged to the Norwegian Lutheran church and was the founder of the Haugen Evangelical church of Canoe township. Unto him and his wife were born three sons and a daughter who died in infancy, while the two surviving children of the family were born in Canoe township the elder being Bertha L, now the widow of H. D. Hanson and still a resident of Canoe township.
The younger, O. A. P. Haugen, has always remained in Canoe township and has resided on his present farm since 1893, having an excellent tract of land of two hundred and sixty acres on sections 22 and 23, 26 and 27. He calls his place the Canoe Valley Stock Farm and thereon he raises a high grade of stock for the Chicago market. He also buys stock which he ships to Chicago, shipping fifteen carloads in the fall of 1912. His business is carefully managed and his enterprise and laudable ambition are the salient features in his growing success. Aside from his farming and stock-raising interests, he is a director of the Ice Cave Creamery Company, of Decorah.
In 1889 Mr. Haugen was united in marriage to Miss Karen O. Talhaug, who was born in Canoe township, April 3, 1871, a daughter of Ole and Johanna Talhaug, who were natives of Norway but became residents of Winneshiek county during the period of the Civil war. Mr. Talhaug continued a resident of Canoe township until his death, and his widow now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Haugen. . The latter by her marriage has become the mother of fourteen children, and with the exception of Oscar, who was the eleventh in order of birth and who died at the age of five weeks, all are still living. These are Peter O, Julia, Olga, Emil, Carl, Edwin, Harry, Albert, Alvin, Bessie, Otto Arnold, Florence and an infant.
Mr. Haugen votes with the republican party and is one of the trustees and active members of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Canoe township. His influence is always on the side of right, justice, truth and progress, and the enterprise and industry which he has displayed in his business affairs have made him one of the substantial residents of the county.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
Hauge Lutheran cemetery gravestone
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