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 972 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY oldest, died in 1898, at the age of fifteen years. Mr. Kohn is a Republican in polities, has served on the town board four years, and has been clerk of school district No. 93 for the past twenty-two years. Nels J. Olness, vice-president of the Farmer's State Bank, of Wanamingo, since its organization, was born in Norway .May 7, 1855. son of Jacob and Carrie (Quam) Olness, the latter of whom died in the late fifties and the former of whom is still living in Norway at the grand old age of ninety-seven years. Nels J. received his education in the public schools and farmed in his native country until 1877, when he came to America, located in Adams Mower county, -Minnesota, and two years later went to Moorehead, Clay county, this state, and did farm and railroad work for several years, after which, in 1879, he purchased a quarter-section. Some seven years later he came to Cherry Grove and acquired 145 acres, to which he afterward added by purchase until he now owns 305 acres, upon which he conducts general farming and stock raising. He also owns seventeen acres of timber land in Dodge county. Minnesota. In addition to his banking and farming interests, he has been president of the Wanamingo Lumber Company sine its organization, and was director in the Wanamingo Creamery Company for twelve years. Politically he is a Republican, and has been school director of district 84. .Mr. Olness was married November 12. 1886, to Chris- tina Anderson, who has borne him four children-. Josephine deceased!. Annie .[. deceased. Arthur (deceased) and Jacob. The family faith is thai of the Norwegian Lutheran church, of which Mr. Olness has been trustee for several years. Arne A. and Carrie Bjorg, parents of Mrs. olness, came from Norway to Wisconsin, and in 1862 to Cherry Grove, where they purchased the farm where the Olness family now resides. The father, who served in the Civil War, died in 1894, and the mother lived until 1900, when she. too, passed to her eternal reward. Rollcf 0. Lund, a retired farmer of Minneola, was horn in Norway, June 28, 1851, son of Ole and Jennette (Opem) Lund, who emigrated to America in 1857. After stopping at Red Wing "ne month, they came in March to .Minneola, where they acquired 160 acres of land, which they broke and improved, following gen- eral farming until 1879. At the end id' this time they lived a retired life until Mr. Lund's death. January 6, 1885. Mrs. Lund still lives with her son. being ninety-two years of age. Rollof came to America in 1857 with his parents, at the age of six. Receiving a common school education, he took up farming with his father, until 1879, when he purchased the old home farm. This, with an addition of 210 acres, he has continued to cultivate, erecting thereon a pleasant home and a 36x84 barn. In 1908 he