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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 851 painting and carpentering !'<>r five years, after which they came to Roscoe township in 1862 and engaged in farming. In 1868 they purchased 160 acres of wild land, which they 'leaned and improved, and followed general farming. The father died in 1908, September 4. and the mother June 2, 1908. In 1875 the father was elected to the legislature for one term. There were three children in the Petterson home : Christian of Clearwater county, Minnesota; Christine (adopted), of Olmstead county, Minnesota, and Fetter <).. the subject of this sketch. Petter 0. received his education in the common schools of the township and worked on the farm with his father until 1894, when he took entire charge of the farm. At his father's death he came into possession of the homestead, and has carried on general farming, also manufacturing "Gammal-ost" cheese. Being the only one in the county who produces the commodity he finds a ready mar- ket. Mr. Petterson is single. He is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Lutheran church. Tollef 0. Sundry, of Roscoe township, was born in Norway, March 4, 1864, son of Ole and Aagot (Newhouse) Sundry, natives of Norway. The father came to America in 1880, with his son. and located in Saint Ansgar, Iowa. The father died May 22, 1894, and the mother August, 1872. Tollef came to America in 1880, located in Iowa, attended the public schools and also the high school at Saint Ansgar. After school clays were over he took up farming until 1886, when he went to North Dakota and was employed as car inspector for the Great Northern railroad at Minot, for five years. While in North Dakota he took up a homestead of 160 acres, and in 1892 he removed to Roscoe town- ship and purchased 160 acres in section 19, which he improved, erecting a new barn in 1897 and a new house in 1907. He now follows general farming and stock raising. January 26, 1890, Mr. Sundry was married at Zumbrota, to Emma Thoreson, daugh- ter of Otto and Sigrid Thoreson. They have six children : Orrin E., born February 12, 1891; Sigrid O., born June 15, 1892; Thur- low E., born February 21, 1894; Archie V., born May 7, 1896; Roy M., born July 7. 1901 ; and George J., born February 9, 1903, all living at home. Mr. Sundry is a Republican in political views, and fraternally affiliates with the Masons of Zumbrota and the Modern Samaritans. He has been assessor of the township for a good many years, is now clerk of school district 81 and has been employed in the House of Representatives as doorkeeper and telephone messenger. He is also a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevators of Zumbrota and Wanamingo, and in the Minneola Creamery. He and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Alfred Swan, of Roscoe township, was born in Sweden Novem-