OLSEN JOHN, Farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Creston; born Nov. 7, 1850, in Grimstad, Norway; son of Jacob and Johanna F. Teutch Olsen; came over and to Ogle Co., in 1869; married Jan. 1876, to Tilde Gunderson; who was born in Norway, in 1854; Republican; Lutheran.
Sources
The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 796.
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