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Index to
Compendium of History and Biography

of Polk County, Minnesota


By Maj. R.I. Holcombe and Wm. H. Bingham, copyright 1916.

Reprints are available from Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts, and can be ordered through major booksellers.

The book is in the collection of the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, and North Dakota Historical Society, Bismark, North Dakota.

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NAME

PAGE NUMBER

Aakhus, Tallak H

166

Aasen, H.S.

266

Adair, James

328

Aker, Hon. Knute S.

364

Akerlund, August

177

Alrick, John J.

152

Amundson, John

348

Anderson, Adolph N.

325

Anderson Brothers

278

Anderson, Daniel

296

Anderson, Henry

159

Anderson, Robert

177

Anderson, Torkel G.

403

Anglim, W.S.

465

Baatz, Frederick

363

Bagley, Sumner Chesly

209

Bailey, William Henry

303

Balfour, Robert H.

424

Balstad, Henry O.

207

Balstad, K.O.

424

Bang, Ole H.

350

Bang, Thore H.

180

Bangen, Hans H.

281

Barrett, Richard

317

Baasgaard, Ole S.

340

Bearson, B.E.

261

Bennes, Brnt M.

281

Bensen, Martin

162

Benson, Olaus

429

Berg, C.M.

342

Bjella, Levor A.

166

Bjoin, O.H.

190

Bjontegard, Jacob

292

Bjornstad, Odin J.

433

Bjugstad, Brnt L.

363

Boisvert, Simon

463

Boles, J. Frank, D.D.S.

380

Bolstad, Eddy

154

Bolstad, John M.

400

Boukind, Halbert P.

460

Boyer, Theodore M.

434

Bradley, Julius

308

Brandvold, Avle P.

357

Bratrud, O. Edward, M.D.

244

Brekke, W.S.

280

Brown, Aaron

275

Brown, Christian T.

178

Bruun, Ole F.

285

Buckler, Hon. R.T.

194

Buckley, Edward A.

274

Buhn, John O.

158

Bydal, Thorvald A.

171

Bye, Charles J.

355

Cameron, William

330

Campbell, James E.

253

Cathcart, James M.

193

Childs, Ellsworth D.

372

Christiansen, Ole

428

Christianson, Amund

377

Christianson Brothers

446

Christianson, Gustav

445

Christianson, John O.

434

Clementsen, Nels

422

Collin, Medric

178

Conger, Charles L.

161

Conneran, John

469

Coulter, Georger

438

Corbett, Right Rev. Timothy

371

Cox, Ann

405

Cronquist, A.F.

246

Croy, Joseph

478

Cumming, Hon. James

456

Dahl, Ole B.

382

Dale, Ole H.

287

Dale, Rev. J.B.A.

142

Dampier, Charles E., M.D.

196

Daniels, Orin

180

Danielson, Torkel

322

Davidson, John

386

Dokken, Elling T.

387

Driscoll, James

302

Driscoll, Jerry

402

Driscoll, John

384

Driscoll, Michael

359

Duckstad, Brown

391

Dunlap, Alex H., M.D.

199

Dunrud, Hans O.

221

Eaton, Andrew M.

227

Edevold, Ole

240

Eggan, John O.

463

Eickhof, Chris

283

Eide, Captain Peter J.

186

Eide, Odd

145

Eklund, E.G.

219

Elg, John E.

412

Ellingson, Erick

393

Engebretson, Evan A.

235

Engen, Ole

409

Enright, Michael L.

293

Enright, Richard

390

Erickson Brothers, E.H. and M.H.

427

Erickson, Olof

439

Erickson, S.E.

366

Erikson, Erie J.

157

Erikson, John A.

170

Espeseth, Gilbert K.

16

Espeseth, Peder K.

309

Estenson, Esten O.

454

Estenson, Ole Helmer

473

Evanson, Sam T.

276

Evje, Christopher H.

390

Ferguson, Duncan B.

323

Fishbeck, Lane R.

242

Flaskerud, K.E.

351

Flaten, George J.

393

Flatten Ole H.

327

Fleming, William

436

Flesch, John A.

254

Flint, Lewis E.

282

Floan, H.G.

418

Fontaine, Louis

360

Foskett, L.D.

189

Fossbakken, Paul K.

211

Fyffe, Alexander

216

Gamme, Antone M.

14

Gaylord, Henry L.

476

Gilbert, Carl J.

441

Gonyea, Louis

20

Grady, Frank A.

185

Gronberg, Carl A.

279

Groven, Olof M.

370

Gullickson Albert O.

258

Gustafson, Elias G.

473

Haftorson, Haftor B.

294

Hage, G.O.

204

Hagan, August

226

Hagan, John A.

312

Halvorson, Harry M.

170

Hamilton, W.D.

230

Hansen, Carl Ludwig

416

Hansen, E.E.

209

Hanson, A.P.

257

Hanson, Fred

337

Hanson, Hans

387

Hanson, Hans L.

236

Hanson, Norman

425

Hanson, Ole

472

Harris, Thomas A.

206

Hauge, E.M.

244

Haugen, Arne J.

349

Hayes Brothers, James C. and Samuel C.

467

Heath, C.C.

138

Hedlund, Peter J.

349

Heierstad, Andrew

352

Heldstab, John

174

Hendricks, Henry C.

415

Hendricks, John Albert

367

Hendrickson, Ole

383

Hendrickson, Thomas

319

Hesseldahl, Lewis M.

155

Hill, James Jerome

444

Hitchcock, Charles A.

192

Hoff, Ole O.

316

Hoffe, Andrew N.

284

Hofto, Steen A.

156

Hogenson, Hogen B.

169

Hogenson, Hogen Merrill

262

Hoglund, Victor H.

147

Hoogenson, Martin

150

Hole, C.P.

229

Holen, Andrew K.

419

Holley, William

285

Holmes, Cryus H.

288

Holte, Helvor, M.D.

19

Holten, Hon. John

260

Horken, Helmer

380

Hotvedt, W.L.

374

Hove, Johannes R.

220

Hoven, Ole

241

Hovland, Hon. A.L.

370

Hovland, James O.

341

Hoye, Iver

398

Hoyne, Gilbert H.

245

Husby Gunner

145

Hushagen, Paul J.

232

Jackson, William

368

Jensen, Anton

208

Jensen, Mads W.

153

Jevning, Ole

448

Jewell, Wellington H.

189

Johanson, Henrick

306

Johnson, Edward W.

290

Johnson, Frank O.

310

Johnson, Iver

167

Johnson, John A.

179

Jorgenson, Emil

144

Keck, Bert D.

252

Kelleher, Cornelius J.

373

Kelley, Andrew J.

431

Kelley, Edward F.

188

Kenn Brothers, Alexander, James, D., John R.,Edmund

468

Kerr, Robert

316

Kiewel, Chrles E.

195

King, J.F.

297

Kingman, Ignatius

270

Kjolhaug, Tollof

215

Kleven, Andrew

453

Klinkhammer, Rev. William

271

Knudson, Knute

362

Knudson, Ole

427

Knutson, Steener

344

Kolars, Frank W.

455

Kolden, L.S.

406

Krostue, Hon. Gunder

175

Kronschnabel, George

307

LaBarge, Edward

401

Landesverk, Tallef B.

238

Larsen, L.W.

243

Larson, H.L.

207

Larson, Lewis E.

299

Larson, Ludwig

314

Latta, Walter

320

Leolos, Pat

461

Lee, Hans O.

341

LaPage, Ferdinand E.

369

Letnes, John

336

Lind, Ole

343

Lindblad, August

151

Lindem, Anthon

301

Logan, John

440

Lohn, Charles M.

423

Lommen, Edwin E.

198

Loring, Charles

185

Lytle, Wilbur G.

173

MacPhee, John D.

211

McCarty, Charles

277

McDonald, Daniel H.

397

McDonald, James

378

McKenzie, William E.

233

McKinnon, Allan J.

210

McKinnon John R.

225

McManus, Edwin

239

McNicol, J.H.

289

Maguire, Michael

369

Malmberg, Andrew M.

396

Malmberg, Nels M.

475

Marin, W.A.

216

Marsh, Harry L.

184

Melaas, Joseph

155

Melbo, Hans H.

358

Melquist, R.J.

229

Mellesmoen, Ole

218

Melsness, Einar O.

163

Merrill, Anson Charles

411

Merrill, Asa Alvern

437

Messett, Knute E.

179

Messett, Mrs. Chestina A.

470

Michelson, Ole A.

464

Miller, Arthur A.

203

Miller, August

191

Misner, Harvey Chase

146

Misner, Harvey W.

197

Mitchell, Henry G.

356

Montgomery, J.F.

480

Morris, Tom

153

Morvig, Anders O.

293

Mossefin, Ed

259

Mulcahey, Richard>

269

Mullally, James

273

Murphy, W.G.

458

Myklejord, Ole

223

Nelson, August

405

Nelson, Arne, M.D.

413

Nelson, Charles

408

Nelson, Erick

332

Nelson, Frank E.

388

Nelson, Knute

148

Nelson, Martin B.

164

Nelson, Mrs. Mary Buckley

475

Nelson, N.J.

388

Nelson, Theodore

375

Nelson, O.T.

250

Nesbitt, Edward Hamlin

375

Nesseth, Thomas H.

417

Newton, John A.

242

Nicholson, William T.

395

Nisbet, James

345

Nisbet, Thomas

389

Njus, Rev. L.J.

157

Oberg, Henry H.

466

O’Brien, John W.

191

O’Brien, Martin

20

O’Connell, James P.

201

Ohm, Richard

256

Ohnstad, Jens, M.D.

399

Olslund, Ole N.

286

Olson, Arnt

352

Olson, Ole G.

354

Olson, Peter

329

Opheim, Andrew

407

Orvold, John A.

338

Paulsrud, Hans

257

Paulsrud, Peter J.

289

Pederson, Emanuel

255

Perry, John

270

Peterson, Andrew

403

Peterson, Edward

197

Peterson, James I.

311

Peterson, Martin G.

247

Porter, William James

474

Quarberg, Sever

295

Quern, Carl

347

Quern, Christian C.,

432

Rasmussen, William J.

143

Rasmusson, John R.

190

Rauenbuehler, Mark

183

Reese, T.N.J.

324

Remick, Mr. And Mrs. John

297

Reynolds, Hon. Reuben

279

Riedesel, Carl

184

Ringdal, Peter M.

200

Romo, Ole O.

430

Rosaaen, Hans Olus

276

Rose, Matt

231

Rosholt, Norman

410

Ross, Charles

384

Rovang, Ole T.

160

Ryan, Charles L.

449

Ryggen, Knute

164

Salverson, Ed

354

Samuelson, hans

152

Sanberg, G.H.

394

Sandem, Thomas

353

Sandin, Olof M.

325

Sands, Martin

376

Sargent, Joseph O.

283

Schmidt, August C.

421

Selvig, Conrad G.

420

Shadduck, L.

214

Sivertson, A.M.

182

Skoug, Charles F.

199

Slyter, Francis Marion

305

Smith, Robert E.

321

Soes, Jacob P.

144

Solberg, A.I.

267

Solberg, Tom O.

251

Solstad, Hans P.

304

Sonstelie, Ole E.

237

Sorby, Hans C.

233

Spokely, Albert

291

Spokely, Alexander G.

357

Spokely, Gulik S.

457

Spokely, Julius

182

Stardig, Olof

165

Stark, A.

253

Stearns, F. Guy

313

Steele, Andrew L.

313

Steenerson, Andrew

150

Steenerson, Christopher

410

Steenerson, Elias

167

Steenerson, Hon. Halver

263

Stenerson, Gunder

201

Stephens, Hon. A.D.

205

Stewart, Thomas D.

404

Stone, Nathan P.

181

Stortroem, Erick O.

287

Stowe, Edmund L.

333

Stromstad, John

446

Street, Charles

173

Street, William

171

Stuhr, Peter

426

Sullivan, Hon. Timothy A.

272

Sullivan, James T.

339

Swanson, Peter E.

381

Swenson, Sven Philip

149

Sykes, Herbert B.

159

Tagley, Joseph

268

Theillon, Rev. E.

80

Thompson, Hugh

141

Thompson, Theodore A.

392

Thor, Oscar

251

Thoreson, Andrew

309

Thoreson, Helge H.

414

Thoreson, Ole A.

172

Thorson, Alf

447

Thorson, N.A.

395

Thygeson, T.

478

Tice, John E.

298

Torgeson, Martin

222

Tuveng, John E.

221

Tyndall, Ben

249

Uggen, Knute F.

326

Uve, Oscar

385

Vaatveit, John J.

143

Valoar, Kornelius H.

462

Vasenden, Nels

315

Volland, Ole J.

479

Vraa, John G.

440

Walker, Thomas Barlow

74, 451

Walsh, Edmund M.

69, 474

Watts, Hon. William

141

Webster, Everett A.

213

Webster, R.T.

291

Welter, Nick

331

Wentzel, Julius

176

Wheeler, Jerome Winthrop

187

Wick, Oscar

471

Widness, John A.

224

Wik, H.C.H.

361

Wilder, Charles W.

300

Will, David

314

Wold, Andrew, E.

217

Wold, O.T.

336

Youngquist, G.A.

187

Zejdlik, Frank J.

452

 


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