Ole O. Garder, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Davis; born in Norway, about ninety miles from Christiana (renamed Oslo 1925), the capital, Sept. 18, 1815; while in Norway, he followed peddling; in June, 1842 he came to New York, then to Jefferson Prairie, Rock Co., Wis., and soon after moved to Stephenson Co., and bought a claim of L. Marsh, for $235; he now owns 275 acres of land; built his house in 1855, his barn 1877, and in 1842 was married to Miss Carrie Qvisle, of Norway; their family consists of eight children – Ole E., Liddie, now Mrs. Baker; Betsy, Caroline, Jane, Lewis, Helen, now Mrs. Patterson; Anna, now Mrs. Gadlset; an infant, and a child named Anna, now dead. Mr. Garder has held school and township offices; in politics, a Republican; the family attend the Lutheran church.
Ole O. Garder, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Davis; born in Norway, about ninety miles from Christiana (renamed Oslo 1925), the capital, Sept. 18, 1815; while in Norway, he followed peddling; in June, 1842 he came to New York, then to Jefferson Prairie, Rock Co., Wis., and soon after moved to Stephenson Co., and bought a claim of L. Marsh, for $235; he now owns 275 acres of land; built his house in 1855, his barn 1877, and in 1842 was married to Miss Carrie Qvisle, of Norway; their family consists of eight children – Ole E., Liddie, now Mrs. Baker; Betsy, Caroline, Jane, Lewis, Helen, now Mrs. Patterson; Anna, now Mrs. Gadlset; an infant, and a child named Anna, now dead. Mr. Garder has held school and township offices; in politics, a Republican; the family attend the Lutheran church.
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