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Lyon County Biographies
"An Illustrated History of Lyon County"


Below are biographies from the 1912 "An Illustrated History of Lyon County"--click on each name to go to that bio page. There are 12-18 biographies on each page, so you may have to scroll down to find yours--or use ctrl + f on each page to go to the correct place.

This is a work in progress! I am only 1/3 of the way through these bios, so there will be much more to come.

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(A)

OLAI AAMODT
FRANK A. ADAMS
S. H. ADAMS
R. M. ADDISON
FERDINAND AMUNDSON
GREGAR AMUNDSON
OLE AMUNDSON
EDWARD ANDERSON
MARTINUS ANDERSON
NELS ANDERSON
OLUF ANDERSON
MAXWELL J. AURANDT
LEVORIT AVERY

(B)

OLAI BAKKEN
THOMAS P. BALDWIN
WILLIAM BALDWIN
ALLEN BATES
CHARLES C. BELLINGHAM
HALL BENSON
WILLIAM E. BERRY
FRANK E. BILLS
JOHN WINSLOW BLAKE
RICHARD BLAKE
ALVIN L. BLANCHARD
LAURITZ E. BLEGEN
CHARLES C. BREENING
GEORGE BROUGHTON
KNUD A. BROUGHTON
OLE A. BROUGHTON
RICHARD R. BUMFORD
JAMES C. BURCHARD

(C)

C. F. CASE
JOSEPH H. CATLIN
A. C. CHITTENDEN
ANDREW A. CHRISTENSON
JOHN L. CRAIG
JOHN B. CULSHAW
ROBERT CUMMINGS
CHRISTIAN CUPP

(D)

PETER T. DAHL
G. A. DALMANN
REESE DAVIS
THOMAS E. DAVIS
EUGENE A. DICKERMAN
OLAF DOVRE

(E-F)

EDWARD EDWARDS
WARREN S. EASTMAN
PETER ELBERS
DAVID H. EVANS
ELLSWORTH EVANS
LESTER F. FOSTER
ARTHUR FREESE
HENRY FREESE
LAWRENCE H. FREESE
HENRY K. FURGESON

(G)

SAMUEL W. GALBRAITH
ARNI B. GISLASON
BJORN GISLASON
JOHN B. GISLASON
ED GITS
FRANCIS GITS
WILLIAM H. GLOTFELTER
GOTTLIEB C. GOLTZ
GUSTAV J. GOLTZ
CHARLES E. GOODELL
SIGPINN GOODMUND
C. M. GOODRICH
CHARLES W. GOODRICH
JOSHUA GOODWIN
OREN C. GREGG
W. R. GREGG
JOHN J. GRIFFITH

(H)

SAMUEL HALVORSON
E. M. HAMM
MRS. JAMES A. HARRIS
OLE H. HATLESTAD
JASPER L. HAVENS
EDWIN W. HEALY
LOUIS HELGESON
OLE HELGESON
ANTON A. HELLICKSON
ANDREW HELLIKSON
SNORRI HOGNASON
JOHN H. HUGHES

(J)

MRS. C. A. JOHNSON
JENS B. JOHNSON
JOHN JOHNSON
EVAN C. JONES, SR.
HUGH H. JONES
JOHANN A. JOSEFSON

(K)

KNUD E. KJORNESS

(L)

LUDVIG E. LARSON
MARTIN C. LARSON
NIELS F. LARSON
JOHN J. LAUDENSLAGER
GUSTAV LEDEL
OLE I. LEE
LEWIS B. LELAND
ANTON LORANZ

(M)

FRED C. MARKS
MRS. ANNA MASTERS
JAMES MCGINN
HENRY MEEHL
FRED W. MELLENTHIN
HERMAN P. MEYER
CHARLES H. MIDDLETON
MRS. CATHERINE MIELKE
EARLE S. MILLER
JAMES MITCHELL
ROBERT A. MITCHELL
JOSEPH M. MITCHELL
JOHN MONROE
HENRY D. MORGAN
JEROME MORSE
MRS. OLAVA MYRAN

(N)

ANDREW NELSON
HENRY NELSON
IVER NELSON
THOMAS NELSON

(O-P)

SPURGEON ODELL
MRS. MARIE G. OLSON
OLE ORSEN
JOHN S. OWENS
JOHN C. PEDERSON
DR. C. E. PERSONS
JAY PETERSON
LEWIS C. PETERSON
OLE PETERSON
OLE E. PETERSON
REES PRICE
RUFUS H. PRICE

(Q-R)

ORVIN J. REA
LOUIS RIALSON
OLE RIALSON
CHARLES C. RICHARD
DAVID R. ROBERTS
MRS. ERICK RONNING
JACOB ROUSE
LEWIS L. ROWELL
OLE O. RUNHOLT
ANDERS E. RYE
OLE E. RYE

(S)

ANDREW SANDEN
DR. EDWARD T. SANDERSON
JOHN SCOTT
THOMAS D. SEALS
VIRGIL B. SEWARD
ERNEST S. SHEPARD
CARL O. SKOGEN
EPHRAIM SKYHAWK
CHARLES J. SPONG
FRANK E. STARR
REV. WILLIAM JOSEPH STEWART
DAVID STIEFEL
M. SULLIVAN
ARNE SWENNES
KNUTE SWENNES
ANDREW J. SWENSON

(T)

GEORGE A. TATE
BYRON P. TERRY
BENJAMIN F. THOMAS
JAMES J. THOMAS
THORE K. THOMPSON
CHARLES F. TIBBIT
ALVAH R. TOWN
LUCIUS E. TOWN
CHARLES TRUAX
JOHN C. TWEET

(U-V)

WILLARD J. VAN DUSEN
JOSEPH VERHAAKE

(W)

FRANK W. WEBB
FREDERICK K. WEIKLE
EDWIN F. WHITING
CHARLES C. WHITNEY
CHARLES H. WHITNEY
OLE J. WIGNES
CASSIUS M. WILLFORD
ROY W. WILLIAMS
GARY J. WIMER
DR. H. M. WORKMAN

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