Bio: Peterson, Andrew (History - 1846)

Contact: Janet Schwarze

Surnames: PETERSON OLSON ISAACSON

----Source: 1891 History of Clark and Jackson Co., Wisconsin, pg. 230-231

ANDREW PETERSON, of section 10, Eaton Township, Clark County, was born in Central Norway, June 12, 1846, a son of Peter Olson (deceased), a native of the same country, who came to the United States in 1872. He was born in 1801, and died in 1885. Our subject's mother, nee Mary Olson, was also born in Norway, in 1804, and died in Greenwood prior to her husband's death. They were the parents of five children: Elias, Ole, Hannah, Carl (deceased) and Andrew.

The subject of this sketch came to the United States in 1868, stopping the first summer in Black River Falls, but in October of the same year removed to Neillsville, where he remained fifteen years, engaged at the shoemaker's trade. He came to his present farm of sixty-one acres in 1883, and has since cleared thirty acres. He has one of the best farms in the county, the soil being of a sandy loam, which produce immense crops. Mr. Peterson was married June 11, 1870, to Olive Isaacson, who was born in Norway, the daughter of Isaac Isaacson, deceased. Of their six children, four are still living: Maria, Albert, Edward and Isabelle. Maria is now teaching in the town of Withee, two miles west of Withee Station. The mother died August 3, 1879, and both she and her husband were members of the Lutheran Church. Politically Mr. Peterson is a Republican, and has also been an active member of the I. O. O. F., in both the subordinate and encampment lodges, for many years. He became identified with the subordinate lodge at Neillsville in the winter of 1871 - 72, and has been an active member ever since, having transferred his membership to Greenwood in the summer of 1890.N

1900 Federal Census, ED 18 Eaton town Greenwood city, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, pg. 11, family 204.

Andrew Peterson, white, widowed male
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway

Household Members
Head Andrew Peterson M 54 (Jun 1846) Norway
Son Albert C Peterson M 27 Wisconsin
Son Edward P Peterson M 25 Wisconsin
Daughter Belle Peterson F 23 Wisconsin
Servant Carrie Hanson F 64 Norway

1930 Federal Census, Eaton, Clark, Wisconsin, Enumeration District Number: 0009, Family 71, line 30

Andrew Peterson, white widowed male
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway

Household Members
Head Albert C Peterson M 57 Wisconsin
Wife Esther E Peterson F 35 Illinois
Son Lloyd Peterson M 17 Wisconsin
Father Andrew Peterson M 84 (1846) Norway