Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Oscar T. Giere December 5 1876 - 
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Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 10:59 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

OSCAR T. GIERE, of Rochester, is a son of the old pioneer, Amund N.
Giere, who settled on government land in Rock Dell township, this
county, in 1856. The father was a native of Norway, and together with
Miss Carrie Gjesme immigrated to America and in 1846 settled in
Wisconsin, and in 1855 they were united in marriage. For ten years Amund
N. Giere was employed in saw mills, etc., but in 1956, when he first
came to Olmsted county, he secured a tract of government land in Rock
Dell town ship and farmed thereon the rest of his life. He passed away
on March 1, 1903, but the mother still survives him and resides on the
old homestead, which is under the management of a son, Alexander Giere.
The father during his life was a devout member of the Norwegian United
Lutheran church, and served it as delegate to several synod conferences
and as trustee locally. He was one of Olmsted county's earliest and best
citizens and his death was mourned generally throughout the community.
It was this sturdy class of pioneer men who really are responsible for
the present standing of the county, and too much credit cannot be
extended to them for their many admirable qualities of mind and
character.
"The early education of Oscar T. Giere was secured in the public schools
of Rock Dell township, and his birth occurred December 5, 1876, on the
old homestead. His attendance at the district schools was supplemented
by courses in the United Lutheran Academy, of Minneapolis, and the
Curtiss Commercial College, of that city, graduating from these
institutions in 1896 and 1898, respectively. For nine months he was then
engaged as bookkeeper in Sanborn, North Dakota, but he then returned to
Rochester and on April 13, 1899, was appointed deputy auditor of Olmsted
county, retaining that position until August 8, 1902. Then, for fifteen
months, he was employed as bookkeeper in the offices of the Minnesota
Condensing Company, Rochester, and the following two years in a similar
capacity in the Rochester clothing store. He resigned this position to
again accept the position of deputy auditor, July 17, 1905, and served
as such until June 14, 1910, when he resigned to promote his candidacy
before the Republican primaries, September 20, 1910, for the office of
county auditor. Mr. Giere is a conscientious man and a good citizen, and
is one of the men who would creditably fill any public position
entrusted to him. On September 16, 1903, he was united in marriage with
Miss Martha L. Neumann, daughter of Albert and Bertha Neumann, and to
them have been born two sons and one daughter, named, Leonard R. Ruth E.
and Howard N. The family are communicants of the United Lutheran church,
of this city. Mr. Giere is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Modern
Woodmen of America, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is an
expresident and present treasurer of the Sons of Norway. He has been
prominent in political affairs for the past ten years and is well and
favorably known throughout the county.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many
of its pioneers, 
citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association,
1910.

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