Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Christ Thompson May 1849 - 
*******************************************************
File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 8:56 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

CHRIST THOMPSON was born in Norway, May 18491 and is a child of
Thorston and Christie Thompson, both of whom were natives of the same
country, where they passed their uneventful lives and lie buried. Their
son Christ , the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm
and in youth was given a fair education in the common schools. In 1869
he came to America and first located in Chicago, owing to the fact that
his money ran out upon his arrival there. While there he hired out in
the railway construction service and agreed to go to Duluth and work on
what was afterward called the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad, now known as
the Northern Pacific Short Line. He was occupied there for two years,
when he came to Rochester and began to spend the summers at farm work
and the winters at lumbering. In reality he is one of the last of the
"old lumber Jacks." In 1877 he bought a tract of 120 acres in Dodge
county, which he farmed for two years and then came to Rock Dell, this
county, where he rented a farm of 0. Erickson and continued to operate
the same until 1893, when he bought an old, neglected farm in High
Forest township, in section 18, and here he has been located ever since,
engaged in clearing, breaking, grubbing, and cultivating. He now owns
260 acres of excellent land, all well improved and under a high state of
tilth, with the full complement of buildings, machines of modern design,
fences, and live stock of good grades. His farm is now known as the
"Meadow Range." He is a progressive farmer, public-spirited and liberal
and broad in his views. He takes pride in his children and enjoys seeing
them well educated and cultured. He is kind in his home and is a lover
of music and a good performer on the flute. He is a Republican and a
member of St. Olaf's Congregation. In 1876 he married Berret Erickson,
whose parents were pioneers of Rock Dell township. To this marriage the
following children were born: Julia, born in 1877,now Mrs. Tor
Torgerson, lives in North Dakota and has three children; August, born
1879, married has two children, resides in North Dakota; Minnie, born
1885 now Mrs. H. Rime, lives in North Dakota and has two children; Theo,
born 1889, with his parents; Clara, born 1892, with her parents.

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. Page 558.

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/bios/mnbios/

File size: 2.8 Kb