Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Knute Christofferson November 21 1857 - 
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File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 9:52 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

KNUTE CHRISTOFFERSON was born in Norway, November 21, 1857, and is a
son of Christoffer and Beret who were farmers and well to do citizens
of that country. Their son, Knute, passed his early life on his father's
farm at hard work and in the meantime secured a fair education. He
remained in that country until he reached the age of twenty-four years,
when he came to America and bought a tract of 80 acres in Section 12,
Rock Dell Township, and on this place he has resided ever since. He has
now a fine farm, well equipped with up-to-date machinery and implements,
and well stocked with good animals. He is engaged in raising live stock
and in growing the small grains, and is regarded as one of the best
agriculturalists of the township. His farm is well improved and has good
and substantial buildings, fences, etc. He is a Republican and a member
of St. Olaf's Church. On August 8, 1888, he married Sara Johnson, the
daughter of an adjoining farmer who settled in this township at an early
day. Mr. Christofferson suffered the loss of his beloved wife April 12,
1901; she was buried in St. Olaf's cemetery from the church where she
was confirmed and where she had ever worshipped.

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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