Theodore B. Olson
Theodore B. Olson, proprietor of the Whitehall Cement Block Factory, at Whitehall, Wis., was born in Moe Cooley, Pigeon Township, Dec. 25, 1884, son of Brede and Tina (Peterson) Olson. The father was born in Norway in 1829 and came to America in 1871, buying a farm in Pigeon Township, this county, where he remained until his death in September, 1912. His wife, to whom he was married in Norway, was born there in February, 1841. She is still living and resides with her son Brede in Pigeon Township. Their living children are four sons and one daughter: Johanna, who is now Mrs. B. P. Moe of Pigeon Township; Ole, a retired farmer living in Whitehall; Brede B., a farmer of Pigeon Township; Martin, a farmer in Sumner Township, and Theodore B. of Whitehall. Theodore B. Olson was the youngest member of his parent’s family, which numbered in all 11 children. He remained at home until he was 20 years old, working during the last four years of that time for his brother Brede. In 1907 he began learning the carpenter’s trade, and worked at it subsequently in various places until August, 1912. Then taking up his residence in Whitehall, he entered the employ of A. E. Wood, a contractor, for whom he worked until December, 1915, at which time he bought an interest in the Whitehall Cement Block Factory, of which he is now the proprietor. The business is carried on in a one-story frame building, 36 by 90 feet, which is equipped with one press machine for making ell-blocks, a tamping machine for 8-inch blocks and a brick machine. The factory has a capacity of 500 blocks a day, and employs three men, having a ready sale for all the product they can turn out. Mr. Olson at first bought a one-third interest in the business, but purchased the remaining two-thirds May 4, 1916. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
(from HISTORY OF TREMPEALEAU COUNTY WISCONSIN
Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge
Edited by Eben Douglas Pierce, M.D.
H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.
Chicago and Winona 1917)
(from HISTORY OF TREMPEALEAU COUNTY WISCONSIN
Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge
Edited by Eben Douglas Pierce, M.D.
H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.
Chicago and Winona 1917)