Anna M Larson

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Peterson, Chester R.
Source: Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minnesota, Their People, Industries and Institutions; John A. Brown, Volume II : 1916: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Page 77-78, Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by Vicki Hartman

Such an enterprising man as Chester R. Peterson, merchant of Windom, Cottonwood county, is a credit to any city or community, and his life forcibly illustrates what energy and consecutive effort can accomplish when directed and controlled by correct principles and high moral resolves. Mr. Peterson was born at Mankato, Minnesota, June 26, 1890, and he is a son of G. A. and Anna (Larson) Peterson. The father was born in Sweden in 1861, and the mother was born at Lyle, Minnesota, in 1864. The father came to St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1877, with his parents, and there the grandfather spent the rest of his life; the grandmother is still living, making her home at Mankato. G. A. Peterson spent his early boyhood in Sweden where he attended school, finishing his education after coming to St. Peter, Minnesota. He became a stationary engineer. He came to Windom in 1892 and conducted a clothing and gents' furnishings business, which he continued until his death on January 8, 1913. Politically, he was a Republican. He was a member of the city council of Windom for some time, and was one of the influential and highly respected citizens of this vicinity. He belonged to the Lutheran church. His family consisted of three children, namely: Melvin, deceased; Chester R., the subject of this sketch; and Percy T., the youngest.

Chester R. Peterson was two years old when his parents brought him to Windom and here he grew to manhood and received his education in the public and high schools, later attending a commercial college at Mankato. In 1907 he entered his father's store as a member of the firm of G. A. Peterson & Son, operating the Golden Rule Store, and he is still conducting the same, enjoying a large and growing business, and carrying a full line of carefully selected goods at all seasons, his store being one of the most drawn. It is one of the oldest mercantile establishments in Windom. The firm occupies a large room in the Masonic building. It has been well named, for the company conducts its business according to the Golden Rule and hence its customers are also friends of the management, many of them having been trading here since the store was first started. G. A. Peterson trained his sons very carefully in the mercantile business in which he was so successful and they are carrying forward the business along the lines which he inaugurated. The store has steadily grown in prestige and importance since it was first founded nearly a quarter of a century ago. The mother of the subject of this sketch is still living in Windom. Upon the death of the father, Percy T. Peterson became a member of the firm in which he still remains.



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Mankota, Blue Earth Co
Lyle, Mower Co ⁶²⁵⁴

Anna married Tollef Johnson Egge, son of John Johnson Egge and Ingeborg Evensdatter Søndmør, on 11 Oct 1917 in Cottonwood Co, Minnesota, United States.⁶²³² (Tollef Johnson Egge was born on 17 Mar 1866 in Jackson Co, Minnesota, United States,^6233,6234 died on 27 Oct 1927 in Jackson Co, Minnesota, United States ⁶²³⁴ and was buried in Delafield Cemetery, Jackson Co, Minnesota, United States ⁸⁰⁵.)