- OLE H. LEE, proprietor of the Clinton Grist-mill; was born
in Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis. in
- 1847; his father came from Norway in 1843, and settled in
Oakland, where he was afterward married to Miss Ingeborg OLSON;
they have had two sons; Ole H. is the eldest; his brother, Samuel
H., died at the age of 7; his parents came to the town of Christiana
in 1865, and settled on a farm; in 1873 Mr. LEE, Ole H. and TOSTENSEN
Bros. purchased the grist-mill at Clinton; they afterward bought
out the TOSTENSEN Bros.' interest and became sole proprietors
until the death of Mr. LEE, which occurred July 27, 1880; since
that time, Ole H. owns and runs the mill. He was married in Christiana,
in 1871, to Miss Sina, daughter of Andrew and Maria JOHNSON,
born in Christiana in 1848; they have three children - Ingborg
M., Herman W, and Samuel A. H. Are members of the Lutheran Church.
Taken from "The History of Dane County, Wisconsin"
(c)1880 Western Historical Company, Chicago, p. 1176.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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