Source: History of Fort Dodge and Webster County, Iowa
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Born April 3, 1885 in Badger Township.
Hardware merchant at Badger.
Partnered with his father, then became sole proprietor at his father's death.
Attended Drake University, Des Moines.
Married Gertrude Peterson on June 2, 1909.
Republican, member of the town council, Lutheran, Modern Woodmen of America.
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