Louis O. Reierson owns and
resides upon a portion of the large landed estate
that was accumulated by his father in Clayton county,
and he is one of the progressive farmers and popular
citizens of the township in which he has always
maintained his home, and in which his circle of
friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances.
Mr. Reierson was born in Marion township, this
county, on the 12th of September, 1884, and is a son
of Reier and Mary (Olson) Reierson, both of whom were
born and reared in this county where their parents
settled in the pioneer days within a short time after
immigrating to America from Norway.
Reier L. Reierson was identified successfully with
farm enterprise in Clayton county during his entire
active career, and at the time of his death which
occurred July 24, 1915, he was the owner of a well
improved landed estate of five hundred and twenty
acres in Marion township. He was a man of sterling
integrity, was a loyal and liberal citizen, was a
Republican in politics, and was a consistent
communicant of the Norwegian Lutheran church, as is
also his widow, who still remains on the old home
place that is endeared to her by the gracious
memories and associations of the past.
Of the children, the subject of this review is the
eldest; Mary is the wife of John O. Wall, of Marion
township; and Cornelius and Ruth M. remain with their
mother on the old home place.
Louis O. Reierson gained his early education in the
public schools, and from his boyhood to the present
time he has found as the stage of his activities the
farm estate that was accumulated through the ability
and energy of his honored father. On the 1st of
Marchm 1916m he purchased one hundred and seventy six
acres of the old homestead, and to the operation of
this farm in Section 11, Marion township, he is now
devoting his attention with marked progressiveness
and energy, and with the attending success which his
broad and practical experience insures. He has
erected good buildings on his individual farm and has
installed on the place also a modern silo of seventy
five tons capacity. He is aligned as a loyal
supporter of the cause of the Republican party, is
serving at the time of this writing in 1916, as
treasurer of his school district, and both he and his
wife hold membership in the Norwegian Lutheran
church.
On the 20th of June, 1912, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Reierson to Miss Elvina Wall, who
likewise was born and reared in this county, and
their attractive home is brightened by the presence
of their winsome little daughter Marjorie Elenore,
who was born January 17, 1915.
source: History of
Clayton County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical
Times Down to the Present; by Realto E. Price,
Vol. II; pg. 343-344
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