From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 850.

Ole Haraldson came to Worth county in 1872. He was born in Flaa, Hallingdall, Norway, June 10, 1841. At an early age, he learned the shoemaker's trade. On June 18, 1866, he landed in America. The following year he went to Fillmore Co., Minn. In 1872 he came to Worth Co., Iowa, where he has since followed his trade. Mr. Haraldson came to this county poor, but by close attention to his business has accumulated a comfortable property. He has 160 acres of land in Lincoln township, valued at $25 per acre, besides 160 acres in Dakota.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, April 24, 2008