Olof Lavesson
| Född: | 1829-08-20 Möllebjörke, Gammalstorp, Blekinge. | Susc. Åbo Jöns Pehrssons h. Hanna Trulsdotter i Agrum
Test-s Smeden Andreas Larsson vid Ryedal och Dräng Bengt Bengtsson i Mölleb.
Dopbok DDSS
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| Död: | 1919-11-13 Columbus, Montana, USA. | Källa dödsruna |
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Noteringar
www.mtmemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15018coll43/id/698
Title:They Gazed on the Beartooths, Volume 1
Creator: Annin, James T., b. 1890
Date Original: 1964
Description: Volume 1 of 3. Short descriptive summaries of Stillwater County settlers and families, covering A through L surnames; also covers schools and clubs and includes photographs and index
OLAF LAFVERSON (pages 302-304)
"The History of Montana" published in 1885 had this to say of Olof Lafverson:
"Olaf Lafverson, farmer and stockman, P. O. Stillwater, was born near Solvsborg, Sweden in 1829, and came to America in 1853. He lived in Illinois until 1864, when he came to Boulder, Montana, where he engaged in farming until 1878. In this year he located on his ranch on the Yellowstone near Stillwater. He owns 171 acres, well improved, and about 400 cattle."
Judge Lafverson, who was the first territorial justice of the peace for the area around Stillwater, was instrumental in getting a niece and nephew, Nellie and Olaf Nelson to come from their native Sweden and settle in this area in 1882. Nellie Nelson kept house for "The Judge" until her marriage in 1887, and then some years later returned to her original position on the Lafverson ranch, which is now farmed by the Holmgren boys. Olaf was an excellent stockman and had one of the best hay ranches in the valley. In the winter of 1886-1887 he had the only sizeable pile of hay in the valley, which naturally didn't help too much, although his stock loss was not so great. In May of 1879, he recorded the first brand for this part of the valley, the L, and at one time branded 280 calves. He never married, and died in 1919. Among his ranch purchases was the old B. F. Pearson homestead near the railroad bridge west of Merrill, farmed by a grandnephew, Herbert Nelson. Two of Judge's sisters, Hannah and Berthold were involved as relatives of Stillwater people. Hannah became the motheT of Olaf Nelson, while the latter was the mother of John Holmgren.
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