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Hans O Mathiesen

Birth	:	20 Aug 1851 Norway
Death	:	28 Feb 1947 Codington County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.9164009, -97.0986023
Plot	:	Section C
Inscription	:	Father
Description	:	Hans Mathiesen is the senior partner in the firm of H. Mathiesen A Sons, proprietors of the Hillside Stock Farm, which is pleasantly and conveniently located two miles east of Watertown. There they are engaged in the breeding of Percheron horses, shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, and they rank with the leading stockmen of northeastern South Dakota. Hans Mathiesen makes his home in the city of Watertown but is widely known throughout the county. He was born in Norway on the 20th of August, 1851, a son of Ole Mathiesen, who was a native of that part of Norway... Read More	Hans Mathiesen is the senior partner in the firm of H. Mathiesen A Sons, proprietors of the Hillside Stock Farm, which is pleasantly and conveniently located two miles east of Watertown. There they are engaged in the breeding of Percheron horses, shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, and they rank with the leading stockmen of northeastern South Dakota. Hans Mathiesen makes his home in the city of Watertown but is widely known throughout the county. He was born in Norway on the 20th of August, 1851, a son of Ole Mathiesen, who was a native of that part of Norway which is known as the land of the midnight sun. Further mention of him is made in connection with the sketch of Magnus Mathiesen on another page of this volume. Hans Mathiesen was reared under the parental roof and in the public schools of his native country pursued his education. His opportunities, however, were somewhat limited, for when but thirteen years of age he started out as a wage earner and has since been dependent upon his own labors. His father had the contract to furnish wood for the copper mines and Hans was employed in chopping wood and hauling it to the mines.. In 1868, however, he bade adieu to friends and native country and sailed for the United States with his father, being then seventeen years of age. They journeyed westward into the interior of the country and Hans Mathiesen began working in the mines, being employed in the first level of the Hecla mines after they were opened. Eight or nine years were devoted to that occupation but in June, 1883, he came to South Dakota, settling in Watertown, where he embarked in merchandising, being thus prominently identified with the commercial interests of the city for fourteen years. In fact, throughout all the intervening period to the present he has been a leading figure here, actively connected with business and public interests. In 1887 he was elected to the office of county treasurer of Codington county and then disposed of his store. For four years or for two terms he continued in that position, giving his undivided attention to the duties of the office, from which he retired with the confidence and high regard of all by reason of the capability and fidelity which he had displayed in the discharge of his official duties. In 1891 Mr. Mathiesen purchased three hundred and twenty acres of his present farm and has added thereto until he is now the owner of an entire section, and in connection with four of his sons he rents other land, so that they are now operating ten hundred and eighty acres. They are among the most extensive farmers of Codington county and the Hillside Stock Farm is known far and wide because of the progressive and scientific manner in which it is conducted. Splendid crops of corn, wheat and other cereals are annually harvested and, moreover, they conduct an extensive business as breeders of Percheron horses, shorthorn cattle, Duroc Jersey hogs, M. B. turkeys and Scotch Collie dogs. In 1879 Mr. Mathiesen was united in marriage to Miss Johanna Reque, a daughter of the old pioneer, Lars V. Reque of Deerfield, Wisconsin, who was one of the oldest Norwegian settlers in America. He emigrated to the United States in 1837 and died in Deerfield, in 1912, when in the ninety-fourth year of his age. He was known far and wide as one of the builders of Wisconsin. To Mr. and Mrs. Mathiesen have been born ten children, eight of whom still survive, as follows: Otto Ferdinand, who serves as assistant cashier of the State Bank at Bonners Ferry, Idaho; Edwin Lewis; Luella Emelia; John Walter; Frank Robert; William Hubert; Homer Arnold; and Agnes Ingeborg Frederika. All the children are at home except the eldest son. The parents have given their children excellent educational opportunities, thus specially qualifying them for life's practical and responsible duties. Mr. Mathiesen and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Watertown, of which he was one of the organizers and charter members. He has been a generous contributor to its support and an earnest worker for its upbuilding and the extension of its influence. In his political views Mr. Mathiesen is an earnest republican and has served as a member of the school board and of the city council of Watertown, ever exercising his official prerogatives in support of those measures and movements which are factors in upholding the highest civic standards. He has also been township assessor for the past four years and in November, 1914, he was elected to represent the thirty-first district in the state legislature. By reason of the extent and importance of his business interests, his public-spirited citizenship, his loyalty to all those interests which work for honorable manhood, he has become recognized as one of the foremost citizens of Codington county, belonging to that class of men who uphold the political and legal status and advance the material and moral progress of the community. - [History of Dakota Territory, George W. Kingsbury, Vol. 4, 1915]

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Hans O Mathiesen's memorial is located at: Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, USA.
When did Hans O Mathiesen death?
Hans O Mathiesen death on 28 Feb 1947 in Codington County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.9164009
Longitude: -97.0986023

Family Members:

Parent

Ole Mathiesen

(1821 - 1903)

Fredricka Gade Mathiesen

(1824 - 1910)

Spouse

Johanna Requve Mathiesen

(1853 - 1927)

Siblings

Carolina Mathiesen Svarvari

(1849 - 1936)

Mathilda Fredrikke Mathiesen Opdahl

(1855 - 1931)

Magnus Mathiesen

(1860 - 1944)

Hakon Ole Mathiesen

(1863 - 1920)

Children

Edwin Lewis Mathiesen

(1883 - 1959)

Luella E Mathiesen

(1885 - 1955)

Agnes Ingaborg Mathiesen Haugen

(1900 - 1979)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mount Hope Cemetery
Watertown, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.9164009, -97.0986023

2. Saint Marys Cemetery
Watertown, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8908005, -97.0836029

3. Mother of God Monastery Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8678000, -97.1181000

4. Schneiders Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8786968, -96.9435766

5. Spooner Children Graves
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Coordinate: 44.8786968, -96.9435766

6. Saint Josephs Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.9963989, -96.9697037

7. Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Rauville, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0432053, -97.0844650

8. Holy Rosary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8946991, -96.9182968

9. Kampeska Cemetery
Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8703003, -97.2778015

10. Saint Peter's Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8118500, -97.2690600

11. Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8039017, -97.2671967

12. Esterly Cemetery
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Coordinate: 45.0564003, -97.2281036

13. Oxford Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.7607900, -97.2134400

14. Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0926094, -97.0336533

15. Goodwin Cemetery
Goodwin, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8792000, -96.8242035

16. Castlewood Cemetery
Castlewood, Hamlin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7183200, -97.0264800

17. Bemis Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8333015, -96.8343964

18. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
Castlewood, Hamlin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7176575, -97.0239113

19. Klix Cemetery
Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.1250000, -97.0465500

20. Christian Reformed Cemetery
Bemis, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7757000, -96.8751000

21. Troy Cemetery
Grant County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0513992, -96.8613968

22. Evergreen Presbyterian Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7747002, -96.8657990

23. Larson Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.9347000, -96.7893982

24. Lakeview Cemetery
South Shore, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.1065950, -96.9335260