HATLESTAD, James S.^{[1, 2, 3]}

1856 -

• Name	HATLESTAD, James S.
  Birth	1856	Leland, Il.   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Newspaper publisher in Canton, MN.  [1]
  _UID	EDB24E958839A14597D7737C5A3B9DBA7261
  Person ID	I15194	Garys-Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	HATLESTAD, Ole Jensen The Older Ole,   b. 4 Sep 1823, Karmsund, Norway d. 7 Sep 1892, Washington Praire, Iowa (Age 69 years)
  Mother	LANDRUD, Aase Knudsdatter,   b. 21 Nov 1831, Rollag, Norway d. 16 Apr 1903 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1848	Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin   [1]
  Family ID	F5487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Editor of the "Canton Reporter"in Canton MN. Was educiated in Marshall College, WI. read law for several years in the office of Judge C.B. Kennedy, of Canton, S. D., and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of South Dakota in 1899. That year he was judge of the municipal court of Canton, S. D. But having learned the printer's trade he could not, try as he would, forget the charms of the printing office, and accordingly he took charge of the Worthing (S. D.) "Enterprise," which he conducted most successfully for 17 years. Then he sold out and came to Minnesota. He has made the "Reporter" one of the leading papers of southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, Masonic and M>W>A> lodges.

  
  

• Sources

  [S210] File folder of Leif Hatlestad at Vesterhim Genealo. [S271] History of Fillmore County. [S209] "Norwegian heritage, Hatlestad, Halsted" 1996, Hal. [S213] Gerhard B. Naeseth, Vesterhim Geaealogical Center,.