Peder Pederssen HIGHUM
- Born: 15 Oct 1847, Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway 1
- Marriage: Helena BREKKE on 9 Feb 1876
- Died: 4 Dec 1927, Fillmore County, MN at age 80 2
Other names for Peder were Peder Pederssen BJØRNETUN and Peter P. HIGHUM.
Noted events in his life were:
• Cemetery: Rushford Lutheran Cemetery, 1927, Fillmore County, MN.
• Biography: History of Fillmore County, MN, 1912, Fillmore County, MN. HIGHUM PETER P.
BOOK - HISTORY OF FILLMORE COUNTY, MN., VOLS. 1 & 2, PUBLISHED IN 1912. Peter P. Highum was born at Sogen, Norway, in Nov. 18, 1849, son of Peter and Guri (Truls) Highum, who brought him to America in 1854, and settled in Columbia county, Wisconsin, where they remained for six years, then removing to Minnesota, by means of a horse and ox team, acquiring land in Arendahl township, which had to be grubbed and broken to prepare it for cultivation. The subject of this sketch worked for his father until 1873, during which year he purchased his present farm, comprising 240 acres in section 12. He has made many improvements on this land, erected good buildings, cultivated the soil and carefully attended to raising valuable crops. As time and opportunity have afforded he has added to his holdings. His present prosperity is the result of years of hard work. When he first settled in the county, water had to be hauled a distance of three miles, and this was especially trying during the long, cold, winter months. Mr. Highum now carries on general farming and stock raising, preferring Shorthorn cattle for dairy purposes. He affiliates with the Republican party and attends the Norwegian Lutheran church. On February 9, 1876, he married Anna Helene, daughter of Ellend and Berthe (Fretem) Brekke. To this marriage have been born: Edward A., Bertha Julia, Thea S., Alfred P., Oscar, Bertha M., Henry B., George A., Phillip E., A. Eugene, Laura, and Alvin. Bertha Julia is now the wife of Anton Ness and Thea married Anton Steen. Mr. Highum has served in many public offices and has given general satisfaction to those who have elected him. He has been member of the school board sixteen years, member of the town board six years, and road overseer a considerable period. He is a director in the Rushford eievator and a stockholder in the Arendahl creamery and is vitally interested in various other business enterprises.
Peder married Helena BREKKE on 9 Feb 1876. (Helena BREKKE was born in 1858 and died in 1939.)
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