Ole T. Ramsland (1854–1930) was an American politician, who served in the

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from 1905 to 1907.Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, ''History of Renville County Minnesota, Vol. 1''. H. C. Cooper Jr, & Co., Chicago (1916). A

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, he represented District 22. A resident of

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, where he owned a general store, Ramsland also served on the local school board and the village council. He married Julia A. Thompson (1861–1896) and, after Julia's early death, Inger Leonora Arestad (1870–1947), both fellow Norwegians. His son

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married Sarah McEwen, the granddaughter of Minnesota state representative

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, in 1906. The couple later moved to the

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, where they were among the founding settlers of the village of Buchanan and both later served in the

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.Ramsland, Sarah Katherine (1882– 1964)
. Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.

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1854 births 1930 deaths Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Norwegian emigrants to the United States People from Sogn og Fjordane People from Sacred Heart, Minnesota {{Minnesota-politician-stub