From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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PETER N. LINDER
Peter N. Linder, who resides thirteen miles north from Westbranch, is one 
of the prosperous men of Stevens county and his labors, bestowed with wisdom 
and energy, have accomplished the success that he is now righly enjoying. He
was born in Ousby Christianstadt Ran, Sweden, on April 7, 1849, the son of
Nels I. and Bengta (Olsen) Linder, natives of Sweden, where the father died
in 1899. The mother lives at Ousby, that country. The ancestors on both sides
were prominent and successful people and our subject is no exception to the
rule. He has five brothers and sisters, Pernila, Bangta, Troed, Matilda,
and Hanna. Peter N. was educated in the public schools of his native place
and remained with hisa parents until fourteen, when he began working out on 
the farms. Later he operated a sawmill and in 1880 he came to Chicago. He
was occupied on the railroad, then in the coal banks in Illinois, where
the coal was on the top of the ground, after which he did sawmilling in 
Wisconsin and Duluth. He also did contracting in the Duluth streets and 
then came to Spokane. Mr. Linder then bought teams and did express work in
that city for four years. After that he located his present place, then
unsurveyed, and the first year cut twenty tons of hay which he hauled out
of the meadow on poles by hand. The next year he had more meadow, and sold
two hundred dollars' worth of butter from seven cows. He improved the place 
and gained more stock each year, until he now has two hundred and forty acres
of good land, eighty of which are meadow, forty head of cattle, a good
residence, plenty of commodious barns and out buildings, and is one of the 
prosperous men of the section. Mr. Linder gave his son sixteen head of stock
recently when he went to do for himself.
   In 1874 Mr. Linder married Miss Elsa, daughter of Swen and Engret(Johnson)
Swenson, natives of Sweden, where they remained until their death. Mrs.
Linder came to this country in 1882, two years after her husband. They now
have four children, Ernest T., at Pateros, Washington; Clara, wife of James
Davis, of Callispell; Harry and Arthur, Mr. Linder is a man of good ideas 
and in political matters is allied with the Republicans. He was elected
school director six years since and is still in that capacity. He and his
wife are members of the Methodist church.   
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