History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa; . was called Iowatownship. His father purchased 160 acresof land on section 3. In 1880, the subjectof this sketch purchased 160 acres on sec-tion 9,which is all under cultivation exceptabout twenty acres of timber. In Decem-ber, 1877, Mr. Revland married MaryHanna, of Mount Valley township. Theyhave been blessed with two children—Johnnie Cornelius and Clara Maria. is a republican. Hans Holtan, one of the oldest farmersin this county, was born Aug. 19, 1834, inNorway. When twenty-eight years of agehe came to America and locat
History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa; . was called Iowatownship. His father purchased 160 acresof land on section 3. In 1880, the subjectof this sketch purchased 160 acres on sec-tion 9,which is all under cultivation exceptabout twenty acres of timber. In Decem-ber, 1877, Mr. Revland married MaryHanna, of Mount Valley township. Theyhave been blessed with two children—Johnnie Cornelius and Clara Maria. is a republican. Hans Holtan, one of the oldest farmersin this county, was born Aug. 19, 1834, inNorway. When twenty-eight years of agehe came to America and located in Olm-sted Co., Minn. After remaining thereabout four years, he moved to Iowa, set-tling in Mount Valley township, Winne-bago county, where in 1866, on section 16,he purchased 160 acres of land. In thespring of 1883, he bought eighty acresmore on the same section. His land is allunder cultivation. For the past five yearshe has owned and run a threshing machinein partnership with his nephew, H. Mr. Holtan was married in 1858 ^r •» -&.
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