Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Knutson, George August 18, 1894 - 
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History of Stanislaus County

GEORGE H. KNUTSON.--Representing the younger generation of prosperous farmers 
in this part of the state, George H. Knutson was among those who rendered 
devoted service to the nation in her hour of need during the recent World 
War.  He entered the military arm of the national service in August, 1918, and 
until the time of his discharge was with Company G, Seventy-fifth Infantry, 
Thirteenth Division, stationed at Camp Lewis.  He was honorably discharged on 
January 31, 1919, his only regret being that he did not get to see active 
service on the fields of France.  Mr. Knutson is interested with his father, 
John C. Knutson, and his brother, Alfred, in one of the finest farms in the 
Patterson Colony, where they are engaged in dairying and in raising alfalfa, 
and since returning from his term of military service he has devoted himself 
exclusively to his farming interest.
   A native of Minnesota, Mr. Knutson was born near Crookston, Polk County, 
August 18, 1894, the son of John C. and Tena Knutson.  His father was a farmer 
and at an early date homesteaded a quarter-section of land in Polk County, 
Minn., and a little later purchased an additional 160 acres.  It was here that 
George Knutson spent his boyhood and youth, attending the public schools of 
Crookston, and later a private school at Everett, Wash.
   It was in 1912 that the family came to Stanislaus County, where the father 
purchased forty acres on Quincy Avenue, near Patterson, in which the two sons, 
George and Alfred, have a financial interest.  They have twelve cows, and some 
young stock in their dairy herd, and have brought the place under a high state 
of cultivation, making many attractive improvements.  The Knutson family 
consists of three sons and five daughters.  Of these, George H. and Alfred are 
associated with their father in the farm; Clifford is employed at the 
Patterson Garage, but resides at home; Josephine is now Mrs. A. L. Mortensen, 
of Oakland; Alice and Lois are in San Francisco, and Amelia and Pearl reside 
at home.
   Alfred Knutson was fortunate enough to see much of active service at the 
front.  He enlisted in September, 1917, and served with the First Division, in 
Company B, Twenty-eighth Infantry.  He was in four offensives and one 
defensive, but excaped without serious injury.  After the armistice he was 
with the Army of Occupation in Germany.  He received his honorable discharge 
in September, 1919.

Additional Comments:
This is a Biographecal Sketch from the History of Stanislaus County. There was 
no death date for George H. Knutson.
This is the first one I will send.  If it is ok, I will send more.
Mrs. Minnie Lewis


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