Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Clauson, Martin 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Clauson, Martin - It has been proved that practical industry, wisely and 
vigorously applied, seldom fails of success.  It carries the individual onward 
and upward, brings out his individual character, and acts as a powerful 
stimulus to the efforts of others.  The most effective results in life are 
generally obtained through simple means and the exercise of common sense, 
perseverance and well-directed effort.  In the field of daily activity, one 
who has won an enviable success is Martin Clauson, of Erienna Township, an 
agriculturist of ability and a citizen whose public spirit has never been 
questioned.  Mr. Clauson was born in Miller Township, LaSalle County, 
Illinois, September 17, 1856, and is a son of Lars and Martha Clauson, natives 
of Norway.  The parents of Mr. Clauson came to the United States in 1854 and 
settled in what was then Mission Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, where 
they owned eighty acres of land.  There the father continued to follow tilling 
the soil until his death in 1889, while the mother still survives and makes 
her home on the old place.

After completing his schooling in the district institutions of LaSalle County, 
Martin Clauson, at the age of twenty-two years, embarked upon a career in 
farming on his own account, for fifteen years being a renter of land in Miller 
Township.  Subsequently he moved to Erienna Township, Grundy County, where he 
purchased 140 acres of land on Section 6, and here he has erected large, 
substantial buildings and made numerous other improvements of a modern 
character.  He does general farming and raises Poland-China hogs and Shorthorn 
Durham cattle.  He has had worked as high as 160 acres in corn and eighty 
acres in oats, with land he rents adjoining his, and in 1912 had 115 acres in 
corn and sixty acres in oats.  The forethought, sound judgment and enterprise 
which form the elemental strength of Mr. Clauson's character have brought him 
to a well-earned prosperity.  He exercises his right of franchise in the 
support of men and measures of republicanism, but does not take an active part 
in political matters, having preferred to give his time and attention to his 
farming ventures.  However, he has served very acceptably for six years as a 
member of the board of school directs, and also as a trustee.  His religious 
connection is with the Stavenger Lutheran Church, of which he has been a 
trustee for six years.

On March 5, 1884, Mr. Clauson was married to Miss Lillie Brewe, who was born 
December 24, 1863, at Mission, LaSalle County, Illinois, daughter of Severt 
and Anna (Thorson) Brewe, of Norway, who came to this country in 1858, and 
passed the rest of their lives here, the father dying in 1897, while the 
mother still makes her home in LaSalle County with a daughter.  The children 
born to Mr. and Mrs. Clauson have been as follows:  Alice May, who married 
Thomas Olson of Nettle Creek Township; Lenora, who married Martin Larson, of 
the same township; Silas Theodore, who died at the age of eleven years; and 
Amanda, Edward, Arthur, Lettie Mildred, Elva Grace, Simon Theodore, and Verna 
Marle, all residing with their parents.  There are six grandchildren in the 
family.

pages 787-788

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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