Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Larson, Henry M 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Larson, Henry M. – Morris affords opportunities for progressive men in many 
varied lines, and attracts to it some of the best business minds in the 
county.  One of the men of the County Seat who has done exceptionally well 
both in a real estate business and as an auctioneer is Henry M. Larson.  He 
was born in Fox Township, Kendall County, Ill., December 25, 1858, a son of L. 
and Mary (Henderson) Larson of Bergen, Norway.  They went to Kendall County 
about 1850, there securing government land to the extent of 160 acres for 
which they paid $1.25 per acre.  At the time they located upon it, the farm 
was raw prairie land, but the father improved it, erecting the necessary 
buildings and farmed it for many years.  Both he and his wife are still 
living, and are very active in spite of their advanced years.  Their children 
were:  L. N., who is on the old homestead; Sarah, who died in 1881; Henry M.; 
Lewis, who is of Dallas, Tex., where he is a horse trainer; Lyna, who is Mrs. 
L. S. Shurson of Lisbon, Kendall County; Mary, who is with her parents and 
Rachel, who is Mrs. Olie Surson of Driscoll, N. D.

Henry M. Larson resided with his parents until 1883, when he and a comrade 
drove with a team and buggy to Iowa, then on to Wisconsin, Minnesota and the 
Black Hills of Dakota.  After a trip of two years, Mr. Larson returned to his 
home, and soon thereafter began auctioneering, and handling real estate.  In 
order to better carry on these two lines he moved to Morris where he has since 
resided.  He has cried sales all over this part of Illinois and in Iowa.  Mr. 
Larson handles real estate, specializing on western lands, and farming 
property in Iowa and Illinois, and has succeeded very well in all he has 
undertaken.

On November 22, 1888, Mr. Larson was married to Annie Olson, born in Big Grove 
Township, Kendall County, Ill., a daughter of Gunner and Mary Olson, natives 
of Norway.  Mr. and Mrs. Larson have had the following family:  Silas J., who 
is a veterinary surgeon of Livingston, Mont.; Ida Mae, who is at home; and 
Arthur, who died in 1906, aged eight and one-half years.  Mr. Larson belongs 
to the Norwegian Lutheran Bethlehem Church.  A Republican, he has been County 
Constable, and is a man upon whom every dependence can be placed.

page 850

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

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