Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Lindgren, Alfred J 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

ALFRED J. LINDGREN, deputy sheriff, is one of the well-known Swedish-American 
citizens of Joliet, where he has made his home since 1887. His present 
position as deputy he has held continuously since 1894, being under John 
Francis for four years, and since then, by reappointment, under Sheriff 
Mattinger. During most of the time he has been court deputy as well. Ever 
since he became an American citizen he has given his allegiance to the 
Republican party, being in hearty accord with its principles of protection and 
sound money. Since the organization of the Swedish-American Republican Club he 
has been actively connected with it as secretary, and he is also a prominent 
member of the State League of Republican Clubs. The oldest of four children, 
of whom he and Mrs. Tulin, of Princeton, Ill., are the survivors, our subject 
was born in Hiuerydsoken, Krouoberg, Smaland, Sweden, January 27, 1860, a son 
of C. G. and Stina (Magnusdotter) Lindgren. His mother died in 1883. His 
father, a farmer, came to America in 1869 and settled near Princeton, Ill., 
where he has since resided. For a few years our subject had the advantage of 
study in the public schools at Princeton, where he added to the knowledge 
gained in the Swedish schools. In the spring of 1873 his parents moved to 
Lockport, but in the fall of the following year returned to Princeton and 
afterward he resided there, assisting his father in the cultivation of a farm. 
Coming to Joliet in 1888 Mr. Lindgren became an employe in the wire mill, but 
soon left and accepted a clerkship in Charles Johnson's grocery, where he 
remained until his appointment as deputy sheriff. He is an enterprising and 
liberal man, thoroughly American in everything but birth and love for his 
native land, and is imbued with the spirit of American energy and progress. 
Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights 
of the Globe. In the work of the Swedish Mission Church he has been a valuable 
assistant, being clerk of the congregation and a member of the board of 
trustees, and at the time of the re-building of the church he served upon the 
committee having the matter in charge. The first wife of Mr. Lindgren was Miss 
Ella Johnson, who was born in Princeton, her parents having settled there as 
early as 1853. She died in Joliet, leaving four children, Edith, Otto, 
Florence and Harry. The second marriage of Mr. Lindgren also took place in 
Princeton, his wife being Miss Mathilda Nalean, who was born and educated in 
that town. 

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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