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Author: GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

C. Oscar SVENSON, who is one of the well-known Swedish-American citizens of  

Joliet, came to the United States in May, 1887, and at once settled in the 

city where he still resides. For a year he was employed at carpentering, after 

which he was a wood turner for F. W. Plant, with whom he continued until 

December, 1894. He then accepted an appointment as clerk in the office of the 

county clerk, under W. F. Hutchinson, and this position he has since filled 

satisfactorily, having for his principal duties the recording and keeping of 

accounts for the county supervisors. In 1891 he built a house at No. 1001 

South Desplaines street and in 1899 erected a residence on the adjoining lot, 

both of which properties he still owns. Carl Johan Alfred Svenson, our 

subject's father, was a wood turner by trade, but after some years at the 

occupation he turned his attention to merchandising, and this business he 

followed until his death at Oskarshamu, Smaland, Sweden, when fifty-seven 

years of age. He married Christine Danielson, whose father owned the 

farm, "Grimholt," in Fliserudsaken, and whose death occurred at seventy-three 

years. Both were strict members of the Lutheran Church. They had two children: 

Carl Oscar and Emily Olivia, the latter still living in Sweden. Samuel 

Svenson, grandfather of our subject, was an architect and builder and 

superintended the erection of many of the principal buildings in his locality. 

In Oskarshamn, Sweden, the subject of this sketch was born April 3, 1857, and 

there he received a grammar and high-school education. Upon the completion of 

his studies he learned the trade of block making and turning under his father, 

for whom he afterward clerked in the store for four years. His next work was 

with a bus and stage line. He was successful in his enterprises and 

accumulated a neat property. He built a handsome residence in Oskarshamn, 

which he and his sister still own. About the same time he erected the King 

Oscar hotel, which is the leading hotel in Oskarshamn, and this he first 

rented, but later sold. While his interests are now mostly in America, he has 

never ceased to hold his native land in fond recollection, and often, in 

thought and in conversation with his countrymen, recurs to incidents of his 

youth in his home beyond the seas. He is a member of the Swedish Republican 

Club and the Swedish Free Congregational Church, in the latter of which he has 

served as trustee. The marriage of Mr. Svenson took place in Joliet December 

1, 1888, and united him with Mrs. Ida Charlotte (Jacobson) Hedlund, who was 

born in Skaraborglaen, Westerjutland, Sweden, and was one of six children, 

three still living: August V., of Joliet; Ludvig, of South Center, Kans.; and 

Mrs. Ida Svenson. Their father, Anders Jacobson, owned the farm, "Valby." 

During the Civil war he came to America and enlisted in a Pennsylvania 

regiment which saw much active service at the front. After his enlistment 

nothing was ever heard of him, but without doubt he fell in one of the early 

battles of the war. His wife, who is now living in Joliet, was Britta Marie, 

daughter of Andres Anderson, a farmer who owned "Oja." In 1884 Mrs. Svenson 

came to America, settling in Joliet, where her first husband, Carl Hedlund, 

died, leaving two children, Aaron and Arthur Hedlund. By her second marriage 

four children have been born, viz.: C. Oscar, Jr., Emily Olivia, Knut Ahlvin 

and Esther Victoria. 

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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