Obituaries: Carl M. Swanson, 1934, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 18, 1934 Winn Parish Enterprise

Carl M. Swanson Succumbs Thurs. From Long Illness

Funeral Services Will Be Held Friday Afternoon At Baptist Church

Carl M. Swanson, 59 years of age, died at his home here Thursday morning at
4 o'clock following an illness of several years.  Mr. Swanson was known
throughout this section and over the state as proprietor of Swanson's
Restaurant.  He and Mrs. Swanson have been in the restaurant business here for
the past _____________.

Carl M. Swanson was born in Denmark, May 16, 1874, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Swanson of that country.  In the year 1892 Mr. Swanson came to the United
States and joined his brother, John, who had come here about ten years before
that time.  The former engaged in the timber business in Louisiana.

On January 25, 1899, he was married to Miss Annie Machen, a member of a
prominent family of this parish.  To this union four children were born, three
of whom, Jewel, Lamar, and Annabelle, preceded Mr. Swanson in death.

Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by one son, Clyde, of Winnfield; a
brother, John of Dodson, La.; two sisters, Margaret and Annie, of Denmark;
and one brother, Peter, of Denmark.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
First Baptist Church, with Rev. B. C. Land, pastor in charge, assisted by Rev.
Alwin Stokes and Rev. Ellis Smith.  Interment will be in the Winnfield
Cemetery.

(Note: One day I was in Winn Parish Clerk of Court Donald Kelley's office and
his brother in law, Mr. Dick Watts, abstractor, title, and land man, called me
to the rear record room of the clerk's office.  He pointed out to me an old
land transaction involving the Swanson family.  In that document Mr. Watts
showed me, it gave the pure, native surname Mr. Swanson, which I don't recall.
Anyone working this line can find this name, something like "Svenson" or
close, on record at the Winn Parish Office of the Clerk of Court)