Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Rasmussen, Emil 1868 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

EMIL RASMUSSEN.

    One of the busy men of the town of Evan, Minnesota, is Emil Rasmussen,
postmaster and merchant, who was born on October 2, 1868, in Denmark. He is a
son of Hans and Kirstine (Larson) Rasmussen, both natives of Denmark also, where
they grew up, attended school and were married. The father owned a small farm in
that country, which he operated until 1896 when he brought his second wife and
daughter to Brown county, Minnesota, and bought the townsite of Evan, sold it
out in lots and returned to Denmark in 1898, where his death occurred in 1912.
His wife died when their son Emil was seven years of age. They had two other
children—Rasmus, Sr., and Rasmus, Jr.

    Emil Rasmussen spent his boyhood in Denmark where he received his education
in the common schools, leaving school at the age of fourteen and went to work in
a general store, in which he remained for six years, during which time he gained
a thorough knowledge of the business. He then immigrated to the United States,
in 1889, coming directly to Evan, Minnesota, but soon thereafter went to Sleepy
Eye where he worked in a store for two years, then returned to Evan and worked a
short time for a merchant there, then formed a partnership with Andrew Clausen
and bought the store in which he had been employed, and continued to operate the
same under the firm name of Clausen & Rasmussen for two years, when his partner
sold out to Chris Mogensen, with whom Mr. Rasmussen has since been in
partnership, and are doing a good business. Mr. Rasmussen was appointed
postmaster in 1891 and has retained the office for twenty-four years
successively, his long retention being evidence of his satisfactory services to
the department and the people.

     Emil Rasmussen was married in 1893 to Matilda Rasmussen, a daughter of
Martin and Christiana (Madsen) Rasmussen, both natives of Denmark, from which
country they came to America in 1869 and finally established their home in
Prairieville township, Brown county, Minnesota, where Matilda Rasmussen was
born, reared and educated. She was one of six children. She has borne her
husband two children, one of whom died in infancy, the other, Victor Martin
Rasmussen, attended a veterinary college in Kansas City, Missouri, from which he
graduated in April, 1916.

     Politically, Mr. Rasmussen is a Republican. He is a member of the Danish
Lutheran church of which he is treasurer. He is a member of the Masonic order,
both blue lodge and chapter, at Sleepy Eye.


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Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana



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