Bio of CARLSON, Emanuel F. (b.1871), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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EMANUEL F. CARLSON - Vol III, pg 531-532
Emanuel F. Carlson, vice president and secretary of the Warner Hardware Company,
was born in Sweden, October 5, 1871. His parents were John P. and Christine
(Johanson) Carlson, the father a man of prominence in Hvetlanda, Sweden. He
conducted a hotel in that city and also had charge of the city's traffic. In
business he was very successful and throughout his career has been actuated by a
spirit of progressiveness that led him eventually to seek a home in the new
world and enabled him in the course of years to acquire a handsome competence
that now permits him to live retired, his home being at Boxholm, Iowa.
Emanuel F. Carlson attended the public schools of his native land until he had
completed his course by graduation, taking up his studies when but four years of
age. He came to America with his parents in 1882, a lad of but eleven years, and
the family home was established on a farm in Boone county, Iowa, where he
attended the district schools until he had reached the age of twenty. In 1891 he
came to Minneapolis, seeking to enjoy the broader business opportunities of the
city and here entered the employ of Warner Brothers, hardware merchants, then
conducting a store on the east side. His position was not merely that of clerk
but in the first year he did the delivery work for the store. His interest in
the welfare of the house, his faithfulness and diligence soon won him promotion
and step by step he was advanced until at the organization and incorporation of
the Warner Hardware Company he was elected to the vice presidency in 1909 and in
1919 was also made secretary of the company. He had worked for a short time in a
hardware store at Dayton, Iowa, before coming to Minneapolis and this
constituted his initial step toward the attainment of the important position he
now occupies. During the early days of his connection with the Minneapolis store
he attended business college at night and thus acquired knowledge that has been
of great value to him in his commercial career. He was fortunate in having a
private teacher of English in Sweden, so that he had to a considerable extent
mastered the English language before coming to America. Such were the
oppor­tunities that he had enjoyed ere he started out upon his business career
but his steady climb to success has resulted from his perseverance,
determination and commendable ambition. He is truly a self-made man and one
whose record is worthy of all praise.
On the 31st of December, 1900, Mr. Carlson was united in marriage to Miss Hulda
Lillegren of Minneapolis and they have become the parents of seven children:
Warren, who is a student in the University of Minnesota; Marjorie, who is a
graduate of the Central high school; Loraine and Merle, who are students in the
Central high school; Phyllis, who is attending the Garfield public school; John
Douglas, a student in the same school; and Gail, at home. The parents are
members of the Swedish Tabernacle church and Mr. Carlson belongs to the Odin
Club. Those forces which make for advancement in a material, intellectual or
moral way have always made strong appeal to him and his influence and aid have
ever been on the side of progress and improvement. Appreciative of the
opportunities furnished in the United States, he has used his opportunities to
the best possible advantage and today is a prominent figure in the commercial
circles of this great city, which is the gateway to the Northwest.