Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Carlson, Andrew 1825 - 
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     ANDREW CARLSON, a successful farmer residing on section 17, Greenleaf township,
was born in Sweden, on the 17th of February, 1825. His parents were both natives of
the same country, and lived there until the time of their deaths. Andrew learned the
carpenter’s trade, and worked at that and other vocations in his native land until
1869, when he sailed for America. Shortly after his arrival he went to Michigan,
where he was employed chiefly at mining, and remained until 1871, when he ame to
Meeker county, Minn., and purchased the farm in Greenleaf township,’ where he has
since lived. He has a well-cultivated farm of 120 acres, and devotes his attention
to general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Carlson was married, in 1856, to Maria C.
Olson, a native of Sweden. She bore him two children, and died in Sweden on the 23d
of February, 1868. The children were Andrew G. and Alfred G. Anderson. Andrew was
born in 1860, and died in infancy.

   Alfred G. Anderson, the second child, was born in Sweden, on the 21st of
December, 1863, and came to America when still a lad, with his father, with whom he
still lives. Alfred was married, on the 4th of July, 1885, to Augusta E. Hagerstrom.
and the couple have had one child—Elmer T. born May 12, 18S6.

   The father and son are both intelligent, progressive citizens. They are
prohibitionists in political matters. The family are members of the Swedish Baptist
Church.


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Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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