Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Davidson, August 1838 - 
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   AUGUST DAVIDSON, a farmer on section 18, Acton township, is one of the pioneers
of Minnesota, having settled within its boundaries while it was yet a territory. Mr.
Davidson is a son of David and Kate Nelson, and was born in Sweden on the 1st of
June, 1838. He carne to the United States in 1854, and came direct to Chisago
county, Minnesota. He remained there a few weeks and then went to Wisconsin, where,
for two years, he was employed by one man in farming, after which he worked another
year for a neighbor. He then went to the pineries and was employed at lumbering and
“on the drive” until the fall of 1864, when he enlisted in Company D, Third
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. They were sent South for service and participated in
several skirmishes but not in any pitched battle. After a year’s service, the war
closed and being honorably discharged he returned to the pineries of Wisconsin,
where he worked until the spring of 1868. During that spring he came to Meeker
county, Minn., and bought land in Acton township. He at once began farming, and has
since made this his home. He has been very successful and now owns 270 acres of
land, and has it improved .with substantial farm buildings. He does a general
farming and stock-raising business.

  Mr. Davidson was married on the 25th of June, 1868, to Matilda Anderson, and their
union has been blessed with the following named children — Levi, born May 20, 1869;
George, born November 11, 1875; Clara, born June 9, 1882; and Arthur, born November
28, 1884. The family are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church. In political
matters Mr. Davidson affiliates with the republican party. The parents of Mr.
Davidson still reside in Sweden, their native land, while those of Mrs. Davidson are
residents of Meeker county.


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Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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