Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Martenson, Peter February 27, 1845 - 
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PETER MARTENSON is engaged in farming on section 25, Litchfield township. He is a
son of Marten and Annie Isaacson, and was born in Sweden, on the 27th of February,
1845. Peter was engaged in farming with his father in the old country until 1869,
when he started for America. He came direct to Meeker county, Minn., and purchased a
tract of railroad land on section 25, in Litchfield township. During the winter of
1871-2 he re-visited the fatherland, but the pleasure of his visit was marred by the
death of his father on the very day that he arrived at the old home. In the spring
of 1872, be was married to Ellen Larson, a daughter of Lars and Ellen Peterson, and
in the following May he returned to the United States, and to his Meeker county
home. Four children have been the fruits of their marriage, as follows: Louis, born
October 14, 1872; John, born March 29, 1876; Henry, born September 6, 1879: and
Annie, born April 2, 1882.

Like others in bis neighborhood, Mr. Martenson has suffered from grasshoppers and
hailstorms, but his industry and perseverance have enabled him to recover from these
reverses and he is now in comfortable circumstances.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
ALBUM OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF Meeker County, Minnesota,
CHICAGO: Alden Ogle & Company, 1888.


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