Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Paulson, George 
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     GEORGE PAULSON, a farmer of Acton township, has probably the most famous and
historic piece of land in Minnesota. Ho owns the place where the Jones and Baker
families were killed by the Indians on the 17th of August, 1862— the spot whore the
first blood was shed in the memorable Indian massacre of 1862. Mr. Paulson is a
native of Norway, and was born on the 3d of March, 1855, his parents being George
and Anna Paulson. The family came to the United States in 1868, and after stopping
for one year in Iowa, they came to Meeker county, Minn., and took a homestead on
section 33, in Acton township. In 1877 they went to Dakota, where George Paulson,
Jr., took a homestead, and remained until 1886, when he sold out and returned to
Minnesota, and purchased the farm*in Acton township, where he still lives. He has a
valuable farm and devotes his attention to general farming and stock raising. The
farm is often visited by sight-seers, who wish to look upon the old cabin and the
site which has become famous in Minnesota’s history. The subject of this sketch was
married at Litchfield, January 25, 1875, to Miss Christina Kittelson, who was born
in Wisconsin March 3, 1854, and their union has been blessed with the
following-named children — Clara Josephine, who was born April 28, 1877, died a few
months later; Carl Johan, born June 29,1878; Ella, born September 27, 1880; James
Christan, born October 18, 1883; Anna Josephine, born March 13, 1884; and Cora, born
December 30, 1887. Mr. Paulson’s parents still reside in Dakota.

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


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