Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Zackrison, John E. 1847 - 
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JOHN E. ZACKRISON, a respected fanner, residing on section 17, Cedar Mills township,
has been a resident of Meeker county since 1875. lie is a native of Sweden, and was
born January 4, 1847. His early life was spent in the land of his birth, where he
remained until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to the United States and
settled in Marquette county, Mich. While there he was employed in iron mining,
contract drilling and various other lines of work. After he had been there five
years he rented a farm and engaged in the milk and dairy business. Two years later,
in the spring of 1875, he sold out his interests there and came to Meeker county,
Minn. Upon his arrival he purchased a farm of 316 acres in the town of Greenleaf,
and remained on that for three years. He met with a number of serious reverses. The
first year he had a very fair crop; the second year he did not raise over five
bushels to the acre; and the third year he lost all his grain on account of the
grasshopper depredations. These misfortunes proved a severe setback to him and
resulted in the loss of his farm, upon which he had paid $1,500 in cash. During the
summer of 1878 he remained in Greenleaf township, working for various parties, and
in the fall of the same year he purchased the farm on section 17, Cedar Mills
township, upon which he still resides. He now owns 160 acres of land, a good share
of which is under cultivation, and devotes his time and energies to raising stock
and doing general farming. His enterprise, industry and economy have again placed
him in comfortable circumstances, notwithstanding the severe reverses and
misfortunes through which he has passed, and he now ranks as one of the substantial
and leading farmers of his township.

   Mr. Zackrison was married on June 19, 1869, at Negaunee, Mich., to Miss Caroline
Swanson, who is also a native of Sweden. She was born on September 18, 1837. Their
marriage has been blessed with four children, as follows— Hulda J., born June 12,
1874; Annie S., born September 3; 1876; Ella M., born November 18,1878, and Oscar
E., born May 13,1881.


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

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