Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Evenson, Andrew 1865 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 3, 2006, 7:50 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) ANDREW EVENSON is a farmer whose farm is in. section 25, Hersey township, within the limits of the Brewster incorporation. He is a native of Norway and was born Jan. 4, 1865, the son of Even and Mary (Severson) Hiliek. The mother died in Norway in 1868; the father in South Dakota in 1887, aged 67 years. Andrew is the youngest of a family of eight children, of whom the following named six are living: Julia, Mary, Carrie, Severt, Ole and Andrew. Andrew came to the United States with his father in 1878 and located in Alba township, Jackson county, where he lived two years. The family then moved to Brule county, S. D., where the father took a homestead and where he died in 1887. The following year Andrew moved back to Jackson county and bought a farm. After farming that eight years he sold out and bought his present place in Brewster, where he has since resided. Mr. Evenson was married at Jackson, Minn., Dec. 12, 1891, to Miss Mary Anderson, who is a native of the county in which she was married. She was born May 7, 1874, and is a daughter of Ole and Emma (Anderson) Anderson, early settlers of Jackson county. In Alba township Mr. Evenson served as a school director. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Brewster. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/evenson251gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb