Bio of Clarence V. FORSBERG (b.1886), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html
Under HISTORY.

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be some typos.

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HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

Clarence V. Forsberg, of the firm of Forsberg Brothers, general 
merchants, of South Haven, was born in Meeker county, Minnesota, 
February 28, 1886, son of Swan and Christine (Tack) Forsberg. He 
received a good education in the district schools, was reared to 
farm pursuits, and remained on the home farm until he was twenty-
one years of age. His first mercantile experience was in the 
Brusvert & Anderson Department Store, at Litchfield. After this 
he worked for a while at Cokato, for the Cokato Grocery Company. 
In February, 1911, he and his brother, Albert T., established their 
present business. Mr. Forsberg was married, June 27, 1909, at Cokato, 
to Elvina Stevenson, a daughter of Peter Stevenson, a retired 
merchant of Cokato. Mr. Stevenson is a man of considerable importance. 
He was the leading business man of Cokato for eighteen years, and 
retired some twenty years ago. lie is still an extensive property 
owner there, and holds stock in the State Bank of Cokato, the elevator 
and the canning factory.