Bio of Albert J. STEVENS (b.1879), Yellow Medicine Co., MN

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ALBERT J. STEVENS (1879)

Albert J. Stevens is one of the large farm operators of Yellow Medicine
county.  He rents 400 acres belonging to the estate of his father, and with
a brother he farms another half section, which they own.  His farm home is
the old home of his father on the northwest quarter of Minnesota Falls
township.  The north half of the northeast quarter of section 32, Minnesota
Falls township, and 160 acres in Hazel Run township complete the 400 acres
of rented land.  With his brother he owns the northeast quarter of section
31 and northwest quarter of section 32, Minnesota Falls township.

Mr. Stevens was born in Sandnes township February 7, 1879.  His is a son of
James and Anna Stevens, both natives of Norway.  They came to the United
States in their younger days and settled in Wisconsin, where they were
married.  The came to Minnesota in pioneer days and were among the very
first settlers of Sandnes township, where the father homesteaded--a farm
which yet belongs to the estate.  They lived on the old home farm many years
and then took up residence on another piece near by, which Mr. Stevens
purchased.  In 1901 they moved to the northwest quarter of section 33,
Minnesota Falls township, where they made their home for two years and then
moved to Hanley Falls.  There the father died in December 1912; the mother
still lives.  During the long life of the father in Yellow Medicine county
he had added to his lands from time to time until he owned at the time of
his death 480 acres, and he had previously sold 780 acres.

Albert J. Stevens grew to a man's estate in Sandnes township and was
educated in the schools of the county.  He later attended the Normal School
at Madison, Minnesota, three years.  He started out to work for himself at
the age of eighteen, when he rented, with is brother, a half section.  In
1902 he purchased his present holdings and has since been successfully
operating the farms.  He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church at
Hanley Falls.

Mr. Stevens was married June 23, 1909, at Hanley Falls, to Mary Gilbertson,
a native of Yellow Medicine county, being a daughter of Martin Gilbertson,
one of the early settlers.  They have one child--Arden.

Source: "A History of Yellow Medicine County" by Arthur P. Rose
Published 1914