Carl William Joneson Biography


	This biography appears on page 1209 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				CARL WILLIAM JONESON. 

	Carl William Joneson, a successful and enterprising young 
agriculturist of Minnehaha county, residing on section 7, Valley 
Springs township, has spent his entire life on the farm which he now 
owns and operates. His birth occurred on the 15th of August, 1883, his 
parents being Swen A. and Augusta Wilhelmina (Larson) Joneson, who 
emigrated to the United States late in the '60s. In 1869 they came to 
Minnehaha county, South Dakota, the father homesteading the farm which 
is now in possession of our subject. He also took up a tree claim of 
forty acres on section 8, Valley Springs township, and subsequently 
acquired other lands until his holdings embraced four hundred and forty 
acres. His demise occurred in 1907, when he had attained the age of 
sixty-three years, thirty-eight of which had been spent in Minnehaha 
county, where he enjoyed an extensive and favorable acquaintance. 

	Carl William Joneson was reared under the parental roof and 
attended the district schools in the acquirement of an education. At 
the age of twenty-two years he started out as an agriculturist on his 
own account, taking charge of the home place, which he operated 
thereafter. In 1911 he purchased one hundred and ten acres of the old 
home farm which had been willed to his youngest brother. He likewise 
owns forty acres on section 18 and twenty acres on section 16, Valley 
Springs township. In the conduct of his agricultural interests he 
follows modern and resultant methods and has won a measure of success 
that entitles him to representation among the prosperous and 
substantial citizens of his county and state. He is a stockholder in 
the Farmers Elevator Company of Valley Springs. 

	On the 2d of February, 1910, Mr. Joneson was united in marriage 
to Miss Esther Jacobson, of Split Rock township, Minnehaha county, her 
father being Fred S. Jacobson, a sketch of whom appears on another page 
of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Joneson have three children: Viola Augusta, 
Walter Algot and Arnold Swen August. 

	In politics Mr. Joneson is a stanch republican, having supported 
the men and measures of that party since age conferred upon him the 
right of franchise. He is now serving as treasurer of the school board 
and is proving a capable official in that connection. Fraternally he is 
identified with the Modern Woodmen, and his religious faith is that of 
the Swedish Lutheran church, to which his wife also belongs. He is a 
young man of force, ambition and enterprise and he stands high in the 
esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens.