A. J. Larsen Biography


	This biography appears on pages 774-775 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" 	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and 
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				A. J. LARSEN. 

	A. J. Larsen, who has lived in South Dakota for thirty-four 
years, is now serving as sheriff of Beadle county, having been elected 
to that office in 1912. His birth occurred in Republic county, Kansas, 
in 1870, his parents being Amund and Hannah Larsen, who took up their 
abode in the Sunflower state in 1860. The father still resides there, 
but the mother died March 18, 1914. 

	A. J. Larsen attended the public schools in the acquirement of an 
education and in his boyhood made his way to South Dakota, arriving in 
Hudson, where one of his uncles resided, on the 29th of July, 1881. He 
did work all over the state for a number of years and in 1894 embarked 
in the stock business at Belle Fourche, carrying on his undertakings in 
that connection until 1912 or until elected to his present office. In 
1898 he had come to Beadle county, locating on a stock farm in Hartland 
township, while subsequently he settled near Wolsey. As sheriff of the 
county he is proving an efficient and valuable official, discharging 
his duties without fear or favor and conserving hew and order in a 
manner that is contributing greatly to the peace and prosperity of the 
community. 

	On the 28th of November, 1898, Mr. Larsen was united in marriage 
to Miss Lydia G. Goodsell, a native of Lincoln county, South Dakota, by 
whom he has three children, two sons and one daughter, Carter H., 
Kenneth A., and Wava K., all at home. He gives his political allegiance 
to the republican party and is identified fraternally with the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Masonic lodge, consistory and 
Shrine, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Eagles. His life has been 
upright and honorable in its varied relations and the circle of his 
friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances.