Charles J. Monson Biography


	This biography appears on page 1174 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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CHARLES J. MONSON. 

	General agricultural pursuits claim the attention of Charles J. 
Monson, the owner of a valuable and productive farm of three hundred 
and twenty acres in Split Rock township, Minnehaha county. His birth 
occurred in Sweden on the 24th of January, 1866, his parents being 
Andrew and Christina Monson, who emigrated to the United States in 
1869. They took up their abode near Des Moines, Iowa, and there the 
father purchased land and carried on farming until 1881, when he 
removed to Montgomery county, Iowa, where he still resides. The mother 
was called to her final rest in 1907. 

	Charles J. Monson acquired a common-school education in Iowa and 
his youth was spent like that of most other lads of the place and 
period, being divided between the duties of the schoolroom, the 
pleasures of the playground and the work of the home farm. He continued 
farming in association with his father until 1914, when he came to 
Minnehaha county, South Dakota, having in September, 1910, purchased 
three hundred and twenty acres of land in Split Rock township. He also 
keeps forty-five head of hogs, ten head of horses and ten head of 
cattle and has already established his position among the prosperous 
and enterprising agriculturists of his community. 

	In 1889 Mr. Monson was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Carlson, 
a daughter of A. P. and Johanna Carlson, of Sweden. Their children are 
three in number, namely: Carl, Myrtle and Myron. In politics Mr. Monson 
is independent, preferring not to be bound by party ties and always 
considering the fitness of a candidate-rather than his political 
affiliation. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. Both 
Mr. and Mrs. Monson have an extensive circle of warm friends in their 
home community, enjoying the high regard and esteem of all with whom 
they have come in contact.