Erick Swedin Biography


	This biography appears on page 897 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				ERICK SWEDIN. 

	Erick Swedin, a farmer and stockman residing on section 12, 
Pleasant Valley township, Clay county, was born in Sweden and 
accompanied his parents to America in 1870. Two years later the family 
settled in Clay county and the father took up a homestead of one 
hundred and sixty acres in Greenwood township, which he operated until 
his death in 1896. Two years later the mother passed to her reward. 
They were the parents of two sons, the younger brother of our subject 
being Olaf, who resides on section 32, Greenwood township. 

	Erick Swedin was educated in Clay county and during his boyhood 
and youth became familiar with the work of the farm. After reaching 
manhood he was stationary engineer until 1899, when he began farming on 
land which he purchased in 1893. His place comprises two hundred and 
forty acres and he has resided thereon for fifteen years, giving his 
undivided attention to the cultivation of the fields and the care of 
the stock. 

	Mr. Swedin was married in 1899 to Miss Anne Anderson, who was 
born in Sweden but came to America in 1883. Her parents never emigrated 
to this country and the father is still living in Sweden, but the 
mother is deceased. Mrs. Swedin was educated in her native land and in 
Clay county. By her marriage she has become the mother of three 
children: Clarence, whose birth occurred in 1902; Elmer, born in 1904; 
and Bernice, born in 1910. 

	In politics Mr. Swedin is a democrat but has never been an office 
seeker. He is a Baptist in religious faith and finds in the teachings 
of that organization the guiding principles of his life Through hard 
work, the exercise of good judgment and the application of modern 
methods to farming, he has gained more than a competence and is one of 
the well-to-do farmers of Clay county.