Andrew A. Hedin Biography


	This biography appears on pages 49-50 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				ANDREW A. HEDIN. 

	Among the well-to-do farmers and stock-raisers of Clay county is 
Andrew A. Hedin, who owns and operates a farm on section 12, Garfield 
township. He was born in Sweden in 1861 and resided there until nine 
years old. In 1870 he was brought to America by his parents and his 
father proved up a homestead on section 7, Garfield township, and 
operated that farm until his retirement in 1910. He and his wife now 
live in Sioux City, Iowa. To their union were born eight children: 
Erick, a resident of Nebraska; Bertha, the wife of Christian Nelson, of 
Sioux City. Iowa; Hans, a resident of Charles Mix county, South Dakota; 
Alma, the widow of Axel Anderson and a resident of Sioux City, Iowa; 
August, of Idaho; Jewell, a traveling salesman for a sash and door 
company and a resident of Sioux City; and Enoch and Phillip, both of 
whom are deceased. 

	Andrew A. Hedin began his education in his native land and 
continued it in the schools of Clay county. When eighteen years of age 
he worked as a farm hand in this state for a while and then went to 
Wyoming, where he was employed as an engineer in a machine shop. In 
1886 he returned to Clay county and was married, after which he began 
farming upon the place which is still his home. He rented the farm for 
three years and then went again to Wyoming, where he spent a similar 
length of time. Upon coming back to this state he purchased the farm 
which he had previously rented and which comprises one hundred and 
sixty acres of fine land. He has made his home there ever since and has 
met with gratifying success in its operation. He has added eighty acres 
of land, his holdings now comprising two hundred and forty acres all in 
a high state of cultivation. He is also a stockholder in the A. B. E. 
Telephone Company, the Alsen Creamery Company of Alsen, and the 
Independent Harvester Company of Plano, Illinois. 

	Mr. Hedin has been married three times, his first union being 
with Miss Christina Swedberg, a daughter of Erick and Anna Swedberg. 
She became the mother of six children, three of whom died in infancy, 
the others being: Henry, of Mitchell, South Dakota, a graduate of the 
State University and now a traveling salesman; Lillie, of Sioux City, 
Iowa; and Melvin E., who is a graduate of the Newdale school and is 
residing at home. The wife and mother died in 1904 and in the following 
year Mr. Hedin married Miss Ericka Erickson, who was born in Clay 
county, and to this union were born a son and daughter. The former, 
Bert, died when three years of age and the latter when an infant. Mrs. 
Hedin died in 1897 and in 1898 Mr. Hedin was united in marriage to Miss 
Bertha Danielson, who was born in Sweden in 1875. Her parents passed 
their entire lives in that country and both have now gone to their 
reward. Their eight living children are: John, a resident of South 
Dakota; Axel; William, a resident of Greeley, Colorado; Victor, of 
Denver, that state; Mrs. Hedin; Gustave, of Arizona; and two who are 
still residing in Sweden. To Mr. Hedin's third marriage six children 
have been born: Effie, whose birth occurred in 1900; Clifford, born in 
1902; Florence, 1906; Leonard, 1908; Ethel, 1909; and Earl, born in 
1911. 

	Mr. Hedin is a republican with liberal tendencies and has served 
as school director for ten years. He and his family belong to the 
Swedish Baptist church and take a helpful interest in its work. He has 
never regretted his emigration to this country and has not only met 
with success here, but has thoroughly identified himself with the 
interests of his adopted state.