Rev. Charles Otto Sundquist Biography This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 255 Scan, OCR and editing by Maurice Krueger,mkrueger@iw.net, 1998. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm REV. CHARLES OTTO SUNDQUIST, a minister of the Swedish Evangelical church, is living on a farm described as the southeast quarter of section 33, Sun Prairie township, McCook county, where he has a very cozy home that is a source of social and mental refreshment and a well- improved and productive farm whereon he is doing a remunerative agricultural business in connection with his ministerial work. The subject of our sketch was born in Sweden, October 18, 1849, the eighth child in the order of birth of a family of nine children, and being the eighth, he was named "Otto," signifying eight. In 1868, he came to America, landing in New York, and soon joined an elder brother and sister in Henry county, Illinois, and was there engaged in farming for three years. From thence he went to Page county, Iowa, and there again took up the occupation of farming. He was converted in the year 1878, and immediately began to devote himself to Sunday-school work, and gave such good satisfaction in this line of gospel work that he was urged to preach. This he finally did, and for six years he farmed and preached in Page county, Iowa. In 1886, he became a traveling missionary in Iowa, and traveled over the southern and central parts of the state, preaching the gospel and meeting with marked success. In 1893, he went to Clay county, South Dakota, and continued his work there for two years, and in 1895, he came to McCook county, and bought the farm he has since made his home. Our subject is at present furnishing his farm with a new residence, 28 x 28 feet, with porch and balcony, and model in its arrangement. The basement is built of dressed "hard heads," and is very firm. Politically he is identified with the Populist party, and is a strong prohibitionist. In 1871, Mr. Sundquist was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Brown, also a native of Sweden, born in the year 1849, and died in 1898. To this union have been born a family of ten children, only four of whom are now living, and of whom we have the following record: Frans G., deceased; Frans W., deceased; Edith W.; Elin M., deceased; John E., deceased; Johanna E.; Charles H.; Otto L., deceased; Elin N. M. deceased; and Clarence N.