Turner County, SD Biographies.....Carlson, Carl 1836 - 
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Author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (1897)

CARL CARLSON, a representative Scandinavian farmer, who is living in section 25
of Germantown township, Turner county, is a native of Sweden, and was born
October 16, 1836. He was educated in the excellent common schools of his native
land, and there passed his boyhood and grew to maturity. He decided to come to
America, and, accordingly, in 1869, emigrated to the United States, going direct
to Wilson county, Kans., where he remained until 1876, when he arrived in Turner
county, S. Dak. He entered 160 acres, where he now lives, as a homestead at that
time. He has been successful in his farming operations, and owns, in addition to
his original farm, 160 acres of good land in section 24. All the improvements on
his place are the result of his own labor. He started with none too much of this
world's goods, but by thrift, economy and strict attention to his business
duties, he has acquired a competence and is now fairly well-to-do. He devotes
his time to general farming and stock raising. Politically he is a Republican,
and is also a member of the board of school directors.

   Mr. Carlson was married in 1867, in his native land, to Miss Mary Olson, and
they are the parents of eight children, viz.: Hannah, now the wife of Dick
Heidland; Ida, wife of Dick De Nuy; Conrad, Alma, Ludwig, Eddie, Huldah, and
Albeda. Both he and wife are devout Christians and members of the Baptist church.


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MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF 
Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties,
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and
Representative Citizens, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with
the Growth and Development of these Counties; Reminiscences of Personal History
and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be
Preserved in History.

ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO.
GEO. A. OGLE & CO.
Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers.
1897.


Biography is the only true history.—EMERSON.

A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
generations.—MACAULAY.


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