BIOGRAPHIES:  Martin SEVERSON, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Martin Severson, who for thirty-one years was in the employ of the
Daniel Shaw Lumber Company, of Eau Claire, eighteen years of which
time he acted as foreman, was born in Frederickstad, Norway, April
20, 1859, son of Sever and Helen (Janson) Anderson.  The father came
to the United States in 1888 and located at Eau Claire, where he died
in 1889, at the age of about 52 years.  He was twice married, first
to Helen Janson, and they had five children, viz: Martin; Hannah, who
is the wife of Oluf Olson; Genne, wife of Anton Johnson; Axel, and
Helga, who was the wife of ______ Barland.  His second wife was Anna
Bergstrom, and they had three sons, John, Gust and Anton.

Martin Severson, our subject, grew to manhood in Norway, receiving
his education in the public schools.  Upon reaching his majority in
1880 he emigrated to the United States and soon after his arrival in
this country located at Eau Claire and entered the employ of the Eau
Claire Lumber Company, with whom he remained for three years.  He
went from there to the Daniel Shaw Lumber Company, with whom he
remained for thirty-one years, as above stated.

Mr. Severson has been married three times.  He first married Sine
Torgeson, of Eau Claire, and they were the parents of three children,
viz: Minnie, who is the wife of Herman Voss, Elmer and Carl.  He
married for his second wife Mrs. Thora Erickson and his last marriage
was to Mrs. Tena Johnson.  Mr. Severson is prominently identified in
social circles, being a member of Odin Lodge, No. 43, Knights of
Pythias, the Equitable Fraternal Union, Sons of Norway and the A. O.
F.  He has always taken a commendable interest in public matters and
for fifteen years, up to the time of the new commission form of
government was established in Eau Claire, he represented the fourth
ward in the City Council, was president of the Council one term, and
has the honor of holding the longest consecutive term of any alderman
in Eau Claire.

-Transcribed from the "History of Eau Claire County Wisconsin,
1914," pages 854-855.

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