Larson, Anders

LARSON, HANSON

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Date: 1/8/2024 at 17:31:14

ANDERS LARSON settled in this township in 1867. He bought the southwest quarter of section 28. This was unbroken prairie land at the time, but he has since improved the land, built a neat frame house and barn, set a grove and now makes this his home. He has 360 acres of land, the greater part of which is improved. Mr. Larson was born in Norway, March 13, 1837. He received a liberal education in his younger days, and later, engaged in farming. In 1865 he emigrated to America, landed at Quebec and came directly to Iowa, spending two years in Clayton, coming from there to this township, in 1867, as before stated. He was married in 1867 to Annie Hanson. They have been blessed with six children, five of them now living - Maria, Lena, Hannah, Andrina and Lars.

~History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Co., 1884; pg 471

(transcription source: Iowa Biographies Project)