Swenson, John

SWENSON, JOHNSON

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 12/23/2012 at 07:41:54

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

SWENSON, JOHN.—Bear Creek Twp—pg 851-2. Farmer, section 22, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born in Sweden in 1830, where he was raised. He followed the pursuits of agriculture since his early youth. In 1853 he came to America and made his first settlement in Princeton, Illinois, where he remained until 1867, when he moved to this county. Was married June 28, 1866, to Miss Christine Johnson. His family consists of four children: Andrew S., Frank W., Albert Theodore and Josephine. Has lost one, an infant. His success in life has been very marked, as he made a comfortable home through his habits of continued industry. He owns a farm of 80 acres of well improved land, with good comfortable buildings, and also engages in stock-raising to quite an extent.