Even Evenson

EVENSON

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Date: 11/7/2022 at 17:23:30

Even Evenson

Even Evenson, one of the early settlers of Worth county, was born in Norway, Aug. 20, 1838. In 1862 he came to America, locating in Freeborn Co., Minn. In 1863 he enlisted in the 9th Iowa Cavalry, company E, and participated in Wilson's raid, and all the engagements of the regiment after enlisting being always found at his post, serving until the close of the war, when he came to Northwood. In 1871 he was joined in wedlock to Enger Amenson, by whom he had six children, four of whom are living-Ella, Ida, John and Clara. Mr. Evenson has 200 acres of land on sections 7 and 8, Northwood township, under a high state of cultivation, valued at $35 per acre. When Mr. Evenson came to this county he had twenty-five cents of ready money, but through his own energies has accumulated a large property, and today is ranked among the well-to-do farmers of Worth county. Mr. and Mrs. Evenson are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a republican in politics, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.845