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Charles J. Nordstrom
CHARLES
J. NORDSTROM is one of the successful and reliable farmers of Diamond
Township. He was born in Sweden, October 13, 1850, and is a
son
of Peter Johnson, called in the Swedish language Yudnsen. On
coming to this country and finding Johnson such a common name they
decided to adopt another, and selected that of Nordstrom. The
mother's name was Grata Lesa Caulson. The father is now making his
home with Charles, and the mother died in De Kalb County,
Illinois, where the family settled on coming to America in 1869, and
where they resided seven years. Of a family of five children
but
two are now living: Charles J. and John C. The
latter was
born June 14, 1853. Coming to the United States in 1869
Charles
was nineteen years of age; the family being in depressed circumstances
financially, it was necessary for him to work at whatever presented
itself; during the years spent in Illinois he was at work by the month
or year, and was employed in digging wells. In 1876 the
brothers
came to Cherokee County and jointly purchased one-half of section 29,
Diamond Township, and at once began making a permanent home.
They
have ever since given every effort to the improvement of their farms,
and their labors have been crowned with success, as each one owns a
fine body of land lying within the fertile Maple Valley, the choicest
land in the State of Iowa. Charles has 400 acres and John
440.
They both deal extensively in stock and keep the best grades
of
improved cattle and hogs. Charles J. was married in 1877 to
Miss
Mary Lindberg, and this union has been blessed with four children:
Sophia V., Frank, Andrew and Edna Cecelia. John C.
was
united in marriage July 29, 1882, to Miss Anna Larson, of Alta, Iowa.
Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Nordstrom: Oscar
Theodore and Dorothea.
Source: Biographical History of
Cherokee County, IA, W. W. Dunbar & Co Publishers,
1889
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