AHLQUIST, JOHN, farmer, section 5. P. O., Stanton; born in Halland province, Sweden, May 21, 1839. He worked by the month when young, thus earning his own living. May 15, 1869, he emigrated to America, stopping for four years in Warren County, Illinois, and then came to Montgomery County, in 1873. He now owns 73 acres of good land. He was married in 1870 to Johanna Carlson; she was born in Sweden. They are the parents of seven children: John, Anna, Thilda Stron, August, Almon C., Minnie, Otto. They are members of the church.

ALMQUIST, JOHN P., section 30, P. O. Stanton; he was born in Sweden, October 12, 1824. In 1865 he emigrated to America, coming to Galesburg, Illinois, and living there two years; then moved to Andover, Henry County, Illinois; then to Henry County, Iowa, living there four years, and in 1873 came to this county. He was married to Miss Anna Peterson, in August, 1846; she was born in Sweden in 1823. They are the parents of six children, four living: Victor, born August 10, 1850; Ida, born August 8, 1856; Josie, born December 12, 1858; Albert, born March 1, 1860. He is the owner of 80 acres of land, well improved. His principal business is farming and stock raising, but works at times at his trade of blacksmithing. They belong to the Lutheran church.

ANDERSON, JOHN A., P. O. Stanton. Mr. Anderson was born in Sweden, and emigrated to this country with his parents at a very early age. He remained with his parents until sixteen years old, when he left home and determined to earn his own living. For a young man, he has seen much of the world, having traveled extensively, especially in the west. He is a young man of energy and enterprise, and bids fair to make his mark in the world. He is a member of the church.

ANDERSON, GUSTAF, farmer, section 2, P. O. Stanton. Was born in Sweden, in the province of Saland, October 17, 1832. Was a farmer in the old country. He emigrated to America in 1869; located the same year in Montgomery County, and was among the first Swedish settlers in bioscott township. Having nothing to buy land with, he worked for the railroad company until 1874. He now owns 140 acres of good land, well improved. His capital, when he came here, was eleven dollars, but he is now a well-to-do farmer. He was married in 1862 to a young lady who is a native of Sweden, born October 25, 1834. They have been blessed with six children: Tilda, born February 18, '63; August, March 1, '68; Victor, August 3, '70; Gustaf, October 28, '72; Hilma, February 22, '74; Agnes, January 8, '79. One dead: Cora Augusta, born February 18, '63, died in '67. Mr. Anderson and wife are members of the church.

ANDERSON, JOHN A., P. O. Stanton. Mr. Anderson was born in Sweden, and emigrated to this country with his parents at a very early age. He remained with his parents until sixteen years old, when he left home and determined to earn his own living. For a young man, he has seen much of the world, having traveled extensively, especially in the west. He is a young man of energy and enterprise, and bids fair to make his mark in the world. He is a member of the church.

ANDERSON, GUSTAF, farmer, section 2, P. O. Stanton. Was born in Sweden, in the province of Saland, October 17, 1832. Was a farmer in the old country. He emigrated to America in 1869; located the same year in Montgomery County, and was among the first Swedish settlers in bioscott township. Having nothing to buy land with, he worked for the railroad company until 1874. He now owns 140 acres of good land, well improved. His capital, when he came here, was eleven dollars, but he is now a well-to-do farmer. He was married in 1862 to a young lady who is a native of Sweden, born October 25, 1834. They have been blessed with six children: Tilda, born February 18, '63; August, March 1, '68; Victor, August 3, '70; Gustaf, October 28, '72; Hilma, February 22, '74; Agnes, January 8, '79. One dead: Cora Augusta, born February 18, '63, died in '67. Mr. Anderson and wife are members of the church.

BODELSON, SWAN, farmer and stock-raiser, section 9, P. O. Stanton; was born in Sweden, December 20, 1835. Emigrated to this country in 1868, and came first to Crawford County, Iowa; remained there until the spring of 1872, then came to his present home. He was married, in Sweden, to Miss Inga Nilson, July 24, 1861; she was born February 18, 1831. They are the parents of three children: Batty, born in Sweden, May 28, 1862; Ida, born in Sweden, June 10, 1866; Minnie, born in Montgomery County, June 22, 1872; she died October 20, 1879. Mr. Bodelson has eighty acres of land and a thrifty young orchard on it. They are both members of the church. Mr. Bodelson is one of the deacons of the church.

DAHLQUIST, CHARLES A., farmer, section 2, P. O. Stanton; was born in Smaland, Sweden, October 27, 1849; emigrated to America in 1867; stopping first in Henry County, Illinois, working there for three years; in 1872 he came to this county, and was married January 27, 1877, to Emma F. Anderson, a native of Sweden; she was born June 19, 1855. They have two children: Mabel E., born April 16, 1878; Aden A., October 8, 1879. Mr. And Mrs. Dahlquist are members of the church. He owns 160 acres of land well improved.

DONELSON, ANDREW J., farmer, section 3, P. O. Stanton; owns 160 acres of land; he was born in Smaland, Sweden, July 16, 1819; has followed farming all his life. He emigrated to this country in 1869, first stopping at Swedona, Mercer County, Illinois; then in 1870 moved to Page County, Iowa, renting land and farming for five years; and in 1875 moved to Montgomery County, locating on is present farm which he has well improved. He was married in Sweden to Maria S. Johnson; they have four children living: John V., born in 1850, married; Ida C., born August 21, 1857; Frank L., February 28, 1860; John H., May 9, 1862. Children deceased: Emma S., Hulda C., Britta G., Ada M. Members of the church.

FRISK, AXEL J., farmer, section 6, P. O. Red Oak; he was born in Ostergothland, Sweden, October 23, 1837; at the age of fifteen years he was thrown upon his own resources for a livelihood, and earned his living by day's work; he came to America I 1868, stopping first in Henderson County, Illinois, and in 1872 he came to this county; he now owns sixty acres of land with good improvements. He was married in Sweden, January 29, 1866, to Miss Gustava Johnson, who was born May 7, 1838, and came to this country in 1869; they are members of the Swedish church. They have four children: Huldah E., born December 1, 1867; Emil, May 20, 1872; Alexander, October 12, 1874; Victor, March 10, 1877.

FAHLIN, ANDREW, farmer, section 19, P. O. Stanton; he was born in Sweden, September 2, 1842, and emigrated to Henry County, Illinois, in 1869; lived there two years, and in 1871 came to Montgomery County, Iowa. He was married to Miss Anna S. Linquist, September, 1869; by this union they have had six children, three living: Charlie, was born March 7, 1867; Andrew E., October 22, 1874; Clara, April 26, 1878. He has eighty acres of land; nicely improved, with orchard, groves, etc., etc. They are both members of the church.

HALLAND, REV. B. M., present pastor of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mamreland church, at Stanton; was born in Sweden, district of Halland, October 15, 1837, at Hyttan, where he was raised and lived until spring of 1855, when he emigrated to America. He worked first at Chicago, then at different places until the fall of 1858, when he entered the state university at Springfield, Illinois; he finished his studies at the Swedish Lutheran Augustana college, at Paxton, Ford County, Illinois, in the spring of 1864, and was ordained to the ministry at Rockford, Illinois, June 19th, the same year; had previously received a call form the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church, of Burlington, Iowa, where he entered upon his duties the first Sunday in July of that year; he remained there until July, 1870, when he left his charge there and moved to Stanton, Iowa, where he had located a Swedish settlement. He contracted with the B. & M. railroad company to sell lands to Swedes only , for a limited time, in certain townships in Montgomery and Page counties, which gave start to the present extensive Swede settlement. He was at the time the only minister for the new settlers, and had to travel constantly, preaching in different localities, which gave him more to do than should be undertaken by one man. Until July, 1877, he was officiating pastor for the congregations at Stanton, and Douglas township, Page county; preaching two Sundays at Stanton, and inside of his parish, except on special occasions when called elsewhere. He has the confidence of his parishioners and neighbors, and has a comfortable home in Stanton, also owns one hundred and sixty acres of land. He was married in Galesburg, Illinois, October 15, 1861, to Hannah Swenson; they have eight children: Johanna Othilia Adeodata, born in Burlington, November 29, 1866; Anna Severina Albertun Dorothea, August 5, 1868; Adolfina Beata L. Oct. 22, 1870; Lydia Emeline Esther, born in Stanton, May 5, 1873; Johan Samuel Luther, April 7, 1875; Selma Carolina Eufonia, September 16, 1877; two young sons born January 7, 1881, but not yet christened at this date, January 13, 1881.

ISAACSON, ISAAC A., section 8, P. O. Stanton; he was born in Sweden, April 29, 1841, and emigrated to this county in 1868. He came to Burlington and then to New Sweden, finally locating at Ottumwa, and there learned the stone-cutter's trade, where he remained five years. He was married to Miss Ida Peterson, July 10, 1870. She was born in Sweden, February 24, 1849. They have five children, one dead: Mary, born June 5, 1871, died in August, 1871; Hannah C., born August 14, 1872; Julia M., born July 15, 1875; Elizabeth A., born June 10, 1877; and Frederick E., born June 5, 1879. They are both members of the church. Mr. Isaacson has been school director, road supervisor, trustee and deacon in the church in Ottumwa. He now owns 160 acres of land all improved.

JOHNSON, A. W., section 17, P. O. Stanton; he was born in Sweden, November 6, 1849, and came to Henderson County, Illinois, in 1867. He came to Montgomery County, Iowa, in 1874. He was married to Miss Anna C. Johnson, March 9, 1872. They have two children, both deceased. Mrs. Johnson died October 22, 1877. Mr. Johnson lived a widower for about seventeen months, and then married Carrie L. Peterson in March, 1879. They have two children by this marriage, both deceased. They are both members of the church. He was educated in Sweden. He owns eighty acres of land well improved.

JOHNSON, CHRIST, section 18, P. O. Stanton; was born in Sweden, December 12, 1829, and there grew to manhood. In 1870 he emigrated to this country and located on the farm he now owns. Mr. Johnson is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married to Miss Christine Battleson. She was born in Sweden, March 22, 1833. They have seven children, three of whom are living: Matilda, born in Sweden, February 24, 1860; August, born in Montgomery County, Iowa, November 8, 1870; and Emma C., born March 24, 1875.

KALLSTROM, CHARLES G., organist and Swedish school teacher, P. O. Stanton; born in Smaland, Katmar, of Sweden, February 14, 1855. When but a few days old he had the misfortune to lose by death his sister (a twin) and also his mother. His father died in 1859, leaving him alone in the world. He lived with his uncle and received a good common school education. He emigrated to America in 1866, coming to Andover, Henry County, Illinois. In 1867 he was taken sick and not being able to support himself, he was taken to the Swedish Orphans' Home, where he remained until 1873, when he came to this state and county. In 1876 he was elected organist of the Swedish church of Stanton, and also Swedish teacher, which positions he still occupies. He returned to Sweden, in 1877, to have his eyes operated on, which was successfully done. April 22, 1880, he was married in Stanton, to Miss Emily A. Nelson, who was born in Sweden, April 20, 1856. Both are members of the church.

LOFSTEDT, LARS, P. O. Stanton; was born in the province of Skane, in Sweden, August 13, 1839, where he learned the trade of shoemaker, and which he has followed ever since. He came to this country in 1869, landing in Boston, Massachusetts. He remained there for two years, and removed to Stanton September 1, 1871, and was one of the first citizens of the town. There were at that time but two or three shanties and as many "dug-outs," one store and the foundation of the Swedish church. His was the second dwelling house in the place, the Swedish minister's being the first. He began work sixty dollars in debt, but now owns lots 254, 255, and 256 in the town of Stanton. He is in partnership with a Mr. A. M. Anderson in a good store doing satisfactory work. He was married to Miss Catherina Ostun, a native of the province of Gotland, Sweden, April 24, 1869. They have no children. They are members of the Swedish church.

MCCUNE, ROBERT, farmer, section 36, P. O. Villisca; born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, February 1832. He lived on the farm until fifteen years of age, and then commenced boating on the Pennsylvania canal, first as a driver, then bowsman, and then steersman, and finally he went in partnership with his brother, bought a boat, and took charge of the same as captain, in which capacity he served two seasons. In the fall of 1856 he sold the boat and came to Des Moines County, Iowa, where he followed farming for two years. In the fall of 1858 he moved to bioscott County, and in the spring of 1861 returned to Des Moines County. There he remained farming for a period of ten years. In the fall of 1871 he came to this county and located near his present farm, and in the fall of 1877 he moved to where he now resides. He owns 160 acres of land with a young orchard of about 150 trees. He was married January 22, 1856, to Miss Margaret Foster, a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children living, six sons and one daughter: David S., William J., Robert F., Harvey T., Stephen E., Maggie E., and Samuel Y.

MILNER, AARON B., farmer, section 20, P. O. Stanton; was born in Highland County, Ohio, May 31, 1840, and moved from there March 11, 1863 and came to Montgomery County, Iowa; then moved to Colorado for three years; then engaged in freighting across the plains, following this for five years; witnessed the burning of Julesburg, Colorado, February 2, 1865; returned to Montgomery County, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he has followed ever since. Mr. Milner is a bachelor; has 160 acres of land, well improved, and has his farm well stocked with horses, cattle and hogs. He has been township clerk five years, and treasurer three years, and is president of the school board at this time.

OSSIAN, JONAS L., farmer, section 19, P. O. Stanton; he was born in Sweden, October 2, 1849, and emigrated May 1, 1869, to Henry County, Illinois. He remained there eighteen months and then came to Montgomery County, Iowa. In 1871 he was married to Miss Ida Almquist. She was born in Sweden, August 8, 1856; by this marriage they have thee children: Emily M., born January 19, 1875; Swan A., born March 23, 1877; Lida M., April 7, 1879. Mr. And Mrs. Ossian are both members of the church. He is now the owner of 160 acres of improved land with a fine orchard of 200 trees. Mr. Ossian has his farm well stocked with horses, cattle and hogs. When seventeen years old Mr. Ossian had his right hand shot by accident, and so injured as to render it almost useless. He, with this disadvantage, started in life without a dollar, but enterprise and economy have overcome the difficulties, and he now has an excellent home, "the work of his own hands."

PETERSON, JOHN F., resides on section 7, P. O. Stanton; Mr. Peterson was born in Sweden, June 26, 1819, and came to America in 1867, located in Wapello County, Iowa, and lived there four years; in 1871 came to Montgomery County, and settled on his present farm. He was married to Miss Anna C. Fagerstrom, who was born in Sweden, September 29, 1826. They were married November 2, 1845; they are the parents of eleven children, nine living: Anna A., born February 24, '47; Ida C., February 4, '49; John A., January 1, '51; Otto T., December 31, '52; Hannah C., December 13, '56; Edward P., February 15, '58, died February 25, '58; Jacob A., January 31, '60; Emma B., May 17, '62; Victor O., September 24, '64; Leonard A., September 28, '66; Charles G., February 16, '70; died February 25, '70. They are both members of the church. Mr. Peterson has four hundred and eighty acres of land, and on the eighty where he lives he has a fine orchard of one hundred trees, also a nice grove around the house; he has a large number of horses, cattle and hogs.

PETERSON, SWAN A., P. O. Stanton; he was born in Sweden, April 25, 1839, and emigrated to Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1864, remaining there until 1869, then came to Montgomery County, Iowa. He was married to Carrie Samuelson, February 24, 1868, who was born in Sweden, April 25, 1845; they have had four children; Amelia M., born October 18, '71, in Montgomery County, Iowa; George A., born November 7, '73; Orant A., born May 4, '77; Carl Oscar, born March 4, '79. Mr. Peterson has one hundred and twenty acres of good land well improved, with about one and one-half acres in fruit trees; he has his farm well stocked with a good grade of stock; he has held several of the more important township offices; he and his wife are both members of the Lutheran church.

PETERSON, WILLIAM, farmer, P. O. Stanton; was born in Skane, Sweden, May 10, 1834, and emigrated to this country in 1869; lived first in Henderson County, Illinois, for eight years; in 1870 he rented land and brought his family to this country, and in 1877 came to this county and worked for the railroad company. He was married in Sweden to Miss Christina Peterson; she was born February 14, 1834; they were married in 1857; they are the parents of the following named children: Elna C., born April 10, '58; Peter C., November 5, '59; Rebecca C., December 25, '61; John C., July 10, '64; Frank, July 19, '67; Mary H., July 2, '72; one girl died in 1875, was born the same year. They are members of the church.

PALM, G. L., farmer, P. O. Stanton; he was born in Sweden, September 30, 1844. He emigrated to America in 1869, locating at Ottumwa, Iowa, and followed the trade of stone cutting until 1877; then moved to his present home on section 7, bioscott township, Montgomery County. He was married to Miss Anna Peterson, October 28, '71; she was born in Sweden, October 9, '53. They have had five children, thee living and two dead: Joseph F., born January 5, '72, died in February, '74; Emma J., born August 30, '74; Lida, born September 15, '76; Magnus L, born December 29, '79; Carl A., born December 24, '80, died January 17, '81. They are both members of the Lutheran Church. He is the owner of eighty acres of land all under cultivation, with young orchard of fifty trees; Mr. Palm has been a successful farmer and stock raiser. He is a school director in district No. 3.

PARKER, WILLIAM H., farmer, section 35, P. O. Villisca; born in Highland County, Ohio, 1844; remained there until the breaking out of the war. He enlisted December 15, 1861, in company F, 60th Ohio volunteer infantry. Was at the surrender of Harper's Ferry, and was there taken prisoner. Was held a short time and paroled. Went to Annapolis, Maryland, and from there to parole camp at Chicago. While in parole camp his time expired, and he was discharged November 20, 1862. He then returned to his home in Ohio, his father and mother both having died about that time; he remained at home and used every endeavor to keep the family of children together, in which he was successful. In 1869 he sold his interest in the home place; moved to another part of the county; bought a farm there, where he remained about five years. In the spring of 1875 he came to Green County, where he had land; sold that, and came to Villisca; lived there two years. In the spring of 1877 he moved to his present location, where he owns 100 acres of good farming land, with good improvements and fine young orchard. He was married in 1866 to Miss Harriet Cowgill, a native of Ohio. They have two children, a son and a daughter; Carrie E., and William C. Mr. Parker and his family are members of the Church of Friends.

POWERS, WILLIAM G., farmer, section 35, P. O. Villisca; born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1842; remained with his parents at his birthplace until he was twenty-one years of age. He enlisted August 7, 1862, in company F, 60th Ohio volunteer infantry; was taken prisoner at the surrender of Harper's Ferry; was sent to parole camp at Chicago, and was discharged November 20, 1862, his time having expired while in parole camp. He returned to his home in Ohio; there he remained until September, 1863; he then went to Knox County, Illinois; remained one year; returned to Highland County, Ohio; married and moved to Mercer County, Illinois, where he remained ten years. IN February, 1874, he moved to Iowa and located in this county, near where he now lives; remained there almost four years. On New Year's day, 1878 he moved to his present location. Owns 80 acres of land with good young orchard, containing one hundred or more apple trees, besides cherries, plums, pears and grapes. He was married December 14, 1864, to Miss Nancy C. Creed, a native of Ohio. They are members of the M. E. church, and are the parents of seven children - three sons and four daughters: Eva M., Edwin E., Julia I., James C., Maud M., Stella A. and Harry E.

SAMUELSON, AUGUST, farmer, section 22, P. O. Stanton; born in Sweden, in Ostergothland, November 10, 1836. He emigrated to America in 1868, stopping first in Henry County, Illinois, farming by the month for two years; then rented land for two years. In 1874 he moved to Page County, and bought 160 acres of land, but sold out in 1877 and moved to Montgomery County, where he now has 120 acres of good and well improved land. He was married March 15, 1873, to Christine Erickson, a native of Sweden, born December 6, 1853. They have two children: Eva E., born December 6, 1873; May W., born May 26, 1879. They are members of the church.

SELLEGREN, GUST., resides in Stanton; was born in the province of Westergothland, in Sweden, May 11, 1847; emigrated to this country in 1868, to Lake Superior; and there worked in the mines for nine months; then to Effingham, Illinois, and lived there for three years; then to Chicago, there learned the carpenter's trade, and remained there for nine years; and was there married to Miss Fannie Forsell, February 14, 1874; in July, 1876, came to Stanton, with but little money; he now owns a good home and other property besides; is a good workman, having built many of the houses in Stanton, and bioscott township. They have two children: August W., born May 5, 1876; Florence T., March 31, 1880. Are both members of the Swedish church.

SELLEGREN, JOHN, farmer, section 10, P. O. Stanton; he was born in the province of Westergothland, Sweden, March 13, 1816, and remained at home on the farm until twenty-eight years of age. He was married October 20, 1844, to Sara C. Johnson; she was born in 1822. He was foreman on a large farm called Stora Hof, for twenty years; he then emigrated to northern Michigan, in 1864; here he worked for a mining company for nine months; then moved to Effingham County, Illinois, and remained there five years. October 10, 1866, his wife died, leaving him with eight children; in 1869 he moved to Montgomery County, and was among the first settlers in his township; he had not the means to improve his farm, so worked upon the railroad for two years, after which he moved on to his farm of eighty acres, which he now owns and which he has well improved. He has had eight children: John A., born June 14, 1845; he owns eighty acres of land in section 19, but lives with his father; August T., married; Lotta, married; Christine; Louisa, died 1873; Tilda, born May 5, 1858; Casper, August 10, 1860; Otto, February 1, 1863. They are all members of the church.

SHAW, CHARLES S., farmer, section 26, P. O. Villisca; born in New York, in 1844; in 1867, he came to Knox County, Illinois, where he remained one year; in the spring of 1868 he came to Montgomery County, Iowa, and settled at his present location. He owns 240 acres of well improved farm and pasture land; his farm is almost entirely surrounded with hedge fence, and has a fine grove of soft maple, containing several thousand trees; he has a fine young orchard of about three hundred apple trees, besides pears, cherries, grapes and small fruits of every description. When Mr. Shaw came to Montgomery County there were but two families living in his township. Mr. S. is a member of the Adventist church.

SWANSON, ANDREW M., dry goods and groceries, P. O. Stanton; born in Sweden, January 9, 1835; at the age of seventeen he emigrated to America; on arriving at Rock Island, Illinois, he engaged to work by the month, and at the end of five years rented land near New Boston, Illinois; for several years Mr. Swanson followed farming and stock speculating; in 1870 he sold out all his real estate in Illinois (360 acres of land) for $10,000, and came to this county, where he bought 440 acres of land from the C. B. & Q. R. R. company, besides speculators' land in Page County, which he improved, building several good houses and one barn; in 1873 the greater portion of his crop was destroyed by hail; he moved into Stanton that year, built a store-house, and engaged in a farmers' supply store, dealing in dry goods, groceries, hardware and implements; at this time his brother was in partnership with him; in 1878 they built an elevator at an expense of $8,000, and in the same year met with a severe loss on damaged corn, losing about $20,000, but they stood by the wreck, and finally paid one hundred cents on the dollar. Mr. S. has lately built a nice store-room, two stories, at an expense of $2,500, and has it well stocked with goods; he has considerable real estate in town, and in bioscott township; in 1858 he was married to Miss Anna L. Magnuesson, born in Sweden, October 8, 1835. They have eight children: Olivia L., born October 5, 1859; Jacob L., June 8, '61; David A., March 24, '64; Mathilda L., August 11, '66; Anna A., May 5, '69; Simon J., April, '72; Constantine, March 12, '74; Octavius, July 9, '79. They are members of the Swedish Lutheran church in Stanton.

SWANSON, ALFRED, dealer in grain and lumber; born in Sweden in the province of Smaland, September 12, 1841. At the age of twelve he emigrated to this country, landing in the year 1853. He first stopped in Mercer County, Illinois, near New Boston, and worked on a farm by the month. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the army, Forty-third Illinois regiment infantry, and served until 1864, when he was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas. H was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Ft. Donelson, Fort Henry, Vicksburg and Little Rock. He returned from the army to Henry County, Illinois, and engaged in farming. In 1871 he moved to Montgomery County, Iowa, and farmed for two years; in 1873 moved to Stanton and began the grain and lumber business, which he still continues. In 1876 he was elected township trustee, and in 1879 was elected county supervisor and still continues in that office. Mr. Swanson is rightly a leader among his own countrymen. He is a man of unimpeachable character and a true Christian gentleman, respected by all who are acquainted with him. Mr. Swanson owns an elevator at Stanton and also one in Nebraska. He was married in Andover, Henry County Illinois, March 18, 1865, to Edna Sundberg, a native of Sweden; she was born January 6, 1842. They have eight children: Almida E., born July 24, 1866; Frank V., December 11, 1868; Alice, October 3, 1870; Hilda, October 9, 1872; Edward, March 3, 1874; Oscar, June 11, 1875; Charles A., June 6, 1877; Josef E., September 30, 1879.

SWANSON, S. W., section 5, born in Sweden in the province of Smaland, April 2, 1849; followed farming. He came to America July 3, 1866, first locating in Andover, Illinois, and remained there for four years, working by the month. In 1870 came to this county with $300 in money. He is now the owner of a fine farm, well improved. He was married to Miss Helena Palmquist, March 26, 1876. They have one son: Arnet N., born April, 1877; one daughter, Edith E., born December 12, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Swanson are both members of the Swedish church.

WALL, CHARLES, section 8, P. O. Stanton; was born in Sweden February 14, 1839; came to America September 17, 1864, stopping in Galesburg, Illinois, for a short time; then located in Henderson County, and remained there until 1875, when he moved to Montgomery County, Iowa. He was married in Galesburg, Illinois, to Miss Sophia Starr, November 17, 1864; she was born in Sweden, April 12, 1841. They have had seven children, two deceased: John W., born November 17, '66; Peter A., February 4, '69; Mary, November 27, '72; Ida, August 7, '75; Anna, February 16, '77 - died December 16, '80; Frank H., born April 26, '79; Charles A., May 29, 1870 - died March 15, '71. Mr. and Mrs. Wall are both members of the church. Mr. Wall served one year as road supervisor. He has eighty acres of land with orchard, groves, etc., etc. Mr. Wall has good horses, cattle, and hogs, and is a thrifty farmer.

WESTLING, THEODORE, P. O. Stanton; born in Sweden, July 1, 1854, and received a good common school education. Was employed in the military in Sweden, also as foreman or watchman in a reform school in Stockholm. He came to this country in 1880, and is now in the employ of A. S. Anderson as a clerk in his store; and is a young man of good character and highly respected.