- JOHN EINERSON (deceased), long an honored and industrious
resident of the town of York,
- Green county, was born in Bergen, Norway, Aug. 6, 1820, and
died in York, Jan. 19, 1900. It was not until he reached middle
life that he came to this country, arriving here in 1854, and
making his home on section 18, York township, two years later.
In 1873 he bought the farm which now belongs to his estate and
brought it up to a high state of fertility before his death.
- John EINERSON was married to Miss CHRISTE in Norway, and
to them were born six
- children, two of whom are now living, Gertrude and Ole. Mr.
EINERSON was left a widower, and was a second time married, in
1865, to Miss Bertha DAHLE. To this union were born the following
children: Carrie lives in the town of Moscow; Susie is in South
Dakota; Edward is in Browntown, Green county, in charge of the
store of George W. LARSE & Co.; Benjamin is in Perry township;
Martin and Sever are on the old farm which is now in their charge;
Clara is the wife of Clarence BLUNT, of Argyle, Wis.; Annie is
at home. Two others died in early youth. Mr. EINERSON was a Republican,
and a devoted member of the Lutheran Church. For many years he
was a school director in his adopted home, and stood high in
the confidence of his fellow townsmen.
- Mr. EINERSON came to this country a very poor man, and like
thousands of his compatriots,
- presently came to comfort if not affluence, doing this not
by chance or favor, but by hard work, prudence and integrity.
When he died he owned a fine farm, well provided with a dwelling
house, both comfortable and commodious, and ample farm buildings.
For about eight years before his death Mr. EINERSON was in very
poor health, and for seven years was confined to his bed. His
was a wasting and painful sickness, but it was endured with Christian
grace and fortitude. He is deservedly remembered as a man of
high character, an unblemished good name, and of unswerving integrity,
always honest and true unswerving integrity, always honest and
true to his convictions of the right. His name is a source of
just pride to his posterity. His remains are resting in the old
Norwegian cemetery in the town where his long and useful years
came to an end.
- Mrs. John EINERSON still survives, and has her home on the
old farm, and is known as a good
- Christian woman. She was born in Norway in 1839, and she
still keeps good command of her faculties.
- Martin J. and Sever EINERSON, who have charge of the home
farm, are among the bright and
- capable young farmers of this section of country, where they
are pushing rapidly to the front. Martin J. obtained his education
in the public schools and Dixon College, and during the winter
seasons he engages in teaching, devoting himself to the farm
during the summer. In political relations both Martin and Sever
are Republicans, and in their religious associations Lutherans,
following the ancestral faith, and taking much interest in the
welfare of the church in which they were confirmed in early youth.
The EINERSON family is much esteemed in the community, where
its various representatives have taken high rank as upright and
reliable people.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; p. 758.
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- Courtesy of Carol.
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