- KNUDT THORSON, who at the time of his death ranked among
the well-to-do farmers of
- Jordan township, Green county, had won his substantial position
by well-directed industry and a life of persevering energy, and
was held in the highest esteem by his numerous friends in that
section.
- Mr. THORSON was born Sept. 13, 1825, in Norway, of which
country his parents, Thorsten
- and Mary (KNUDTSON) THORSON, were also natives, the family
coming thence to America in 1846, and settling in Green county,
Wis. They were among the early settlers of Jordan township. Of
the six children in this family, Knudt, the eldest, is our subject.
Ole is deceased. Aslag is a farmer in Iowa. Carrie is the wife
of Lars DUSTRAND of Dane county, Wis. Mary is the wife of Kittel
KLABO, of Iowa; Carrie is the wife of Harold STONE, of Iowa.
The parents are buried in the Norwegian cemetery in Jordan township.
- Knudt THORSON adopted farming as his life vocation, and by
good management and thrift
- acquired a handsome property, owning at the time of his death
a fine tract of 340 acres, highly improved on which his family
still reside. It is located in Sections 33 and 34, Jordan township,
one mile north of Browntown. A fine barn and handsome two-story
dwelling are among the improvements on this place, which takes
rank with the best in the locality. Mr. THORSON commenced his
business career under adverse circumstances. He was obliged to
work hard from boyhood, thus being denied the advantage of a
good education, but his honorable and industrious life had its
reward in spite of all the discouragements occasioned by a lack
of early opportunities. Mr. THORSON died in 1890, deeply mourned
throughout the community where his active life had been passed.
He was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and his political
affiliations were with the Republican party.
- On June 10, 1860, Mr. THORSON was united in marriage with
Miss Sarah EVERSON, of
- Jordan township, daughter of Ever and Julia (CHRISTOPHER)
EVERSON, who came to this country and to Green county, Wis.,
in 1852, from Norway, where Mrs. THORSON was born in 1830. She
was one of six children: Rachel, who died unmarried; Christopher,
of Kansas; Gora, wife of Ole ELLINGSON; Ingebor, wife of Ole
TOLLEFSON, of Iowa; Sarah, Mrs. THORSON; and John, who died in
Norway. Eight children were born to our subject and wife, five
of whom grew to maturity; Mary is the wife of Ever GORDY, of
Jordan township; Rachel is the wife of Sever O. SEVERSON, a thrifty
farmer of Jordan township; Carrie is at home; Thomas is at home,
and now has charge of the farm; Nellie died at the age of nineteen
years. All the members of this family command the respect and
esteem of their neighbors, and they take a high place among the
best citizens of the township.
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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. 669.
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- Courtesy of Carol.
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