Anders Magnus Swenson was born in Bredaryd parish, Småland, in 1848, where his father, Sven Johnson, was a farmer. He immigrated to the United States and came to Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1869. For the first five years, he worked for the railroad in Missouri and Texas. He came to Sherman, Texas, in 1873 and later to Columbus and San Marcos,where he stopped working for the railroad. In 1874, he married Sophia Hallberg in Cameron, Texas. She was born on the island of Oroust in Tegneby parish, Halland, and she immigrated to the United States and Sedalia, Missouri, in 1870. There she married her childhood sweetheart, John Romhart. Her marriage was short, because husband soon died.
They had a daughter, Julia. In her marriage to A. M. Swenson, she had the following children: Anna, born in 1874, Amanda, 1875, John, 1877, Bertha, 1878, Didrik, 1881, Elin, 1883, Emelia, 1887, and Florence, 1888.
The Swenson family have lived in New Sweden since 1878 on the farm they bought. For one reason or another, Mrs. Swenson joined the Swedish Methodist Congregation in Manda in 1895, but the author of these notes still considers her one of his best friends.
"Swedes in Texas", 1918
Obituary:
O.D. Swenson and his sister, Mrs. Hjalmer Olson, both of whom reside east of Stamford heard of the death of their father, A.M. Swenson at his home at Manor, Texas.
Mr. Swenson was 78 years of age. Survived by his wife and children: Mrs. Florence Lickman, Mrs. Bertha Benson, Mrs. Annie Mayfield, A.J. Swenson, Mrs. Manda Excell, Mrs. Ellen Tingloe, Mrs. A.K. Anderson, O.D. Swenson and Mrs.Hjalmar Olson of Stamford.
The Stamford American
January 21, 1926
Anders Magnus Swenson was born in Bredaryd parish, Småland, in 1848, where his father, Sven Johnson, was a farmer. He immigrated to the United States and came to Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1869. For the first five years, he worked for the railroad in Missouri and Texas. He came to Sherman, Texas, in 1873 and later to Columbus and San Marcos,where he stopped working for the railroad. In 1874, he married Sophia Hallberg in Cameron, Texas. She was born on the island of Oroust in Tegneby parish, Halland, and she immigrated to the United States and Sedalia, Missouri, in 1870. There she married her childhood sweetheart, John Romhart. Her marriage was short, because husband soon died.
They had a daughter, Julia. In her marriage to A. M. Swenson, she had the following children: Anna, born in 1874, Amanda, 1875, John, 1877, Bertha, 1878, Didrik, 1881, Elin, 1883, Emelia, 1887, and Florence, 1888.
The Swenson family have lived in New Sweden since 1878 on the farm they bought. For one reason or another, Mrs. Swenson joined the Swedish Methodist Congregation in Manda in 1895, but the author of these notes still considers her one of his best friends.
"Swedes in Texas", 1918
Obituary:
O.D. Swenson and his sister, Mrs. Hjalmer Olson, both of whom reside east of Stamford heard of the death of their father, A.M. Swenson at his home at Manor, Texas.
Mr. Swenson was 78 years of age. Survived by his wife and children: Mrs. Florence Lickman, Mrs. Bertha Benson, Mrs. Annie Mayfield, A.J. Swenson, Mrs. Manda Excell, Mrs. Ellen Tingloe, Mrs. A.K. Anderson, O.D. Swenson and Mrs.Hjalmar Olson of Stamford.
The Stamford American
January 21, 1926
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