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Mathias Swanson
9 Sep 1832 – 25 Aug 1901
| Birth | 9 Sep 1832 |
| Death | 25 Aug 1901 |
| Cemetery | Big Woods Cemetery Oslo , Marshall County , Minnesota , USA |
| Added by | kateb on 30 Apr 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178897334 |
Bio
From Warren, Mn "Plains to Plenty", 1980: Mathias Swanson (sometimes known as Swensen) came to America from Hedemarken, Norway. He and his wife, Agnette, and family came to America in 1859 where they settled in Wisconsin moving there to Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, where they lived for a number of years. In 1879 the family came to Marshall County, arriving in covered wagons drawn by oxen, a trip that took six weeks. They were hard-hit by prairie fires in Big Woods Township. On October 18, 1879 a prairie fire swept everything away including all the hay that had been put up for the winter months as well as the buildings he had erected for his family. With the help of his sons: Simon, Henry, Andrew, Bernard, Martin and Anton and a hired man, they put up hay in a bend of the river where Oslo is now located, bought two stacks of oats from a neighbor, and rebuilt his homestead buildings. As the years passed, all the sons took up homesteads in the township of Big Woods. Later Mathias built a home for himself at 318 West Johnson Avenue (later the home of Dr. Blegen and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Slusar and now Mr. and Mrs. Milfred Westberg). Here they lived until Mathias died, after which his widow returned to Big Woods to spend the rest of her life with members of her family.
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- Andreas M. "Andrew" Swanson 1863–1916
- Bernard M. Swanson 1865–1939
- Beata Swanson Larson 1867–1921
- Martinus M. Swanson 1869–1934
- Anton M. Swanson 1872–1954
- Antonette Swanson Strand 1876–1916
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