Swanson, Isaac

SWANSON, NELSON

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/25/2006 at 19:16:05

SWANSON, ISAAC

Isaac Swanson, a native of Sweden, where he was born August 13, 1845, is notable alike for the success that has attended him since his arrival in Lyon County, by reason of his industrious habits and upright character, and for the respect and esteem in which he is held throughout Sioux Township, where he has long resided. His early youth was passed in his Swedish birthplace, where he attended the local schools, and made such preparation as he could for a long and busy career. Landing in America in 1881, he first set foot on the soil of this continent at Quebec, Canada, where he did not remain, but hastened on to Canton, South Dakota. Later on he came into Lyon County, Iowa, and in the fall of the year of his arrival in this country bought a farm in Sioux Township, on which he has since resided.

Mr. Swanson was married May 2, 1881, to Miss Carrie Nelson. She was born in Sweden in 1858, and has become the mother of three children by her marriage with Mr. Swanson: Swan, Edward, and Antone. The three were born in Lyon County.

Mr. Swanson is a Republican, and occupies an enviable position in the esteem of the community where he is passing his long and useful life. He owns and operates a magnificent Iowa estate of nearly five hundred acres of land. It is mainly under cultivation, only such portions being reserved for grass and meadow as the demands of the farm require. The buildings are more than usually complete and the attractions of the place are supplemented by a handsome grove, which Mr. Swanson started when he entered upon the farm.

Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach Sec’y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. Chicago, 1904-1905

Transcribed by Roseanna Zehner, Darlene Jacoby and Diane Johnson