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I don't really know a whole lot about Carl Agust Carlson. I know that he was married
to a Mathilda Charlotta (last name unknown). In Mathilda's will she left property to
her daughters. One piece of property was in Kanabe county, Minnesota and the other was in
Bristol, Day county, South Dakota. I also know that son John was born in Minnesota.
Mathilda and Carl divorced when my great grandfather, John Oscar Carlson, was a young boy.
John had to stay home after the divorce and help her run the farm. John couldn't
read at age 21. He learned how to read and went to Poorman's College, now called
Valparaiso University for two years. They ran out of money. John died from a
truck/train wreck at age 43. In the notes that my mother had she mentions that August and
Mathilda were divorced. On the death index card that my great grandmother Amelia, wife of
John, she put down that John's father's name was Carl Carlson. I just recently
found out when Mathilda died and I'm in t!
he process of getting her death certificate. I'm hoping that there might be some
information on it about Carl August Carlson. I've been trying to find out as much
information that I can the free way. Getting copies of death and birth certificates can
be costly. But now I've come to the point that I'm going to have to spend a
little money to get any further.