Osceola County MI Archives Biographies.....Lindstrom, John A. September 30, 1853 -
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Author: Chapman Brothers, Chicago
John A. Lindstrom, salesman for G.W. Bevins, general merchant, is a native of
Sweden, where he was born Sept. 30, 1853,
in Wermland. He is the son of Nels and Kate Lindstrom. His mother dying when
he was a child of eight years, he was
cared for by others until he was 17, when he returned to the home of his
father. A year later they came to the States,
and located on a farm in Sherman Township, in Osceola County. The senior
Lindstrom is a successful farmer of the same
township.
Mr. Lindstrom succeeded in obtaining an excellent and thorough knowledge of
the use of the English language, and for
some time, while acquiring an understanding of the cutoms of American people,
was occupied as a common laborer. In 1880
he entered upon the duties of his present position, which he has discharged
with ability and fidelity. He is a
supporter of the tenets of the Lutheran religion and is a Republican in
political adherence.
He was married in Tustin Aug. 5, 1881, to Huldah M. Olson, who was born Jan.
16, 1858, in Westevrik, Sweden, where her
father is a merchant. She grew to womanhood in her native land, coming to the
United States in 1880. She is the mother
of two children, - Alfdis S. and Florence I.
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1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Osceola Co.
Chapman Brothers, Chicago
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