The 1909 history of Buena Vista County sketches three Larson households, all from Sweden, and never connects them, so each is kept apart here. Peter Larson, born in 1851, came to Illinois at eighteen, worked eight years as a farm hand, and in 1879 bought the 160 acres on section 29 of Maple Valley Township that he still farmed in 1909. Louis E. Larson, born in 1862, came with his parents Andrew and Anna Larson, who settled on raw prairie in Fairfield Township in 1888 after nine years in the coal mines at Centerville; Louis inherited the farm, doubled it to 320 acres, and married Hulda Eckman in 1890. C. E. Larson, born in 1867, clerked and banked at Marathon from 1890 and became cashier of the Security Savings Bank of Albert City in 1905. Every fact below is cited to the public-domain 1909 history of Buena Vista County.
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Farmer, section 29, Maple Valley Township
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Mr. Larson is an independent republican and while he keeps in touch with the progress that is being made along political lines, he has never sought nor desired public office. He is a member of the Lutheran church at Alta. in the work of which he takes an active and helpful part. He is well known among the substantial residents of Iowa and commands the respect and esteem of all with whom he is brought in contact.
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Swedish immigrants; settled Fairfield Township in 1888
Farmer, sections 1 and 2, Fairfield Township
Cashier, Security Savings Bank of Albert City
C. E. LARSON.
C. E. Larson, cashier of the Security Savings Hank of Alliert City, was born in Sweilen on the 5th of October, 1867, a son of Nels Larson, who is also a native of Sweden. The latter is now a well-to-do agriculturist residing a half mile west of Albert City. C. E. Larson acquired his education in the country schools and subsequently took a business course at Rock Island, Illinois. In 1890 he was employed as clerk by the firm of Wells & Yells at Marathon, Iowa, and in August, 1892, became assistant cashier of the First National Bank at that place. In December, 1905, he became cashier of the Security Savings Bank of Albert City, in which capacity he has since remained, Ijeing a wide-awake and enterprising representative of the financial interests of Buena Vista county. The institution was organized as a savings bank in May, 1900. with a capital of fifteen thousand dollars, which was increased in
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