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Born 1876
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
BENDICK FREDERICKSON (1876), Christiania township farmer and feeder of cattle and hogs, is a native of that township, having been born on the farm he now conducts December 7, 1876j the son of pioneer residents of Christiania. His parents were John and Engebor Frederickson, who came from Norway soon after their marriage, and, after living a short time in Olmsted county, settled in Jackson county, taking as a homestead claim in 1870 the south half of the southwest quarter of section 24, Christiania township. On that farm they lived until their death, some fifteen years ago. Bendick is the oldest of a family of four children living. The others are Albert, Henry and Anna (Mrs. Gust Thompson).
With the exception of a few years when he was working out-Bendick has spent his entire life on the home farm. He bought the farm from the other heirs in 1901 and has since resided on the place. Mr. Frederickson is not married and makes his home with the family of his brother, Albert. Recently he has begun feeding cattle and hogs for the market. In addition to his own farm he farms an eighty acre tract on section 24. Mr. Frederickson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and of the Sons of Norway lodge. He is a director of school district No. 26.
As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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