In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1862
From Past and present of Buena Vista County, Iowa (1909)
LOUIS K. L.VRSON.
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Louis E. Larson ac(tired his education in the common schools of his.native laiiil and Inis always made Ids home under the parental roof. On the death of his father he came into possession of the old homestead farm and has purchased a tract of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining, so that his holdings now comprise three hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land, in the cultivation of which he is meeting with a gratifying and well merited measure of prosperity.
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In his political views Mr. Larson is a stalwart republican and is now school director, in which capacity he has served for several years. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Swedish Lutheran church, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful interest. He is public-spirited, giving his co-operation to every movement which tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of his adopted county.
As printed in Past and present of Buena Vista County, Iowa (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name Louis E. Larson: J. P. Eckman (b. 1846)
The printed record stops around 1909. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.