Martin C. Larson

As printed in 1912

MARTIN C. LARSON (1877) in partnership with his brother, Anton S. Larson, farms 540 acres of land in Monroe township, 320 acres of this being the estate left them by their father, Hans T. Larson, who died August 7, 1908.

Hans T. Larson was born in Norway April 11, 1846, and came to the United States in 1866, locating in Fillmore county and making that his home until 1871. Then he came to Lyon county and took as a homestead the west half of the northeast quarter of section 10, Monroe township. The next year he took the southeast quarter of section 10 as a tree claim. He experienced the hardships of the early days, the grasshopper scourge and the terrible blizzards of the early eighties. He prospered and was well off at the time of his death. He was active in township affairs. Turi (Gullickson) Larson, his wife, was born in Norway June 16, 1848, and came to America in 1870, where she was married two years later, in Monroe township. She died in 1893.

Martin C. Larson was born on the Monroe township homestead March 5, 187 6, and has lived on the farm ever since. He was educated in the school of district No. 35 and in the Tracy High School. He remained on the farm and worked for his father until the latter's death, since which time Martin and his brother have had charge. Martin was township assessor four years. He has stock in the Farmers Elevator Company of Tracy and in the telephone company. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Tracy.

Anton S. Larson, brother of the above, was born on the Monroe homestead January 28, 1879, and was brought up and educated in the township. He was married May 29, 1907, in Tracy, to Adelia Montgomery. To this union have been born four children. Mildred and Manly, the eldest, are twins. The other children are Frances and Gertrude Clara. Mrs. Anton Larson was born in Redwood county March 25, 1878, and is a daughter of George and Julia (Steves) Montgomery, natives of Canada who settled at Walnut Grove just after the Indian outbreak. The father is dead and the mother lives with her daughter. Anton Larson is at present on the school board of his district and he has served on the township board.

Martin and Anton Larson have the following brothers and sister living: Louis, of Braham, Minnesota; Hans T., of Crosby, North Dakota; Tien, of Hastings, Minnesota; and Clara M. (Mrs. Ben Cole), of Amiret.

As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.