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Erick Swedin Biography
This biography appears on page 897 in History of Dakota
Territory by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was
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Erick Swedin, a farmer and stockman residing on section 12,
Pleasant Valley township, Clay county, was born in Sweden and
accompanied his parents to America in 1870. Two years later the family
settled in Clay county and the father took up a homestead of one
hundred and sixty acres in Greenwood township, which he operated until
his death in 1896. Two years later the mother passed to her reward.
They were the parents of two sons, the younger brother of our subject
being Olaf, who resides on section 32, Greenwood township.
Erick Swedin was educated in Clay county and during his boyhood
and youth became familiar with the work of the farm. After reaching
manhood he was stationary engineer until 1899, when he began farming on
land which he purchased in 1893. His place comprises two hundred and
forty acres and he has resided thereon for fifteen years, giving his
undivided attention to the cultivation of the fields and the care of
the stock.
Mr. Swedin was married in 1899 to Miss Anne Anderson, who was
born in Sweden but came to America in 1883. Her parents never emigrated
to this country and the father is still living in Sweden, but the
mother is deceased. Mrs. Swedin was educated in her native land and in
Clay county. By her marriage she has become the mother of three
children: Clarence, whose birth occurred in 1902; Elmer, born in 1904;
and Bernice, born in 1910.
In politics Mr. Swedin is a democrat but has never been an office
seeker. He is a Baptist in religious faith and finds in the teachings
of that organization the guiding principles of his life Through hard
work, the exercise of good judgment and the application of modern
methods to farming, he has gained more than a competence and is one of
the well-to-do farmers of Clay county.