John Eric CARLSON
- Born: 26 Mar 1875, Sweden 2
- Marriage: Clara Myrtle Christine RYERSON on 3 Jun 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA 1
- Died: Jun 1980 at age 105 2
Noted events in his life were:
Census: Amity > 0016, 1910, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. John Carlson 36
Clodine Carlson 28
H Gilman Carlson 7
A Mairne Carlson 4
Arthur Peterson 18
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Census: Amity > District 17, 1920, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. John Carlson 35
Clara Carlson 31
Gillman Carlson 17
Marine Carlson 12
Evylin Carlson 10
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Census: Amity > District 2, 1930, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. John Carlson 56
Clara M Carlson 48
Gilman Carlson 27
Edith Carlson 23 daughter-in-law
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Census: Amity > 53-2, 1940, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. John Carlson 66
Florence Shifflet 41 housekeeper
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Reference: The Centennial History of Cornell, Illinois 1873-1973, 1973, Illinois, USA. OUR OVER NINETY CITIZENS
John Carlson (Our Oldest Citizen)
Mr. John Carlson, 99 years young, lives three miles south and two miles west of Cornell, on the Amity Township line. He is our oldest citizen and lives on his same 160 acre farm with his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cox.
Born in Sweden in 1874, Mr. Carlson left his homeland at the age of 19, to come to the USA. He arrived in Graymont, Ill. in 1893, at the home of his brother, Frank, who was already settled here. He hired out as a farm hand for 50 cents a day and started farming on his own in Rooks Creek Township in 1899.
Mr. Carlson became a naturalized citizen in September 1898 and cast his first vote for President William McKinley. He married Clara Ryerson in 1901 and very soon started farming in Amity Township, where he still resides. They were parents of Gilman, now of Rochester, Indiana; Maurine, with whom he now lives; and Evelyn of Highland Park, Ill. He has six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Mrs. Carlson died in 1936.
Mr. Carlson is a member of the First Lutheran Church of Pontiac and the Livingston County Farm Bureau. He retired from active farming in 1943.
Mr. Carlson's favorite pastimes are reading, and watching TV.
Residence: last, 1980, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. Last Residence: 61764 Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois, United States of America
Obituary, 1980, Illinois, USA. John Carlson, for many years, the oldest citizen of Cornell, Illinois, died at age 106. He lived on his same 160 acre farm with his daughter and son-in-law, Maurine & Edward Cox. Born in Sweden in 1874, he left his home at the age of 19 and came to America.
He arrived in Graymont, IL in 1893, at the home of his brother, Frank. He hired out as a farm hand for 50 cents a day and started framing his own land in Rooks Creek in 1899.
He became a Naturalized citizen in 1898 and cast his first vote for William McKinley. He married Clara Ryerson in 1901 and soon after began farming in Amity Township, where he resided until his death. John & Clara had one son, Gilman, and two daughters, Maurine & Evelyn.
Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery, Pontiac, 1980, Livingston County, Illinois, USA.
John married Clara Myrtle Christine RYERSON, daughter of Thomas (Tormod G. Reierson) RYERSON and Lise Margrethe Larsdatter ΨGAARD, on 3 Jun 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.1 (Clara Myrtle Christine RYERSON was born on 23 Apr 1882 in Livingston County, Illinois, USA and died on 26 Mar 1936 in McLean County, Illinois, USA 3.)
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