My Genealogy Hound

SOREN C. LARSON, one of the well to do farmers of Kearney county, was born in Sulsted Sogn, Kjaer Hirre, Alborg Amt., Denmark, August 22, 1843. His father’s name was Lars Peter Sorenson, and his mother’s name was Karn Kirstine Pedersdotter, before marriage. His father was a wood-worker, and, although born poor, he proved to be a hard-working, industrious man, and by his rigid economy and unceaseless perseverance succeeded in acquiring considerable property. His first wife (the mother of the subject of this sketch) died in 1860, and he remarried. He died about 1868, the father of thirteen children, seven of whom were boys. Nearly all of the boys learned the same trade as the father had, and as fast as they became of age invariably left for America.

After serving about three months in the marine service of Denmark, Soren C. Larson came to America in April, 1866, and came as far west as Milwaukee, but soon returned as far east as Michigan, where he worked for a few months. He then went to Racine, Wis., where he found employment in the great wagon shops there. In 1867 he came as far west as Omaha and helped erect a large number of houses in that city, during the nine months he was there, then returned to Racine, Wis. After the great fire in Chicago, he went there and worked at the carpenter trade for some time and again returned to the shops in Racine, Wis. He came to Nebraska in 1882 and settled in Kearney county, where he purchased a quarter section of land, on which he has since resided and has greatly improved.

He was married in Racine, Wis., May 15, 1868, to Miss Johanne Katrine Anderson. She was a native of Denmark, born August 15, 1848, and came to America in 1865. This blessed union has resulted in the birth of ten children, namely — Louis, born January 3, 1860; George, born August 24, 1872; Clara, born December 10, 1874; Rosa C., born June 9, 1877; Arthur, born October 14, 1879; Alice, born October 27, 1885; and Harry Alwin, born December 28, 1888, and three deceased. Mr. Larson has been treasurer of Grant township for two years and is now serving his third term as county supervisor.