Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....John T. Evjen October 4 1868 - 
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Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 9:38 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

JOHN T. EVJEN was born in Salem township, Olmsted county, October 4,
1868, and is a son of Tormas and Beret Evjen, who came from Norway to
Dodge county, Minnesota, in 1868, and there bought a tract of 80 acres
of farm land. The father died in 1900 and the mother in 1909, and both
were laid at rest in the South Zumbro cemetery. Their son John T., the
subject of this review, spent his youth in assisting his parents on the
farm and in getting an education at the district schools. In 1886 be
began farming operations on his own-account by renting land and
cultivating the same. For two years previous to renting land he followed
the butcher's trade at Kasson, Minnesota. In 1896 he purchased 80 acres
in section 31, Salem township, and to this tract he has continued to add
until he owns a total of 220 acres, on which are buildings worth about
$5,000. He is engaged in mixed farming and raises considerable hay,
grain and live stock. In 1892 he married Miss Louise Sorum, whose
parents came from Norway and were pioneers of this portion of the state.
To this union the following children were born: Bertha, born September
24, 1893; Jennetta, born in 1895, died 1898; Clara, born April, 1897;
Ida, born November, 1899; Joseph, born August 18, 1901; Selma, born
September, 1903; Lillian, born July, 1905; Olga, born in 1907, Benjamin,
born in 1909. Mr. Evjen is a member of the South Zumbro church. He is a
Republican and has held the office of town treasurer for three years. He
is public spirited and a hustler in all his business operations. His
brother Ole Evjen is farming in North Dakota and has four children. His
brother Halver Evjen married Halga Peterson in 1883 and resides on an
adjoining farm; he has been an invalid for several years. He and wife
have the following children: Carl, Tilda, Enally, Cora and Helma.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many
of its pioneers, 
citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association,
1910. Pages 628-629.

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