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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York published by John M. Gresham & Co. in 1891. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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SAMUEL S. CARLSON. It has often been remarked by close observers and men of wide-horizoned experience among all nationalities, that among the countries of the world which contribute to the population and wealth of this great republic, Sweden, the home of snow and ice, from her far-away corner in northwestern Europe, sends her best representatives and never her poorest to America, an example other countries would do well to emulate. Samuel S. Carlson is a son of Sweden, and was born in the centre of that kingdom Feb. 12, 1847, being a son of Samuel Lawrence and Christina (Johnson) Carlson. His grandparents and parents were natives and life-long residents of Sweden. Samuel L. Carlson married Christina Johnson, and their union was blessed with four children, three sons and one daughter: John F., the eldest son, married Louise Hedstrom, and now resides in Jamestown, where he is engaged in business with his brother, Samuel S.; Andrew Speater, the second son, resides in his native country, having never left the sight of her lakes and mountains; Anna Christina, who has also chosen to remain amid the scenes of her childhood; and Samuel S.
Samuel S. Carlson received his education in the excellent Swedish schools, where he was reared, and where he resided until 1868, when he sailed for America. Selecting Jamestown as his future home, he went to work as a day laborer, and then engaged in the furniture business for a short time, which he left to serve as section foreman on a railroad. In 1879 he engaged in the manufacture of furniture on Villiard street, where he has continued to the present time. He owns some very valuable real estate in the city, besides his handsome residence. Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party, and believes in doing his whole duty as an adopted citizen of the country, where floats the stars and stripes, signifying freedom and equality to all men, who choose to be true to what is best in their nature.
Mr. Carlson married Edith Sanburg, who lived near the home of his boyhood.
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