Fred J SELEEN

• Name	Fred J SELEEN
  Gender	Male
  Notes	HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, MN. PUB. 1910.    FRED J. SELEEN (1870), manager of the Heron Lake branch of the Western Implement company, has resided in Jackson county since he was an infant. He is a native of Sweden and was born December 7, 1868, the son of Ole and Stina (Anderson) Seleen. These parents were born in Sweden. The father came to the United States in 1868 and the mother the following year. For a short time the family home was in Emmet county, Iowa, but in 1870 the family came to Jackson county and took a homestead claim in West Heron Lake township. Ole Seleen died in August, "1894, at the age of 60 years. His widow lives in Heron Lake and is 70 years of age. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of a family of nine children, of whom seven are living. The other children are Herman, who died at Pocatella,, Idaho, November 28, 1899; Emil, of Spokane, Washington; Emma (Mrs. Emil Peterson), who died in July, 1901; Erick, of Minneapolis; Oscar, of Weimer township; Palmer, of Minneapolis; Nate, of Heron Lake. Fred Seleen accompanied his mother to America when less than one year of age. After one year spent in Emmet county, Iowa, he came with the family to Jackson county in 1870. Until he was of age he lived with his parents on the farm in West Heron Lake township and in Heron Lake, securing his education in the Heron Lake public schools and working on the farm. He married in 1889 and engaged in farming four years on rented property. Then he moved to Oktibbeha county, Mississippi, engaged in farming in that southern state one year, and returned to Jackson county. He worked in the implement house of Frank Day, Heron Lake, four years, and then bought the west half of the northwest quarter of section 31, Weimer township, and engaged in farming. During the past four years he has been the manager of the Western Implement company's house at Heron Lake, while his sons conduct the farm. Tlie officers of the company arc Richard Lamb, president; B. B. Sontag, vice president; J. W. Benson, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Seleen was married in Jackson county January 2, 1881, to Annie Johnson. She was born in Clay county, Iowa, November 2. 1868, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew , Johnson, both natives of Norway. Eight children have been born to this union, named as follows: Elmer, born September 11, 1891; Carl, born December 2, 1893; Stella, born June 1, 1897; Emma, born February 19, 1899; John, born January 13, 1901; Paul, born December 25, 1903; Ruth, born August 25, 1905; Lester, born June 18, 1909. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church, in which organization Mr. Seleen has held all the offices at various times. He is a member of the M. B. A. and I.- O. O. F. lodges. For two years he served as a member of the board of supervisors of West Heron Lake township.
  Person ID	I15346	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family	Annie JOHNSON
  Marriage	2 Jan 1881
  Children	1. John Alfred SELEEN,   b. 13 Jan 1901, Jackson County, Minnesota d. 1 Feb 1965, Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F11304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2009