Carl Ambrosius Nilsen LIEN

1857 - 1915  (57 years)

• Name	Carl Ambrosius Nilsen LIEN
  Birth	21 Jul 1857	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1915	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Notes	From contributor DaveVangsness on Find A Grave: BOOK - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. PUBLISHED IN 1909 Carl N. Lien, Red Wing, who has a long and honorable record of public office holding in this and Ramsey counties, is the son of Nils G. and Martha (Holm) Lien, natives of Norway. The mother came to America in 1852 and located in Winneshiek county, Iowa. The father came a year later and settled in Manitowoc, Wis. They were married at Decorah, Iowa, in 1856, and in the spring of the following year came to Warsaw, this county, where the father carried on general farming until his death, in 1901. His widow followed him to the grave two years later. Carl N. attended the public schools and took a course in the Lutheran College at Decorah, Iowa. After a course at Northfield, Minn., at St. Olaf's College, he completed his schooling with a business training in the Curtiss Business College at St. Paul. Thus, well equipped with a classical and business education, he started out in life for himself. Between 1879 and 1889 he was justice of the peace, assessor and township chairman, and town clerk in Warsaw, and in 1883-85 was enrolling clerk in the house of representatives. From October, 1885, to June, 1886, he was transcribing clerk in the office of the United States surveyor-general, at St. Paul. He was then elected county auditor of Goodhue county, and from January, 1890, to January 4, 1909, served honorably and continuously in that position. Mr. Lien was married April 24, 1878, to Mary E. Johnson, who was educated in Carleton College and St. Olaf's College, at Northfield, Minn. She also taught school six years, four years in Iowa and two years in Goodhue county. This union has been blessed with eight children. Amanda, born July 29, 1879, married Elias Rachie, and lives at Willmar, Minn. Clara M., born October 30, 1880, married Ole J. Olson, a contractor and builder, of Sioux Falls, S. D. Anna married Edward Lidberg, of Red Wing. She was born September 11, 1882. Nels, N., born August 1, 1884, is deputy auditor of the county. Mabel C., born October 23, 1886, and Julia, born September 9, 1889, are graduates of the Red Wing high school. Conrad, born October 4, 1892, died December 31, 1893, and Carl, born December 31, 1894, died April 14, 1896. The family faith is that of St. Peter's Evangelical church, and Mr. Lien votes the Republican ticket. During the years 1908-09 Mr. Lien has been teaching penmanship in the Red Wing Seminary.
  Person ID	I26402	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Nils Gunnarsen LIEN,   b. 17 Mar 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 20 May 1901, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Marthe Amundsen HOLM,   b. 28 Oct 1820, Norway d. 8 Feb 1903 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F17643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marit JOHNSON,   b. 11 Aug 1853, Winneshiek County, Iowa d. 6 Nov 1932, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1878
  Children	1. Amanda Marie LIEN,   b. 29 Jul 1879, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 24 May 1957, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F18535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2023