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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. they built a post. He was 423 honorably discharged April 23, 1860, very much broken down in health. He now gets a pension of f 6 a month from the Government. In May, 1S60, he located in Moroni and worked at his trade of a for fifteen 3-ears. When the Black Hawk war broke out he was made a Captain and drilled the local company, taking an active part throughout the war. In '73 he took up 160 acres of land, where he now resides, two miles south of Moroni, and has a nice farm of ninetyseven acres. Was married April 23, 1860, to Mary Jacobsen, by whom he has three children: Phillip, Josephine and Jacob. Second wife was Maria Neilsen, by whom he has six children: Andrew, George, Tilda, John, Joseph and Alvin. He married a third wife January 2, 1895, Nelsine Easmussen, born in Denmark September 26, 1831. shoemaker fTi OXSON, HON. MONS, Treasurer of Sanpete couna native of Lund, Sweden, where he was born March 18, 1850. His father, Bengt Monson, was a farmer by occupation and came with his family to the United States in '51. They resided in Keokuk, Iowa, two and one-half years, when they came across the plains to Utah, locating in Spanish Fork. In the fall of '60 they moved to Moroni, Sanpete county, and took up a small farm of twenty-five acres. His father died May 9, 18S9. Our subject learned the trade of cabinetmaker, at which he worked winters and farmed summers. He has a fine farm of about 100 acres three miles south of town, twenty acres inside the city limits, and a nice residence in the city. Mr. Monson has always taken an active part in politics and was chairman of the Democratic party in Moroni three years. He held the offices of Constable, Justice of the Peace and was Mayor of the city from '92 to '95. He has also been a worker in the church; in '76 he helped establish a colony in Arizona, working as a carpenter. He spent the two years '84-'85 on a mission, laboring in Sweden and Lapland. In November, 1896, he was elected to the office of County Treasurer, which he fills to the satisfaction of the people and with great credit to himself. Mr. Monson is a highly respected citi- / I 1 / I ty, is |
