Lena married the late Fred Oberg (see Oberg biography). Nellie married A. Hames. They have seven children. Tilda married Ole Bjorkman. They live on the Gunderson farm. They have three children: Jewell, Evelyn and Oriole.

        Andrew married Clara Amundson. He took an active part in township affairs and was board chairman for several years in Lowville township. The Johnsons had seven children: Oscar, Inez, Clarence, Elsie, Richard, Florence and Goodwin. Oscar lives on the old homestead.

        Inez married Joe Griesser. They had two children: Richard and Donna.

        Clarence married Elizabeth McCarthy. Elsie married Harold Thompson of Slayton. They have two girls: Audrey and Bette Jean. Richard married Helen Glarum. They have two children: Ronald and Larry. Florence is at home with her mother. Goodwin married Fern Buse. They have four children: Roger, Joyce, Jean, and Andrea Gale. Matilda married Dan Carst. Both have passed away.

        John M., who was postmaster at Chandler years ago, is dead. Ingeborg married Magnus Erdahl. They have five children. Christian, who lives at Karval, Colorado, has five children. Olaf is married and lives at Gordon, Nebraska. They have five children.


THE THEODORE KNUTSON FAMILY

        In the first group of settlers in Leeds were Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Knutson. Mr. Knutson came here in 1872 and was one of the petitioners for the formation of Leeds. He served over ten years on the town board and took an active paint in all the early activities.

        Mr. and Mrs. Knutson were born in Norway. Eight children were born to them: J. Axel, Walborg, Lucas, Trygve, Augusta, J. Donie, Rebecca, and Norma.

        Axel married Mary Johnson. They had ten children: LaDue, Norma, Viola, Irene, Arnold, Merriam, Joseph, Evelyn, Lowell and Katherine.


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        Walborg married Sig Satter. They had three children: LeRoy, who married Martha Christensen; Russel, who married Leota Sawyer; Lucas is unmarried.

        Lucas Engelstad is married and lives in California. They have two adopted sons: Anthony and Harland. Lucas has been a pastor in the Lutheran church for over twenty years.

        Trygve married Anna Fresk. They had two sons, Junior and James. Mrs. Knutson died and Mr. Knutson married Amy Stone, who had two children, Helen and Ross. James Knutson married Lydia Bacon. He was a member of the 103rd Infantry Div.; went overseas in 1944; wounded while leading an infantry platoon; recovered, and was on the line until January, 1945; was assigned to military government at Salzburg, Austria. Junior, who is a veteran of World War II, lives with his folks at Slayton. "Trig" was elected to the Minnesota legislature in 1946.

        Gusta married Nels Evenson. They had four children: Geneva, Theodore, Phillip (deceased) and Neil.

        J. Donie married Viola Kadolph October 21, 1914. They have four children: Byron, Glen, Delpha, (with the Murray Co. Co-op. Oil Co. of Slayton), and Beverly (with the Murray County State Bank at Slayton). Glen was Staff Sgt. in the 5th Air Force, attached to the 90th Bomb. Group. Had 49 missions on B-24's; top turret gunner; has Asiatic Pacific ribbon; six campaign stars; air medal; three oak leaf clusters, and is now with the National Citizens'; Bank of Mankato.

        Rebecca married Albert Holmberg. They have one child, Rebecca.

        Norma married Rev. Victor L. Peterson of Abercrombie, North Dakota, October 15, 1919. They have three children: Rachel, who married Thomas Norris; Norma Evie, and Mark.


THE B. M. LOW FAMILY

        Active in the early days of the development of western Murray county was B. M. Low. The Low family emigrated from New York to Wisconsin and from Wisconsin to Minnesota in the middle sixties. B. M. was a civil war veteran and took a


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