Polk County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Jorgenson, Emil June 15 1885 - 
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Carol Eddleman deddle@ix.netcom.com November 2, 2004, 1:22 pm

Author: Anonymous
Emil Jorgenson, of McIntosh, local agent for the St. Anthony and Dakota Lumber 
Company, is a native of Polk county, born in Knute township, June 15, 1885, the 
son of Marcus and Hedda Jorgenson, natives of Norway, who settled in Polk 
county in 1884; the father becoming a well known farmer of the county, where 
they continue to make their home.  Emil Jorgenson was reared on the Knute 
township homestead and received his education in the country schools.  He 
remained on the farm until he was twenty-two years of age and then entered upon 
his commercial career, his first activity being in the lumber business and with 
the exception of two years spent in the employment of a telephone company, has 
continued to devote his attention to the lumber interests, where his ability 
and successful experience have won him rapid promotion and wide recognition.  
In July, 1913, he located in McIntosh, as the local manager for the St. Anthony 
& Dakota Lumber Co.  Mr. Jorgenson is one of the progressive and enterprising 
business mena and citizens of the town in which he lives and is actively 
interested in matters of public moment and in the promotion of the general 
welfare and growth.  He is a member of the St. Johns Lutheran church.

Additional Comments:
Source: Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota.  
Minneapolis: W. H. Bingham & Co., 1916, p. 144.

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