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A. ROBERT FRANSEEN, like many of our best citizens, came to us from Sweden. He now resides about nine miles north from Sprague, where he owns something over a half section of land, and devotes his energies to farming. He has accumulated his property almost entirely since coming to this country in 1893 and the fact that he is owner of a half section of good land, well improved with plenty of stock and implements, indicates his industry and thrift.
A. Robert Franseen was born in Smalland
Province, Sweden, on April 1, 1865, being the
son of Frank and Johanna (Josephson) Franseen, natives of Sweden and now living in
Smalland. Our subject worked on his father's
farm in Sweden until twenty-two, having
gained his education in the meantime. Then
he sailed from Malmo, Sweden direct to Philadelphia. From that metropolis, he journeyed
to Minneapolis, where he worked on the railroad construction and in the woods of Wisconsin for over two years. Then he journeyed to
(Great Falls, Montana, whence he came to Spokane. In 1893, he came to this country and
three years later rented land. In 1899, he purchased his present place. Since he had no capital whatever to start with, upon arriving here,
he was forced to undergo the hardships
dent to a settler in a new country and has done so well in his endeavors, that he ranks with the
substantial men of the community.
At Smalland. Sweden, on December 18,
1886, Mr. Franseen married Miss Adrina
Johnson, and one child has been born to them,
Ernest, who has spent most of his life in Sweden, and is now attending school in this country.
Mr. Franseen is a member of the I. O. O.
F. and M. W. A. He and his wife belong to
the Swedish Lutheran church. Mr. Franseen
has six brothers and sisters, John, Carl, Anna,
Edward, Mrs. Olevia Swenson, and Esther.
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