John Peterson came to Clay county, South Dakota in 1869. He was granted a land patent on a quarter section of land in Garfield township on February 1, 1886. Due to the many Petersons already in the area, John changed his name to John Peterson Eklund. Thereafter he was known as "J.P." He married Anna Peterson in Sioux City, Iowa.
J.P. was one of the finest men that ever lived in the settlement. He did considerable work as a plasterer and mason, and was one of the most honest and sincere gentlemen ever known.
According to the early settlers, he became the midwife of the community during the first years after the settlement was made, when there were no connections by doctors, no roads, and no communications other than oxen that were used for field work as well as for transportation to town for supplies and provisions.
They had in all eleven children born to them, among whom were two sets of twins who died in infancy. Five children reached maturity: Anna Louise, William D, Elon, John Harry, and Edna Luverne.
After the marriages of his children, JP built another little home near his first residence, where he and Anna lived until their deaths.
JP was one of the early members of Dalesburg Lutheran Church and later one of the founding members of the Dalesburg Baptist Church, both in Garfield township, Clay County.
By the time he retired JP owned almost 700 acres of Garfield township land. He divided it among his children.
--Some information from "History of the Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies", August Peterson, 1947
J.P. was one of the finest men that ever lived in the settlement. He did considerable work as a plasterer and mason, and was one of the most honest and sincere gentlemen ever known.
According to the early settlers, he became the midwife of the community during the first years after the settlement was made, when there were no connections by doctors, no roads, and no communications other than oxen that were used for field work as well as for transportation to town for supplies and provisions.
They had in all eleven children born to them, among whom were two sets of twins who died in infancy. Five children reached maturity: Anna Louise, William D, Elon, John Harry, and Edna Luverne.
After the marriages of his children, JP built another little home near his first residence, where he and Anna lived until their deaths.
JP was one of the early members of Dalesburg Lutheran Church and later one of the founding members of the Dalesburg Baptist Church, both in Garfield township, Clay County.
By the time he retired JP owned almost 700 acres of Garfield township land. He divided it among his children.
--Some information from "History of the Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies", August Peterson, 1947
John Peterson came to Clay county, South Dakota in 1869. He was granted a land patent on a quarter section of land in Garfield township on February 1, 1886. Due to the many Petersons already in the area, John changed his name to John Peterson Eklund. Thereafter he was known as "J.P." He married Anna Peterson in Sioux City, Iowa.
J.P. was one of the finest men that ever lived in the settlement. He did considerable work as a plasterer and mason, and was one of the most honest and sincere gentlemen ever known.
According to the early settlers, he became the midwife of the community during the first years after the settlement was made, when there were no connections by doctors, no roads, and no communications other than oxen that were used for field work as well as for transportation to town for supplies and provisions.
They had in all eleven children born to them, among whom were two sets of twins who died in infancy. Five children reached maturity: Anna Louise, William D, Elon, John Harry, and Edna Luverne.
After the marriages of his children, JP built another little home near his first residence, where he and Anna lived until their deaths.
JP was one of the early members of Dalesburg Lutheran Church and later one of the founding members of the Dalesburg Baptist Church, both in Garfield township, Clay County.
By the time he retired JP owned almost 700 acres of Garfield township land. He divided it among his children.
--Some information from "History of the Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies", August Peterson, 1947
J.P. was one of the finest men that ever lived in the settlement. He did considerable work as a plasterer and mason, and was one of the most honest and sincere gentlemen ever known.
According to the early settlers, he became the midwife of the community during the first years after the settlement was made, when there were no connections by doctors, no roads, and no communications other than oxen that were used for field work as well as for transportation to town for supplies and provisions.
They had in all eleven children born to them, among whom were two sets of twins who died in infancy. Five children reached maturity: Anna Louise, William D, Elon, John Harry, and Edna Luverne.
After the marriages of his children, JP built another little home near his first residence, where he and Anna lived until their deaths.
JP was one of the early members of Dalesburg Lutheran Church and later one of the founding members of the Dalesburg Baptist Church, both in Garfield township, Clay County.
By the time he retired JP owned almost 700 acres of Garfield township land. He divided it among his children.
--Some information from "History of the Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies", August Peterson, 1947
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