Bernt E Isacson supplied the gravestone photos and the cemetery information.
Karl Folke Lindqvist of Korsberga is the artist of the church painting.
Karl was born in Illinois and grew up on a farm near Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. The family moved to Pike Creek Township, Morrison County, Minnesota about 1905 as they were in the 1905 Minnesota State Census. The family was still there in the 1910 US census. He moved to Deerwood, Minnesota where he worked as a waiter on a Mississippi River boat. Carl spent some time in Duluth, Minnesota working at various jobs. In 1919/1920, he went back to Sweden with his parents and lived on the Skogsdill farm near Korsberga, Sweden. His mother, Amanda, came back to America again on May 20, 1922 and Karl and his father, Johan, remained on the farm.
Karl and Johan had hens, cows, pigs and raised potatoes on their farm and used oxen instead of horses to work the fields. Karl and Johan wanted to live an isolated life and disapproved of authorities and society. Karl remained an American citizen until 1960.
A newspaper article about them said Karl was easy going, talkative, friendly with a good memory and appreciated visitors, talking to them and learning what happened in the neighborhood. After Johan's death in 1941, Karl remained on the farm, never married and lived as a hermit. He wanted his privacy but mistreated his animals. He became somewhat of a notoriety in his later years and tourists would visit the farm as an attraction for its condition. He did enjoy the people coming even though he was a bit eccentric. His neighbors kept track of Karl.
Karl died at Skogsdill, Korsberga socken, Vetlanda kommun, Jonkoping Lan.
Karl Folke Lindqvist of Korsberga is the artist of the church painting.
Karl was born in Illinois and grew up on a farm near Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. The family moved to Pike Creek Township, Morrison County, Minnesota about 1905 as they were in the 1905 Minnesota State Census. The family was still there in the 1910 US census. He moved to Deerwood, Minnesota where he worked as a waiter on a Mississippi River boat. Carl spent some time in Duluth, Minnesota working at various jobs. In 1919/1920, he went back to Sweden with his parents and lived on the Skogsdill farm near Korsberga, Sweden. His mother, Amanda, came back to America again on May 20, 1922 and Karl and his father, Johan, remained on the farm.
Karl and Johan had hens, cows, pigs and raised potatoes on their farm and used oxen instead of horses to work the fields. Karl and Johan wanted to live an isolated life and disapproved of authorities and society. Karl remained an American citizen until 1960.
A newspaper article about them said Karl was easy going, talkative, friendly with a good memory and appreciated visitors, talking to them and learning what happened in the neighborhood. After Johan's death in 1941, Karl remained on the farm, never married and lived as a hermit. He wanted his privacy but mistreated his animals. He became somewhat of a notoriety in his later years and tourists would visit the farm as an attraction for its condition. He did enjoy the people coming even though he was a bit eccentric. His neighbors kept track of Karl.
Karl died at Skogsdill, Korsberga socken, Vetlanda kommun, Jonkoping Lan.
Bernt E Isacson supplied the gravestone photos and the cemetery information.
Karl Folke Lindqvist of Korsberga is the artist of the church painting.
Karl was born in Illinois and grew up on a farm near Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. The family moved to Pike Creek Township, Morrison County, Minnesota about 1905 as they were in the 1905 Minnesota State Census. The family was still there in the 1910 US census. He moved to Deerwood, Minnesota where he worked as a waiter on a Mississippi River boat. Carl spent some time in Duluth, Minnesota working at various jobs. In 1919/1920, he went back to Sweden with his parents and lived on the Skogsdill farm near Korsberga, Sweden. His mother, Amanda, came back to America again on May 20, 1922 and Karl and his father, Johan, remained on the farm.
Karl and Johan had hens, cows, pigs and raised potatoes on their farm and used oxen instead of horses to work the fields. Karl and Johan wanted to live an isolated life and disapproved of authorities and society. Karl remained an American citizen until 1960.
A newspaper article about them said Karl was easy going, talkative, friendly with a good memory and appreciated visitors, talking to them and learning what happened in the neighborhood. After Johan's death in 1941, Karl remained on the farm, never married and lived as a hermit. He wanted his privacy but mistreated his animals. He became somewhat of a notoriety in his later years and tourists would visit the farm as an attraction for its condition. He did enjoy the people coming even though he was a bit eccentric. His neighbors kept track of Karl.
Karl died at Skogsdill, Korsberga socken, Vetlanda kommun, Jonkoping Lan.
Karl Folke Lindqvist of Korsberga is the artist of the church painting.
Karl was born in Illinois and grew up on a farm near Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. The family moved to Pike Creek Township, Morrison County, Minnesota about 1905 as they were in the 1905 Minnesota State Census. The family was still there in the 1910 US census. He moved to Deerwood, Minnesota where he worked as a waiter on a Mississippi River boat. Carl spent some time in Duluth, Minnesota working at various jobs. In 1919/1920, he went back to Sweden with his parents and lived on the Skogsdill farm near Korsberga, Sweden. His mother, Amanda, came back to America again on May 20, 1922 and Karl and his father, Johan, remained on the farm.
Karl and Johan had hens, cows, pigs and raised potatoes on their farm and used oxen instead of horses to work the fields. Karl and Johan wanted to live an isolated life and disapproved of authorities and society. Karl remained an American citizen until 1960.
A newspaper article about them said Karl was easy going, talkative, friendly with a good memory and appreciated visitors, talking to them and learning what happened in the neighborhood. After Johan's death in 1941, Karl remained on the farm, never married and lived as a hermit. He wanted his privacy but mistreated his animals. He became somewhat of a notoriety in his later years and tourists would visit the farm as an attraction for its condition. He did enjoy the people coming even though he was a bit eccentric. His neighbors kept track of Karl.
Karl died at Skogsdill, Korsberga socken, Vetlanda kommun, Jonkoping Lan.
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