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Ii] (I]MB, AXn MIlS JAMES OLSEN.JOn Tuesday of this week Mr., and easicn ss*rving to moke the numerous Mrs* James, Olsen of this city, met family Hotter acquainted with each their children, grand clii'dron, groat other as well ,as marking an Important grandchildren and other relatives and epoch in its history friends, at the meeting house, Ja Col- Mr, Olsen was among the first mem* lege ward, Cache county, their former hers of the church io emigrate to this homo, to celebrate the anniversary country from Denmark, coming across of their golden wedding. On Sunday the,sea in the* company of John Fors-last, Mr. and Mrs. Olsen bad been ,gren. This- ivalt;rthe first regularly or-married just fifty years and a3 the ganized company of Saints that came fruits of that union, they have a pos- from ’Scandinavia. It left there in terity that numbers a host, and have IS52 and Was eleven months in reach-established a name and record in this ing Utah. {The*sea trip required elev-communRy that is an enviable lt;«n weeks and then they landed in New character. Orleans and made the trip up the Mii-When they began, life together* con- sisippi as far as Keokuk, Iowa, Fropi ditions tn this community were not as there Mr- Olsen drove team to Utah they are today, for the worthy pair getting here in September 1S53. were among the, pioneers of Brigham. He endured all the privations of ear-City. They are well acquainted with ly life in Utah and was a valuable the vicissitudes and trials of early * and industrious member of even' com-days and can tell of the ravages- of munity in the state that he was inden-Jhe crickets, of the, eating ,of segos tilled with,and boilejl rushes,'of the warlare with j * Mr. Olsens birthplace is Aalborg,Indians-and the hundred and one 1 Denmark* and he first saw* the li^htIpanorama of passed years tand see a diligent ar.d iaitbful member of the ‘‘what wonders Cod hath wrought/*[churchHaving been successful, through their1 Mrs. Mario Olsen is one-of the kind industry, in surrounding themselves1 ot women of which Utah- people are with sufficient, of this world’s goods j proud. She, too, is a pioneer. She to provide for their wants for the was a member of the ill-fated handbalance of their days, this worthy pair j cart company of 1S5G, and still hasare enjoying the Trusts of their labors,keen recollections of the terrible hard-Iand tho natural worries of life have!ships that they enduredNon their tripno place in their mental storehouse,i to Utah. She was born on Sjelland, ior clean living has given them a feel- Denmark, on Sept. 9, 1S46, and sheing void of offense toward God or I came to America just ten years later, man and they bask in the sweet fektshe roared a family of fifteen cliildf-lowship of their family and friends ren, 12 of whom are now aliv^. Shewith s’atisfaction unalloyed.had 70 grandchildren and there are C2Elaborate and fitting fcstrcises were of them alive at this timet Mr. and carried out at College on Tuesday, for,Mrs. ODen were married in this city tho reason that the majority of their'on January 2$, 1S62. sons reside there, and these sons, of The children of Mr. and Mrs. Olsen whom there are nine living, are are mentioned below': James Olsen, something of an example in size, for Jr., C. L. Olsen, Joseph H. Olsen, Ily-thc nine of them will weigh close to rum Olsen, Lovenus Olsen, Alma 01-a ton. They are all farmers, respect* sen, Brastus Olsen and Moses Olsen,ed in the community in which they reside. Mr. and Mrs. Olsen spent a great part of ihfen* married life in College Ward also, and so the family at this end just moved over the mountain in a body on Monday to participate in the festivities.A meeting was held in the morning and a select program was carried out. The wedding feast was served unsparingly and the multitude, for there was a small army present, wasall reside in College, in Cache county; Xephi Olsen, Lana Olsen and Mrs. Sarah Pettt live at Brigham, and Mrs. Annie rearson resides in Logan. Three, Dendva, Rachael and Mrs. Mary E. Hansen are dead.The achievements ‘of Mr. and Mis. Olsen, in safely arriving at the fiftieth mile stone is one that every married pair do not realize, and they are truly to be congratulated. Their host of friends in this city and county willbidden eat till sail sued, ami in that certainly hope that they may be' porrmanner the day was occupied, the oc-i(Continued on page five:)
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Box Elder News
Brigham City, Utah, US
Thu, Feb 01, 1912
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