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 858 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY married June 15, 1893, to Alvina H. Kriett, daughter of Peter and Mattie (Hendrick) Kriett, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1860, locating in St. Louis, where the father worked on vessels. Coming to Minnesota in 1875, he took up a home- stead of 160 acres, where he continued a general line of farming until his death in 1881. The mother was married later to John Boesch of Lake City, where she still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Isensee have four children: Henrietta M., Julia A., Alvin L. and Henry D. Mr. Isensee is a Democrat in politics, has served as supervisor for six years, and has been constable and director of school district 117. The family attend the German Lutheran church. Ammon Larson, one of the early settlers of Belvidere, was born in Norway and brought his family to America in 1855, lived in Wisconsin a year and then in 1856 coming to Belvidere town- ship, where he farmed 160 acres of land, which when he pre- empted it was wild and uncultivated. He built the first frame house that was erected on the prairies of Belvidere, and in many other ways assisted in the development of the township. An account of his death is found in the sketch of David A. Larson. Lewis A. Larson, clergyman, was born in Norway, son of Ammon Larson, and came to this country with his parents at the age of five years. He worked on the home farm in Belvidere township until attaining his majority, at which time he studied for the Methodist ministry, in which holy calling he continued until his death, August 9, 1908. During his long ministry he was stationed at St. Paul ; Chicago ; Racine, Wis. ; Minneapolis ; New- burg, Minn.; Freeport, Iowa, and Lansing, Iowa. His wife, who Avas Martha Hanson, is living. Otto A. Larson, son of Lewis A. Larson, was born in St. Paul, February 8, 1879, and there received his early education, also attending the high school at Racine, Wis. Soon after leaving school he came to Belvidere township and took up work on his grandfather's old homestead, where he now carries on general farming, owning, in addition, a neighboring tract of eighty acres. In 1908 he erected a fine new barn. Mr. Larson is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Norwegian Methodist church, in which denomination his father was a clergyman. Otto A. was tha fourth of a large family of children. The others are as follows: Marion A., wife of Oscar Swan, of Beach, N. D. ; Jennie E., wife of Andrew Tollefson, a Chicago printer; Abner B., of Belvidere; Lillian M., wife of Lester Hanson, a railroad mail clerk in South Dakota; Dennis J., a timekeeper for Turner & Johnson at Chi- cago ; Caleb F., who lives at home ; George W., also a timekeeper for Turner & Johnson, at Chicago. For three generations the