Swenson, Andrew J., 1863-1953

Rancher Andrew John Swenson (1863–1953) was born in Nässjö, Jönköping Province, Sweden, and immigrated to a Swedish settlement in Williamson County, Texas, when he was eighteen. A year later, he moved to Stamford to work for his uncle, Swante (Swen) Magnus Swenson. In 1889, Swenson married Selma Augusta Anderson, with whom he had five sons. As a rancher and later superintendent of the SMS Ranches, comprising more than 300,000 acres in West Texas, Swanson bred herds of Hereford and Shorthorn cattle. After becoming manager of the Swenson Land and Cattle Company in 1922, he retired in 1948 as vice president of the company.

From the guide to the Andrew J. Swenson Papers, 1923-1942, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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