Mads G. Madson (1849 - 1939)

Born 29 Nov 1849 in Manitowoc County Wisconsin, USA

Husband of Inga Margarethe (Isaacson) Madson — married about 1873 in Gjerpen, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 6 May 1939 at age 89 in Manitowoc County Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

Birth: Nov. 29, 1849 Cato Manitowoc County Wisconsin, USA Death: Mar. 6, 1939 Manitowoc Manitowoc County Wisconsin, USA

MADS G. MADSON

MADSON SEED FIRM FOUNGER DIES IN CITY

Bronchial Pneumonia Fatal to M.G. Madson, 89; Funeral To Be Held Friday

M.G. Madson, 89, founder of the M.G. Madson Seed company, whose trade extended throughout the United States and Canada, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Theodore Anderson, 1813 Michigan avenue. Death was due to bronchial pneumonia.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. from the Madson homestead in Cato, now occupied by a son, Walter, and at two o'clock from the Gjerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. E.A. Fretheim officiating. Interment will be in the Gjerpen cemetery.

Began As Farmer

Mr. Madson was born in Cato in 1849. He was the first child baptized in the Gjerpen settlement. He took up farming when a young man.

In 1879, when grain prices began to sag, Mr. Madson looked about for a new activity. He started seed growing on a limited scale in 1880 and later went into the commission seed business carrying on the work at the farm. In the fall of 1892 the business had grown to such an extent it was moved to Manitowoc and incorporated as the M.G. Madson Seed company. Offices and warehouses were built on Commercial street.

Associated with him in the enterprise was the late Cornelius Madson of this city. The business was incorportated and soon expanded until salesmen covered all sections of the country. In 1919 the business was sold and Mr. Mason continued to make his residence on the homestead near Madson station. Mr. and Mrs. Madson erected a new home on the farm.

In 1873 Mr. Madson married Miss Margaret Isaacson. In 1933 the couple observed their 60th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Madson died in 1937.

Survivors are a son, Walter, of Cato; two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Anderson and Mrs. Reinhold Baruth of this city; and six grandchildren.

The body is at the Berge funeral home, Valders, and will be moved to the Madson homestead Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Manitowoc Herald Times, March 7, 1939 P. 2

Family links: Parents: Gunder Madson (1818 - 1896) Kirstine Madson (1829 - 1864)

Spouse: Inga Margarethe Isaacson Madson (1851 - 1937)

Children: Walter Madson (1891 - 1980)*

Siblings: Mads G Madson (1849 - 1939) Anton Madson (1853 - 1854)* Oline Madson (1861 - 1861)* Gusta Kirstine Madson (1874 - 1898)*

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Burial: Gjerpen Cemetery Madsen Manitowoc County Wisconsin, USA Plot: N-24B-3

Created by: Ubloved Record added: Apr 15, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 108549712

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