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Stromquist, Charles J

farmer, legislator, was born Sept. 27, 1842, in Sweden. He emigrated to the United States in 1867, and is now a successful farmer and stock raiser of Fremont, Kan. He has been assessor, justice of the peace, county commissioner, and served with distinction in the Kansas state legislature for two terms, during 1893-95, declining to be a candidate for a third term. He was the originator of the Swedish-American Insurance company of Kansas, and was its president for ten years. Since 1880 he has been a member of the board of directors of Bethany college of Lindsborg, Kan.