Amo was formed as a civil township of Cottonwood county in Feb. 1873. The record shows that it was first named "Georgetown" but soon changed. It is believed that W. H. Benbow named it "Amo", which in Latin means "I love".
Much needs to be written about Peder Christian Johnson (Jensen), the first in order of age of the Danish immigrants.
He homesteaded at Tracy, MN on the south half of the NE quarter of Section 28 receiving his patent from Grover Cleveland on or dated 20 May 1885. We should get a copy of this paper from the Department of the Interior.
He later came to Cottonwood County (1880) but did not homestead. The homestead information comes from History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minn.: John A Brown, 1916, Page 126.
PC Johnson is bured in the Cemetery of the Amo Lutheran Church in Amo Township, Cottonwood Co., MN. Caroline Johnson, it is told, once said PC was reputed to have said that "the Danes built that church and the damned Norwegians took it over."
Birth: 26 OCT 1834 in Vest Bronderslev, Denmark
Death: 31 AUG 1914 in Cottonwood Co., MN
Event: Fact 1 (2) born Peder Christian Jensen
Event: Fact 2 (2) the first immigrant of this family
Event: Fact 3 (2) a cooper by trade
Much needs to be written about Peder Christian Johnson (Jensen), the first in order of age of the Danish immigrants.
He homesteaded at Tracy, MN on the south half of the NE quarter of Section 28 receiving his patent from Grover Cleveland on or dated 20 May 1885. We should get a copy of this paper from the Department of the Interior.
He later came to Cottonwood County (1880) but did not homestead. The homestead information comes from History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minn.: John A Brown, 1916, Page 126.
PC Johnson is bured in the Cemetery of the Amo Lutheran Church in Amo Township, Cottonwood Co., MN. Caroline Johnson, it is told, once said PC was reputed to have said that "the Danes built that church and the damned Norwegians took it over."
Birth: 26 OCT 1834 in Vest Bronderslev, Denmark
Death: 31 AUG 1914 in Cottonwood Co., MN
Event: Fact 1 (2) born Peder Christian Jensen
Event: Fact 2 (2) the first immigrant of this family
Event: Fact 3 (2) a cooper by trade
Amo was formed as a civil township of Cottonwood county in Feb. 1873. The record shows that it was first named "Georgetown" but soon changed. It is believed that W. H. Benbow named it "Amo", which in Latin means "I love".
Much needs to be written about Peder Christian Johnson (Jensen), the first in order of age of the Danish immigrants.
He homesteaded at Tracy, MN on the south half of the NE quarter of Section 28 receiving his patent from Grover Cleveland on or dated 20 May 1885. We should get a copy of this paper from the Department of the Interior.
He later came to Cottonwood County (1880) but did not homestead. The homestead information comes from History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minn.: John A Brown, 1916, Page 126.
PC Johnson is bured in the Cemetery of the Amo Lutheran Church in Amo Township, Cottonwood Co., MN. Caroline Johnson, it is told, once said PC was reputed to have said that "the Danes built that church and the damned Norwegians took it over."
Birth: 26 OCT 1834 in Vest Bronderslev, Denmark
Death: 31 AUG 1914 in Cottonwood Co., MN
Event: Fact 1 (2) born Peder Christian Jensen
Event: Fact 2 (2) the first immigrant of this family
Event: Fact 3 (2) a cooper by trade
Much needs to be written about Peder Christian Johnson (Jensen), the first in order of age of the Danish immigrants.
He homesteaded at Tracy, MN on the south half of the NE quarter of Section 28 receiving his patent from Grover Cleveland on or dated 20 May 1885. We should get a copy of this paper from the Department of the Interior.
He later came to Cottonwood County (1880) but did not homestead. The homestead information comes from History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minn.: John A Brown, 1916, Page 126.
PC Johnson is bured in the Cemetery of the Amo Lutheran Church in Amo Township, Cottonwood Co., MN. Caroline Johnson, it is told, once said PC was reputed to have said that "the Danes built that church and the damned Norwegians took it over."
Birth: 26 OCT 1834 in Vest Bronderslev, Denmark
Death: 31 AUG 1914 in Cottonwood Co., MN
Event: Fact 1 (2) born Peder Christian Jensen
Event: Fact 2 (2) the first immigrant of this family
Event: Fact 3 (2) a cooper by trade
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