. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. gentlemanand universally popular in business and socialcircles. Our subject was born in Wester Gothland Prov-ince, Sweden, born March 30, 1865, and receiveda good business education in his native the age of ten until twenty-two, he was clerkand book-keeper for different enterprises, but whenhe reached the last-mentioned age he cro
. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. gentlemanand universally popular in business and socialcircles. Our subject was born in Wester Gothland Prov-ince, Sweden, born March 30, 1865, and receiveda good business education in his native the age of ten until twenty-two, he was clerkand book-keeper for different enterprises, but whenhe reached the last-mentioned age he crossed theocean to America, and made a permanent home inRockford. He was for some time in the NelsonKnitting Factory, but snbseciuently became con-nected with the liusiness in which he is now O^T-^^^^ (/ ^^^^z^^i^o^^-2^ <y Jyc PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 435 The second in order of birth of eight ohihlrcnborn to his parents, our subject was the only oneof the family to venture on American land. Thefatlier, A. G. Ekscll, is a practical farmer of his na-tive country, Sweden, and is still living, as is alsohis wife, whose maiden name was Caroline Lind-quist. They were old friends and neighbors ofthe late John Nelson, the inventor, of Rockford.(See sketch.) Levin Eksell married in Rockford to MissHildegard Djulang, a native of Stockholm, Swe-den, in which city she was reared and 1888, she emigrated to the United States, andleft home and friends to form new ties in astrange country. Her father, Eric G. Djulang,died in Stockholm in 1872, when about middle wife and one daughter came to Americain June, 1892, and are residing in Eksell came direct to Rockford on coming tothe United States, and was subsequently marriedto our suliject. Tl
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