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ERIC BLOMQUIST, farmer, P. O. Lund, Pierce county, was born in Sodenmaland,
Sweden, May 9, 1844.  His parents were Andrew and Carrie (Peterson) Anderson,
and they had three children:  Andrew, Lotta (Mrs. J. Serander) and Eric. 
His father died when our subject was but eleven years of age, and he was 
obliged to go out to service as a farm laborer.  In 1869 he came to America,
lived a short time in Lake City, Minn., and soon after came to Maiden Rock
township, Pierce county, where he purchased 160 acres of wild land and
began to make improvements, and now the farm is in a fine state of 
cultivation. May 7, 1873, Mr. Blomquist married Miss Anna C. Olson, who 
bore him two sons; Emil and Andrew.  Mrs. Blomquist died October 18, 1877, 
and June 10, 1878, he married Miss Caroline Carlson, who has borne him five
sons: Hjelmer, Henning, Lawrence, Harris, and Clarence.  In politics Mr.
Blomquist is an active republican, and has been a member of the school
board for fifteen years.  He is a member of the Lutheran church.

--Taken from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records fo Leading Families; Biographies of Representative Citizens,
Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by George Forrester.
Published in Chicago, Illinois by A. Warner. Publisher. 1891-2. Page 659