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- 9a MARTHA KATHRINE ANDERSON was born December 7, 1876, ar Blackhammer, Minn., and was broughr up in Spring Grove, Minn. Being talented in arr, she took painting lessons and spent much of her time at that. On November 7, 1900, she married Nelius Hendrickson, a son of pioneer Nils Hendrickson. He was born July 25, 1877, at Spring Grove, Minn., worked in the clothing business and played clariner in the band. The couple lived in Spring Grove for a while and there Martha became the mother of two daughters, Claribel (9al) and Inga (9a2). In 1903 the Hendricksons moved to Sattre, Iowa, where they took over a general store and post office. There they prospered, and in 1915 an adopted boy, Rolf, was added to the family. He is now a successful business man in Rochester, Minn. In 1920 rhe family moved to a farm near Spring Grove; however, after four years of tilling the soil, they again went into business, this time in Spring Grove, where they opened a restaurant. Nelius died January 29, 1936, leaving the store in charge of Martha and their daughter Inga. With talent for art apparent in her youth, Martha spent much time in her declining years at drawing and painting. She died July 18, 1951, at La Crosse, Wis. [1]
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