BIO: Andrew LEAFGREN, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 810 & 811.
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  ANDREW LEAFGREN, a well known business man of Winburne, Pa., who is a dealer 
in grain, hay and all kinds of feed, was born on a farm near the city of 
Wenners, Sweden, May 13, 1864, and is a son of Erland and Christina (Anderson) 
Johnson.
  Erland Johnson was born in Sweden in 1831, and there he devoted his life to 
agricultural pursuits, his death occurring in January, 1892.  His widow, who was 
born in that country in 1843, survives him and is still a resident of the mother 
country.  Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, of whom three died 
in Sweden and five came to America, as follows:  John Ellison, who resides in 
Chicago; Mary, who is the wife of a Mr. Thorson of Tacoma, Wash.; Edward 
Ellison, who was formerly a resident of Chicago, but is now engaged in farming 
in Michigan; Oscar Ellison, who lives in Tacoma, Wash.; and Andrew.
  Andrew Leafgren received his educational training in the schools of his native 
country, and was reared on the home farm.  He came to America in 1883 and in the 
following year located in Peale, Clearfield county, where the operations of the 
Bituminous Coal Corporation had just been started.  After a short time he went 
to Arnett, Tioga county, but in 1888 he came to Winburne, being one of the early 
settlers of this now thriving city, and entered the employ of the Somerville 
mines, which had been opened but a short time before.  In 1898 or 1899 he 
started to work for his brother-in-law, Gust A. Johnson, and in 1906 decided to 
go into business on his own account, and erected a mill opposite his residence.  
Since that time, through perseverance, well spent efforts and natural ability, 
Mr. Leafgren has become one of the leading business men of Winburne, and he 
stands high in the estimation of his fellow citizens.  In addition to his mill, 
Mr. Leargren is the owner of considerable real estate in Winburne.
  In 1891 Mr. Leafgren was married to Miss Emma Johnson, a sister of Gust A. 
Johnson of Winburne and a native of Sweden.  Of the four children born to this 
union, three survive, namely:  Ruth, Esther and Reuben.  Mr. Leafgren is a 
member of the Swedish Free church of Lanse, and his politics are those of the 
Republican party.