"An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties."  Interstate
Publishing Company, 1906.  p. 601.
 
JOHN FREDERICK AMSKOLD

     Is a native of Sweden, but he has been in this country for over twenty
years.  His birth occurred in 1865, and he was the son of Nels and Sarah
(Helgra) Amskold, both of whom lived and died in their native land.  Mrs.
Amskold was the mother of four children:  Mary, Christine, Nels and John.  The
last named lived at home and attended school until he was fifteen years old,
when he left home to work on farms in the vicinity of his birthplace.  On coming
to this country in 1884, he located in Kansas and there took up a homestead.  He
resided there and operated it as a farm for ten years, but did not prosper.
Selling out, he came to Skagit county in 1892 and bought twenty acres a mile
west of Avon and five miles northwest of Mount Vernon, paying $35 per acre
therefore.  It was covered with timber, a part of which was valuable for lumber
purposes.  He at once set about clearing his land, at first getting about five
acres into condition for cultivation; he has since been gradually clearing the
remainder.
     Before leaving Sweden he was married to Miss Ingebor Edholm, daughter of
Daniel and Lisa Edholm, who have never left Sweden.  The father died four years
ago, but the mother still is living.  Mrs. Amskold is one of three children and
is the mother of six:  Daniel, Nels, Betty, Gust, Hetty and Emmus.  Mr. Amskold
is a Republican in politics and a Lutheran in religious faith.  The family home
is a well-built five-room house.  While doing a general farming business, Mr.
Amskold devotes some attention to dairying.  He is developing his place rapidly
and will soon have his entire farm under cultivation and be able to increase his
products along all lines.
     
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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in January, 2006 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
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