FIRST - Wave of Swedish Immgration to Texas, Samuel Johan Forsgard, First Street Cemetery, Waco, TX
N 31° 33.257 W 097° 07.106
14R E 678593 N 3492567
Samuel J. Forsgard, a pioneer who arrived in the first wave of Swedish immigration to Texas, and whose lifetime accomplishments earned him recognition by state historic marker installed at his grave in Waco's historic First Street Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMTF4R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2016
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The simple Department of Veteran's Affairs tombstone for Confederate Army veteran and pioneering Swedish immigrant Samuel J. Forsgard at First Street Cemetery in Waco contrasts with the tall state historic marker nearby.
The historic marker reads as follows:
"SAMUEL JOHAN FORSGARD
Born in Klockergarden, Forserum, Sweden, Samuel Johan Forsgard (1828-1912) came to Texas in 1855 during the first wave of Swedish immigration to Texas. In 1857, he married Mary C. Johnson (1827-1897) in Austin and they moved to Waco to make a home. Forsgard established a bakery, restaurant and confectionery business before joining Gurley's Regiment of the Confederate Army in 1861. After the war, he resumed some of his businesses, but also found time to invent and patent farming equipment and to establish Ambold's Sporting Goods Company. A well-known resident of Waco for more than 50 years, Forsgard played a significant role in the city's 19th-century development. (2001)"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1855
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