THIRD GENERATION

4. Rev Carl Oscar Bengtson ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ was born on 1 Dec 1883 in Batavia, IL.⁽³⁾ He was christened on 31 Dec 1883 in Batavia, IL. Baptized in the house, by the pastor, G. A. Ekeborg, with sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Strid. He was confirmed on 24 Jul 1898. He was ordained on 15 Jun 1913. He died on 31 Aug 1962 in Maywood, IL.⁽⁴⁾ He was buried in Memorial Estates, Franklin Park, IL. He was married to Edith Matson on 15 Oct 1914 in Monmouth, Illinois (Thursday).

5. Edith Matson was born on 21 Dec 1888 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois. p. 174 volume B She was baptized on 22 Mar 1889 in Monmouth, Illinois. Sponsors were the parents. She was confirmed on 27 Apr 1902 in Monmouth, Illinois. Enrolled October 20, 1901. Edith's sister Hilma was in the same confirmation class. She died on 18 Sep 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. She was buried on 20 Sep 1974 in Memorial Estates, Franklin Park, IL.⁽⁵⁾ The funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church in Melrose Park, Illinois on September 20, 1974, with a service at the gravesite following. Linnea Sandgren was the organist. Pastor Russell F. Anderson of Christ Lutheran Church and Pastor Carl. C. McKenzie of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Chicago, conducted the services. The opening hymn was "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" and the closing hymn was "Thine Is the Glory." Edith was for several decades a member of the Board of the Immanuel Women's Home in Chicago, serving as secretary when an urban renewal project bought the home for $500,000. Mrs. Bengtson was instrumental in getting that sum allocated to Augustana College, in Rock Island for the construction of the Immanuel Woman's hall.
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personal correspondence from my father
My mother was 4th in the family. She had rugged good health most of her life, but she had a nearly fatal case of typhoid fever when she was 14 which left her hearing impaired for life. She was left with partially crippled hands - she could neither fully open or close them - in an accident in which they were burned. Nevertheless, she became a competent stenographer & typist, worked for a law firm, and did court recording. I knew her as a very capable and intelligent person even though she never went to high school. She certainly was my father's greatest help - his alter ego.
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Removed from church rolls in Monmouth on October 31, 1913, moved to Chicago, Illinois.
Her Social Security number was 346-40-4906. Children were:

i. Andy Bengtson was born on 16 Jul 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. He was baptized on 13 Aug 1916. Born Carl Anders.
ii. John Robert Bengtson⁽⁶⁾ was born on 21 Nov 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. He died on 21 Oct 1996 in Florida. John was educated in the Chicago public school system at Hate Elementary School and Senn High School. He attended Augustana College in accordance with the wishes of his parents. He served in the Army from July 1942 to January 1946. He graduated from Augustana in 1946. He received an M.A. from the University of Iowa in 1947, taught in Burlington, Iowa, at Burlington Junior College from 1947 to 1950, attended the University of Iowa from 1950 to 1953, and received his PhD in history in 1953. He taught at the University of Minnesota for one year, and then worked for the Minnesota Historical Society from 1954 to 1959. He taught for two years at North State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and then took a position at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh where he taught from 1961 until his retirement in 1983. He was promoted to full professor in 1966, served as chair of the history department from 1964 to 1971, and retired as Professor Emeritus of history. His book, Nazi War Aims, Plans for the Thousand Year Reich, was published by Augustana. He and his wife lived in Neenah, Wisconsin, until they moved to Florida in 1992.
2 iii. Earl Mattis Bengtson Rev.

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