Born: 31 Aug 1857, Waupaca, WI
Married: 1900
Died: 3 Feb 1936, Alexandria, Douglas Co, MN
Buried: Trysil-Bethesda cemetery, Holmes City, Douglas Co, MN
Spouse: Dordi Mauseth
Obituary – Park Region Echo, Alexandria, MN
PIONEER GOES OVER THE DIVIDE
Isack L. Isackson, Who Came in 1866, Dies at Douglas County Hospital
A pioneer of Douglas county who came here with his parents in 1866 by ox-team from Wisconsin, passed over the great divide when Isack L. Isackson died at the Douglas County Hospital Monday February 3, at the age of 78 years.
Born at Waupaca, Wisconsin on August 31, 1857 Isack L. Isackson came to Douglas county with his parents in 1866, making the trip from Wisconsin, by ox-team, a journey through wilderness that lasted from early spring until late in the fall. The parents walked most of the way and carried the younger children on their backs. At St. Cloud they had to wait three weeks to get across the ferry. Mr. Isackson’s parents had come to America in 1843, locating at Manitowoc, Wisc. The father enlisted in the army when the Civil War broke out and after the war he was with a surveying party in the Great Lakes region and in northern Minnesota, and took up a homestead in the Town of Moe.
In 1866 he moved his family from Wisconsin to the new country farther west, and they made the long trip to Douglas county only to find on their arrival here after such great hardships that his claim had been jumped. Not too much discouraged, they bought a homestead right in Holmes City township and the family settled there, to live the hard life of pioneers in a new and wild country, at a time when all of their supplies had to be brought by a long and dangerous trip to St. Cloud.
Mr. Isackson grew to manhood on the home farm and was united in marriage to Dordi Mauseth in 1900. To this union four children were born, of whom three survive together with the bereaved wife: Lonnie, A. J. Gerhardt and Mary, all of Holmes City township. A daughter, Mrs. Grant Soberg preceded him in death.
Mr. Isackson was confirmed by Rev. Saugstad, one of the pioneer ministers, and was a faithful member all of his life of the Trysil church, which he helped build.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at one o’clock from the home and at two o’clock from the Trysil church; Rev. C.E. Hanson officiating. He was laid to rest in the Trysil church cemetery. The pallbearers were: Anton Hanson, Henry Myhr, Halvor Soberg, Emil Gulbrandson, Peter Omland and Martin Sogaarden.