Reno County Biographies
"The History of Reno County, Vol. 2," Sheridan Ploughe, 1917
MARTIN A. AELMORE.
Martin A. Aelmore, son of John P. and Matilda C. (Sanquist) Aelmore,
was born in Clay township, Reno county, Kansas, February 24, 1887. His
father was born in Rumskulla, Jonkoping, Sweden, July 8, 1854, and was
the son of Swan Aelmore, who was born in Sweden, February 22, 1827,
and Eliza Catherine Johnson, born in Locksbo, Sweden, May 24, 1825. Both
were members of the Lutheran church. The father was a farmer by
occupation. The mother of the subject of this sketch was born in Sandsjo,
Safsjo, Sweden, November 22, 1863. She was the daughter of Andreas
Sanquist, born in that same town, who followed the occupation of a farmer
in his native country.
The father of the subject of this sketch came to America in 1869 and
settled in Henry county, Illinois, in May of that year. He remained in that
county for two years and then removed to Rock Island, Illinois, where he
worked on a farm for three or four years. About the first of February.
1874, he removed to McPherson county, Kansas, and located a homestead
of one hundred and sixty acres in that county. He made some
improvements on this land and lived on it for a year and one half, when he sold
out and removed to Rock Island, Illinois, where he attended Augustana
college for two years. Returning to McPherson county, Kansas, he engaged
in teaching school during the years 1881 to 1884. In 1882 he bought eighty
acres of land in Clay township, Reno county, and farmed until 1890, when
he removed to Hutchinson and engaged in the restaurant and house building
business for about two years. In 1902 he was sub-contracted in United
States mail messenger service until 1906; then in the retail grocery business
until 1913, when he retired from business. From January, 1891, to
November, 1892, he had charge of the Swedish Lutheran church, in Hutchinson,
as lay preacher; and when the First Swedish Lutheran church (now
Immanuel) was built, he was a deacon and an influential member. He was a
member of the Republican county central committee, of Reno county, in 1882
and 1883 was a delegate to the Republican county convention several times ;
was justice of the peace in Clay township one term, and a member of the
school board in that township for one term. He was always an active and
an influential worker in the republican party and devoted a liberal share of
his time and means for the success of candidates of that party.
The mother of the subject of this sketch came to America in 1883, at
the age of twenty years, and lived with her father's uncle, John Peterson,
at Enterprise, Dickinson county, Kansas, until 1886, when she removed to
Reno county. She was married to Mr. Aelmore, May 5, 1886. She died in
Hutchinson, January 1, 1891. She was a member of the Swedish Lutheran
church.
Martin A. Aelmore was educated in the grade and high schools of
Hutchinson, completing the course and graduating in 1906. He then took the
United States civil service examination and was in the postoffice in
Hutchinson from July, 1908, to July, 1913. In the meantime he Had applied himself to
the study of law, with the view of entering that profession. He studied law
under the tutelage of Fairchild & Lewis, prominent attorneys of Hutchinson,
for three and one half years in their office. He passed a creditable
examination under direction of the state bar at Topeka, Kansas, July 3, 1913, and
was admitted to the practice on that date. His office is in the First National
Bank Building, where he has a good library and every necessary equipment
for a successful practice.
Mr. Aelmore is an ardent advocate of the principles of the Republican
party; was secretary of the County Republican Central Committee in the
campaign of 1914. He is a Mason, and a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and is one of the live, progressive citizens of Hutchinson.
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