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Black plaque № 24958

Waco, TX, United States

Forsgard House. Forsgard House Samuel Johan Forsgard (d. 1912) came to Texas from Sweden in 1855. Two years later, he married Mary C. Johnson (or Jonsson) (d. 1897) and moved to Waco. Their son, Edward Ferdinant "Fuzzy" (1870-1941), married Anna Marie Weaver (1877-1963), and he and his father design

ed this home, which was built by Swedish carpenters and completed in 1908. Samuel lived in a small house built behind the larger home, where Edward and Anna raised five daughters and one son, who like

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