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Oscar C. Eliason
Oscar C. Eliason (January 6, 1902 - March 1, 1985) was a Swedish American clergyman, who served as a pastor and evangelist in the Assemblies of God, and was a prolific poet and composer, who composed over 50 hymns and gospel songs, including ''A Name I Highly Treasure'' and the popular ''Got Any Rivers'', which influenced another song, ''God Specializes'', commonly regarded as one of the foundational songs of the traditional gospel genre.〔Glenn Gohr, ''Got Any Rivers: The Story of an Insprational Song''. Assemblies of God Heritage 16:4 (Winter 1996/1997):9, http://ifphc.org/pdf//Heritage/1996_04.pdf〕
==Background==
Oscar Carl Eliason was born in Nössemark, Dalsland, Sweden,〔Glenn Gohr, "Got Any Rivers: The Story of an Insprational Song". Assemblies of God Heritage 16:4 (Winter 1996/1997):9, http://ifphc.org/pdf//Heritage/1996_04.pdf〕 the oldest son of John and Alma Johnson Eliasson, and the brother of Esther Hildegard Eliason Anderson (1899–1966),〔Ancestry.com. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002; "Esther Hildegard Anderson", http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/13354126/person/-83169634; http://www.cookmn.com/JAAA-about,files,Past.htm〕 Paul Pater Eliason (born about 1906 in Sweden; died of tuberculosis in 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota).〔''Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002''〕 and Earl F. Eliason (born about 1908 in Minnesota). Eliason migrated to the USA with his mother, sister and younger brother, Paul, departing Christiana, Norway on 3 July 1908 as a passenger on the Scandinavian American Line's ''C.F. Tietgen'',〔Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 1908; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_1120; Line: 24; Page Number: 195.〕 arriving on 14 July 1908 at Ellis Island, before traveling to Minnesota to join his father, who had migrated in 1906, where he homesteaded a property on Johnson Road, Cook, Minnesota,〔Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census Census Place: Township 62, St Louis, Minnesota; Roll T625_860; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 187; Image: 944.〕 a lumber town located 95 miles north of Duluth, Minnesota,〔Marie Rohde, “Commander & Servant”, ''The Milwaukee Journal'' (1 July 1990):7.〕 The Eliason family became members of the Swedish Baptist Church in Cook, Minnesota, which had been established on land donated by the Olson family in 1907.〔"Chronology: Cook", http://www.cookmn.com/L-History.htm. The church is now renamed First Baptist Church.〕 Eliason attended the local one room schoolhouse, where he also learned to speak English,〔Ingrid Schlueter, "Remembering Grandpa" (July 15, 2007),http://ingridschlueter.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/remembering-grandpa/〕 although with an accent that hinted at his Swedish birth.〔 Eliason and his other family members became naturalized US citizens in 1915.〔
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