Bio of George W. HAGBERG (b.1884), Wright Co., MN Pages 1046, 1047 ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormatted by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Hanson ========================================================================= 1046 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY George W. Hagberg, the active and capable manager and buttermaker of the Stockholm Co-operative Creamery Association, was born on the family homestead, section 26, Stockholm township, January 24, 1884, son of John J. and Christine (Peterson) Hagberg. John J. Hagberg was born in Vastergoteland, Sweden, April 12, 1824. He was there married and by this marriage had nine children. Six, Mary (deceased), Hannah, Christine (deceased), Emily (deceased), Kate and Marnie, were born in Sweden. Three, Carrie, Emma and a boy that died in infancy, were born in the United States. The family left Sweden in 1862, and in due time reached Carver county. After about a year there they came to Wright county and located on a tract of eighty acres of woodland in section 26, Stockholm township. No roads had been built, and in order to reach the place with the ox team, a trail had to be cut through the forest. A log cabin was erected and into this the family moved. Often the father went to Minneapolis and Watertown for supplies, sometimes bringing the materials home on his shoulder. The mother died and the father, for his second wife, married Christine Peterson. By this marriage there were four children: George W., Charles A., Hulda E. and Edwin T. John J. Hagberg lived on the homestead until 1891, when he moved to Cokato. In 1901 he moved onto a tract of eighty acres in section 7. He died on Christmas morning, in 1904. His wife is still living. He was a devout Lutheran and helped to organize the Swedish Lutheran church of Stockholm. George W. Hagberg spent his boyhood on the home farm and at Cokato. He attended the district schools, the Cokato high school and the Minnesota Business College, at Minneapolis. At the age of sixteen he started out for himself by taking charge of a farm in section 7, Stockholm township, for five years. In 1909 he started work for the Stockholm Co-operative Creamery. In 1907 he took a course at the Dairy School of the University of Minnesota. In 1908 he went to Kidder, S. D., where he was engaged in creamery work for a year. It was on January 1, 1909, that he assumed the duties of his present position. His years of service have demonstrated his splendid ability. He is an 1047 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY adept at his trade, he is a good business manager, and he has a faculty of making himself well liked by the patrons. He has taken part in various buttermaking contests of state and national scope, and has won many diplomas, banners and trophies. Mr. Hagberg won the six months' contest held by the Dairy and Food Department at St. Paul, having the highest average score for six months. He received the diploma, also a gold watch. In October, 1914, by appointment of Governor Adolph 0. Eberhart, he represented the state at the national Dairy Show held at Chicago. Mr. Hagberg is a believer in the betterment of farm conditions, and in beautifying and improving creamery surroundings. The creamery which he has in charge is surrounded by a beautiful lawn, and everything about the place is splendidly kept. On June 28, 1909, Mr. Hagberg married Anna L. Hanks, daughter of Thomas J. Hanks, of Kidder, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. Hagberg have two children: Maurice E., born April 26, 1910, and Dorris M., born September 18, 1911.