Bio of HILLMAN, Andrew (b.1865), Wright Co., MN ========================================================================= 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. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Hanson Submitted: April 2004 ========================================================================= 282 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY Andrew Hillman, a prosperous business man of Albion township, was born in Wester Jotland, Sweden, April 26, 1865, son of Jonas and Annie (Johnson) Hillman, who came from Sweden to America in 1873, lived in New York state a little over seven years, and in 1881 came to Wright county and purchased eighty acres in section 28, Albion township, erected a log house 16 by 20, 283 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY cleared the land and developed a good farm, on which the mother still lives at the age of eighty-one, and where the father died November 6, 1910, at the age of seventy-seven years. Andrew Hillman was brought here by his parents and remained at home until about twenty years of age. Then for three years he worked at Lake Minnetonka, in this state, and three years in Kansas City, Mo. Then he came home, bought the home farm and operated it for two years. Then he and his brother, August, purchased a threshing machine and a portable sawmill which they operated in partnership for fourteen years. In 1907 he bought his brother's interest, and since then he has successfully conducted the business alone. He also does considerable work in digging and drilling wells. He is a prosperous citizen in every respect and is one of the best known men in the community. He bought eighty acres in section 28, Albion township, in 1909, moved on this farm in 1910 and still resides there. For six years he has been on the school board of district 107, and since the spring of 1912 he has been a township officer. Mr. Hillman was married November 10, 1909, to Tillie Lundsten, and they have one son, Arnold V., born August, 1, 1911. Tillie Lundsten was born October 15, 1877, the daughter of Andrew and Sarah Lundsten, who came to Wright county in 1878. Andrew Lundsten died in June, 1881, at the age of fifty- nine. His wife died in 1878 at the age of sixty-two. The family worships with the Herman Swedish Lutheran congregation in section 28, Albion township.