Lancaster County NeArchives Biographies.....Aspergren, John Albert 1874 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 March 21, 2015, 7:53 pm Source: Nebraskana Author: See below John Albert Aspegren Since the spring of 1878, John Albert Aspegren has n a resident of Lincoln. He was born at Osco, Illinois, September 10,1874, the son of Gust and Anna Lovisa (Erickson) Aspegren. His parents were natives of Sweden, the former born January 31, 1844, and the latter October 16, 1853. The father, who was a farmer, died at Saronville, Nebraska, May 12, 1930. John A. Aspegren attended country school and was graduated from Lincoln Normal University with the degree of B.D. in 1895. On February 4, 1903, he was married to Lettie C. Benson at Hastings. Mrs. Aspegren is a native of Friend. Three children were born to this union, two of whom are living: Lillian, born November 18, 1903, married Otto E. Skald; Hugo, born August 1, 1915; and Sandford, born January 1, 1904, died April 11, 1915. Since early manhood Mr. Aspegren has been engaged in the lumber and coal business. He now has extensive interests and is president of the Independent Lumber and Coal Company of Lincoln, and secretary and treasurer of the Aspegren and Strand Lumber Company of Saronville, and the Doniphan Lumber Company of Doniphan, Nebraska. He is a director of all three corporations. An Elk and a Mason, he is a member of St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. His hobbes are reading and travel. Residence: Lincoln. Additional Comments: Extracted from Nebraskana Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin The Baldwin Company Hebron, NE 1932 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/lancaster/bios/aspergre153gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb