Peter Neste Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1080, 1081 in "History of Dakota 
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				PETER NESTE. 

	Peter Neste, one of the enterprising agriculturists and 
substantial citizens of Split Rock township, residing on section 16, 
owns three hundred and twenty acres of valuable land and is busily 
engaged in its cultivation. His birth occurred in Winneshiek county, 
Iowa, on the 14th of April, 1868, his parents being Ole S. and Carrie 
(Wren) Neste, who were born, reared and married in Norway. In 1865 they 
crossed the Atlantic to the United States and took up their abode in 
Winneshiek county, Iowa. It was in 1877 that the father came to South 
Dakota, his family following a year later. He filed on a preemption in 
Moody county and after living thereon for six months in order to prove 
up, came to Minnehaha county and purchased a farm in Split Rock 
township. During the past fifteen years, however, he has made his home 
with our subject. The period of his residence in this state covers 
thirty-seven years, and he has long been numbered among the 
representative and esteemed citizens of his community. 

	Peter Neste was reared to manhood under the parental roof and 
attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education. He 
continued on the home farm and assisted in its operation until 1899, 
when he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of his present place and 
took up his abode thereon. In 1905 he bought an adjoining tract of 
similar size, so that his farm now embraces three hundred and twenty 
acres. He specializes in the raising of horses, cattle and hogs and has 
been very successful in both his farming and live stock interests, 
enjoying an enviable reputation as one of the prosperous and 
progressive citizens of Split Rock township. Mr. Neste is a member of 
the Lutheran synod and fraternally is identified with the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Valley Springs Lodge, No. 143. In 
all relations of life he has maintained a high standard of honor and 
integrity and has won the respect and confidence of those who have come 
in contact with him.