Gust M. Gunderson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 916-917 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				GUST M. GUNDERSON. 

	Gust M. Gunderson, who carries on general agricultural pursuits 
in Minnehaha county, devoting his attention to both tilling the soil 
and stock-raising, was born on the 22d of February, 1876, on the old 
home farm on section 25, Lyons township, his parents being Martin and 
Bertha Gunderson. His father was one of the pioneers who came to South 
Dakota from Minnesota, in which state he had located in 1868. He did 
not remain very long, however, for in the following year he crossed the 
border and became a resident of Minnehaha county, where he homesteaded 
and afterward purchased a quarter section of land from his sister. With 
characteristic energy he began the development of the tract and year 
after year continued actively in farm work until 1900, when he leased 
the farm for five years. At the end of that time his son G. M. 
Gunderson took charge of the property and the father and mother are now 
living in the state of Washington. 

	G. M. Gunderson is one of a family of three children. He was 
educated in the public schools near the old home and was early trained 
to the work of the farm, assisting his lather through the periods of 
vacation in all of the work incident to the cultivation of the fields 
and the care of the crops. His thorough early training now stands him 
in good stead. He carries on his agricultural interests along the most 
modern and progressive lines and his place is one of the attractive 
features of the landscape because of the many modern improvements he 
has put upon it and the excellent appearance of the fields. He uses 
thoroughly up-to-date farm machinery and his home shows the result of 
intelligent care and management. In addition to raising the crops best 
adapted to soil and climate he is also engaged in stock raising and now 
has twelve horses, twenty-two head of cattle and one hundred head of 
hogs. 

	On the 21st of October, 1911, Mr. Gunderson was united in 
marriage to Miss Martha Sundt, a daughter of Johan and Ingeborg Sundt, 
who in 1889 left Europe and sailed for the new world, settling in South 
Dakota, where they still make their home Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson have 
one child, Morris Bennett. 

	Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson hold membership in the Lutheran church and 
are interested in the moral progress of the community. His political 
allegiance is given to the republican party and for six years he served 
as clerk of the town. He greatly enjoys fishing, hunting and outdoor 
recreation. He is one of the native sons of South Dakota and is deeply 
interested in everything pertaining to his state and its advancement 
along progressive lines. He closely studies the opportunities of the 
agriculturist, has investigated the nature of the soil and has planned 
the best methods for crop production. His work is attended with 
excellent results and he is doing much to further South Dakota's 
reputation as a splendid agricultural state.