Union County, SD Biographies.....Mons J., Frank M. November 26, 1843 - 
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Source: MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, South Dakota. (1897)
Author: Geo. Ogle & Co.

MONS J. LEHNE, a public-spirited and enterprising member of the farming community of
Union county, has devoted the greater part of his life to agriculture, in the
pursuit of which he has been very fortunate, and is the proprietor of as good a farm
as can be found within the limits of Spink township, his homestead being located
there in section 32.

Mr. Lehne was born in the southern part of Norway, November 26, 1843, and grew to
maturity in his native land on a farm, receiving his education in the excellent
common schools the neighborhood afforded, and finishing with a special course of
study in a private institution of learning. After he had attained the age of
twenty-five years he came to America, landing at Sioux City, Iowa, June 29, 1869. He
engaged in steam-boating on the Missouri river between the latter city and Fort
Benton, which he continued until 1873, and that year located on his present farm. On
the prairie he erected a house 12 x 16 feet, which at that time was about the best
structure of the kind between his claim and the city of Elk Point, and started in to
break up and improve his future home. He now has 160 acres under cultivation, nicely
fenced, and on this he conducts a general farming business. All the present
improvements he has made himself, and among the buildings which he has erected is a
fine residence, with square mansard roof, constructed in 1891. It is substantial,
commodious and well built, and a glance at it and the outbuildings with which the
farm abounds will show the thrift and enterprise of the owner. Mr. Lehne is a man of
more than ordinary intelligence, with enlightened views on various subjects, and
brains and business tact, combined with steady industry, have brought him to the
front. His fellow-citizens, recognizing his ability and superior business
qualifications for civic life, have repeatedly called on him to accept positions of
responsibility, but, although he has taken an active part and interest in local
politics, and has frequently been a delegate to county and state conventions of the
Republican party, with which he affiliates, he has always refused nomination for any
office except that of assessor; he is the present incumbent of that position, and
has served in that capacity for the past fourteen years. He strongly and
unwaveringly supports the principles of his party, and is a model citizen.

The subject of this brief biographical notice has been twice married. His first wife
he was married to in 1873. Her maiden name was Miss Anna Kindlie, and she was a
native of Norway. This union was productive of a family of five children, four of
whom are living, viz.: Alice Bertha Maria, Laura Melia Maximelia, Jorgon Julius and
Ole. After the death of Mrs. Lehne, he subsequently married Mary Kindlie, a sister
of his first wife, who was also born in Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Lehne are members of
the Norwegian Lutheran church of Emmett, in which he serves as secretary, and also
is a director in the parochial school connected with that church. He has been a
member of the local school board for at least eighteen years, and, believing in the
maxim that “knowledge is power,” follows it by giving his children every advantage
for good educations.


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