BIOGRAPHIES: Gust LINDBERG, Almena Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 18 March 2002 ==================================================================== Gust Lindberg, Section 6, Almena Township, was born in Sweden, on Aug. 28, 1887, the son of Carl and Emma Lindberg. He was reared in Sweden, and went to school there. In 1907 he came to the United States and located at Eveleth, in northern Minnesota, where he worked in the mines for eight years. In 1915 he came to Barron County, and bought 80 acres in Section 6. Almena Township. It was then all wild, with the exception that a little clearing had been made, and a log cabin erected. Mr. Lindberg has cleared 20 acres and has 10 acres under the plow. He has built a barn and made other improvements. Here he specializes in dairying and has a good herd. He is already making good strides along the road to success. Mr. Lindberg married in this township, Oct. 18, 1916, Grace Sands, who was born in Almena Township, Aug. 6, 1896, the daughter of David and Eliza Sands. They have two children: John E., born Oct. 6, 1917, and Emma Louise, born Aug. 16, 1919. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 378.