BIOGRAPHIES: John 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 ==================================================================== John Lindberg, Section 6, Almena Township, was born in Sweden, April 9, 1889, the son of Carl and Emma Lindberg, the latter of whom died in that country, and the former of whom came to this country and lives at Perley. John was reared in his native land. He came to America in 1907, and located at Eveleth, Minn., where he worked in the mines for three years. In 1910 he came to Barron County, and purchased 80 acres of land in Section 6, Almena Township, which was at that time all wild. He has put up a log house and barn, and cleared about 25 acres. He carries on general farming and dairying and is getting a good start. Mr. Lindberg was married in this township, in October, 1911, to Nettie L. Sands, who was born in Almena Township, Sept. 1, 1894, the daughter of David and Eliza Sands, he a native of Canada, and she of Chippewa Falls, Wis. They now live at Cable, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg have five children: Eliza, born Oct. 23, 1912; Florence, March 5, 1914; Frieda, Jan. 3, 1916; Hjalmer, Nov. 8, 1917, and Elmer, March 5, 1920, all at home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 378.