Biographies:  Nels Lund, Dovre Township, Barron Co., WI 




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Nels Lund, a highly regarded citizen of section 14, east, was born in
Sweden March 22, 1851, the son of Andrew and Anna Lund. He was brought to
America by his mother in the middle sixties and joined the father at Eau
Claire, this state. From there, in 1868, they came to Dovre Township. Nels
was then seventeen years of age. For a time he worked on farms and in
sawmills. In 1872, when he became of age, he took a homestead in Dovre
Township. He put up a set of buildings, broke about eighty acres, and
carried on general farming. His right to the home and three lots was
disputed, and in 1885 he was disposed, he believes unjustly. Then he worked
in Eau Claire for a year. In 1886 he settled on his present place. He had
lost nearly everything that he possessed and he had little but his hands
and a few small tools with which to carry on his work. He moved his family
into a shanty across the road from his claim, and started to build a log
cabin. He had no hired help and was compelled to work alone, carrying some
of the topmostlogs up a ladder on his back. The cabin when completed was 16
by 24 feet, and he moved his family into it. The next spring he managed to
get a cow. In the meantime for nine winters he worked in the woods to get
funds to keep his family going until the farm could be made profitable. The
little home in the woods was far from market and provisions were hard to
get. Such groceries as the family used had to be brought in on his back,
sometimes from as far away as Eau Claire. In time his hard work resulted in
success. He now has a well kept, well tilled and well cultivated place,
with a comfortable home, a commodious barn, and other necessary buildings.
His equipment is of the best. He successfully carries on general farming
and stock raising. He has an excellent standing in the community and is
respected by all who know him. Aside from his farm interests he is a
stockholder in creamery and farmers' store at Chetek. Mr. Lund was married
at Eau Claire in November, 1882, to Julia Emerson, born in Christiania,
Norway, Nov. 29, 1862, the daughter of Gilbert and Martha (Olson) Emerson,
who came to Barron County in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Lund have had ten children:
Mary, George (died in Eau Claire), Laura (died in Eau Claire), Edgar,
George, Henry, Albert, Eugene, William and Goldie. Henry and Eugene are
veterans of the World War.
 
--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 700-701.