HEDLUND, Elmer Nace

HEDLUND, SEIBERT, BRIDGES, LINSLEY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/28/2014 at 11:24:28

History of Decatur County Iowa and Its People
Illustrated, Volumne II.

Prof. J. M. Howell and Heman C. Smith
Supervising Editors

The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. Pp. 373-74. Chicago. 1915.

ELMER NACE HEDLUND

Elmer N. Hedlund, a progressive and enterprising young agriculturist of Decatur county, owns and operates a well improved farm embracing one hundred and twenty acres in Garden Grove township. His birth occurred in Mahaska county, Iowa, on the 26th of July, 1881, his parents being Andrew and Charlotta Hedlund, both of whom were natives of Sweden. The father emigrated to the United States when about thirty-seven years of age, locating first in St. Louis, Missouri, where he remained for a short time. He was by trade a master mechanic and constructed and superintended the building of bridges for the railroad. He is now a resident agriculturist of Mahaska county, Iowa, but his wife passed away on the 27th of December, 1910. To them were born seven children, as follows: Mary who is the wife of Jacob Seibert; William W.; Fred; Elmer N., of this review; Ellen; Charles; and Henry.

Elmer N. Hedlund acquired his education in the Pleasant Grove public school of Mahaska county and subsequently was engaged in farm work in his native county until the spring of 1914. He then came to Decatur county and purchased a tract of one hundred and twenty acres in Garden Grove township which he has cultivated to the present time. He produces the cereals best adapted to soil and climate and also devotes considerable attention to live stock, raising registered Duroc-Jersey hogs. The improvements on the property include a substantial residence and barn as well as good outbuildings, and the neat and thrifty appearance of the place bespeaks the careful supervision of a practical and progressive owner. The attractiveness of the farm is enhanced by an orchard of apple, peach, cherry and plum trees and there are also wells and windmills. Early in life Mr. Hedlund became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist and this training, together with abundance of energy, has enabled him to win a place among the prosperous farmers of the county.

In 1903 Mr. Hedlund was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Bridges, a daughter of Edward and Margie (Linsley) Bridges. To them have been born four children, namely: Gladys, Hazel, Jay and Wayne. Mr. Hedlund is a young man of unquestioned integrity and unassailable reputation and enjoys the high esteem and friendship of those with whom he has come in contact.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2014