Paul H. Skov

SKOV, BORGGAART, PETERSEN, BERTHSEN

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Date: 1/2/2010 at 12:11:46

J. W. Ellis, History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910

PAUL H. SKOV.

Paul H. Skov, who owns and operates a well improved and productive farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Fairfield township, has devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits since coming to this county in 1874. His birth occurred in Schleswig, Germany, on the 20th of February, 1855, his parents being Hans Paulsen and Enger Maria (Berthsen) Skov, the former likewise a native of Schleswig. Hans P. Skov crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1882 and took up his abode in Spragueville, Jackson county, Iowa, where he followed the trade of wagon making until called to his final rest in 1902.
Paul H. Skov, who spent the first nineteen years of his life in his native land, set sail for the new world in 1874 and after landing on American shores came direct to this county. Securing employment as a farm hand, he thus worked for about six years and on the expiration of that period rented a tract of land in Van Buren township. He was actively identified with general agricultural pursuits as a renter until 1900, when, having accumulated sufficient capital to enable him to buy land of his own, he came into possession of his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Fairfield township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has since given his time and energies. The fields are now well tilled and the place presents a most neat and attractive appearance, bringing to the owner year after year rich harvests and a gratifying financial income.
As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Mr. Skov chose Miss Christiana Peterson Borggaart, her father being Peter C. S. Borggaart, a native of Denmark. Their union has been blessed with two children, Christian H. and Ida Maria H., both at home. When exercising his right of franchise Mr. Skov does not consider himself bound by party ties but casts an independent ballot. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Lutheran church, with which his wife is also identified. He is numbered among those who left the fatherland to identify themselves with American life and institutions, who have pushed their way to the front and who are a credit alike to the land of their birth and that of their adoption.