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Andrew B. Myhr

MYHR, THORSHEIM, ANDERSON

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 1/7/2010 at 04:42:01

ANDREW B. MYHR

The home farm of Andrew B. Myhr is situated on sections 27 and 28, King township. This is the old homestead of the family and became the property of the present owner in 1916. He was born in Nebraska on the 5th of April, 1884, and is a son of Berge A. and Helen (Thorsheim) Myhr, who were natives of Norway and came to America in 1882, locating in Illinois. After a year they removed to Nebraska and obtained a homestead claim which Mr. Myhr continued to cultivate until 1888. He then came to Winnebago county and purchased eighty acres on section 28, King township. This he further developed and improved and continued to engage in farming thereon until called to his final rest. He died in June, 1901, being killed by a bull. His widow is still living.

Andrew B. Myhr was reared and educated in Winnebago county, dividing his time between the work of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the tasks assigned him in connection with the cultivation of the fields. He remained with his parents until he reached the age of twenty-two years, when he purchased land, and since then has bought and sold several farms, becoming the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of the old home place in 1916. There were at one time two hundred and forty acres in this farm, but a part of it had been sold. Mr. Myhr has made excellent improvements upon it since he took up his abode there and he now has one of the nicest homes of the county. In the rear of the residence stand good barns and outbuildings and these are surrounded by highly cultivated fields. The place presents a most neat and attractive appearance and constitutes one of the pleasing features of the landscape. Mr. Myhr is also well known in business circles and in other connections. He is a stockholder in the Fanners Elevator Company and in the Cooperative Creamery Company of Thompson. He has served as vice president and as president of the King Mutual Telephone Company for several years, occupying the latter position at the present time. He now makes a specialty of raising stock, handling pure bred Guernsey cattle and Chester White hogs, while his wife is engaged quite extensively in raising White Wyandotte chickens.

It was in March, 1907, that Mr. Myhr wedded Miss Clara Anderson, a daughter of K. E. Anderson, a native of Norway, who came to the United States when but ten years of age. He was a veteran of the Civil war and was one of the pioneer settlers of Winnebago county, where he passed away in the fall of 1910, having for a few years survived his wife, who died in the spring of 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Myhr have an adopted daughter, Alpha K., who is now five years of age.

Their religious faith is that of the Lutheran church and politically Mr. Myhr is a republican. He is the present township clerk of King township, which position he has occupied for about eight years, and in 1914 he was made his party's candidate for county treasurer. While undoubtedly not without that laudable ambition which is so valuable as an incentive for faithful service in public life, he yet regards private pursuits as abundantly worthy of his best efforts and in business has made a creditable record. His plans are always well denned and carefully executed and his careful management of his farming interests has brought gratifying returns.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. pp. 302, 305.


 

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