M. N. Flugum

FLUGUM, EGGUM, JACOBS

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 1/19/2010 at 04:30:04

M. N. FLUGUM

M. N. Flugum, the owner of a well improved and highly cultivated farm on section 16, King township, has been a resident of Winnebago county since 1873 and throughout his active business life has been identified with its agricultural interests. He was born in Norway, June 7, 1865, but was only two years of age when brought to this country by his parents, Nels and Martha (Eggum) Flugum. The family first located in Dane county, Wisconsin, where the father taught school for six years, and in the spring of 1873 came to Winnebago county, Iowa. He purchased a farm in Mount Valley township, which he cleared and improved, but he continued to engage in teaching, following that profession for over sixty acres. He is now living retired upon his farm at the ripe old age of eighty-seven years. His wife died in April, 1905.

Being only eight years of age when he came to Winnebago county M. N. Flugum was practically reared and educated in this locality and he remained with his parents until he attained his majority. For three years he worked for neighboring farmers and then commenced farming on his own account. His first purchase of land consisted of one hundred and sixty acres on section 17, King township, and subsequently he bought another quarter section on section 16. He has converted his place into one of the best cultivated farms of that region and has erected thereon good and substantial buildings. Besides his valuable property he now owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Texas, now operated by his oldest son, and he is a stockholder in the Fanners Elevator Company, the Cooperative Creamery Company, in the Varland Telephone Company and the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, being an officer in the last named organization for some time.

In December, 1889, Mr. Flugum was united in marriage to Miss Jane Jacobs, and they have become the parents of nine children, namely: Nels, Alfred, Joseph, Clara, Oscar, Jewel, Charles, Martha and Lloyd. The family are communicants of the Lutheran church and Mr. Flugum is a republican in politics. He has served on the school board for the past eight years and gives his hearty support to all measures calculated to advance the moral or educational welfare of his community. He is a public-spirited citizen and well merits the high esteem in which he is held.

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. 473-474.