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B. G. Gunhus

GUNHUS, KOLVE, SKULDT, HOLLAND

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 1/25/2010 at 05:37:18

B. G. GUNHUS

B. G. Gunhus, who is devoting his time and energies to farming and stock raising in Forest township, Winnebago county, was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, on the 22d of June, 1876, a son of Gould G. and Julia (Kolve) Gunhus, both of whom were natives of Norway. There they resided until about 1848, when they came to America and settled in Racine, Wisconsin. The father there secured a tract of land and his remaining days were devoted to general agricultural pursuits in that state. To Mr. and Mrs. Gunhus were born a daughter and a son, the former being Clara T., now the wife of K. B. Skuldt, of Wisconsin.

The son, B. G. Gunhus, was reared and educated in Wisconsin, where he supplemented his public school education by study in college. Through the period of his boyhood and youth he remained at home and afterward took charge of the old homestead. In 1907 he came to Winnebago county, where he purchased the farm upon which he now resides on section 34, Forest township, securing one hundred and sixty acres of rich and arable land, which he has since carefully developed and cultivated until it is now a splendidly improved property. He likewise owns about eighty acres in Newton township and is justly accounted one of the representative agriculturists of his part of the state. He is also one of the directors of the Farmers Elevator Company and its treasurer and is a stockholder in the First National Bank.

In 1898 Mr. Gunhus was married to Miss Anna Holland, a native of Wisconsin and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Holland, who were natives of Norway but in childhood came to America. Both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Gunhus have two children: Irene Gwendolyn, who is attending high school; and Gool Amound. The parents are members of the United Lutheran church and Mrs. Gunhus is an active temperance worker, holding membership in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In his political views Mr. Gunhus is a republican but is not an office seeker. He is loyal in the discharge of all of his duties of citizenship, however, and co-operates in those plans and movements which seek to promote the best interests of his county. He is leading a life of activity in the furtherance of his farming interests, knowing that honorable success is based upon individual effort and ability.

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. 124-125.


 

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