Orville M. Kiland

KILAND, HOLLAND

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 2/1/2010 at 04:55:07

ORVILLE M. KILAND

Wide-awake, alert and energetic, Orville M. Kiland is numbered among the leading young farmers of Winnebago county, now operating an excellent tract of land on section 19, Center township. It was in that township that he was born on the llth of May, 1894, a son of K. K. and Anna (Holland) Kiland, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. The father was for a long period one of the energetic and representative farmers of this section of the state and continued to engage actively in general agricultural pursuits until 1915, when he retired and removed to Lake Mills, where he and his wife still reside.

Upon the home farm in Center township Orville M. Kiland was reared, spending
his youthful days in the usual manner of farm lads. He worked in the fields during vacation periods while attending the common schools, and he early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops, so that when his father abandoned farming he was ready to take up the work. He rented the home place of his father and has since continued its cultivation, his labors contributing to its further development and improvement. He annually harvests good crops and follows practical, progressive methods in all that he does.

Mr. Kiland was reared in the Lutheran faith, to which he still adheres, and since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has been a republican, keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the day but never seeking office. He is widely known as one of the respected young farmers of the community and has many friends.

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. 558-559.