Hans and Halvor Fugleberg

FUGLEBERG

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 3/14/2008 at 15:45:44

Hans and Halvor Fugleberg, actively interested in farming on section 7, Center township, have one hundred and twenty acres of land in their home farm and have other investments in land and business enterprises. They are well known and substantial citizens of Winnebago county, within the borders of which they have always lived. They were born in Forest township, Hans on the 29th of April, 1875, and Halvor on the 4th of February, 1879. They are sons of Ole and Mary Fugleberg, who were natives of Norway and in 1865 came to America, settling first in Winneshiek county, Iowa, where the father engaged in farming for seven years. He then sold that property and removed to Winnebago county, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land in Forest township. This he improved and cultivated for seventeen years, when he sold out and took up his abode in Center township, purchasing one hundred and twenty acres of land on section 7. He cultivated and developed this property throughout his remaining days, his life's labors being ended in death on the 5th of September, 1907. His wife had previously passed away, her death occurring June 6, 1900.

Hans and Halvor Fugleberg spent their youthful days upon the farms on which their parents lived in Forest and Center townships. They attended the district schools and as they advanced in age and strength they more and more largely assisted in the work of the home farm. Following the death of the father Hans Fugleberg purchased the home place of one hundred and twenty acres and Halvor Fugleberg bought an eighty-acre tract on section 6, Center township, just north of the home place. They have since together operated the entire tract of two hundred acres and have made it one of the productive farms of the county. They work persistently and diligently in the further development of the property, and their practical and progressive methods are indicated in the success which has attended them. They are stockholders in the Farmers Elevator Company and in the Lake Mills Creamery Company, while Hans is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company of Scarville.

Like many of the people of Norwegian nationality or descent, the Fugleberg brothers adhere to the faith of the Lutheran church and guide their lives by its teachings. They vote with the republican party and keep well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that they are able to support their position by intelligent argument.

Source: History of Winnebago and Hancock Counties, Iowa, 1917, Vol. II, Page 290.