Hegg, Gustav A. 1868 –

HEGG, NELSON, KITTLESBY

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Date: 3/22/2015 at 14:22:58

GUSTAV A. HEGG.

Gustav A. Hegg, residing on section 35, Decorah township, is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and eighty acres and in its cultivation has met with a well merited measure of prosperity. His birth occurred in that township on the 24th of August, 1868, his parents being Anton and Gunhild (Nelson) Hegg, both of whom were natives of Norway. In 1854 the father emigrated to the United States and, coming direct to Winneshiek county, here worked as a farm hand for two years and then purchased forty acres of land. He improved the property and subsequently extended the boundaries of his farm by additional purchase from time to time until it embraced two hundred and twenty acres in Decorah township. In 1902 he put aside the active work of the fields and took up his abode in Decorah, where he made his home until the time of his death in June, 1912. He had been a resident of this county for almost six decades and enjoyed an enviable reputation within its borders as a substantial agriculturist and esteemed citizen. His wife was called to her final rest in March, 1910.

Gustav A. Hegg attended the district schools in the acquirement of an education and was reared to manhood on the home farm, assisting his father in its operation until the time of the latter's retirement in 1902. In that year he purchased one hundred and eighty acres of the place and has since been successfully engaged in its further cultivation and improvement. He is likewise a stockholder in the Nordness Creamery Company and has long been numbered among the prosperous and representative citizens of his native county.

On the 20th of May, 1890, Mr. Hegg was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Kettlesby, a daughter of Peter and Bertha Kettlesby, both natives of Norway. The father, who came to this county in the '50s and here operated a farm for many years, now makes his home at Calmar. The mother of Mrs. Hegg passed away in 1909. Unto our subject and his wife were born five children, as follows: Bertha, who is nineteen years of age; Anton, a youth of seventeen; and Laura, Ralph and Charlotte, who are fifteen, ten and eight years of age respectively. The mother of this family was called to her final rest in March, 1908, her demise occurring at the end of a year's illness.

Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Hegg has supported the men and measures of the republican party, believing firmly in its principles. His religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. He has remained in Winneshiek county from his birth to the present time, and that his life has been well and honorably spent is indicated by the fact that the associates of his boyhood and youth are still numbered among his stanch friends and admirers.

Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913

Transcriber’s Note: The gravestone looks like the year of death may have been 1925. (hard to read)

Lutheran Decorah Cemetery
 

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