Hove, Torger T. 1851 – 1929
HOVE, BOITO, TORGERSON, REMEN, EGGE
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Date: 3/26/2015 at 13:54:38
TORGER T. HOVE.
A finely improved and highly productive farm in Springfield township, Winneshiek county, pays tribute to the well directed efforts and business sagacity of Torger T. Hove. Like many other of Winneshiek county's successful agriculturists Mr. Hove came from the land of the midnight sun and possesses in large measure the sturdy qualities of character common to that nationality. Born in Norway on the 25th of April, 1851, he is a son of Thor and Mary P. (Boito) Torgerson, also natives of that land. The father brought his family to America in 1865, seeking the larger opportunities offered by the new world, and at once made his way to Winneshiek county, Iowa, where he resided for one year with his brother. He then purchased a farm in Springfield township and later purchased other property, operating two or three places in Winneshiek county and becoming a successful agriculturist. In 1879 he became the owner of the farm upon which his son Torger T. Hove now makes his home and that property he continued to operate until his death, which occurred in 1892, while his wife, who long survived him, died in 1910.
Torger T. Hove, who was a lad of fourteen years when brought to America by his parents, had begun his education in the schools of Norway and this was continued in the district schools of Winneshiek county. In the meantime he was also receiving practical lessons on his father's farm which should later serve him in good stead, and upon laying aside his text-books he worked out as a farm hand, so continuing until 1879. In that year he was able, through the careful saving of his earnings, to purchase eighty acres which he improved and operated for seventeen years, and at the end of that time he bought the home place from his brother, a tract consisting of one hundred and nineteen and a half acres located on section 12, Springfield township. He at once applied himself to its further development, making many improvements upon the place including the erection of a fine modern house and substantial outbuildings. His fields are in a high state of cultivation and his farm, neat and attractive in appearance, is one of the valuable farming properties in the township. Mr. Hove is well known in business circles in this district as a stockholder in the Nordness Creamery Company, the Nordness Telephone Company and the Farmers Hog Company.
On the 29th of August, 1879, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hove and Miss Mary M. Remen, a daughter of Nels M. and Mary P. (Egge) Remen, natives of Norway, and Mr. and Mrs. Hove became the parents of eleven children, of whom three, Mary, Nettie and Selma, are deceased. The surviving children are Theodore, Tilda, Selma, Nels, Mabel, Andrew, Paul and Becca. The Lutheran church of Decorah numbers Mr. Hove among its members while the candidates and measures of the republican party receive his stalwart support. He is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the community in which he lives and the state at large, and although his time is fully occupied by his business affairs he does all he can to promote the material, political and moral progress of his section.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
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