Neste, Lewis K. 1876 – 1938

NESTE, TOSTENSON, GULLICKSON, LUKEN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/17/2015 at 18:42:31

LEWIS K. NESTE.

Lewis K. Neste is engaged in the operation of a tract of eighty acres, located on section 26, Madison township, but quite recently has purchased a valuable farm of eighty acres in Canoe township, three and a half miles north of Decorah, for which he paid one hundred and twenty-five dollars per acre. He is a native son of Madison township, the date of his birth being September 27, 1876. His parents, Knute K. and Gro (Tostenson) Neste, were natives of Norway. Upon their emigration to America, they settled at McGregor, Iowa, where the father worked for some time in the timber woods. He eventually engaged in farming, however, purchasing land in Madison township, which he cultivated until his demise on the 4th of January, 1911. His wife preceded him to the home beyond, her death occurring in September, 1903.

Lewis K. Neste was educated in the district schools and was trained to the work of the farm from early age. He remained with his parents until twenty-three years of age, when he engaged in operating a threshing machine and in drilling wells. He followed this business for three seasons, when he once more took up agricultural pursuits, operating the old homestead for five years. He then rented the farm known as the Dubb place, comprising eighty acres in Madison township, and here he has since made his home. He follows progressive methods in his farm work and each year is rewarded by abundant harvests. He has recently become an owner by the purchase of a highly improved farm of eighty acres in Canoe township. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Creamery Company and in the Famers Hog Buying Company of Decorah.

Mr. Neste chose as a companion and helpmate for life, Miss Christena Gullickson, whom he wedded on the 17th of January, 1906. She is a daughter of Tames and Ingeborg (Luken) Gullickson, who were natives of Norway, and upon their emigration to America chose Winneshiek county as their place of abode. The father here purchased a farm and has since given his attention to its further improvement and cultivation.

In politics Mr. Neste is a republican, and in religious faith is a Lutheran. He is a conscientious, upright man, adhering strictly to honest methods in all business transactions, and all who know him have for him high regard and commendation.

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

Transcriber’s Note: His gravestone shows the spelling of his first name as Louis.

Decorah Lutheran Cemetery gravestone
 

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