Tweet, Herman 1860 –

TWEET, OSMUNDSON, GRINDELAND, WEIR, ASCHEM

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/7/2015 at 08:04:06

HERMAN TWEET.

Farming interests of Pleasant township find a progressive and worthy representative in Herman Tweet, who owns and operates two hundred and eighty acres of fine land on section 12, constituting the property upon which he was born on the 17th of March, 1860. He is a son of Ole and Kjersta Tweet, natives of Norway, the former born December 3, 1822, and the latter March 7, 1827. The parents came to America in 1853 and settled first in Wisconsin, whence they came to Pleasant township, Winneshiek county, Iowa, where they spent the remainder of their lives. The father became an extensive landowner, accumulating two hundred and eighty acres on section 12, and upon this property his death occurred on May 3, 1902. He was a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and a republican in his political beliefs. His wife survived him some time, dying August 3, 1910. In their family were eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity: Mrs. Julia Osmundson, who passed away leaving nine children; Betsy, who died at the age of twenty; Anfin, of Montraille county, North Dakota; Turie, the wife of Nels C. Grindeland, of this township; Ole, who passed away in 1910, leaving a widow and four children; Herman, the subject of this review; Christina, the wife of I. Weir, of Florida; Emma, who married Nels Aschem, of Decorah; and Theodore, living in Montraille county, North Dakota.

Herman Tweet was reared under the parental roof and from his early childhood assisted with the operation of the farm, becoming before he was of age an able agriculturist. He has never left the homestead and now owns the property, his land comprising two hundred and eighty acres, upon which he has made substantial improvements from time to time. Under his care and direction the land has come to be one of the finest farms in this locality and it reflects everywhere in its neat and attractive appearance the owner's many years of practical labor and careful supervision.

Mr. Tweet gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served in a creditable and able way as township trustee. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, guiding his honorable and upright life by the principles in which he believes. He is numbered among Pleasant township's most able and successful native sons and during the years of his residence in this locality has made many substantial contributions to its agricultural upbuilding, his record being a credit to a name that has long been an honored one in this community.

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