Wheatman, Almond 1868 - 1967
WHEATMAN, DANIELS, FRISTAD
Posted By: P. Bergmeier (email)
Date: 10/25/2004 at 21:43:42
Taken from 1913 History of Winneshiek County Vol.II
For the past fifteen years Almond Wheatman has been prominently connected with the agricultural and stock-raising interests of Calmar township, and is today one of the most represntative and substantial farmers of that locality, owning and operating one hundred and sixty acres of fine land on section 2. He is a native son of that township, born September 20, 1868, his parents being Henry and Maria (Daniels) Wheatman, natives of England. The father came to America in the early '60s and located in Winneshiek county, Iowa, where he purchased land in Calmar township. This he operated until 1896, when he retired from active life, moving two years later into Decorah, where he still resides. His wife passed away in 1892.
Almond Wheatman acquired his education in the district schools of his native township and in his childhood assisted his father with the work of the farm, becoming before he had attained his majority a practical and able agriculturist. When he was twenty-four years of age he rented land which he operated for five years, at the end of which time he purchased eighty-acres on section 2, Calmar township. To this he later added another tract of eighty acres and thus owns today one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land. Upon this he has made substantial improvements in building and equipment and has steadily carried forward the work of development, making the farm today worthy of comparison with the finest agricultural properties in this section of the state.
On the 2d of March, 1893, Mr. Wheatman was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Fristad, a daughter of Haagen and Carie Fristad, natives of Norway. The parents came to Winneshiek county at an early date and here the father engaged in farming, still making his home upon the property which he bought at that time. Mr. and Mrs. Wheatman have become the parents of three children: Myrtle, aged nineteen; Elmer, seventeen; and Beatrice, eight. Mr. Wheatman gives his political allegiance to the republican party and he takes an acive interest in the affairs of the community where his entire life has been spent. He is a man of many fine qualities of character, strong and resolute in purpose, industrious and enterprising; and he is well known throughout the community for his uprightness and honesty, meriting and enjoying the respect and confidence of his neighbors and friends.
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