Edwin H. Loftsgarden

LOFTSGARDEN

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Date: 11/7/2022 at 23:07:28

Edwin H. Loftsgarden

Edwin Haraldson Loftsgarden located in Fertile township, on section 9, in 1872. He was born in Norway in 1835. He came to Worth Co., Iowa, in 1857, and bought 160 acres on section 13, Hartland township, to which he moved after his marriage to Cecelia S. Mark, April 22, 1865. She was born in Norway, Feb. 6, 1846. Her parents emigrated to Green Co., Wis., thence to Hartland township, where they were early settlers and still reside. In 1872 he purchased his present home. He has 200 acres, valued at fifteen dollars per acre. He is a republican; has been trustee seven years, school director two terms, also road supervisor and president of the school board. They have seven children - Anna. S., Berget, Anna E., Cyrus H., Johanna C., Adena and Sarah A. They are all members of the Lutheran Church. His father, Harald Torguson Lofttsgarden, was married in Norway, where his first wife died, leaving six boys. He again married and emigrated to the United States, going first to Worth county, Iowa, where he remained a short time. He then went t Freeborn county, Minn., entered a homestead, which he made his home until his death, in 1879. His last wife died in April 1838, leaving a family of three sons and three daughters. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.866