Mikkel P. Spilda

SPILDA

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 1/13/2006 at 22:34:12

Mikkel P. Spilda, farmer, was born in Norway. Me came to America in I860. Landing at Quebec, he came at once to Winneshiek Co., Iowa; remained twelve years; then moved to Wisconsin, where he lived two years. He was born Jan. 30, 1851. After leaving Wisconsin he came to Worth county in the fall of 1875, settling on section 11, Kensett township, where he now lives. He has 160 acres of good land well improved. He was married Nov. 18, 1875, to Christina Nelson, born in Norway in 1860. They have three children—Anna M., Clara and Nellie P. The family attend the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Spilda is engaged in grain and stock raising. Politically he is a republican.

Source: History or Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, Page 783.