to Ohio when a youth, located in Loraine County, and there received his final summons in the winter of 1889. The maternal grandparents of our subject, John and Lucia (Collins) Williams, were natives of Vermont and Canada, born in 1777 and 1803, respectively. David L. Lang was the second of the following children: F. H. (born in 1849), Ella H. (born in 1854), Nelson C. (born in 1856). David L. moved with his parents to Illinois, in 1858, and here remained until after the war, when they returned to Ohio. About 1870 David Lang returned to Illinois, resided there for some time, and in 1873 was married to Miss Addie Hill, who bore him the following children: Frank H. (born April 19, 1874), Grace (born December 11, 1875), Nettie (born April 26, 1878), and Genevieve (born November 14, 1881). Leaving Ohio, Mr. Lang moved to Story County, Iowa, locating on Section 31, of Milford Township, where he owns a quarter section of fine land, all well improved and well stocked. Mr. Lang is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and has at all times voted the Republican ticket. He has served as township trustee since 1878, and has ever taken an active interest in school and any and all laudable enterprises that come to his notice.
Ole C. Langland, a model farmer, excellent business man, and an exceedingly pleasant gentleman in every way, was born in Norway, September 28, 1837, and passed eighteen years of his life in that country, after which he came to America, and located in Grundy County, where he remained for some little time. Mr. Langland enlisted, August 20, 1861, in the Thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry, was transferred to the Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry, and served until the end of the war, exhibiting at all times the courage and prowess for which Norwegians are famous, in the battles of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Jackson and many others, but had the good luck not to be wounded in any of them. At the close of the war he returned to Illinois, soon afterward locating in Story County, Iowa, where he now resides, and owns 360 acres of fine prairie land. His residence is very large and quite handsome, and the farm is improved from one end to the other, and every new idea of merit is put into practice by our subject, who ranks high in the community. In politics he is a Republican, and a strong supporter of his party ; has held many public offices, and is supervisor of the county roads. Mr. Langland married Miss Betsy Gunderson, who resided in Norway in childhood, coming to this country at the age of thirteen, and living since that time in Story County. She is a daughter of John Gunderson, and the mother of eleven children, seven living: John, Ann, Malinda, Sivren, Olena, Jacob and Martin. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.
George Lash, farmer and stock-raiser, Maxwell, Iowa. On July 10, 1830, in Wayne County, Ohio, there was born to the union of John and Catherine (Onstott) Lash a son, who is now taken as the subject of this sketch. He was one of sixteen children—eight sons and eight daughters--of whom twelve grew to mature years, and became the heads of families. Five sons and four daughters are living at the present time. George Lash was reared in Kosciusko County, Ind., and remained under the parental roof until twenty-one years of age. He moved to Iowa in 1854, located in Buchanan County, and there remained one year. From there he moved to Butler County, and after a residence there of about ten years, moved to Story County, where he bought his present property. He is the owner of 255 acres of land, all in a good state of cultivation, and has good, commodious buildings on the same, a good orchard, etc. When he first located on his place all was prairie, with not a house to be