up to the time of his death, which occurred August 7, 1900, when he was in his seventy-fourth year. His wife survives him and is still living on the home farm.
Albert H. Lande passed his early youth at home, attending the public school. Upon reaching his majority he, in company with his brother Henry, assumed charge of the home farm, which they continued to operate until the spring of 1903, when Albert removed to his present home in Union township, Story county, which he and his brother Henry had purchased the previous fall. Aside from general farming, Mr. Lande has given special attention to the raising of hogs and cattle for the market and in this line of business he has met with unqualified success.
On December 19, 1902, Mr. Lande was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Lawson, who was born in Rock county, Wisconsin. In his political preferment he gives his support to the republican party and takes an active interest in the affairs of his community, being a member of the school board. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lande are members of the Lutheran church.
ALBERT K. HELVIG.
In the list of Story county's successful native sons must be placed the name of Albert K. Helvig, who was born in Howard township .on the 23d of February, 1864. He is of Norwegian parentage, his father having come to the United States from the Norseland in 1860. He had been a citizen of the United States for three years before he came to Story county but in 1863 he located on a farm in Howard township and continued to reside there until he died in 1905, at the advanced age of seventy-seven years. He was a successful farmer and had acquired at the time of his death one hundred and twenty acres of land. He married Isabelle Mucklebush and they became the parents of ten children, all but four of whom have now passed away, Albert K. Helvig being the fourth in order of birth. The father was a member of the Lutheran church and voted the republican ticket. He was a very public-spirited citizen and was well regarded in the community where he had resided for so many years.
Albert K. Helvig's early years were spent in an unvaried routine of study, work and play, which characterizes the boyhood and youth of most young people who are reared in the country. At the usual age he laid aside his textbooks to assume the weightier duties of life and, having chosen farming as his occupation, assisted his father about the home place until he had reached the age of twenty-two years, when he began to work for himself. He had succeeded in accumulating sufficient means in 1890 to invest in land of his own and he bought one hundred and sixty acres in Warren township, where he has since continued to live. His is one of the valuable farms of the township. He raises a good grade of stock, keeps