FRED SUNBERG.
Among the enterprising and progressive men whose activity in agricultural circles, and private circles as well, has made Audubon county one of the thriving counties of the great Hawkeye state, and an important center in the commerce and industry of the state, is Fred Sunberg, a well-known farmer of Melville township, and the proprietor of eighty acres of land in section 33 of that township. Mr. Sunberg is a native of Germany, but has resided in this country practically all his life.
Fred Sunberg was born in Mecklinburg-Schwerin, Germany, on August 10, 1869, the son of Henry Sunberg, who came to America in the spring of 1871, first settling in Johnson county, Iowa, coming to Audubon county in the spring of 1887, and renting land in Melville township, later retiring to Audubon, where he now lives.
Fred Sunberg began doing farm work for himself in 1894, previous to his marriage in that year he having worked out by the month for neighboring farmers. On March 15, 1894, he was married to Minnie Tunman, daughter of Charles Tunman, and to this union four children have been born, namely: May, who lives in Audubon with her grandparents; Carl, Mildred and Lowine, at home.
Mr. Sunberg is a Democrat, but his extensive agricultural interests have prevented his taking a very active part in public affairs. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is active in the affairs of both lodges. Mr. Sunberg is well known in Melville township as one of the industrious, enterprising and progressive citizens of that favored locality. He is very keenly interested in the people of Melville township, and they are his very good friends.
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Transcribed from History of Audubon County, Iowa Its People, Industries and Institutions With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, by H. F. Andrews, editor, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915, pp. 565-566.
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