Andrew T. Lund

As printed in 1916

ANDREW T. LUND.

Andrew T. Lund was born at Vining, Minnesota. December 21, 1885, the son of Andrew T. and Annie K. (Amundson) Lund, both of whom were natives of Norway, the father being born in the year 1848, at a settlement called Lund, in Kolvereid, Namdalen, and the mother being born near Christiania, in the year 1850. When seventeen years of age, Andrew T. Lund, Sr., in the year 1866, came to America, making the trip alone, while his wife, as a girl, came to this country with her mother and father. Andrew T. Lund and the parents of Annie Amundson settled at Hudson. Wisconsin, where Andrew Fund was engaged in logging on the St. Croix river for ten years, and during which time he was married, and later he and his wife moved, in the year 1870. to Otter Tail county. Minnesota, where they took up a homestead of about one hundred and sixty acres of land in Nidaros township, a place where now a part of the town of Vining is located. On taking possession of his land. Andrew T. Lund proceeded to clear the land and to plant crops, together with the erecting of a log house in which to live, at the same time buying grain for the Andrews & Gage Grain Company, at Minneapolis. A few years later Mr. Lund leased the local elevator from his former employers and for the next twenty years he conducted this industry on his own responsibility, being interested in the only lumber yard at Vining during the same time. In IQ04 Andrew T. Lund discontinued the grain business and organized a private bank, which he conducted until [908, and then the institution was incorporated as Lund's State Bank, a financial house which the sons of Mr. Lund now operate.

Andrew T. Lund, Sr., was a most active man during his entire life and held many important positions. Mr. Lund was a member of the firm of Nyhus & Lund, general merchants; he took an important part in the organization of St. Luke's Hospital al Fergus Falls. Minnesota, an institution of which he was a trustee for some years; he was instrumental in securing for the town of Vining a railway siding from the Northern Pacilic railway, and he was the door of the land and one of those who secured funds for the building of the Lutheran church at Vining, a church in which for many years he was a trustee. Andrew T. Lund, Sr., was a Republican in politics and was at one time the candidate of his party for a seat in the United States Congress; he served in several local offices, including a place on the school board and other offices in the township and in the town of Vining. Mr. Lund was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was prominent in the organization of the Sons of Norway, at Vining. Andrew T. Lund was one of the most honored men of Otter Lail county and but for the fact that the state of Minnesota possessed one postoffice named Lund, the present town of Vining would now bear that name. Andrew T. Lund. Sr., died on December 16, iyo8, his wife having preceded him in death about four years, she dying on July 3,

To Andrew T. and Annie Lund were born the following children: Thea, who married the Rev. J. C. Herre, and lives at New York City; Melvin who is a tanner of Henning township, and lives at Vining, is a graduate of the agricultural school at Minneapolis; Charles A., who is cashier of Lund's State Bank, is an attorney and graduate from the St. Paul College of Law; Oscar A., who is a partner in the firm of Nyhus & Lund, general merchants at Vining; Harry A., who lives on the home place near Vining; Andrew T.. the subject of this sketch; Fmil A., who is a real-estate dealer and land owner of Vining; Gundrun, who married Theodore Thoen, of the firm of Thoen Brothers' Clothing Company, at Minneapolis. Minnesota, and Baletta. who married William H. Huntington, and lives at Paynesville. Minnesota. Four children of Mr. and Mrs. Lund are deceased.

Andrew T. Lund was educated at the Fergus Falls, Minnesota, high school and later at Concordia College, where he graduated in the class of 1908, with the degree of Bachelor of Accounts, and after finishing his schooling he entered the lumber business at Vining, continuing in this business for four years and then he sold his interests and has since followed the real-estate business together with the duties of his office as president of Lund's State Bank, a position in which he succeeded his father. Andrew T. Lund has found time from his busy life to serve his town as recorder since it was incorporated, in the year 1909, and he takes an active part, as owner, in the plotting and in the development of "Sunny Side," a resort on East Battle lake, one mile from Vining. Andrew T. Lund has served several years as president of the local society of Sons of Norway and he is now dommer of that organization.

On June 2j, 191 5, Andrew T. Lund was married to Alma Korum, who was a school teacher of Otter Tail county, and the daughter of John Korum and wife, old settlers who are now deceased. The Lund family is one of the well-known families of the community, they being strong financial supporters of Concordia College, an institution from which seven of the children of the family have graduated.

Andrew T. Lund and his wife are leading members of the Norwegian Lutheran church at Vining and in church circles as well as the social and business circles of the town and county are esteemed and respected for their part in the life of the community.

As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.