Julius N. Westerlund

As printed in 1910

JULIUS N. WESTERLUND.

Julius N. Westerlund, an active and energetic agriculturist of Osco township, was born in the house where he now resides on the 17th of February, 1872, his parents being Erick and Christine (Anderson) Westerlund. He was reared on the home farm and obtained his early education in the country schools, while subsequently he pursued his studies at Cambridge and later spent four years in Augustana College, completing the commercial course with the class of 1892. He was then engaged in the hardware business at Cambridge for about a year and a half, on the expiration of which period he sold out and returned to the home farm. His time and energies have since been devoted to the cultivation of a farm of two hundred acres on section 28, belonging to his father, and under his careful supervision the land has become very productive and valuable, the well tilled fields annually yielding abundant harvests in return for the care and labor which he bestow upon them. He owns a quarter section of land in South Dakota and also has a one-fifth interest in three thousand six hundred acres in western Nebraska.

On the 28th of February, 1895, in Cambridge, Mr. Westerlund was united in marriage to Miss Etta A. Samuelson, a native of Osco township and a daughter of August and Tilda (Anderson) Samuelson. Unto them have been born six children, namely: Grace Almeda; Franklin Dewey, who died at the age of nine years; Wallace N.; Evangeline, Irene and Gilbert.

Politically Mr. Westerlund is a stanch republican, casting his first presidential ballot for William McKinley. He served as town clerk in 1893 ' in 97 was elected supervisor, which office he still holds, having been reelected in 1909, He was formerly a member of the purchasing committee and is now on the fuel committee. Since 1892 he has been a member of the Modern Woodmen Camp, No. 2248, at Osco, in which he served as clerk for four years and as venerable consul for two years. He also attended the state camp at Decatur. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the Swedish Lutheran church at Andover and he is now acting as a teacher in the Sunday school. They have always made their home in this county and are widely and favorably known within its borders, having ever displayed those sterling traits of character which in every land and clime awaken regard and esteem.

As printed in History of Henry County, Illinois (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.