. History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement ... ial dis-trict. This was a very special honor, being the first one the democratic party ofthis district had ever nominated for this office. Although he made no active cam-paign and in spite of the fact that the district is strongly republican, seventeenhundred votes were cast at the polls for the democratic candidate. Mr. Branstadis a member of the United Lutheran church and a stockholder in the WaldorfCollege Association. He is a believer in all those forces winch work for
. History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement ... ial dis-trict. This was a very special honor, being the first one the democratic party ofthis district had ever nominated for this office. Although he made no active cam-paign and in spite of the fact that the district is strongly republican, seventeenhundred votes were cast at the polls for the democratic candidate. Mr. Branstadis a member of the United Lutheran church and a stockholder in the WaldorfCollege Association. He is a believer in all those forces winch work for the upliftof the individual and the betterment of mankind, and his aid and influence aregiven to the side of progress and improvement as related to the development ofhis county in many ways. JOHN C. ENGEBRETSON. Among those names in Winnebago county which are synonymous with progressalong agricultural lines and also with good citizenship is that of John C. Enge-bretson, a representative of one of the pioneer families of northern Iowa. He wasbom in Logan township, upon his fathers farm, July 20, 1875, and is a son of. JOHN C. EXGEBBETSOX AND FAMILY r: -^SroH. ANDTILDES F-OUNOATrONS « L I WINNEBAGO AND HANCOCK COUNTIES 325 Christian Engebretson, mentioned elsewhere in this work. At the usual age hebecame a pupil in the early schools, where he mastered such branches of learningas then constituted the public school curriculum. At the age of eighteen he wentto Decorah, Iowa, and for two terms was a pupil in Breckenridge College, thusbecoming well qualified for lifes practical and responsible duties. He then re-turned to Winnebago county and took up the profession of teaching, which hesuccessfully followed for ten terms in Logan township, imparting clearly andreadily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. When twenty-five yearsof age he started farming on his own account on the northeast quarter of section19, Logan township. He began putting fine improvements upon it
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