Helmer T. Myre

MYRE, BAKEN, RANGE, SMITH

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 2/4/2010 at 04:59:42

HELMER T. MYRE

Helmer T. Myre, who carries on general farming on section 26, Linden township, has spent his entire life in Winnebago county and from the age of thirteen has been dependent upon his own resources. He was very young to face life's responsibilities and duties unaided, but he bravely took up the task which confronted him and in the intervening years has provided for his own support. He was born March 1, 1890, his parents being T. C. and Goodnell (Baken) Myre, both of whom were natives of Iowa and spent their last days in Winnebago county, both having now passed away. They had a family of four children, three of whom are yet living.

When a little lad of six summers Helmer T. Myre became a pupil in the common schools and therein mastered the elementary branches of learning, but he was only thirteen years of age when his father died and the necessity of providing for his own support then came to him. He has since worked earnestly and persistently to make for himself a creditable position in the business world. In 1912 he began farming on the old homestead, where he now resides on section 26, Linden township, and the evidence of his labor is seen in the neat and thrifty appearance of his place. The fields are carefully cultivated and in the pastures are seen good grades of stock which he is raising and feeding.

On the 1st of March, 1917, Mr. Myre was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Range, a native of Illinois and a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Smith) Range, who are natives of Germany and are now residents of Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Myre are well known young people of their section of the county and the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them. Mr. Myre has voted with the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is a member of the Lutheran church and is interested in all those forces which work for betterment in the community. Naturally his time and attention are most largely given to his farming activities. He is the owner of a third interest in the old homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, constituting a splendidly improved property of Linden township.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. pp. 256-257.