Willie was born on the homestead of his parents, JP and Anna (Peterson) Eklund in Garfield township. He married Hulda Claudia Peterson on July 6, 1900.
He farmed in Sec. 30 of Garfield township on land that his father had given him. He was apparently a most successful farmer and was popularly known as a musician.
Willie and Hulda had three children: Irvine William, Lucile Anna, and Lillian Laverne. By some fate he lost his farm and the family moved to Albert Lea, MN. He was a traveling salesman for an acetylene lighting plant and became estranged from his family.
Hulda and the children returned to Garfield township and again began farming. Willie later returned to the family. They lived in the small house built by his father on his father's original homestead. He died suddenly from a heart attack while hauling hay near his home.
--Some information from "History of Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies," August Peterson, 1947
He farmed in Sec. 30 of Garfield township on land that his father had given him. He was apparently a most successful farmer and was popularly known as a musician.
Willie and Hulda had three children: Irvine William, Lucile Anna, and Lillian Laverne. By some fate he lost his farm and the family moved to Albert Lea, MN. He was a traveling salesman for an acetylene lighting plant and became estranged from his family.
Hulda and the children returned to Garfield township and again began farming. Willie later returned to the family. They lived in the small house built by his father on his father's original homestead. He died suddenly from a heart attack while hauling hay near his home.
--Some information from "History of Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies," August Peterson, 1947
Willie was born on the homestead of his parents, JP and Anna (Peterson) Eklund in Garfield township. He married Hulda Claudia Peterson on July 6, 1900.
He farmed in Sec. 30 of Garfield township on land that his father had given him. He was apparently a most successful farmer and was popularly known as a musician.
Willie and Hulda had three children: Irvine William, Lucile Anna, and Lillian Laverne. By some fate he lost his farm and the family moved to Albert Lea, MN. He was a traveling salesman for an acetylene lighting plant and became estranged from his family.
Hulda and the children returned to Garfield township and again began farming. Willie later returned to the family. They lived in the small house built by his father on his father's original homestead. He died suddenly from a heart attack while hauling hay near his home.
--Some information from "History of Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies," August Peterson, 1947
He farmed in Sec. 30 of Garfield township on land that his father had given him. He was apparently a most successful farmer and was popularly known as a musician.
Willie and Hulda had three children: Irvine William, Lucile Anna, and Lillian Laverne. By some fate he lost his farm and the family moved to Albert Lea, MN. He was a traveling salesman for an acetylene lighting plant and became estranged from his family.
Hulda and the children returned to Garfield township and again began farming. Willie later returned to the family. They lived in the small house built by his father on his father's original homestead. He died suddenly from a heart attack while hauling hay near his home.
--Some information from "History of Swedes Who Settled in Clay County, South Dakota and Their Biographies," August Peterson, 1947
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