J. G. Brende is actively engaged in business at Baltic as a
dealer in hardware and automobiles and has won well merited success in
that connection. He was born five miles south of Baltic, a son of
Gudmund and Lisbet Brende. The father crossed the ocean to the United
States in a sailing vessel and made his way to Goodhue county,
Minnesota Two years later he migrated with his family to South Dakota,
using a yoke of oxen as a team, and locating in a section where only
two others had preceded him. He preempted a tract of land and devoted
his attention to general agricultural pursuits throughout the remainder
of his active business career. He was one of the organizers of the
Nedaros Lutheran Congregation and was always an active member thereof.
He passed away in 1902 but is survived by his widow. Gudmund Brende was
an extensive landowner at the time of his demise, and in his passing
the community lost an honored pioneer and a prosperous and esteemed
citizen.
J. G. Brende acquired his early education in the public schools
and was subsequently graduated from the Lutheran Normal School of Sioux
Falls in 1900. He then turned his attention to the profession of
teaching and was thus engaged for a period of seven years, proving an
able instructor who imparted clearly and readily to others the
knowledge that he had acquired. He taught three years in Pope county,
Minnesota, and four years in Minnehaha county, South Dakota, teaching
in both public and parochial schools. At the present time he is engaged
in business at Baltic as a dealer in hardware and automobiles and in
both connections is enjoying a gratifying patronage that has come as
the result of his enterprise, reliability and progressive methods.
On the 13th of May, 1906, Mr. Brende was united in marriage to
Miss Karen J. Brendsel, a daughter of Andrew I. and Bertha Brendsel, by
whom he has three children, namely: Godtfred Ingemann, Lisabeth
Ingeborg and K. Adelsten.
Mr. Brende is a republican in politics and has served in the
position of town trustee for two years. He is a devoted and consistent
member of the Lutheran church and has spent considerable time
instructing church choirs. He does not belong to any clubs or
societies, being a lover of home and family. Outdoor sports afford him
recreation and pleasure. With the exception of three years in Minnesota
his entire life has been spent in this state, so that he has many
friends here, and his record is a highly creditable and commendable
one.
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Joseph Gudmundson Brende (1876 - 1953)