Although his given name may have been "Nicolai Thomsen Lund", he is listed in the cemetery directory as "Nicholas Thomas Lund"
Summary of a 1955 interview given by N. T. Lund to the librarian of the Nebraska State Historical Society:
Nicholaj Thomsen Lünd was born on 13 December 1874 in the Danish village of Billum, Ribe, to Thomas Jorgensen Lund and his wife Dorothea Marie Dam. The family emigrated to the United States in 1882 where they spent a year in Minneapolis MN before settling on farm land near Vermillion SD. There he and his siblings had the harrowing experience of being caught in the School Children's Blizzard of 12 January 1888 and, two years later, escaped a huge prairie fire.
Nicholas, who adopted that spelling of his name in his new homeland before changing it further to Nicholas Thompson and finally to Nicholas Thomas Lund, the name on his headstone, eventually moved to Nebraska where he attended Dana College in Blair and obtained his teaching certificate, later attending Fremont College and obtaining a Bachelor or Science degree in education followed by a Bachelor of Arts in classics.
He taught school for a time before moving to Des Moines IA where he was part-owner of a book store. In 1905, he accepted a position at Dana College as head of the history department and remained in that post until 1915. He also served as county superintendent for Washington County NE, an elected position, until 1921.
Lund was appointed by the governor of Nebraska to chair Washington County's Council of Defense, part of a scheme promoted by the administration of Woodrow Wilson. The purposes of this council were "…to keep peace in the county, to see that the funs were raised for various war enterprises, and to see that all the land in the county was cultivated and put to crops. Of course, the main object was to guard against disloyalty." In that position, he handled complaints, even threats, made by citizens against others in the county, and had occasion to prevent potentially lethal violence in the form of a threatened lynching of a suspected German sympathizer.
Following the war, he resigned as county superintendent and went into real estate and insurance business in Blair, where he barely managed during the financially lean years of the 1920s and the Great Depression while four of the town's banks failed one after another. He retired in 1946 but was soon appointed Special County Judge due to the illness of the regular judge. He served in that position until truly retiring in 1953.
Nicholas Lund married Marie Hansen in Hampton, Hamilton County, Nebraska, on 12 August 1903. They had seven children: Ray, Una, Viola, Ruth, Norma, Russell and Dorothy. He died unexpectedly on 25 November 1959 at his home in Blair at the age of 84.
A large collection of photographs, news clippings, writings and letter of N. T. Lund is held at the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska.
Summary of a 1955 interview given by N. T. Lund to the librarian of the Nebraska State Historical Society:
Nicholaj Thomsen Lünd was born on 13 December 1874 in the Danish village of Billum, Ribe, to Thomas Jorgensen Lund and his wife Dorothea Marie Dam. The family emigrated to the United States in 1882 where they spent a year in Minneapolis MN before settling on farm land near Vermillion SD. There he and his siblings had the harrowing experience of being caught in the School Children's Blizzard of 12 January 1888 and, two years later, escaped a huge prairie fire.
Nicholas, who adopted that spelling of his name in his new homeland before changing it further to Nicholas Thompson and finally to Nicholas Thomas Lund, the name on his headstone, eventually moved to Nebraska where he attended Dana College in Blair and obtained his teaching certificate, later attending Fremont College and obtaining a Bachelor or Science degree in education followed by a Bachelor of Arts in classics.
He taught school for a time before moving to Des Moines IA where he was part-owner of a book store. In 1905, he accepted a position at Dana College as head of the history department and remained in that post until 1915. He also served as county superintendent for Washington County NE, an elected position, until 1921.
Lund was appointed by the governor of Nebraska to chair Washington County's Council of Defense, part of a scheme promoted by the administration of Woodrow Wilson. The purposes of this council were "…to keep peace in the county, to see that the funs were raised for various war enterprises, and to see that all the land in the county was cultivated and put to crops. Of course, the main object was to guard against disloyalty." In that position, he handled complaints, even threats, made by citizens against others in the county, and had occasion to prevent potentially lethal violence in the form of a threatened lynching of a suspected German sympathizer.
Following the war, he resigned as county superintendent and went into real estate and insurance business in Blair, where he barely managed during the financially lean years of the 1920s and the Great Depression while four of the town's banks failed one after another. He retired in 1946 but was soon appointed Special County Judge due to the illness of the regular judge. He served in that position until truly retiring in 1953.
Nicholas Lund married Marie Hansen in Hampton, Hamilton County, Nebraska, on 12 August 1903. They had seven children: Ray, Una, Viola, Ruth, Norma, Russell and Dorothy. He died unexpectedly on 25 November 1959 at his home in Blair at the age of 84.
A large collection of photographs, news clippings, writings and letter of N. T. Lund is held at the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska.
Although his given name may have been "Nicolai Thomsen Lund", he is listed in the cemetery directory as "Nicholas Thomas Lund"
Summary of a 1955 interview given by N. T. Lund to the librarian of the Nebraska State Historical Society:
Nicholaj Thomsen Lünd was born on 13 December 1874 in the Danish village of Billum, Ribe, to Thomas Jorgensen Lund and his wife Dorothea Marie Dam. The family emigrated to the United States in 1882 where they spent a year in Minneapolis MN before settling on farm land near Vermillion SD. There he and his siblings had the harrowing experience of being caught in the School Children's Blizzard of 12 January 1888 and, two years later, escaped a huge prairie fire.
Nicholas, who adopted that spelling of his name in his new homeland before changing it further to Nicholas Thompson and finally to Nicholas Thomas Lund, the name on his headstone, eventually moved to Nebraska where he attended Dana College in Blair and obtained his teaching certificate, later attending Fremont College and obtaining a Bachelor or Science degree in education followed by a Bachelor of Arts in classics.
He taught school for a time before moving to Des Moines IA where he was part-owner of a book store. In 1905, he accepted a position at Dana College as head of the history department and remained in that post until 1915. He also served as county superintendent for Washington County NE, an elected position, until 1921.
Lund was appointed by the governor of Nebraska to chair Washington County's Council of Defense, part of a scheme promoted by the administration of Woodrow Wilson. The purposes of this council were "…to keep peace in the county, to see that the funs were raised for various war enterprises, and to see that all the land in the county was cultivated and put to crops. Of course, the main object was to guard against disloyalty." In that position, he handled complaints, even threats, made by citizens against others in the county, and had occasion to prevent potentially lethal violence in the form of a threatened lynching of a suspected German sympathizer.
Following the war, he resigned as county superintendent and went into real estate and insurance business in Blair, where he barely managed during the financially lean years of the 1920s and the Great Depression while four of the town's banks failed one after another. He retired in 1946 but was soon appointed Special County Judge due to the illness of the regular judge. He served in that position until truly retiring in 1953.
Nicholas Lund married Marie Hansen in Hampton, Hamilton County, Nebraska, on 12 August 1903. They had seven children: Ray, Una, Viola, Ruth, Norma, Russell and Dorothy. He died unexpectedly on 25 November 1959 at his home in Blair at the age of 84.
A large collection of photographs, news clippings, writings and letter of N. T. Lund is held at the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska.
Summary of a 1955 interview given by N. T. Lund to the librarian of the Nebraska State Historical Society:
Nicholaj Thomsen Lünd was born on 13 December 1874 in the Danish village of Billum, Ribe, to Thomas Jorgensen Lund and his wife Dorothea Marie Dam. The family emigrated to the United States in 1882 where they spent a year in Minneapolis MN before settling on farm land near Vermillion SD. There he and his siblings had the harrowing experience of being caught in the School Children's Blizzard of 12 January 1888 and, two years later, escaped a huge prairie fire.
Nicholas, who adopted that spelling of his name in his new homeland before changing it further to Nicholas Thompson and finally to Nicholas Thomas Lund, the name on his headstone, eventually moved to Nebraska where he attended Dana College in Blair and obtained his teaching certificate, later attending Fremont College and obtaining a Bachelor or Science degree in education followed by a Bachelor of Arts in classics.
He taught school for a time before moving to Des Moines IA where he was part-owner of a book store. In 1905, he accepted a position at Dana College as head of the history department and remained in that post until 1915. He also served as county superintendent for Washington County NE, an elected position, until 1921.
Lund was appointed by the governor of Nebraska to chair Washington County's Council of Defense, part of a scheme promoted by the administration of Woodrow Wilson. The purposes of this council were "…to keep peace in the county, to see that the funs were raised for various war enterprises, and to see that all the land in the county was cultivated and put to crops. Of course, the main object was to guard against disloyalty." In that position, he handled complaints, even threats, made by citizens against others in the county, and had occasion to prevent potentially lethal violence in the form of a threatened lynching of a suspected German sympathizer.
Following the war, he resigned as county superintendent and went into real estate and insurance business in Blair, where he barely managed during the financially lean years of the 1920s and the Great Depression while four of the town's banks failed one after another. He retired in 1946 but was soon appointed Special County Judge due to the illness of the regular judge. He served in that position until truly retiring in 1953.
Nicholas Lund married Marie Hansen in Hampton, Hamilton County, Nebraska, on 12 August 1903. They had seven children: Ray, Una, Viola, Ruth, Norma, Russell and Dorothy. He died unexpectedly on 25 November 1959 at his home in Blair at the age of 84.
A large collection of photographs, news clippings, writings and letter of N. T. Lund is held at the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska.
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