California Biographies
Mendocino and Lake Counties, California
 
Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Source:
History of Mendocino and Lake Counties, California
With Biographical Sketches
History by Aurelius O. Carpenter And Percy H. Millberry
Illustrated, Complete In One Volume
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1914


JOHN LIND. � The opportunities afforded by the United States and 
particularly by the west to young men of enterprise from other countries of 
the world find excellent illustration in the history of John Lind, who although 
he has been in the new world for very little more than a decade has risen to 
a position of trust and ranks among the experienced men in the lumber in- 
dustry of Mendocino county. The son of Peter Lind, a farmer at Dalene, 
Sweden, he was born at the old home farm May 25, 1878, and passed all of 
his early life at the same place, being sent to the neighboring schools until 
he had completed the studies of the high school. Thereafter he continued at 
home as an assistant to his father in the tilling of the soil and care of the 
stock. Desiring better advantages than seemed possible in the old home 
neighborhood, he crossed the ocean to America during 1903 and at first 
sought Iowa, where he worked as a farm hand in Guthrie county. 

During May of 1905 Mr. Lind arrived in Willits, Mendocino county. At 
once he secured work in bucking lumber as an employe of the Northwestern 
Redwood Company. Desiring to learn the business in all of its details, he 
served under the head millwright at the company's mill and was so efficient 
that he soon rose to hold the position himself. Meanwhile there had come 
a longing to see again the familiar sights of Sweden, and in December, 1910, 
he went back to the old home, where he spent several months among relatives 
and friends. The lure of the west drew him back to California, and at Willits, 
September 3, 1911, he was united with Miss Emma C. Svedberg, a native of 
Dalene, Sweden, and like himself a devoted member of the Lutheran Church. 
During 1912 he moved to Willits as an assistant of Mr. McClelland in the 
Northwestern Redwood Company's planing mill, and on the retirement of the 
superintendent he was promoted to be planer-mill boss, a responsible position 
which he now fills with recognized efficiency.