August Lindbergh was a Swedish American farmer and politician.
Background
August Lindbergh was born Ola Månsson in Smedstorp, Tomelilla Municipality in Skåne, Sweden. His father, Måns Jönsson (at that time, Swedish peasants used patronymics as family names), married to Sara Carlsdotter, owned a small farm and worked as a parish tailor in Smedstorp.
Career
He also worked as a bank director When accused of bribery and embezzlement, Månsson changed his name to August Lindbergh. Lovisa became Louisa and little Carl became Charles August.
They settled in Melrose, Minnesota, where August worked as a farmer and a blacksmith.
August and Louisa had six more children born in Minnesota. The couple married in 1885.
Per came to live on the family farm in Minnesota, but Måns joined an Illinois unit of the Union Army in the American Civil War following which he returned to Sweden. There, Måns organized a group of about 200 emigrants whom he brought to Sherburne County, Minnesota.
Måns then returned to Sweden to stay and died in Lund in 1870.
August Lindbergh became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1870, joining the Republican Party. He advocated the use of English language by immigrants. After his naturalization he held several posts in Melrose: he was a postmaster between 1879 and 1887, a village recorder and town clerk between 1888 and 1889.
He also acted as a Justice of the Peace.
August Lindbergh died in Little Falls, Minnesota.