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From History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916)
CARL BERG.
Born in Norway, February 10, 180. Carl Berg, who, with his brother. Martin, owns two hundred and forty acres of land in Everts township, Otter Tail county, Minnesota, and who with his mother, owns eighty acres of land in Everts township, is a well-known farmer and stockman.
Mr. Berg is a son of Anton ( '. and Anne ( Glende) Berg, both of whom were natives of Norway, the former of whom was born in [839, and the latter in 1845. They were married in Norway, and in the spring of 1880 settled in Otter Tail county, Minnesota, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land, also homesteading seventy-three acres. Mr. Berg's father died on the old homestead farm in 181)7. His mother, who is a devout member of the Lutheran church, is still living. Carl Berg is the second child in a family of ten children. The others, in the order of their birth, are as follow: Annete, Martin. Ole W., Anna. Inga, Emma, Sophia. Alfred and Karen, all of whom are living with the exception of the eldest born.
Educated in the public schools of Norway, which he attended until he was ten years of age, Mr. Berg came to Everts township, Otter Tail county. Minnesota, with his parents, and after coming tk. this county was a student in the public schools of his home township for a time. He is a well-known farmer and stockman of this community, and with his brother, Martin, has an interest in two hundred and forty acres of land, and with his mother an interest in eighty acres mure in Everts township.
In 1008 Carl Berg was married to Lina Larson, who was born in Xorman county, Minnesota, in [884, and who is a daughter of Lars Larson, a successful farmer of Everts township. Mr. and Mrs. Berg have no children. They are earnest and devout members of the Lutheran church, and take an active and interested part in the work of the church, and are prominent in social and civic affairs in the community where they live.
As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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