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Born 1864
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
LARS BERG (1902), the owner of 160 acres on section 27 and a well-to-do farmer of Lucas township, was born in Valders, Norway, October 27, 1864. He is a son of Lars and Ingeborg Berg, of whom the former is living in Norway and the latter is deceased.
Our subject attended the common schools in Norway until fourteen years of age, after which he worked at farm labor in his native land until 1886. In the spring, of that year young Berg came to America and located in Monona county, Iowa, where he resided about eleven years, and then moved to Clay county, Minnesota, where he purchased land and lived until 1902, pursuing the occupation of a farmer.
It was in the spring of 1902 that Mr. Berg came to Lyon county and purchased the south half of the south half of section 27, Lucas township. On that place he has since made his home and devoted himself to general farming and stock raising. He has prospered and his quarter section is one of the fine pieces of real estate in the township.
Mr. Berg was married October 16, 1885, in Norway to Siri Olson. She was born April 25, 1861, and died November 18, 1909. She and Mr. Berg were the parents of eight children, all of whom are living at home with their father. Their names are Louis, Olaf, John, Anna, Lillian, Harry, Clarence and Ida. Mr. Berg is a member of the United Norwegian Lutheran church of Cottonwood.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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