Ole W. Berg

As printed in 1916

OLE W. BERG.

( )le \Y. Berg, who is the owner of a fertile farm of eighty acres in Everts township, Otter Tail county, Minnesota, and an interest in the old homestead farm of his parents, is a native of Norway, where his birth occurred on April 30, 1874.

Mr. Berg is a son of Anton C. and Anne (Glende) Berg, both of whom were natives of Norway. Mr. Berg's father was born in 1839 and his mother in 1845. They were married in Norway, and in the spring of 1880, came with their family to America, settling in Otter Tail county, where they purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and also homesteaded seventy-three acres. From the time of his coming to Otter Tail county, until his death in 1807, Anton C. Berg made many and substantial improvements upon the homestead farm, and his widow is now living on this farm. She is an earnest and faithful member of the Lutheran church, as were all the family. Anton Berg and wife were the parents of ten children, all of whom are living with the exception of Annette, the eldest. The living children are as follow: Carl, Martin, Ole W., Anna, Inga, Emma, Sophia, Alfred and Karen.

Of these children. Ole \Y., the fourth in order of birth, was reared on the farm in Everts township, receiving his education in the public schools (25b) of the township. Mr. Berg has always been engaged in farming. He is a general farmer and stockman and has been very successful in his chosen calling. Like the other members of the family, he is a member of the Lutheran church. He has been a member of the township school board for the past three years, and has always been more or less prominent in local politics.

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.