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Born 1850, Dane county
From History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909), History of Dakota and Goodhue counties, Minnesota / (1910)
Oliver Berg, of Pine Island township, was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, November 13, 1850, son of Thomas and Turi (Hoff) Berg, who came in the early days to Dane county, and in 1860 to Goodhue county, where they pre-empted land in Pine Island township and engaged in farming until they died; the father in 1891 and the mother in 1899. They had a family of four children: Ole F., of Cherry Grove township; Oliver, the subject of this sketch; Isabelle, now Mrs. Slette, of Faribault county, and Anna, married Ole Winger and lives in Virginia. Oliver was educated in the common schools and attended high school for two years. After leaving school he returned home and engaged in farming, which he has since continued. He has 190 acres of land, of which ninety acres is under cultivation, and on this property he conducts general farming and dairying. In 1886 he was married to Carrie Ringdahl, daughter of Mathias and Isabelle (Satren) Ringdahl, the former of whom, also known as Mathias Pederson, will ever be held in honored memory as the first Norwegian in the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Berg have been born five children: Myrtle, Olga, Edel and Inga, all at home, and Thorvald, deceased. Mr. Berg has served as town clerk for some years and is now serving as assessor. He is president of the Farmers' Elevator and a director of the Farmers' Insurance Company of Goodhue county. In politics Mr. Berg is an independent voter.
As printed in History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Oliver Berg, of Pine Island township, was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, November 13, 1850, son of Thomas and Turi (Hoff) Berg, who came in the early days to Dane county, and in 1860 to Goodhue county, where they pre-empted land in Pine Island township and engaged in farming until they died; the father in 1891 and the mother in 1899. They had a family of four children: Ole F., of Cherry Grove township; Oliver, the subject of this sketch; Isabelle, now Mrs. Slette, of Faribault county, and Anna, married Ole Winger and lives in Virginia. Oliver was educated in the common schools and attended high school for two years. After leaving school he returned home and engaged in farming, which he has since continued. He has 190 acres of land, of which ninety acres is under cultivation, and on this property he conducts general farming and dairying. In 1886 lie was married to Carrie Ringdahl, daughter of Mathias and Isabelle (Satren) Ringdahl, the former of whom, also known as Mathias Pederson, will ever be held in honored memory as the first Norwegian in the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Berg have been born five children: Myrtle, Olga, Edel and Inga, all at home, and Thorvald, deceased. Mr. Berg has served as town clerk for some years and is now serving as assessor. He is president of the Farmers’ Elevator and a director of the Farmers’ Insurance Company of Goodhue county. In politics Mr. Berg is an independent voter.
As printed in History of Dakota and Goodhue counties, Minnesota / (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Cherry Grove
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