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John Magnus Almen (1850-1920) —
also known as John Magnus Persson —
of Walsh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Amal, Dalsland, Sweden,
April
13, 1850.
Son of Per Persson and Maria (Andsdotter) Persson.
Delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Walsh
County, 1889.
Swedish ancestry.
Died April 21,
1920 (age 70 years, 8
days).
Interment at North
Trinity Church Cemetery, Near Grafton, Walsh County, N.Dak.
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Relatives:
Married 1874
to Petronella 'Nelly' Nilsson (1849-1927). |
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Robert S. S. Bergh (1852-1923) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Norway,
1852.
Druggist;
U.S. Consul in Gothenberg, 1898-1907; Mainz, 1907-08; Belgrade, 1908-11; Stoke-on-Trent, 1911-17; Stavanger, 1922.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died February
17, 1923 (age about 70
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Otto H. Boyesen —
of North Dakota.
Born in Sweden.
U.S. Consul in Christiania, 1893; Gothenberg, 1897.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anna Brostuen (1895-1985) —
also known as Mrs. John Brostuen —
of Alexander, McKenzie
County, N.Dak.
Born in Ringebu, Norway,
October
8, 1895.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Dakota, 1940.
Female.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ind., December, 1985
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williston, N.Dak.
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John Kristensen Brostuen (1884-1938) —
also known as John K. Brostuen; Johannes Kristensen
Brostuen —
of Alexander, McKenzie
County, N.Dak.
Born near Ringebu, Norway,
August
28, 1884.
Republican. Farmer; rancher; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of North
Dakota state senate; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1937-38.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in an airplane
crash near Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1938
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williston, N.Dak.
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Peter Bergenius Garberg (1882-1951) —
also known as Peter B. Garberg —
of Reeder, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Hettinger, Adams
County, N.Dak.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Revillo, Grant
County, S.Dak., December
25, 1882.
Son of Gunder Paulson Garberg (1852-1930) and Gunhild (Kjosness)
Garberg (1854-1935).
Republican. Lawyer; Adams
County State's Attorney, 1914-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1920-23; candidate for North
Dakota state attorney general, 1922; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1929-33.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Elks; Sons of
Norway.
Died in 1951
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Recaboth
Cemetery, Albee, S.Dak.
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Fingar T. Gronvold (c.1869-1941) —
also known as F. T. Gronvold —
of Rugby, Pierce
County, N.Dak.
Born in Norway,
about 1869.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; farmer; banker; Pierce
County Treasurer, 1896-98; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1898-1918; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1918-41; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Dakota, 1940.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died, from a ruptured spleen suffered in a fall, in
Rugby, Pierce
County, N.Dak., November
7, 1941 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Priscilla
Watts Cemetery, Rugby, N.Dak.
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Arne Pederson Haugen (1845-1908) —
also known as Arne P. Haugen —
of Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Grue, Norway,
June
7, 1845.
Delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Grand Forks
County, 1889; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1890, 1893, 1907-08; died in office 1908.
Norwegian ancestry.
Advocate of alcohol prohibition.
Died in Reynolds, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., January
12, 1908 (age 62 years, 219
days).
Interment at Americus
Cemetery, Americus Township, Grand Forks County, N.Dak.
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Campaign slogan:
"No one seeks for his own, but everyone the other's
best." |
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/ Gjorde du stort Dagvakr / Hvil in fred vi samles igien / Naar dagen
gryr i himmelen." [Firm in principles, big and strong, you put in
a full day's work, in peace we will all be together again when the
time comes we are in heaven] |
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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Son of John Johnson and Gudbjorg Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March 10,
1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere
in Champaign, Ill.
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Herman H. Natwick (1856-1914) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Dane
County, Wis., September
13, 1856.
Mayor
of Brookings, Dakota Territory, 1884-87; member
Dakota territorial council, 1885-86.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., February
15, 1914 (age 57 years, 155
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (1877-1942) —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Voss, Norway,
April
12, 1877.
Son of Andres R. Nestos and Herborg (Saue) Nestos.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1911-12; Ward
County State's Attorney, 1913-16; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1916, 1928; Governor of
North Dakota, 1921-25; defeated in primary, 1924.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke,
and died three days later, in a hospital
at Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., July 15,
1942 (age 65 years, 94
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Minot, N.Dak.
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Peter O. Sathre (1878-1968) —
of Finley, Steele
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Son of Maline (Hansdotter) Sathre (1841-1927) and Jacob Pederson
Sathre (1842-1907).
Republican. Lawyer; Steele
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1927-32; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1937.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Sharon, Steele
County, N.Dak., January
23, 1968 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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