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Svenung Halvorson, now deceased, was born in Norway in 1831, son of Halvor T. Halvorson Svenung Halvorson, who came to Martell township in 1854 and lived here until his death in 1884. Svenung came to the United States in 1843, settling at Oconomowoc, Wis. In 1854 he moved on 160 acres of land in Martell township, Pierce County, and broke and improved the wild land, making a home for himself and family. He was well liked in the community, being one of the trustees of the Norwegian church and holding several minor township offices. His death, March 24, 1878, was a deep bereavement to all who knew him. His wife was Christiane Haugen, daughter of Peder and Karen Haugen, the former of whom died at the age of eighty, the latter living to be ninety-five years old. In 1854 she came to the United States with her parents and settled on a farm in Martell Township. Some time after the death of her husband she married Soren Halvorson, a brother of her first husband. Soren came to America at the same time as his brother and has resided in this township since that time, still living on his farm of 200 acres at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. By her first marriage Mrs. Halvorson had seven children-Anna is deceased; Carrie is the wife of Jacob A. Johnson and resides in River Falls, Wis.; Ida is Mrs. Lars Larson, of Lake Crystal, Minn.; Mention will be found of Halvor below; Ingeborg is the wife of N. A. Nelson, of Devils Lake N.D.; Peter resides at Orr, N.D., married Rebecca Larson and has seven children, Selmer, Alpha, Hazel, Enock, Ethel, Gladys and Raymond; Oscar married Olise Krogstad. By her marriage with Soren Halvorson, Mrs. Halvorson had the following children: Svenung resides at home; Martin is a farmer in Martell township, married Sarah Hansen and has three children, Clara, Edna and Harry; Leonora lives at home; Elma is the wife of Harry Cooper, a farmer of North Dakota, and has one child, Byron; Hilda and Norman are at home. Soren Halvorson in early life married for his first wife M. Lien, who died, leaving five children, as follows: Nels is a farmer in Martell township, as is also Halvor; Anna is the widow of Nels Hanson and resides at Ulen, Minn.; Dorothy, wife of Even Evenson, lives in Thief River Falls, Minn.: Ingebory, wife of Iver Kasbo, resides at Devils Lake, N. D. Halvor Halvorson resides on section 9, Martell Township, on the old homestead where he was born April 1, 1869. He received his education at the district schools and at the River Falls High School, assisting on the farm as a young man. Several years after the death of his father he came into possession of the home farm, consisting of 160 acres, in sections 4 and 9. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising and has served for the past two years at one of the side supervisors of Martell Township. He was married November 22, 1894 to Trine Nelson, daughter of Andrew Nelson, an early settler of Martell Township, where he and his wife still reside. Mrs. Halvorson passed away September 9. 1902, leaving three children-Alma, Selma and Sevard, Helen having passed away at the age of two years.
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