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Jorgen J. Dischingthun was engaged on August 28, 1704, to Christina Elizabeth Mohrsen, born September 16, 16So, her parents were Magister Jacobus Mohrsen and Magdalena Christina Hagedorn. They were married February 20, 1705, in the house of her brother, who was Coun- selor of the Exchequer. He died October 31, 1752. She died January 20, 1759.
1706. March 3, at 2 o'clock P. M., was born their first child, Magdalena Christina, who died January 22, 1767.
1707. December 12, at 6 o'clock, born, a son named Job. He married Harmiche Van der Veld born December 2, 1727. Her father, Jan Van der Veld, was ist Lieut. Infantry, and her mother's name was Beathe Kramer. Job D. died on January 27, from a fever, having been sick only two days, he died just at midnight. They had been married thirteen years.
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1709. July 10, Jacob Christopher was born to Jorgen and his wife. He was drowned during a voyage between Havre De Grace and St. Martin. The galleon, on which he made his trip going to the bottom, during a hard storm in 1758.
1711, Feb. 9, Catharina Lutzia was born. She died 1732.
1712, Aug. 30, Born Maria Elizabeth. Died March 11, 1751.
1713, Oct. 20, Born Anna Sophia. Died March 13, 1714.
1715, April 4, Born Anna Sophia.
1716, June 22, Born George Frederich. Died January 4, 1717.
1719, Jan'y 9, Born Christina Elisabeth. Died November 10, 1739.
1720, Nov. 23, Born George Frederich. Died August 31, 1722.
1723, June 5, Born Wibiana Margaretha. Died February 19, 1747.
1815, Sept. 29, John Oleson Nesheim was born to this world on the farm of Nesheim, Norway.
1817, June 24, Ingebior Olsdotter Nesheim.
1821, May 31, Ole Olsen Nesheim.
1824, July 15, Gjori Oldsdotter Nesheim.
1826, Oct. 5, Lars Olesen Nesheim.
1829, Aug. 27, Thore Olsdotter Nesheim.
1833, Feb. 2, Brithe Olsdotter Nesheim.
1836, April 11, Anders Olsen Nesheim.
1843, Jan. 28, Sigri Johnsdotter, on Saturday at 2 o'clock A. M.
1846, April 21, Ole Johnsen Nesheim.
1849, May 4, Ole Johnsen Nesheim, Jr., Friday, about I o'clock P. M.
1852, Aug. 27, Sjur Johnsen Nesheim, on a Friday.
1852, Dec. 6, Kari Nesheim.
1872, March 14, Inger Siverena Nesheim.
EDISON TOWNSHIP BOARD.
The first meeting of the board was held January 1, 1881. The chairman was not present, and after a little discussion about getting record books for the town, the board adjourned until the next day, and on January 2, it does not appear that any important business was done. A special meeting was held January 31, when the clerk reported he was unable to get suitable books for the use of the town, at Sioux Falls, but that they could be procured at Yankton, and a vote was taken that each supervisor and the clerk should pay three dollars towards procuring the books, and town warrants were issued to them to be paid "when there should be any money in the treas- ury." The bonds of the town officials were approved at this meet- ing. On the 19th day of July a special meeting of the board was held, and it was voted that a scraper should be bought, if a town warrant could be exchanged for one. The officers were: Edson Millard, chairman, S. O. Hegge and P. A. Bergh, supervisors; C. H. Wangsness, clerk; John Sundback, assessor; Wm. T. Cole and Ed- ward Crook, justices.
1882. Supervisors, Knute Henjum chairman, S. O. Hegge, W. W. Coon; clerk, P. A. Bergh. The assessed valuation for this year was $54,248.88. At this meeting the Beardsley bridge "was laid on the table." At the last meeting, for the year, Anfin J. Berdahl, treasurer, reported that he had received during the year $209.46, and paid out $134.44.
1883. Supervisors, Edmund Crook chairman, Knute Henjum, S. O. Hegge; clerk, P. A. Bergh; treasurer, Anfin J. Berdahl; as- sessor, Lasse Bothun; constable, John Hermanson; justices, C. H. WVangsness, F. H. Jacobs.
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1884. The annual town meeting was held March 4, and Lasse Bothun was elected moderator. This was the first meeting under the law of March 9, 1883, governing township matters. The records do not show a complete list of town officials but it is evident, from the proceedings had, that the supervisors and clerk were the sameas the year previous. A meeting of the board was held February 21, 1885, and it appears that the treasurer had received from taxes dur- ing the year, $330.57.
1885. A meeting of the town board was held March 13. The new board, Edmund Crook, chairman, A. J. Berdahl and Lasse A. Vadheim present. On the 2d day of May the town board ordered the clerk "to record all section lines in Edison, not already recorded as such, as public roads."
1886. The town records for this year show that a meeting of the board was held June 28, at which time P. A. Bergh resigned as clerk, and I. N. Fry was appointed to fill the vacancy. The records for the first of the year, do not show who the officials were, but it would seem the board of supervisors remained the same as the year before, and that A. Myers was assessor and M. J. Smith constable.
1887. The annual town meeting was held March 1, and the fol- lowing officers were elected: A. J. Berdahl chairman, W. J. Crit- tenden and Knute Henjum, supervisors; I. N. Fry, clerk; C. H. Wangsness, treasurer and justice; W. W. Coon, assessor; C. J. Mil- lard and Stephen Hansen, constables. At this meeting it was voted that all bridges should be placed at right angle with section lines. It was also declared by a vote, that the town would not be respon- sible for the passage of steam engines across bridges, but that the persons doing damage to bridges with steam engines would be held responsible. October 15, E. Millard was appointed one of the super- visors to fill the vacancy occasioned by the removal of W. J. Critten- den from the township, January 21, 1888, A. J. Berdahl resigned as supervisor and Ole J. Berdahl was appointed to the vacancy and Knut Henjum was made chairman.
1888. Supervisors, Ole J. Berdahl chairman, Knut Henjum, C. J. Millard; I. N. Fry, clerk; C. H. Wangsness, treasurer; L. Bothun, assessor; A. Walter, justice; John Bergh, constable. On the 17th of March, S. L. Fry was appointed justice and H. J. Berdahl con- stable.
1889. Supervisors, Ole J. Berdahl chairman, Knut Henjum, C. J. Millard; I. N. Fry, clerk; C. H. Wangsness, treasurer and justice; L. Bothun, assessor; S. L. Fry, justice; C. J. Millard and H. J. Berdahl, constables.
1890. There is no record of the town meeting in March, but it appears from the record of the proceedings of the town board during the year that W. W. Coon was chairman and Knut Henjum and John Henjum supervisors, Stephen Hanson treasurer, A. H. Stephen- son assessor, I. N. Fry, clerk.
1891. The town meeting was held March 3. C. H. Wangsness was elected chairman of the board and W. W. Coon and Anfin J. Berdahl supervisors, George E. Millard clerk, Stephen Hanson treasurer, A. H. Stephenson assessor, C. H. Wangsness and S. Lem
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Fry justices, John Powers and O. K. Hamre constables. March 12, all the newly elected officers qualified except the constables, who de- clined to do so, and C. J. Millard and Herman Berdahl were ap- pointed. June 19, a special town meeting was held for the purpose of determining whether a resurvey of the township should be made. The vote stood 40 for and 56 against the resurvey.
1892. At the town meeting C. A. Wangsness was elected chair- man, A. J. Berdahl and W. W. Coon supervisors, George E. Millard clerk, Ole J. Berdahl treasurer, A. H. Stephenson assessor, H. J. Berdahl and C. J. Millard constables. Among other business trans- acted at this meeting, on motion the chairman of the board was di- rected to notify the chairman of the town board of Palisade that the Russian thistle in that township must be destroyed, or the matter would be placed in the hands of the state's attorney for prosecution.
1893. Supervisors, S. O. Hegge chairman, Ed. Crook, J. Hove; clerk, George E. Millard; treasurer, L. A. Vadheim; assessor, A. H. Stephenson; justices, S. L. Fry, Thomas Johnson.
1894. Supervisors, H. Stephenson chairman, J. W. Crowson, B. S. Hove; clerk, Geo. E. Millard; treasurer, S. E. Vadheim; as- sessor, John Hove.
1895. Supervisors, A. H. Stephenson chairman, John Powers, L. Bothun; clerk, Geo. E. Millard; treasurer, L. A. Vadheim; as- sessor, John Hove.
1896. Supervisors, S. M. Edgington chairman, Peter Hatle- stad, Herman Berdahl; clerk, G. E. Millard; treasurer, Butler Hove; assessor, L. Bothun.
1897. Supervisors, H. J. Berdahl chairman, J. R. Powers, John Hove; clerk. Geo. E. Millard; treasurer. B. L. Hove; assessor, A. A. Grinde.
1898. Supervisors, H. J. Berdahl chairman, John Hove, W. H. Ingalls; clerk, John R. Powers; treasurer, B. L. Hove; assessor, A. A. Grinde.
1899. Supervisors, John Hove chairman, T. M. Erickson, S. M. Edgington; clerk, John R. Powers; treasurer, S. H. Stephenson; assessor, L. Bothun.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
ANDERSON, CASPER, was born in Norway September 16, 1844, and emigrated to Iowa, and from there came to this county in 1876. He is living upon his homestead in Edison, comprising the southwest quarter of section 5.
BENTSON, ROGNALD, was born in Norway in 1826. He emigrated to the United States in 1866, and resided in Iowa until 1873, when he removed to this county. He secured a homestead in Edison, filing upon the west half of the northwest quarter of section 1, and the east half of the northeast quarter of section 2, where he now resides and has one of the most substantial homes in the township. He has several well-to-do sons in the county, and is himself a prosperous and respected citizen. While in Norway he engaged in farming during the summer, and fishing during the winter, and had many a fierce combat with the gales on the North Sea.
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BENTSON, SEVER, is a native of Norway and was born on the 1st day of July, 1855. In 1866, he emigrated with his parents to the United States and lived in Wisconsin a short time, then removed to Decorah, Iowa, and in 1873, came to Edison, where he still resides on his homestead in secton 1. Since his coming to this county he has worked some of the time at stone masonry and brick laving, but his chief occupation has been that of farming. He is a good citizen and respected by his neighbors.
In the towns of Edison and Severdrup, there are now living sev- eral families by the name of Berdahl. There are six brothers in all.
BERDAHL, JOHN E., the father, was born October 24, 1822, in Norway, and emigrated with his family to this country in 1856, and settled in Iowa, where he remained four years; then removed to Minnesota and resided there until June, 1872, at which time he came to Minnehaha county and took up the north half of the northwest quarter of section 30 in Edison, and the north half of the northeast quarter of section 25 in Sverdrup, as a homestead. He resided on that portion of his homestead in the town of Edison until his death, which occurred on the 23d day of February, 1883. He was a good citizen, and well thought of by his neighbors.
BERDAHL, ANDREW J., the eldest son of John E. Berdahl, was born in Norway, December 10, 1848, and lived with his father until he came to Minnehaha county in 1872. In June of that year he took up as a homestead the south half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section 30 in Edison, and pre- empted the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the north- east quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25 in Sverdrup. After farming for several years he went to Baltic and engaged in the mercantile business for six years, and then went to Garretson and engaged in the same business with his brother Anfin until 1896, when he resumed the management of his farm in Edison. In 1875 and 1876 he was county assessor and ex officio sheriff of the county. He has held several town offices and frequently been a delegate to political conventions. In the fall of 1892, he was elected county com- missioner from his district and served the full term of three years. As an official Mr. Berdahl is conservative and upright, and looks after the interests of his constituents with the same degree of dili- gence that he bestows upon his own business. He is well educated and keeps himself well posted upon public affairs, and is recognized as one of the foremost citizens in the county.
BERDAHL, ANFIN J., was born in Norway in 1852, and came with his father to this county June 19, 1872. He took up as a homestead the south half of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 5 in Edison, and has since purchased eighty acres adjoining his homestead on the south. He was town treasurer in 1882 and 1883. For several years he has been engaged in the mercantile business at Garretson, is a good business man, and a good citizen.
BERDAHL, CHRISTOPHER, the youngest son in the family, was born in Minnesota, August 14, 1867, and came to this county with his
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father. He owns and resides upon the northwest quarter of section 29 in Edison, and has a good farm.
BERDAHL, HERMAN J., was born in Minnesota, January 16, 1863, and came to this county with his father June 19, 1872. He lives on the farm taken up by his father as a homestead. He has been con- stable in Edison for three years. He is a good neighbor and a good citizen.
BERDAHL, OLE J., the fourth son of John E. Berdahl, is an American by birth, having been born August 3, 1860, while his par- ents were residing in Houston county, Minnesota. He came to this county June 19, 1872, and has since then lived in Edison. He owns and lives upon the northeast quarter of section 30. He was chairman of the town board in 1889 and 1890, and has held other town offices. He is a good neighbor and a highly respected citizen.
BOTHUN, LASSE, is a native of Norway, and was born in 1836. He emigrated to the United States in 1854, and resided in Wis- consin, Louisiana and Minnesota before coming to Dakota in 1861, where he has since remained. He first located in Clay county, and removed to Minnehaha county in 1872. He settled in Edison town- ship, making homestead, pre-emption and tree claim filings on land in sections 18 and 19. He resides on the southeast quarter of sec- tion 18, and has a good farm with substantial buildings. Since com- ing to Dakota he has seen a good deal of public life. He was a mem- ber of the house of the territorial legislature in 1862-3, and of the council in 1864-5, and again of the house in 1874-5. He was also a member of the house of representatives of the first legislature of the State of South Dakota; was elected to the senate in 1891, and again in 1896, and nominated to the same office in 1898, but was defeated by the Republican nominee. Mr. Bothun is a man of more than ordi- nary ability, is well informed upon all the public questions of the day, and has for the last few years taken a very active part in the politics of the state. He is an industrious, hard-working man, a good public speaker, and while a member of the legislature exerted considerable influence upon legislative matters. He has a wide ac- quaintance and a host of friends.
COON, W. W., was born in Fon du Lac, Fon du Lac county, Wisconsin, in 1851, and was educated in the public schools. He worked on a farm in Wisconsin until 1869, when he removed to Iowa. In April, 1876, he came from there to this county, and took up a homestead in section 25 in Edison, and a timber claim of 80 acres, in section 30 in Palisade. He said that "at that time the largest market for wheat for a large extent of country from the Vermillion river, Madison, Flandreau, Rock and Lyon counties, Iowa, was Luverne, Minnesota. I used to get up at 2 o'clock A. M. and start my ox-team with a load of wheat for Luverne, so as to be able to start back by dark. I came to Canton by stage and walked from there to Edison. I had only money enough to make a homestead filing and borrowed money to file a timber claim. Several of us were living in a shanty in Edison in June, 1876, and I went to Sioux Falls for provisions. I wanted some
ANDREW J. BERDAHL.
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pork, ham or bacon, but there was nothing of the kind in Sioux Falls, and I waited for C. K. Howard's teams to come in from Sioux City. They arrived at eleven o'clock at night, and I got some pork and started for home, and the next morning we had something to grease our pancakes with. But those were pioneer days, and now I am only a short distance from the city of Garretson, where anything that a farmer needs can be obtained." Mr. Coon has held town offices in Edison, is a good neighbor and a respected citizen.
CRITTENDEN, W. J., was born in New York, May 26, 1836. He resided in several states before coming to Dakota in 1873. At that time he took up the northeast quarter of section 13 in Mapleton, where he made his home for several years, and was a member of the town board of that township in 1881. He also resided in Edison a few years, where he was elected to the same position. After having lived in this county fourteen years, he removed to Tuscola county, Michigan, but will always be remembered as a good neighbor and es- teemed citizen.
ELLEFSON, E. E., was born October 10, 1847, in Wisconsin. He lived there and in Iowa until 1872, when he became a resident of this county. He now has a fine farm comprising the northwest quarter of section 18 in Palisade, and the northeast quarter of section 13 in Edison, where he resides engaged in farming. He is an enterprising farmer, and a good citizen.
ELVIG, OLE, was born in Norway in 1866. He came to Minne- haha county in 1883, and bought and now owns the north half of the northwest quarter of section 11 in Edison, where he resides and has a good farm.
EVENSON, PAUL, was born in Norway May 28, 1849, and came to Fillmore county, Minnesota, and from there removed to Edison in June, 1873. He took up as a homestead 80 acres of section 9, and 80 acres of section 10 in Edison, and has a good farm.
ERICKSON, THEODORE MARTIN, was born in Fillmore county, Minnesota, June 28, 1864. He came to Dakota with his parents in the summer of 1872, and located in this county. His father then se- cured a homestead upon the northeast quarter and a tree claim and pre-emption upon the southwest quarter of section 31 in Edison, which he transferred to the subject of this sketch who still holds it. They are all living on the homestead.
FULLER, ALFRED, was born in Connecticut June 15, 1817, and before coming to Dakota resided in Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa. He arrived in this county July 4, 1870, and took up as a homestead the southwest quarter of section 19 in Sioux Falls, where he resided un- til 1887, when he sold it and removed to Edison and engaged in farm- ing in section 26 until his death, which occurred during the spring of 1893. In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 12th Iowa Regiment, and served until November, 1864. He was a highly respected citizen.
FRY, ISAAC N., was born at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania, February 21, 1839. On the 10th day of September, 1862. he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and served until Sep-
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tember 20, 1866. In October following he removed to Minnesota, and resided there until 1881. In April of that year he removed to Palisade, this county, where he remained one month, and then set- tled in section 27 in Edison, where he has since resided. He has held the office of justice of the peace in Edison, and was town clerk for six consecutive years from 1885 to 1891. He is a conservative, good citizen, and a good neighbor.
FRY, S. LEM, was born at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pennsyl- vania, December 2, 1847, and resided there until August, 1885, at which time he removed to this county and settled in Edison, where he engaged in farming in sections 15 and 22. In 1880, while a resi- dent of Pennsylvania, he was appointed census enumerator of an im- portant district. Since coming to this county he has held school and township offices, and was census enumerator of Edison in 1890. Mr. Fry has had some experience in collecting data, etc., having written the early history of an important town in Pennsylvania. In 1870, he became a correspondent for the local papers where he resided, and continued as such until 1884. He was also a special correspondent for the New York Tribune and the Philadelphia Press from 1880 to 1884, and was special and regular correspondent for four other papers during that time. He is very active in the field of politics, and has fre- quently been elected delegate to political conventions. He has a good farm, is a good neighbor and an esteemed citizen.
GRINDE, ANDREW A., was born in Norway in 1854, but came to this country with his father when three years old. Before coming to Edison in May, 1874, he lived in Wisconsin, and Minnesota. He went into the grain business at Brandon in 1879, and continued in this business eight years. In 1887, went to Baltic, and took charge of the Farmers Warehouse until June, 1891. In September, 1891, he moved back on his farm in Edison. He is highly respected as a business man and citizen.
HAMRE, OLE K., a native of Norway, was born August 2, 1855. He emigrated to the United States and lived in Minnesota until 1873, when he removed to Dakota, arriving in Minnehaha county June 27, 1873. He took up as a homestead the southeast quarter of section 14, but disposed of it and now lives on and owns the east half of the southeast quarter of section 19 and the west half of the southwest quarter of section 20, in the town of Edison, which is a good farm with good buildings.
HATLESTAD, PEDER L., was born in Norway April 15, 1863. He emigrated in 1868, and resided in Minnesota sixteen years. On the 21st day of April, 1884, he came to this county and located on his present farm in section 21 in Edison. He has a good farm and is a good farmer.
HEGGE, ANTON, was born in Norway August 17, 1840, and emi- grated to Minnesota and resided there and in Iowa until he came to Edison, June 24, 1872. He took up a homestead, tree claim and pre- emption. He has a large and valuable farm, a portion of it being in Sverdrup, and a portion in Edison, but his residence is on the south- west quarter of section 7 in Edison.
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HEGGE, SIVERT O., is a native of Norway and was born Septem- ber 26, 1847. He emigrated to this country and settled in Iowa. In 1873 he removed to Minnehaha county and took up a homestead and tree claim in sections 7 and 8, in Edison. He afterwards purchased land in section 18 and has a large, valuable farm. He planted twenty- five acres of trees, and has good farm buildings. He has held vari- ous town offices, is a good farmer and a good citizen.
HENJUM, JOHANNES, was born in Bergen, Norway, and emi- grated to the United States in 1870. He lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota four years, and came to this county June 12, 1874. He took up a homestead of 100 acres in section 11, in Edison, and pre- empted 80 acres more in the same section. He also took up the northwest quarter of section 14, under the tree culture law, where he resides, and has one of the finest farms in the township, with valuable improvements. He is a prosperous farmer, a good neigh- bor and a respected citizen.
HENJUM, JOHN N., was born in Bergen, Norway, June 23, 1856. He came to the United States in 1870, and resided in Wisconsin and Minnesota four years. On the 12th day of June, 1874, he came to this county and secured a homestead in sections 17 and 18, in Edison. He also filed a tree claim on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 20, and purchased forty acres of section 19, and has a good farm. He has been town supervisor and takes great interest in the welfare of his town.
HERMANSON, HENRY, was born in Iowa in 1871, and came to this county with his father in 1873. He is the owner of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 16, in Edison.
HERMANSON, HERMAN, was born in Iowa in 1869, and came to this county with his father in 1873. He now owns the north half of the southeast quarter of section 19, in Edison.
HERMANSON, JOHN C., was born in Norway, April 16, 1843, and after emigrating to this country resided for some time in Iowa, and came to Edison in May, 1874. He took up a homestead in section 10, his residence being in the northeast corner of the section. He has since added the east half of the southwest quarter and now has a good farm of 240 acres.
HERMANSON, MAT N., was born in Norway, May 15, 1845. He emigrated to the United States, lived in Iowa eight months; removed from there to Minnesota, where he lived two years; came to this county in 1875, and took up as a homestead the east half of the south- west quarter, and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 31, in Highland township, but now resides in section 1, Edison town- ship, where he is engaged in farming. He is a good citizen.
HERMANSON, THOR, was born in Norway, February 24, 1839, and after coming to this country lived for awhile in Iowa. He came to Edison, June 19, 1873, and took up as a homestead the southwest quarter of section 17, where he now resides. He has since bought forty acres in the same section, and has a good farm with substan- tial buildings and improvements. He is an enterprising, good citizen.
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