George Swenson, son of Sven and Berthea, was born on May 30, 1919, in Sanborn, North Dakota. He was raised to manhood there and graduated from Sanborn High School in 1937. While attending high school, he worked on the William Komorosky farm at Sanborn for a short while and then on the farm of his brother-in-law, Arthur Falvey, in Valley City. He continued to work for the Falveys until 1948, at which time he decided to go to work for Bonhus Electric of Valley City.
In December of 1949, Bonhus Electric dissolved its business and George went into partnership with Roy Martin, Jerry Davidson, Bruce Koehn and Herman Selmanson to form Baldhill Electric Co. In 1951, this partnership was sold out to Roy Martin, his brother-in-law. After this time, he went to work for the Valley City Police Department as a patrolman. He is still employed by the V.C.P.D. at the present rank of lieutenant.
On April 21, 1949, he was united in marriage to Ruth (Bruns) Undem, widow of Orville Undem, of Rogers, North Dakota. No children were born to the couple but Mrs. Swenson had two daughters, Anthonia and Shirley, by her first marriage. Mrs. Swenson passed away unexpectedly in April of 1951.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 242