Pekin, North Dakota
is a farmer. He was born in Lesjeskogen on November 29, 1877 and emigrated to America in 1896 to Bue P. O. Nelson, County North Dakota. He took a homestead in Ransom County in 1901 and purchased a farm in Bergen Township in 1908 and has lived there since as a farmer.
His wife, Clara Enstad, was born in America of Norwegian parents near Pekin, North Dakota. They have six children.
He went on a trip to Norway in 1904.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 39