Halvor S. Halvorson
Halvor S. Halvorson, an extensive implement dealer, hardware and feed store in McHenry, North Dakota was born on a farm in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin on October 24, 1875.
His father, a farmer, came from Norway about 1866 with his family and took land in Wisconsin. He died in Dakota in 1883.
In 1881 he went with his parents to Griggs County where his father took land. He built a small claim shanty and a sod barn and began farming with oxen.
Bibliography condensed from Comperndium of History and Biography 1900 page 772.