- MONS HALVORSON (NASS), Secs. 31, 32 and 33; P.O. Primrose
[Dane Co., WI]; born
- Aug. 26, 1826, in Aggerhuus Amt, Christiania Stift, Norway;
in 1846 he landed at New York; his parents, Halvor and Emilie
and two brothers were with him; also a sister; the father bought
a farm in Spring Valley, Rock Co., Wis., where he died April
3, 1871, the mother following June 25, 1876. Their son, our subject,
married, Aug. 28, 1851, in Spring Valley, Betsy OLSON, born April
14, 1826, in Aggershuus Amt; later, they came to Primrose, where
the father, Ole BENSON, died July 26, 1871, and the mother (formerly
Kari HANSON) died July 4,1876 (centennial of the United States).
Mr. and Mrs. HALVORSON came to Primrose in 1852, the first Norse
family in the Sugar River Valley; their small log house was raised
from the ground and floorless for a time, so their few sheep
crawled under the logs and quartered with them; they began with
a yoke of oxen, a wagon and two cows; Mr. HALVORSON cut saw-logs
and exchanged them for course middlings and shorts; today he
has 320 acres, well improved, and good buildings. Mr. and Mrs.
HALVORSON have eight children - Emilie, Halvor, Carrie, Ole,
Caroline, Christina, Marius and Olena - all born in Primrose;
they lost two young children - Olena and Mary. The family belong
to the Lutheran Conference; Republican in politics.
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- Taken from "The History of Dane County, Wisconsin"
(c)1880 Western Historical Company, Chicago, p. 1092.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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