John Halverson

HALVERSON

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 10/5/2005 at 22:37:57

John Halverson has been a resident of Worth county since 1865. He has 160 acres of land on section 11, Bristol township, where he lives. He also has eighty acres on section 12, and twenty-six in Harland township. He was born in Norway, Oct. 3, 1834. He emigrated to America in 1861. He went to Fillmore Co., Minn., and remained four years. He then removed to Iowa, he married Mary A. Halverson, February, 1864. She was a native of Norway, born Jan. 28, 1835. Her death occurred June 29, 1883. They have two children – Nellie and Anna. They belong to the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He is a republican in politics.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 716.