HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, VOL. II, 1918, page 221

Halgrim H. Myli is the owner of a well-developed farm on 160 acres situated on section 15, Hartland township. Worth county is largely indebted to those of Norwegian birth and descent for her development. The unremitting industry which characterizes the sons of Norway has wrought for the continued improvement of the agricultural interests of this section of the state. Among those who have come from the land of the midnight sun and are now actively engaged in general farming in Worth county is Halgrim H. Myli, who was born in Hallingdal on the 16th of October, 1846, a son of Halgrim and Randi (Trulsdatter) Myli. The parents were also natives of Norway, where they were reared and educated. Following their marriage they began their domestic life in that country and continued residents of Norway until called the home beyond, never coming to the United States.

Halgrim H. Myli, whose name introduces this review, spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native country, remaining under his father's roof until 1867, when at the age of twenty-one years he bade adieu to friends and family and sailed for the United States, crossing the Atlantic on one of the old-time sailing ships that made Quebec its port of destination. He then proceeded westward to Rock Prairie, Wisconsin, where he was employed at farm work for a time, but eventually he came to Iowa, making his way first to St. Ansgar. For a year thereafter he was employed as a farm hand in Mitchell county, and on the expiration of that period began the cultivation of a tract of rented land, which he operated for three years. He then removed to Danville township, Worth county, where he invested in 80 acres of land, to which he added until he was the owner of a quarter section. He afterward sold that farm to his son, Erick H., and in 1891 purchased his present property, comprising 160 acres on section 15, Hartland township, on which he erected new buildings. Upon this place he has since made his home and has today one of the highly developed farm properties of the township, his fields having been brought under an advanced state of cultivation, while all of the accessories and conveniences of a model farm of the 20th century are to be found upon his land.

In April. 1967, in Norway, Mr. Myli was united in marriage to Miss Ingeborg Teigen, a native of that country and a daughter of Halvor and Ingeborg Teigen. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Myli set sail for the United States. They have become parents of nine children, namely: Halgrim, Halvor, Erick H., Randena, Ingeborg, Anna, Carolina, Knute and Henry.

Mr. Myli has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought, and in their utilization has made steady progress along the highroad to success. He is now most comfortably situated in life, deriving from his farm a gratifying annual income which supplies him with all the necessities and many of the luxuries of life.

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Transcribed by Gordon Felland - July 14, 2005