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 Henry was born 11 July 1839 and died in December 1887.
He enlisted as a Private from Beaverkill, New York on 14 August 1862 into Company A, New York 143rd Infantry Regiment and mustered out on 20 July 1865 at Washington, D. C. On 4 January 1896 his pension was going to minors through guardianship (Asa Sargeant) in North Dakota.
On 15 June 1878 Henry and Cora Hall married in Traill County.
In the 1880 Federal and 1885 Dakota Territory Census reports he is in Traill County. By 1900 his wife Cora married Charles Sawyer and they, and three of the Laraway children, are living in South Dakota.
Henry secured land in Section 20, Township 146 (Caledonia), Range 49.
He is buried at Caledonia Cemetery
Burial, Tombstone Picture.
From the Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900), Page 445:
"HON. LARS H. LARSON. This gentleman needs no introduction to the people of Traill county. He is well known as a pioneer settler, who is engaged extensively in farming and stock raising, and has acquired a fortune by those characteristics which place him in a foremost rank as a citizen and business man. He resides in Bloomfield township, and his land, comprising one thousand four hundred and forty acres, is within that township.
Our subject was born near Christiania, Norway, May 7, 1853. and was a son of Lars and Christe Herbrandson. He is next to the yongest of five surviving children, in a family consisting of twelve children, and in 1854 came to America with his parents. The family landed at New York and settled on land in Fillmore county, Minnesota. The father died when our subject was ten years of age, and the mother succeeded in keeping the family together and operated the farm for two years, when she, too, was called to her rest, and the family became separated.
Our subject lived one year with his married sister, and then entered a general store at Newburgh, Minnesota, working one year and also attending school. He then went to Spring Grove, Houston county, and for three years worked summers and attended school winters, the determination to obtain a good education being instilled in him by his father. He then hired out for three years at farm labor, and in 1873 rented a farm and followed farming near Houston until 1879. He met with severe reverses during the last year there, and then packed his household effects, and with about twenty head of cattle and horses started for Fargo, South Dakota [sic]. He went to the Elm river country and settled near the north branch of the Elm river, and secured a preemption claim and later purchased a homestead right. A frame building was erected at a cost of about $180, and he began to open up a wheat farm, and was thus engaged exclusively until 1890, and then under the firm name of Larson & Johnson established in the machine business in Hillsboro, and also dealt in horses. After six years he sold his interests and devoted his attention to farming and stock raising. He now has a herd of about twenty-five registered Shorthorn and Durham cattle, and will devote much attention to raising stock of this class. He has accumulated his fine estate by purchase, and on his farm has a private elevator of twenty thousand bushels capacity. The Hillsboro Banking Company was formed in 1890, and our subject was president and operated the business four years. He owns an interest in the Hans Johnson Mercantile Company, and also owns a drug store in Schelley, Minnesota. He assisted in organizing the Traill County Telephone
Company.
Our subject was married, in 1873 [15 February, Houston County, Minnesota], to Miss Ingebert [Ingeborg] Halvorsen. Mr. and Mrs. Larson have been the parents of twelve children, as follows: Henry, deceased; Elmer O.; Julius, who is married and rents a part of his father's farm; Emma, deceased; Edward; Leonard, deceased; Emma; Leonard, deceased; Ida, Mathilda, Lena and Henry.
Mr. Larson was elected to the state legislature as a representative in the fall of 1892, and took a seat in the third session of that body. He was active in the county-seat fight in Traill county, and did efficient work toward securing the same at Hillsboro. He successfully put three bills through the legislature
that are now important laws. He is a regular attendant at county and state conventions, and is identified with the republican party. He is a member of the United Lutheran church and the Modern Woodmen of America."
More information can be found in Hillsboro Centennial 1881-1891 Book, Page 41.
Both Lars and Ingeborg are buried at Hillsboro Cemetery #1.
Lucius enlisted first on 9 February 1861 as a Private in Company C, Illinois 8th Cavalry. On 12 August 1863 he enlisted in Company C, Illinois 8th Cavalry Regiment. He was promoted to Full Sergeant and mustered out on 17 July 1865 at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.
In the 1890 Veterans Federal Census he is living in Mayville.
He is buried in Oak Wood Cemetery, Harwood, Cass County, North Dakota.
William was born 21 December 1831 in New Hampshire. Some records have his given and middle names reversed.
He enlisted in Company A, U. S. Volunteers, 2nd Regiment, U. S. Sharp Shooters on 5 October 1861 and was mustered out on 30 November 1862. He started receiving his pension on 28 March 1882 and his wife, Agnes, started receiving a widow's pension in January 1911.
In the 1900 and 1910 Census he is living in Buxton.
William died on 20 December 1910 in Traill County and is buried in Reynolds, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Burial, Tombstone Picture.
PETER GULBRANSON LUNDBERG A very difficult person to research because of the name changes and usage and a variety of birth/death dates. Primarily it appears his name (with various spellings) is Peter Gulbranson Lundberg. His name appears in records as:
Civil War: Peter G. Lundberg1870: Peder Gulbranson - Manchester, Freeborn County, Minnesota; Births: Peter 1823, Oline 1829, Gulbrand and Matias (twins) 1851. 1880: Peter Gulbrandson - Traill County; Peter, Bergithe, and Magri (1879). 1885: Peter Lundberg - (veteran) 1900: Peter G. Lundberg - Births: Peter August 1826, Bergit February 1837, Gina (grandaughter) September 1884. North Dakota Death Record: Peter L. Gulbranson Vesterheim and Gravestone: Peder G. Lundberg Hatton History: Per/Peter Gulbranson/Gulbrandson, P. G. Lundberg In the Hatton History Book on page 67 there is this: ""PER GULBRANSON was born and
married in Norway and first settled
in Wisconsin when he came to America.
They had two sons, Matias and
Gulbran. Per joined a Wisconsin regiment
and took part in the Civil War.
After the war he came to Dakota and
homesteaded in section 20,
Newburgh township. His second wife
was Birgit Sondreaal and they had
one daughter who died at an early
age. He was the only Civil War veteran
in this township and is buried in
the Goose River cemetery." [Notes: Peter was married first to Oline Unknown. He served in a Minnesota regiment not Wisconsin. The photo with this biography doesn't appear to be Peter's family but rather one of his son's family as one of the names that can be read is Gina, Peter's granddaughter. He's also listed as a pioneer of the Goose River church as P. G. Lundberg].
There is biography of him in the Civil War Database of Vesterheim, The National Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center: "LUNDBERG, PEDER G.
MN 3rd Inf Co D. Residence not shown. Born in Odalen, Norway. Served in Slesvig-Holstein war before coming to America. Civil War: Age 36. Mustered 4 Feb 1862. Recruit. Private. Wounded. Said to have been a prisoner in Andersonville. Transferred to Invalid Corps, 3 Oct 1865. Post war: Moved from Minnesota to Steele County, Dakota Territory, in April 1876. Married. Two sons. Died at Hatton, North Dakota, in 1901. Sources: (MINN p139) (MCIW p185) (1885 Census, Dakota Territory) (Obituary, “Hatton” column, The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican, 22 Feb 1901) (Ulvestad p308) “Lundberg, Peder Gulbrandsen” “Lundberg, Peter”. [Note: This writer can find no record of him at Andersonville.]
The North Dakota Public Death Index lists Peter L. Gulbranson's death date as 12 February 1901 in Steele County. His tombstone indicates death date as 19 February 1901 and birth date as 6 September 1825.
Burial. He is the only Civil War veteran buried in the Goose River Cemetery. In addition to quoted sources, information and picture was provided by Jeffrey Brandon. Click on photo for a larger view.
Tollef was born about 1846 in Wisconsin. Except for pension records, his civil war records list him as Tollef Halverson.
He enlisted as a Private 24 June 1864 into Company D, Minnesota 3rd Infantry Regiment. He mustered out on 2 September 1865 at Devall's Bluff, Arkansas. His pension started on 1 March 1893 in Oregon.
Tollef is listed as a veteran in Traill County in the 1885 Dakota Territory census.
He was admitted several times starting in 1914 to National Home for Disabled Volunteers, Pacific Branch, Sawtelle, Las Angeles County, California. His latest discharge at his own request was 18 September 1929 to residence of his daughter in Oregon.
In the 1920 census he is in the National Military Home, Malibu, Los Angeles, California.
From Norwegians in the Civil War; Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum: "HALVERSON, Talleff
MN 3rd Inf Co D. Residence not shown. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 17. Enrolled as a Substitute. Mustered 24 Jun 1864. Private. Discharged from the service with his regiment, 2 Sep 1865. Post war: Came from Minnesota to Traill County, North Dakota, in March 1881. Sources: (MINN p139,140) (MCIW p185) (Traill County Veterans Index, 1885 Dakota Territory Census) “Halverson, Tollef”.
He died in Alameda, Alameda County, California 25 February 1934.
OSCAR LURA Oscar was born to Ole and Anna Olson Lura on 26 March 1891 in Mayville. His siblings included: Ingvald (1883), Karina (1884), George Theodor (1890), Gardia Bertha (1893), Anna Bertina (1896), Martha Christiana (1897), Alfa Otilia (1899), Casper (1902).
Oscar was inducted into the U. S. Army at Hillsboro on 27 September 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Company I, 352nd Infantry to November 1917; Company K, 348th Infantry to 12 April 1918; Company E, 58th Infantry, to his death. He was overseas from 7 May 1918, to his death. Engagement: Offensive: Aisne—Marne. Oscar was killed in action on 6 August 1918 in France in the second battle of the Marne Campaign. He is buried in Grave 18, Row 6, Block C, at the Oise—Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Cemetery.
Burial, Links to some Family Members.
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