Paul Abrahamson, the son of Peter and Anna Abrahamson, was born in Edna Township. He attended school here and later graduated from the North Dakota State University in the field of agriculture. He spent his life in this work as a vocational agriculture teacher, a County Agent at Rolla, Langdon and Devils Lake; an agricultural agent with the McCabe and Peavey Elevator Companies and the North Dakota Wheat Commission.

He married Jeanette Penny of Rolla, North Dakota, and they had one son, Paul, Jr., who is a dentist in Fargo, North Dakota. Paul Jr., is married to Connie Johnson of Devils Lake and they have two children. Paul Abrahamson passed away while attending a meeting of the wheat commission in 1972.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 13