Sivert Larson was born June 19, 1925 (son of Tom and Guri Larson) on the home farm 21/2 miles west of Binford, North Dakota. After finishing High School he was engaged in farming with his Dad.
On June 25, 1944 Sivert and Joyce Helen Edlund (daughter of Kenneth and Alice Edlund Binford, North Dakota) were united in marriage in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Binford, North Dakota.
They purchased a farm 2 miles west and 1 mile south of Binford, North Dakota in 1946. Grain farming and a high producing Holstein herd of dairy cows was the principal means of income. A family of five daughters was born and raised on the farm and the family as a unit helping with the work made farming an enjoyable and successful way of living and bring up a family.
On May 14, 1962 Joyce was killed when the tractor she was attempting to pull but a stalled milk truck with tipped and killed her instantly.
Sivert, with the help of the older daughters, raised the younger girls, continued with the grain farming and milking until 1964 when the 80 head of Holstein cattle were sold at public Auction. It was the dispersal of one of the 10 top Holstein herds in North Dakota on D. H. I. A. testing Program.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 247