Levi S. Norgaard was born in Goodhue County, Minnesota, January 16, 1862. He came to North Dakota 20 years later and settled on a homestead in Section 22, Washburn Township. On December 24, 1887 he married Kari Gilbertson, at Mardell. From 1889 to 1900 he made his home in Custer County, Montana. They returned to his homestead in 1900 and lived there until his death in 1941. Mrs. Norgaard died in 1932. There were four children in the family:

Mrs. Ann Olson

Melvin

Edward

and Conrad.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 491