Pekin, North Dakota
is a farmer. He was born in Lesjeskogen on February 14, 1849 and emigrated to America in 1891 to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He came to Lakota, North Dakota in 1891 and took a homestead in Bergen Township, Nelson County North Dakota and has lived there since as a farmer.
His wife, Oline Bjorlie, is from Trondelagen. They have two children. Karen is married to I. O. Johnson in Pekin, North Dakota. Ingeborg is married to a farmer in Canada.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 37