Cooperstown, North Dakota
is from western Toten. He was born on May 14, 1850 and emigrated to America in 1871 to Fillmore County, Minnesota. He moved to Griggs County in 1881, where he has worked as a farmer and sheriff and is now with the machinery company called Grindland, Lunde & Company.
His wife, Nathalie Evenrud, is also from Toten. They have three sons. One son is in Binford, North Dakota one is in Aneta, North Dakota and one is a farmer. They are all capable men.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 142