Pekin, North Dakota
is a farmer. He was born in Sel on May 19, 1880 and emigrated to America in 1900 to Lakota, North Dakota. He purchased a farm in Bergen Township, Nelson County, North Dakota in 1905 and has since lived there as a farmer.
His wife, Ragnhild Norstad, is from Sel. They have five children: Iver, Ida Ingvald, Sidney and Obert.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 41