Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Bergeson, Arthur L 1885 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Bergeson, Arthur L., a furniture dealer and undertaker of Morris, is one of 
the men who has won confidence and respect by his reliable and conscientious 
methods and sympathetic personality. Mr. Bergeson was born in Brookfield 
Township, La Salle County, Ill., May 22, 1885, a son of Berge and Ellen 
(Govig) Bergeson, natives of Norway.  These excellent people came to La Salle 
County when young, later marrying and settling on a farm.  In 1899 they moved 
to Ransom, Ill., where he died about 1907, she surviving him until February 
11, 1910. There were twelve children in the family, eight of whom are living:  
Benjamin Oscar, who is of South Dakota; Ida, who is Mrs. Anson Munson of 
Armstrong, Ia.; George W., who is of Armstrong, Ia.; Samuel T., who is of 
Fletcher, S. D.; Maggie, who is Mrs. O. O. Johnson of Seneca, Ill.; Edward S., 
who is of Ringstadt, Ia.; Arthur L.; and Eliza, who is of Seneca, Ill.

Arthur. L. Bergeson resided with his parents, giving them a loving service 
until he was twenty-three years old, when he married and for the next year 
conducted a cattle ranch in North Dakota. In the spring of 1910 he returned to 
Morris and established himself in a furniture and undertaking business in 
partnership with Thomas J. Slattery, this association continuing until the 
spring of 1912, when Mr. Bergeson bought out his partner. In July, 1912, he 
took Hugh R. Thelan into partnership with him, and the two are still together.

On May 5, 1909, Mr. Bergeson married Minnie Eva Anderson, born at Devil's 
Lake, N. D., a daughter of Andrew Anderson, born in Grundy County, Ill. Mr. 
Bergeson not only had local educational advantages, but attended the Ottawa 
Business College and is a young man of more than average ability. Bethlehem 
Lutheran Norwegian Church of Morris holds his membership, and enjoys his 
liberal contributions. Politically he is a Republican, while fraternally he is 
a Mason. Professionally Mr. Bergeson is often called upon in the hour of 
saddest bereavement, and he thus meets people at a time when it is necessary 
for him to display kindly sympathy and helpful tact, and his experiences and 
the frequent calls made upon him prove that he is equal to any emergency, and 
friendships thus formed are continued, for they are sincere and heartfelt.

pages 765-766

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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