Bio of BERGE, Henry Sherman (b.1887), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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H. SHERMAN BERGE (Henry Sherman Berge) - Vol III, pg 411-412
The business affairs of H. Sherman Berge, president of the H. H. Berge Lumber
Company of Minneapolis, are capably conducted. Although he became interested in
a business already established, he has demonstrated the truth of the saying that
success is not the result of genius but the outcome of clear judgment and
experience. Mr. Berge was born in Jackson, Minnesota, on the 9th of September,
1887, a son of Herbrand H. and Anna Marie (Olson) Berge. The father located in
Jackson in 1873 with his parents. Mrs. Berge's parents located in Jackson
county, Minnesota, in 1858, and were among the pioneer settlers there. Mr. Berge
was engaged in the conduct of a general mercantile establishment at Jackson
until 1906, when he came to Minneapolis and associated with the T. M. Roberts
Lumber Company, severing that connection in 1912, when he organized the H. H.
Berge Lumber Company. His death occurred the following year, and Mrs. Berge
passed away in 1920. To their union the following children were born: Ada B.,
who is vice president of the company; Mabel H., who is now Mrs. O. K. Cole of
Los Angeles, California; Leona J., who is the wife of J. D. Nunan of
Minneapolis; O. P., who is secretary of the company; Abigail T. and H. Sherman,
whose name introduces this review. Mr. Berge was a member of the St. Paul
Norwegian Lutheran church and was a zealous church worker. He was held in high
confidence and esteem by all who knew him and his friends were legion.
The public schools of Jackson afforded H. Sherman Berge his early education and
in 1905 he was graduated from the local high school. For two years thereafter he
was a student at Carleton College and in 1910 was graduated from the University
of Minnesota law department, with the LL. B. degree. His initial step into the
business world was made at Bemidji, where he became associated with the Douglass
Lumber Company, and was thus engaged until 1912, when he entered into business
with his father in Minneapolis. Upon the death of his father in 1913 the H. H.
Berge Lumber Company was incorporated and H. Sherman was made president and
treasurer. He has splendidly met the requirements of his position and has been a
dominant factor in the continued success of the business. Aside from his
association with the lumber company he is president of the Berge Realty Company,
which handles his father's real estate interests.
On the 2d of July, 1913, in St. Paul, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Berge
and Miss Katherine Arabella Neal, a daughter of W. E. Neal, now a resident of
Deer Wood, Minnesota. The Neals have resided in Minnesota for many generations
and are among the oldest and most esteemed citizens. To Mr. and Mrs. Berge the
following children have been born: Herbert Neal; Mary Catherine; William Paul,
who died in 1920; and Elizabeth Eleanor.
The political allegiance of Mr. Berge is given to the republican party and he is
very active in party affairs, having been vice president of the Twelfth Ward
Republican Club in 1920. He is essentially public-spirited and his cooperation
can always be counted upon in the furtherance of any movement for the benefit of
the community at large. While attending the university he became affiliated with
Zeta Psi, a national college fraternity of high standing. He holds membership in
the Minneapolis Civic & Com­merce Association, the Citizens Club, and is
president of the South Side Association Socially he is identified with the Odin
Club and the Minneapolis Automobile Club. During the World war Mr. Berge had
charge of the district for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Liberty Loan drives and
in 1918 he was captain of the Fourth Minnesota National Guards. For recreation
Mr. Berge turns to outdoor sports and he is a golf enthusiast and also enjoys
motoring. He belongs to that class of representative American citizens who
promote the general prosperity while advancing individual interests.