Lars B. Halverson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 442-443 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				LARS B. HALVERSON. 

	Lars B. Halverson, one of the representative and progressive 
citizens of Moody county' is well known as the cashier of the Farmers 
State Bank of Flandreau, which he organized in association with C. S. 
Brakke in February, 1911. His birth occurred in Clayton county, Iowa, 
on the 4th of December, 1874, his parents being Bertinus and Ambjor 
(Lien) Halverson, natives of Norway. They came to the United States 
with their respective parents some time in the '60s the families being 
among the pioneers of Iowa. It was in Clayton county, that state, that 
the parents of our subject were reared and married. In 1878 they came 
to South Dakota, filing on a homestead in Moody county. The father 
spent the remainder of his life on that farm, passing away in 1885. In 
1900 his widow took up her abode in Flandreau, but is now living with a 
son, Halver, in Hettinger, North Dakota. 

	Lars B. Halverson, who was but four years of age when brought to 
this state by his parents, attended the common schools in the 
acquirement of an education and also pursued a commercial course in the 
Sioux Falls Business College. Subsequently he secured a position in the 
general store of Halver & Minier at Flandreau, and a year later went to 
work for J. P. Tenold, also a general merchant of Flandreau, by whom he 
was employed for about six years. In 1901 he accepted a clerkship in 
the Pipestone County Bank of Pipestone, Minnesota, continuing in the 
position for about fourteen months. On the expiration of that period he 
returned to Flandreau and embarked in the mercantile business in 
partnership with A. C. McFarland, under the firm name of McFarland & 
Halverson. About two years later they sold out to Temte & Tewte, and 
Mr. Halverson accepted a position as assistant cashier in the Flandreau 
State Bank, serving in that capacity for about six years. In February, 
1911, Mr. Halverson and C. S. Brakke organized the Farmers State Bank, 
and the former has since acted as cashier of the institution. In this 
connection he is clearly demonstrating his efficiency and sagacity, and 
his efforts have contributed materially to the continued growth and 
success of the bank. 

	On the 3d of October, 1901, Mr. Halverson was united in marriage 
to Miss Christina Hove, a native of Moody county, South Dakota. Her 
father, A. O. Hove, came to this state from Winneshiek county, Iowa, in 
1878. Our subject and his wife have three children, namely: Bernice L., 
Albinus and Casper. 

	Mr. Halverson is a republican in politics and served for a short 
period as deputy county treasurer and as deputy county auditor. His 
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Lutheran church, 
of which he serves as secretary and treasurer and to which his wife 
also belongs. A man well endowed with practical ideas which he directs 
toward a definite purpose, Mr. Halverson is recognized as one of the 
leaders in his community, where he is highly esteemed, not alone for 
what he has accomplished, but for his fine personal qualities as 
neighbor and friend.