Oscar A. Carlberg Biography


	This biography appears on pages 873-874 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				OSCAR A. CARLBERG. 

	Oscar A. Carlberg, an agriculturist residing on section 3, Grand 
Meadow township, Minnehaha county, has lived in this state continuously 
for the past thirty-seven years and is a worthy representative of an 
honored pioneer family. His birth occurred in Chicago, Illinois, on the 
8th of May, 1865, his parents being Anders and Johanna Carlberg, the 
former a tailor by trade. In 1877 the family came to South Dakota, 
locating permanently in Grand Meadow township, Minnehaha county, where 
the father had taken up a homestead and tree claim in 1875. Here he 
carried on farming successfully throughout the remainder of his life, 
passing away in 1906, while the mother was called to her final rest in 
1911. They underwent all of the hardships and privations of the early 
pioneers and suffered considerable loss during the grasshopper plague, 
their trees being twice destroyed by this insect. Anders Carlberg lived 
in Minnehaha county for about three decades and was a highly respected 
citizen who enjoyed an extensive and favorable acquaintance throughout 
the community. 

	Oscar A. Carlberg acquired his education in the common schools 
and as a boy of twelve years did a man's work in assisting his father. 
He was sent for provisions to Sioux Falls, which was then the nearest 
trading point and was the only city in this section of the country. 
There were no roads through the prairies and he marked his way by 
buffalo bones, for the grass was often higher than his head and a boy 
might easily be lost. He continued farming after attaining his majority 
and has always devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, 
purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land in Grand Meadow township 
in 1901, for which he paid twenty-two hundred dollars. He improved the 
property to such an extent that in 1913 he was able to sell the land 
for eighty dollars an acre. Mr. Carlberg has won a comfortable 
competence through the careful conduct of his farming interests. 

	On the 14th of June, 1897, Mr. Carlberg was united in marriage to 
Miss Oline Tidemann, a daughter of Magnus Tidemann. Their children are 
as follows: Agnes, Arthur, Mabel, Esther, Luella, Inez, Hilma and 
Ernest. The first six named are attending school. Mr. Carlberg is a 
republican in his political views and has served for a number of years 
as clerk of the school board. His religious faith is that of the 
Lutheran church. Hunting and fishing afford him recreation and he also 
finds much pleasure in other out-of-door sports. He is a familiar 
figure in the community in which he has so long resided, and those who 
know him respect him for his sterling personal worth, as in all 
relations of life he measures up to the full standard of honorable, 
upright manhood.