Henry N. Dybvig Biography


	This biography appears on page 511 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				HENRY N. DYBVIG. 

	Henry N. Dybvig is the proprietor of the Dybvig nursery, situated 
on section 11, Taopi township, Minnehaha county, the third largest 
nursery in the state, and he specializes in the growing of evergreens, 
the climate and soil conditions being particularly suitable therefore. 
His birth occurred upon the farm where he still makes his home, his 
natal day being the 10th of February, 1890, and his parents being Nils 
H. and Anna (Hendrickson) Dybvig, natives of Norway. The father came to 
the United States as a young man, while the mother was brought here by 
her parents when a child of two years. Her marriage occurred in 
Cottonwood county, Minnesota, and in 1882 a removal was made to South 
Dakota, where Mr. Dybvig had previously filed on a homestead on section 
11, Taopi township. He has since made his home upon this land and has 
proven himself an efficient agriculturist. 

	Henry N. Dybvig was reared upon the home farm and acquired his 
elementary education in the common schools of the neighborhood, 
supplementing the training thus secured by attendance at Augustana 
College at Canton, South Dakota. In 1904 he was associated with his 
father in the establishment of the Dybvig nurseries and in 1910 they 
bought out the Norby nursery located in Madison, this state, which was 
one of the oldest in this region, having been in existence for thirty 
years, and in 1913 they purchased the Eitreim nursery. The 
consolidation of these three nurseries made the Dybvig nursery the 
largest of the kind in this section, and the third largest in the 
entire state. In 1913 the nursery was turned over to Henry N. Dybvig, 
who now has entire control of the business and makes a specialty of. 
evergreens. He ships trees over a wide area and is doing an extensive 
business, as his stock is sturdy and the trees are almost certain to 
grow if given proper attention. 

	Mr. Dybvig is interested in various community affairs, supporting 
all movements looking to the moral upbuilding of the locality. He has 
membership in the United Lutheran church, to the support of which he 
contributes. He is independent in political belief, casting his ballot 
as seems best, without regard to party affiliation.