Biography of D. J. Haugeberg

	This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated
 	compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography,
	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1898. Pages 361-362

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D J HAUGEBERG, present Register of Deeds of Moody county, South Dakota, 
is a native of Winneshiek county, Iowa. His parents, John T. and Rachel 
(Aaker) Haugeberg, were natives of Norway, and emigrated from thence to 
America in 1846 and settled, first, in Muskegon, Wisconsin, and three 
years later moved to Winneshiek county, Iowa. Here he lived until 1877, 
when he sold out his farm and went to Moody county, South Dakota, and 
settled in Alliance township. Here he took a claim of a half section of 
prairie land, improved and cultivated it, and has made it his home 
since. They are the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are now 
living: Anna, deceased, wife of Harry Midbon, and mother of two 
children; Alice Espeseth; Isabel Aaker; John; Ole; Theodore; an infant, 
deceased; D. J., the subject of this sketch; Louis; Minnie; Thomas, and 
Anna, all of whom are members of the Lutheran church.

	D. J. Haugeberg, of whom this is a brief life history, was born 
July 17, 1863. He received his preliminary education in the public 
schools of Ridgeway, Iowa, and subsequently took a commercial course at 
Decorah, Iowa, from which he graduated in 1882. He came to Dakota in 
1878, where he remained with his parents, helping on the farm until he 
arrived at the age of twenty-one years. He then began for himself, 
hiring to a farmer in the vicinity for one year. The second year he 
bought one hundred and sixty acres of unimproved land and proceeded to 
make a home and develop his quarter, section of prairie into a 
productive and profitable farm. Besides his own farm he has rented large 
tracts of land and has been extensively engaged in farming. He has also 
added to his original farm from time to time, as he became able, and now 
owns three hundred and twenty acres, all under cultivation.

	Mr. Haugeberg was united in marriage to Miss Oleanna Christianson, 
of Fillmore county, Minnesota, in the year 1885. She died in August, 
1892, leaving one son, James Lancelot, born May 21, 1887.

	Mr. Haugeberg is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has 
attained the consistory degrees. He is also a member of the Modern 
Woodmen of America and of the A. 0. U. W. at Flandreau. Politically he 
was originally a Republican, but he is now a stanch advocate of the 
principles of the Populist party, and is an active worker and a leader 
in the same. He has a number of times been delegate to the county 
conventions, and was one of the organizers of the Populist party in 
Moody county. In 1890 he was elected on the Populist ticket to the 
office of register of deeds of Moody county and served two years. He was 
in the field again in 1892 but was defeated; but was re-elected in 1894  
and again in 1896.

	Mr. Haugeberg is a self-made man. Starting in life without means 
or influence, he has raised himself by dint of his own efforts and 
ability. As a register of deeds he has proved himself one of the best 
qualified for that position. He is, without doubt, one of the best 
penmen in the county, and the records are a marvel of neatness and fine 
penmanship. In local matters he is always ready to lend a helping hand 
to every project tending to the improvement or better government of his 
adopted county.