William and Henry Fredrickson Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC 268

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Correspondence, chiefly with J.H. Pifer, contractor and supplier of Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads, of Larimore, N.D.; account register, including accounts for threshing completed; and interview, relating to the Fredricksons' activities as suppliers of ice to railroads in Minnesota and North Dakota and their farm in Perley, Minn.

Dates

1926-1954.

Creator

Fredrickson, William. (Person)

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.

Biography

William Fredrick Fredrickson was born 14 Jul 1884 in Lee Township, Norman County, Minnesota to Adam and Ingeborg “Marie” (Sovda) Fredrickson. He attended local schools and grew to manhood on the family farm. He farmed with his father and later his brother on their farm in Section 35 of Lee Township. He had one full brother and a foster sister.

William married Nellie “Nell” Harrington at Lewiston, Idaho on March 10, 1921. Nell and William were the parents of one child who died at birth. William farmed with his brother Henry. He was the first chairman in Norman County for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and was a member of Northwest Improvement Association. He also served on the Lee Township Board.

He was involved in a fatal accident near Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Oct. 29, 1968. His brother, Henry, also died as a result of this accident. They were traveling to their winter home in Brownsville, Texas.

Henry Bernard Fredrickson was born in Lee Township, Norman County, Minnesota on September 19, 1891. He grew to manhood on the family farm in Section 35 of Lee Township and attended rural school. Henry farmed with his father and later his brother all of his life, and did not marry.