Eric U. Norberg

Eric U. Norberg, was born in Wasbo county, in the District of Westergotland, Sweden, June 22, 1813. There his father died in March, the following year, and with his mother, Eric worked on the farm and attended school. Subsequently he clerked in a factory for one year, then was appointed an officer of the government in one of the counties, which position he filled up to May, 1342, when he emigrated to America. On his immigration he settled near Milwaukee, Wis. In 1844 he moved to Ludington, Mich., where he was the first settler. In 1848 he joined the Bishop Hill colony, and in 1863 settled in Goshen township. He was married at Bishop Hill to Miss Britta Johnson in 1848. Of their three children, two are living: Caroline, wife of John A. Jones, and Gustavus, an attorney of Holdrege, Neb. Mr. Norberg is, in religious life, a Sweden borgian; in politics he is very liberal, always for men rather than for party.