History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . adena. California. NELS BECKMAN BAGNE. The kingdom of Norway has given to Norman county, Minnesota,some splendid men and women who have had much to do with the social,religious, financial and civic life of the state as well as the county. To thesturdy Norwegians who have left their native land and theirhomes in a new land and amid new conditions and among str;inge pe<)])le. isdu
History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . adena. California. NELS BECKMAN BAGNE. The kingdom of Norway has given to Norman county, Minnesota,some splendid men and women who have had much to do with the social,religious, financial and civic life of the state as well as the county. To thesturdy Norwegians who have left their native land and theirhomes in a new land and amid new conditions and among str;inge pe<)])le. isdue much honor for the success that they have attained. They have jjlaveda conspicuous role and have had a large jiart in the development of thegreat state of Minnesota. The examples of their thrift and energy, thesturdiness of their race and the fervor of their religious belief, have beenbeneficially scattered throughout the state, whose growth and developmentare marvels. Among the worthy sons of Norway who represent those ele-ments in the industrial and financial life of Norman countv that count forhigh purpose and great achievement, is Nels Beckman Bagne, cashier ofthe First State Bank of iin. AND MRS. I!. IIACJXF,. CLAY AND NORMAN COUNTIES, MINNl^SOTA. 553 Xels Beckiiian Bagne was born on May 14, uSiSo, tlie son of Knut andGjertina Bagne, who were also natives of Norway and were there educatedin the public schools, grew to manhood and wnmanhood and were theremarried. For some years after their marriage they continued to live in theland of their nativity, but being of a progressive and energetic class, theirfondest hopes were liased on the jrassession of a substantial hoiue for them-selves and those dependent upon them, and in the year 1881 they decidedthat they would lea^•e the land where the\- had spent so many happy yearsand seek a home in faraway America. On their arrival in the UnitedStates in June, 1881, they at once ])roceeded on out to .Mimiesota andrema
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