Louis Johnson Bergquist was born in Varmland, Sweden April 10, 1863 at a place called Eksharad Socken. He was christened Lars Jonson which he changed to Louis Johnson Bergquist when he came to Minnesota in 1885. He married
Beda Nelson October 20, 1890 at Stockholm, South Dakota. They had
6 children. He died February 6, 1924 in Shell Lake, Wisconsin and was buried in the Shell Lake Cemetery.