The Emporia Weekly News, 08 June 1861, Saturday

The Emporia Guards, under command of Capt. W. F. Cloud, left here two weeks ago for their rendezvous at Lawrence. We had the pleasure of meeting the boys at Burlingame in the evening of the same day they left here. They were in high glee, and we don't believe it will do for an equal number of traitors to face them in a fight. They are the true grit. Under the drill of Capt. Cloud, they will be one of the finest companies in the State. The members hail from different portions of Breckenridge county, and the company is composed of the very best of our young men. Below we give a list of the names of the company. They were afterwards joined by about twenty Burlingame boys:

W. F. Cloud, A. J. Mitchell, A. G. Proctor, C. S. Hills, Jos. A. Fuller, Jos. V. Randolph, Chas. Stotler, Wm.. T. Galliher, W. S. Hunt, Jos. Rickabaugh, H. H. Suttle, Henry Pearce, M. Faucett, Edward Trask, David S. Gilmore, Frank McFadden, Sam. Hammil, Wm. V. Phillips, Chas. A. Archer, Chas Kiger, Wm. B. Tompkins, Lewis Haver, John Clark, M. Meyers, Isaac Gaster, H. Burt, John P. Sleeper, Alpheus J. Heustie (sic), Wm. H. Allen, B.F.W. Perry, Thomas Miller, J. C. Gruwell, William Harvey, Albert Edwards, P. G. Hallberg, Abner Brink, A. S. Broxson, Isaac Denham, J. N. Spencer, G. W. Reed, L. A. Loomis, John Curtis, F. W. Hirth, Frank. Grisey.

We wish the Guards a happy time, and a safe return home. May they fully realize all their glowing anticipations of the pleasures of camp life.

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The Emporia Gazette, 11 Apr 1912, Thursday

P. G. Hallberg Dead.

Par G. Hallberg, a resident of Emporia for the past fifty-four years, and of the oldest directors of the Emporia National Bank, died this morning at 9 o'clock at his home on South avenue, following a several weeks' sickness. He was serioudly sick but two weeks.

Mr. Hallberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, June 4, 1831. His father, Gustaf Hallberg, was a mechanic of Stockholm, and was engaged in the manufacture of gun stocks in the government armory of Sweden, and was a members (sic) of the king's life guard. Par G. Hallberg attended the schools at Stockholm until 10 years old, when he entered upon an apprenticeship in a book-binders' shop, at no wages for the first two years, and $6.25 for the succeeding five years. He spent three years learning the baker's trade, became the foreman of a shop, and after the death of the proprietor, had charge of the bakery for six months. He moved from Stockholm to Wennesburg, Sweden, where he remained for ten years, and then came to the United States. The voyage across the ocean was a trying one and the ship was ten weeks making the journey. He landed in New York City without money or friends, and managed to live there for two weeks. A friend in Boston sent him money to come to Boston, and found him a place in a bakery, at $2.25 per week. He worked faithfully at this job for eighteen months and for the last year received $4 a week for his services.

Mr. Hallberg was married in 1856 to Miss Anna M. Francis, of Boston, and they moved to Marshall County, Illinois, where Mr. Hallberg purchased a farm of 160 acres. He paid part cash for the property, but was unable to finance the payments and lost it. In Kansas he settled first at Towanda, Butler County, where he remained but a short time, and moved to Emporia in the fall of 1858 and started a small bakery, which was a success from the start.. in 1862 he conducted a general merchandise store, in which he and Mrs. Hallberg did all the work, owned the building, and lived in rooms on the second floor. In 1873 he started in the nursery business south of town, where he lived until the time of his death. Here he purchased twenty-five acres of land. A thriving business was developed and he maintained two salesmen on the road selling nursery stock, while he also raised and sold garden produce, and devoted part of his time to the cultivation of flowers. He was elected a director of the Emporia National Bank, January 11, 1887, and had served continuously since that time. He was one of the wealthy men of the town. In politics he was a Republican, and served three years as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Lyon County. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Mystic Shrine, and the Indpended Order of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Hallberg was interested in the old canning factory in Emporia, and lost considerable money in the promotion of his interests. Five thousand dollars was lost in promoting a soap factory. For the past ten years he had not been engaged in active business. He is survived by his wife, and one son, Charles G. Hallberg, of Emporia. The funeral probably will be held Sunday afternoon, but complete arrangements will be announced later.

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The Kansas City Times (Missouri), Friday, April 12, 1912

DEATH OF P. G. HALLBERG.

Emporia, Kas., April 11. -- P. G. HALLBERG died at his home in Emporia today, after an illness of several months. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, June 4, 1831. When 10 years old he was apprenticed to a bookbinder, then learned the bakers' trade, but was not satisfied in Sweden and came to America in 1854. He worked in a Boston bakery and in that city he was married to Miss Annie Francis. They came west and lived for a time in Illinois, coming then to Kansas and to Emporia in 1858.

Mr. Hallberg started a bakery and later ran a general merchandise store, in both of which he was highly successful and in 1873 he went into the nursery business. The Hallberg nursery was especially successful and he became one of the wealthy men of the town. He had been a director of the Emporia National Bank since 1887, and was its oldest official. He was a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a Mystic Shriner.

He is survived by a widow and one son, Charles G. Hallberg.

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The Emporia Gazette, 15 Apr 1912, Monday

The Hallberg Funeral.

The funeral of P. G. Hallberg, who died Thursday afternoon at his home on South Union Street, was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the St. Mark's Lutheran Church, and interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery. The funeral was one of the most impressive ever held in Emporia and was attended by a multitude of friends of the dead man. The Knights Templar and Master Masons went to the house shortly after 2 o'clock and escorted the body to the church, with the Emporia Band leading the procession. When the head of the procession reached the door of the church, two lines were formed, and the hearse passed between the lines. The funeral at the church was conducted by Rev. C. G. Aue, of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. The music was furnished by the church choir. The pall-bearers were G. W. Newman, J. R. Soden, Will Wayman, C. G. West, J. J. Morris, J. D. Eastin. Following the services at the church, the band formed at the head of the procession and marched to the cemetery, where the Knights Templar had charge of the services.

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Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991

Name: Pehr Gustaf Hallberg
Gender: Man (Male)
Birth Date: 4 juni 1831 (4 Jun 1831)
Birth Place: Stockholm, Stockholm
Departure Date: 14 juli 1854 (14 Jul 1854)
Departure Place: Älvsborg (Västra Götaland), Vänersborg
Arrival Place: Boston, Nordamerika
Occupation or Relation: Bagaregesäll
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Notes: Travels alone
Page: 49
Original Page: 17
Source: Vänersborg Hfl 1845-1855
Household members: Name, Age
Pehr Gustaf Hallberg

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Par Gustaf Hallberg in the Massachusetts, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950

Name: Par Gustaf Hallberg
Petition Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1831
Record Type: Naturalization Petition
Arrival Place: New York
Petition Date: 24 Mar 1856