Ingar Maurice Iverson was born 8 Oct 1886 in Coleman, S.D. to Bjorn Iverson (1851-1+909) & Annie Molskness (1852-1935).
Inmate: #13360 Leavenworth Federal Prison
Rec: 4 Dec 1918
Crime: Desertion from Army
He was missing from 15 May 1918 to 19 May 1918, he was sentenced to 25 years and the president commuted his sentence to 14 then to 3 years, he was dishonorably discharged.
Ingmar's parents were both born in Norway, they married in Minnesota, had a few kids then moved to South Dakota to farm by 1900. Here are the rest of the children.
Anne Bergitta Iverson
1878–1929
Olof Iverson
1880–1958
Ingmar Maurice Iverson
1886–1957
Lily Iverson
1889–
Stella Natalie Iverson
1891–1929
Palma Sigrid Ofelia Iverson
1893–1930
Bernard Iverson
1898–1933
Ingmar was married to Madeline Bernice Data (1904-1974) Marriage not found and they had the following children.
Rosalie Earl Iverson
1930–
Ingmar Iverson Jr
1932–
At some point all the family migrated to Canada but some came back to the U.S. and Ingmar and his family were one, they settled in Oak Park, Illinois. I found his WWII Draft Card.
Ingmar died 31 Oct 1951 in Illinois.
Ingmar was a socialist, I found these newspaper clippings.
These are all from 1918:
The following are links to longer newspaper article he wrote, so click the links to read.
1915
1917
1919 while in prison
He was out of prison by Oct 1919, here are a few more of his records.
I am at a loss for words, I am a patriot all the way for our country and if I were ever drafted I would be honored to service my country. As far as Ingmar goes, these were his beliefs and he was entitled to them, no judgements, he didn't run away and he did do his time, end result, he didn't have to fight in a war.
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