Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad, 1907. Mississippi Nor does this State have many Norwegians. There are two, however, that must be mentioned, Sivert Hansen Berg of Aberdeen and John Kyllingstad of Lexington. Berg, who emigrated from Voss, settled in Aberdeen right after the Civil War and became one of the State's best known contractors. He died in 1905. Kyllingstad was born in Madagascar, where his father was a missionary. A few years after his arrival he was appointed as Postmaster in Melette, S.D. but later moved to Mississippi where he has worked in the newspaper business, first as the editor of 'Durant News' and later as the editor of 'Lexington Advertiser'. In 1904 he was strongly considered as a candidate for the State Legislature.