James DeNoon Reymert
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James DeNoon Reymert was born in Farsund, Norway, in 1821. He migrated to the U.S. in 1842. He died in California 1896. Editor, lawyer and politician. He was the editor of the first Norwegian-American newspaper in the U.S., "Nordlyset" (=The northern light)1847-49, published in Muskego,Wisconsin. (Source: Oeivind T. Reymert: Familien Reymert i Mandal, Mysen, Norway 1990) (More in Norwegian Wikipedia: Reymert (slekt)).