IA 12th Inf Co G. From Telemark, Norway. Civil War: Private. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, Tennessee. Post war: Married in 1869 to Christena Ellefson. Died in Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Ridgeway, stone reads “29 Sep 1839 – 30 Mar 1894”. Sources: (Wisconsin Cemetery Records) (Winneshiek County Marriage Records) (Ulvestad p266)
