Born 1832 at Faaberg, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, son of John and Anne Smerud. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Rindal, Minnesota. Sources: (Ulvestad p293) (“Fåberg og Lillehammer Utvandringe”, Fåberg Historielag 1986. Copy at NAHA)
Born 1832 at Faaberg, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, son of John and Anne Smerud. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Rindal, Minnesota. Sources: (Ulvestad p293) (“Fåberg og Lillehammer Utvandringe”, Fåberg Historielag 1986. Copy at NAHA)