WI Lt Arty 4th Battery. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 17. Farmer. Gray eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, 5’8½”. Enlisted for one year on 3 Oct 1864 at Janesville, Wisconsin, as a substitute for O. B. Daly, of Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin. Mustered at Janesville the same day. Private. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 233-2,11; red book vol 5)