WI 12th Inf Co B. From Valders, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Buried in Hill Side Cemetery, Egan, South Dakota, lot 10, block G-2, grave 5. Sources: (Ulvestad p307) (Letter to Minneapolis Norwegian Language Newspaper, 1892, signed A.K.Brenden, Bend, Oregon) (SDSHS WPA Veterans Cemetery Records, Moody County)