OLSON, John Vale

WI. Residence: Walworth County, Wisconsin. Born in Telemark, Norway, in 1818. Came to America with his parents in 1844. Civil War: Served as a Chaplain. Post war: He, his wife, and daughters, moved to a farm in Union County, South Dakota. Died 1890. Sources: (Letter: Alice Ogden Rudo, San Francisco, California)