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Carl O., Andrea, Albert N., Barnard G., Christian O. (deceased), Christian O. (living) and Sophia L. Mr. Kittilson has been a member of the Town Board, and Justice of the Peace for two years. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. 1
CHRISTIAN KNUDSON, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Christiana; born in Norway in 1846 ; he spent his time at farming in that country till 1868, when he emigrated to Wisconsin, and located at Edgerton, Rock Co., where he worked at farming and tobacco growing for three years; he came to this town in 1871, and worked his present farm of 120 acres on shares till 1877, when he bought it. He was married here in 1876 to Miss Isabel, daughter of David and Martha Knudson, a native of this county ; they have two children-Matilda R. and Herman D., and are members of the Lutheran Church.
HALVOR LARSON KRAVIK, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Christiana; was born in Nor- way in 1820, and came to Wisconsin in 1843, and settled on Sec. 35, town of Christiana, Dane Co., where he now owns 240 acres, and 89 acres on Sec. 25, which he bought, except the 40 that he entered. He was married, in Christiana, in October, 1845, to Christie Christopherson, a native of Norway, and who came with her mother to Wisconsin in 1842; they have four children-Lars C., who now lives on Sec. 35; Martin C., on same Sec. 36; Ellen C. and Maria H. Has been a member of the Town Board several terms. The family belong to the Lutheran Church.
ALGERNON D. LASHER, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Christiana ; son of Aaron and Susan Lasher ; was born Jan. 6, 1850; his parents were natives of the State of New York; his mother from Albany, and his father from Schoharie Co .; came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 120 acres in June, 1842, which his father entered from the Government in the town of Christiana, where he made it his home until his death, which occurred in April, 1880; his mother died December 18, 1869, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the eldest, and with his brother and sister owns the farm of 140 acres, 20 acres on Sec. 27.
OLE H. LEE, proprietor of the Clinton Grist-mill; was born in Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1847 ; his father came from Norway in 1843, and settled in Oakland, where he was afterward married to Miss Ingeborg Olson ; they have had two sons ; Ole H. is the eldest; his brother, Samuel H., died at the age of 7 ; his parents came to the town of Christiana in 1865, and settled on a farm; in 1873, Mr. Lee, Ole H, and Tostensen Bros. purchased the grist-mill at Clinton; they afterward bought out the Tostensen Bros.' interest and became sole proprietors until the death of Mr. Lee, which occurred July 27, 1880; since that time, Ole H. owns and runs the mill. He was married, in Christiana, in 1871, to Miss Sina, daughter of Andrew and Maria Johnson, born in Christiana in 1848; they have three chil- dren-Ingborg M., Herman W. and Samuel A. H. Are members of the Lutheran Church.
LARS K. LIER, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Christiana; is a native of this town; was born in 1848; his father, Knud O. Lier, was born in Norway in 1818, and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1843, set- tling at that time upon this farm; his mother, Anna Larson, also came from Norway in 1843, and was married to Mr. Lier here in 1845, Lars K. and Eliza, now Mrs. Ole Gunnelson, being their only children. Our subject has always made this his home, and now has a farm of 120 acres. He was married, in this town, in 1872, to Gunnel Olson, a native of Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., born in 1848; they have one daughter, Alma Louisa, and are members of the Lutheran Church.
HENDRICK L. LEIN, farmer, Secs. 35 and 36; P. O. Christiana; was born in 1825, in Norway, and in the autumn of 1845, he came with his parents to America and settled on Sec. 35, town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., where his father entered 40 acres and made that his home till he died June 16, 1875, at the age of 84} years; his mother died in February, 1874, aged 86 years, leaving two sons and one daughter ; Hendrick L., being the second, has always made it his home on a farm, and now owns 169 acres on Secs. 26, 35 and 36, and 13 acres in Oakland, Jefferson Co. ; he was married in Chris- tiana, in 1851, to Miss Gunnil, daughter of Johanas and Eli Nasset ; they have ten children-Lars E., now a farmer in Minnesota ; George A., a harness-maker of Clinton ; Martin J., Joseph R., Abel E., Ella M., Herman O., Gustavus T., Oscar H. and Dedocia. They are members of the Lutheran Church.
A. L. LUND, manufacturer and dealer in harness, etc., at Cambridge ; was born in Norway in 1840 ; he emigrated with his parents, A. J. and Mary Lund, to America in 1848, and located at Cambridge, Dane Co., Wis., in 1850, after spending some time in New York City, Manitowoc, Wis., and in Milwau- kee ; his father was a shoemaker by trade, but devoted his time to merchandising at this village for several years; he died here in 1878 at the age of 75 years ; his mother died in October, 1879, at the age of 68 years. Our present subject enlisted in Co. H, 20th W. V. I., in 1862, under Col. Pinkey, of Ripon, and served with his regiment in the Army of the West till 1863, when they were transferred to the 27th W.
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V. I., when he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of his company, and served as such until he was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., in 1865; he returned then to Madison, Wis., and to Cambridge ; he engaged in distilling at Fort Atkinson, Wis., for a year; then resumed the mercantile business with his father for three years ; he began the manufacture of harness at this village in 1870, and has since been engaged at the business, keeping two or three men employed most of the time. He was married in Mil- waukee, in March, 1862, to Hannah, daughter of R. and Elizabeth Reinertsen, a native of Norway, who came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1843; their children are George, Albert, Adolph, Andrew, Josephine and Norman. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.
GILBERT G. MOEN, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Christiana ; is a native of Norway, born in February, 1849 ; he emigrated with his parents, Gulbrand and Brithe Gulbrandsen Moen, to America, and settled on Sec. 32, town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis. ; a year later, they removed to the town of Pleasant Springs, whence, in 1867, they came again to the town of Christiana and settled on Sec. 24, where he now owns 80 acres, and also 80 acres on Sec. 26; his parents now live with him. He was mar- ried, in Christiana in 1875, to Miss Julia, daughter of Ole and Julia Hendrickson, a native of Wisconsin, born in the town of Oakland, Jefferson Co., in 1852; they have two children-Bertha G. and George O. They are also members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Moen has devoted his time to teaching for several winters.
ALBERT J. NASSET, farmer, Secs. 35 and 36 ; P. O. Christiana ; was born in Norway Dec. 30, 1833, and emigrated with his parents, Johanas and Ellen Jensen, to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled on Secs. 35 and 36 of this town, where his father entered a farm and where he has since made it his home; his mother died in 1852 ; he now owns a farm of 155 acres. He was married in Christiana, in 1855, to Sarah Ann Larson, a native of Norway, and who came to Wisconsin in 1845; she died in 1875, leaving eight children-John, Lars, Mary Ann (who died in July, 1880), Gustav, Hannah, Adolph, Ellen and Josephine. His second marriage was in 1879, to Mary Johnson, a native of Norway ; they have one son (Abel), and are members of the Lutheran Church.
HALVER NERISON, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Utica ; was born in Norway in 1829; his parents came to America in 1844, and, in August of that year, settled on Sec. 18, town of Christiana, and bought a claim of 80 acres, and the next year his father entered 40 acres, which he improved and made it his home until his death, in 1874; his mother died in 1846; Halver has now a farm of 160 acres. He has been Justice of the Peace eight or nine years. He was married in Pleasant Spring, March 22, 1860, to Martha Howe, a native of Norway, and who came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in Pleasant Springs ; both are deceased ; they have one daughter-Ann. Members of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN C. OHNSTAD, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Christiana ; was born in Norway in 1828 ; he followed different kinds of employment till 1852, when he came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Christiana and worked as a farm hand ; in September, 1854, went into the pineries, spending four winters at that, and then engaged in rafting lumber down the Wisconsin and Mississippi to St. Louis ; in the fall of 1857, he bought a farm of 120 acres on Sec. 16, Christiana, and 20 in Deerfield, and settled then on the 120 acres in Christiana, where he has since devoted his time to farming and stock-raising. He was mar- ried, in 1857, to Miss Anna, daughter of Erick Johnson, a native of Norway, born in 1842, and came with her parents to Wisconsin in 1845; they have ten children-Christian, Martha M , Lena, Anna, Erick John, Andrew, Henry, Peter Otto, Nina and Edward T. They are members of the Lutheran Church.
TOSTEN OLSON (deceased) ; was a native of Norway, born at Bjorland Stavanger ; when a young man, he spent five years in the employ of the Government of his native country as mail-carrier ; in 1824, a crew of fifty-two, including Mr. Olson, set sail, on the 4th day of July, in a small sloop, as the first emigrants from Norway to America, and, after gliding smoothly over the " ocean waves " for a few days, they lost their course and sailed far to the south, arriving at the Island of Madeira; during the voy- age, they partook too freely of a cask of wine which they found floating on the water, and on nearing the port of Portugal they neglected to show any colors till fired upon from the harbor; a lady of the crew, being the only sober one, thought the cause of the trouble must be because they had shown no flag, and suddenly hoisted it, when the firing at once ceased ; a few minutes later, the Danish Consul and two others went out to intercept the crew ; finding them to be Norwegians, and the first to emigrate, he invited them to dine with him, which they gladly accepted ; after dinner, he addressed them for a short time, giv- ing them courage and a parting advice, and again got their sloop directed toward America ; after a fourteen weeks' perilous voyage, they reached the harbor of New York City early in September, 1824, having added one to their number during the voyage, a girl having been born on board the sloop ; none of the crew
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being able to speak or understand the English language, they found great difficulty in making their wants known, but finally disposed of their vessel for money enough to take them to New Jersey, where they found employment at cutting timber; their hardships were not yet ended ; poverty and sickness came upon them as a monster, want stared them sternly in the face, and they had no possible means of alleviat- ing it till the charity of the good Quakers of that State ministered to their needs till health was again restored to all ; Mr. Olson again turned his course Westward, and, later, settled in Michigan, where he served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade; moving thence to Illinois, he entered a small farm near the Fox River, built a shanty thereon, and for a time prosperity seemed to favor and reward him for his indus- try ; the Indians in that vicinity set fire to the prairie grass, which burned his shanty with all he had in it, but he again rebuilt, and made his home there for several years; in 1840, Mr. Olson, in company with Mr. Amund Anderson, emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., where he entered a farm of 80 acres and afterward made his home most of the time until his death, which occurred May 7, 1874. He was married, in 1844, to Gure Olson, who, with six children, survive him ; the children are as follows : Ole Tostenson (now a tobacco grower at Clinton, Dane Co., Wis.), Morgan Tostenson (now a resident of Christiana, Wis.), Jacob Tos- tenson, also of Dane Co.), Isabel (now Mrs. Douglas Hattley), Lena (who married O. A. Hoff), and Ann (now Mrs. William Brownty, of Clinton, Dane Co., Wis.).
CHRISTIAN C. OLSON, dry-goods merchant, Cambridge; is a native of Norway ; born in 1854, and emigrated to Wisconsin, at the age of 10 years, with his parents, Ole and Ingeborg Peter- son ; they settled, in 1864, in the town of Moscow, Iowa Co., where his parents now reside, and where he spent his time till 1867 ; he then began clerking in a dry-goods store at Monroe, Green Co., Wis., with the firm of Ball & Young, but soon became employed by Mr. D. S. Gascott, and remained with him one and a half years in grocery trade ; he next clerked five years for Mr. B. Chenoweth, in dry-goods trade, at that place; and in March, 1876, he came to Cambridge, Dane Co., and, with Mr. W. W. Hodges, began merchandising under the firm name of Olson & Hodge, which lasted two years ; he was next a mem- ber of the firm of T. Slagg & Co., and in November, 1879, became successor to the last-named firm. He was married at Warren, Ill., in September, 1878, to Mary E., daughter of John W. Force, a native of . Sauk Co., Wis., born in May, 1860.
KITTIL OLSON, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Christiana ; horn in Norway, in 1816, and devoted his time to farming in that country till 1853 ; he then emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., and, in 1856, located on his present farm, where he now owns 80 acres, and he also has 10 acres of timber in another section in this town. He was married in Norway, in 1840, to Ambjor Severson, who died in Christiana, Wis., in 1877. His second marriage was Aug. 6, 1880, to Turena Hanson, a native of Norway. They are members of the Lutheran Church.
REV. JACOB A. OTTESEN, Sec. 20 ; Pastor of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Christiana, Pleasant Springs and Deerfield; is a native of Norway, born June 1, 1825; his father, Rev. Otto C. Ottesen, was also a Lutheran divine, and for several generations his ancestors were prominent ministers in the Lutheran Synod of Norway ; our subject entered the college of Drammen at the age of 12 years, and completed his college course there in 1844 ; he soon after entered upon the study of theology at the University of Christiania, and graduated from the same in 1849, and was ordained by the Bishop in 1852. He was married in Norway June 11, 1852, to Chatinca Doederdsin ; on July 7 following they sailed for America, where he was called to the pastorate of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Manitowoc, Wis. ; he was one of the originators of the Norwegian Lutheran Synod in 1853, and has at all times taken an active part in all affairs pertaining to the interests of his church ; he was called, in 1860, to the pastor- ate of the churches of Pleasant Springs, Christiana and Deerfield, Dane Co., and has since been their regular Pastor. He has one son, Otto C., a graduate of Decorah, Iowa, and now a theological student at the Norwegian Lutheran Seminary of Madison.
THOMAS K. POTTER, proprietor of the Cambridge cheese-factory ; is a native of Jeffer- son Co., Wis .; born in the town of Oakland Oct. 11, 1855; he lived with his parents on the farm in his native town till 1871, when he began work in the Excelsior cheese-factory of Oakland, under Robert Roberts ; remaining with him in that factory for two years; he was next employed to run a factory for Mr. Stephen Faville in the town of Lebanon, Dodge Co .; in 1875, he run the factory at Ft. Atkinson for Olain, Gates & Co., and, in the spring of 1876, came to Cambridge, bought and has since been proprietor of this factory, where he now has a capacity of' 48,000 pounds per year. Mr. Potter was married, in August, 1878, to Miss Josephine, daughter of John and M. J. Gates, a native of the town of Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis. ; they have one son, Cameron.
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AMUND A. PRESCOTT, general merchant at Cambridge; was born in Norway March 3, 1823, and devoted his time principally to farming in his native country till 1844, when he sailed for America; landing in New York City in Angust; he came thence to Chicago, where he spent a few weeks, then went to Michigan pineries, about fifty miles north of Muskegon, where he found employment for two summers and five winters ; he bought a farm on Sec. 3, town of Christiana, Dane Co., in 1849, where he afterward devoted his time to agriculture and dealing in real estate for many years ; he came to Cambridge in the fall of 1868, and has since been engaged in the mercantile trade, dealing both in dry goods and gro- ceries. He was married, in Christiana, Wis., in 1849, to Martha A. Johnson, a native of Norway ; their children are Betsey, Andrew, who now lives in Iowa; Sarah, Albert, Emma, Christina and Peter. Mrs. Prescott has two daughters by her former husband, viz., Betsey, now the wife of Nels Stevens, and lives in Buffalo Co., Iowa ; and Maggie, now Mrs. T. C. Lund, of Stoughton, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Prescott are members of the Methodist Church.
OLE L. QUALEY, farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Cambridge ; a native of Norway ; was born in 1831, and emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents, Lars and Betsey Olson, in 1850; they settled on Sec. 9, town of Christiana, Dane Co., where his father bought a farm of 120 acres, and has since resided on this section. The mother of our subject died in January, 1880. Mr. Qualey has resided on this section most of the time since his immigration to Wisconsin, and now has a farm of 287 acres on Secs. 4, 8, 9 and 10. He was married, in the town of Deerfield, in 1857, to Betsey Severson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1845 ; their children are Louis S., Anna A., Betsey M. and Sever B. Mr. Q. was a member of the Town Board for one term ; the family is connected with the Lutheran Church.
OLE ROLFSON, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Christiana; was born in Norway in 1835 ; he is the son of Gunsteen and Caren S. Rolfson, natives also of Norway; the former born in 1798, and the latter Jan. 1, 1800; they emigrated as a family to Wisconsin in 1844, and reached the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Aug. 19 of that year; they settled soon after their arrival on Sec. 26, where his father died Dec. 6, 1873, and his mother Aug. 11, 1880, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the third ; he now owns a farm of 120 acres on this section. He was married, in Christiana, in 1857, to Isabel, daughter of Ole Knudson, who came with his family to Wisconsin in 1840, settling then in Racine Co., and, in 1843, they came to the town of Christiana, where her mother died in 1844, and her father in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Rolfson have eight children, as follows : B. G., Caroline C., Berthina O., Isabel S., Theodore, Julius G., Carl Johan and Oscar E. ; the family is connected with the Lutheran Church.
GULLICK F. SAUE, farmer, Sec. 2, Christiana, Sec. 35, Deerfield ; P. O. Cambridge; was born in Norway, Feb. 2, 1821, and was the only child of Tosten and Anna (Gullicksdatter) Olson, with whom he emigrated to America in 1840, and landed in New York City the 11th day of August, and in Chicago the 30th day of the same month, where his father died the 5th day of October, and mother the 8th of October following their arrival. He then, an orphan boy, in June, 1842, came via Racine, Milwaukee, Whitewater and Fort Atkinson, to the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., where he entered 114 acres on Sec. 2, Christiana, and Sec. 35, Deerfield, and bought 552 acres on Sec. 2, of Christiana ; he now owns a farm of 1,000 acres in the towns of Deerfield and Christiana. He has been a member of the Town Board for several terms. He was married in Deerfield in June, 1844, to Diana Torgeson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin with her brother in 1843. Their children are Torger, Gullick, Ole and Louis, all of whom are at home. The family is connected with the Lutheran Church.
REV. O. M. SAVIG, Utica, supply Pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Churches in the towns of Christiana, Pleasant Springs and Deerfield ; was born in Norway in 1850. He graduated from the Normal School at Tronkjim, and came to America in 1873, and stopped in Minnesota. He graduated from the Lutheran College at Decorah, Iowa, in 1877, and was ordained at Madison, Wis., April 4, 1880, by the President of the Eastern District of the Norwegian Synod. He came as supply to these churches April 11, on account of the ill health of the regular Pastor. He was married in Fillmore Co., Minn., July 12, 1880, to Augusta Stakke, a native of Norway, who came to Minnesota when only three years of age.
DAVID W. SCOBIE, manufacturer of wagons, carriages and agricultural implements, Cambridge; our subject is the son of Andrew and Jane Scobie, and was born in Scotland in 1842. At the age of 10 years he, with his parents, emigrated to America, and located at Cambridge, Dane Co., Wis., whence, after a short stay, they settled on a farm in the town of Oakland, Jefferson Co., where his parents lived till 1868. and then removed to Marquette Co., Wis., where his father died Feb. 20, 1873. His mother now resides in this village. Mr. Scobie entered upon his apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade
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at this place in 1862, but in the autumn of that year he enlisted in Co. D, 29th W. V. I., under Col. Gill, and served with his regiment, under Colonels Gill, Green and Hancock, in the Army of the West and South till mustered out at Shreveport, La., and discharged at Madison, Wis., in July, 1865; he then re- turned to his home in Oakland, and after a short time re-entered upon his apprenticeship with Mr. Adam Wilson, at Janesville, Wis., and in 1868 he came to Cambridge, and established himself in business, then with limited means and a limited eapaeity, which he has gradually inereased till he now gives employ- ment to seven men during the summer months and twelve during the winter months, and manufactures about 250 Flexible harrows, of which he is the patentee ; the number of carriages and wagons manufae- tured yearly are proportionally less, as he makes a specialty of the harrows. From all his sales he receives annually about $7,000. He was married at Cambridge, Wis., in 1869, to Miss Rosanna, daughter of James N. Kennedy, a native of Jefferson Co., Wis., born in the town of Oakland, in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Scobie have three children-Dora J., Mary B. and James A. The family is connected with the Presbyterian Church.
MONS SJURSEN, farmer, See. 13; P. O. Cambridge ; was born in Norway Dee. 27, 1834 ; he emigrated to America in 1854, and arrived at Milwaukee, Wis., the 4th day of July of that year; he went thence to Whitewater, and then to Stoughton, Wis., and lastly came to his cousin John E. John- son's, in the town of Christiana, Dane Co. ; after spending nine years in the employ of Mr. Johnson and others, he bought, in 1862, his present farm of 160 aeres, and has since made this his home. He was married, in November, 1862, to Lueinda Knudtson, a native of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1860; their children are-Martha M., Severt M. and Albert C. Mr. S. and family are members of the Lu- theran Church.
ANDREW SWAN, farmer, See. 6; is a native of Norway; was born in 1834, and emi- grated with his parents, S. and Dagna Swan, to Wisconsin in 1848, reaching the town of . Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., in October of that year ; settled on See. 12, where he resided until 1856; he then located on his present farm of 1504 acres, 80 of which lie in Sec. 1 of Pleasant Springs, the remain- der in See. 6 of Christiana. He was married, in 1856, to Julia Knudson ; she was a daughter of Iver and Anna Gilderhuus, with whom she came to Wisconsin in 1845; Mr. and Mrs. Swan have six children -Edward D., Anna M., George S., Ida C., Oscar C. and Gustav A. They are members of the Lu- theran Church.
KITTIL KITTILSON TEIGSETH, farmer, See. 32; P. O. Utica ; he is a native of Norway, and was born in 1829; he emigrated to Dane Co., Wis., in 1846, and settled with his parents on this section ; he now owns a farm of 200 aeres, which lies on Secs. 16, 32 and 33. He was married, in this town, in 1858, to Anna Ashlacksen, a native of Norway, and who died in 1861 ; his second marriage was in 1862, to Christie Helliekson, a native also of Norway, who came to Wisconsin in 1853; their children are-Andrew, Betsey and Henry. Mr. T. and family are members of the Lutheran Church.
CHESTER TELLEFSEN, merchant, Clinton ; he was born in Norway in 1821, and came to Wisconsin in 1843, spent one year, and in 1844 returned to Norway; in 1846, came with his parents, Tellef and Hage (Christiansen) Olson, to Wisconsin, and located in Christiana, where his mother died in 1850; his father died in 1865. Chester began clerking in a store for Warner Earll at Clinton, in 1848, and remained with him one year, when he went to Cambridge and elerked two years for David Davidsen ; then bought Mr. Davidsen's stock and removed it to Clinton, and has since been merchandising here. He has been Town Treasurer ; since 1870, has also been Postmaster. He was married, in Christiana, in 1851, to Miss Hage Osmendson, a native of Norway, and came to Wisconsin in 1844; they have nine children Serena, now Mrs. John Halversen; of Clinton ; Anna, now Mrs. Ole Mathison, and lives in Clinton ; - Charles, married ; Theodore, Louisa, Hannah, Amelia, Henry and Ellen. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.
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