Emigrant Info
| Emigrated | pre 1854 |
| Settled in | Story County |
| State | Iowa |
| Location | Story County, Iowa |
| Information | Pioneer minister; came to Story Co. from Lisbon, Ill., in 1854. He established the Palestina Congregation of the Augustana Synod at Huxley in 1855, the first Norwegian congregation in the county. The church was built in 1863. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 525, 74 |