Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Jæren, near Stavanger |
| Settled in | Lee County |
| State | Iowa |
| Location | Lee County, Iowa |
| Information | was born at Jæderen, near Stavanger about 1808. Settled in the Fox River settlement Illinois 1837. Later became almost the first Norwegian to settle on Iowa's fertile plains. Here he got land and stayed until 1864, when he moved further to New Sharon, Mahaska County, which became his new home until he died in 1895 |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 631, 60 |
| Cross reference | Husband of #G34702 |