| Origin (Norway) | Skipnes, Holden Prestegjeld, Skien |
| Emigrated | 1844 |
| Settled in | Codington County |
| State | South Dakota |
| Location |
Codington County, South Dakota |
| Information | He immigrated with his parents in 1844 and settled in Whitewater, Wisconsin. In 1852, the family moved to Koshkonong, Wisconsin. During the Civil War, he became a colonel and was better known as Ole Johnson or colonel Johnsen. He was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga and held at Libby Prison, from which he later escaped. In 1879 he bacame the first Norwegian to take land in Codington CountyIn, in the Dexter area. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 917, 143, 251, 252, 344 ,347 |
| Cross reference |
brother of #S1764 father of #S1766 |
