Spouse:
Ingebor Haugen (married on April 3, 1867)
Children:
Eleven children: Edward, Thomas, Bernard, Engebrit, Anna, Albert, Edward, Oscar, Carl, and two others
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
He came to American in 1849, first settling in Port Washington, Wisconsin, then Winneshiek County, Iowa, and finally, in Minnesota in 1855.
He is buried in Valley Grove Cemetery in Nerstrand, Minnesota.