Date of Birth: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Aadalen
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Norway
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            11/3/1923
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Albert Lea
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Prosperous Farmer
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Judge: 
                                            Albert Lea, Minnesota (Justice of the Peace); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Postmaster: 
                                            Albert Lea, Minnesota; 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Executive Branch: 
                                            United States Revenue Department (Revenue Assessor); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Albert Lea, Minnesota (Town Clerk); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Albert Lea, Minnesota (Treasurer); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Albert Lea, Minnesota (School District Clerk); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Army Infantry, 16th Regiment, Company H (Tullahoma, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; and Stevenson, Alabama; Suffered from Chronic Diarrhea and Inflammation of the Lungs, Discharged at Lookout Mountain, Private); 
                         
                         02/19/1862 to 02/19/1865