Ole Sondreson REISHUS
- Born: 10 Apr 1843, Seljord, Telemark, Norway 1
- Baptized: 17 Apr 1843, Flatdal, Seljord, Telemark, Norway
- Died: 6 Jan 1908, Ramsey County, MN at age 64 2
Another name for Ole was O. S. REISHUS.
Noted events in his life were:
• Confirmation: Highland Prairie, 1860, Fillmore County, MN. 3 324 1860.05.13 Ole 1843.04.06 Fladdal, Sillejord Søndre Reishuus/Ingeborg Torjersd Highland Prairie Rushford Fillmore Co., Minn
• Military Service: Private, Civil War: MN. Private, Company D1, Minnesota, Heavy Artillery [gravestone]
REISHORS, Ole S.
MN Hv Arty 1st Reg Co D. Residence not shown. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 21 (31?). Enrolled 5 Oct 1864. Mustered the same day. Private. Discharged from the service with his company, 26 Sep 1865. Sources: (MINN p585) (MCIW p622)
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REISHUS, Ole S.
MN 1st Inf Co D. From Flatdal, Telemarken, Norway. Born in 1843. Came with his parents to America in 1843. Eventually settled in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Civil War: Mustered 4 Oct 1864. Private. An artilleryman. In the Civil War, he served in the 1st Minnesota Battery as company clerk. He was also clerk of general courts martial at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mustered out 15 Oct 1865. Post war: Lived in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Married in 1867 to Ingobar Olson, a native of Norway. Sources: (Compendium of History and Biography of Central and Northern Minnesota, Publ. by Geo A. Ogle & Co, Chicago, 1904. p489) (Civil War Census information from Allard E Stevens, Granite Falls, Minnesota) (Ulvestad p324)
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• Reference: History of the Minnesota Valley: Renville County, MN. p818
O. S. Reishus, born April 6, 1843 in Norway, immigrated to Wisconsin, while young, with his parents. Was educated at the college of Decorah Iowa. Removed in 1854, from Wisconsin to Fillmore county, Minnesota, and enlisted in 1864, in Company D, First Minnesota heavy artillery and served through the remainder of the war. In 1870 he settled on a farm in Yellow Medicine county and in 1872 was elected representative from that county; during 1873 he was engrossing clerk. After residing there two and one-half years he came to Sacred Heart and in 1881 came to the village; has held various town offices and been postmaster since 1875; was for a time in the drug business. Married in 1867 Ingebar Prestgarden; five children are living.
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