Oliver LARSON
- Born: 24 Apr 1834, Avaldsnes, Rogaland, Norway
- Baptized: 27 Apr 1834, Avaldsnes, Rogaland, Norway 3
- Marriage (1): Susan HANSON on 4 May 1861 in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA 1
- Marriage (2): Sarah A HANSON on 17 Feb 1867 in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA 2
- Died: 1 Nov 1870, Illinois, USA at age 36 4
Cause of his death was tuberculosis (unconfirmed).
Another name for Oliver was Halvor Larsen VÅGE.
Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration: from Norway, 1856, America. 5 leaving Avaldsnes 30 April 1856...
10, ungkard Hellick Lars
en Sondre Vaage, 23 3/4 [brother]
11, ungkard Halvor Lars
en Sondre Vaage, 21
12, Ægte folk Ole Reier, 25 1/2, Amerika [brother-in-law]
sen Gismervig og
13, Quinde Anne Christi, 22 1/4 [sister]
ne Larsdatter
• Census: Bruce, 1860, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA. line 10
5207 5734 Thos Richardson 22 Farmer Norway [his sister's brother-in-law]
Halva [Halver] Larson 25 " Norway
[page 10 of 31]
• Military: Civil War Service, 1862, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA. 6 Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name: LARSON, OLIVER
Rank: PVT
Company: F
Unit: 104 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence: BRUCE, LASALLE CO, IL
Age: 27
Height: 5' 10
Hair: SANDY
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: SANDY
Marital Status: MARRIED
Occupation: FARMER
Nativity: NORWAY
Service Record
Joined When: AUG 14, 1862
Joined Where: OTTAWA, IL
Joined By Whom: HIMSELF
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In: AUG 27, 1862
Muster In Where: OTTAWA, IL
Muster In By Whom:
Muster Out: JUN 6, 1865
Muster Out Where: WASHINGTON, DC
Muster Out By Whom: CPT TRACY
Remarks
• Notes: Military Unit, 1862, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA. Also in Oliver's military unit is his cousin, once removed, Thomas Ryerson, who enlisted on the same day.
• Census: Rooks Creek, 1870, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. Oliver Larson 36
Sarah Larson 22
Lars Larson 1
Peter Larson 27 [brother]
• Cemetery: Johnson Cemetery, 1870, Livingston County, Illinois, USA.
• Reference: Civil War service, 1888, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. ...served through the war, receiving a slight wound on the neck, was honorably discharged...
[p1131, Portrait and bigraphical album of Livingston County, Ill.]
• Notes: RBL Notes. Halvor (Oliver) Larsen Øygarden (Aygarn): b. 1834, d. 1 Nov. 1870. Halvor immigrated to America in 1855 [1856]. He died of tuberculosis he caught in the army, buried in Amity Township, Illinois. He married 1) to Sonneva Hansdtr. (Hanson) Gaupås, (b. 1842, d. 1865), he married 2) to her sister (Anna) Serine (Serina) Hansdtr. (Hanson) Gaupås, (b. 1848, d. 1901). Halvor farmed in Amity Township (then Rook's Creek) Livingston County, Illinois near Pontiac, Illinois. His sister Lisa Ryerson also lived in Amity Township. See Lisa under 10. below.
When he enlisted in the army in 1861 they spelled his name Oliver. He had his cousin Helleck Worra come over from Norway to take care of his farm when he was in the army. Halvor's first wife and child died before he was discharged from the army. Then, on 7 Feb. 1867, he married Serine Hanson, his first wife's sister. When Halvor died in 1870, Serine and their son Lars Aygarn remained on the farm. On 4 Jan. 1873 Serine married Helleck Worra who took over the farm and raised the boy. When Lars became of age, the farm was deeded over to him and the Worras moved onto Hellick Worra's land nearby. The deed is dated 23 May 1891.
"Oliver came to Illinois, married, and enlisted in the army about 1863; served through the war, receiving a slight wound in the neck, was honorably discharged, and died on the 1st of Nov. 1870, leaving one child, Lars Aygarn, who lives in Illinois." From "History of the Norwegians of Illinois", A. E. Strand, John Anderson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1905. [either this citation is incorrect or there are multiple volumes of this history - I didn't find any reference to Oliver]
• Reference: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1908. 7 104th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Dyer's Regimental History
from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III, Regimental Histories
by Frederick H. Dyer [1908]
Note: HTML format added to aid digestion.--if you remove the format you have Dyer's original text [He didn't use complete sentences].
104th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized at Ottawa, Ill., and
mustered in August 27, 1862 and ordered to Louisville, Ky.
Attached to 39th Brigade, 12th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862.
District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio. to December, 1862.
Prisoners of war to April, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-
Moved from Louisville to Frankfort Ky., September, 1862, and duty there till October 25. Moved to Hartsville, Tenn., October 26-December 1.
Action at Hartsville December 7.
Regiment captured and paroled.
Sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., and duty there as paroled prisoners of war till April, 1863 when declared exchanged.
Ordered to Brentwood Tenn.; thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and duty there till June.
Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7.
Elk River July 3.
Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.
Davis Cross Roads, near Dug Gap September 11.
Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21.
Rossville Gap September 21.
Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
Lookout Mountain November 24.
Mission Ridge November 25.
Pea Vine Valley and Graysville November 26.
Taylor's Ridge, Ringgold Gap, November 27.
At Chattanooga till February, 1864.
Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 10, and duty there till March 16.
Moved to Chattanooga March 16-19.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May l-September 8.
Demonstration of Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
Near Resaca May 13.
Battle of Resaca May 14-16.
Advance on Dallas May 18-26.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 6.
Pickett's Mills May 27.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
Pine Mountain June 11-14.
Lost Mountain June 15-17.
Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
Chattahoochie River July 6-18.
Peach Tree Creek June 19-20.
Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 26.
Utoy Creek August 6-7.
Flank movement on Jonesboro August 26-30.
Near Red Oak August 29.
Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
Operations against Hood In North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
March to the sea November 16-December 10.
Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
Near Stroud's Mills S. C., February 26.
Cloud's House February 26.
Near Rocky Mount February 28.
Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N. C., March 16.
Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April l4.
Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D. C. via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
Grand Review May 24.
Mustered out June 6 and discharged at Chicago, Ill. July 11, 1866.
Regiment lost during service
6 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
2 Officers and 76 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 194.
Oliver married Susan HANSON, daughter of Zacharias Hansen GUBAAS and Valborg Iversdatter BJOLAND, on 4 May 1861 in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA.1 (Susan HANSON was born on 6 Jul 1838 in Skjold, Rogaland, Norway, baptized on 5 Aug 1838 in Skjold, Rogaland, Norway and died before Jun 1865 in USA.)
Oliver next married Sarah A HANSON, daughter of Zacharias Hansen GUBAAS and Valborg Iversdatter BJOLAND, on 17 Feb 1867 in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA.2 (Sarah A HANSON was born on 27 Feb 1848 in Skjold, Rogaland, Norway, baptized on 23 Apr 1848 in Skjold, Rogaland, Norway and died on 25 Jul 1901 in Wright County, Iowa, USA.)
Marriage Notes:
Sarah (Anne Serine) was the sister of Oliver's (Halvor's) first wife.
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