Svend O. Ellingson

ELLINGSON

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Date: 11/7/2022 at 17:03:20

Svend O. Ellingson

Svend O. Ellingson came here in 1862. He was born in Norway, July 3, 1858. He came to America in 1861, landed at Montreal, Canada, and went at once to Adams Co., Wis., where he lived one year. He then came to Worth county, and lived in Silver Lake township most of the time until 1879. He then took a trip to Dakota; remained there six months, and returned to Worth county, where he has continued to live since. He is working a farm in Bristol township in connection with his brother Ole. The subject of this sketch was married to Caroline G. Larson, Dec. 21, 1862. There is one child- Otto N., born Oct. 16, 1882. Mr. Ellingson and his wife are members of the Norwegian Church. Politically he is a republican. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.716