Ben E. Knudtson

KNUDTSON

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 2/4/2006 at 11:31:27

Ben E. Knudtson was born in Winneshiek Co., Iowa, near Decorah, March 19, 1852. He is the oldest of seven children, and a son of Edward and Tina (Benson) Knudtson. In 1868 he came to Newburg, Mitchell county, where he remained with his parents on a farm until 1877, when they came to Barton township, Worth county. Mr. Knudtson was married April 11, 1876, to Martha T. Olson. Mrs. Knudtson died April 11,1883. By this union there was one child—Carrie T., who was born May 6, 1877, and died May 12, 1883. Mr. Knudtson, in politics, is a republican, and a member of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 706