The biographical subject, a native of Birkenes, Norway, was born.

The evidence

• “He has a genius for hard work, and with unusual clear-sightedness he has been able to avail himself of opportunities when they occurred and to make them when they did not, with the result that he now ranks among the leading substantial citizens of his city. He is a native of Birkenes, Norway, and was born July 15, 1828.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 326 / book p. 823

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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