“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


OLE OLESON,  farmer, Sec. 35;  P.O. Palmyra; born in Norway April 
29, 1836; came to America in 1849, locating in Palmyra, where he has 
since lived.  He enlisted in 1861 in the 15th W.V.I., and was in the battles 
of Island No. 10, Stone River, Perryville, Franklin, Chickamauga, 
Lookout Mountain and Knoxville, and fought with Sherman to Atlanta; 
was in the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., and the battles of Franklin and 
Nashville, Tenn.; honorably discharged in February, 1865.  He located 
on the farm he now owns of eighty-one acres in 1874.  Married Miss 
Mary Gilbertson April 8, 1874; they have two children – Otto and Lena.  
Mr. Oleson is a Republican and a member of the Lutheran Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)