Photos

Photos


Back row, left to right, Marwin, Helen, Bjarne, Wilhelm “Willie”, Richard, Donald, Carlyle “Carl”, Morgan Huglan, Riley Leach, Willis Foster
Middle row, left to right, J. Oliver, Mrs. Bjarne (Dorcas Jacobson) with Stephen, Mrs. Marwin (June Olson) with Bradley, Agnes, Myrtle Klope, Mrs. J. Oliver (Emma Everson), Mrs. Wilhelm (Edna Peterson) Harriet Sophia, Eleanor, Harriet Marie, Luella
Front row, left to right, Brian Foster, Mark Wrolstad, Daniel Wrolstad, Michael Huglen ,Mark Huglen (with Dan), Diane Huglen (Marquardt), Steven Huglen (with Diane),Amber Foster, James Wrolstad, Susan Foster

Jørgen Olson Wrolstad (A-6) Enlisted August 24, 1864, in Company A, 42nd Volunteer Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Appointed first sergeant, assigned to guard prisoners in Memphis, Tenn. He died in a military hospital At Cairo, Ill., March 12, 1865 and was buried in section B, grave 2,263, in Mound City, Ill.

John Olsen Wrolstad (A2-B) Enlisted November 5, 1861, in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment, serving until Feb. 10, 1865. More details in the Wrolstad Family History and on page 42 of Ole Goes To War, by Jerry Rosholt and at Vesterheim.org.
This colorful and masterfully crafted quilt was done by Mathea Johannesdatter Norde between 1861 and 1865 as she waited for her betrothed, John Olsen Wrolstad (A2-B) to return from the Civil War. Mathea and John were married in 1867. They had 12 children. The quilt is in a special collection at Vesterheim, Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa.

Kenneth Bergen Collection