Thompson, Michael

THOMPSON, AMUNDSON

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MICHAEL THOMPSON, a native of Haugesund, Norway, was born Feb. 23, 1835. He was reared and educated in his native country and engaged in teaching two years. In 1855 he emigrated to America, going first to Waupaca Co., Wis., where he made his home until 1868, when he came to St. Ansgar, Mitchell county. He was married Nov. 28, 1871, to Andrena Amundson, also born in Norway. They are the parents of five children, four of whom are living - Caroline, Theodor A., Hannah E. and Henry G. He enlisted in the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, company I, Nov. 18, 1861, serving until February 10, 1865. Enlisting as a private, he was promoted to corporal, then to sergeant. They are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

~History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa
Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Co., 1884; pg 494

(transcription source: Iowa Biographies Project)