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Marriage: Children:

  1. Christina Ottesen: Birth: ABT 1857 in Vermont, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Death: 7 APR 1940 in Starbuck, Pope Co., Minnesota

  2. Anna Ottesen: Birth: 29 MAR 1859 in Vermont, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Death: 9 FEB 1886 in Vernon Co., Wisconsin

  3. Oline Ottesen: Birth: 24 DEC 1862 in Vermont, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Death: 1941 in Pasadena, California

  4. Henrietta "Etta" Jacobina Ottesen: Birth: 16 MAR 1865 in Vermont, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Death: 15 MAR 1915 in Pope Co., Minnesota

  5. Otto Ottesen: Birth: 11 NOV 1867 in Vermont, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Death: 30 MAR 1888 in Pope Co., Minnesota

  6. Peder "Peter" Samuel Otteson: Birth: 10 JUN 1870 in Vermont, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Death: 13 NOV 1929 in Glenwood, Pope Co., Minnesota

  7. Henry Christian Ottesen: Birth: 11 JAN 1873 in Pope Co., Minnesota. Death: 24 JUL 1964 in St. Paul, Minnesota

  8. Inga Louise Ottesen: Birth: 12 JUL 1875.

  9. Ida Marie Ottesen: Birth: 11 DEC 1877 in Starbuck, Pope Co., Minnesota. Death: 15 JUN 1971 in Grafton, Walsh Co., North Dakota

  10. Ella Ovidia Ottesen: Birth: 4 JUL 1880 in Pope Co., Minnesota. Death: 13 JAN 1881 in Pope Co., Minnesota

  11. Unborn Ottesen: Birth: 25 DEC 1883.


Notes
a. Note:   Nobody from the Vermont area was in the 16th Regiment until September 19, 1864, when six Vermonters signed up together: Jacob Ottesen, Gilbert Ede, Andrew Albertson, Erik Soley, John Barsness and John H. Urness. The war was almost over, but General William T. Sherman was organizing for his "March to the Sea." The six men had a quick training period at Camp Randall in Madison and soon joined Sherman's Army at Atlanta, Georgia. From there, they headed for the Atlantic Ocean and spent Christmas 1864 in Savannah. In January they headed north through the Carolinas and were involved in the battles of Pocotaligo, Whippy Swamp, Orangeburg, Chersaw and Bentonville. At Bentonville the 16th suffered the embarassment of being defeated in the last Confederate victory of the war. However, none of the boys from Vermont were killed. - from the book, "Vermont History, Biographical Sketches, Then and Now, August 1977, put together by Vermont residents
  WALDEN TOWNSHIP - The township of Walden was organized in 1872 at the dwelling house of Iver P. Barsness. The first town clerk was Chas. H. Hunter who was one of the early settlers in 1871. He came from Malden, Mass., and interested himself in the organization of the town. In his honor the township was named Malden. By the mistake of the Co. auditor and Co. commissioners the M was changed to W in the official records. A school district was organized in 1874. The Lutheran Church congregation was organized in 1871. The first settlers in this township (1871) were Iver P. Barsness and his sons, Eaver E. and Andrew E. Barsness. Andrew E. Barsness is now the oldest living settler in the township. Others who came in 1871 were Lars Sylvester, Hans Samuelson, Syver T. and T. T. Ofsthun with their widowed mother, Mari, Jacob Otteson, Otto Otteson, Gjert Pederson Stokkeness, Erick Opheim, Elling Engebretson and Hans Erickson. Most of these settlers of 1871 came from near Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin. C. W. Churchill and B. L. Shepherd were also among the settlers of this time. The following are living on the farms homesteaded by their fathers: Martin S. Ofsthun, son of Syver T. Ofsthun, Albert Samuelson, son of Hans Samuelson, Otto Otteson, Jr., son of Otto Otteson. Hans Snippen, one of the early settlers, was frozen to death in the blizzard of 1872.

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