Copies of various autobiographical, genealogical, and miscellaneous writings of a carpenter who emigrated from Arendal to Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1861. In 1867 he settled in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he farmed and served in many county…
Afred Jesness was born in Sawn Lake Township, Stevens County, Minnesota on 1883 February 2. His parents, Ole and Berte Larson, immigrated from Hedemarken, Norway in 1872 and moved to Stevens County in 1875. They homesteaded adjacent to Ole's half…
