Knud Stenersen KJEMHUS
- Born: 22 Dec 1838, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
- Baptized: 6 Jan 1839, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
- Marriage: Oline STEVENS on 5 Jun 1868 in Redwood County, MN 1
- Died: 23 Jan 1924, Becker County, MN at age 85 2
Other names for Knud were Knud Stenersen GLAIM, K.S. KJEMHUS and Knute Steenerson KJEMHUS.
Noted events in his life were:
• Reference: History of Rushford: Fillmore County, MN. K.S. Kjemhus, born in Norway in 1838, immigrated to Illinois in 1854, to Fillmore County in 1859, served throughout most of the Civil Ward with the 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery. Coming to Sandnes in 1867, he married Olina G. Stevens the following year.
[History of Rushford, Chapter VIII, Westward Migrations from Rushford, p263]
• Biography: Vesterheim Civil War Database. KJEMHUS, Knute
MN Hv Arty 1st Reg Co B. Born in Beggli, Nummedal, Norway, 22 Dec 1838, a son of parents Stener H. Kjemhus and Kari (born Kjontvedt). Came to America in 1854 and lived in Illinois. In 1859, he went to Fillmore County, Minnesota. In 1860 he went to Norway and returned in '61. Civil War: In 1862 he volunteered and was assigned to the Wisconsin 15th Infantry Company B (WI 15th Inf Co B), serving from 1862 to 1863. Private. Fought at Nashville, Tennessee. He was seriously wounded in the battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was given an honorable discharge due to his wounds. Later he enlisted in the 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery, serving there from 1 Oct 1864 to 26 Jul 1865. He became a Sergeant. Post war: In 1867, he filed for a homestead northwest of Cottonwood in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He married Oline Stevens on 5 Jun 1868. Seven children. After 35 years on their farm, they moved into the town of Cottonwood. Oline died 2 Jan 1915. Knute died 23 Jan 1924 at Lake Park, Minnesota, at the home of his daughter. Buried in Silo cemetery. Sources: (1890 Civil War Census) (Allard E Stevens, Granite Falls, Minnesota) (Article by Margit Bergseid, in "Numedalslaget Aarbok No. 14" Publ. 1928. p108) (Ulvestad p301) (Unidentified handwritten obituary) "Kjemhus, Knut Stenersen".
• Biography: History of the Minnesota Valley, 1882, Yellow Medicine County, MN. HISTORY OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY, PUBLISHED IN 1882.
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY, p895
Kjemhus, K. S. K. S. Kjemhus was born in Norway in 1838 and came to this country in 1854 and lived in Illinois till 1858; in 1859 he came to Fillmore County, Minnesota, and the next year returned to Norway, but came again in 1861. He enlisted in 1862 and was sick until his discharge in 1863; in 1864 he enlisted in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery and served through the war. In 1867 he came to Sandnes. Married in 1868, Olnia G. Stevens; seven children.
• Cemetery: Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Cottonwood, 1924, Lyon County, MN. Plot: lot 2 block 8 grave 7
Knud married Oline STEVENS on 5 Jun 1868 in Redwood County, MN.1 (Oline STEVENS was born on 31 Aug 1850 and died on 2 Jan 1915 in Lyon County, MN 3.)
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