Jens Anderson
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| Name at Enlist | Jens Anderson |
| Birth Name | Jens Andersen Bærumvæm |
| Lived | 5 Feb 1837 – 18 Oct 1877 |
| Birth Place | Bærumvæm, Asker parish, Akershus fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Chippewa, Chippewa County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | I |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 20 Dec 1861 |
| Burial Location | Big Elk Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Elk Mound, Chippewa County, WI |
| Mother | Mari Larsdatter |
| Father | Anders Nielsen |
| Immigration | 1856 |
| Spouse | Dorthea Nelson |
| Spouse Lived | 1844-4 Feb 1872 |
| Married On | 10 Feb 1865 |
| 2nd Spouse | Hendrikke |
| 2nd Spouse Lived | 1837-28 Dec 1880 |
Jens Anderson was born in Asker parish in Akershus fylke on February 5, 1837 and left the parish for America on April 23, 1856. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company I. The men of the company called themselves the “Scandinavian Mountaineers” but were also known as the “Waupaca Company” because so many of them were living in that Wisconsin county when they enlisted.
The army listed Anderson as living in Chippewa, Chippewa County, WI, age 24, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on December 9, 1861, at Wheaton, WI, and mustered at Madison, WI, on December 20, 1861, as a Private (Menig). He was sick in Chattanooga, TN, on October 17 and November 28, 1862. He was sick in Knoxville, TN, on February 25, 1864. He was sent to the Division hospital in Nashville, TN, on August 11, 1864. He mustered out with I Company at Chattanooga, TN, on February 10, 1865.
He married to Dorthea Nelson and they had at least one child, AdolphNicolai (1871-1942). He married second, Hendrikke and they had at least two children: Carl John (1875-?) and Henri Olai (1876-1954). Jens died on October 18, 1877.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-11; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 128; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 584; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 281, photo, pp. 314, e50; “Notes of a Civil War Soldier“, Bersven Nelson, Norwegian-American Studies, vol. 26, NAHA, 1974, p. 127; rootsweb.com; “Biography of Adolph Anderson” (who was Jens’ son); ancestry.com; findagrave.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #18684.