Hans B. Museus
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| Name at Enlist | Hans B. Museus |
| Birth Name | Hans Bohsen Museus |
| Other Names | Hans Musdus, Hans Boesen Musæus, Hans Musans |
| Lived | 13 May 1812 – 3 Mar 1885 |
| Birth Place | Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | D |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 18 Jan 1862 |
| Death Location | Turtle Lake, Barron County, WI |
| Burial Location | Independent Cemetery, Arland, Barron Co, WI |
| Mother | Karen Birgithe Dahl |
| Father | Christian Johannessen Musæus |
| Spouse | Ingeborg Catherine Halvorsdatter/Strøm |
| Spouse Lived | 26 Apr 1809 – 27 Sep 1897 |
| Married On | 21 Aug 1842 |
| Marriage Location | Langestrand, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
Hans Bohsen Museus was born in Trondheim, Norway. He emigrated with his wife and 3 sons settling near Oconomowoc, WI. He and his son, Halvor, joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company D. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Wolf Hunters.” They were also known as the “Waupun Company” because so many of its members were from that WI county.
The army listed him as living in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI, age 45, and married. He had blue eyes, gray hair, light complexion, and stood 5’7”. He enlisted for three years on January 8, 1862, at Oconomowoc, and mustered at Madison, WI, January 18, 1862, as a Private (Menig). He was discharged from the service for disability on August 7, 1862, at Jacinto, MS.
He (recorded as Hans B. Musans) enlisted again for one year on September 1, 1864, at Madison, WI, his enlistment credited to Windsor, Dane County, WI. He mustered on September 9, 1864, at Madison as a Private (Menig) in the WI 28th Infantry, earning a bounty of $100. He was discharged at Clarksville, TX, on July 19, 1865.
After farming for many years near Ixonia, Jefferson County, WI, Hans moved briefly to Rush River, St. Croix County, then to Turtle Lake Township, Barron County, WI, where he died.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, boxes 76-6, 78-3, 132-13; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, vol. 20, p. 62, vol. 33; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 311; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1895, Decorah, IA, p. 452; Oberst Heg og hans Gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 302; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL; arkivverket.no, Sør-Trøndheim county, Domkirken, Trondheim, Parish register, nr. 601A07 (1770-1819) Birth and baptism records 1812, p. 210; Vestfold county, Langestand in Larvik, Parish register nr. II 3 (1842-1856), Marriage records 1842, p. 222; findagrave.com; ancestry.com, US Census 1870, Ixonia, Jefferson, WI, Roll M593_1719, p. 115B, image 234, FHL film 553218, US Census 1880, Rush River, St. Croix, WI, Roll 1445, p. 225D, Enumeration District 223, Family History Film 1255445.