Johannes Severson
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| Name at Enlist | Johannes Severson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Sorenson; John S. Mark; Sjugurdson; Syverson |
| Lived | 3 Dec 1812 – 28 Jul 1885 |
| Birth Place | Ål, Buskerud |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Worth County, IA |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Burial Location | South Shell Rock Cemetery, Northwood, Worth County, IA |
| Mother | Sidsel Olsdatter |
| Father | Syver Johansen Mork |
| Spouse | Birgit Thomasdatter Raaen |
| Spouse Lived | 1818- 3 Oct 1887 |
| Married On | 15 Oct 1837 |
| Marriage Location | Ål, Buskerud, Norway |
Johannes Severson was born in 1812 in Norway. In 1855, he married Birgit Thomasdatter Raaen on October 15, 1837. He claimed land in Hartland Township, Worth County, IA. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K. The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in Minnesota and Iowa, with the rest from Wisconsin.
The army listed him as living in Worth County, IA, age 49, and married. He enlisted for three years on December 10, 1861, in Worth County and mustered at Madison, WI, on February 11, 1862, as a Private (Menig). Severson was left behind sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on June 11, 1862. He was wounded April 30, 1863, and then was listed as a deserter. He was reported to have died on July 28, 1885. He was buried at South Shell Rock Cemetery, Northwood, Worth County, IA.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 49-12; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 148; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Amundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 642; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 319; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 328; Walk: Atlas of Worth County 1913, section 2 p. 6 col. 1; digitalarkivet.no; 1870 Census, M593_427, Page: 437A, Image: 217, Family History Library Film: 545926,ancestry.com; findagrave.com.