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 | | Peder Helgeson was born in April 1815 in Harestad, Skjold Parish, Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway and died June 1871 in Riceland Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota. |
 | | On November 7, 1854, Peder was married to Olive Thomasdter in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa (Olive was born August 4, 1824 in Norway and died February 15, 1917, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota). |
 | | Peder enlisted for three years on December 18, 1861 at the Town of Bancroft, Freeborn County, Minnesota and was mustered into Company K of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at the rank of Private on February 11, 1862, at Camp Randall, near Madison, Wisconsin. |
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