(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 716)

Svend O. Ellingson came here in 1862. He was born in Norway, July 3, 1858. He came to America in 1861, landed at Montreal, Canada, and went at once to Adams Co., Wis., where he lived one year. He then came to Worth county, and lived in Silver Lake township most of the time until 1879. He then took a trip to Dakota; remained there six months, and returned to Worth county, where he has continued to live since. He is working a farm in Bristol township in connection with his brother Ole. The subject of this sketch was married to Caroline G. Larson, Dec. 21, 1862. There is one child- Otto N., born Oct. 16, 1882. Mr. Ellingson and his wife are members of the Norwegian Church. Politically he is a republican.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, April 24, 2008