(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 866)

Erick Ellingson is a pioneer of Silver Lake township. He was born in Norway, June 6, 1822, and come to America in 1857. That same year he settled in Silver lake township, on section 25, Worth County, where he has 470 acres of good land. He was married in 1848, to Carrie Swenson. They are the parents of two children - Berget, who is living at home, and Asa, who married H. O. Herman, and resides in the township. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, April 24, 2008