Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . CAPTAIH OLE M. MRS. OLE H. BEHDIXEN. COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY. 393 Ole M. Bendixen received a limited edu-cation in the schools of his native land, andwas reared to farm life. He was seventeenyears of age when he accompanied his par-ents on their emigration to tlie new world,and has since made his home in Lewistontownship, Columbia county, Wisconsin, onthe farm which his father took as a squat-ters claim. He now owns six hundredacres of valuable land divided into fourfarms, and has
Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . CAPTAIH OLE M. MRS. OLE H. BEHDIXEN. COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY. 393 Ole M. Bendixen received a limited edu-cation in the schools of his native land, andwas reared to farm life. He was seventeenyears of age when he accompanied his par-ents on their emigration to tlie new world,and has since made his home in Lewistontownship, Columbia county, Wisconsin, onthe farm which his father took as a squat-ters claim. He now owns six hundredacres of valuable land divided into fourfarms, and has for many years made a spe-cialty of hop culture. During the Civil war Mr. Bendixen en-hsted October 29, 1861, in Comppmy D, Fif-teenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, whichwas assigned to the Army of the Cumber-land, and at different times was under thecommand of Commodore Foote, GeneralsBuell, Rosecrans and Sherman. His firstengagement of any importance was the siegeof Island No. 10, which was followed by thebattles of Perryville, Stone River and Chick-amauga. At the last named engagement hewas wounded and sent to hospital
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