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PVT Elif Albertson

16 Dec 1845 – 12 Sep 1915

Birth16 Dec 1845
Death12 Sep 1915
CemeteryOakwood Cemetery
Tyler , Smith County , Texas , USA
Added byDavid Hill on 21 Aug 2005
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From Vesterheim.org: Three brothers in the civil war born in former Holt kommune. Holt is today part of Tvedestrand kommune, Aust-Agder fylke. : ALBERTSON. Elif TX 20th Cav Co C. CSA. Born "Ellev Andersen Berge" on 18 Dec 1845 at Holt, Norway. Civil War: Enlisted for one year on 10 Mar 1862 at Prairieville, Texas. Private. Served until his Regiment surrendered on 23 Jun 1865. Post war: Died on 15 Sep 1915 at Tyler, Smith County, Texas. Sources: (www.borgerkrigen.info) ALBERTSON, Thomas TX 11th Inf Co B. CSA. Born "Terje Andersen Berge" on 15 Jun 1832 in Holt, Norway. Civil War: Enlisted for one year on 10 Feb 1862 at Tyler, Texas. Private. Transferred on 22 May 1863 to the 4th Texas Field Battery, also known as the Van Dorn Light Artillery, previously called Mechling's-Haldeman's Texas Battery. Absent on detached service at Taylor Hospital, Alexandria, Louisiana, from 28 May 1863 until the end of the war. Sources: ("Norwegian Soldiers in Confederate Forces" by C.A.Clausen & Derwood Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p114) (Norge I Texas) (www.borgerkrigen.info) "Albertsen, Terje" Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p114) (Norge I Texas) (www.borgerkrigen.info) "Albertsen, Terje" ALBERTSON, Elling TX 11th Inf Co I. CSA. Born "Elling Andersen Berge" on 24 Dec 1841 at Holt, Norway. Civil War: Private. Enlisted for three years or the war on 3 Jul 1862 at Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas. Private. Discharged 15 Aug 1862. Later he became a Private in TX 1st Cav Co F, enlisting on 27 Jun 186? at Smith County. Died 24 Aug 1865 at Tyler, Texas. Sources: ("Norwegian Soldiers in Confederate Forces" by C.A.Clausen & Derwood Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p114) (www.borgerkrigen.info) (Norge i Texas, by Odd Magnar Syversen, publ. 1982) (Contributor: Torkel(48106268) - 04Sep2024) ---------------- Pvt Co I 11th TX Inf CSA Proud Confederate Soldier Elif Albertson was born December 16, 1845, in Arandale, Norway, to Albert Albertson and Bertha Berge. He was a Confederate soldier in Company I, 11th Texas Infantry. He came to Tyler with his family in 1856, and was one of the oldest merchants in Tyler. Mr. Albertson was in business continously for nearly 50 years. He was in the merchantile business with his brother Thomas. Mr. Albertson died on September 12, 1915, at the age of 69. He had been in ill health for several weeks, having suffered from a stroke. He was survived by his widow, the former Ellen Halverson, whom he married in 1868; and seven children: Otto and Harry Albertson, Misses Fannie and Annie Albertson; Mrs. E.M. Holtzclaw; Orelia Blackburn, all of Tyler; and Mrs. C.M. Moore, Clifton, Texas. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery. [Tyler Daily Courier Times, September 13, 1915, and November 9, 1915; Texas Death Certificate] -------------------------- ALBERTSON, ELEF Elef Albertson is a native of Norway, born Dec. 16, 1845. Emmigrated to America and settled in Tyler, Texas, August 1, 1858. Enlisted in company C, 20th Texas cavalry in 1862, and was with his command until the surrender in 1865, being always ready for duty as a soldier during the. campaigns in which his regiment participated. On Nov. 19, 1868, he was married to Miss Ellen Halverson, of Prairieville, Kaufman county, Texas. He is a leading merchant of Tyler at this writing and enjoys the public confidence for his sterling qualities and good citizenship. (Source: Texans Who Wore The Gray Vol. 1, Sid S. Johnson, Tyler, Tex, 1907 Contributor: Sherry (47010546)

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