Finnestad Ancestry

Here is a photo of the grave marker of Ole and Mari Finnestad's great grandson, Leonard August Sanderson. Leonard was born August 4, 1895 and died February 3, 1896.   He is buried at the Union Cemetery in Lee County, Illinois. Leonard was the first child born to Ellen Marie (Vallem) and Seward Sanderson, (though the second child born to Seward Sanderson who had previously been married to Martha Cody). Leonard's grandparents were Rachel (Finnestad) and Lewis Vallem.