Carl A. Flissarum was born in Eda Sogn, Varmland, Sweden on August 29, 1857. When he was quite young, he emigrated to America with his mother and younger brother to settle near Quandahl, Almakee County, Iowa, where he grew to manhood. He was confirmed in the Lutheran church.
In 1881, the family came to Griggs County to Romness Township. He was a charter member of the Ringsaker church.
The Ole Overbys made their first home with this young bachelor who later gave up farming to take up the trade of carpentry. He, his mother, and his brother farmed until the latter two passed away.
It was Carl Flissarum who donated a site on the hill for a cemetery, and later the new Ringsaker church was built there. Heart failure was the cause of his sudden death in 1937 at the age of 79.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 page 391