Report From Genealogist:
Was only 23 years old when he purchased Grågård, which was to become the family farm, but showed himself quickly to be a very diligent farmer.
He passed his "studentereksamen" and had commenced law studies, and so was a very well-learned farmer. He was quite well-to-do and was active in cultivating and staking out the farm's building grounds. He wrote land titles and recorded minutes of the many societies of which he was the chairman.
!BIRTH His tombstone in Thorning, corroborated by letter dated 29 NOV 1976 to Henry Kjær of Gødvad from Otto Sørensen, Skive, Genealogist
!MARRIAGE Parish Records, Thorning, Viborg, Danmark, 1814-1858 (#54038)
!DEATH Parish Records, Thorning, Viborg, Danmark 1871-1892 (Dansk Rigsarkiv,
Arkivalieronline.dk), “Aftægstmand i Graa”, “83”. Also his tombstone in Thorning.
Shown on Thorning Afgangsliste (#54038) as arriving in Thorning in 1828 (~26 years old) but he may have owned the farm before he moved there.
1850 Census, Thorning, Lysgård, Viborg (#39363) shows his place of birth: Grinderslev, Viborg. Confirmed by 1845 Census (Dansk Rigsarkiv, Dansk Demografisk Database).
Photo is from
Arkiv.dk, #21 in Grågaard collection at
https://arkiv.dk/vis/4661295