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- 6 DINA ANDERSON, b. September 14, 1843, in Dane Co., Wis. (hus) Torger Andreas Torgerson, b. January 26, 1838, in Norway, Europe. Married June 10, 1866, at the East Koshkonong church in Dane County. Dina was educated at home and in the public schools of Dane County. After her marriage she served as a capable and hospitable housewife and an efficient helper in the parish work of her husband. After the death of her husband she shared the home of her son, Rev. A. J. Torgerson, and continued her own housekeeping until a few years before her death March 11, 1935. Her husband came with his family to America at the age of twelve years. The family engaged in farming in Waupaca county, Wis. He worked in logging camps in the state to earn money to defray his expenses in acquiring an education. Attended Concordia college, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Concordia Theological seminary, St. Louis, Mo. Theological candidate in 1865. Served as first lieutenant in a regiment organized for defense of St. Louis during the Civil War. He was pastor in Worth county, Iowa, from 1865, until his death on January 7, 1906. He served as professor of theology at Luther seminary, Madison, Wis., during a vacancy in 1881-82. During a number of years he served as secretary of the Geneal Pastoral Conference of the Norwegian Synod, and of the Iowa District of the Norwegian Synod. He became president of the Iowa district in 1894 and continued in office until his death. They were both laid to rest in Sion cemetery in Worth County. Children born to this union are,- Jacob (6a), Laurentius (6b), Augustinus (6c), Wilhelm (6d), Jacob (6e), Thomas (6f) and Abel (6g). [1]
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