WI BIO - Dane Co - TOSTENSON, Helleck
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, p 608

Helleck TOSTENSON, a farmer of Dane County, Wisconsin, was born in Christiana 
Township, Dane County, Wisconsin, 17 October 1847, a son of Tosten LIVERSON 
and Christie GUNDERSON. The parents were born in Flesberg, Norway, where 
they were married in the spring of 1842. [Flesberg is a kommune in Buskerud 
fylke.] They came to this township and county [Christiana Township, Dane 
County, WI] in October of the same year [1842], purchasing 160 acres of land. 
There were but few improvements on the place, but before the father's death 
many substantial buildings told of his untiring energy and desire to make 
home what it should be. His (Tosten LIVERSON's] death occurred in March 
1857, and the mother still resides on the old homestead. They were the 
parents of seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom our subject 
was the third child in order of birth.

Helleck TOSTENSON was reared to farm life, and received only a limited 
education. After the father's [Tosten LIVERSON's] death, the eldest brother, 
Levi, was chosen administrator, and after the latter's [Levi's] death, in 
1873, our subject [Helleck TOSTENSON] purchased the interests of the 
surviving heirs to the homestead, where he has since made his home. In 1890 
he sold 165 acres, formerly the home of a brother-in-law, and bought ninety 
acres on section 29, which he is now improving. Politically Mr. [Helleck] 
TOSTENSON takes an active interest in the Democratic party, has held the 
office of Township Assessor two terms, and has served as Supervisor many 
terms. Religiously he affiliates with the Lutheran Church. [Alternate 
spellings for TOSTENSON are TORSTENSON and THORSTENSON.]

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