Herbert B. Tysell Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1089-1090 in "History of Dakota 
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				HERBERT B. TYSELL. 

	Herbert B. Tysell, who since September, 1902, has been editor and 
owner of the Marshall County Journal, published at Britton, was born at 
Hawley, Minnesota, June 27, 1880, a eon of G. G. and Angeline (Burgess) 
Tysell. The father was born in Sweden in 1846 a son of Earl John 
Tysell. who was a member of the crack regiment of the King's Guards, 
stationed at the kings palace in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a very large 
man, straight as an arrow and of fine physique. Coming to the United 
States, he died at Hawley, Minnesota, at the advanced age of eighty-
five years. His son, C. G. Tysell, became a resident of Hawley in 1872 
and worked with a construction crew during the building of the railway 
to that place. He afterward homesteaded, proved up his claim and is 
still owner of that land. He turned from agricultural pursuits to 
engage in the hardware business, in which he continued successfully 
until a few years ago, when be retired with a substantial competence 
earned through his close and careful connection with business. In 
Hawley he married Angeline Burgess, who was born in Fayette, Maine, in 
1849, a daughter of Benjamin Burgess, who was likewise a native of the 
Pine Tree state and there lived until 1860, when he removed to 
Missouri, settling near Chillicothe. He followed farming there for 
several years and in the early '70s went to Hawley, Minnesota, where he 
passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Tysell were born six children, three 
of whom survive, as follows: Herbert B., of this review; John C., who 
is employed by the government in the agricultural experiment station at 
Dickinson, North Dakota; and Albion, who follows farming in North 
Dakota. The parents are members of the Congregational church and are 
people of the highest respectability, their many good traits of 
character winning for them wide confidence and warm regard. In his 
fraternal connections Mr. Tysell is an Odd Fellow, while in political 
belief he is a republican. 

	Herbert B. Tysell attended the high school of his native town and 
for one term was a student in the Carleton College at Northfield, 
Minnesota. He was afterward employed in his father,s store until 1896, 
when he began learning the printer's trade. He worked at Moorhead, 
Hawley and Waseca, Minnesota, and to some extent in Wisconsin and Iowa. 
In February, 1902, he removed to Britton, where in September of the 
same year he purchased the Marshall County Journal, which now has a 
circulation of one thousand. In connection with the publication of the 
paper he conducts a good job printing office and has secured a liberal 
patronage in that connection. He devotes the greater part of his time 
to his newspaper work and has made the Journal an interesting sheet, 
classed with the best country papers of its part of the state. 

	On the 19th of April, 1905, Mr. Tysell was united in marriage to 
Miss Lucy Jones, a daughter of E. O. Jones, who took up his abode among 
the early settlers of Marshall county in 1883. He held the office of 
county auditor and is now living retired in Britton, having devoted his 
attention to agricultural pursuits throughout his active business 
career with excellent success. Our subject and his wife have two 
children: Eleanor, who is attending school; and John, who is four years 
of age. 

	Mr. Tysell belongs to the Masonic fraternity, has passed through 
all of the chairs of the local lodge and for seven years was secretary 
of the Royal Arch chapter to which he belongs. He is also identified 
with the consistory and with the Mystic Shrine at Aberdeen and he is 
likewise a member of the Modern Woodmen. In politics he is a republican 
and for four years filled the office of postmaster at Britton. The 
guiding principle of his life is found in the teachings of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is an attendant. His entire 
career has been in harmony with noble purposes and he ever endeavors to 
follow closely in those paths which lead to loyalty and fidelity in 
citizenship, to integrity and reliability in business life and to 
trustworthiness in every relation.