BIOGRAPHIES: Torger GUNDERSON, Sumner Township, Trempealeau Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Nance Sampson, Trempealeau Co. WIGenWeb CC 26 April 2005 ************************************************************************ **Posted for informational purposes only. I am not related to the subject of this biography, nor do I have any further information on this family. Torger Gunderson came to Trempealeau County in 1874, and located on a farm of 160 acres in section 22, Sumner Township, which he operated until 1900, when he rented it to his son Samuel, the fourth of his 12 children (who purchased it in 1906), and retired to a farm of 120 acres in section 28, in the same township, where he now lives. He was born in Norway, Feb. 20, 1846, came to America in 1869, and lived in Vernon County, this State, five years before coming to this county. His wife, Randi Simenson, was born in Norway, Dec. 12, 1846. -Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917", page 666. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm