BIOGRAPHIES: Edward TORGERSON, Whitehall, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Edward Torgerson, popular and efficient sheriff of Trempealeau County, 
from Jan. 1, 1915, to Jan. 1, 1917, is a native of this county, having 
been born in Independence July 2, 1885, second of the eight children born 
to Christ and Martha (Bidney) Torgerson, the former of whom is a hardware 
merchant in Independence.  He passed through the public schools and as a 
boy began work in his father's general store at Whitehall.  There he 
remained until his father sold out in 1912.  In the fall of 1914 he was 
elected sheriff.  As sheriff he did excellent work and won the admiration 
of all the people of the county.  Mr. Torgerson's fraternal affiliations 
are with the Masonic order and the Modern Woodmen.  He was married April 
28, 1911, to Stella Torson, daughter of Ole and Anna (Skogen) Torson, the 
former of whom is a meat dealer in Whitehall.

--Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917", 
page 752