WI 2nd Cavalry. Born 22 Sep 1846 in Valders, Norway. Came to America with a brother in 1856, to Dane County, Wisconsin. Moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1859. Civil War: Enlisted in Wisconsin 2nd Cavalry in 1862, serving until 1865. Private. Wounded. After the war, he went to Pope County, Minnesota. Clerk of Court 13 years, Justice of Peace 26 years. Elected Judge of Probate in 1888. Died at Glenwood, Minnesota (before 1907). Sources: (Ulvestad p336) (“History of the Scandinavians in the United States” by O. N. Nelson, Publ. in Minneapolis, 1893, p619) “Thorson, Tory”
