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Tosten H. Dengerud

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Tosten H. Dengerud

Birth Name

Tosten Henriksen Dengerud

Other Names

Dengjeruden; Tosten Henriksen

Lived

24 Jan 1830 – 1919

Birth Place

Aal, Buskerud

Birth Country

Norway

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Burial Location

Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zumbrota, Goodhue County, MN

Mother

Gro Halvorsdatter Dengerud

Father

Henrik Holgesen

Spouse

Moder

Spouse Lived

1833- 1896

Tosten H. Dengerud was born on January 24, 1930 to Henrik Helgesen and Gro Halvorsdatter Dengerud. He joined the WI 15th Infantry as a Private (Menig).

After the war, he lived in Zumbrota, MN. He married Moder and they had a child named Matilda (1878-1906). He is buried in Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zumbrota, Goodhue County, MN.

 

Sources: Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.276; Gunder History and Heritage, Gunder Community Club, c 2000, sect. 6, p.8; findagrave.com; Aal, Buskerud, Ministerialbok, no. I 5 1825-1848, p.32.