Torsten Larson
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| Name at Enlist | Torsten Larson |
| Birth Name | Tosten Larsen Aaraas |
| Other Names | Tosten; Torstein; Thomas Lewison |
| Lived | 15 Sep 1826 – 16 Jun 1884 |
| Birth Place | Sauherad parish, Telemark |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Coon Prairie, Bad Ax (Vernon) County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 9 Dec 1861 |
| Burial Location | Kvam Cemetery, Dalton, Otter Tail Co, MN |
| Mother | Margit Tovsdatter |
| Mother Lived | 1787-15 Jan 1869 |
| Father | Lars Svendsen |
| Father Lived | 1790-6 Apr 1864 |
| Immigration | 1856 |
| Spouse | Gunnild Jørgensdatter Hemb |
| Spouse Lived | 15 Dec 1826-9 May 1910 |
| Married On | 8 Dec 1850 |
| Marriage Location | Solum parish, Telemark, Norway |
Tosten Larsen was born on Aaraas, Nes parish, Sauherad, and left Solum parish in 1856 with his wife and two daughters. They arrived in Quebec on the Sjofna. Torsten Larson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G. The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.” The army listed him as living in Coon Prairie, Bad Ax (Vernon) County, WI, age 38, and married. He enlisted for three years on November 12, 1861, at Coon Prairie, and mustered at Madison, WI, on December 9, 1861, as a Private (Menig). Larson was sick in the hospital in 1864. He mustered out with the company on January 13, 1865, at Chattanooga, TN.
After the war Tosten and Gunild moved to Otter Tail County, MN. They had five children: Karen Marie (1851-?1936), Anne Kirstine (1853-?1865), Elise Marie (1856-1926), Louis Hans (1860-1950), and Jørgen Andreas/George Andrew (1866-1944). Torsten died June 16, 1884, and is buried in Dalton, Otter Tail Co., MN.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-9; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 102; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 537; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 305; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 312; findagrave.com; 1880 Census, Roll: 629, Family History Film: 1254629, Page: 218C, Enumeration District: 220, Image: 0037; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #42758; digitalarkivet.no; ancestry.com; findagrave.com.