(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 843)

Aslag Tostenson has been a resident of Worth county since 1860. He located on section 15, in Brookfield township, where he has 212 1/2 acres under an excellent state of cultivation, and is largely engaged in stock. He is a native of Norway, born in 1829. He came to America in 1846. He located first in Rock Co., Wis., from there removed to Green county. In 1860 he emigrated to Iowa, where he has since lived. He was married in 1856, to Gertrude Oleson, a native of Norway, born in 1836. They have seven children-Maggie, Gertrude, Tommy, Ole, Adde, Olena and Carrie. They belong to the Lutheran Church. He is a republican, and has been a member of the board of township trustees for a number of years.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, March 28, 2008