Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Tobias Hogenson May 4 1869 - 
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Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

TOBIAS HOGENSON, cashier of the First National Bank of Stewartville,
and a man prominently identified with the banking interests of Olmsted
county, was born at Rock Dell, Minnesota, May 4, 1869, being a son of
Peter and Sonova (Bryneldson) Hogenson. The father came to America and
first located in Illinois, but after a year moved to Rock Prairie,
Wisconsin, and remained there engaged in farming until 1860, when, in
company with several others, he marched overland by ox team to
California. After about three and a half years spent there with fair
success he returned to Wisconsin via the Isthmus of Panama. In 1864 he
came to Minnesota and located in Rock Dell township, Olmsted county,
where he bought a tract of land and engaged in farming, and so continued
until his death, January 19, 1904, at the age of sixty-nine years. He
was a man beloved and respected by all who knew him. He took much
interest in all public movements calculated to advance the interests of
the community. He served in various local positions, among which was
that of county commissioner, with ability, distinction and honor. To him
and wife twelve children were born, of whom Tobias was the eleventh. He
was educated in the district schools and finished with a course in
Darling's Business College, Rochester, from which he was graduated in
1888. For seven years thereafter he taught school during winters and
farmed the old place in summers, after which period he devoted his whole
time to farming and stock raising. From 1900 to 1906 he occupied a
position with the First National Bank of Stewartville, and then became
cashier of the First State Bank of Stewartville. After a few months he
became cashier of the First National Bank of Stewartville. He is thus
connected at present. The bank has a capital of $25,000 and does a
general business of banking proper and insurance. The officers are: C.
E. Fawcett, president, C. L. Wooldridge, vice-president; Tobias
Hogenson, cashier; Minnie Klein, assistant cashier; Homer Wooldridge,
assistant cashier. On July 2, 1890, Mr. Hogenson married Thora, the
daughter of Torger Tandberg, an early settler of Spring Grove,
Minnesota, and to this union the following children were born: Selina
(deceased), Selina (2), Alma, Tobias Palmer, Helen and Minnie Esther.
Mr. Hogenson in his fraternal or social relations is identified with the
Modern Woodmen, the Royal Arcanum and the Masonic order, of which latter
he has reached the thirty-second degree. He is also associated with the
American Yeomen. He is a Republican and a Lutheran. He is a member of
the board of education.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many
of its pioneers, 
citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association,
1910.

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