Laur. Larsen: Pioneer College PresidentNorwegian-American historical association, 1936 - 358 pagina's Peter Laurentius Larsen (1833-1915) was in Kristiansand, Norway. His parents were Herman Larsen and Elen Else Marie Oftedahl. He married his first wife, Karen Randine Neuberg (1831-1871) in 1855. They had three children. They immigrated to America in 1857. He became the pastor of Rush River, Wisconsin from 1857 to 1859. October 14, 1861, marks the beginning of Laur. Larsen's official Presidency of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He married Ingeborg Astrup (1846-1923) in 1872. They had ten children. He died in Decorah, Iowa. |
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... practical politics was but little dis- cussed . Interest in public affairs did not fill the air as in the decades preceding and following this period . The tumultu- ous conflicts in which the poet Henrik Wergeland had been the moving ...
... practical politics was but little dis- cussed . Interest in public affairs did not fill the air as in the decades preceding and following this period . The tumultu- ous conflicts in which the poet Henrik Wergeland had been the moving ...
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... practical matter pressing for immediate action was taken up . President A. C. Preus recommended in his report that the Synod no longer be a burden to another church , but establish its own educational institution as soon as possible ...
... practical matter pressing for immediate action was taken up . President A. C. Preus recommended in his report that the Synod no longer be a burden to another church , but establish its own educational institution as soon as possible ...
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... practical problems were coming more and more to the front , as Larsen found himself deeply involved in the last desperate struggle of the old Synod party to keep intact as far as possible the church which had been built up through many ...
... practical problems were coming more and more to the front , as Larsen found himself deeply involved in the last desperate struggle of the old Synod party to keep intact as far as possible the church which had been built up through many ...
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FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD | 1 |
KRISTIANIA DAYS | 17 |
A PIONEER PARSONAGE | 36 |
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