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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... boy in school , " Larsen said , became a noted philologist and lexicographer . Both these friendships lasted throughout his life . He also associated with some boys who unquestionably were bad company , but he believed that they had ...
... boy in school , " Larsen said , became a noted philologist and lexicographer . Both these friendships lasted throughout his life . He also associated with some boys who unquestionably were bad company , but he believed that they had ...
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... boys who were to become the clergymen of the pio- neer church had to be sought mainly in the log cabins on the frontier farms . Not only Larsen , but every minister was constantly looking for gifted boys and rousing in them an interest ...
... boys who were to become the clergymen of the pio- neer church had to be sought mainly in the log cabins on the frontier farms . Not only Larsen , but every minister was constantly looking for gifted boys and rousing in them an interest ...
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... boys , to hear his hearty laughter and to see him play with real abandon . He liked to be with the students and had a genuine affec- tion for them . The boys , according to his repeated state- ments , gave him much joy and little grief ...
... boys , to hear his hearty laughter and to see him play with real abandon . He liked to be with the students and had a genuine affec- tion for them . The boys , according to his repeated state- ments , gave him much joy and little grief ...
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FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD | 1 |
KRISTIANIA DAYS | 17 |
A PIONEER PARSONAGE | 36 |
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