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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... nature was outraged when the mail brought him letterheads with skulls and crossbones and curses on the South like : Down with the Traitor's Serpent flag ! Death to the wretch o'er whom it waves ! And let our heaven - born banner float O ...
... nature was outraged when the mail brought him letterheads with skulls and crossbones and curses on the South like : Down with the Traitor's Serpent flag ! Death to the wretch o'er whom it waves ! And let our heaven - born banner float O ...
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... nature . The stories he had heard as a child , the songs he had sung as a student , the poems that had caught his youthful fancy , all continued to stir his emotions even in old age . Many a Sunday afternoon he would read aloud the ...
... nature . The stories he had heard as a child , the songs he had sung as a student , the poems that had caught his youthful fancy , all continued to stir his emotions even in old age . Many a Sunday afternoon he would read aloud the ...
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... nature of that very con- stitution . As it was largely a product of the ideas that had created the French constitution of 1791 , and therefore foreign in its basic theory , there was bound to be friction before it could become ...
... nature of that very con- stitution . As it was largely a product of the ideas that had created the French constitution of 1791 , and therefore foreign in its basic theory , there was bound to be friction before it could become ...
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FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD | 1 |
KRISTIANIA DAYS | 17 |
A PIONEER PARSONAGE | 36 |
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