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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... president must be given the chief credit . ― Luther College had several unusually well - equipped men on its faculty during the pioneer years . How much care and thought the president devoted to the selection of teachers is most clearly ...
... president must be given the chief credit . ― Luther College had several unusually well - equipped men on its faculty during the pioneer years . How much care and thought the president devoted to the selection of teachers is most clearly ...
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... president of the Synod , H. A. Preus , and the president of the district , B. J. Muus . Larsen would not take defeat and declared that the change had to be made . His friends had seldom seen him so wrought up . When one of them tried to ...
... president of the Synod , H. A. Preus , and the president of the district , B. J. Muus . Larsen would not take defeat and declared that the change had to be made . His friends had seldom seen him so wrought up . When one of them tried to ...
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Pioneer College President Karen Larsen. XV THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT OF THE NINETIES On Sunday evening [ May 19 , 1889 ] at 10:15 , the large college bell pealed and clanged in a voice in which it had never sung be- fore . It was a shriek of ...
Pioneer College President Karen Larsen. XV THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT OF THE NINETIES On Sunday evening [ May 19 , 1889 ] at 10:15 , the large college bell pealed and clanged in a voice in which it had never sung be- fore . It was a shriek of ...
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FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD | 1 |
KRISTIANIA DAYS | 17 |
A PIONEER PARSONAGE | 36 |
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