Peter Larson Telle

TELLE

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 3/2/2008 at 16:26:54

Peter Larson Telle, an agriculturalist, was born in Norway, Aug. 7, 1855. He came to America in 1861, and made a temporary stop at Chicago, Ill. He lived in La Salle Co., Ill., for seven years, and from there he went to Minnesota; resided there seven years, and then came to Worth Co., Iowa. He bought forty acres of good land on section 27, where he now lives. He was married to Mary N. Dakken. She was born in Norway, March 9, 1861. They have one child—Lewis M., born July 9, 1882. Mr. Telle and wife are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He is a stock raiser and farmer. Politically, he is connected with the great republican party.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 719.