Peter J. Dale (July 4, 1845 – April 20, 1935) was a Norwegian-American elected official who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1]
Peter Jorgen Dale was born at Lyster in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was one of six children born to Jorgen Pederson Dale and Martha Larsdotter Dale. In 1860, he emigrated to the United States with his family and settled in Wisconsin. [2]
He served as Justice of the peace and town clerk of Coon Prairie (now Christiana, Wisconsin).[3] During the 1877, he was elected to serve as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly session from Vernon County, Wisconsin. Originally elected to public office as a Republican, he later supported the People's Party. In 1890, he moved to Kandiyohi County, Minnesota where he settled on a farm near Willmar, Minnesota. Peter Dale married Gjertrud Olsdotter and together they had eight children.[4] [5]
References
edit- ^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999". State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 42. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Dale – sogn i Luster". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Vernon County Wisconsin. History of the Town of Christiana (History of Vernon County, Wisconsin)". Union Publishing Company. 1884. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Peter J. Dale" (PDF). Willmar Tribune. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ The Legislative Manual of The State of Wisconsin (16th ed.). Madison, Wis.: E. B. Bolens. 1877. p. 475. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
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