Peter J. Dale (July 4, 1845 – April 20, 1935) was a

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elected official who served as a member of the

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. Peter Jorgen Dale was born at Lyster in

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, 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. He served as Justice of the peace and town clerk of Coon Prairie (now Christiana, Wisconsin). During the 1877, he was elected to serve as a member of the

session from

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. Originally elected to public office as a

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, he later supported the People's Party. In 1890, he moved to

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where he settled on a farm near

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. Peter Dale married Gjertrud Olsdotter and together they had eight children.

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People from Luster, Norway Norwegian emigrants to the United States People from Vernon County, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1845 births 1935 deaths {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1840s-stub