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| Name | Year | Origin (Norway) | Location | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Askeland | pre 1840 | Lee County, Iowa | Pioneer; came with Kleng Peerson as a guide and settled in the vicinity of Keokuk as one of the first Norwegian settlers in 1840. | |
| Hans Barlien | 1837 | Overgaarden pr. Trondheim | Lee County, Iowa | Pioneer; one of the first Norwegian settlers in Iowa. He came to Keokuk, Lee County, the first place in Iowa visited by Norwegians, in 1840, as part of a group guided by Kleng Peerson. |
| Per Ommundsen Gjelje | Jæren, near Stavanger | Lee County, Iowa | was born at Jæderen, near Stavanger about 1808. Settled in the Fox River settlement Illinois 1837. Later became almost the first Norwegian to settle on Iowa's fertile plains. Here he got land and stayed until 1864, when he moved further to New Sharon, Mahaska County, which became his new home until he died in 1895 | |
| Endre Simonsen | Lee County, Iowa | Pioneer in Lee County, IA |
