Rev. Andrew P. Palm Biography


	This biography appears on pages 379-380 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				REV. ANDREW P. PALM. 

	Rev. A. P. Palm, pastor of the Swedish Baptist church at Lake 
Norden, has had marked influence over his fellow countrymen and those 
of Swedish lineage among whom he has lived and labored for the cause of 
moral progress. Born at Nerike, Sweden, on the 15th of February, 1853, 
he represents an old family of that land, his parents living and dying 
there. He was reared at home and in the acquirement of his education 
attended successively the public and high schools in Sweden. His father 
was a farmer and he early became familiar with the work of tilling the 
soil and caring for the crops, applying himself to that occupation in 
early life. 

	In 1883, determining to better his condition, Andrew P. Palm came 
to the new world making his way to Lake Norden, where he arrived on the 
20th of May. He had previously engaged in preaching to some extent in 
Sweden, but was not an ordained minister. He  reached Lake Norden on a 
Sunday afternoon. That evening he delivered a sermon in one of the 
homes of his fellow countrymen and from that time on has preached 
almost every Sunday. On the 17th of September, 1888, he joined with 
others in organizing the Swedish Baptist congregation, of which he was 
chosen the pastor, and on the 20th of the following month he was 
regularly ordained to the ministry. For twenty years thereafter he held 
services in the schoolhouse in the summer months and during the winter 
seasons the services were usually held in his home - a large residence 
on his farm two miles from Lake Norden. In 1908 the congregation built 
a modern church building in Lake Norden and Rev. Palm continues to 
preside over the congregation. During the years 1893-4-5 he filled the 
pulpits of the churches at Lake Norden and Huron and his influence has 
been a potent force in promoting the religious work of his section of 
the state, especially among the Swedish speaking people.  

	Rev. Palm also owns a farm of two hundred and thirty acres in 
Norden township, Hamlin county, on the shore of Lake Norden, and 
thereon resided until 1914, when he purchased his town property and 
took up his abode in the city, renting his farm to his son, A. W. Palm, 
who has been running it in addition to his work in Watertown, to which 
reference is made further on in this review. Aside from his other 
interests Rev. Palm is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company, 
of which he served as president for two years.  

	It was on the 2d of June, 1883, that the Rev. A. P. Palm was 
united in marriage to Miss B. Mary Lindell, a native of Sweden, who 
with her brother, John Lindell, came to the United States in 1880, and 
each homesteaded a quarter section of land in Hamlin county. To this 
marriage have been born four children: Anna Maria, the wife of Carl 
Hawkinson, a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Ellen Augusta, the 
wife of E. A. Olson, a farmer of Hamlin county; Andrew W., 
superintendent of the Better Farming Association of Codington county 
and a graduate of Brookings College, since which time he has been a 
prominent figure in agricultural circles, especially in disseminating 
the knowledge of modern scientific methods; and Hannah Lydia, the wife 
of V. E. Frantz, a druggist and the postmaster of Lake Norden.  

	In public affairs Rev. Palm has borne an active and helpful part. 
He was for many years a leading worker in the republican ranks, but in 
recent years has allied himself on the side of the prohibition cause 
and was one of the leaders in the organization of the prohibition party 
in Hamlin county. He has, indeed, done much to advance the interests of 
temperance, which he has emphasized in his preaching and on many other 
occasions. He served for fifteen years as treasurer of the school 
board, was a member of the township board and has been township 
treasurer for eight years. His position is never an equivocal one. He 
is always found on the side of advancement, of truth, justice, reform 
and improvement and his efforts have, indeed, been a potent force for 
good.