Carbon County UT Archives Biographies.....Tendall, Severt 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

SEVERT TENDALL.

    Severt Tendall is manager at Helper of one of the one hundred and
ninety-seven stores of the J. C. Penny Company and in this position is
displaying unfaltering enterprise and business ability of a high order. He is a
native son of Illinois, his birth having occurred in Kendall county of that
state. His parents were Ole and Sarah Tendall, who were natives of Norway and in
1868 emigrated to the United States, hoping to enjoy better business conditions
and opportunities on this side of the Atlantic. They located first at Lisbon,
Illinois, where the father followed farming for many years, and there he and his
wife reared a family of thirteen children, all of whom reached manhood or
womanhood and are yet living, except one. The father has retired from active
business cares and Is enjoying a well earned rest. He and his wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary November 25, 1919.

    Severt Tendall was educated in the public schools of Kendall county,
Illinois, and remained on the home farm until he started out in the business
world when twenty-three years of age as an employe of a wholesale grocery
company, with which he remained for five years. He was later with a retail house
for two years and then entered the employ of the J. C. Penny Company,
Incorporated, In Wyoming. He was connected with several different mercantile
concerns in various places but finally returned to the J. C. Penny Company in
1914 and has been manager of one of their stores at Helper since 1917. He is
very progressive and efficient In business management and has become one of the
stockholders of the Helper establishment. Thoroughness and system mark his
management at every point.

    In Iowa, on the 22d of July, 1904, Mr. Tendall was married to Miss Carrie
Ersland, who was born March 12, 1873, a daughter of Anfin and Alice (Nelson)
Ersland, natives of Norway. They came to the United States, however, in
childhood days. The father served for four years as a soldier of the Civil war
and is still enjoying good health at the age of seventy-nine. To Mr. and Mrs.
Tendall has been born a son, Orvllle, whose birth occurred March 16, 1907.

    In religious faith the parents are connected with the Lutheran church and
Mr. Tendall is also a member of the Young Men's Christian Association at Helper.
His political allegiance is given the democratic party and he is now serving on
the city council. His life has been characterized by a spirit of advancement and
an earnestness that has enabled him to overcome many difficulties and obstacles
in his path and work his way steadily upward. He is now a well known figure in
commercial circles of Helper and what he has already attained points to further
success in the future.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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