DORLAND, CHESTER P.

DORLAND, BEDELL, NINDE

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Date: 5/25/2005 at 16:50:57

Biography reproduced from page 280 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Chester P. Dorland, attorney at law, was born May 25, 1851, in Henry Co., Iowa. His parents, Willett and Abigail (Bedell) Dorland, were natives of New York, and removed to Henry Co., Iowa, in 1844. When twelve years of age he removed with the family to Chicago, Ill., remaining until 1871. He then entered Penn College, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, from which he graduated in 1876. While at Penn College he taught two or three hours a day, besides keeping up his studies, and in this way paid all his expenses while in school. After leaving college he engaged in teaching, spending his vacations in the study of law. In 1878 he entered the law department of the Iowa State University, graduating in 1879, and came directly to Algona. He was principal for two years of the Algona public schools. He then engaged in the practice of law, in which profession he is very successful. Mr. Dorland married Linda A. Ninde, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1876. Mr. Dorland is a self-made man. Having started early in life to do for himself, he has reached his present position by his own unaided efforts.