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John William Te Selle

Birth	:	31 Jan 1867 Oostburg, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA
Death	:	20 Jan 1945 Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Holland Cemetery, Holland, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5957985, -96.5997009
Description	:	He was born in Oostburg, Scheboygen County, Wisconsin. He received his early education in the Oostburg public school system. He attended Hope College, in Holland, Michigan and received a Business Administration degree on graduation in 1894. He received a Master of Divinity from Western Theological Seminary, in Holland, Michigan in 1897. He was ordained in the Reformed Church In America. Rev. Jan Willem [John William] Teselle and Geertje "Gertie" Vanderbeek were married on 23 June 1897 in Holland, Nebraska. They served churches in Carmel/Hospers Sioux County, Iowa in 1897 (first pastorate), Yakima, Yakima County, Washington (1905), Fruitland, Mesa... Read More	He was born in Oostburg, Scheboygen County, Wisconsin. He received his early education in the Oostburg public school system. He attended Hope College, in Holland, Michigan and received a Business Administration degree on graduation in 1894. He received a Master of Divinity from Western Theological Seminary, in Holland, Michigan in 1897. He was ordained in the Reformed Church In America. Rev. Jan Willem [John William] Teselle and Geertje "Gertie" Vanderbeek were married on 23 June 1897 in Holland, Nebraska. They served churches in Carmel/Hospers Sioux County, Iowa in 1897 (first pastorate), Yakima, Yakima County, Washington (1905), Fruitland, Mesa County, Colorado (1906) and in Matlock, Sioux County, Iowa (1922). They relocated to Fruitland, Colorado in 1905, he became a farmer during the week and a minister on weekends. They homesteaded 160 acres on Fruitland Mesa and the U.S. Government issued a patent deed dated October 23, 1914 to Gertie Teselle. They cleared the land of cedar and sagebrush, built a large beautiful house with a light plant, running water, indoor plumbing etc. They built a huge red round barn that caught the attention of the countryside. Built about 1917 of two-by-six inch boards, the massive barn had a diameter of 48 feet and was 32 feet high. A cupola toped the round barn and a huge long ramp to the second story provided easy access to the storage area and cement silo constructed inside the barn. In the dairy business, the Rev TeSelle had a large herd of Holstein dairy cows. On the first floor of the round barn were located 25 stanchions for cows, each served by a trap door in the ceiling from which feed could be dropped into feed boxes. A cement spring house was located at the south side of the barn for storing milk and churning butter. Under the ramp were horse stalls, with trap doors overhead, a pig pen was located outside the barn. Hay and corn were raised on the farm and was loaded into large wagons pulled by horses. The horses pulled the wagons up the ramp to where it was stored. Silage was handled in the same way and unloaded into on the second story into the silo. By 1920 standards the farm place was very extravagant. He conducted Church services, in a little red school house near his farm at the distant end of the Fruitland Mesa. Many families had to travel some distance over narrow dusty roads to attend worship services. Traveling 10 miles would take the better part of an hour. The congregation did not grow much partly due to the distance the Dutch settlers had to travel. Many of the Dutch community who lived in town went to churches near their residence. The congregation disbanded when Rev. Teselle's wife Gertie died. He moved to Iowa with his family and was a pastor there. He married Jeanette Bogaard on May 30, 1923 in Orange City, Iowa and had three additional children.

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John William Te Selle's memorial is located at: Holland Cemetery, Holland, Lancaster County, USA.
When did John William Te Selle death?
John William Te Selle death on 20 Jan 1945 in Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.5957985
Longitude: -96.5997009

Family Members:

Parent

John H. TeSelle

(1838 - 1921)

Johanna B. Onnink TeSelle

(1841 - 1929)

Spouse

Siblings

Dillie TeSelle Ten Hulzen

(1869 - 1971)

Geziena “Jessena” TeSelle Liesveld

(1880 - 1944)

Children

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Coordinate: 40.6250000, -96.4449997

16. Sunnyside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.4799200, -96.6511800

17. Hallam Zion Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5661011, -96.7600021

18. Centerville Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6545677, -96.7482147

19. Simmons-Saltillo Cemetery
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23. Grandview Cemetery
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