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Fred Christenson Jasper
County can boast of few more progressive and successful farmers among its
younger class of tillers of the soil than Fred Christenson, of Rock Creek
Township, and as a citizen he is intelligent and enterprising, combining within
himself those sterling qualities of manhood that make not only a useful member
of society, but a leader in whatever he undertakes.
As his name would indicate, he is of Danish blood, being of the second
generation in this country, and he evidently possesses many of the winning
characteristics of the Danes, such as courage, persistence and fortitude,
consequently he has admirably succeeded in the face of obstacles. Fred
Christenson was born in Jasper County, Iowa, December 4, 1881, and he is the son
of Hans and Mary (Nelson) Christenson, both born in Denmark.
There they spent the earlier years of their lives, emigrating to America
when young and they are now living retired in Kellogg Township, this County,
where they have a good home. Their family consists of five children, two sons
and three daughters, namely: Ella, Carrie, Fred of this review, and Anna. Fred
Christenson grew to maturity on the home farm here and received a good education
in the public schools of Jasper County. After leaving school he worked two years
in Kellogg for the Farmers Elevator Company, locating on his present farm in the
spring of 1910. His place consists
of two hundred and twenty acres of very productive land, well improved and on
which he is carrying on very successfully general farming and stock raising. This farm is well located in the southwestern corner of Rock
Creek Township. Mr.
Christenson was married on September 23, 1908, to Mary Anderson, who was born in
Kellogg, this County, February 10, 1881, the daughter of Peter and Tina (Nelson)
Anderson. Mrs. Christenson is the
oldest of a family of nine children, the others being Hannah, Alfred, Martha,
Nelse, David, Sarah, Harry and Mabel. Politically, Mr. Christenson is a Democrat, and he belongs to the Woodmen lodge and the Methodist Church. Considering the splendid start he has so early in life, the future will doubtless find him one of the leading agriculturists of Jasper County. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1308. |
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