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SICCO JAMES JENSMA Mr. Jensma was born in the Netherlands, October 9, 1872, and he is the
son of Joseph Sicco Jensma, his mother's maiden
name having been Sarah J. Bierma, both born in the Netherlands.
The father spent his life on a farm and died October 2, 1889. His family
consisted of five sons and two daughters, namely: Sicco James, of this review:
John J., Levi, Andrew D., Pete, Anna M. and Ann Sarah. Sicco J. Jensma, of this review, spent his
boyhood days at home, assisting his father with the various duties about the
farm, and attending the common schools from the time he was five until he was
fourteen years of age, having been a pupil in both the day and night schools. He
began life as a farmer when young in years.
Having heard of the good opportunities to secure a large amount of rich
land cheaply in America, he set sail for our shores when eighteen years of age,
coming direct to Marion County, Iowa, where he farmed one year, then moved to
Jasper County, locating near Monroe, in Fairview Township, where he remained
three years, then went to Prairie City, remaining there three years also, then
he took up his abode near Newton where he continued to reside ten years, then
located on his present farm of two hundred and forty acres in Kellogg Township,
but which consisted of only two hundred acres then, but he has since added forty
acres, ten acres of which is timbered, a portion of which he has cut for his own
use in various ways. He has
added many substantial and valuable improvements on his farm, which renders it
one of the best in the Township, and as a general farmer and stock raiser he
ranks with the best. He has a good,
comfortable home, barns and such outbuildings and improved farming implements,
as his needs require. Mr. Jensma was married on September 27,
1910, to Christiana Jacoba VanDam, who was born in the Netherlands, November 9,
1892, the daughter of William and Rensje (Peereboom) VanDam, both natives of the
Netherlands, the father born in 1863 and the mother on March 18, 1862. Politically, Mr. Jensma is a Republican and he belongs to the Baptist Church. Past and Present
of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, p.1055. |
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