Julius Jensen

DOVES, JENSEN

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/8/2004 at 10:00:10

Julius Jensen, Penn twp., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Earlham; born in Prussia in 1837; came to America in 1871; married in 1858 to Miss Doves, A native of Germany; has four children living: Anna, Mary, Christopher and Ida; when first coming to Madison county, Mr. Jensen met with a terrible misfortune in the loss of his wife and two other members of his family by small-pox, contracted it is supposed to be on its way over to America; is a member of the Lutheran church.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 638