L.A. Jensen
JENSEN, PETERS, OSMUNDSON
Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 11/9/2004 at 05:30:21
This biography has additional notes & comments at the bottom.
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L.A. Jensen
Member of the Board of Parole, was born near Osage, Mitchell county, Iowa May 21, 1869. His parents were natives of Norway, Europe, and immigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in La Salle county, Illinois, where they lived eight years, when they removed to Mitchell county, Iowa, being among the first settlers who came to the county, and were among the colony of Norwegians who settled in the vicinity of Rock Creek in Mitchell county, Iowa, where they lived for twelve years. The family then moved to Winnebago county, and settled on a farm near Lake Mills, where his father made homestead entry on the same farm which the subject of this sketch took over from the other heirs and still owns. After his marriage, he was elected clerk of the district court of Winnebago county, and removed to Forest City, where they still reside. He served eight years in this capacity, and during said period read law in the office of Judge George D. Peters, and was admitted to the bar of this state. He was afterwards elected county attorney for Winnebago county, serving three terms. He has been an active member in the Lutheran church, and was one of the founders of Waldorf Lutheran College at Forest City, serving as secretary of the association from the time of its organization in 1903 to the present time. He has enjoyed a wide and lucrative practice being amember of the law firm, Jensen and Osmundson, and for many years his son, who is now practicing at Belmond, Iowa, was associated with him. He was also for many years secretary of the board of educaton in his home city and has been chairman of the Republican centraal committee for many years, having been an active republican all his life. He was appointed by Governor Kendall April 8, 1921, to fill the unexpired term of Judge W.S. Withrow on the Board of Parole, and also appointed to the full term of six years, commencing July 1, 1921.-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Biographies of State Officers, pg. 311
-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall (not related to subject)
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Notes sent by Stein Auestad, 10/09/06:[In connection to the biography of] L.A. Jensen I’d just like to mention that his father, the county clerk, is one Lars Jensen. He was born in 1843 on the farm Helland in Strand parish, Rogaland county Norway. He emigrated from Norway in 1850 with his parents and siblings, but shortly after the family had arrived in the US, Lars’ mother and three of his siblings died in a cholera epidemic. Lars also fought in the Civil War as a private in Co K/ 27 Iowa Infantry. He is the listed as: “Age 19. Residence Mitchell County, nativity Norway. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered Sept. 9, 1862. Discharged for disease July 29, 1863, Moscow, Tenn.”
Sources:
-Jan Alsvik: ”Folk i Strand”, Stavanger 1995
-Martin Ulvestad: ”Nordmændene i Amerika”, Minneapolis 1907
-Roster of Company K, 27th Iowa Volounteer Infantry RegimentBest regards,
Stein Auestad
email address: webmaster@artilleri.no
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Notes sent by Joy Wright, 01/15/07:Louis Adolph Jensen's father was Jens Jensen. It was Jens that had the son, Lars, who died in 1869. Lars (Lewis) "developed heart trouble as a complication of measles contracted while he was enroute from Ft. Snelling, Minnesota to Cairo,
Illinois" which later led to his death.
-source: NARA Civil War recordsL. A. Jensen was my first great grand uncle. You are welcome to contact me.
Thank you for your time.
Joy Wright
email address: brett-joy@inebraska.com
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