Jorgenson, Gerhard 1878 –

JORGENSON, LIEN

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Date: 4/1/2015 at 17:12:00

GERHARD JORGENSON.

Winneshiek county has been exceptionally fortunate in its public servants, having had men of ability and unswerving honesty, who have administered the offices of which they have had charge with circumspection and in the interests of the public. Such a man is Gerhard Jorgenson, who now serves in the second term as county treasurer, a native of Winneshiek county, where he was born October 1, 1878, a son of Hans and Sarah (Lien) Jorgenson, the father a native of Norway and the mother of this county. Hans Jorgenson came to Winneshiek county in 1871, when twenty years of age, and buying land in Springfield township engaged in agricultural pursuits. Ever since that time he has been successful in the operation of his land and now, at the age of sixty-two years, owns one of the finest farms in his neighborhood. The mother is also living at the age of sixty-three years.

Gerhard Jorgenson was reared under the parental roof and educated in the schools of the neighborhood and the Decorah Institute, from which he was graduated with the class of 1898. Before and after his graduation, however, he taught school for a period of about seven years. A man well fitted for the office, he was then appointed deputy county treasurer and served in that position for seven years, when in 1909 he was elected county treasurer, administering his office with such ability and giving such satisfaction that in March, 1912, he was reelected by the people.

Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Jorgenson has always taken a deep-interest in public and political matters and has given much of his time to projects undertaken for the betterment of public conditions. His political affiliation is with the republican party and ever since coming of age he has given his stanch support to that organization. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Owls, while for purely social reasons he holds membership in the Norske Selskab Club, where he meets men who, like him, have sprung from the Norseland. Yet a young man, the beginning of Mr. Jorgenson's career promises well and there are many more contests open to him equally honorable and worthy, which hold forth conspicuous rewards for one of his industry, common sense and intelligence.

Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913