ANDERS JEPPESEN.
Anders Jeppesen, the proprietor of a splendid farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Sharon township, Audubon county, Iowa, and a well-known citizen of this community, was born on December 24, 1870, in Denmark, the son of Jorgen and Bertha Jeppesen, the former of whom was a plasterer by trade and who has followed this occupation all his life. Of his seven children only two, Anders and a daughter, are living at this time in America.
Anders Jeppesen was educated in the public schools of Denmark and worked as a farm hand after leaving the schools of his native land, until, he came to America in 1892. After arriving in this country and locating in Nebraska he worked as a farm hand until he came to Audubon county, Iowa, and purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land in Sharon township, where he has since been engaged in general farming. Mr. Jeppesen has invested about five thousand dollars in improvements of various kinds on the farm and raises about forty acres of corn every year, which he feeds to live stock, and sells each year from fifty to seventy-five head of hogs from the farm.
Anders Jeppesen was married in 1894, two years after his arrival in this country, to Jacobena Christiansen, the daughter of Knud and Christina Christiansen. Of the twelve children born to this union, ten are now living: Mina, Amalie, Johannes, Kirstine, Knud, Bothilde, Anna, Marie, Jorgen, Herluf, Karl and Hertha.
Mrs. Jeppesen is also a native of Denmark. Her mother came to America after the death of her father and located in Elkhorn, Iowa, one year. Subsequently she came to Audubon county, Iowa. Christina Jeppesen was the mother of nine children.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeppesen have been members of the Danish Lutheran church since coming to this country, and Mr. Jeppesen has been for a long time a trustee in this church. The Jeppesen family are active in the affairs of their denomination and are prominent and influential citizens in the community where they reside.
Anders Jeppesen is one of the native sons of the thriving little kingdom of Denmark who has come to this country and who has established a comfortable home and surrounded himself with the conveniences of life. The Danish people are among the best citizens of this great republic and Anders Jeppesen is no exception to the rule. He is popular in the neighborhood and ranks as a high-class, intelligent and successful farmer.
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Transcribed from History of Audubon County, Iowa Its People, Industries and Institutions With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, by H. F. Andrews, editor, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915, pp. 851-852.
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