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Born 1865
From History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916)
JULIUS JENSEN.
A review of the life of the subject of this sketch must of necessity be curtailed, as specific mention is made within the pages of this volume of a number of the worthy residents of Otter Tail county, among whom Mr. Jensen has figured in the growth and development of Pelican township, aiding with his industry, wealth and public interest.
Julius Jensen, farmer, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail county, was born on August 26, 1865, in Norway, and is a son of Jens and Beata Nelson. When about two years of age he came to America with his parents, who settled in Fillmore county, Minnesota. His education was obtained at the public schools of Pelican township, and as a young man he began farming for himself on the place which he now owns, and which he bought in 1895, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres. Mr. Jensen divides his time and attention between general farming and stock raising. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, in which he has held the office of trustee for many years.
Jens and Beata Nelson were both born in Norway, where Mr. Nelson learned and followed the carpenter's trade, coming to America about 1867, and settling, first, for about two and one-half years, in Fillmore county, Minnesota. In 1870 he came to Pelican township, Otter Tail county, Minnesota, where he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, and where he spent the remainder of His life, his death occurring in 1878. To Jens and Beata Nelson were born nine children: Nels, Agnette, Bernt (deceased), Dedrich, Julius, Ludwig, Anton, Julia (deceased in infancy), and Gina. Mr. Nelson was an earnest member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, of which he was one of the founders.
Dedrich Jensen, brother of the subject of this sketch, was born in [862, and received his education in the public schools of Pelican township \s a young man he clerked in a store at Pelican Rapids. Aboul [895 he opened a hardware store at Pelican Rapids, in partnership with J. E. Johnson, which business he discontinued at the end of five years and became a salesman until about 1915, when he took charge of the Farmers Co-operative Store at Norwegian Grove, which he managed for two years. He then went to North Dakota for four years, and is now living at Pelican Rapids. He was united in marriage with Mathia Afseth, by whom he has had seven children: Julia. Arthur, Nora, Betsey, Oliver, Morris and Grace. Mr. Jensen is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, of which he has been trustee for three terms. He has also served as a member of the town council for a number of years.
Julius Jensen was united in marriage in 1898 with Nicoline Bentrud. by whom he has had six children: Nora, Borghild, who died in 1915; Bennie, Alida, Arnold and Elma.
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