Biography of P.J. JANSEN, Logan Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Delaine Edwards Date: 29 Jun 1999 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891. Logan County P.J. JANSEN, merchant, Prairie View, Ark. In including in this work the sketches of prominent business men of Logan County, none are more deserving of recognition than that of Mr. Jansen, who for a number of years has carried on an extensive mercantile establishment at Prairie View. He is of German nativity, born in that country in 1844, and his parents, P.J. and Katherine Jansen, were natives also of that country. He passed his boyhood and youth in Germany, and his educational facilities were more than usually favorable. He began business for himself as a miner in 1884, when he emigrated to the United States. The same year he located in Logan County, Ark. Previous to coming to the United States, or in 1874, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Scherter, who bore him the following children: Clara, Mattie and Peter. In 1885 Mr. Jansen moved to Little Rock, Ark., and was book-keeper for W.J. Hutt for some time. Subsequently, however, he returned to Logan County, Ark., and embarked in merchandising for himself, which business he carries on successfully at the present time. He carries a stock of goods valued at from between $5,000 to $6,000 dollars, and is a live, energetic business man. He is a strong adherent to the principles of Democracy, and has ever voted with that party. Mrs. Jansen and children are members of the Catholic Church, and the family is respected and esteemed throughout the community.