Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Christensen, Peter 1846 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

PETER CHRISTENSEN owns and occupies an excellent farm on section 5, Jackson 
Township. Being under the control of a man whose life has been spent in 
agricultural employment and who is ambitious to excel, it is thoroughly tilled 
and well managed in every particular. The buildings upon it are above the 
average and the whole makes up a home which might well please a more ambitious 
man than our subject. The life of Mr. Christensen has been marked by no 
remarkable events and his history is only that of one who quietly pursues the 
labor which he has chosen and finds his chief pleasure beneath his own roof-
tree. He was born in Denmark June 4, 1846, remaining in his own country until 
the summer of 1869, when he embarked on an outward-bound vessel. He landed in 
New York City and thence came to Illinois, selecting Will County as his future 
home. For two years he worked by the month in Channahon Township, after which 
he rented the farm which he still occupies and which is owned by his wife and 
her sister Sarah. In this township, December 28, 1880, Mr. Christensen was 
united in marriage with Miss Nancy M. Hemphill, daughter of the late James and 
Rachael (Porter) Hemphill. The bride's parents were old settlers of this 
county, having come hither in 1835 from Fountain County, Ind., where they had 
been living a few years. To that region they had gone from Adams County, Ohio. 
Their home in this county was made in Jackson Township, where they lived until 
their death. Mr. Hemphill died during the latter part of the Civil War, his 
widow surviving until October 11, 1872. They were members of the Methodist 
Church and are remembered with great respect by those who had the pleasure of 
their acquaintance. The cheerful manner in which they endured the trials which 
surround the pathway of early settlers in an agricultural region, the 
kindliness which they exhibited toward their fellow-men, and their pious lives 
gave them excellent repute. Their family consisted of eight children, whose 
record is as follows: Mary A., who is now dead, was the wife of Thomas A. 
Mapps; John and James are residents of Jackson Township; David, a twin brother 
of James, lives in Channahon Township; Sarah and Cyrus live in Jackson 
Township; Rachael A. died when seven years old; Nancy M. is the wife of our 
subject. Mrs. Christensen was born in Jackson Township, and under the careful 
training of her parents her character developed and she became a woman capable 
of worthily filling her sphere in life.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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