Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Jensen, Bros 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

JENSEN BROS., proprietors of the celebrated "Paradise Farm," are among the 
most intelligent, active and enterprising farmers and stock-raisers in Will 
County. Their farm, on section 30, Channahon Township, lies on the upland, 
near the mouth of the Desplaines and Kankakee Rivers, where they unite to form 
the Illinois. From the bluff on which they live they have a magnificent view 
for many miles up the Kankakee, and on a clear day can see Wilmington, 
Braidwood and other surrounding towns. Our subjects came here in 1875 and 
bought a small part of their present estate, lying in the forest, and since 
then they have done so well financially that they have added to their original 
purchase and now own four hundred acres of valuable land. By extraordinary 
exertions and perseverance they have cleared about one hundred and forty acres 
of this and have it under the plow, devoting the remainder to pasturage for 
their large herds of stock, the land being especially adapted to that purpose. 
They have provided it with ample buildings, each having a comfortable 
dwelling, and there are good barns and other outhouses on the place. The 
Messrs. Jensen early took the advantage of the adaptability of their land to 
stock raising, and have made a speciality of that line, raising horses, 
cattle, hogs and sheep, all of the best grades. They have a fine thorough-bred 
Holstein bull, and a herd of thorough-bred cows, making a specialty of this 
breed; while in horses they have the heavy draft Clydesdale and Norman stock; 
in sheep they have nothing but the Shropshire; and in hogs they have the 
celebrated Poland-Chinas. These gentlemen have by no means confined their 
operations to agricultural pursuits, but have branched out in other directions 
since coming to Will County, in 1869. They own and operate a steam threshing 
machine and corn sheller, and furnish power for drilling artesian wells. They 
were the first to buy and operate the now very common road grader, taking road 
grading by contract, and have made all the roads in the township of Seward, 
Grundy County, and have done considerable work in the city of Chicago, grading 
all the streets of Evergreen Park and Washington Heights. Louis and Augustus 
Jensen, of whom we write, are natives of Norway, their birthplace being on the 
shores of the beautiful lake Mjarson. They came to America when Louis was 
eighteen years of age and Augustus was but sixteen. A twin brother of the 
latter, John, accompanied them. He is now numbered among the well-to-do 
farmers of Grundy County, having a good farm but a few miles from his 
brothers. They came directly to Chicago, and from there to Minooka, where they 
had an uncle living, and where each accepted work at anything at which they 
could turn an honest penny. Louis Jensen was married to Miss Clara Moe, of 
Chicago, in 1880, she also being a Norwegian by birth. They have two daughters 
and one son—Annie Pauline, Ida Fredericka and Warner. Augustus Jensen was 
married, in 1881, to a Danish-German lady, Miss Catharine Hensen. They have 
two children: Louisa Dora Missa, seven years of age; and Walter Nelson, a 
baby. The Jensen brothers, by their courage, foresight and business 
enterprise, have been very influential in advancing the financial status of 
the township, and are numbered among its most invaluable citizens. In politics 
they are a little mixed, being rather inclined to the Greenback order. They 
were educated in the tenets of the Lutheran Church and still abide by that 
faith.

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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