Biographies:  Oscar G. JENSEN, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI 

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Oscar G. Jensen, city clerk of Rice Lake and secretary-treasurer of the Rice
Lake Building & Loan Association, is one of the progressive, enterprising
young men of the city, and is taking his share in everything which he 
believes to be for the best good of the community at large. He was born in 
Christiania, Norway, Sept. 8, 1881, son of E. and Martha (Peterson) Jensen, 
the former of whom died in 1903, and the latter of whom still makes her home 
in the old country. Oscar G. received an excellent education in Norway, 
passing through the graded schools and the high school, and then taking a 
two-years' course in a business college, and a one-year course in a 
university in Norway. He landed in America April 2, 1902, and came directly 
to Barron County, being employed for one year as bookkeeper for the Rice Lake 
Manufacturing Co. at Rice Lake, and then starting work for the abstract 
department of the Barron County Bank, of the same place. In the meantime he 
took a two-years' course in accounting and commerce, with the International 
Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Penn. May 1, 1912, he was elected to his 
present position, and has since served with distinction and ability. He 
thoroughly understands the city affairs, he has made a critical study of the 
city records, and he conducts the office in a manner which gives general 
satisfaction to the officials and to the taxpayers. Mr. Jensen is quiet and 
unassuming in manner, but of a genial temperament, and is well liked by all
with whom he comes in contact. When the Rice Lake Building & Loan Association
was formed in 1921 for the purpose of assisting in the upbuilding of homes in
this part of the state, he was chosen as a most suitable man to fill the
position of secretary and treasurer, and in the short time the company has
been in existence he has shown the wisdom of his having been selected. In
1912, he purchased a business building at 301 Hatten Street. In 1920 he 
bought out the grocery store which occupied the building, and organized the 
Jensen Grocery Co., of which he is the sole owner, and which he operates 
through a manager. He is also interested in other business ventures. Mr. 
Jensen was married June 26, 1912, at Rice Lake, to Ettie Olivia Knudson, 
daughter of Knud and Emma (Olsen) Knudson, of Rice Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen 
reside in a pleasant, modern home at 18 Phipps Avenue, which they erected in 
1917. They are the parents of two children: Oscar Gerhard, born July 4, 1913; 
and Ruth Olivette, born Dec. 8, 1915. The family faith is that of the 
Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 184-185