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Jens Jenson Homestead

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Clifton vicinity, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 46' 15.6", -97° 43' 55.0992"
 
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    Jens Jenson (1835-1912) came to this county with his Norwegian parents and their family in 1854. Later he was a sailor berthed in Galveston for some years; he also served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War (1861-65). After he bought part of his parents' land in 1867, he built one stone room of this house and married Sarah Swenson in 1868. As his family grew to 11 children, he added rooms, three of stone, two of wood. After his death, a son, Palmer, bought the place. In 1958 grandson Arden Jenson purchased the land. He lives in the house, farming the ancestral acres. (1976)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Jens Jenson Homestead Historical Marker Location Map, Clifton vicinity, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
 
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