Details for Jens Jenson Homestead
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5035005363
Data
| Marker Number | 5363 |
| Atlas Number | 5035005363 |
| Marker Title | Jens Jenson Homestead |
| Index Entry | Jenson, Jens, Homestead |
| Address | |
| City | Clifton |
| County | Bosque |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 620073 |
| UTM Northing | 3515752 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; Norweigan settlement |
| Marker Year | 1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 13 miles west of Clifton, via 219 west to 182 north to Gary Creek Rd, (CO 4175) marker is in front of small ranch house 500 feet from CO 4175 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | 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) |