A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

              HISTORY OP AVAUPACA COUNTY 513
improvement of the local schools. He is a progressive republican and a member of the Danish Lutheran Church, In 1900 he married Miss Chris¬ tina Jensen. Mrs. Jorgensen was also born in Denmark, her birth occur¬ ring June 22, 1869. Her parents were Jens and Marie Jensen, her father dying in Denmark in 1883, and her mother still living there. Mr. and Airs. Jorgensen are the parents of five children, young and capable members of the household who are growing up to appreciate the .advantages of the good home supplied them by their parents and are preparing for useful and honorable manhood. Their names and dates of birth are:   Emil August, November 30, 1902; Arthur William, June
25, 1904; Esther Alarie, June 29, 1906; Eva Dorothea, Aiarch 28, 1908; and Anna Elizabeth, Alay 3, 1912.
Peter H. Jorgensen, only brother of Fred T., was born in Denmark September 10, 1865, and was about nine years of age when brought to this country. His first instruction was received in Danish schools, and he also attended school after coming to Wisconsin. Reared on a farm, he took to that vocation naturally, and lived at home wdth his parents until 1904. In 1905 he bought his present home in Section 26 of Farm¬ ington Township. His original purchase there was twenty-three acres, but in 1910 he bought forty acres in Section 35 of the same township, and now has all the property under a high state of cultivation with substantial improvements. Pie also handled high grade Holstein cattle and like his brother makes a feature of the silver laced Wyandotte chickens.
For the past sixteen years Peter Jorgensen has served as clerk of Farmington Township, and through that office has rendered his principal service to the community. He is a republican. On July 27, 1904, he married Aiiss Christina Petersen, who was born in Denmark February
26, 1873. Her parents both died in the old country. They have two young children: Albert Christian, born July 22, 1905, and Margaret Marie, born August 2, 1907.
John Erickson. Farmers are the uncrowned kings of America today, and if they do not hold the political destiny of the country in their hands, they are at least the custodians of those resources which are most vital and necessary to the w^elfare and existence of the millions who live in the great cities and industrial centers. To find a progressive leader in an agricultural community is to find a man whose importance cannot be estimated second to governors and statesmen, and those who enjoy the conspicuous honors of industry and controllers of great wealth.
Waupaca County has a wealth of men who are doing their part in the development of American agriculture, and it is no disparagement of w^hat others are doing and have done to name John Erickson of Farmington Township as a recognized leader among them all.
His success has not been for himself alone. What he has done and what he is doing are an example and an inspiration to the general for¬ ward movement which is carrying farming and stock husbandry to in¬ creasingly high planes of productiveness and value.   The name of John