Attorney; b Otoe Co, Neb Sept 16, 1866; s of Andrew Jessen-Margaret Jane Martin; ed Nebraska City; Cornell U Law School; Washington U, St Louis Mo; m Emma R Schneider Oct 4, 1905 Nebraska City; d Mary Louise, Margaret Jane; prior to 1893 teacher 5 years Nebraska City; 1893 adm to Neb bar, 1893 prac law, Nebraska City; 1894-98 Otoe Co atty; 1898-1900 practiced law, Nebraska City; 1900-08 judge 2nd judicial district of Neb; 1908- practiced law, Nebraska City; 1905 apptd by Pres Roosevelt to supreme court of Arizona, did not accept; Neb St Bar Assn, president 1925, member 30 years; during Spanish-American War, enl 1898 in US army 2nd Neb vol inf; Rep; father born in Denmark, came to Neb territory 1854; mother came to Neb 1854, in 1855 established first private school in Otoe Co. Member of the Executive Committee of the Committee of One Hundred formed for the purpose of raising funds for the construction of a Memorial Building in Nebraska City, Ne.
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