Jens Anderson

Jens was raised on a farm.  In Ephraim, he helped clear of land of sage brush as well as digging canals to help water their crops.  He also helped get timber off the mountains.  He assisted in building the Fort in Ephraim.  He was allotted 5 acres of land and a lot in the city.  Crops were planted that year but the grasshopper took most of their crops that first year.

They were sent to Circle Valley to settle.  One day and Indian Couple who had lost their papoose, came to Jens wanting to buy his 2-year-old daughter, Ellen.  In great alarm they loaded their possessions and returned to Ephraim.

Jens actively participated in the Black Hawk War.  He earned the rank of Sargent.

In 1877, he was called on a 2-year mission to Denmark and Sweden.

On June 22, 1878, a group of people from Ephraim and Mayfield, went on an outing to Funk's Lake.  Jens' young daughter, Malinda, (11-years-old) was visiting with her cousins in Mayfield.  She, with several others were in a boat that capsized, drowning all but two.  There were 12 in the boat.

Children by wives:

1st wife: Helena Margaret Pedersen-

James Peter, 5 September 1859

Maria Cecilia, 20 February 1862

Ellen Kristine, 24 July 1864

Margaret Malinda, 11 August 1867

Lena Anderson, 6 March 1870

Andrew Franklin, 25 May 1872

Elise Lauretta, 1 June 1877

George Wilford, 12 May 1880

2nd Wife: Christine Ulrika Berlin

Sarah Hilda, 20 October 1881

Norah Justine, 4 December 1883

Anna Sophia, 12 January 1886

Iva Doris, 17 April 1895