JENSEN, FREDERICK, farmer, of Manti, son of Louis and Christina. (Roth), was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 27, 1860. Parents joined the Mor­mon church and in 1866 started for Zion, but the father died on the plains; mother is now living in Manti. Fred was raised a farmer and has followed it all his life. For several years he freighted produce to the mining camps of Nevada, and in the fall for many years he has run a threshing machine, he also tried wool growing a couple of years, but farming is his successful business. He has a nice farm of eighty acres north of town and a comforta­ble residence in town. Mr. Jensen is a worthy citizen and well liked by the people. In 1895 they elected him to represent them in the City Council and he was re-­elected in 1897. He was married January 6, 1881, to Christina M., daughter of Peter and Maria Lund, born in Denmark May 11, 1861. They have seven children, as follows: Frederick R., Maranda, Katie, Henry, Glen, Merrill and Earle.

JENSEN, BISHOP HANS, of Manti, son of Peter and Margaretta, (Peterson), was born in Hals, Aalsborg, Denmark, June 24, 1829. In November, 1853, the parents, with their two boys, Hans and Lauritz, started for the home of the Saints in Utah. When they reached Hull, England, the father died. In crossing the ocean Hans married Mary Ericksen. In March they reached New Orleans, and continued their journey up the river, and finally camped near Kansas City, where the mother died. Here Lauritz, then 10 years old, joined a camp of freighters hauling goods to Fort Defiance, N. M., and Hans heard nothing of him for seventeen years. He is now an ex-Judge in Manassa, Colo. October 1, 1851, Hans arrived in Salt Lake and reached Manti the same year, where he has since been engaged in farming and wool growing. About twenty years he was also engaged in selling farm implements and is a director in the Manti Co-op. He has been a member of the City Council several years. Seven years he was bishop's counselor, and the last twenty years he has been bishop of the South ward of Manti. In 1865 he went on a mission to Denmark and was gone three and one-half years. In 1878 he was sent by the church to help locate Manassa and Sanford in Colorado, he took his two children, Mary and Marinus. In returning he had to pass through a hostile Indian country, and as the Ouray war was then in progress, he had several narrow escapes, but through coolness and courage he escaped injury. Second wife, Maria Ras­mussen, has six children, Christian K., Elvina, Mary A.,  Louis, Erastus and Catherine, deceased. Third wife, Maria O. Jorgensen, has eleven children, Mary L., Hans P., Marinus, deceased, Stency, Sophronia, Margaret, Hil­da, Linda, Caroline, Gertrude and May, deceased. The bishop is a prominent citizen and well liked by his people.

JENSEN, OLE, wool grower, son of Canute and Bodel, was born in Denmark, September 18, 1849, and came to Utah with his parents, in 1862, stopping at Provo, and finally locating in Gunnison. He took part in the Indian wars and at the age of 18 removed to Scipio, where his parents died in 1874. In 1879 he was called as a missionary to Apache county, Arizona, where he assisted in building the town of St. John. He was one of the stockholders of the Co-op store in that town and a clerk for three or four years, then engaged in the furniture business, which he sold in 1887 and re­moved to this city. He labored for four years in the temple and spent a two years mission to Denmark. His handsome residence is a credit to the city. He owns about 2500 sheep. His wife, whom he married in Scipio, May 16, 1870, was Magdalene, daughter of Asmus and Elizabeth Lamp, born in Denmark, August 6, 1847. They have three children: Henry O., born March 4, 1871, married Annie Peterson; they have one child, Leslie O. Helena, born March 28, 1873, wife of Ernest Madsen. Lydia R., born June 3, 1875, teacher in Manti schools.

JOHNSON, ALMA, farmer and stock raiser, son of Robert and Elizabeth Johnson, was born in Manti December 2, 1858, and brought up a farmer. He owns about sixty acres of land near here besides a good home in the city. Born and reared a Latter-day Saint, he has fulfilled a mission of over two years in England, and is one of the ward teachers and member of the Tab­ernacle choir. He was engaged several years in freight­ing produce to the mining towns of Utah and Nevada, and in November, 1897, was elected a member of the City Council on the Democratic ticket. On November 25, 1886, he was married in the Logan Temple to Margaret E., daughter of Daniel and Amanda Henrie. She was born in Manti December 23, 1861. Their family consists of three living children: Alice, Kate D. and Alma H., Elizabeth being dead.

JOHNSON, ROBERT, of Manti, son of William and Ann (Edwards), born near Chester, England, September 4, 1823. As the family was large and poor, Robert at an early age was put, to work in a cotton factory, andh became quite an expert in cotton mill machinery. He married and settled down, but joined the Mormon church and concluded to come to the land of the Saints, so in 1853, with his wife and two children, they came to Utah, crossing the plains in an ox train, arriving in Salt Lake, October 16, 1853. In January, 1854, they came to Manti, where Mr. Johnson engaged in making adobes and other occupations till he secured a farm. He followed farm­ing for many years, but a few years ago he divided most of his land among his sons and retired.

During the Black Hawk war he was a member of the Home Guard two Years. In May, 1883, he went on a mission to England and labored for the cause two years. Mr. Johnson is a man of sterling qualities, honorable and upright in his dealings, and a good neighbor. He married January 12, 1845, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Clark) Johnson, born in Yorkshire, England, October 2, 1825. Their children are Robert, Mary E., Elizabeth A., Alma, Martha and Nephi.

JOLLEY, MRS. CHELNECHA, proprietor of the Jolley House, widow of Francis M., daughter of Madison D, and Chelnecha Smith Hamilton; was born in Salt Lake City March 24, 1848. Her father came to Utah in 1847, being one of the most prominent pio­neers of Sanpete county. He settled in Manti in 1849 and later in Mt. Pleasant, where his home and sawmill were burned by Indians. Several residences of this city were built by him, among them the present Snow Hotel. He carried the mail to Salt Lake City, and was engaged in business in Nephi and Moroni and operating a flouring mill in this city, where he died in 1869. His wife died here also March 9, 1879. Chelnecha was married to Francis M. Jolley in Moroni September 3, 1865. He was engaged in the sheep business, as a miller and carpenter, and died here November 13, 1891. They had seven chil­dren: Francis M., Dolphin E., wife of Quincy Crawford, and Eflie living; Chelnecha, Ada L., Manning D. and Madison D., deceased.

JONES, MOSES M., of Manti, is an expert workman in constructing and running carding mills. He was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, June 4, 1826. He learned his trade of wool-carder in his native country, where he also joined the Mormon church in 1862 and emigrated to Salt Lake in 1869, where he was employed over two years by Brigham Young at $4 per shift to work in the Deseret Woolen Mills. From there he went, to Provo with John Hardin and they put in eleven looms for the Provo Woolen Mills. In 1875 he came to Manti and for twenty-one years was employed in Christofferson's mill. In June, 1897, he took the Peacock mill and is engaged in rolling wool for spinning. He was married in Provo in 1872 to Christina Ferry, by whom he has three children, Abram, Quendollan and Sophia, all of whom are grown up and living in Manti.

JORGENSEN, NIELS, farmer and stock raiser, son of Rasmus and Sophia Peterson, was born in Den­mark, November 1, 1854 His parents joined the Mormon church and came to this city in 1864, crossing the plains in an oxtrain. Father died in Manti March 4, 1895, mother August 3, 1885. He was reared a. farmer and owns 6O acres besides his home in this city. In 1882 he helped erect the first steam sawmill in Manti canyon, owning a fifth interest, and in later years has owned a similar share in a threshing machine. He was a mem­ber of the City Council for three years. His wife was Dorthea, daughter of Jens and Charlotte Hansen, born in Manti, March 20, 1856. Her parents were among the first Danish families in the city, coming here in 1853, her father being a leader among his people. They were married in Manti, February 13, 1879, and have had ten children: James, Louise, Ernest, Frederick, Helen, Es­ther, Eunice, Stanley and Rosalia, living; Isabel, dead.