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Anna Hall Jacobson was born on January 1, 1847, at Oresoken, Sweden, and died on March 21, 1933, at Genoa, Nebraska, at the age of eighty-six. Bengt Jacobson was also eighty-six at the time of his death.

ADOLPH JAEGGI

Adolph Jaeggi, born August 2, 1848, in Canton Bern, Switzerland, was the second son of the Reverend Carl Ludwig and Margarethe Kistler Jaeggi. He had two brothers and three sisters.

Adolph Jaeggi received his early education in Canton Bern. After working in one of the large wholesale houses in Burgdorf, he went to Rome, Italy, to study the Italian language.

While in Rome, Mr. Jaeggi enjoyed the rare privilege of witnessing a ceremony conferring honors on Pope Pius IX at St. Peter's Cathedral.

On his return from Italy, he entered the Swiss Army, receiving a commission as lieutenant in 1869.

Following his military service, Mr. Jaeggi immigrated to America, coming directly to Columbus and settling shortly after on a homestead eighteen miles southwest of the city in Polk County. He was joined in Polk County by his mother and his brother, Leopold.

After unpleasant experiences with grasshoppers and blizzards during 1873-1874, Mr. Jaeggi moved into Columbus and became first bookkeeper in the Columbus State Bank. During the six years he was employed there, not a single mistake was found in his accounts.

In the fall of 1879, Mr. Jaeggi became associated with David Schupbach in the lumber business, and in 1885, became manager of the Elevator Roller Mills Company and later its president. He served in the latter capacity for twenty-five years.

In 1882, Mr. Jaeggi returned to Canton Bern, Switzerland, where he was married to Miss Constance Chiffelle, daughter of Fred and Constance Kohler Chiffelle. He brought his wife to Columbus shortly after. Mrs. Jaeggi's father was born at Neuenstadt, Switzerland, and was in the wholesale grocery business in Buren, Canton Bern; he died there in 1874. Her mother was born in Canton Bern and died in 1882. Constance Chiffelle Jaeggi had two brothers, Fredrich and Ernest Chiffelle, both associated with their father in the grocery business.

Adolph and Constance Chiffelle Jaeggi had three sons: Paul, Walter C., and Ernest L. All three were talented in music. Mr. and Mrs. Jaeggi themselves were accomplished musicians.

Mr. Jaeggi, one of the organizers of the German Reformed Church in Columbus, was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He also held membership in the Modern Woodmen, the Orpheus and Swiss Societies.

He died January 16, 1910. Mrs. Adolph Jaeggi died September 16, 1936.

PAUL JAEGGI

Paul Jaeggi, the eldest son of Adolph and Constance Chiffelle Jaeggi, was born in Columbus January 18, 1886, attended the local public schools, and then took a business course. On its completion, he entered the employ of the Elevator Roller Mills, becoming associated with his father there.

After his father's death in 1910, Mr. Jaeggi became president of the company. His brother, Ernest L, was secretary.

In 1923, Paul Jaeggi joined the Black Brothers Milling Company of Beatrice as a salesman. He worked there until his death, January 26, 1932.

Mr. Jaeggi was a member of the German Reformed Church choir for several years. He also held memberships in the Maennerchor, the Swiss Singing Society, and sang with a quartet.

ERNEST L. JAEGGI

Ernest L. Jaeggi, youngest son of Adolph and Constance Chiffelle Jaeggi was born July 20, 1889, attended the Columbus public schools and Columbus High School. He then took a business course preparatory to entering the Elevator Roller Mills which his father founded.

He was married to Miss Vee Hennick of Burwell, Nebraska. Mrs. Jaeggi taught in the Columbus city schools for several years.

Ernest L. and Vee Hennick Jaeggi had one son, Ernest L. Jr., a graduate of Nebraska State University at Lincoln. Ernest Jr. is married and lives in Omaha.

Mr. Jaeggi, after selling the Elevator Roller Mills, left Columbus in the 1920's to become associated with the Fairmont Creamery Company at North Platte, Nebraska. He has served as manager of the North Platte Creamery since that time.

WALTER CARL JAEGGI

Walter Carl Jaeggi, born in Columbus, Nebraska, January 23, 1887, is the second son of Adolph and Constance Chiffelle Jaeggi, both of whom were born in Canton Bern, Switzerland.

In 1869, after completing his Swiss Military Service, Adolph Jaeggi immigrated to the United States. He settled on a homestead several miles southwest of Columbus.

In 1882, Adolph Jaeggi returned to Switzerland and was married to Miss Constance Chiffelle at Canton Bern. A few months later he brought his bride to America, and soon after engaged in the lumber business in Columbus with David Schupbach.

Walter Jaeggi was one of three sons. Paul died January 26, 1932, and Ernest L. manages the Fairmont Creamery Company at North Platte.

Mr. Jaeggi was educated in the Columbus public schools, and attended Nebraska Agricultural College at Lincoln for two years. While at Lincoln, he enrolled in the R.O.T.C. for a year of military training. After his course in agriculture, he returned to Columbus

where he improved and farmed the Jaeggi farm a few miles northeast of the city.

On April 28, 1914, Mr. Jaeggi was married to Miss Ida Oppliger, daughter of Rudolph and Marianna Oppliger. Mrs. Jaeggi's father was born in Switzerland; he died in Columbus June, 1904. Her mother, also born in Switzerland, died in May, 1894.

After their marriage, Walter and Ida Oppliger Jaeggi lived on their farm until the late 1920's when they moved into the Adolph Jaeggi home at Eighth Street and Sixteenth Avenue. Walter managed his farm for twenty-one years, worked at the A. C. Anderson Green House, and was then employed by the Park Board at Pawnee Park as a horticulturist.

Walter and Ida Oppliger Jaeggi had six children, all of whom attended. the Field, Williams, and Junior High Schools, and were graduated from Kramer High School. Edna, Mrs. J. C. Hoge, is employed at the Western Costume Company of Hollywood. Elfrieda Jaeggi is with the Anderson Floral Company in Columbus. Helen, Mrs. Rollo Wiebold, was formerly a stenographer at the Weaver Coal Co., the Central National Bank and at Consumers. Rollo and Helen Jaeggi Wiebold have two sons: David Larry and Donald Allan, born October 19, 1946. Miss Doris Jaeggi was employed at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation at Long Beach, California, during World War II, and from there went to the Western Costume Company of Hollywood. She is married.

Walter Jr., after his graduation from high school, was employed by the Anderson Floral Company and later at Griener's Market. He spent three years in the Navy R.O.T.C. at Oregon State College in Corvallis and at the Arlington Naval Base in Washington State. After his discharge from the army in June, 1946, he was employed at the Nash-Dietz Company in Columbus. Robert Jaeggi worked for the Anderson Floral Company after his graduation from high school. In 1946, while stationed in Garza, Italy, with the United States Army, he visited the birthplace of his grandparents in Switzerland. He was happily received by Mrs. Marie Jaeggi Schoch and her sons in the old Jaeggi ancestral home in Canton Bern. Robert, after discharge from the army in January, 1947, was employed at the Cornhusker Rural Electrification Administration, a division of Consumers.

Mr. and Mrs. Jaeggi are members of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbus. Mr. Jaeggi is a member of the Sons of Herman and the Swiss Society, and is a Republican.

LEOPOLD JAEGGI

Leopold Jaeggi was born July 29, 1850, in Buren, Canton Bern, Switzerland. His parents were Reverend Carl Ludwig and Margarethe Rosina Kistler Jaeggi.

Leopold, after a common school and college education, served an apprenticeship of two years in a wholesale business house in Burgdorf, Canton Bern. He later worked two years as an apprentice in a confectionery factory in Geneva, and was a sergeant in the Swiss Militia. After the death of his father, he came to America in 1873 with his mother and the other members of the family.

The Jaeggi family came directly to Columbus and homesteaded across the Platte River in Polk County. Two years later, after grasshoppers destroyed their crops, Leopold went to Omaha and was employed in a candy factory. He later operated a flour store there, but returned soon to Columbus to accept a clerical position in the Columbus State Bank. After four years at the bank he entered the employ of David Schupbach, and his brother, Adolph Jaeggi, in their lumber yard.

After managing lumber yards at Genoa and Humphrey, Leopold Jaeggi in 1882 bought the V. T. Price interest in the real estate, insurance and loan business of Becher and Price. The firm name was changed to Gus G. Becher and Company. In 1883, while on a business trip to his native land, Mr. Jaeggi established business relations for the company with a large bank in Basel, Switzerland. Near the turn of the century Gus G. Becher and Company acted as agent for the bank in lending money to farmers in this country.

In 1891, when H. F. J. Hockenberger became a member of the firm, the company name was changed to Becher, Jaeggi and Company. Mr. Jaeggi continued as one of the senior members until 1901 when he sold his interest in the firm to E. H. Chambers. But for several years thereafter he maintained his desk in the firm office and dealt in real estate.

On January 11, 1913, Mr. Jaeggi purchased the Nebraska Biene, a German newspaper. He continued the paper as an independent publication, not interfering with the political views of his subscribers. He later disposed of his subscription list to Val Peters, owner of the Omaha Tribune, an outstanding German newspaperman in Nebraska.

In October, 1885, Leopold Jaeggi was married to Miss Bertha Meyer, daughter of Doctor Arnold Meyer, a native of Herisau, Canton of Appenzell, Switzerland. Bertha Meyer Jaeggi's grandfather was a minister of the state church in Switzerland.

Leopold and Bertha Meyer Jaeggi had three daughters. Gertrude is the wife of Doctor F. Conrad Kruger who is with the Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio. Hedwig, Mrs. Hedwig Jaeggi Fontein, and Elsa, Mrs. Harry Hess, live in Oakland, California.

Mrs. Leopold Jaeggi will long be remembered by pioneer families in Columbus for her willingness to help with musical programs. She was possessed of much musical skill, and served often as piano accompanist for her daughter, Hedwig Jaeggi Fontein, who won state-wide recognition as an accomplished violinist.

Mrs. Hedwig Jaeggi Fontein, for many years, was connected with the music department of the Columbus city schools, and was a charter member of the Community Orchestra. In Oakland, California, she is known as an outstanding violinist.

Mr. Leopold Jaeggi died in Columbus in April, 1931.

Mrs. Leopold Jaeggi died in April, 1948.

HAROLD IVAN JAMES

Harold Ivan James, member of a pioneer Welsh family in Joliet township, was born at Lindsay, Nebraska, August 29, 1903.

His parents were John and Margaret Davis James. John James, born in Brecon, South Wales, December , 1861, came to Platte County in 1882 and settled in Joliet Township; he died April 16, 1936. Margaret Davis, daughter of David H. and Elizabeth Ann Thomas Davis, was born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, November 16, 1867, and immigrated in 1873 to the United States with her parents who settled on Section 27, Joliet Township. John and Margaret Davis James were married November 2, 1891.

Harold Ivan James is one of four children. The others are: Gwendolyn, Mrs. V. N. Pearson; Ruth, Mrs. Carl A. Bearberg; and Edward James.

Harold James received his education in the District 51 School. He is a well-known farmer and stock raiser. He specializes in pure-bred Shorthorn cattle.

On March I, 1933, Harold I. James was married to Miss Julia Stone, daughter of Charles A. and Nellie Rood Stone.

Both Mr. and Mrs. James are members of the Palestine Baptist Church, and Mrs. James is a member of the Baptist Mission Circle.

Politically, Mr. James is affiliated with the Republican Party.

MAURICE CLAYTON JAMES, M.D.

Doctor Maurice Clayton James, the son of John Clarkson and Sarah E. Campbell James, was born at Hinton, West Virginia.

He was one of a family of six children. His brothers are: Paul L. of Arlington, Virginia, Frank R. of Chicago, Illinois, and R. Howard James of New York City; a sister and a brother are deceased.

Doctor James received his early formal education at Hinton, West Virginia. He attended the Randolph-Macon Preparatory School for boys and was graduated from the Randolph-Macon College at Ashland, Virginia, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Following this he was enrolled at the Jefferson College of Medicine in Philadelphia and upon the completion of his work there received a Doctor of Medicine degree.

He served an internship at a hospital in Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania, and was a resident of surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.

During World War I, Doctor James had two periods of war service. The first of these was in 1915 when he spent several months with the American Ambulance, at Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris.

At the end of this period of war service he returned to Philadelphia and in 1917 enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army and was assigned to overseas service with the Jefferson Medical College Unit at their Base Hospital Number 38, at Nantes, France.

On May 11, 1917, Doctor Maurice Clayton James was married to Miss Elizabeth Doyle, the daughter of William and Mary Seeley Doyle of Philadelphia. They had, two children, Elizabeth Anne and Stephen Clayton James.

Elizabeth Anne was born at Hinton, West Virginia, and came to Columbus with her parents in 1920. She attended the Columbus schools and was graduated from Kramer High School.

Following this she spent two years at Fontbonne College in St. Louis. In her junior year she entered the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

She then took post-graduate work at the University of Ohio where she received her Master of Arts degree.

She majored in psychology and sociology and following her post-graduate work she taught in the psychology department at Denison University at Granville, Ohio, and in 1948 at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver

Since September, 1948, she has been psychologist of the public schools at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Doctor James' first medical practice was at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.

He came to Columbus in December, 1920, and for a brief time was associated with the Evans Clinic in the Friedhof Building.

In 1922 Doctor James formed a partnership with Doctor Julian E. Meyer. Their offices were located in the State Bank Building on Twenty-sixth Avenue from 1922 to 1935. In 1935 they moved their offices to the Weaver Building on Fourteenth Street and Twenty-fourth Avenue. Since 1946 Doctor Everett G. Brillhart has been associated with Doctors James and Meyer.

Doctor James is a surgeon and is on the staffs at both St. Mary's and the Lutheran Hospitals.

He was chief of staff at St. Mary's Hospital in 1943.

He is a member of the International College of Surgeons, the Alpha Omega Alpha Fraternity, and holds memberships in the American Medical Association, the Nebraska State Medical Association, and the Platte County Medical Society of which he is a past president.

Doctor and Mrs. James are prominent in the cultural and social circles in Columbus and Platte County.

Their hobbies are music and art.

The James' are members of the Grace Episcopal Church in Columbus.

STEPHEN CLAYTON JAMES

Stephen Clayton James, the son of Doctor Maurice Clayton and Elizabeth Doyle James, was born in Columbus on January 31, 1926.

He attended the Columbus schools and then was enrolled at the Todd Preparatory School at Woodstock, Illinois, where he spent two years of study. He then attended the St. John's Military Academy at Salina, Kansas, where he was graduated in 1944.

During World War II he was enlisted in the United States Navy and spent several months in service.

After the war he attended the Colorado A. and M. College at Fort Collins for two years and then enrolled

at the Northrup College of Aviation near Los Angeles where he was graduated in 1949.

Following this he was flying instructor at Tempe, Arizona, and later at Yuma.

On May 8, 1949, at Phoenix, Arizona, Stephen Clayton James was married to Miss Barbara Radcliffe, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Radcliffe of Sydney, Nebraska.

Barbara Radcliffe James was graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. James are members of the Episcopal Church.

GEORGE JAROSZ

George Jarosz, born in Burrows Township, near Tarnov, Nebraska, March 12, 1885, is the son of William and Agnes Gurka Jarosz. William Jarosz was born July 27, 1850, in Tarnov, Poland. William's father was a farmer near Tarnov; William was a fisherman. George's mother, Agnes Gurka Jarosz, was born in Tarnov, Poland, August 20, 1858.

William and Agnes Gurka Jarosz immigrated to the United States in the late 1870's. Coming to Platte County in 1878, they joined the small colony from Tarnov, Poland, in Burrows Township. William after improving a farm there, died March 8, 1901. Mrs. Jarosz remained on the home farm for several years, and then lived with her son, George. She died December 27, 1943.

William and Agnes Gurka Jarosz had a family of five sons: George, John, Joseph, Andrew, and James. Joseph, retired from the farm and lives in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. He was married to Anna Shemek who died November 16, 1926. They had a family of six children, three of whom served in the Armed Forces in World War II. John lived in Burrows Township. Andrew, who conducted a barber shop until his death July 17, 1934, served as marshal in Tarnov for several years. He was married to Mary Shemek and they had one daughter. James, also a barber, died in Columbus February 5, 1944.

George Jarosz, after attending St. Michael's Parochial School in Tarnov, traveled through the central section of the United States, and has been a farmer in District 54, Burrows Township, for several years. Besides farming, his hobbies are fishing and baseball.

On February 8, 1922, George Jarosz was married to Miss Helen Barnas, daughter of John and Bell Cuba Barnas, in St. Michael's Church in Tarnov. Other members of the Barnas family are: Felix, Mary, Joseph, Leona, Emma, Edward, Ralph, Carol, Arthur, and Rita. Joseph died May 15, 1922, and Carol, September 1, 1947. Felix married Genevieve Ciochon, and is farming near Tarnov. Mary, married to Peter Pier, lives on a farm near Primrose, Nebraska. Leona married Anton Toczek who is employed by the railroad at Genoa, Nebraska. Emma married Henry Paprocki, a farmer near Tarnov. Edward, Ralph, Arthur, and Rita live in Burrows Township.

George and Helen Barnas Jarosz have a family of four children: Rita, Laverna, Alfred, and Arnold, all of whom were born at Humphrey, Nebraska, and attended St. Michael's School in Tarnov.

The George Jarosz family are members of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Tarnov. George Jarosz is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and is a Democrat.

ANDREW A. JAWORSKI

Andrew A. Jaworski, veteran Burrows Township farmer, was born on his father's farm near the present village of Tarnov, October 22, 1882.

His father, John, was born in Gniezno, Poland, August 14, 1842, and some years later immigrated to the United States, settling in Parkersburg, West Virginia. In the spring of 1875, he came to Platte County and settled near Tarnov, where he remained until his death, May 14, 1929. John was married to Anna Savage, of Tarnov, Poland, who was born February 20, 1848. There were four children: Anthony, Sophia, Mary, Sister M. Clothilda, and Andrew. Anthony died July 5, 1934.

Anna Savage Jaworski died January 24, 1884, In the latter part of 1884, John Jaworski was married to Miss Julia Drozd. To this union five children were born: Joseph; Victoria, who died December 18, 1918; Monica, Sister M. Cunegundis; Reverend Father Stanislaus, and Mrs. Mary Jaworski Christman.

Andrew A. Jaworski received his early education at St. Michael's Parochial School at Tarnov.

On November 15, 1910, he was married to Miss Della M. Augustine, daughter of John and Hedwig Czuba Augustine, at Loup City, Nebraska. Mrs. Jaworski had four sisters: Della, Minnie, Marie, and Nora, four half-sisters and seven half-brothers. Andrew and Della Augustine Jaworski had twelve children:

Helen, born January 4, 1912, attended St. Michael's Parochial School at Tarnov, and is married to Frank Spevak; they live in Omaha. Ernest, born August 20, 1913, attended St. Michael's School and served with the United States Army in Japan. Edna, born May 13, 1916, attended St. Michael's School and St. Francis High School at Humphrey; she married William Boettcher Jr. of Columbus. Elmer, born December 18, 1917, attended St. Michael's School and is employed in the Hinky-Dinky Stores in Omaha. Angeline, born December 4, 1919, attended St. Michael's School and St.

Francis High School at Humphrey, and is married to Edgar Fagen of Council Bluffs. Reynold, born August 6, 1921, attended St. Michael's School and farms with his father. Allen, born August 19, 1923, attended St. Michael's School and served in the Army of Occupation in the Philippines. He is farming with his father. Annita, born November , 1925, attended St. Bonaventure's Parochial School and Duschene College, and is married to Russell Raybould in Omaha. Andrew Jr., born July 20, 1928, attended St. Michael's School and is farming with his father. Milton, born February 4, 1930, attended St. Michael's School and St. Francis High School at Humphrey; he is employed at the Safeway Stores in Council Bluffs. Norman, born September II, 1933, attended St. Michael's School and is farming with his father. Ernestine, born March 20, 1935, attended St. Francis High School at Humphrey and is farming.

Andrew Jaworski, a Democrat, served as village clerk from 1911 to 1918, and was Township Assessor from 1912 to 1914 and again from 1935 to 1949. He was secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Elevator at Tarnov from 1916 to 1946. He holds membership in the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, and served as its recording secretary from 1913 to 1942. He is a former member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Knights of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jaworski are members of St. Michael's Catholic Church of Tarnov.

RICHARD "DICK" JENKINSON

Richard "Dick" Jenkinson was born July 12, 1855, on a farm near Montreal, Canada, and died January 25, 1933, in Columbus, Nebraska. Mr. Jenkinson was nine years old when his parents, Mr. and Mrs John Jenkinson moved to Du Page County, Illinois, in 1864. After farming there for ten years they came to Platte County, locating on a homestead in Grand Prairie Township, in 1874.

Dick procured employment at the Jonas Welch mill on Shell Creek for a while and then farmed in partnership with his elder brother, David, in Grand Prairie until 1878, when he gave up farming and came to Columbus to work for Charles Morse in the latter's livery business.

Several years later, he established the Jenkinson Dray Line which he operated for nearly thirty-eight years. When motor trucks began to supersede the horse-drawn drays, he quit. He was later employed for some time at, the Gottberg Garage.

He was an early member of the Columbus Fire Department, joining the hook and ladder company in 1882. Prior to that time, the "hookies" had dragged their equipment to fires by hand. But when Mr. Jenkinson became a member, he raced his team to the fire station when an alarm sounded and hitched it to the "hookies" truck. He was chief of the fire department in 1891, 1892 and 1893.

He was one of the oldest members of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias lodges. He joined Wildey Lodge No. 44, I.O.O.F. in 1881, and on July 10, 1883, was installed as Noble Grand. He was a charter member of the Vashti Rebekah Lodge No. 108, and the I.O.O.F. Auxiliary.

His hobby was horses and for many years he was a familiar figure on the race tracks at the county fairs in Platte and neighboring counties.

On December 10, 1884, he was married to Miss Mabel Hudson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hudson, Columbus pioneers. They had four children: Lester; Mrs. Herman Zinnecker; Ruby, who died in childhood; and Harry, who died in 1913.

Dick Jenkinson had three brothers: George, James and Robert of Platte County; and a sister, Mrs. J. J. Adams.

Mr. Jenkinson was one of the heroes of the historic blizzard of January 12, 1888. He was the person who assisted Doctor D. T. Martyn Sr. and O. L. Baker in removing some one hundred frightened school children from the Third Ward School building.

JOHN RUDOLF JENNY

John Rudolf Jenny of Creston, born April 11, 1866, in Switzerland, came to Platte County from Wisconsin in 1883 and settled in Sherman Township. He is the son of Henry Jenny who was born in Switzerland in 1840 and died in Platte County August 15, 1911. He had one brother, Balthasar, and one sister, Elizabeth.

John Jenny attended a German school in Switzerland, completing his studies in Wisconsin and Nebraska. He then engaged in dairying, cheese-making and agriculture in Wisconsin and in Platte County, Nebraska.

On March 24, 1885, at Columbus, Nebraska, Mr. Jenny was married to Marie Altman, daughter of Andrew and Verona Oertli Altman, natives of Switzerland. Marie Altman Jenny had a sister, Margaret.

John Rudolf and Marie Altman Jenny had six sons: Henry, born January 10, 1886, and married to Hulda Hoessel; Balthasar, born November I, 1888, and married to Ida Hake; Rudolf B., born October 28, 1889, and married to Martha M. Olson; Baltz, born August 12, 1893; Andrew, born May 22, 1896, and married to Olga Loseke; and Ernest, born May 8, 1903, and married to Alvena Wiebold. All were born in Platte County and attended the District School, and except for Ernest, who owns the Jenny Motor Company at Norfolk, Nebraska, are farmers.

Mr. and Mrs. John Rudolf Jenny are members of St. John's Lutheran Church in Leigh.

RUDOLF BALTHASAR JENNY

Rudolf Balthasar Jenny, Creston Township farmer, was born October 28, 1889, in Sherman Township. His parents, John Rudolf, born April 11, 1866, and Marie Anna Altman Jenny, born November 28, 1865, came to Platte County in 1883 from Wisconsin. They were born in Switzerland.

Rudolf Jenny had five brothers: Henry, born January 10, 1886, married to Hulda Hoessel; Balthasar,

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