Bio: Jacobsen, Thomas M. (1881)

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Surnames: Jacobsen, Johnson

----Source: History of Northern Wisconsin (Eau Claire County, Wis.) 1881, page 325

THOMAS M. JACOBSEN, pattern maker, Eau Claire, is a native of Norway. He was born May 1, 1853, and came to America in the Spring of 1872, locating in Chicago. He removed from there to Baldwin in the Fall of 1873, and was married at that place, Dec. 24, 1874, to Carrie Johnson, who was born in Norway. They have two children living, Johanna C., and Mary B. Their youngest daughter, Carey, died July 12, 1881, aged three months and six days. Mr. Jacobsen lived in Baldwin about six years, then moved to South Stillwater, and from there to Hudson, remaining at each place about a year, and in May, 1881, came to Eau Claire. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Temple of Honor.