Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Page 1008 

JACOB TJADEN, farmer and stock-raiser, successfully engaged in his agricultural labors on his farm on section 22, Ninnescah Township, is a native of Woodford County, Ill., born Jan. 26, 1858. His parents, Jacob G. and Minnie (Hein) Tjaden, both natives of Hanover, Germany, emigrated to America about thirty years ago, and located in Woodford County, Ill., where they are still living. To them have been born ten children, seven of whom are living, namely: Michael, John, Manke, Henry, Jacob, Louis and Harmon. Three died in infancy.

             The subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in his native county, spending his younger days in attending the district school and in assisting his father on the home farm, receiving a good knowledge of books and of the science of agriculture, which he has made his life-long work. Mr. Tjaden was married, March 5, 1883, to Johanna Jonson, who was born in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 22, 1866. Her father, Harmon Jonson, died in that ancient German city in 1870. Her mother, Mrs. Johanna Jonson, with her four children-George, Oltman, Johanna and Bertha-emigrated to America in 1882, and settled in Woodford County, Ill., where she still lives. John, the second son, came five years previously.

             After marriage Mr. Tjaden and his wife decided to establish a permanent home for themselves and their family in Kansas, which offers greater inducements to those wishing to procure their living from the soil than most other States, owing to its salubrious climate, fertile and well-watered soil, railway facilities, and its geographical position. Accordingly they came to Sedgwick County and purchased their present farm, consisting of 320 acres of arable land, a part of which is under cultivation, and the remainder used for grazing purposes. Our subject has prospered since coming here, and feels that his expectations of this land of promise are being fully realized. He pays much attention to stock-raising, and has now eighty-five head of fine graded cattle, seven bead of good horses and mules, and about a hundred hogs of a choice breed.

             The union of Mr. and Mrs. Tjaden has been blessed by the birth of three children, namely Minnie J., born April 14, 1884; Johanna M., Oct. 3, 1885; Bertha J., Nov. 26, 1887.

             Our subject is a warm-hearted, public-spirited citizen, willing to aid by all means in his power any beneficial scheme for the improvement of his adopted town and county, and his integrity and honorable business methods have gained for him the respect of the community in which he resides. In politics he is a Democrat and an ardent supporter of the principles of that party. Religiously, he and his excellent wife are worthy and consistent members of the German Lutheran Church.

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