MARCUSSEN, JENS, a prosperous farmer and stockraiser of Cass County, stands as high in public esteem as any of his fellow agriculturalists, and owns 344 acres of valuable farm land. Mr. Marcussen was born at Skodburg, Denmark, August 16, 1863, a son of Peter and Ellen Catherine (Dahl) Marcussen, natives of the same place as their son. The father was a farmer, who spent his entire life in Denmark, and was a soldier in the memorable war of 1849, which preserved the national life of Denmark.

Jens Marcussen received his educational training in his native land, and worked on the farm and learned the carpenter and bricklaying trades. After his arrival in the United States in 1882, he went to work as a farm hand, later farming on his own account in Menard County, Ill., for five years, when he moved to Cass County, and bought his present farm of 344 acres, which he is operating very successfully. He has 160 acres in section 29, township 18, range 8, and 184 acres in sections 14-15, range 10.

Mr. Marcussen was married in Morgan County, Ill., to Miss Josephine Hickey, born in Cass County, March 15, 1871, a daughter of Seth and Kizzia (Gooden) Hickey, natives of Cass County, Ill., and Indiana, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Marcussen became the parents of the following children: Clarence G., Edna M., Nellie I., Gracie D., Alice N., Russell J., Walter V., Hazel M., all living at home, and one who is deceased. Mr. Marcussen is a man of much enterprise and conducts his work according to modern methods. He is kind by nature, has generous inclinations and has friends everywhere he is known, and all speak a good word for him.