NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 C. H. JENSEN Clay Henry Jensen, an able and successful young attorney of Sioux City, was born in Davenport, Iowa, on the 26th of November, 1887, his parents being Henry and Allee (Sneverkrubbe) Jensen, both of whom are also natives of this state. The father is a retired agriculturist residing at Alvord, Iowa. Clay H. Jensen acquired his early education in the public schools of Davenport and Rock Rapids and received his more advanced intellectual training in Highland Park (now Des Moines) University. He engaged in the profession of school teaching for a brief period prior to taking up the study of law in the office of Judge Kennedy in Sioux City and he was admitted to the bar in 1922. He maintains offices in the Iowa Building and has been accorded a steadily increasing clientage as he has demonstrated his ability in the work of the courts. His diligence and energy in the preparation of his cases, as well as the earnestness, tenacity and courage with which he defends the right, as he understands it, challenge the respect and admiration of his associates at the bar. He has membership in the Woodbury County Bar Association, the Iowa State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. In 1908, at Des Moines, Iowa, Mr. Jensen was united in marriage to Ethel Hume, daughter of Dr. Hume of that city. They are the parents of two daughters, Virginia and Helen. The mother is a member of the Women's Club and also of the Church Society. Mr. Jensen gives his political allegiance to the republican party, believing that its principles contain the best elements of good government. He belongs to both the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce, while fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias, holding membership in Tyrian Lodge, No. 508, A. F. & A. M.; and Columbia Lodge, No. 13, K. P. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Unitarian church of Sioux City. He derives pleasurable recreation in motoring and fishing and has manifested considerable skill in amateur photography. His life has been actuated by worthy motives and high ideals in every relation, and his many friends attest the intrinsic worth of his character. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/