Nils "Jacob" Jacob Rasmussen

The paternal grandfather was Rasmus Christenson who by his wife Bertha had a son Jacob Jacob Rasmussen was born near Drammen Norway and from the time he was fifteen he worked in sawmills In 1874 he brought his family to America and after trying Green Bay and several other places in Wisconsin finally took up a homestead claim at Dorchester in 1877 For several years however he continued his work in a sawmill After ten years in Dorchester he became a citizen of Phillips and has since lived there at present in the employ of the John R Davis Lumber Company At the time of the fire in 1894 Mr Rasmussen was carrying on a general store and lost not only the store with all its contents but also his home He now has another comfortable residence with modern improvements. Jacob Rasmussen married Miss Caroline Olson and they reared a family of seven children John R of Snohomish Wash Oscar of Phillips Alexander George of Phillips Herbert of Bemidji Minn William of Phillips and Matilda now Mrs Tuttle of Tacoma Washington.

1880 census Jacob Rasmuson, Caroline Rasmuson, Matilda Rasmuson, Reinhard Rasmuson, Oscar Rasmuson, Eileck Rasmuson & Jargen Rasmuson are living at Mayville, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.