ANOTHER VETERAN PASSES

One by one the Civil War veterans of this county are answering the last call. This time it is our old friend James Christensen of Washington, Neb. who passed away in a Fremont hospital on Wednesday, July 6th, at the age of eighty eight years. He was the last of the Civil War veterans in the village of Washington. Deceased was born in Shelland, Denmark, and at an early age came to America. He enlisted in the army serving during the last three years of the Civil War. He came to Washington county in the 70’s and entered a homestead on which he lived for a number of years.

He is survived by his wife and three children: Edward of just south of Washington; Miss Mollie Christensen of Omaha and Mrs. Anna Japp of Osago, Wyo. and a number of nephews and grandchildren.

The funeral services were held in Washington on Saturday afternoon, and interment was made in the Prairie View cemetery just north of Washington.

#2 14 July, 1932 - The Pilot-Tribune

Jas. Christensen, Civil War Vet, Dies

Rites for Prominent Farmer Held at Washington July 9

James Christensen, 87, prominent Washington county farmer for years and a veteran of the Civil War, died at Fremont last Wednesday evening after a short illness, from infirmities of old age. Until recently he had been fairly active, and the tall, erect G. A. R. vet had been a familiar sight on the streets of Washington, his former home, and in Fremont, for several years.

Born in Shelland, Denmark, on September 23, 1844, Mr. Christensen at the age of sixteen emigrated to America and went to Monmouth, Illinois. He remained there two years and then, in sympathy with the Union, offered his services to the northern cause. Mr. Christensen served for the remainder of the war and among the memorable recollections of a long and active life was a military review in Washington, as a member of one of the victorious divisions, which was witnessed by General U. S. Grant, then president of the United States.

After three years and four months in the Union army, Mr.Christensen came to Washington county, in 1874, and three years later was married to Annie Marie Larsen. Three children were born to this union, two daughters and a son. They are Mrs. Mollie Laura Christensen of Omaha; Annie Margaret Japp of Osage, Wyoming, and Edward, of Washington, Nebr. Fifteen grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services were held at the Washington church Saturday afternoon and burial was made in the Prairie View cemetery near that village. Services were in charge of Rev. H. Nielsen who paid an impressive tribute to Mr. Christensen's long and useful life.

A Washington county landowner in the vicinity of Washington ever since he came to this vicinity, Mr. Christensen was among the best known residents of the southern part of the county. He had been one of the long-time subscribers to the Pilot-Tribune and its predecessors and until recent years seldom failed to make a pleasant call at the newspaper office when he visited in town.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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