California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


C. B. JENSEN. � Perhaps there is no county in this State, or in any other 
State for that matter, that produces so much per acre, yields such a high 
average and in such superior quality, and no county that nets the investor 
such magnificent returns, as Fresno County, the strength of Central Califor- 
nia, and the pride of the commonwealth. 

The young man whose life-story we sketch is C. B. Jensen, and he is of 
the kind that make for success, and he is fast reaching that most coveted 
place. He owns and resides on a forty-acre ranch which he purchased in 1917; 
and whether it is worth while the reader may judge from what he has already 
gotten out of his investment. From fifteen acres he gathered thirty-two tons 
of raisins, and from the same amount of acreage he gathered twenty-nine 
tons of peaches. His profits netted him, for one season, the sum of $7,800. 

Previous to coming to this ranch, Mr. Jensen for four years clerked in 
the Union National Bank of Fresno; so that, while he was mastering the 
problems of finance and getting a correct idea of what ranchers were doing, 
he was in no condition physically to compete with men hardened to that kind 
of labor, and his entrance into the horticultural field is all the more interest- 
ing. But Mr. Jensen came of good stock � the kind that "does things." 

A native son. he was born in Fresno County in 1808. His father is Chris 
and his mother is Matilda Jensen of Selma. He was educated at Oleander, 
and graduated from the Washington Grammar School there. His parents, 
both natives of Denmark, migrated to this State and County, and are at pres- 
ent land-owners in and about Selma. 

Five children were born to this couple, and three are now living. One of 
these is Martin Jensen, another is William, and a third is the subject of our 
sketch. Each one of these promising sons is engaged in agricultural pursuits, 
and each one is successful to a high degree.