Marshall county republicans wisely decided to return to the house this term the Hon. J. B. Classen of Green Mountain. He was a faithful servant of the people in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. Mr. Classen is a native of Germany, born in Oldenburg, April 30, 1846. When he was but a child, his parents came to this country, and settled in Illinois. The subject of this sketch has lived in Iowa thirty years, all the time in Marshall county. He was raised on a farm, and farming has always been his avocation. He was married, December 29, 1869, to Miss Almira E. Messenger, and to them one daughter has been born, Belle A. He served in the civil war as a member of Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois infantry, serving till July 15, 1865. The Classens are members of the Congregational church. He is a member of the G. A. R. He was public a township trustee and assessor. In 1895 he was elected to the lower house of the Iowa legislature, serving two terms and then an extra session. In 1900, he was elected to the Iowa senate, without opposition, serving until 1904. As a member of the Iowa house he served in the special session of 1896, when the Code of Iowa was revised, and was chairman of the committee on county and township organization, which proved an important committee in that session. While in the senate he was chairman of the committee on highways and was a member of the ways and means, agriculture, military and other committees.

Marshall county republicans wisely decided to return to the house this term the Hon. J. B. Classen of Green Mountain. He was a faithful servant of the people in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. Mr. Classen is a native of Germany, born in Oldenburg, April 30, 1846. When he was but a child, his parents came to this country, and settled in Illinois. The subject of this sketch has lived in Iowa thirty years, all the time in Marshall county. He was raised on a farm, and farming has always been his avocation. He was married, December 29, 1869, to Miss Almira E. Messenger, and to them one daughter has been born, Belle A. He served in the civil war as a member of Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois infantry, serving till July 15, 1865. The Classens are members of the Congregational church. He is a member of the G. A. R. He was public a township trustee and assessor. In 1895 he was elected to the lower house of the Iowa legislature, serving two terms and then an extra session. In 1900, he was elected to the Iowa senate, without opposition, serving until 1904. As a member of the Iowa house he served in the special session of 1896, when the Code of Iowa was revised, and was chairman of the committee on county and township organization, which proved an important committee in that session. While in the senate he was chairman of the committee on highways and was a member of the ways and means, agriculture, military and other committees.

Marshall county republicans wisely decided to return to the house this term the Hon. J. B. Classen of Green Mountain. He was a faithful servant of the people in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. Mr. Classen is a native of Germany, born in Oldenburg, April 30, 1846. When he was but a child, his parents came to this country, and settled in Illinois. The subject of this sketch has lived in Iowa thirty years, all the time in Marshall county. He was raised on a farm, and farming has always been his avocation. He was married, December 29, 1869, to Miss Almira E. Messenger, and to them one daughter has been born, Belle A. He served in the civil war as a member of Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois infantry, serving till July 15, 1865. The Classens are members of the Congregational church. He is a member of the G. A. R. He was public a township trustee and assessor. In 1895 he was elected to the lower house of the Iowa legislature, serving two terms and then an extra session. In 1900, he was elected to the Iowa senate, without opposition, serving until 1904. As a member of the Iowa house he served in the special session of 1896, when the Code of Iowa was revised, and was chairman of the committee on county and township organization, which proved an important committee in that session. While in the senate he was chairman of the committee on highways and was a member of the ways and means, agriculture, military and other committees.

Marshall county republicans wisely decided to return to the house this term the Hon. J. B. Classen of Green Mountain. He was a faithful servant of the people in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. Mr. Classen is a native of Germany, born in Oldenburg, April 30, 1846. When he was but a child, his parents came to this country, and settled in Illinois. The subject of this sketch has lived in Iowa thirty years, all the time in Marshall county. He was raised on a farm, and farming has always been his avocation. He was married, December 29, 1869, to Miss Almira E. Messenger, and to them one daughter has been born, Belle A. He served in the civil war as a member of Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois infantry, serving till July 15, 1865. The Classens are members of the Congregational church. He is a member of the G. A. R. He was public a township trustee and assessor. In 1895 he was elected to the lower house of the Iowa legislature, serving two terms and then an extra session. In 1900, he was elected to the Iowa senate, without opposition, serving until 1904. As a member of the Iowa house he served in the special session of 1896, when the Code of Iowa was revised, and was chairman of the committee on county and township organization, which proved an important committee in that session. While in the senate he was chairman of the committee on highways and was a member of the ways and means, agriculture, military and other committees.