Individual Details

Jonas Hansen Lien

(12 Dec 1874 - 27 Mar 1899)

Per Ken Lien:
Valedictorian of the 1st graduating class of Brooking High School in 1890, later gradated from Agricultural College (now SDSU), 1st Lieutenant Adjutant in Company I, 1st Regiment South Dakota Volunteers in the Spanish American War. Promoted posthumously to Captain. First South Dakotan to be killed in foreign war in Philippines in 1899. US Army Reserve Center in Sioux Falls, SD is memorialized to him. He had a Law Degree from Univ. of Nebraska and was a Sioux Falls, SD newspaperman.

Events

Birth12 Dec 1874
Death27 Mar 1899

Families

FatherHans Johannessen Lien (1831 - 1887)
MotherGjertrud Børgesdatter Ramlo (1835 - 1913)
SiblingEmma Lien (1872 - 1952)
SiblingEitard Lien (1881 - 1881)
SiblingIda Elizabeth Lien (1877 - 1878)
SiblingCarl Hanson Gerhard Lien (1870 - )
SiblingBurre Hansen Lien (1859 - 1928)
SiblingJohannes Hansen Lien (1858 - 1883)
SiblingEdward Hansen Lien (1867 - 1926)
SiblingGilbert Hansen Lien (1865 - 1900)