McBrien, Jasper Leonidas (1867-1935)

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Charles Edward Merriam, Jr. to Jane Addams, January 11, 1913

Arthur Eugene Bestor to Jane Addams, November 1, 1917

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Minkle, November 16, 1917

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Birth Date

1867-03-19

Death Date

1935-03-24

Birthplace

Newton, MO

Biographical Text

Jasper L. McBrien was a Professor of Rural Education at Indiana State Normal School and Director of University Extension at the University of Nebraska. He attended Campbell Normal University, Lincoln Normal University, University of Nebraska, and American University. He had also worked as a principal and superintendent of various schools in Nebraska and served as Nebraska's superintendent of public instruction. In 1905, McBrien helped create the Nebraska Boys’ Agricultural Association and Nebraska Girls’ Domestic Science Association.

McBrien married Eva L. Forbes in 1892. They had two children together. McBrien died in 1935.

Occupation

Principal

Professor

Superintendent

Collection

People

Map

Edited By

DeLora, Renee

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1913

Bibliography and Links

Find A Grave

Indiana State Normal School Catalog, 1923-1924, p. 14.

Jasper L Mc Brien, 1910 United States Federal Census

The Register and Catalogue for the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1872.

Thomas Wessel and Marilyn Wessel, 4H: An American Idea, 1900-1980, 1982, p. 7.

Citation

“McBrien, Jasper Leonidas (1867-1935),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed February 17, 2026, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/5780.