HILLSBORO, Kan. — According to the registrar, Tabor College has graduated 106 students with the last name of Friesen. Of those, 25 come from one family.

The patriarch, Jacob Wall Friesen, was born Dec. 14, 1883, in Sagrodofka, South Russia. Sometime between 1883 and 1890, Jacob’s parents, Jacob (J.C.) . . .