Carver, Benjamin

CARVER, JACKSON, STARK, DIXON, HUGHES, TEETER, GARRET

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Date: 8/21/2009 at 12:40:34

Carver, Benjamin

One of the most painstaking and successful farmers of northwestern Jasper County is Benjamin Carver, a man who has always advocated that whatever was worth doing at all was worth doing well, hence his continued success in his chosen line of endeavor. Being an omnivorous reader, he keeps well abreast of the times, not only in matters pertaining to agricultural affairs, but general topics, keeping the best current literature in his home.

Mr. Carver, like many of the enterprising people of this section of the Hawkeye state, is a Pennsylvanian by birth, the record showing that he was born in Pennsylvania on November 22, 1856. In early life he moved with his parents to Wisconsin, later to Illinois, thence to Story County, Iowa, and in 1880 the family came to Jasper County, where they have since lived. He is the son of Jabez and Ellen (Jackson) Carver, both natives of Pennsylvania, the father born on September 2, 1822, and the mother on January 9, 1831.

They grew up in their native state and were educated and married there and devoted their lives to agricultural pursuits. They both died in Jasper County, Iowa, the father on August 10, 1886, and the mother on December 10, 1894. Their family consisted of thirteen children, twelve of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Lydia Stark, born August 1, 1850, lives in Sycamore, Illinois; John, born October 29, 1851, lives in Minnesota; Samuel, born May 7, 1853, lives in Jasper County; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Dixon, born November 15, 1854, lives in Collins, this County; Benjamin, of this sketch; Mrs. Sarah Jane Stark, born May 21, 1858, lives in Maxwell, Iowa; Mrs. Ada Elzona Hughes, born August 30, 1860, is living in Webster City, Iowa; Jabez, born May 23, 1863, died October 29, 1909; Mrs. Minnette Teeter, born October 28, 1865, is living in Marshall County, Iowa; Dewitt Edwin, born August 9, 1867, lives in Jasper County; Mrs. Mary Ellen Garret, born May 24, 1870, lives in Aurora, Nebraska; Florence Louisa Carver, born December 1, 1873, of Sycamore, Illinois; Ira Douglas, born April 10, 1875, lives in Dakota. The seven eldest children were born in Pennsylvania and the four following were born in Wisconsin, while the two youngest were born in Illinois.

Benjamin Carver is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres of choice land in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, which he has placed under a high state of improvement. Although the work is done by a tenant, Mr. Carver has the directing of the crops and the general overseeing of the place. Through his industry and application, he has secured a competency. He raises large numbers of grade stock. Politically, he is a Democrat. He has never assumed the responsibilities of the married state. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1231.