Bebensee, Henry C.

BEBENSEE

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Date: 10/11/2006 at 01:31:46

Henry C. Bebensee

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.126, Keg Creek Twp.)
Henry C. Bebensee, farmer, P. O. Council Bluffs, was born in Schleswig, Germany, September 29, 1823, son of Henry F. and Maria Magdalena (Kohn) Bebensee, he a native of Holstein, and she a native of Schleswig, Germany. They were farmers, and were the parents of three children - two sons and one daughter. Our subject received his schooling in his native town, and began life as a tiller of the soil. He was married, in May, 1851, in his native town, to Margaretta Koch, born in Germany in 1825, daughter of Jurgen and Mrs. (Ramm) Koch, both natives of Germany. Our subject was in the Schleswig-Holstein war, from 1848 to 1850. He sustained two wounds, one in each leg. He came to the United States in 1872, coming to this county, and purchasing, in Keg Creek Township, 220 qacres of land at $12 per acre. In 1881, he bought eighty acres more at $15.75 per acre. His farm now contains good buildings and other improvements. He carries on farming in all its branches. He has six children - Fred Rudolph, born April 16, 1852; Dora, born March 12, 1859; Mary, born December 23, 18861; Ereka, born January 8, 1864; Henry, born January 13, 1866; and Johanna, born January 24, 1868. Mr and Mrs. Bebensee are Lutherans. In politics, he is a Democrat.