| HENRY
BEJASCH, one of the rising young farmers of Tilden Township, Cherokee
County, was born in Switzerland, September 25, 1857 and is a son of
John and Dorothy Bejasch. His childhood and early youth were
passed in his own beautiful country, and he was trained to that most
useful occupation, farming; he received a fair education in the common
schools. His parents hoping to give their children a better
chance in this life and perhaps better their own circumstances,
emigrated to America when Henry was fifteen years of age. The
father died three years later, leaving his son an inheritance of forty
acres of land, and the memory of an industrious, frugal father, but
with this exception he has accumulated all his property through his own
efforts. In 1880 Mr. Bejasch came to Cherokee County from
Jones
County, Iowa, where he had made his home for seven years and settled in
Silver Township; he lived there three years on 160 acres of raw land
which he had purchased and at the end of three years he sold it and
bought 160 acres in Rock Township, which he traded one year later for
his present farm of 160 acres; he has added to this 120 acres, all of
which is well fenced making 280 acres in all; he has made many valuable
improvements on the farm, and has one of the most desirable places in
the township. His whole time and attention are occupied with
farming and stock - raising and his industry and wise management have
brought their reward. Mr. Bejasch was reared in the faith of
the
Reformed Church and has lived a life of such integrity and uprightness
that he has the confidence and respect of all who know him.
Politically he is identified with the Democratic party.
Source: Biographical History of
Cherokee County, IA, W. W. Dunbar & Co Publishers,
1889 |
