| That most picturesque and beautiful country, Switzerland, is
the birthplace of many worthy and respected citizens of these United
States, among them the subject of this brief biography, Tobias Bejasch.
He was born May 27, 1856 and is the son of John and Dorothy
Bejasch. Until seventeen years of age he resided in his
native
land, being trained to the practical business of farming. In
1873
he came to America with his father and one brother, his eldest brother
having come over in 1871. They arrived in July 1873 and
journeyed
on to Iowa, settling in Monticello, Jones County; there they abode
seven years and in 1880 came to Cherokee County. Mr. Bejasch
purchased 160 acres of land in Silver Township, on which he resided
three years; in 1883 he bought 160 acres in Tilden Township, which had
some improvements and since that time he has made his home there.
He has made many valuable improvements and the farm is one of
the
best fenced in the township; he has added eighty acres to his first
purchase in Tilden Township, making 240 acres in all. He is a
live, energetic man, and occupying his time exclusively with farming
and stock-raising, his efforts have been attended with universal
success. Politically Mr. Bejasch is non-partisan, casting his
vote for the man he thinks best qualified for the duties that will
devolve upon him in filling the office in question. He
received
at the time of his father's death, in 1876, forty acres of land, but
with this exception he has accumulated all his property through his own
efforts. And although a young man, he stands today in the
front
ranks of Cherokee County's substantial and reliable citizens. He was
reared in the Reformed Church.
Source: Biographical History of
Cherokee County, IA, W. W. Dunbar & Co Publishers,
1889 |
