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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 683
HENRY VERINK....Henry Verink, of Cedar township, is a native of Holland, but has been a resident of the United States for forty-five years and has attained a prosperity that indicates practical judgment and wisley directed industry. He was born December 5, 1863, and is a son of H. J. and Jane ( Teherik ) Verink. The family came to America in 1865 and located in Muscatine county, Iowa, taking up their residence five years later on a farm on section 14, Cedar township. The father was a very industrious man and became one of the substantial farmers of the community. He departed this life February 15, 1893, at the age of about seventy-nine years, having been born September 12, 1814. The mother was born July 14, 1830, and was called away April 5, 1892, at the age of nearly sixty-two years. There were two children in the family besides our subject, the second one dying in infancy and the third, Minnie, now being the wife of W. I. Idle, of Cedar township.Henry Verink possessed limited educational opportunities, as he was obliged to assist his father upon the home farm even when quite young. However, he gained a thorough knowledge of agriculture and stock-raising and at twenty years of age began renting land on his own account, managing so successfully that after six years he was able to purchase eighty acres of good land in Cedar township. He has since acquired additional land until at the present time he owns a fine farm of two hundred and ninety-seven acres and is recognized as one of the successful and substantial citizens of the township. His good fortune is due to persistence and a thorough knowledge of his work. Besides his farm property, he owns a house and blacksmith shop in Cranston and also three empty lots.
Although mixing little in political affairs, he keeps informed as to the general trend of events and gives his support to the democratic party. He has held the office of township trustee and has also served as road supervisor of his town ship. He has always kept loyal to the interests of the community where he lives and by his integrity of character and public spirit has made many friends. He is in possession of an abundance of this world's goods,---more than enough to supply him with comfort and luxuries during the remainder of his life---all of which he has gained through honorable methods and by his own exertions. He has used economy, industry and perseverance---a trinity that seldom fails, abundantly to reward its possessor, yielding to him not only handsome financial returns but a goodly measure of contentment, even more to be desired than riches.
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